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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

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