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Dr. Walter Wolery, a Delphos family physician who served his community for many years, donated his personal stamp collection to the museum. This collection numbers in the hundreds of thousands, capturing the eye with brilliant designs. Topics ranging from flowers to sports are sure to be represented in this unbelievable collection.

Dr. Wolery's collection is catalogued in numerous books and well worth the time for the public to browse through them.

The stamp collection covers every imaginable interest. This page showcases stamps from Israel.

One of the most unusual features of the museum may be the ceiling in The Stamp Room. It features stamps of different interests illuminated by the ceiling lights.

This secured cabinet holds commemorative stamps issued by the post office. On display is a holographic sheet of postage stamps depicting moon and space exploration.

A cachet is an envelope that is imprinted with a single subject matter. Cachets were produced for each manned space flight some of which are displayed in this exhibit featuring space exploration. Buzz Alden took mail and a canceling machine with him when he went to the moon. He cancelled mail while on the moon. One cachet has Alden's autograph.

This "Celebrate The Century" display features a post office promotion in which the public voted on stamps to be issued. Each decade of the twentieth century had a possible thirty stamps with the 15 receiving the most votes being issued. The only way to register a vote was with a stamped envelope. This campaign resulted in $11 million dollars of profit for the post office. The 1940s was remembered with stamps depicting Rosie the Riveter, FDR, and The United Nations. The 1950s was showcased with a more lighthearted collection of Dr. Seuss, I Love Lucy, and Ebbits Field.

The United State Post Office sponsored Lance Armstrong in The Tour de France. This display offers memorabilia from Armstrong as well as the Olympics. Many stamps have been issued celebrating these events.

Baseball memorabilia adds to the display of postage featuring America's favorite pastime.

Along with postage stamps, the post office rolled out an extensive line of products featuring Looney Tunes characters. After complaints from other retailers that the post office was infringing on their market, the post office stopped the production.