APS C3A Free Education Offerings

I inventoried all the free educational products in the APS C3a (Collecting & Connecting Central Academy) by how they are grouped on their web site,

The products are a mixture of videos (some zoom captured), PDFs of articles/brochures. Some videos (like in basics sections) seem to be computer generated narration,


Folder Contents comments
ebook library
Black Achievements on U.S. Postage Stamps flip book
Latino Achievements on US Stamps
The United States Postal Service: An American History
A Preview of the Philatelic Fifties: A Decade of U.S. Commemorative Stamps eBook
APS Manual of Philatelic Judging and Exhibiting eBoo
Kansas - Nebraska Overprints eBook
Preservation and Care of Philatelic Materials eBook
Worldwide in a Nutshell by Bob Lamb eBook flipbook

Collecting Basics
Introduction to Stamp Identification - Video
Keeping Your Collection Safe - Video
Introduction to Philatelic History - 5 Module Course
Module 1: The World Before Postage Stamps
Module 1: Check Your Understanding
Module 2 - The World's First Postage Stamp
Module 2: Check Your Understanding
Module 3: The Most Famous U.S. Postage Stamp
Module 3: Check Your Understanding
Module 4 - The Universal Postal Union
Module 5 - Moving the Mail
Certificate of Completion

Postal History
America's Civil War Captured in 31 Covers - Video
Cancellations: Struck on Stamps (Part 1): 1847 Issue
Guthrie, Missouri: An Introduction to 4th-Class Post Office Accounting Practices - Video
Inside the Bureaucracy: Exploring Postal History with U.S. Post Office Forms - Video
Mail From the US to Germany Before the Universal Postal Union: An Exhibit by Robert Boyd
Postal History: An Introduction - Video
The Postal History of Bellefonte
Symbol of Progress & Forward Stride: The Highway Post Office - Video
United States Mails: Its First 80 Years Without Stamps - Video
Introduction to U.S. Postal History
2020 Postal History Symposium Recording

US Topics
Cancellations: Struck on Stamps (Part 1): 1847 Issue
Collecting Military Mail - Video
Famous Philatelists - Video
Hometown Collecting: People & Places via Postcards & Postmarks - Video
Greetings from Ohio - 5 Part Video Series
Greetings from Ohio - Part 1: History
Greetings from Ohio - Part 2: Nature
Greetings from Ohio - Part 3: Culture
Greetings from Ohio - Part 4: Technology
Greetings from Ohio - Part 5: Fun Facts and Places to Visi

US Airmail
47 Ways to Collect Airmail
Air Mail Pioneers
My Family History: Uncle John in the Navy
History of the DC4 SkyMaster
Polar Aerophilately
Ways to Collect Zeppelin & Airship Mail - Video
The World Through Stamps: The Stories Behind Postage Stamps - The Charles Lindbergh Story

Foreign Topics
A Stamp Collector's Visits to Bermuda Zoom recording
Collecting German Legion Stamps of WWII
Development of Postal History of East Germany - Video
India: A History in Stamps
Mail from Central Africa Before 1880 - Video
Pictorial Cancellations on Cover
Solving the Mystery of Specimen Stamp Irregular Blocks - Video
Facsimiles and Forgeries of the 1920 Siam (Thailand) "Scouts Fund" Overprints - Video
Collecting Guatemala
Number Ones of the World - 6 Part Video
Video: Number Ones of the World - Introduction
Video: Number Ones of the World - Part 1 (1840 -1849)
Video: Number Ones of the World - Part 2 (1850)
Video: Number Ones of the World - Part 3 (1851)
Video: Number Ones of the World - Part 4 (1852)
Video: Number Ones of the World - Part 5 (1853 - 1856)
Video: Number Ones of the World - Part 6 (1857 - 1864)
The Nazi Scourge - Two Part Video

[Stamp Design and Cachet Artistry
The Art of Hand Painted Cachets - Video
Christmas Stamp Design Process - Video
Lu Tianjiao: The First Female Stamp Designer of the Peoples Republic of China - Video
Nancy Stahl: Stamp Designer - Video

Topicals/Thematics
Baseball and Stamp Collecting: Covering all the Bases - Video
Bridges on Stamps
Cats on Stamps
Have Fun with a Mini-Topic
Women and Philately - Video
What are Christmas Seals?
Celebrate the Season with Stamps (Video)
he Christmas Philatelic Club: Where it is Always Christmas
Exhibits
16th Zionist Congress - A One Page Topical Exhibit
America the Beautiful - A One Page Topical Exhibit
Complacency is Complicity - A One Page Exhibi
Is Theodore Geisel the Cat in The Cat in the Hat? - Topical Exhibit
Lighten Up! - A One Page Topical Exhibit
Lyudmila Pavlicheno, "Lady Death" - A Four Page Topical Exhibit
Ratification of the 19th Amendment - A One Page Topical Exhibit
The Right to Vote - A One Page Topical Exhibit
Stamps of Ukraine Before Independence - A One Page Topical Exhibit
Ukraine, a History of Struggle - A One Page Topical Exhibit
The U.S. Flag - A One Page Topical Exhibit
The Vakeck Great Dane Kennels - A Topical Exhibit

Valuation
Estate Planning: A Philatelic Tool Kit
Estate Planning: A Philatelic Tool Kit - Session Recording
APS Legacy - PDF Legacy Society brochure
Case Files from an Estate Advisor - AP Article PDF of article
High Level Inventory Format - PDF simple form
Planning Your Philatelic Estate - Pamphlet
Selling, Appraising Estate Advice - Pamphlet

About Stamp Collecting
Glossary of Philatelic Terms
Stamps - A World of Fun! - Video
Most Unusual Stamps - Video
Selling Stamps - Video
Stamp Collecting - Video
Stamps: An American Journey
Stamp Smarter link to stampsmarter homepage
Traits Common to Collectors - Video
What is Philately? - Video
Where to Buy Stamps - Video
Why Collect Postage Stamps? - Video

Philatelic Research
Calling all Bibliophiles: Writing for the Philatelic Literature Review - Video
Copyright and Philately - Video
The Global Philatelic Library Project - Video
How to Write Philatelic Articles That Get Published with Gary Loew and Susanna Mills
How to Write Philatelic Articles That Get Published (with captions)
Moving House: A New Home for the RPSL - Video
Philatelic Research and the British Library - Video
Researching Postal History in Washington, DC with Dr. Susan Smith
Researching Postal History in Washington, DC (with captions)
Ten Books to Start Your Forgery Reference Library - Video

Resources for Teachers
A Philatelic Alphabet Zoo
Black Achievements on Stamps
Cats on Stamps
Causes of the French Indochina War
The Civil War Depicted on Stamps
Cool Stamps
Exploring the Beauty of Humanity
The Flyin' Ohioans: Commemorating Ohio's Role in Aviation
The French Indochina War & It's Result: The American War in Vietnam
Indians of the Americas as Depicted on Postage Stamps
Iran - Iraq War (1980 - 1988): A History in Stamps
Insect Alphabet on Stamps
Latino Achievements on US Stamps
My Family History: Uncle John in the Navy
Oceans are the Earth's Aquarium
Phil's Story: An Introduction to Philately
The Pony Express - Video
Stamp Rap
Stamp Riddles
Topical Treasures: Music on Stamps - Video
U.S. Presidents on Stamps - Video
America the Beautiful - A One Page Topical Exhibit
16th Zionist Congress - A One Page Topical Exhibit
Complacency is Complicity - A One Page Exhibit
Is Theodore Geisel the Cat in The Cat in the Hat? - Topical Exhibit
Lighten Up! - A One Page Topical Exhibit
Lyudmila Pavlicheno, "Lady Death" - A Four Page Topical Exhibit
Ratification of the 19th Amendment - A One Page Topical Exhibit
The Right to Vote - A One Page Topical Exhibit
Stamps of Ukraine Before Independence - A One Page Topical Exhibit
Ukraine, a History of Struggle - A One Page Topical Exhibit
The U.S. Flag - A One Page Topical Exhibit
The Vakeck Great Dane Kennels - A Topical Exhibit
Greetings from Ohio - 5 Part Video Series

Bridges - Activities for Sharing focused on resources for teachers
Country ID
Country Key basic country name identifier
Design A Stamp
My Favorite Stamps Album Page
Stamps About Me
Stamp Biography
Stamp Family Tree
Stamp Graphic Novel
Young Collector Booklet
Youth Collector Booklet
Lesson Plans using Covers and Stamps
How to Use First Day Covers in Education
Early History of North America
Early History of North America
Expansion of the U.S
The U.S. Civil War
The Thirteenth Amendment
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Clara Barton
Stonewall Jackson
Southern Women in the Civil War
Frederick Douglas
Eli Whitney pdf with image of FDC
Template for Antietam image of cover
Template for Fort Sumter
Black History
Women's Rights History
World War II
Innovations, Inventions and Culture
The Triumphs and Trials of the 20th and 21st Century

Stamp Collecing Merit Badge
Stamp Collecting Merit Badge Requirement- PDF
Workshop Tips for Educators
Scout Notebook

It is a shame that finding a course from your list on the 3Ca page is not as easy as reading your presentation list of options.

I got frustrated just trying to navigate their presentation of the courses

Which?

The APS site calls it C3a



I believe there is a known "feature" for this website and forum that does some auto-correct when a user attempts to string multiple capital letters in a title or maybe even in a sentence. I suspect that is what happened here.

One of my next steps to watch more of them and rate them.

So far, the ones aimed for beginners are pretty simple. The one on identification was a quick zoom video showing an example of how the collector identified the issuing country using text on stamp, a Scott catalogue, and a little reasoning.

One challenge for worldwide beginners is that they may not have access to a set of Scott catalogues. My county library has no reference section and few books on stamps.

In the company I used to work for, education was wrapped around the word edutainment.