Youth Education
2013 Stamp Design Contest is Open for Entries
Time to create your masterpieces to commemorate the Birthday of Tucson in August of 1775. Everything you need to know is on the panel to the right. Just click on the Stamp Design Contest rules, or pick up the entry form and stamp outline sheet here at the PHF. One youth entry per person. Sorry, students from Southern Arizona only. The 2012 grand winning design is pictured below. Only the top five winners in each age group are invited to a special awards ceremony where awards and great prizes are given. The GRAND WINNING DESIGN will be made into custom U.S. postage. Read the directions thoroughly and create you masterpiece!!
Teachers - Time to think about Field Trips for next school year!
Plan on making the Postal History Foundation a field trip destination any time of the year. Our fun, educational field trips are the best value in town at only $2 per student. Teachers and chaperones are free. We plan the field trip around your requirements for your students. You can email us at phfeducation@comcast.net or fill in the online request form and we will get back to you. Just write in the month you would like your field trip in the message box.
Teachers can order lessons and/or stamps year round. Click on the List of Lessons and Topicals list on the column to the right. Use the online request form or email Lisa Dembowski at phfeducation@comcast.net.
Recent additions to the Lesson list are below:
- Hispanic Americans - Reformers, Statesmen, and Liberators
- Hispanic Americans - Arts and Entertainment
- Famous Composers
2013 Philatelic Fun Summer Camp is
June 10-14
Kids, join us for our annual stamp camp on June 10-14th, Monday through Friday, from 10am to 2:30 pm. Five fun-filled educational days learning about art, geography, math, history and more while using stamps as a learning tool. Children ages 7-13 are invited to attend. All you have to bring is a sack lunch and your brain!!!
Click here for registration form and important information.
