Wayne L Youngblood 
philatelist, editor, storyteller, appraiser, dealer. For more content, follow me at wayneyoungblood.substack.com 

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PO Box 181, PRAIRIE DU SAC WI 53578-0181
608-370-9098 or wystamps@gmail.com

I am a lifelong collector and 35+-year philatelic professional, with one of the most trusted and recognized names in the U.S. philatelic community.
I have collected continuously since age 8 and have been been an APS member for close to 50 years, serving more than a decade on its board of directors.

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"Lost Almost" The Los Alamos, N.M., Post Office and World War II Exhibit

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What Have You Doane to my Collection: Doane Cancels

Amelia Earhart's Last Flight Cover: Not All That’s Philatelic is Stamped

A Somewhat Brief Copyright Primer; Responsible, Legal Use of Digital Art

The Devil’s Details and Daniel Webster

That Elusive tagged LOOK coil

The 1875 Liberty Postal Card

Telling the difference between different types of the 1¢ Liberty postal card

Brunswick's Circus Girl

If Covers Could Talk

Mummies Among Us (Philatelic feature)

It’s possible there are mummies lurking in your collection – or at least parts of them.

We frequently don’t give much thought to the paper our stamps and covers are produced on, but papermaking has a long, colorful and somewhat sordid history involving various crimes, body snatching and – now – confirmed evidence of perhaps widespread use of mummy wrappings for pulp.