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Folder title: "Illegal Payoff to High U. S. Postal Oficial" - AP WX 10.17.86
Date: 10/02/1986
Description:John Gnau has been found guilty of bribing a high U.S Postal official.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Wire Service Messages
Folder number:05-06-15
Subject(s): Postal Service - Employees
Original source:AP Wire Service
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: 205.13 Stamp Paper Inventory of in Stamp Div. Official Collection in Nat. Museum
Date: 01/16/1919
Description:Third Assistant Postmaster General correspondence regarding stamp paper being sent to the National Museum.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:04-04-01
Subject(s): Postal Museums ; Exhibitions
Original source:Post Office Department
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: CA 151 File 2 of 2
Date: 09/09/1959
Description:Three copies of the 7/8" x 1 1/2" and four copies of the 2" x 3 3/8", this size was used to send to the media. Four copies of a photograph of this the stamp design on thick paper and two copies of a photograph of the stamp on photographic paper. One copy of a photograph of the Boy Scout badge used in the design. Eight photographs of scenes at a ceremony with Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and with the Director of Posts, Earl F. Unruh, showing a Cub Scout a sheet of the stamps. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design, issue and first day activities for this Canal Zone number 151. Letter from the United States Post Office Department asking for 50 first day covers to be used to give to officials attending the United States number 1145 first day ceremonies in Washington, D. C. Newspaper clippings and articles about this stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 151
Includes:Photographs ; Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-023
Subject(s): Design ; First Day of Issue ; Boy Scouts
Folder title: Covers Cancel on Unofficial Trip Around World (Inspection Report)
Date: 11/19/1965
Description:Reports dealing with improper post markings of envelopes carried "around the world". Palm Springs, California - Honolulu, Hawaii. Approximately, 1,000 pieces were processed.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-04-25
Subject(s): United States Postal Inspection Service ; Postage Stamps ; Covers
Folder title: CZ OX3, OX5
Date: 04/08/1941
Description:Memorandum from the Director of Posts advising all post masters of the stamps that have been overprinted for official use. Machine copies of Official Seals showing both the new and old designs. Design changed because the old seal used the term "Bureau of Posts" which was changed to "Canal Zone Postal Service".
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone OX3 ; Panama Canal Zone OX5
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-080
Subject(s): Overprints ; Official Seals ; Official Stamps
Folder title: CZ Postal Cards Series 1958
Date: 07/23/1958
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of several postal items. Machine copies of official use only post cards.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:30-03-108
Subject(s): Postcards ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue
Folder title: CZ UX11
Description:Contains accession receipts for examples of postal stationery that have been placed in the Postal Museum vault. Machine copies of official use cards some with cancellations.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone UX11
Includes:Receipts
Folder number:30-03-106
Subject(s): Postcards ; Cancellations ; Official
Folder title: Franklin Award
Date: 12/31/1960
Description:Benjamin Franklin award for outstanding contribution to the postal service by non-career postal officials.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-01-31
Subject(s): Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Administration
Folder title: Internal Revenue
Date: 06/30/1961
Description:Authentic items of Historical interest pertaining to the United States Internal Revenue. Extracted from official correspondence and the United States statutes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Charts
Folder number:05-03-26
Subject(s): Revenue Stamps
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: Personnel 7 Employment of Handicapped
Date: 01/27/1964
Description:Information on Postal Employee's with handicaps: Report of the 1963 Annual Meeting of the President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. A photograph of Miss. Ann Cannon with a Postal Official. Report from New York Offices of Handicapped employees.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs ; Reports
Folder number:02-03-18
Subject(s): Postal Service - Employees ; Persons
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Philatelic - P. O. Official's Speeches
Description:Drafts of speeches
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Manuscripts
Folder number:05-01-10
Subject(s): Speeches
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Philtaltelic -Tagged Stamps
Date: 05/14/1968
Description:Correspondence and official material on phosphor tagging stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:05-01-07
Subject(s): Luminescent postage stamps
Folder title: Self-Registering Canceling Stamp - U.S. Pat. #421,624 Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent Office
Date: 02/28/1890
Description:Listing of patents, description, drawing and owner of patent.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Books
Folder number:05-06-02
Subject(s): Cancelling Machines
Original source:Patent Office
Folder title: Speeches by P.O.Officials
Date: 08/23/1924
Description:Speeches written for or by officials for special occasions.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Speeches ; Memorandums ; Press Releases
Folder number:04-02-05
Subject(s): Speeches ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Stamp Designing and Competitions
Description:Several copies of an undated information sheet explaining that there are no plans for an officially sponsored competition for a stamp design.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Information Sheets
Folder number:02-05-17
Subject(s): Postage stamp design
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Thursday White House Report
Date: 02/14/1965
Description:Memoranda in response to an official report to be sent to the President of the United States.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:02-02-47
Subject(s): Administration
Original source:Post Office Department White House
Folder title: Treasury Department Documents
Date: 01/01/1934
Description:Official forms and a copy of U. S. Treasury Department Regulations 85 Tax on Transfers of Interests in Silver Bullion.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Booklets ; Forms
Folder number:03-02-07
Subject(s): Revenue Stamps
Folder title: USPOD Production Contract
Date: 10/06/1978
Description:Official forms for the printing of stamps by a private firm.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Contracts
Folder number:03-02-02
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: USPOD Speed Mail
Date: 11/01/1960
Description:Speed mail transmits official correspondence for Federal agencies. The system employs micro-waves to send letters between cities.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:03-03-20
Subject(s): Postal Service ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
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