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Folder title: "EXFILCA - 70" Exhibition - Caracas, Venequela Nov. 27 - Dec 6, 1970
Date: 06/22/1970
Description:Correspondence and materials concerning the 1970 Inter American Exposition in Caracas, Venezuela.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-02-15
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: "LUPOSTA" Exhibit - Vienna, Austria may 14-21, 1961
Date: 12/12/1960
Description:Correspondence concerning the U.S. participation at LUPOSTA
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-02-13
Subject(s): Exhibitons
Folder title: 11. Geographical File & Data Re: Foreign Stamps
Description:Lists of foreign postage stamps that were on display at the Post Office Department Headquarters.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:03-07-20
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: 13. Lists - Universal Postal Union September 12, 1934 to Dec. 22, 1938 1
Date: 09/27/1937
Description:Lists of stamps sent to the United state from the Universal Postal Union and the acknowledgement of same. Folder 1 of 3.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists
Folder number:04-06-04
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: 13. Lists - Universal Postal union September 12, 1934 to Dec. 22, 1938 2
Date: 09/18/1934
Description:Lists of stamps sent to the United States from the Universal Postal Union and the acknowledgement of the same. Folder 2 of 3.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists
Folder number:04-06-05
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: 135 Phillipine Islands
Date: 01/22/1906
Description:Letters regarding the use of Philippine stamps, envelopes and post cards to and from the United States and the Philippines.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-06-01
Subject(s): Foreign Mail
Folder title: 13-A - Universal Postal Union 1/14/39 - 2-17-41
Date: 01/31/1939
Description:Lists of stamps sent to the United States from the Universal Postal Union and the acknowledgement of same. Folder 3 of 3.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists
Folder number:04-06-06
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: 17 Philatelic Data (Scott's Nos. on Stock Sheet)
Date: 09/21/1937
Description:Details of United States and foreign stamps. Scott numbers list.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Photographs ; Correspondence
Folder number:03-07-04
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Folder title: 18B Lists Universal Postal Union 1
Date: 04/01/1943
Description:Lists of stamps sent to the United States by the Universal Postal Union. Folder 1 of 2
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:04-06-08
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Universal Postal Union
Folder title: 18B Lists Universal Postal Union March 24 - '42 2
Date: 10/14/1942
Description:Lists of stamps sent to the United States by the Universal Postal Union. Folder 2 of 2.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:04-06-09
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: 19. Duplicate Lists from U.P.U.
Date: 01/10/1935
Description:Lists of stamps sent to the United States by the Universal Postal Union.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:04-06-07
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Universal Postal Union
Folder title: 210.16-2 Stamps Postage Rotary Press
Date: 01/09/1923
Description:An additional press is needed to meet the demand for coil stamps. When a flat-bed press is used the color change was noticeable from the original stamps printed with a Rotary press.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-05-05
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing
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: 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: 210.9 Stamps, Postage Die Proofs of to August 29, 1922
Date: 09/13/1866
Description:Many requests made by the Third Assistant Postmaster General for specimens of stamps for various foreign countries. Also requests for stamps for the museum and expositions. Die proofs not longer given out in 1906.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-04-06
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: 212 Foreign Stamps and Stamped paper
Date: 05/06/1915
Description:Correspondence between the Post Office Department and foreign offices and legations regarding foreign stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-01-11
Subject(s): Foreign Mail ; Postage Stamps
Folder title: 4. Memoranda for Sup't
Date: 02/12/1937
Description:Needs of the Exhibition Room, various collections for worthwhile causes and ways to cut expenses.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:04-02-02
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: 6. Stock Lists and Pamphlets
Date: 01/01/1937
Description:Lists of foreign postal administration addresses, commemorative stamps and quantity issued.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:03-07-05
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: 71 Philippine Trade commission Stock Lists
Date: 03/21/1942
Description:A list of Philippine stamps held by the Philippine Philatelic Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:03-07-12
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Philippine Philatelic Department
Folder title: Afghanistan
Date: 08/29/1958
Description:Discussion of Postal Regulations in Afghanistan.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-28
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Bakhtar News Bulletin
Folder title: Air Mail Rates - Domestic and Foreign
Date: 01/01/1789 - 01/01/1961
Description:Lists of postal rates for various years and kinds of service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:05-07-35
Subject(s): Postal Rates
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Airgram
Date: 11/28/1969
Description:Air gram from the State Department to the White House regarding complimentary First Day Cover received from the Malawi Post Office. Requested White House provide appropriate thank you.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-02-14
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Department of State
Folder title: Ankara, Turkey
Date: 03/27/1961
Description:The Post Office Department is not able to have a display in the stamp exhibit in Ankara.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-04
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Original source:Information Agency
Folder title: Apollo XV
Date: 05/10/1972
Description:Material on the Apollo XV exhibition. Requests to display the exhibition are denied by the Post Office Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-06-16
Subject(s): Exhibition ; Postage Stamps ; Postage Stamps
Folder title: Argentina Federation of Philatelic Org. Exhibit Oct. 12-22, 1960
Date: 06/23/1960
Description:Correspondence from Argentina asking the Post Office Department to participate in an Inter American Stamp Exhibition.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-03
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Associated Press Reports
Date: 06/04/1984
Description:Boycott of summer Olympics by Russia and the exclusion of Israel from the UPU meeting.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Wire Service Messages
Folder number:05-06-07
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Associated Press
Folder title: Bombay, India, Exhibit - in 1960
Date: 02/14/1960
Description:Correspondence relating to the stamp exhibition held in Bombay, India and representation of the Gandhi stamp as part of the Champions of Liberty stamp series.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:05-02-06
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Stamp Collecting
Folder title: Bonn, Germany
Date: 01/24/1961
Description:The Post Office Department will not have a display in the stamp exhibit in Bonn, Germany.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-05
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: British Packets
Date: 05/22/1784
Description:Copy of a notice used in England about paying for the cost of mail to New York and Halifax as well as a copy of commander flags on various Post Office packet boats.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:06-04-20
Subject(s): Foreign Mail ; History - Postal
Folder title: Brussel's Exhibiton
Date: 07/03/1958
Description:Brussels World Fair display by the Post Office Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs ; Postal Service News
Folder number:05-03-35
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Budapest, Hungary - 1961
Date: 04/16/1960
Description:The United States was invited to participate in the Philatelic exhibit in Budapest, Hungary but the State Department chose not to.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-02
Subject(s): Exhibitions Exhibition Exhibition
Original source:Post Office Department Department of State
Folder title: Buenos Aires - Argentina TEMEX - 1962
Date: 05/16/1961
Description:Correspondence relating to the 1962 Philatelic Exhibition in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-02-05
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Calcutta, India
Date: 08/05/1960
Description:Correspondence concerning shipping the Champions of Liberty series to Calcutta and return to the Post Office Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:05-02-02
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Canal Zone - Miscellaneous Presentation
Description:Memoranda returning press proofs with machine copies of the stamps. Four photographs and a photograph proof strip of unknown men presenting a sheet of stamps (Thatcher Ferry Bridge). Autographed photograph of Fred Mamo, Postmaster General marked Malta. Photographs marked Quito, one of Benjamin Rivadeneira and the other with Benjamine rivadneira and employees of the "Direction General of Posts". Fourteen copies of a 3" x 4" photograph, the size used to send to the media, of an unused postage stamp design.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Memorandums ; Articles ; Photographs
Folder number:30-04-006
Subject(s): Foreign ; Persons
Folder title: Canal Zone First Day Covers - Misc
Description:Accession receipts and machine copies of Canal Zone, United States and foreign stamps some with first day cancellations.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Receipts
Folder number:30-03-150
Subject(s): Foreign ; Covers ; First Day of Issue
Folder title: China
Date: 01/01/1965
Description:The history of the post in China. Parts from a book
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Excerpts
Folder number:05-03-29
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign
Folder title: CZ C35
Date: 04/17/1963
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C35 including a history of the stamp and a copy of the letter from Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, asking that this stamp be issued.. Copy of the President's (Kennedy) Foreign Aid Message. Thirty plus copies of a 2 1/2" x 5 3/4" photograph of the stamp, the size used to send to the media. Four 3" x 5" photographs of C35. Color copies of the Alliance for Progress decal in various sizes. Three 8" x 10" photographs of C35. Newspaper clippings regarding this stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C35
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs
Folder number:30-03-046
Subject(s): Air Mail ; President
Folder title: Czechoslovakia Exhibit - (1962?)
Date: 09/30/1960
Description:Correspondence relating to the Prague, Czechoslovakia Exhibition participation in which was originally not approved because of Soviet influence, but later approved. Correspondence for the 1964 Paris, France Exhibition.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-02-03
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: European Postal Service - L. O'Brien
Date: 12/14/1966
Description:Public release of the Postmaster General's report on his trip to observe European postal systems.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:02-06-04
Subject(s): Public Relations (Press Releases) ; Postal Service
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Exb. Catalog Miscellaneous Parts
Date: 09/24/1970
Description:Foreign language pamphlets for stamp exhibitions
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Pamphlets
Folder number:04-02-13
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Folder title: Exhibit - United Nations Oct 1976 - March, 1977
Date: 12/23/1976
Description:Photographs of the exhibit at the Postal History section of the Smithsonian.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs
Folder number:05-07-01
Subject(s): Exhibitions Exhibition ; Smithsonian Institution
Original source:Smithsonian Institution
Folder title: Exhibitions Domestic and Foreign 1960-72
Date: 02/26/1960
Description:Materials on exhibition panel requests and temporary postal stations for philatelic exhibitions. Specific items in this file: Correspondence with S.P. Wang Director of the Post office in China. Christmas Stamp, Malta 69, Armed Forces Day celebration in Tokyo., National Genealogical Society. Press Release.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Lists
Folder number:01-05-09
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: Foreign - 1965
Date: 01/23/1964
Description:Correspondence concerning foreign stamps
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-05-25
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: Foreign - 1966
Date: 11/19/1965
Description:Many foreign countries writing to ask our Post Office Department to enter an exhibit that is to be held in their country.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-10
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Foreign - 1967
Date: 12/26/1967
Description:Mostly correspondence between the Post Office Department and foreign individuals, who want the United States Stamps at no charge.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-11
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: Foreign - 1968
Date: 12/14/1967
Description:Mostly correspondence between the Post Office Department and foreign individuals, who want the United States Stamps at no charge.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-12
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: Foreign - 1969
Date: 07/14/1969
Description:Mostly correspondence between the Post Office Department and foreign individuals, who want the United States Stamps at no charge.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-13
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: Foreign - 1970
Date: 02/20/1970
Description:Mostly correspondence between the Post Office Department and foreign individuals, who want the United States Stamps at no charge.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-14
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: Foreign Exhibitions (1959-62)
Date: 12/05/1957
Description:Material on foreign Philatelic exhibitions. Some specific examples are from Austria, Japan, India and Canada. Press Release.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:01-05-12
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: Foreign Exhibits - General 1
Date: 04/24/1963
Description:Various Countries asking the United States Post Office Department to participate in stamp exhibits in their country.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs
Folder number:05-07-07
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Foreign Exhibits - General 2
Date: 06/18/1962
Description:Various Countries asking the United States Post Office Department to participate in stamp exhibits in their country.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs
Folder number:05-07-08
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Foreign Postal Issues
Date: 09/23/1963
Description:Several copies of an information sheet listing known foreign postal services with a philatelic sales agency and providing information that stamps mailed through the postal system are merchandise.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Information Sheets
Folder number:02-05-22
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: German Exhibition in Room 1315
Date: 01/01/1960
Description:A German Philatelic Exhibition was held in the U.S. in 1960.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Speeches ; Photographs
Folder number:05-02-04
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Speeches ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: German P. O. Hist.
Date: 01/01/1959
Description:German postal history by horse, by wagon by foot. Parts from a book.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Excerpts
Folder number:05-03-16
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Zu Pferde, em Wagen, zu Fuss Tailsend Jabre Reisen
Folder title: Hamburg, Germany
Date: 11/05/1958
Description:Correspondence concerning the Post Office Department display at Interposta 1959.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-02-12
Subject(s): Exhibitons
Folder title: Importation of Postage Stamps
Date: 03/09/1962
Description:The Treasury Department, foreign assets control, regulates the importation of postage stamps. Letters requesting information regarding various countries. Layout for stamp collecting for children.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Layouts
Folder number:03-03-09
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Stamp Collecting (Philatelty) ; Stamp Collecting
Folder title: International Exhibitions
Date: 01/06/1973
Description:Correspondence to the Director, Office of Philatelic Affairs in regard to international stamp exhibitions in Stockholm, Sweden and Zurich, Switzerland.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-01-09
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: International Mail
Date: 04/01/1948
Description:A brochure on International Mail, POD Publication 51, 12/01/1963: A Brief History of the Development of the International Postal Service; International Mail, from the office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Brochures
Folder number:01-02-35
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Int'l 1 International Mail (General)
Date: 06/14/1966
Description:Correspondence to and from the international postal community regarding items of mutual interest.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-06-16
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign ; Administration
Folder title: Int'l - Document 25
Date: 04/17/1968
Description:Agenda for the December 25, 1968 meeting of the Universal Postal Union Executive Committee.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:02-06-25
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Int'l 10 Canadian Postal Strike
Date: 08/01/1968
Description:Material on the Canadian postal workers strike and the effect on United States mail service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Telegrams ; Press Releases
Folder number:02-06-24
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign ; Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Int'l 3 International Postal Organ.
Date: 02/20/1969
Description:Material relating to meetings with the international postal community.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:02-06-18
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign ; Administration ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Int'l 5 International Rates
Date: 08/08/1967
Description:Material concerning postal rates to Canada and other countries.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:02-06-19
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign ; Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Int'l 6 International Foreign Exchange Program
Date: 01/03/1968
Description:Material concerning the exchange of postal personnel between countries.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:02-06-20
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign ; Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Int'l 7 International Training Program
Date: 10/25/1966
Description:Material on training for foreign visitors.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-06-21
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Intl' 8 Mail to Poland
Date: 02/20/1968
Description:Correspondence dealing with problems in delivering parcels to Poland.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-06-22
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Int'l 9 Mail to Cuba
Date: 01/11/1968
Description:Material relating to problems with mail service to Cuba.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:02-06-23
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign ; Mail Service
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Int'l Appointment Announ's, Release, Etc - Walter Sheble
Date: 08/06/1966
Description:Information on the appointment of Walter Sheble as Special Assistant for International Postal Organizations.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:02-06-15
Subject(s): Public Relations (Press Releases) ; Persons ; Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Int'l Visits to Foreign Countries - 1968
Date: 09/13/1968
Description:Information about an official visit to a mail processing facility in Moscow, USSR and letters relating to the expected Christmas rush of mail to military personnel in Vietnam.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-06-17
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign ; Administration
Folder title: Japan
Date: 04/29/1963
Description:Discussion of the Postal Service in Japan from the beginning of the service to the present (1963).
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-17
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign
Folder title: Johannesburg International Philatelic - May 1960 (May30-June 4)
Date: 07/21/1959
Description:Correspondence regarding the Post Office Department display at UNIPEX.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-02-11
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Latin American Mails - Pre Columbian - Modern
Description:Handwritten, translated from Spanish - The Origin of Postal Service in America.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-11
Subject(s): History - Postal
Folder title: Laws - On Stamps
Date: 10/03/1960
Description:Press Release announcing that the stamp illustration law has been amended to permit reproduction in color under certain conditions. Several copies of articles with illustrations in color. Copy of the Treasury Department, United States Secret Service policy on use of illustrations and films of paper money postage and revenue stamps, checks, bonds and other obligations of the United States an foreign governments.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Press Releases ; Memorandums
Folder number:05-01-27
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: Liechtenstein
Date: 10/02/1966
Description:Discussion of business and postal service in the country of Liechtenstein.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-10
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign
Folder title: London Exhibition Sept. 18-26, 1970
Date: 04/16/1970
Description:Correspondence concerning the Post Office Department participation at PHYLYMPIA. Many requests for a show souvenir card.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:05-02-14
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: London International Stamp Philatelic - July 9-16, 1960
Date: 07/09/1958
Description:Correspondence relating to the International Stamp Exhibition in London.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-02-10
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Malta
Date: 09/01/1964
Description:Discussion of the postal service in Malta from the beginning of the service to the present (1964).
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-18
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Union Postale, Vol. 89, No. 9
Folder title: Malta Exhibit
Date: 03/01/1969
Description:The Post Office Department will be happy to participate in the Malta Philatelic exhibit.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Brochures ; Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-06
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Original source:Post Office Department Department of State
Folder title: Mongolia
Date: 10/01/1965
Description:Discussion of the history of the postal service in Mongolia from the beginning until the present (1965).
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-20
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Union Postale, Vol. 90, No.10
Folder title: Moscow Exhibit
Date: 05/05/1959
Description:Correspondence concerning the exhibit at the Moscow Exhibition including discussion of displaying a highway post office.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-02-08
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: New Atlantis (Republic of)
Date: 08/30/1964
Description:No such country exists at this time.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-02-38
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: New Zealand
Date: 07/01/1965
Description:Discussion of the postal service in New Zealand from the beginning of the service to the present (1965).
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-19
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Union Postale, Vol. 90, No. 7
Folder title: Northern Countries Postal Union (Denmark, Norway, Sweden)
Date: 06/01/1964
Description:Discussion of the postal service in Northern Countries - Denmark, Norway and Sweden. These countries have a trilateral postal agreement.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-21
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Union Postale, Vol. 89, No.6
Folder title: Operations, Bureau Of
Date: 05/21/1954
Description:Correspondence between the Post Office Department and the public on a variety of questions and the every day running of the postal service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-01-10
Subject(s): Administration ; Postal Service
Folder title: Palermo (Sicily)
Date: 03/09/1959
Description:Correspondence relating to the U. S. participation in "Sicilia 59".
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-02-07
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Pan American - Portland to London 1957
Date: 11/25/1957
Description:Philatelic treatment of first flight covers for Portland, Oregon to London
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:05-05-27
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; Air Routes ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: Paris Balloon Flts. 1870-7
Date: 01/01/1870
Description:Map showing balloon posts from Paris to various countries as well as balloon posts within France
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Maps
Folder number:05-03-24
Subject(s): Balloon post ; History - Postal ; Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Stamp Wholesaler
Folder title: Philatelic - Canada - U.S. Joint
Date: 03/15/1961
Description:Correspondence from the Canadians on the purchasing of U.S. issues. Press release regarding a new postal convention between U.S. and Canada.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:05-01-12
Subject(s): Stamp Collection (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: Philippines
Date: 09/02/1965
Description:Correspondence between the Post Office Department and residents of the Philippines.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-03-10
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Pilottown - New Orleans, Hoverplane 1920's
Date: 09/09/1968
Description:Letters and memoranda pertaining to Hover plane mail service
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-23
Subject(s): Air mail service
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: PMG1 Proposed Non-Profit Corp. 4/3/67
Date: 11/23/1966
Description:Papers concerning converting Post Office Department into a non-profit corporation. Report to British Parliament "Reorganisation of the Post Office, 1967. Executive Order of April 8, 1967 establishing the President's Commission On Postal Organization.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Articles ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-06-05
Subject(s): Administration ; Postal Service - History ; Public Relations - Press Releases)
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: POLSKA '60 - Sept 3 - 11 1960
Date: 02/24/1959
Description:Correspondence, press releases and publications relating to the International philatelic exhibition in Warsaw, Poland. 1960. (POLSKA).
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Publications ; Memorandums ; Telegrams
Folder number:01-01-10
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Original source:Department of State Embassy of Poland
Folder title: Postage Stamp Printing
Date: 10/28/1938
Description:The third assistant post master general requested information from various countries about their postage stamp manufacturing process. Reply from the British Postal Services Department; the Direction General of Posts, The Hague, Holland; the German Post; the Direction General of the Royal Post of Hungary; The Swiss PTT; The Argentine Republic; and, the Republic of France with information on the printing of postage stamps. A brief history of the United States Postal Service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-03-06
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing
Folder title: Postal Museums - Foreign
Date: 05/01/1965
Description:Publications and articles about the National Postal Museum in Great Britain.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Brochures
Folder number:05-01-18
Subject(s): Postal Museums
Folder title: Postal Museums - Various Pamphlets
Date: 01/01/1961
Description:Exhibition pamphlets and small catalogues
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Pamphlets
Folder number:04-02-14
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Folder title: Rates - 1968
Date: 07/01/1961
Description:New postage rates in U.S. and International mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Lists
Folder number:05-07-34
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Reproduction of U.S. and Foreign Stamps
Date: 07/22/1968
Description:Rules and regulations concerning the reproduction of U. S. and foreign stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Documents
Folder number:06-04-01
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Original source:Department of the Treasury Secret Service
Folder title: Revenue - Colonies and British
Date: 01/01/1878
Description:Copy of The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay [etc.]. Parts from a book. Volume III Taxing the colonies of Britain.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Excerpts
Folder number:05-03-25
Subject(s): Revenue Stamps
Folder title: Russian Postage Stamps
Date: 03/18/1965
Description:A letter in response to an inquiry regarding research of Russian postage stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-01-14
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Director of International Service
Folder title: Ryukyu Islands
Date: 05/23/1963
Description:Correspondence indicating desire to print and exchange or sell postage stamps in the U.S.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:03-02-13
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: Scandinavian Airlines - 1954/55
Date: 05/28/1954
Description:Correspondence concerning the Post Office Department non-assignment of foreign air mail route numbers to air services operated by carriers of other countries.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-05-26
Subject(s): Air Mail Routes ; Air mail service
Folder title: SETAF Stamp Exhibit - Verona, Italy 110-25-60
Date: 09/21/1960
Description:Correspondence relating to the SETAF Exhibition in Verona, Italy.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:05-02-09
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: Special Requests for Special Shows 1966-6
Description:on panels and temporary postal stations for philatelic exhibitions and lists rubber postmarking stamp for various exhibitions.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Designs
Folder number:01-04-03
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Stamp Collecting
Date: 01/13/1949
Description:Various notices of issuances concerning stamp catalogs and albums. as well as foreign and U.S. stamp releases.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:03-03-24
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Smithsonian Institution
Folder title: Stamp Exhibition Room (From International Bureau) #1 of 4
Date: 05/11/1956
Description:Cover memoranda with transfer of foreign stamps received from the Universal Postal Union to the Philatelic Exhibition Room from the International Service Division. Folder 1 of 4.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Lists
Folder number:04-06-13
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Folder title: Stamp Exhibition Room (From International Bureau) #2 of 4
Date: 12/23/1958
Description:Cover memoranda with transfer of foreign stamps to the Philatelic Exhibition Room from the International Service Division. Folder 2 of 4.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Lists
Folder number:04-06-14
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Folder title: Stamp Exhibition Room (From International Bureau) #3 of 4
Date: 07/13/1965
Description:Cover memoranda with transfer of foreign stamps to the Philatelic Exhibition Room from the International Service Division. Folder 3 of 4.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Lists
Folder number:04-06-15
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Original source:Universal Postal Union
Folder title: Stamp Exhibition Room (From International Bureau) #4 of 4
Date: 12/21/1962
Description:Cover memoranda with transfer of foreign stamps to the Philatelic Exhibition Room from the International Service Division. Folder 4 of 4.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Lists
Folder number:04-06-16
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Original source:Universal Postal Union
Folder title: Tokyo, Japan 1960
Date: 06/22/1960
Description:Correspondence about the Post Office Department preparing materials for the Tokyo Exhibition.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-02-01
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Trans 18 Railroad Strikes (General)
Date: 07/10/1963
Description:Deals with strikes in the U.S. and foreign countries delaying transportation of mail as well as potential strikes that could effect the mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:03-01-02
Subject(s): Railway Mail Service ; Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts
Folder title: Trans 21 Massachusetts
Date: 03/01/1964
Description:Information on the Boston area: The swearing in of Owen J. Justin as acting Postmaster of Amesbury Post Office. Photograph of meeting of Postmaster William Hartigan with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican to improve relations with the Vatican and Post Office Department. A route map Of Massachusetts 1963; proposal to use English and Spanish as languages of the Universal Postal Union.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Articles ; Maps ; Photographs
Folder number:02-04-10
Subject(s): Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Postmasters
Original source:Post Office Department Revere Journal
Folder title: U. N. Day
Date: 09/21/1961
Description:Celebration of United Nations Day 10/21/1961.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Posters ; Correspondence
Folder number:03-02-08
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign ; Posters
Folder title: U. N. Stamps
Date: 02/09/1957
Description:Letters asking the Post Office Department various questions (why can't United Nations Stamps be used in the U.S., etc.). Folders of United Nations stamp issues.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Folders
Folder number:05-03-32
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: U. P. U.
Description:History of the Universal Postal Union
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Essays
Folder number:04-06-17
Subject(s): Postal Service ; Foreign Mail
Folder title: U. P. U. - Duplicate Lists from U.P.U.
Date: 04/17/1937
Description:Lists of stamps sent to the United States by the Universal Postal Union.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:04-06-10
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Universal Postal Union
Folder title: U. P. U. - Duplicate Lists from U.P.U.
Date: 04/20/1939
Description:Lists of stamps sent to the United States by the Universal Postal Union.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:04-06-11
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Universal Postal Union
Folder title: U. S. - Steamship Mail (Ocean & Foreign) Inland Waterways (Domestic)
Date: 01/01/1959
Description:Manual by the Post Office Department for International Mail, a clipping about "Sea Jug Post" and "Steamboat Technology…..", a seminar talk.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Brochures
Folder number:06-04-21
Subject(s): Postal Service
Folder title: U. S. Delegation Report to UPU
Date: 09/20/1968
Description:Report on the Management Council of the UPU Consultative Committee for Postal Studies held in Moscow, USSR.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Reports
Folder number:02-06-27
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: U. S. Postal Service Policy for Domestic Stamp Shows and philatelic exhibitions
Date: 12/14/1973
Description:A copy of the Post Office Department policy for domestic stamp shows and Philatelic exhibitions. Copy of a letter to the Secretary of the Greater Toronto Coin and Stamp Exhibitions denying a request for use of the film strip - Stamps in the Making.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Policy Statements
Folder number:01-01-11
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Administration
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: USPOD Press Releases
Date: 07/11/1985
Description:Press wire stories covering a broad spectrum of subjects - Soviet rejection of a lot of packages sent there, staff changes, stamp subjects, delivery of mail to homes vis-a-vis cluster boxes
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Wire Service Messages
Folder number:03-03-22
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Original source:Associated Press
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