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  • The Windows of St. Louis CathedralNew Orleans, Louisiana

    The Windows of St. Louis Cathedral

    New Orleans, Louisiana

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    Mark Twain once said, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it ….” With that in mind, we who travel have reasons which complement that essential, to wit: education and curiosity. This is a travel story for me and Saint Louis.

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Ray Hahn
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An international treaty signed at Bern, Switzerland, in 1874 was the culmination of decades of work done by postal authorities in nearly two dozen countries. To greater appreciate the Treaty of Bern, the postcard collector needs to draw from personal experience. If you have examined an early foreign postcard you have likely found some with […]

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