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| Folder title: | 210.7-1 Stamps, Comm. Postage Bills Introduced in Congress |
| Date: | 01/07/1949 |
| Description: | Copies of bills passed by Congress for each commemorative stamp from 1949 to 1951. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Legislation ; Resolutions |
| Folder number: | 04-05-03 |
| Subject(s): | Law and Legislation ; Postage Stamps |
| Original source: | Congress of the United States |
| Folder title: | Bills Introduced in Congress |
| Date: | 04/28/1965 |
| Description: | Copies of bills introduced into the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1971. A list enclosed of the bills for 1964 and 1965. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Legislation ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 03-03-07 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Law and Legislation |
| Original source: | Congress |
| Folder title: | CZ 120-135, C15-20 CZ27 |
| Description: | Two complete sets of photographs of Canal Zone Scott numbers 120-135, Copy of an article about the reroute of the canal from Nicaragua to Panama after Nicaragua issued stamps showing a volcano, Mt. Momotombo, that convinced Congress to choose the Panama site. Machine Copy copies of photographs of various Canal Zone stamps. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 120 ; Panama Canal Zone 121 ; Pa |
| Includes: | Photographs ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 30-03-008 |
| Subject(s): | Design |
| Folder title: | CZ 157a Thatcher Ferry Bridge Error 5 of 5 |
| Date: | 11/13/1962 |
| Description: | Correspondence to Congress about Canal Zone number 157a. Newspaper clippings concerning the reprinting of the Dag Hammarskjöld (U. S. number 1204) error stamp. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157a |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Correspondence ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 30-03-032 |
| Subject(s): | Errors ; Congress ; Press Releases |
| Folder title: | CZ Trucks (Electric Vehicles) |
| Date: | 03/14/1967 |
| Description: | Statement of Dr. Leo S. Packer Assistant Postmaster General Bureau of Research and Engineering United States Post Office Department before the Senate Committees on Commerce and Public Works. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Includes: | Publications |
| Folder number: | 34-04-012 |
| Subject(s): | Equipment ; Congress |
| Folder title: | Finance 16 Postal Rate Increase 1967 |
| Description: | Articles, Press Releases, Congressional correspondence and notes concerning the postal rate increase. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Memorandums ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 02-03-29 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Folder title: | Finance Budget 1963-1964-1965 |
| Date: | 01/28/1963 |
| Description: | Financial information on the Post Office Department: Digest of the Congressional record 01/21/1964, Comptroller General of the United States, 1966 budget preparation. Excerpts from the House Appropriations Committee. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Congressional Records ; Financial Data |
| Folder number: | 02-03-32 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Administration |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | June 11, 1969 - PMG Blount Radion Tape - Cong. Thompson |
| Date: | 04/18/1969 |
| Description: | A letter requesting the interview and confirmation letters for the interview between Postmaster Winton M. Blount and Congressman Fletcher Thompson (D-GA) . A series of photographs from the radio taping. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 02-02-44 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Postmasters |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Legislation |
| Date: | 12/9/1889 |
| Description: | Copies from the 51st and 85th congressional sessions pertaining Post Office Department legislation. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Legislation |
| Folder number: | 01-02-38 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Law and Legislation |
| Original source: | United States Congress |
| Folder title: | Moon Landing Exhibit |
| Date: | 01/20/1970 |
| Description: | Correspondence between the Post Office Department and members of Congress, organizations and the public. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-05-19 |
| Subject(s): | Exhibitions |
| Folder title: | Operations - Metro 3.1.9 |
| Date: | 10/31/1958 |
| Description: | Materials on operational issues dealing with the following issues: Construction of mechanized post office department in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Methods handbook: Distribution Guides System, A bill from the 86th Congress. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Maps ; Guidebooks |
| Folder number: | 01-07-08 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service ; Administration ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | P. 1. General Corres. - 1966 - PMG O'Brien |
| Date: | 01/15/1966 |
| Description: | Correspondence to Lawrence F. O'Brien. Letters from Northwest Airlines, Congressman Charles H. Wilson are the most notable. Other letters are in response to visits or announcements made by Mr. O'Brien. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 02-02-46 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Postmasters |
| Folder title: | P. 1. History Reorganization & Regulations |
| Date: | 10/04/1961 |
| Description: | A press release dated 01/21/1962 announcing a major reorganization of the Post Office Department's 15 regional offices to strengthen field operations and improve service. Some topics mentioned in the release include: the operating functions of each region will be divided in two divisions; postal systems and local services; transfer of supervision of Puerto Rico and US. Virgin Islands from Atlanta to New York. The release of 10/04/1961 deals with congressional franking issues. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases |
| Folder number: | 02-02-16 |
| Subject(s): | Public Relations - Press Releases ; Administration |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | P.1. Assoc. Congressional Record |
| Date: | 10/17/1961 |
| Description: | Material from the Congressional Record pertaining to postmaster nominations, postmaster revenue received by railroads, removal of President Eisenhower plaques for President Kennedy plaques in post office buildings, adjusting of postal rates. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Congressional Records |
| Folder number: | 02-02-05 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Postal Rates ; Administration |
| Folder title: | P.1. Assoc. Natl. Postal Union |
| Date: | 01/17/1964 |
| Description: | Newsletters from the National Postal Union: Washington Report, and the Long Beach Broadcaster. Some of the topics discussed are: NPU Elections, Cost of living Allowance, Pay Guides, Pay Raise Issues by Congress and President Johnson. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Lists ; Newsletters ; Publications |
| Folder number: | 02-02-07 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees |
| Folder title: | P.1. Congressional Letters 1967-1968 |
| Date: | 05/10/1966 |
| Description: | Congressional letters - queries regarding the Post Office Department service of parcels to soldiers in Vietnam and the curtailing of the railway service. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-07-23 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service ; Railway Mail Service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department Congress |
| Folder title: | P.O. DEPT. News Kit of 1/11/68 |
| Date: | 01/11/1968 |
| Description: | First Class Mail by Air News Kit. Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien will be asking Congress to make the postage rate the same for airmail and first class mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases |
| Folder number: | 05-05-05 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Parcel Post - Hearings |
| Date: | 01/27/1966 |
| Description: | Discussion of the Parcel Post Reform Act by Senate committee and President and Post Office Department. Congressional testimony. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 02-01-19 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation |
| Folder title: | Personnel 6 New Contracts Employee Unions |
| Date: | 03/20/1963 |
| Description: | Information on new contracts with the U.S. Post Office Department and various labor unions. The Unions include the following: United Federation of Postal Clerks, AFL-CIO, The National Association of Letter Carriers, The National Rural Letter Carriers' Association, The National Association of Post Office and General Services Maintenance Employees, The National Federation of Post Office Motor Vehicle Employees, and the National Association of Special Delivery Messengers. In addition there is a copy of the Digest of the Congressional Record for Wednesday , 07/28/1965. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Photographs |
| Folder number: | 02-03-17 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Postal Service - Law and Legislation POD Forms |
| Date: | 05/20/1947 |
| Description: | Philatelic Sales Unit order forms, cashier's record of covers forms. 91st Congress Report 91-1363 and Public Law-91-375 booklets. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Forms ; Congress Reports |
| Folder number: | 03-04-25 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service Law and Legislation |
| Original source: | Post Office Department Congress |
| Folder title: | Revolutionary War - Gen'l. Washington's Report on Capitulation of British Army, Yorkworn. |
| Date: | 10/24/1781 |
| Description: | Copy of General George Washington's report to the President of Congress as published in the Courier de l'Europe of December 25, 1781. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Reports |
| Folder number: | 05-06-08 |
| Subject(s): | History |
| Folder title: | S.A.C. - The First Continental Congress |
| Date: | 01/01/1973 |
| Description: | Requesting a stamp for the bicentennial of the First Continental Congress. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Booklets |
| Folder number: | 06-02-35 |
| Subject(s): | Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee ; Postage Stamp Designs |
| Original source: | Carpenter's Company |
| Folder title: | S.A.C. - World Petrarch Congress |
| Date: | 02/28/1973 |
| Description: | The World Petrarch Congress was to honor Francesco Petrarca. His appetite for knowledge, his individualism, and especially his concept of the international community of the intellect, all serve to place Petrarea among the first truly modern men. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 06-02-30 |
| Subject(s): | Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee ; Postage Stamp Designs |
| Folder title: | Treasury Deptartment - U.S. Secret Service 1958 |
| Date: | 09/23/1958 |
| Description: | The 85th Congress passed legislation regarding illustrations of paper money and securities, stamps, coins in advertising film. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 02-01-02 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Postage Stamps |
| Original source: | Department of the Treasury |
| Folder title: | Untitled |
| Date: | 04/14/1915 |
| Description: | Correspondence concerning the transfer of die proofs between the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Post Office Department. Copy of an article (publisher unknown) by Francis J. McCall, Division of Philately, Smithsonian Institution, titled: Gems of Proofdom - A Report on the Panama-Pacific Die Proofs, 1915. Correspondence from the Third Assistant Postmaster General to the Assistant Secretary in Charge, National Museum, concerning the museum's sale of 1908 "Blue Rag" sheets sold by the museum and requesting an inquiry and a copy of the museum answer also additional correspondence concerning the proper disposition of unneeded material by the museum.. Photocopy of "The Congress Book 1956" for the twenty second American Philatelic Congress. Copy of a letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Secretary of the Treasury. Miscellaneous correspondence from the Post Office Department. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Photocopies |
| Folder number: | 06-05-59 |
| Subject(s): | Postage Stamps ; Die Proofs ; President |
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