A Community Resource and National Treasure
Upcoming EventS:
2025 – ANOTHER YEAR OF
FANTASTIC EVENTS AT THE SPELLMAN!
SAVE THESE DATES – LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE JOINING US!
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Later in 2025 — STORIES ON STAMPS
Whether you love fairy tales, classic children’s novels or Harry Potter, come see if your favorite stories have been featured on stamps! Attend this storyteller performance, make a bookmark, and enjoy a scavenger hunt!
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Check out the —> Museum’s event calendar <— for all upcoming events, activities, and meetings
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surplus book sale
Our surplus of philatelic books is updated with new arrivals every week! Check out available inventory through these links:
~U.S., Canada, and United Nations
To place an order, call us at 781-768-8367, stop in, or email us at store@spellmanmuseum.org with your list. We’ll reserve your titles and calculate shipping.
Check out our other books, supplies, and specials at our online store by clicking here. Thank you for your interest!
phi·lat·e·ly
/fəˈladlē/
noun the collection and study of postage stamps.
As defined by Oxford Languages
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Stamps tell stories and reflect the history of the postal service. They are miniature windows into society, culture, and identity. The Spellman Museum features extraordinary exhibits that illustrate national and world history, social movements, pioneers, and human achievement, connecting visitors with the shared human experience through stamps.
Stamp collecting has been around as long as stamps have existed. Stamps provide relevant and artful content highlighting arts, culture, biography, architecture, prominent individuals, world leaders, science, as well current events, major milestones and nature.
While their primary purpose has been to pre-pay for the transportation and delivery of mail, stamps have also helped to highlight shared values and experiences, and to promote human achievements, around the world.
The world’s first postage stamp was the Penny Black. Invented in 1840 by Sir Rowland Hill, a British administrator and educator, principally known for his development of the modern postal service, postage stamps would quickly be adopted internationally.
