The Road to Boston 2026: Zeppelins, Air Mail, and More with Jim Hill & David Ball

With the World Stamp Expo officially kicking-off tomorrow—Saturday, May 23, 2026—we're thrilled to chat in this episode with Zeppelin mail expert Jim Hill and fellow aero/astrophilatelist and friend of the show, David Ball, current President of the American Air Mail Society (AAMS). In addition to opening some excellent listener mail, we chat with Jim and David about a new project debuting next week in Boston: a first-of-its-kind digital zeppelin and airship catalogue long in the works by a team of expert collectors and postal historians. We also hear from David and Jim about the litany of killer talks, programming, and other aerophilatelic goings-on people can expect to find at the show. Buckle up folks, because the World Stamp Expo's almost here!Links:Boston 2026 (World Stamp Expo)Philosateleia (our favorite local post!)Background on local posts (Wikipedia)Local Post Collectors Society (LPCS)The American Air Mail Society (AAMS)The U.S.S. Los Angeles, a 1920s-30s US Navy Airship (Reparations Zeppelins era)Cheryl Ganz's Maynard Sundman Lecture on the Graf Zeppelin issues (Smithsonian)Chery's book on the 1933 Century of Progress (Worlds Fair) (Amazon)The Union Army's Civil War-era Ballon Corps (Arlington Public Library)The Zeppelin Collectors Group (Facebook)As always, we'd love to hear from you, especially if you're writing from Boston! Listeners who write to us from the World Stamp Expo will receive a special thank you item. Write us at:P.O. Box 26Grant Central StationNew York, NY 10163Or digitally, at: [email protected]