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| Folder title: | 157a 1 of 5 |
| Date: | 10/12/1962 |
| Description: | Ten copies of a photograph of a sheet with plate number 168153 of Canal Zone number 157a, the Thatcher Bridge omission error. Folio with six copies and a negative of full sheets of 157a, plate number 168153 and copy of a photograph of an enlargement of a portion of the sheet showing the plate number. Copy of the court record concerning the law suit seeking to enjoin the governments from printing additional copies of this error. Articles about this issue. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157a |
| Includes: | Photographs ; Documents |
| Folder number: | 30-03-028 |
| Subject(s): | Errors |
| Folder title: | 157a 2 of 5 |
| Date: | 01/03/1963 |
| Description: | Correspondence from the public regarding the issue of reprinting Canal Zone number 157a. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157a |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 30-03-029 |
| Subject(s): | Errors |
| Folder title: | 157a Thatcher Ferry Bridge Error 3 of 5 |
| Date: | 11/11/1962 |
| Description: | Memorandum listing the 06/08/1963 Post Office inventory of Thatcher Bridge stamps Canal Zone number 157a. Newspaper clippings and articles concerning this stamp. Copy of the Bureau specialist, March, 1963. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157a |
| Includes: | Articles ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 30-03-030 |
| Subject(s): | Errors |
| Folder title: | 157a Thatcher Ferry Bridge Error 4 of 5. |
| Date: | 09/12/1962 |
| Description: | Correspondence documenting the donation of a sheet of Canal Zone 157a to the Smithsonian Institution. Correspondence and memoranda concerning this stamp including a notation with the name of a postal clerk who discovered a sheet in stock and noting that two additional sheets were in the vault; legal affidavits and other correspondence relating to the legal proceedings. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing notified the Canal Zone about the Dag Hammarskjöld stamp error. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone 157a |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Documents |
| Folder number: | 30-03-031 |
| Subject(s): | Errors ; Smithsonian Institution ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
| Folder title: | 210.38 Stamps, Postage Blank Paper |
| Date: | 09/19/1889 |
| Description: | Correspondence between the Third Assistant Postmaster General, and other Postmasters as well as businesses and individuals pertaining to blank stamp coils and paper for experimental purposes. Involvement of United States Postal Inspection Service. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-02-49 |
| Subject(s): | Postage Stamps ; United States Postal Inspection Service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | 75.25 Envelopes, Stamped Unprinted Substituted for Printed |
| Date: | 12/11/1912 |
| Description: | Correspondence pertaining to envelopes that were improperly stamped or missing postage. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-02-02 |
| Subject(s): | Envelopes (Stationery) |
| Folder title: | Air Mail - "Mr. Robey's memorable Week" American Philatelist, Oct. 1983, pp. 912-18.32 |
| Date: | 10/01/1983 |
| Description: | Article describing the purchase of the 24-cent jenny invert. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-06-06 |
| Subject(s): | Stamp Collecting (Philately) |
| Original source: | American Philatelist |
| Folder title: | Black Blot File Also Errors Day and P.C.Z. Papers |
| Date: | 11/27/1962 |
| Description: | Strict rules and regulations on the quality of printing postage stamps. Concerns the Canal Zone Missing Bridge error stamp and the Dig Hammarskjöld stamp invert. H. E. Harris Co. press release with information on court ruling in their favor. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Legislation ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 03-03-12 |
| Subject(s): | Postage Stamps ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Law and Regulation |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| 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 C21, C22, C23, C24, C25, C26 |
| Date: | 08/28/1950 |
| Description: | A copy of an advertisement of a stamp sale featuring Canal Zone Scott number C25a. Copy of "Stamp Mirror" of 06/16/1951. Copy of "the Bureau Specialist" 05/00/1957 with an article on Canal Zone C25a. Typewritten article by Lt. Co. DeVoss describing how this first error stamp of the Canal Zone occurred. Photograph of the partial sheet of C25a. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this series of air mail stamps. Two 8" x 10" photocopies of the design for Canal Zone C21. Cropped and mounted photographs of Canal Zone C23. machine copies of Canal Zone C21-C23 and C26-C26. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone C21 ; Panama Canal Zone C22 ; Pa |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs |
| Folder number: | 30-03-040 |
| Subject(s): | Air Mail ; Errors ; Design |
| Folder title: | CZ UC14 |
| Date: | 04/05/1971 |
| Description: | Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of the eight-cent Canal Zone 159 and eight-cent envelopes, eleven-cent envelopes and surcharging of existing stocks to meet the new rate requirements. Letter of 09/10/1971 informing the United States Envelope company that there is a flaw in the basic design of the embossed stamp of the new long airmail stamped envelopes making them unusable and the will be destroyed. The short envelopes are good, but there are errors in the packing count for these. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Scott Number(s): | Panama Canal Zone159 ; Panama Canal Zone UC14 |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 30-03-099 |
| Subject(s): | Stamps ; Errors ; Postal Rates |
| Folder title: | Tagged Stamps |
| Date: | 05/13/1968 |
| Description: | Correspondence about tagging of postage stamps. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 03-04-16 |
| Subject(s): | Luminescent 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 |
| Folder title: | Tagged Stamps Boerger File 1 |
| Date: | 01/06/1960 |
| 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 |
| Folder number: | 03-04-17 |
| Subject(s): | Luminescent postage stamps |
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