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Folder title: "Stamps and Stories" Book
Date: 03/14/1972
Description:Correspondence regarding the publishing and dissemination of the Post Office Department book Stamps and Stories.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-06-13
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: "The New High Value Documentary Stamps" - McCall, Francis J. Assoc. Curator, Div. of Philately, Smithsonion Inst.
Date: 10/28/1958
Description:Discusses changes that have been introduced by the United States Internal Revenue Service in the method of preparing high value documentary stamps. Includes documentary stamps in booklet form that are pre-gummed.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Drafts ; Articles
Folder number:05-06-16
Subject(s): Revenue Stamps ; Smithsonian Institution
Original source:American Revenuer

Folder title: 130 E Philatelic Matters Discontinuance of Card Notices of New Issues I Jan. 1, 1948 to June 30, 1948
Date: 11/24/1947
Description:Due to the size of the expanding mailing list of collectors, it was decided to discontinue first day of issue notices.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-08
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: 130 E Philatelic Matters Discontinuance of Card Notices of New Issues II July 1948 to
Date: 01/01/1948
Description:Notices for the first day of issue of stamps discontinued by the Post Office Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Notices
Folder number:03-05-09
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: 130.2 Philatelic Matters Stamp Agency at Wash. D.C. Jan. 1949 to
Date: 01/03/1948
Description:Complaints of service in the Philatelic Agency including the postage charge for mailing stamps requested by mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-04-09
Subject(s): Administration ; Postal Service - Employees ; United States Postal Inspection Service

Folder title: 130.2-1 Philatelic Matters Sale of Stamped Envelopes at Agency
Date: 03/27/1930
Description:Requests for stamped envelopes through the Philatelic Agency.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-15
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Envelopes (Stationery)
Original source:Third Assistant Postmaster General

Folder title: 130.3 Philatelic Matters Descriptive Booklet Issued by Dept. I Jan 1961 to (1)
Date: 01/11/1961
Description:Correspondence requesting the book "Postage Stamps of the United States". The payment sent was not the full price of the book. The publisher is the Bureau of Printing and Engraving.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-10
Subject(s): Administration ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: 130.3 Philatelic Matters Descriptive Booklet Issued by Dept. I Jan 1961 to (2)
Date: 03/06/1964
Description:Correspondence requesting the book "Postage Stamps of the United States". The payment was not in full and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving is the publisher.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:03-05-11
Subject(s): Administration ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: 130.4 Philatelic Matters Rulings
Date: 04/05/1939
Description:Rulings by assistant postmasters regarding the use of personal checks and plate blocks on envelopes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-16
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: 130.5 Philatelic Matters Publicity Reports
Date: 05/29/1939
Description:Letters to postmasters urging the use of modern advertising as a tool for sell more stamps to the collectors and stamp trade.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-14
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: 130.6 Philatelic Matters United States Defense Bases
Date: 01/16/1941
Description:Requests for information regarding covers from United States Defense Bases.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-17
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; United States Army - Postal Service ; United States Navy - Postal Service

Folder title: 130.7 Philatelic Matters Reports of Postmasters of Number of Stamp Collectors Second Class
Date: 10/29/1940
Description:Letters asking postmasters to report on the number of stamp collectors and sales to collectors in their region. Each letter returned with information.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-13
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Third Assistant Postmaster General

Folder title: 130-D Philatelic Matters Philatelic Mail at Barrow Alaska August 15, 1938
Date: 06/03/1938
Description:Due to a commemorative marker to be erected in Barrow Alaska, Authorization is given to hire additional employees to take care of the cancellation needed of commemorative postage stamps on Philatelic covers bearing a cachet in connection with the airplane crash of Will Rogers and Weley Post.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-12
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Covers
Original source:Third Assistant Postmaster General

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: 170 Postmarks
Date: 06/21/1951
Description:Postmarking not acceptable for Philatelic purposes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:03-06-04
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Covers

Folder title: 175.7 Post Offices First Day Sale, Nimitz, W. Va. September 10, 1945
Date: 08/24/1945
Description:The Post Office was opened and named for Admiral Chester Nimitz.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:03-06-05
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Post Office Stations and Branches

Folder title: 1961-1963
Date: 01/25/1961
Description:Matters on Philately and Collecting
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists ; Brochures
Folder number:03-02-48
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: 1971 Commemorative Stamp Folder
Date: 11/05/1971
Description:Correspondence regarding mini-albums and copies of a Planning Guide for Postmasters - Let's Collect Stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Planning Guides
Folder number:02-06-12
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: 1976 Transfer from the POD to the Smithsonian
Date: 09/09/1975
Description:Postal Service Philatelic Exhibition contemplated to be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Forms
Folder number:03-01-15
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Smithsonian Institution

Folder title: 2. General Correspondence
Date: 01/17/1935
Description:Correspondence between the Post Office Department and individuals on a multitude of philatelic matters.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-07-21
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; 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: 210.22-2 Perforations of Postage Stamps By Private Devices
Date: 12/22/1934
Description:Letters advising the Post Office Department they are receiving circulars from companies that want to repair and/or make perfins (perforated initials) postage stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:03-05-04
Subject(s): Perforations ; Postage Stamps

Folder title: 210.37 Stamps Postage Rag Paper For
Date: 11/20/1909
Description:Suggestions or complaints regarding more philatelic windows, the use of the blue rag paper in 1911 and stamp paper thickness.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-04-05
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: 210.4-1Stamps, Postage Canceled, Use of for Postal Purposes
Date: 11/13/1908
Description:Letters received by the Post Office Department and their reply concerning the use of canceled postage stamps on outgoing mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-05-11
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Mail Service

Folder title: 210.4-2 Stamps, Postage Canceled, Offers of
Date: 08/02/1909
Description:Letters from people who want to sell canceled postage stamps to the Post Office Department. Reply from the Post Office Department advises they do not buy canceled stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-05-10
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately)

Folder title: 210.7-B Location of First Day of Sale
Date: 10/18/1933
Description:The pros and cons regarding first day of issue locations.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:04-01-12
Subject(s): Covers (Philately)

Folder title: 210.7-C Opinions of National Federation of Stamp Clubs
Date: 01/09/1935
Description:Votes taken by the National Federation of Stamp Clubs on proposed stamps. Stamp Club meeting suggestions.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Bulletins
Folder number:03-07-13
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:National Federation of Stamp Clubs

Folder title: 210.7D Commemorative Stamps and Philatelic Data
Date: 04/29/1952
Description:Philatelic data on the 20 cents special delivery stamp of 1952 as well as a list of designers and engravers of all the stamps from 1920 to 1933.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-01-08
Subject(s): Postage stamp design ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

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: 225A Suggestions Stamp Windows & Stamp Agencies Jan. 1937 to
Date: 10/22/1936
Description:Requests for Philatelic Windows in Post Offices. Report on the condition of the Los Angeles Post Office
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-04-07
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Post Office Stations and Branches ; United States Postal Inspection Service
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: 75.26 Envelopes Stamped Precancelled
Date: 07/07/1928
Description:Correspondence between various postmasters around the country and the Post Office Department concerning precancelled envelopes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-03
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: 9. Color Press - Pros and Cons Trimming Plt. Nos.
Date: 07/20/1966
Description:Stamp collectors want the printing of plate block numbers continued on the nine color press.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:06-04-02
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Postage Stamp Printing

Folder title: 99's Powder Puff Derby
Date: 03/02/1966
Description:Request for a cover cancellation in regard to the Powder Puff Derby.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-02-17
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; Cancellations - Postage Stamps

Folder title: A.S.D.A.
Date: 11/03/1960
Description:Materials on ASDA: Specific Material in this file are: Linn's Weekly Stamp News, Mekeel's Weekly Stamp news, and various correspondence material concerning exhibitions in the 1960's
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:01-06-13
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: A.S.D.A. American Stamp Dealers Ass'n
Date: 10/7/1959
Description:Materials on ASDA: Specific Material in this file: correspondence for post office staff to speak at the ASDA conference, temporary postal stations.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Photographs
Folder number:01-06-14
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Air Mail - "Mr. Robey's memorable Week" American Philatelist, Oct. 1983, pp. 912-18.32
Date: 10/01/1983
Description:Article describing the purchase of the 24-cent jenny invert.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-06-06
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:American Philatelist

Folder title: Air Star Route - Hawaii
Date: 02/09/1950
Description:Cachet for Hawaii First Flight U.S. mail
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Drawings ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-19
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Albums
Date: 09/27/1962
Description:Notes for a talk by George Turner with a copy of the preface of the 1863 "Album" for postage and other stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Notes ; Articles
Folder number:05-03-39
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

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: Cachet Material - Dodge City Kansas
Description:Cachet for Dodge City, Kansas, U.S. Air Mail First Flight
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Drawings ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-23
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Canal Zone - Dixiepex III 25 June 1960
Date: 03/23/1960
Description:Information concerning the Canal Zone Postal Service participation in Dixiepex III. Machine copies of covers and cancellations.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Press Releases
Folder number:30-04-002
Subject(s): Philately ; Cancellations ; Exhibitions

Folder title: Canal Zone Conterfeits
Date: 10/01/1952
Description:A Canal Zone Study Group Projects publication titled "Canal Zone Third Series Counterfeits and A Canal Zone Rarity".
Collection:Panama
Includes:Publications
Folder number:30-03-160
Subject(s): Philately ; Stamps
Original source:Canal Zone Study Group

Folder title: Canal Zone DIXIPEX V
Date: 06/30/1962
Description:Correspondence concerning the special Canal Zone cancellation for DIXIPEX 08/24/1962. Machine copies of the cancellation. Newspaper clippings.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-149
Subject(s): Cancellations ; Philately

Folder title: Canal Zone International Metered Mail
Date: 03/26/1958
Description:Correspondence between the Canal Zone Director of Posts and Henry G. Meisel, President of the American Metered Postage Society regarding the display of Canal Zone metered mail material sent for exhibition at the International Metered Postage Exhibition in Chicago in 1968. Machine copies of photographs of the display. Newspaper clippings about the exhibition.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-152
Subject(s): Philately ; Exhibitions

Folder title: Canal Zone Stamp Folder Examples
Description:Black stamp folders in three sizes, Canal Zone Postal Service printed in gold on cover.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Folders
Folder number:30-03-140
Subject(s): Philately

Folder title: Cancellation of Flag Philatelic Sales Unit 4
Date: 12/21/1970
Description:Letters questioning the authority of canceling or defacing, the U.S. flag on a stamp.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-03-04
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately)

Folder title: Cancellations
Date: 10/14/1960
Description:Materials on cancellations. Specific material in this file: U. S Naval Support Force, Antarctica, The National Improved Mail Service, etc.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Memorandums
Folder number:01-05-11
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately)

Folder title: Cancellations - Philatelic 1
Date: 05/12/1962
Description:Correspondence pertaining to cancellations. There are many of references in this file to the John F. Kennedy memorial stamp.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-03-12
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Cancelling Machines
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Cancellations - Philatelic 2
Date: 10/27/1961
Description:Correspondence pertaining to cancellations. Some of the contents in this file deal with patriotic covers involving the state of Ohio and its troops in the U.S. Civil War.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cover Designs ; Lists
Folder number:01-03-11
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Cancelling Machines
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Cancellations - Philatelic 3
Date: 11/04/1958
Description:Correspondence from stamp collectors to Franklin Burns Jr. Director of the Division of Philately, pertaining to canceling machines and cancellations for the purpose of collecting.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Stamp Designs
Folder number:01-03-02
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Cancelling Machines
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Cancellations - Philatelic 4
Date: 06/19/1957
Description:Correspondence from stamp collectors to Franklin Burns Jr. Director of the Division of Philately, pertaining to canceling machines and cancellations for the purpose of collecting. The majority of these letters in this file are complaints.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Stamp Designs
Folder number:01-03-01
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Cancelling Machines
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Cellulose Acetate Stamp Mounts
Description:An article by Herman Herst Jr. advising that cellulose acetate stamp mounts are definitely harmful to stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Negatives
Folder number:05-03-23
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Stamp Wholesaler

Folder title: Cheboygan, Mich
Date: 04/17/1941
Description:Cachet for Cheboygan, Michigan, for the United States Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-37
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets
Original source:Second Assistant Postmaster General

Folder title: Christmas Postmark Collection
Date: 12/01/1966
Description:Christmas stories made with postmarks acquired throughout the United States.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:03-02-24
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately)

Folder title: Clerical Assistant for First Day Sale
Date: 08/29/1969
Description:Requests for extra help for first day sales of new issues and copies of blank request forms (POD Form 31.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Forms
Folder number:02-01-12
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Administration

Folder title: Correspondence - Handstamps and Dies Supplies
Date: 11/12/1958
Description:Hand stamps used on first day covers.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:06-04-06
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; Cancelling Machines

Folder title: Deep Freeze
Date: 08/02/1957
Description:Material regarding First Day Covers during the U. S. Navy's Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica as a Department of Defense Project.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Articles
Folder number:03-06-11
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; United States Navy - Postal Service

Folder title: Deep Freeze
Date: 09/12/1956
Description:Correspondence between the Post Office Department and individuals on philatelic matters concerning Operation Deep Freeze.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-06-13
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; United States Navy - Postal Service

Folder title: Deep Freeze 1969 - 1970
Date: 01/01/1969
Description:Operation Deep Freeze press releases regarding First Day Covers during the United States Navy's Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica as a Department of Defense Project.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:03-06-12
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; United States Navy - Postal Service
Original source:United States Naval Support Force

Folder title: Division of Philately 1954 to 1962
Date: 12/20/1954
Description:Correspondence and printed material on all phases of philately being handled by the Post Office Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Memorandums
Folder number:04-01-09
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: Division of Philately 1961 to 1972
Date: 07/07/1961
Description:Correspondence and printed material on all phases of philately being handled by the Post Office Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:04-01-10
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: Duluth, Minn
Date: 03/15/1940
Description:Cachets from Duluth Minnesota, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-36
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets
Original source:Fourth Assistant Postmaster General

Folder title: El Centro, Cal, First Flight (Featuring the lettuce crop)
Description:Cachet for El Centro, California for first U.S. Air Mail First Flight
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-10
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Exhibits 1965
Date: 08/12/1964
Description:Organizations asking the Post Office Department to supply a show cancellation to be used for their exhibitions.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-02-15
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Stamp Collecting ; Cancelling Machines

Folder title: Fact Sheet - Stamp Collecting (June 1964)
Date: 11/28/1951
Description:Lists of stamps published, requests for subjects to be put on stamps and stamp collecting information.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Lists
Folder number:06-04-05
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: Fall River, Mass
Description:Cachet for Fall River, Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-33
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: First Flight - Eureka, California - Proofs of Cachet
Description:Cachet for Eureka, CA for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-12
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: FL - Presses (Plate Blocks)
Description:Several copies of an undated letter by the Philatelic Affairs Division Manager explaining that the Post Office Department cannot provide a definition of a plate block and detailing how printing plates are used on each type of press.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-05-08
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Flood Damaged Stamp Collections
Description:Several copies of an article publishes in an unknown publication titled: Flood Damaged Stamp Collections.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:02-05-11
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

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 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: Frankfort, Ky
Date: 04/22/1946
Description:Cachet for Frankfort, Kentucky, for First Flight U.S. mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-26
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Giori Press
Date: 01/01/1958
Description:The use of the new Giori printing press in the production of multi-colored postage stamps. The intaglio printing press produces multi-colored postage stamps from a single engraved plate. Copies of the Postal Service News, Volume 1, Number 1, January, 1958 with an article about the Giori Press. Copy of the Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Volume 70, Number 6, April, 2, 1960 with an article about plate number collecting.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-05-15
Subject(s): Postage Stamps Printing
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Grand Junction, Colo. - Cachet Proofs - First Flight 1946
Date: 02/01/1946
Description:Cachet for Grand Junction Colorado for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings
Folder number:06-05-07
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Gulfport, Miss
Description:Cachet for Gulfport, Mississippi, for the United States Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-38
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Handstamps (Philately)
Date: 04/01/1881
Description:Copies of hand stamp impressions used by the Post Office Department. Includes some fancy cancels.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Examples
Folder number:03-04-05
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Handstruck Postmarks
Date: 09/09/1962
Description:Articles and the Bishop Marks (cancellations) and other cancellations.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:05-07-20
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately)
Original source:Baltimore Sun

Folder title: Harvey, O. H., "Illustrations of Printing Methods"
Description:Description and illustrations of Printing Methods
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Magazines
Folder number:05-06-20
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Copy from Unknown Magazine

Folder title: Head of Stamp Division Journal 1871 - `874
Date: 03/29/1870
Description:Handwritten listing of stamps ordered and the cost by month from Continental Bank Note Co. N.Y. and other resources.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Journals
Folder number:04-01-03
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Head of Stamp Division Internal Revenue Office

Folder title: Helicopter - Chicago
Description:Cachet for the Chicago area Experimental Helicopter Service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-21
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Helicopter - New York
Date: 12/16/1946
Description:U.S. Air Mail in the New York area by Experimental Helicopter Service Cachet.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-41
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets
Original source:Fourth Assistant Postmaster General

Folder title: 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 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: Hyannis, Mass
Description:Cachet for Hyannis, Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-32
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: 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: Inauguration
Date: 11/22/1964
Description:Post Office Department Press Release regarding "Inauguration Day" cancellation.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:03-02-12
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: Israel Exhibit - Corres.
Date: 05/23/1972
Description:Correspondence between the Smithsonian Institution and S.N. Shure on an Israel exhibit of the his collection.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:03-01-14
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Smithsonian Institution

Folder title: Kansas Coffeyville Kan
Description:Cachet for Coffeyville and Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-20
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: La Junta, Cal. - Cachet Material - 1940 First flight
Date: 07/23/1940
Description:Cachet for La Junta, Colorado for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings
Folder number:06-05-08
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Lakehurst, New Jersey
Description:Cachet from Lakehurst New Jersey for the First Flight of the Hindenburg Trans-Atlantic to Frankfurt.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-40
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Lexington, Ky
Date: 04/22/1946
Description:Cachet for Lexington, Kentucky, U.S Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-15
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Maine - Millinocket, Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, ETC.
Description:Cachet for Bangor, Moncton, Auburn, Lewiston, Waterville, Millnocket, Houlton, Presque Isle and Caribou, Maine for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-46
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Marysville, Calif.
Date: 10/03/1946
Description:Cachet for Marysville, California, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets ; Correspondence
Folder number:06-05-50
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Maximum Cards
Date: 04/17/1952
Description:Post Office Department creates maximum cards which are larger than post cards. A postage stamp of the same image is affixed to the picture side and cancelled by the post office. It is not sent by the mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:02-01-05
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Merced, Cal. - first Flight 1945 - Cachet - Drawing original & proofs
Date: 05/22/1946
Description:Cachet for Merced, California for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings
Folder number:06-05-09
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Merchandising Committee
Date: 04/16/1971
Description:Correspondence Between Gordon Morrison and Warren Yang, Director of Posts, Republic of China on the philatelic market. A business proposal from BIC Pen to provide a slogan pen promoting the collection and sale of United States postage stamps. List of members and confidential minutes of the Merchandising Committee meeting of 04/22/1971. Six untitled photographs showing the interior and exterior of a Canadian Post Office.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs ; Minutes ; Lists
Folder number:02-04-27
Subject(s): Postal Service ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Michigan - Grand Rapids, Traverse City
Description:Cachets from Traverse City and Grand Rapids, Michigan for U.S. Air Mail first Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-35
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: 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: Minkus Publications
Date: 10/28/1963
Description:Correspondence regarding reproduction of postage stamps in Minkus stamp album. Minkus advised not to print stamps in color.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-03-33
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Minkus Publications Inc.

Folder title: Minot, N.D.
Date: 04/16/1940
Description:Cachet for Minot, North Dakota for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-43
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets
Original source:First Assistant Postmaster General

Folder title: Miscell P. O. - Incl UPU
Date: 01/10/1896
Description:Lists of newspaper and periodical stamps around the turn of the century. Notes that accompanied stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:03-03-33
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Mobile, Alabama
Description:Cachet created for Mobile, Alabama for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-39
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Modesto, Cal. - First flight 1946 - Original drawing and proof for Cachet
Date: 05/22/1946
Description:Cachet for Modesto and Merced, CA for U.S. Air Mail first flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings
Folder number:06-05-05
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Montana - Great Falls / Lewistown
Description:Cachet for Great Falls and Lewistown, Montana, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-45
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Moon, Man and Mail Brochures
Date: 09/10/1970
Description:President of the Space Topics study group requesting free copies of a post office publication "Moon and Man and Mail." Not made for general distribution.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-02-28
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Nantucket, Mass
Description:Cachet for Nantucket, Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets ; Photographs
Folder number:06-05-31
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: New Bedford, Mass
Description:Cachet for New Bedford Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Brochures ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-29
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: New Orleans, Louisiana
Description:Cachet for New Orleans, LA, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-28
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Northern Vir. Postmark Sys. - News Articles
Date: 11/22/1968
Description:Citizens of the city of Alexandria objected to the elimination of local postmarks for a regional postmark.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Press Releases
Folder number:02-07-03
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Norwalk, Conn
Date: 08/07/1946
Description:Cachet for Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-17
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Oak Bluffs, Mass. (on island of Martha's Vineyard)
Description:Cachet for Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, for U.S. First Flight Air Mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Drawings ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-30
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: 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. Stamp Albums 1968-1969
Date: 10/27/1967
Description:Memoranda pertaining to stamp albums mainly, VIP stamp albums issued for various people and functions.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:02-02-33
Subject(s): Public Relations (Business) ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Palm Springs, Cal. - First Flight - Negative and Proofs - 1945
Date: 10/03/1945
Description:Cachet for Palm Springs, CA for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings
Folder number:06-05-06
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: 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: Panama Canal Zone 25th Anniversary
Description:Sixteen mounted photographs with the caption "Canal Zone Postage 25th Anniversary - 1939 Opening Panama Canal - 1914, on bottom the caption indiciating the scene and the value and color of the stamp for which it was to be used, the number of stamps to be printed and the signature of P. C. Russell, apparently approving the use of this information for the issue of the stamp. Scotts catalog numbers 120 - 135. Photograph of plate block and partial sheet of the Thatcher Bridge error stamp Scott 157a. Mounted photograph of Charles Goslin
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 120 ; Panama Canal Zone 121; Pan
Includes:Photographs
Folder number:30-04-011
Subject(s): Philately ; Stamp Design

Folder title: Pennslyvania Phila. and Camden, N. J. Negatives
Date: 03/27/1939
Description:Cachets for New Kensington, Philadelphia, Butler, Coatesville, Kane, Corry, Gettysburg, Erie, Warren, Tyrone, York, Wilkes-Barre, Dubois, Titusville, Natrona, Pennsylvania. Camden, New Jersey for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-44
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: 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: Philatelic - Space
Date: 01/01/1963
Description:Copy of a publication "Project Mercury". A Chronology by the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA). Project Mercury special cachets and postmarking. Pages from a book.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Excerpts ; Photographs
Folder number:05-01-17
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Project Mercury A Chronology

Folder title: Philatelic - Various
Date: 05/23/1961
Description:Materials on "Let's Collect Stamps"
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Brochures ; Photographs
Folder number:05-01-25
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Philatelic Agency
Date: 09/24/1945
Description:Philatelic agency stamp lists and minutes of the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, 1969 and 1970, plus letters from President Nixon to Winton Blount, 1971.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Correspondence ; Minutes
Folder number:03-03-31
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee ; Letter Writing - Government Correspondence

Folder title: Philatelic Agency (No. 1)
Date: 04/15/1961
Description:Information pertaining to the operation of the Philatelic Agency
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:04-07-01
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: Philatelic Agency (No. 2)
Date: 03/30/1956
Description:Information pertaining to the operation of the Philatelic Agency
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:04-07-02
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: Philatelic Agency Stamp Lists Record File
Date: 03/30/1925
Description:Philatelic sales agency's order lists for collectors.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Stamp Order Lists
Folder number:03-03-30
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Philatelic Sales Agency

Folder title: Philatelic Publications and Album Manufacturing - Newspaper & Broadcasting Contracts
Date: 08/02/1960
Description:Correspondence from various Philatelic organizations (editors) and the Post Office Department. An article from the New York Times Sunday, 02/25/1968. NEW FOR STAMP COLLECTORS.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Forms ; Notices ; Correspondence
Folder number:02-02-25
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Philatelic Sales Unit - 50th Anniversary
Date: 11/08/1971
Description:Correspondence and newspaper clippings of the Sales Unit 50th anniversary. Also loose pages from the "Essay proof Journal" about various stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs
Folder number:05-01-08
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Philatelic Sales Unit 1
Date: 10/23/1970
Description:Correspondence regarding sales and activities of the Philatelic Sales Unit.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-05-01
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Sales Unit 2
Date: 08/29/1968
Description:Correspondence regarding sales and activities of the Philatelic Sales Unit.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-05-02
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Sales Unit 3
Date: 07/13/1966
Description:Correspondence regarding sales and activities of the Philatelic Sales Unit.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-05-03
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Sales Unit 4
Date: 05/02/1966
Description:Correspondence regarding sales and activities of the Philatelic Sales Unit.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-05-04
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Truck (1)
Date: 05/06/1939
Description:Materials pertaining to the Philatelic Truck 1939-1941: Articles, Papers, Correspondence, Press Releases, Travel Logs, Photographs, Maps of the route of the Philatelic Truck, Itinerary, "A Description of United States Postage Stamps - Junior Edition, From 1893 to 1938", Attendance and Records.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Publications ; Photographs
Folder number:01-01-13
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Truck (2)
Date: 10/26/1938
Description:Materials pertaining to the Philatelic Truck 1939-1941: Articles, Papers, Correspondence, Press Releases, Travel Logs, Photographs, Maps of the route of the Philatelic Truck, Itinerary, Attendance and Records.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Publications ; Photographs
Folder number:01-01-14
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Truck (3)
Date: 06/27/1939
Description:Materials pertaining to the Philatelic Truck 1939-1941: Articles, Papers, Correspondence, Press Releases, Travel Logs, Photographs, Maps of the route of the Philatelic Truck, Itinerary, Attendance and Records.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Publications ; Photographs
Folder number:01-01-15
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Truck (4)
Date: 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1965
Description:Photographs pertaining to the Philatelic Truck 1939-1941. Photograph of the driver of Philatelic Truck - Ralph Davis.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs
Folder number:01-01-16
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Truck (5)
Date: 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1965
Description:Photographs pertaining to the Philatelic Truck 1939-1941.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs
Folder number:01-01-17
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Truck (6)
Date: 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1965
Description:Materials pertaining to the Philatelic Truck 1939-1941: Articles, Papers, Correspondence, Press Releases, Travel Logs, Photographs, Maps of the route of the Philatelic Truck, Itinerary, Attendance and Records.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs
Folder number:01-01-18
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Stamp Collecting ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Truck (7)
Date: 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1965
Description:Photographs pertaining to the Philatelic Truck 1939-1941.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs
Folder number:01-01-19
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Stamp Collecting ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Truck (8)
Date: 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1965
Description:Photographs pertaining to the Philatelic Truck 1939-1941.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs
Folder number:01-01-20
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Stamp Collecting ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Philatelic Windows
Date: 05/16/1972
Description:Correspondence concerning operation of philatelic windows in post offices.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-06-08
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Phillatelic - American Academy of Philately
Date: 10/05/1974
Description:American Academy of Philately (1975 exhibitions)
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Articles
Folder number:05-01-20
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Smitosonian Institution

Folder title: Plate No. Survey Sheets. A. H. Wilhelm Collection for BIA reference project
Date: 10/19/1960
Description:Forms for members to fill out representing their collection. Copy of procedures for the sale of plate blocks
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Forms
Folder number:05-06-14
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Plate Number Committee Bureau Issues Association

Folder title: PMG's Collection
Date: 12/19/1960
Description:Listing and evaluation of Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield's stamps, covers, albums, programs, etc.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Lists
Folder number:03-02-18
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: POD - Uncut Sheets & Blocks of Special "Farley" Issues
Date: 01/01/1934
Description:Blank forms to order special uncut sheets of ungummed stamps and blocks thereof.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Forms
Folder number:05-05-16
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: POD Increasing Revenue
Date: 01/01/1973
Description:Projected plans to increase revenue in the Post Office Department. The discussion of stamp related saleable items.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Operating Program
Folder number:03-02-05
Subject(s): Administration ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department Philatelic Affairs Division

Folder title: Post Office Dept - Inventory of Stp Collections & Albums
Date: 04/10/1909
Description:Record of postage stamps delivered, from 1909 to 1915, to the third assistant postmaster general as well as the inventory of stamp collections and albums.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Lists
Folder number:03-03-32
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: Postage Rate Increase - 1971
Date: 04/30/1969
Description:Rate change information and scheduling of first day issues.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Correspondence
Folder number:03-02-50
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: Postage Stamps of US - (Orders Mailed Out)
Description:Letters from persons containing orders for postage stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-05-14
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Postmarking Stamps for Exhibition Shows
Date: 03/19/1957
Description:Correspondence pertaining to postmarks for exhibitions: American Air Mail Society Convention, American Stamp Dealers Association and Memphis Stamp Collectors are only three.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:01-03-04
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Exhibitions
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Postmaster General Album - Album
Date: 11/22/1957
Description:Commemorative issues of stamps to be listed in the Postmaster General Album.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Printed Materials ; Memorandums
Folder number:03-01-22
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Postmasters General Postmasters Local
Date: 02/09/1967
Description:List of Postmasters General from 1775 to 1954
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Correspondence
Folder number:05-07-18
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Postal Service - Postmasters

Folder title: Precancels
Date: 05/20/1954
Description:Letters to the Post Office Department regarding precancel stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:05-05-13
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: Public Relations 1963 2
Date: 09/23/1963
Description:Public Relations correspondence to and from publications, businesses and individuals.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-05-06
Subject(s): Public Relations (Customer Relations)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Public Relations 1964 1
Date: 07/15/1964
Description:Public Relations correspondence to and from publications, businesses and individuals.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-05-05
Subject(s): Public Relations (Customer Relations)

Folder title: Pueblo, Colo. - First Flight Cachet - 1939
Date: 03/14/1939
Description:Cachet for Pueblo, Colorado for U.S. air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Negatives ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-11
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Red Bluff, Calif. - Photographs (for cachet?) 1946
Date: 09/07/1946
Description:Request from fourth assistant Post Master General for photographs of public interest to the Postmaster of Red Bluff, California. Photo response enclosed.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs
Folder number:06-05-04
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately)

Folder title: Regional Communications
Date: 10/12/1971
Description:Correspondence regarding stamp sales and philatelic affairs.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-06-10
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Cancellations
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Research and Engineering
Date: 06/12/1962
Description:Letters and memoranda pertaining to the evaluation of proposed plate block stamp holders for stamp albums.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Designs
Folder number:02-04-20
Subject(s): Administration ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Rev. Floyd Leach Collection
Date: 05/01/1965
Description:Reverend Leach's Collection was willed to the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:03-02-21
Subject(s): Persons ; Smithsonian Institution

Folder title: Roosevelt Stamps & Collection FDR
Date: 10/31/1942
Description:Articles about stamps honoring Franklin Delano Roosevelt as well as Franklin Delano Roosevelt with his stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Press Releases
Folder number:05-03-34
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Sailboat - Photo, Drawing, Cachet
Description:First Flight Air Mail cachet requested by Long Beach, California.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Drawings ; Photographs
Folder number:06-05-02
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Sale of Precancelled Stamps
Date: 02/03/1972
Description:Copies of Postal Bulletin 20854 notice to postmasters concerning the selling of precancelled stamps to collectors.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Notices
Folder number:02-05-18
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Salinas, Calif. - First Flight Cachet materials - June 1946
Date: 06/06/1946
Description:First Flight Air Mail cachet requested by Salinas, California
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs ; Drawings
Folder number:06-05-03
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Salvaging Canceled Postage Stamps
Date: 07/08/1929
Description:Requests for and information on cancelled postage stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:06-04-08
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: San Berardino, Calif - First Flight Cachet Materials - negative & proofs
Date: 10/25/1945
Description:Cachets requested by San Bernadino and Palm Springs California for their "First Flight" air mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Negatives
Folder number:06-05-01
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: 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: Space Covers
Description:Press Releases regarding available space covers.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:05-03-40
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; Smithsonian Institution ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:National Air and Space Museum

Folder title: Stamford - Norwalk, Conn
Date: 08/06/1946
Description:Cachet for Stamford and Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-42
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets
Original source:Fourth and Second Assistant Post Master General

Folder title: Stamp Albums 1969
Date: 08/14/1971
Description:Correspondence pertaining to various aspects of miniature albums (printing, collecting, pricing).
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Articles
Folder number:01-07-34
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Postage Stamp Design

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 and Philately
Date: 06/18/1968
Description:New issues and the list of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists
Folder number:05-01-16
Subject(s): Postage stamp design
Original source:Postal Employees

Folder title: Stockton, Cal
Date: 04/01/1946
Description:Cachet for Stockton, California for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets ; Booklets
Folder number:06-05-49
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: The National Philatelic Museum, Philadelphia, PA. #1
Date: 04/20/1953
Description:Material related to the possible acquisition of the museum by the Post Office Department
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs
Folder number:02-07-18
Subject(s): Postal Museums
Original source:Post Office Department

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: United Nations
Description:Photographs and press releases of United Nations Stamps and related activities.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Photographs ; Press Releases
Folder number:06-05-60
Subject(s): Philately ; Designers ; Postage Stamps

Folder title: United States Information Agency.
Date: 01/24/1958
Description:Letters and memoranda by the U.S. Information Service pertaining to various aspects of Postal Department and philatelic issues. Some aspects contained in this file include" Eleanor Roosevelt stamp, Alliance for Progress, and requests for certain stamps and stamp covers.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-04-18
Subject(s): Administration ; Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department Foreign Service Dispatch

Folder title: Untitled
Date: 04/14/1915
Description:Correspondence concerning the transfer of die proofs between the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Post Office Department. Copy of an article (publisher unknown) by Francis J. McCall, Division of Philately, Smithsonian Institution, titled: Gems of Proofdom - A Report on the Panama-Pacific Die Proofs, 1915. Correspondence from the Third Assistant Postmaster General to the Assistant Secretary in Charge, National Museum, concerning the museum's sale of 1908 "Blue Rag" sheets sold by the museum and requesting an inquiry and a copy of the museum answer also additional correspondence concerning the proper disposition of unneeded material by the museum.. Photocopy of "The Congress Book 1956" for the twenty second American Philatelic Congress. Copy of a letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Secretary of the Treasury. Miscellaneous correspondence from the Post Office Department.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photocopies
Folder number:06-05-59
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Die Proofs ; President

Folder title: Untitled #3 About Philatelic Sales and Boutiques
Date: 09/29/1971
Description:Correspondence regarding philatelic sales and services.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs
Folder number:02-06-09
Subject(s): Stamp Collecting (Philately) ; Posters
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: USPOD - First Day Cachets
Date: 06/02/1965
Description:Correspondence, press releases and printed material with rules and regulations on first day covers.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:03-04-23
Subject(s): Cachets ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: USPOD - First Day Cachets
Date: 07/16/1971
Description:Correspondence between the public and the Post Office Department as well as lists of first day stamp statistics.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists
Folder number:03-04-22
Subject(s): Cachets ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: USPOD Letters to -
Date: 10/28/1959
Description:Letters responding to various requests for stamps and information. Most signed by Franklin R. Bruns, Jr.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-03-19
Subject(s): Letter Writing - Government Correspondence ; Postal Service

Folder title: USPOD Miscell
Date: 10/01/1952
Description:Press releases and articles on miscellaneous subjects.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:03-02-01
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: USPOD Philatelic Sales Unit 1
Date: 07/22/1962
Description:Inquiries asking about the ruling in the Postal Manual concerning the holding of mail for "First Day Cover" collectors.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-03-01
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: USS Explorer
Date: 01/25/1958
Description:Material concerning the placement of a District of Columbia post office on the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey vessel Explorer.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:05-05-23
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: USS Sargo
Date: 10/13/1960
Description:Correspondence relating to the polar voyage of the USS Sargo.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-05-20
Subject(s): Covers (Philately)

Folder title: Valdosta, Ga
Description:Cachet for Valdosta Georgia, U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Cachets
Folder number:06-05-18
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: Vice President
Date: 06/29/1962
Description:Letters dealing with postal and philatelic suggestions to the office of Vice President.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Designs
Folder number:02-04-16
Subject(s): Postal Service ; Administration ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Virginia Brizendine
Date: 07/26/1965
Description:Mrs. Brizendine to be promoted to Director of Philately effective 08/15/65.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:03-01-20
Subject(s): Postal Service - Employees ; Persons

Folder title: Visalia, Cal
Date: 04/01/1946
Description:Cachet for Visalia, California plus a brochure published by the Chamber of Commerce. Pictures of tall trees.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Postcards ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-48
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets

Folder title: VOA
Date: 09/24/1969
Description:Correspondence regarding the offer of free Moon Landing Stamps by the Voice of America.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:03-02-04
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)

Folder title: Williams' Case - First Day covers Wash. D.C.
Date: 03/24/1965
Description:A hearing involving Mr. Williams and the financial controls for sale of First Day covers in Washington, D. C.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Reports
Folder number:04-02-01
Subject(s): Covers (Philately) ; Persons ; United States Postal Inspection Service
Original source:Bureau of Appeals and Review

Folder title: Yreka City, Calif.
Date: 08/21/1946
Description:Cachet for Yreka California for U.S. Air Mail First Flight.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Cachets
Folder number:06-05-14
Subject(s): Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets
Original source:Post Office Department Fourth Assistant Post Master General

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