New National Postal Museum Curator Named

I saw posted on another board that Dan Piazza has been named to succeed Cheryl Ganz as Chief Curator of Philately at the National Postal Museum.

--Andrew

And who the heck is he? What are philatelic qualifications?

You're kidding (?)......go to the NPM site and see who he is or 'Google' his name. He's been an NPM curator for years and was the obvious choice to take over from Cheryl. He's been mentioned numerous times in the APS and ASDA journals amongst others.

From the NPM site:


Daniel Piazza
Curator of Philately



Daniel A. Piazza, Assistant Curator of Philately at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, collects and writes about the stamps and postal history of the U.S. during the Bureau period (1894-1978) as well as the Italian peninsula. He sits on the board of governors of the Vatican Philatelic Society and edits its journal, Vatican Notes; he has also received the society's Veritas and President's awards (for scholarship and service, respectively). His other national memberships include the American Philatelic Society, American Philatelic Research Library, American First Day Cover Society, and Writers Unit #30. Locally, he serves as literature chairman for the NAPEX exhibition and belongs to both the Washington Stamp Collectors Club and the Baltimore Philatelic Society.

In addition to his philatelic activities, Piazza is an academic historian specializing in U.S. History to 1760. He holds degrees in the subject from Wagner College (B.A., 1998) and Syracuse University (M.A., 2004) and has completed the coursework for his Ph.D.

Linn's Stamp News is now carrying an article on the appointment of Daniel Piazza as "Chief Curator of Philately and Chair of the National Postal Museum's Philately Department":

http://linns.com/news/breaking-stam...hief-curator

docgfd He is unknown outside USA. Therefore the question was appropriate.

Canada Stamp: Did you take the time to search on his name before asking the question of the forum? I would think it takes more time to create a post on here than to search on the internet or go to the NPM site.

Glenn Estus

Canada Stamp - No insult intended. I was simply surprised Dan's name wasn't easily recognizable, even by non-US collectors. He used to post regularly on another international stamp forum until he started with the NPM and got too busy to do so regularly. No worries. :)