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Folder title: "Abraham Cohen = Deputy Postmaster, Georgetown, S. C. (1789-1800)
Date: 03/01/1959
Description:About the life of Abraham Cohen, Deputy Postmaster, Georgetown, South Carolina.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Reprints
Folder number:05-06-04
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:Publication of the American Jewish Historical Society
Folder title: "History of the Railway Mail Service" Washington, D.C.: U.S. Post Office Dept. c. 1932
Date: 09/26/1932
Description:Excerpt taken from data placed in cornerstone of new Post Office Department building, September 26 1932.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Excerpts
Folder number:05-06-01
Subject(s): Railway Mail Service ; History - Postal
Original source:Post Office Department
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: 1802-25 Leather Mail Pouch (Photo) etc. From Western Reserve Historical Society. Photocopy of instructions to postmasters dated 01/20/1825
Date: 01/20/1825
Description:A photograph of a leather mail pouch from 1802-1825, with a photocopy of instructions to postmasters dated 01/20/1825.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs ; Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-13
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Mail Service ; Postmasters
Original source:Post Office Department Western Reserve Historical Society
Folder title: 1859 Reproductions of Advertisements of Stage and Steamship Mail
Date: 01/01/1859
Description:Advertisements for Mail Service from the Texas Almanac 1859 via: stage coach, passenger and freight train, steamship to the far west.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Advertisements
Folder number:01-02-17
Subject(s): Postal Service ; Postal Service - Transportation.
Original source:Texas Almanac 1859
Folder title: 205.12 Stamped Paper History of Jan. 1920
Date: 01/05/1920
Description:Information regarding stamps and the subjects of stamps from 1847 to 1946.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:04-04-02
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; History - Postal ; Envelopes (Stationery)
Original source:Post Office Department
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: 22
Date: 12/24/1852
Description:Correspondence from Philatelist Herbert Bernstein to curator Carl Scheele of the Smithsonian Institute, containing a letter from 1852 by a Mr. Thomas Brewer.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-18
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Mail Service
Original source:Smithsonian Institution
Folder title: 220 Statistics Jan. 1935 to
Date: 01/02/1935
Description:Inventory of stamps in different years. History of the development of the Philatelic Agency.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-07-09
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Folder title: 6th international Wash. '66
Date: 12/30/1965
Description:Correspondence and press releases regarding the new exhibition of stamps and postal history in the Museum of History and Technology and Guest speakers.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Catalogs
Folder number:01-01-12
Subject(s): Postal Museums ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Smithsonian Institution
Original source:Post Office 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: Arizona
Date: 05/01/1942
Description:Brief history of Arizona with emphasis on Tubac, Arizona
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:06-05-16
Subject(s): Postal Service
Original source:Postmaster Gazette
Folder title: Arthur Hecht Manuscript
Date: 04/15/1957
Description:Manuscript titled The war of 1812 and the Post Office Department, Saint Mary's County
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Manuscripts
Folder number:05-01-32
Subject(s): History - Postal
Original source:Arthur Hecht
Folder title: Balloon "Kathleen" Mail Flight
Date: 07/01/1967
Description:The first officially recognized airmail in the U.S. was carried aboard the balloon "Jupiter" in 1859. April 30, 1962 "Kathleen" was launched from Brawley CA carrying a box of 1, 029 envelopes which were postmarked El Centro, CA but the balloon went 55 miles, south of Mexicali, Mexico.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:03-02-25
Subject(s): Balloon post
Folder title: Brady, T. J. "Postcards & History", History Today Vol. XIX, No. 12 (Dec. 1969) p. 848-855
Date: 12/01/1969
Description:History of postcards
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-06-22
Subject(s): Postcards
Original source:History Today
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: Bureau Engraving & Printing - Photo -Brochure - Paper Requirements Etc.
Date: 10/19/1967
Description:Brochures of the History of Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Two contracts for postage stamp paper.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Contracts ; Brochures
Folder number:03-02-11
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; Unites States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Folder title: Byzantine Empire
Date: 01/01/1959
Description:The Byzantine Empire in the World of the Seventh Century and The Role of the Trade in the Economic Readjustment of Byzantium in the Seventh Century.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-15
Subject(s): History - Postal
Original source:Dunbarton Oak Research Library and Collection
Folder title: C-37
Date: 10/15/1963
Description:One 3 1/2" x 4" black and white and three 5" x 7" color photographs of Canal Zone C37. Three 8"x 10" photographs of a Canal Zone scenes. Photograph montage showing the design model and the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C37
Includes:Photographs ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-057
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Design
Folder title: C38
Date: 10/15/1963
Description:Two 3 1/2" x 4" black and white and three 5" x 7" color photographs of Canal Zone C38. One 8"x 10" photograph of a Canal Zone a scene. Photograph montage showing the design model and the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C38
Includes:Photographs ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-058
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Design
Folder title: C39
Date: 10/15/1963
Description:One 3 1/2" x 4" black and white and three 5" x 7" color photographs of Canal Zone C39. Two 8"x 10" copies of a photograph of a Canal Zone scene. Two copies of a photograph montage showing the design model and the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C39
Includes:Photographs ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-059
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Design
Folder title: C40
Date: 10/15/1963
Description:One 3 1/2" x 4" black and white and three 5" x 7" color photographs of Canal Zone C40. Two 8"x 10" copies of a photograph of a Canal Zone scene. Two copies of a photograph montage showing the design model and the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C40
Includes:Photographs ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-060
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Design
Folder title: C41
Date: 10/15/1963
Description:One 3 1/2" x 4" black and white and three 5" x 7" color photographs of Canal Zone C40. Three 8"x 10" copies of photographs of Canal Zone scenes. Two copies of a photograph montage showing the design model and the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C41 ; Panama Canal Zone C40
Includes:Photographs ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-061
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Design
Folder title: Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #4 Scott C36-C41
Date: 10/09/1963
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C36-C41 including a history of the stamp. Final copy of 50th Anniversary events. Machine copies of various photographs of Canal Zone scenes. Two 8" x 10" montages photographs of these stamps. An 8" x 10" photograph of each stamp. Captioned photograph of the Canal Zone Governor Robert J. Fleming canceling stamps.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-050
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design
Folder title: Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #8 Scott C36-C41
Date: 11/15/1963
Description:One 3 2/3" by 3 3/4" photograph of Canal Zone C 36. Three 5" x 7" color photographs of C36. Seven 8"x 10" photographs of Canal Zone scenes. Two 8" x 10" photograph montages showing a photographic scene used in the stamp design, a copy of the model and of the finished stamp. Memorandum with history of the stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa
Includes:Photographs ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-056
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Design
Folder title: Canal Zone - USRCARIB School Folder #2
Date: 07/28/1961
Description:History of the USARCARIB 15 cent air mail stamp, Canal Zone number C32. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C32. Machine copy of First Day cancellation. Newspaper and magazine articles concerning this stamp. Two photographs of the Director of Posts and two U. S. Army officers reviewing photographs. Nine photographs of people and events at the First Day of Issue Ceremony.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C32
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs
Folder number:30-03-043
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design
Folder title: Canal Zone Army Postal Service History Panama Canal Department World War II
Date: 03/07/1936
Description:Material regarding the U. S. Army Postal Service in the Canal Zone. Correspondence between the Governor and the Command General. Copy of the U. S. Army Circular 380-3, Military Security. Procedures to obtain telephone service from the U. S. Army Signal Corps. Typewritten copy of "History of The Army Postal Services Panama Canal Department".
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence ; Circulars ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-127
Subject(s): World War II ; Mail Service ; United States Army - Postal Service
Folder title: Canal Zone Photographs, Canal Zone History
Description:Machine copies of Canal Zone photographs. Originals in the Smithsonian Postal Museum Library Photograph file.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Photocopies
Folder number:30-03-134
Subject(s): Panama Canal ; History
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: Civil War postal History
Date: 01/01/1960
Description:A research paper pertaining to mail delivery to the US. Navy during the US. Civil War 1861 - 1865
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Research Papers
Folder number:01-02-14
Subject(s): History - Postal ; United States Navy - Postal Service ; Postal Service
Folder title: Clippings from Scientific American 1954 (photocopies)
Date: 12/17/1853
Description:Photocopies of articles printed in the Scientific American dealing with matters of postage, postal services and correspondence.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-06-26
Subject(s): Postal Service ; History - Postal
Original source:Scientific American
Folder title: Confederate States of America
Date: 02/25/1962
Description:An article pertaining to mail service and stamps in the Confederate States of America.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:01-02-21
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postage Stamps
Original source:News and Courier
Folder title: Cunningham, P. & Lucas, C. , Occupational Costume in England rom 11th Cent. To 1914. pp. 233-249
Description:Description of how mail is carried from the eleventh century to 1914. Parts from a book.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Excerpts
Folder number:05-06-28
Subject(s): History - Postal
Original source:Occupational Costume in England
Folder title: CZ 136,137,140
Date: 12/14/1946
Description:Newspaper clipping from Linn's Weekly Stamp News showing Canal Zone stamps Scott 136, 137 and 140. 10/01/1949 cover with two Canal Zone Scott number 137 and Cristobal cancellation showing map of canal zone and slogan "The Panama Canal Short Route to World Markers". Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone 138. Photograph of Canal Zone Scott number 136, 137 and 140. Xeroxes of sketches and models of proposed stamps. Booklet - Canal Zone Postage Stamps (Fourth Edition - 1939).
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 136 ; Panama Canal Zone 137 ; Pa
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Booklets ; Photographs
Folder number:30-03-010
Subject(s): Design ; Artifact ; Panama Canal
Folder title: CZ 33
Date: 08/12/1962
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C33 including a history of the stamp. Newspaper clippings regarding this stamp. Machine copies of stamp designs. Two photographs of a workman spraying to eradicate malaria.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 33
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs
Folder number:30-03-044
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design
Folder title: CZ C34
Date: 12/13/1963
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C34 including a history of the stamp. Machine copies of First Day cancellations
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C34
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:30-03-045
Subject(s): Air Mail ; First Day of Issue ; Design
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: CZ Stamp History Duplicates
Date: 07/05/1928
Description:Bureau of Engraving and Printing stamp history sheets.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Forms
Folder number:30-04-008
Subject(s): Design ; Printing ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Folder title: D.C. Postal History Exb. by George T. Turner
Date: 12/15/1961
Description:Some correspondence and a comprehensive list of items on exhibition at the District of Columbia Postal History Exhibit.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists
Folder number:05-01-13
Subject(s): Exhibitions
Folder title: Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine "The Post Office of the Revolutionary War", J. C. Fitzpatrick.
Date: 10/01/1922
Description:A magazine article pertaining to the Post Office during the American Revolutionary War.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:01-02-11
Subject(s): History - Postal
Original source:Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine
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: Field Philatelic Training Seminar: The Complete Guide for Region Coordinators
Description:A copy of a training seminar guide: topics include postal history, philatelic workshop and a retail merchandising campaign. Three ring binder.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Training Guides
Folder number:06-06-01
Subject(s): Postal Service Guides
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Free Mail - Historical Background
Description:A list of Acts from 1789 - 1968 pertaining to the history of the free mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:01-02-09
Subject(s): History - Postal
Folder title: General History - U. S. P. O. D and Postal Development All Periods All Phases
Date: 05/04/1881
Description:History of Post Office and mail service in Colonial and U.S. times.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Articles ; Correspondence
Folder number:03-03-11
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
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: Highlights of American History as Recorded by U. S. Commerative Postage Stamps
Date: 01/01/1933
Description:An offer to sell First Day Covers with a map showing where the commemorative event took place and when.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Maps
Folder number:05-03-42
Subject(s): Covers (Philately)
Original source:C. Stephen Anderson
Folder title: History - Commermorative Stamps
Date: 12/15/1938
Description:Information about the Philatelic Stamp Agency now available to send stamps to collectors and dealers. Some history data connected with certain postage stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Articles
Folder number:04-07-10
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: History of Postage Stamps IS Pamphlets
Date: 08/05/1962
Description:Order form for the printing of 50,000 copies of the Post Office Department pamphlet: History of United States Postage Stamps, Postal Cards, and Stamped Envelopes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Order Forms
Folder number:02-05-15
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: History of the Post Office
Date: 04/01/1965
Description:A press release detailing the history of the Post Office Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:02-05-26
Subject(s): Public Relations (Press Releases) ; History - Postal
Folder title: History of U.S. Stamps
Date: 01/10/1908
Description:Material on the history of the United States Postal Service and of United States Postage Stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Articles
Folder number:04-02-03
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postage Stamps ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: History, Postal
Date: 08/05/1974
Description:Correspondence and photographs regarding possible donations to the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs
Folder number:05-01-31
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Smithsonian Institution
Folder title: Illinois
Date: 08/25/1904
Description:Articles discussing the opening of the Pneumatic Mail Tubes, mail boxes on sidewalks and history of the Post Office Department in Chicago.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-07-25
Subject(s): Pneumatic Machinery ; Mail Service
Original source:Chicago Tribune
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: J. B. Trapp
Date: 04/18/1935
Description:Correspondence in regard to postal history and comments on a article written by Mr. J. B. Trapp, in December 1940; Issue of the Union Postal Clerk.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-01-05
Subject(s): History - Postal
Original source:William Duncan Gilbert E. Huatt
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: Kelly, Bernard, "Hauling the Mail on Foot & Horseback," Empire Magazine (Jan. 20, 1970) (Denver Post)
Date: 01/25/1970
Description:"Hauling the mail on foot and horseback" an historical article.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-06-23
Subject(s): History - Postal
Original source:Empire Magazine
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: Mail Bags, Pouches, Boxes (For Transit) and Misc, Containers
Date: 04/06/1943
Description:Memorandum pertaining to a Post Office delivery box found in storage. The memorandum gives a brief history of the use of the boxes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:01-02-29
Subject(s): Postal Service
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: Maryland
Date: 01/29/1967
Description:The amount of postal mail delivered in the Baltimore in 1867 and 1868.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-07-26
Subject(s): Postal Service
Original source:Sun Magazine
Folder title: Meters (Overment, Alfred P.H. - File)
Date: 10/06/1898
Description:Discussions about envelopes and use of the meter for postal history.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-04-07
Subject(s): Postal Service - Metered Mail
Folder title: Microfilm Service Project
Description:Corporation would like to use microfiche format to publish image stamps with a complete history of the subjects on microfilm.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-02-15
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting
Original source:Record Retentions and Retrieval Corporation
Folder title: Military Mail Service - Civil War, Union Army
Date: 01/01/1981
Description:Military mail service during the Civil War for the Union Army.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-06-32
Subject(s): United States Army - Postal Service ; History - Postal
Folder title: Miscelleanous Clippings from Wm C. Stone Library (ex George G. Turner Library)
Date: 01/01/1909 - 01/01/1961
Description:Newspaper and magazine articles concerning Confederate postal matters. List of the population of places in 1860 which issued Confederate Provisional Stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-01-29
Subject(s): History - Postal
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: New York Mail Steamer
Date: 01/01/1937
Description:Information of how the mail steamer service began. Also a discussion about installation of household mail boxes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Drafts ; Articles
Folder number:05-07-28
Subject(s): Postal Service ; History - Postal
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: News Kit - Postal History Museum
Date: 02/23/1960
Description:The opening of the Postal History Museum on 02/23/1960.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs ; Press Releases
Folder number:03-03-14
Subject(s): Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
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: Ohio
Date: 06/01/1962
Description:Description of mail carried in 1809 from Cleveland to Detroit, by foot, with mail satchel shown.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Brochures
Folder number:05-07-29
Subject(s): Postal Service ; History - Postal
Original source:Historical Society News
Folder title: Overland Mail - Route No. 12578
Date: 03/12/1861
Description:Photocopy of the contract for carrying mail on Route 12578 (which is changed to Route 10773) beginning 07/01/1861.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Contracts
Folder number:05-06-29
Subject(s): Postal Service ; History - Postal
Folder title: P. 1. History "History of Air Trans. Of Mail"
Date: 05/02/1963
Description:Materials depicting and describing the history of Air Mail in the Post Office Department. Some examples of material include the following: Directory of Publications, Air Transportation, Transportation of Mail by Air, facts and figures lists for topics on Air Mail history. Postal policy on mail matters vs. those of the Air Transportation Association.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Correspondence ; Brochures ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-02-17
Subject(s): Air mail service ; History - Postal ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: P. 1. History "Postal Rates"
Description:Charts and tables on the he history of postal rates from 1789 until 1955 in categories from First Class Mail and Air Mail, Ship and Steamboat Letters. 1792 - 1863, Domestic Air Mail; 1918-1955; Air Parcel Post 1948 - 1955.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Charts ; Tables
Folder number:02-02-15
Subject(s): Postal Rates
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P. 1. History Mailings of Animals
Date: 06/29/1962
Description:Guide - rules for mailing live animals, poisons, sharp edges, firearms, perishables, "non-mailable matter"
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Guides
Folder number:02-02-20
Subject(s): Postal Service
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P. 1. History Misc Pamphlets
Description:An Early History of International Postal Service, Zip Code the Last Word in Mail Addressing; How to Interpret New Postal Regulations Effective 01/01/1963; Postmasters Benefit Plan; Brochures on mail fraud; domestic postal rates; mail order obscenity; and, history of postage stamps postal cards and stamped envelopes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Pamphlets ; Brochures ; Benefit Plans
Folder number:02-02-11
Subject(s): Postal Service ; History - Postal ; Zip Code
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P. 1. History Muleback Routes
Date: 06/03/1966
Description:Requests and stories about Star Routes that were serviced by horse or mule in various parts of the country.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:02-02-12
Subject(s): Star Routes ; History - Postal
Folder title: P. 1. History Public Info. & POD Terminology
Date: 09/01/1964
Description:An employee orientation handbook with glossary from 09/1964.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Orientation Handbooks ; Employee Handbooks
Folder number:02-02-14
Subject(s): Postal Service - Employees
Folder title: P. 1. History Public Information Off
Description:This pamphlet issued by the Public Information Department of the Post Office Department contains information on the progress of the Zip Code, the Mechanization Story, and other issues.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Pamphlets
Folder number:02-02-13
Subject(s): Public Relations - Customer Relations ; Zip Code ; Automation
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P. 1. History Railroads
Date: 01/08/1967
Description:Newspaper articles depicting the history of the railroad and its connection with the Post Office Department, much of the material is in relation to the elimination of railway mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:02-02-21
Subject(s): Railway Mail Service ; History - Postal
Original source:Milwaukee Journal St. Paul Pioneer Press
Folder title: P. 1. History Reorganization & Regulations
Date: 10/04/1961
Description:A press release dated 01/21/1962 announcing a major reorganization of the Post Office Department's 15 regional offices to strengthen field operations and improve service. Some topics mentioned in the release include: the operating functions of each region will be divided in two divisions; postal systems and local services; transfer of supervision of Puerto Rico and US. Virgin Islands from Atlanta to New York. The release of 10/04/1961 deals with congressional franking issues.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:02-02-16
Subject(s): Public Relations - Press Releases ; Administration
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P. 1. History Transportation Policies and Methods
Description:Material on transportation policies and methods, President Johnson's cost reduction program and the Department's mail service improvement program. Some of the highlights of this publication include topics on Traffic management conferences, Railway Mail, Highway Transportation, Mail Service improvement, Mail equipment transportation, distribution and routing.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Publications
Folder number:02-02-19
Subject(s): Administration ; Postal Service
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P.1. History Transportation & Photos
Date: 08/14/1961
Description:Articles and Press Releases providing historical information on the mail service transportation.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Press Releases
Folder number:02-05-25
Subject(s): Postal Service - Transportation ; Star Routes ; Air Mail Service
Folder title: P.1. History Fact Sheets 3.1.25
Description:Materials on postal information fact sheets. Some of the material in this file are Organizational charts, and fiscal year fact sheet from 7/1/1959 to 6/30/1960; 7/1/1961 to 6/30/1965, 7/2/1965 to 6/30/1968; and accomplishments of the Post Office Department 1961 to 1963: Postal rate reform, more efficient mail handling, four hour business mail service, mail service to Alaska, pay reform, better mail law enforcement,
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Reports ; Fact Sheets ; Fiscal Statements
Folder number:01-07-24
Subject(s): Air mail service ; Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Employees
Folder title: P.1. History Policy Guides (POD) 3.1.21
Date: 05/23/1961
Description:The policy guideline is a resume of the major post office department policies adopted since the current Postal Administration took office in January of 1961. Some of the major topics include: Obscenity in the mail, Postal rate increase bill, 44 hour week limitations, and code of ethics.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Guides
Folder number:01-07-20
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P.1. History Post Office Department
Date: 04/18/1965
Description:Information of Post Office Department historical interest for the period noted above.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Publications
Folder number:02-05-07
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P.1. Post Office Dept. Gen. Corres. 1968
Date: 01/24/1967
Description:Correspondence includes requests for information for educational purposes, zip code system, history of air mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-07-36
Subject(s): Administration ; Zip Code ; Air Mail Service
Folder title: Papyrus, Parchment, Letters, Books, Writing in Ancient Times
Description:Production and distribution of the written word in ancient times.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-14
Subject(s): History - Postal
Original source:H. Stuart Jones
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: Pending - Resolution 25 Hearings - 7/31 - 8/3/67 Testimony Mr. Hartigan
Date: 10/06/1967
Description:Testimony concerning S. 2333 that would provide certain benefits to postal employees who are transferred to new duty stations in the interest of the government.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Testimonies
Folder number:02-07-06
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Persons ; History - Postal
Original source:Post Office Department
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: PMG's Offices, Departmental Bldg
Description:This fact sheet gives a history and description of the Postmaster General's Offices, Departmental Building, located at 12th and Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington, D.C.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Fact Sheets
Folder number:01-07-25
Subject(s): Post Office Buildings
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Pony Express Saddle
Date: 01/01/1964
Description:History of the Pony Express as appearing in the South Wales Clarion of August, 1964, Jefferson, Virginia.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:03-02-26
Subject(s): Express Service ; History - Postal
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: Postage Stamp Production Facts
Description:Printing history of individual stamps (re: Designer, Engraver, number of stamps, etc.) from issue of 1898 thru 1937. Stamps included are the Trans-Mississippi "Omaha" Exposition Stamp Issue of 1898, Pan American issues, Louisiana Purchase, Hudson-Fulton, Panama-Pacific, etc., regular issues and special delivery issues.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:05-01-26
Subject(s): Postage stamp design ; Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Postal History
Date: 01/28/1969
Description:Publications and rough copy of suggested brochure concerning postal history.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Brochures
Folder number:03-02-51
Subject(s): History - Postal
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Postal History - Boston
Date: 10/28/1906
Description:Compilation of material about the postal history of Boston.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:06-05-57
Subject(s): History - Postal
Folder title: Postal History - Woolfolk Stage Lines Bowling Green, VA
Description:Listing of the source of papers of Woolfolk Company at the College of William and Mary dated 1775 - 1893. A report of the Select Committee to investigate the affairs of the Post Office Department, March 3, 1821. An article in "Virginia Cavalcade", 1977 , about the Woolfolk's stage coach line. Various papers regarding the Woolfolk family.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Articles
Folder number:05-01-15
Subject(s): History - Postal
Folder title: Postal History Bibliographies
Date: 09/01/1957
Description:Bibliography of books and articles concerning postal history.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Lists
Folder number:06-05-52
Subject(s): History - Postal
Folder title: Railway Mail Service - Streetcar Service
Date: 01/01/1885
Description:History of Railway Mail Service, copies of photographs and articles of Streetcar Mail Service
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-07-33
Subject(s): Railway Mail Service ; History - Postal
Original source:Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company
Folder title: Release - History of Air Mail 4/17/69
Date: 04/17/1969
Description:Copies of a Post Office Department press release with a brief history of air transportation of mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:02-01-21
Subject(s): Postal Service - Air Mail ; Public Relations - Press Relations
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Revolutionary War - Gen'l. Washington's Report on Capitulation of British Army, Yorkworn.
Date: 10/24/1781
Description:Copy of General George Washington's report to the President of Congress as published in the Courier de l'Europe of December 25, 1781.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Reports
Folder number:05-06-08
Subject(s): History
Folder title: S.A.C. - Screw Machine
Date: 08/09/1971
Description:Suggestions for a commemorative stamp honoring the invention of the first automatic screw machine. Booklet "From ARCHIMEDES to AUTOMATION" The History of the Screw Machine.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Brochures
Folder number:06-02-19
Subject(s): Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee ; Postage Stamp Designs
Original source:National Screw Machine Products Association
Folder title: Smithsonian
Description:Clippings of the appointment of new curators for the Philately and Postal History of the Smithsonian. Press releases, donated collection of stamps etc. and the dedication of the Hall of Philately and Postal History.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Articles ; Photographs
Folder number:05-03-31
Subject(s): Postal Museums ; Smithsonian Institution ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: Stamp Advisory Committee Development of Committee History of Committee's Development
Date: 03/26/1956
Description:Development of the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs ; Press Releases
Folder number:06-03-01
Subject(s): Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Smithsonian Institution
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: Stamps Earlier than the Penny Black
Date: 12/01/1933
Description:Articles about stamps that predate the Penny Black.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-44
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Folder title: Sunday Service
Date: 04/20/1817
Description:Copy of a letter sent on Sunday, 04/20/1817, from New York to Philadelphia.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:06-04-22
Subject(s): Postal Service
Original source:J. Warner Brackett
Folder title: The Rural Route
Date: 01/23/1986
Description:A newspaper article with photographs pertaining to decorative mailboxes along the rural routes in Virginia.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:01-02-10
Subject(s): Rural Free Delivery
Original source:Page News and Courier of Luray Virginia
Folder title: Trans. 1 Gen. Correspondence 1966
Date: 01/14/1966
Description:General administrative correspondence. One draft of an information sheet on the history of pneumatic mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-06-31
Subject(s): Administration ; Postal Service ; Pneumatic Machinery
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Transportation - Kentucky Star Routes
Date: 10/27/1961
Description:Material about horseback star routes in Eastern Kentucky and Cincinnati concerns range from salary concerns to specific forms being completed and inspection issues as well.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Maps
Folder number:01-07-21
Subject(s): Star Routes ; History - Postal
Folder title: U. P. U.
Date: 01/01/1949
Description:Some history of the Universal Postal Union on its 65th anniversary. Also a brochure about the Universal Postal Union distributed in 1960 by the Post Office Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs ; Brochures ; Translations
Folder number:05-03-13
Subject(s): History - Postal
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. S. - Gen'l Postal History
Date: 05/02/1940
Description:An invitation for the centennial of the first adhesive postage stamp held at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Invitations ; Itineraries
Folder number:01-02-08
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postage Stamps
Original source:Washington Philatelic Society
Folder title: U. S. Express Mail - 1836 - 39
Date: 08/01/1926 - 10/01/1943
Description:Four articles pertaining to the Pony Express: Express Mail 1836-1839 "the First Pony Express"; The Express Mail; Further notes on the Express Mail of 1836-39; The Express Mail of 1836-1839
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:01-02-25
Subject(s): Postal Service
Folder title: U. S. Postal Inspection Service
Date: 10/06/1938
Description:Materials pertaining to the U. S. Postal Inspection Service. Letter about the history of the Free Delivery System 1790-1879
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Books ; Brochures ; Essays ; Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-34
Subject(s): United States Postal Inspection Service ; Employees
Folder title: U. S. Posts - 1800 to 1861 (Prior to the Civil War)
Date: 08/18/1802
Description:Magazine articles and letters pertaining to U. S. Postal Service and employment from 1800 - 1861. Handwritten letter from I. D. Cox 4/14/1859 concerning agents on a mail route in Virginia. (In white archival envelope) ; Articles about historic highways in the United States.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-12
Subject(s): Post Office Buildings ; History - Postal ; Postal Employment - Employees
Original source:American Association of Highway Officials
Folder title: U. S. Stamp Production in 1874. Stamp Collectors Magazine Vol. XII, p. 57-59
Date: 01/01/1874
Description:How stamps are manufactured in the U.S.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-06-21
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Stamp Collectors Magazine
Folder title: Universal Postal Union
Date: 03/01/1964
Description:Discussion of the Universal Postal Union's founding.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-03-22
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Original source:Union Postale, Vol. 89, No.3
Folder title: Untitled
Date: 03/24/1915
Description:File of correspondence and memoranda concerning the design, issue, and use of Canal Zone stamps as well as the Canal Zone Postal Service as a whole. Machine copies of stamps.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-145
Subject(s): Philatelic History ; Design
Folder title: US Envelope Company
Date: 08/03/1965
Description:Patent models of envelope machines given to the Museum of History and Technology of the U.S. National Museum by the U.S. Envelope Co.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-06-39
Subject(s): Patents ; Smithsonian Institution
Folder title: USPO
Date: 12/15/1961
Description:Historical items on mail service and stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Articles ; Correspondence ; Brochures
Folder number:03-02-31
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postal Rates ; Smithsonian Institution
Folder title: USPOD - U.S. Mail Wagons Regulation and Screen Wagon
Date: 06/30/1897
Description:Copies of Postal Service reports of 1897 and 1904 regarding wagon service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Reports
Folder number:03-03-21
Subject(s): Wagons
Original source:Postmaster General
Folder title: USPOD Documents - 1850's
Date: 11/05/1858
Description:Letter transmitting an 1858 receipt to the headquarters.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:06-05-54
Subject(s): Administration
Folder title: USPOD Photo of 1836 Voucher & Cover
Date: 01/18/1836
Description:A photograph of a voucher from 1836, Salt Creek, IL showing salaries and pensions.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs
Folder number:01-02-15
Subject(s): Postal Service - Employees ; History - Postal
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Venetian Letter, 1390 - Gift of John Rider
Date: 10/16/1966
Description:A Venetian business letter from 1390 was donated to the Smithsonian. It is the oldest paper letter in the collection.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:03-02-22
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Smithsonian Institution
Folder title: Zones - Experimental of 1895-1900 (Mail Handling)
Date: 07/27/1897
Description:Proposed scheme for postal zones.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:06-05-53
Subject(s): Postal Service
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