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Folder title:	210.36 Stamps, Postage International Reply International and Domestic Remittance Remittance Coupons
Date:	05/03/1911
Description:	Suggestions from the public regarding substitutes for money orders which they consider costly for small amounts such as First Day Covers. The Post Office Department advises substitutes, small amounts of stamps are too costly.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	04-05-12
Subject(s):	Foreign Mail ; Postal History

Folder title:	230 Watermarks and Dandy Rolls (2)
Date:	01/19/1875
Description:	Correspondence with businesses and various postmasters pertaining to the design, manufacturing and use of watermarks and dandy-rolls.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence
Folder number:	01-02-07
Subject(s):	Envelopes (Stationery)
Original source:	Third Assistant Postmaster General

Folder title:	CZ 136,137,140
Date:	12/14/1946
Description:	Newspaper clipping from Linn's Weekly Stamp News showing Canal Zone stamps Scott 136, 137 and 140. 10/01/1949 cover with two Canal Zone Scott number 137 and Cristobal cancellation showing map of canal zone and slogan "The Panama Canal Short Route to World Markers". Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone 138. Photograph of Canal Zone Scott number 136, 137 and 140. Xeroxes of sketches and models of proposed stamps. Booklet - Canal Zone Postage Stamps (Fourth Edition - 1939).
Collection:	Panama
Scott Number(s):	Panama Canal Zone 136 ; Panama Canal Zone 137 ; Pa
Includes:	Correspondence ; Articles ; Booklets ; Photographs
Folder number:	30-03-010
Subject(s):	Design ; Artifact ; Panama Canal

Folder title:	Postmarks, Machine
Date:	04/29/1965
Description:	Description of special cancellations by machine and how to obtain them. Sample Post Marking Impressions "Flier" from the International Postal Supply Co.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Articles
Folder number:	05-07-19
Subject(s):	Cancelling Machines ; Cancellations - Postage Stamps

Folder title:	Tagged Stamps Boerger 2
Date:	12/23/1963
Description:	Correspondence between Alfred Boerger and the Post Office Department covering processing of First Day Covers, selling of untagged sheets, etc.
Collection:	Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:	Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:	03-04-18
Subject(s):	Luminescent postage stamps
Original source:	Alfred Boerger