By Dennis Sadowski Scottish inventor's 1925 breakthrough commemorated on postal issues worldwide As Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (1888-1946) transmitted the first television picture in his laboratory on Oct. 2, 1925, it's unlikely that he thought the medium would become a ubiquitous part of human life. It...

By Dennis Sadowski As World War II ended 80 years ago in Europe, Far East Allied forces were faced with temporarily providing a slew of administrative functions in liberated lands, among them law enforcement, judicial services, taxation and mail service. The Allied Military Government operated in...