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Folder title: | 170 Postmarks |
Date: | 06/21/1951 |
Description: | Postmarking not acceptable for Philatelic purposes. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 03-06-04 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Covers |
Folder title: | 175.7 Post Offices First Day Sale, Nimitz, W. Va. September 10, 1945 |
Date: | 08/24/1945 |
Description: | The Post Office was opened and named for Admiral Chester Nimitz. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles |
Folder number: | 03-06-05 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Post Office Stations and Branches |
Folder title: | 210.4-1Stamps, Postage Canceled, Use of for Postal Purposes |
Date: | 11/13/1908 |
Description: | Letters received by the Post Office Department and their reply concerning the use of canceled postage stamps on outgoing mail. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 04-05-11 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Mail Service |
Folder title: | 210.4-2 Stamps, Postage Canceled, Offers of |
Date: | 08/02/1909 |
Description: | Letters from people who want to sell canceled postage stamps to the Post Office Department. Reply from the Post Office Department advises they do not buy canceled stamps. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 04-05-10 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) |
Folder title: | 75.26 Envelopes Stamped Precancelled |
Date: | 07/07/1928 |
Description: | Correspondence between various postmasters around the country and the Post Office Department concerning precancelled envelopes. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 01-02-03 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Air Star Route - Hawaii |
Date: | 02/09/1950 |
Description: | Cachet for Hawaii First Flight U.S. mail |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Drawings ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-19 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Cachet Material - Dodge City Kansas |
Description: | Cachet for Dodge City, Kansas, U.S. Air Mail First Flight |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Drawings ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-23 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Cancellation of Flag Philatelic Sales Unit 4 |
Date: | 12/21/1970 |
Description: | Letters questioning the authority of canceling or defacing, the U.S. flag on a stamp. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 03-03-04 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) |
Folder title: | Cancellations |
Date: | 10/14/1960 |
Description: | Materials on cancellations. Specific material in this file: U. S Naval Support Force, Antarctica, The National Improved Mail Service, etc. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 01-05-11 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) |
Folder title: | Cancellations - Philatelic 1 |
Date: | 05/12/1962 |
Description: | Correspondence pertaining to cancellations. There are many of references in this file to the John F. Kennedy memorial stamp. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 01-03-12 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Cancelling Machines |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Cancellations - Philatelic 2 |
Date: | 10/27/1961 |
Description: | Correspondence pertaining to cancellations. Some of the contents in this file deal with patriotic covers involving the state of Ohio and its troops in the U.S. Civil War. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cover Designs ; Lists |
Folder number: | 01-03-11 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Cancelling Machines |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Cancellations - Philatelic 3 |
Date: | 11/04/1958 |
Description: | Correspondence from stamp collectors to Franklin Burns Jr. Director of the Division of Philately, pertaining to canceling machines and cancellations for the purpose of collecting. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Stamp Designs |
Folder number: | 01-03-02 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Cancelling Machines |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Cancellations - Philatelic 4 |
Date: | 06/19/1957 |
Description: | Correspondence from stamp collectors to Franklin Burns Jr. Director of the Division of Philately, pertaining to canceling machines and cancellations for the purpose of collecting. The majority of these letters in this file are complaints. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Stamp Designs |
Folder number: | 01-03-01 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Cancelling Machines |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Cheboygan, Mich |
Date: | 04/17/1941 |
Description: | Cachet for Cheboygan, Michigan, for the United States Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-37 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Original source: | Second Assistant Postmaster General |
Folder title: | Christmas Postmark Collection |
Date: | 12/01/1966 |
Description: | Christmas stories made with postmarks acquired throughout the United States. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Articles |
Folder number: | 03-02-24 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) |
Folder title: | Duluth, Minn |
Date: | 03/15/1940 |
Description: | Cachets from Duluth Minnesota, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-36 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Original source: | Fourth Assistant Postmaster General |
Folder title: | El Centro, Cal, First Flight (Featuring the lettuce crop) |
Description: | Cachet for El Centro, California for first U.S. Air Mail First Flight |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-10 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Fall River, Mass |
Description: | Cachet for Fall River, Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-33 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | First Flight - Eureka, California - Proofs of Cachet |
Description: | Cachet for Eureka, CA for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-12 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Frankfort, Ky |
Date: | 04/22/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Frankfort, Kentucky, for First Flight U.S. mail. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-26 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Grand Junction, Colo. - Cachet Proofs - First Flight 1946 |
Date: | 02/01/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Grand Junction Colorado for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings |
Folder number: | 06-05-07 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Gulfport, Miss |
Description: | Cachet for Gulfport, Mississippi, for the United States Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-38 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Handstamps (Philately) |
Date: | 04/01/1881 |
Description: | Copies of hand stamp impressions used by the Post Office Department. Includes some fancy cancels. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Examples |
Folder number: | 03-04-05 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Handstruck Postmarks |
Date: | 09/09/1962 |
Description: | Articles and the Bishop Marks (cancellations) and other cancellations. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Articles |
Folder number: | 05-07-20 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) |
Original source: | Baltimore Sun |
Folder title: | Helicopter - Chicago |
Description: | Cachet for the Chicago area Experimental Helicopter Service. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-21 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Helicopter - New York |
Date: | 12/16/1946 |
Description: | U.S. Air Mail in the New York area by Experimental Helicopter Service Cachet. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-41 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Original source: | Fourth Assistant Postmaster General |
Folder title: | Hyannis, Mass |
Description: | Cachet for Hyannis, Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-32 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Inauguration |
Date: | 11/22/1964 |
Description: | Post Office Department Press Release regarding "Inauguration Day" cancellation. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Press Releases |
Folder number: | 03-02-12 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
Folder title: | Kansas Coffeyville Kan |
Description: | Cachet for Coffeyville and Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-20 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | La Junta, Cal. - Cachet Material - 1940 First flight |
Date: | 07/23/1940 |
Description: | Cachet for La Junta, Colorado for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings |
Folder number: | 06-05-08 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Lakehurst, New Jersey |
Description: | Cachet from Lakehurst New Jersey for the First Flight of the Hindenburg Trans-Atlantic to Frankfurt. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-40 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Lexington, Ky |
Date: | 04/22/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Lexington, Kentucky, U.S Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-15 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Maine - Millinocket, Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, ETC. |
Description: | Cachet for Bangor, Moncton, Auburn, Lewiston, Waterville, Millnocket, Houlton, Presque Isle and Caribou, Maine for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-46 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Marysville, Calif. |
Date: | 10/03/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Marysville, California, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets ; Correspondence |
Folder number: | 06-05-50 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Merced, Cal. - first Flight 1945 - Cachet - Drawing original & proofs |
Date: | 05/22/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Merced, California for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings |
Folder number: | 06-05-09 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Michigan - Grand Rapids, Traverse City |
Description: | Cachets from Traverse City and Grand Rapids, Michigan for U.S. Air Mail first Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-35 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Minot, N.D. |
Date: | 04/16/1940 |
Description: | Cachet for Minot, North Dakota for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-43 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Original source: | First Assistant Postmaster General |
Folder title: | Mobile, Alabama |
Description: | Cachet created for Mobile, Alabama for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-39 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Modesto, Cal. - First flight 1946 - Original drawing and proof for Cachet |
Date: | 05/22/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Modesto and Merced, CA for U.S. Air Mail first flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings |
Folder number: | 06-05-05 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Montana - Great Falls / Lewistown |
Description: | Cachet for Great Falls and Lewistown, Montana, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-45 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Nantucket, Mass |
Description: | Cachet for Nantucket, Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 06-05-31 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | New Bedford, Mass |
Description: | Cachet for New Bedford Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Brochures ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-29 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Description: | Cachet for New Orleans, LA, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-28 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Northern Vir. Postmark Sys. - News Articles |
Date: | 11/22/1968 |
Description: | Citizens of the city of Alexandria objected to the elimination of local postmarks for a regional postmark. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Articles ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 02-07-03 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Norwalk, Conn |
Date: | 08/07/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-17 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Oak Bluffs, Mass. (on island of Martha's Vineyard) |
Description: | Cachet for Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, for U.S. First Flight Air Mail. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Drawings ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-30 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Palm Springs, Cal. - First Flight - Negative and Proofs - 1945 |
Date: | 10/03/1945 |
Description: | Cachet for Palm Springs, CA for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings |
Folder number: | 06-05-06 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Pennslyvania Phila. and Camden, N. J. Negatives |
Date: | 03/27/1939 |
Description: | Cachets for New Kensington, Philadelphia, Butler, Coatesville, Kane, Corry, Gettysburg, Erie, Warren, Tyrone, York, Wilkes-Barre, Dubois, Titusville, Natrona, Pennsylvania. Camden, New Jersey for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-44 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Postmarking Stamps for Exhibition Shows |
Date: | 03/19/1957 |
Description: | Correspondence pertaining to postmarks for exhibitions: American Air Mail Society Convention, American Stamp Dealers Association and Memphis Stamp Collectors are only three. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
Folder number: | 01-03-04 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Exhibitions |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Precancels |
Date: | 05/20/1954 |
Description: | Letters to the Post Office Department regarding precancel stamps. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Press Releases |
Folder number: | 05-05-13 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
Folder title: | Pueblo, Colo. - First Flight Cachet - 1939 |
Date: | 03/14/1939 |
Description: | Cachet for Pueblo, Colorado for U.S. air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-11 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Red Bluff, Calif. - Photographs (for cachet?) 1946 |
Date: | 09/07/1946 |
Description: | Request from fourth assistant Post Master General for photographs of public interest to the Postmaster of Red Bluff, California. Photo response enclosed. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 06-05-04 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) |
Folder title: | Sailboat - Photo, Drawing, Cachet |
Description: | First Flight Air Mail cachet requested by Long Beach, California. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Drawings ; Photographs |
Folder number: | 06-05-02 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Salinas, Calif. - First Flight Cachet materials - June 1946 |
Date: | 06/06/1946 |
Description: | First Flight Air Mail cachet requested by Salinas, California |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs ; Drawings |
Folder number: | 06-05-03 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | San Berardino, Calif - First Flight Cachet Materials - negative & proofs |
Date: | 10/25/1945 |
Description: | Cachets requested by San Bernadino and Palm Springs California for their "First Flight" air mail. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives |
Folder number: | 06-05-01 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Stamford - Norwalk, Conn |
Date: | 08/06/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Stamford and Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-42 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Original source: | Fourth and Second Assistant Post Master General |
Folder title: | Stockton, Cal |
Date: | 04/01/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Stockton, California for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets ; Booklets |
Folder number: | 06-05-49 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | USPOD Philatelic Sales Unit 1 |
Date: | 07/22/1962 |
Description: | Inquiries asking about the ruling in the Postal Manual concerning the holding of mail for "First Day Cover" collectors. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence |
Folder number: | 03-03-01 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) |
Original source: | Post Office Department |
Folder title: | Valdosta, Ga |
Description: | Cachet for Valdosta Georgia, U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-18 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Visalia, Cal |
Date: | 04/01/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Visalia, California plus a brochure published by the Chamber of Commerce. Pictures of tall trees. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Postcards ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-48 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Folder title: | Yreka City, Calif. |
Date: | 08/21/1946 |
Description: | Cachet for Yreka California for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
Folder number: | 06-05-14 |
Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
Original source: | Post Office Department Fourth Assistant Post Master General |