The US 1851 Three Cent Washington

Joe has spent a lifetime growing up around stamps. His personnel collections include a US (canceled) singles collection from 1847 to date, a specialized topical collection of the US 3[ postage stamp of 1851-57, Inauguration covers from 1920 to date that includes several one-of-a-kind items, and a specialized collection of Richard Nixon philatelic artifacts. He has combined his love of history and art into his specialized collections. Whether it’s painting water colors for cachet’s on FDCs or researching an addressee’ names on old envelopes to understand their origins; Joe has spent countless hours working with his philatelic treasures that are displayed in his collections and on philatelic research. Joe plays guitar, sings and paints when he is not working with HO trains or his stamps. Joe is single and lives in rural Virginia as a disabled Veteran, he is enjoying people, history, music, food and just about everything else that life has to offer. Joe believes that a word without pain is the highest goal that a civilized world can achieve.