![]() ![]() Lera's research interests include the Underground Railroad Post Office and Confederate official and semi-official envelopes. During his appointment he created the NPM Philatelic Forensic Laboratory through the purchase of specialised scientific equipment for the examination of paper, ink and color. Blount Research Chair at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in 2008. Lera received his advanced education at the University of Illinois from where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1969 and the University of Pennsylvania from where he received a Master of Science degree in 1971. He is also an expert on the preservation and the conservation of bats and caves and has been a vice-president of the National Speleological Society. Blount Research Chair at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum until 2021. Lera is an American philatelist who was the Winton M. ![]()
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