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Folder title: "The Rates of Second Class Mail"
Date: 01/01/1912
Description:The article describes the rates that pertain to second class mail. "The Rates on Second Class Mail."
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:06-04-18
Subject(s): Postal Service ; Postal Rates
Original source:The Week
Folder title: 1969 - Q and A's Winton M. Blount
Date: 01/09/1969
Description:This file contains questions for Winton Blount: Will there be another increase in postal rates? How much have transportation costs increased in the past five years? Continuing of railway service? Do you agree or disagree with President Johnson's rare increase proposal?
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:02-02-41
Subject(s): Postal Service - Postmasters
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Air Mail Rates - Domestic and Foreign
Date: 01/01/1789 - 01/01/1961
Description:Lists of postal rates for various years and kinds of service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:05-07-35
Subject(s): Postal Rates
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Canal Zone - Air Service (Jet) Houston, Tex Balboa, Canal Zone 31 Oct 1963
Description:Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper clippings regarding the inauguration of jet service between Houston, Texas and Balboa, Canal Zone on or about 10/27/1963 and the preparation and servicing of commemorative covers for this event. Machine copies of various stamps and booklets.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-121
Subject(s): Braniff Airwars ; Postal Rates ; Inaugural Flight
Folder title: Censorship
Date: 01/01/1967
Description:Collected materials on 1967 Rate - Pay Law, topic include: Prohibitions, Solicitations, Public Service Advertising, Change of Address and Publication in the Performing Arts.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Fact Sheets
Folder number:01-02-19
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and legislation ; Postal Rates.
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Credit Letters for Stamp Sheets
Date: 10/29/1960
Description:Press release announcing a Post Office Department show featuring original art as used on postage stamps. Correspondence regarding the Missouri Precancel Society Exhibition in Kansas City, MO, 07/20/1968.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Lists ; Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:02-01-20
Subject(s): Postage stamp design ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Exhibitions
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: CZ 146
Date: 12/14/1948
Description:Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone Scott number 146. Copy of the Bureau Specialist, July 1951 with article about this stamp. Fourteen photographs of laborers performing various tasks. Photograph of three local rate employees being presented first day covers. Canal Zone postal rate chart. Machine copies of design sketches.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 146
Includes:Magazines ; Photographs ; Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-017
Subject(s): Design ; Construction ; Postal Rates
Folder title: CZ U21, O26, O27
Date: 10/01/1973
Description:Memoranda concerning the surcharging of existing postal stationery and the issue of new stamps to accommodate the rate increase and the use of the rubber stamp cachet to be used on the First Day of Issue 03/02/1974.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone U21 ; Panama Canal Zone O26 ; Pa
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-082
Subject(s): Revalue ; Postal Rates ; First Day of Issue
Folder title: CZ UC14
Date: 04/05/1971
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of the eight-cent Canal Zone 159 and eight-cent envelopes, eleven-cent envelopes and surcharging of existing stocks to meet the new rate requirements. Letter of 09/10/1971 informing the United States Envelope company that there is a flaw in the basic design of the embossed stamp of the new long airmail stamped envelopes making them unusable and the will be destroyed. The short envelopes are good, but there are errors in the packing count for these.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone159 ; Panama Canal Zone UC14
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-099
Subject(s): Stamps ; Errors ; Postal Rates
Folder title: CZ UX16, UX17, UC9
Date: 10/07/1968
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone post card UX17. Memorandum concerning the revaluation of UX16 and UC9 and requesting permission to issue new items with the same design and new denomination. Newspaper clippings regarding revalued items.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone UX16 ; Panama Canal Zone UX17 ;
Includes:Memorandums ; Articles ; Requisitions
Folder number:30-03-093
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Postcards ; Postal Rates
Folder title: Finance 1 Gen. Correspondence 1967
Date: 08/16/1966
Description:Correspondence includes the following: Postal Rates, Current Developments, and Revenue.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Reports ; Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:02-03-24
Subject(s): Postal Service ; Postal Rates ; Administration
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Finance 11 International Rates
Date: 05/20/1961
Description:Material on International postal rates: weight and rate ratios, military mail service, briefing on Postal Rate Bill, International Mail Rate Report.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:02-03-28
Subject(s): Postal Service ; Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Finance 16 Postal Rate Increase 1967
Description:Articles, Press Releases, Congressional correspondence and notes concerning the postal rate increase.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:02-03-29
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: Finance 3 Airmail Rates
Date: 12/02/1964
Description:Air Mail service: Petition to reduce domestic airmail rates and various tables and statistics.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Spreadsheets ; Memorandums ; Fact Sheets
Folder number:02-03-25
Subject(s): Air mail service ; Postal Rates ; Administration
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Finance 7 Bureau of Budget Reports & Senate Hearings
Date: 04/18/1967
Description:The Post Office Department's position on the following: First Class Mail, Air mail, 2nd Class, U.S. Post Office Department Appropriation request to Senate fiscal year 1967.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Reports ; Statements
Folder number:02-03-27
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and Legislation ;
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Finance Budget 1963-1964-1965
Date: 01/28/1963
Description:Financial information on the Post Office Department: Digest of the Congressional record 01/21/1964, Comptroller General of the United States, 1966 budget preparation. Excerpts from the House Appropriations Committee.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Congressional Records ; Financial Data
Folder number:02-03-32
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Administration
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Finance Rate Inc. Sample Kit Oct 11 - Jan 7
Date: 10/11/1962
Description:Correspondence, drafts, lists of rate interest, and memoranda to American T.V. studios, various postmasters, and bureaus about the increase in postal rates.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Drafts ; Lists
Folder number:01-07-12
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Pitney Bowes ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: Int'l - Flying Tiger Lines - 1964
Date: 04/07/1964
Description:The Flying Tiger Lines was in conflict with the Civil Aeronautics Board concerning air mail rates.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:02-06-26
Subject(s): Air mail service ; Postal Rates
Folder title: Int'l 5 International Rates
Date: 08/08/1967
Description:Material concerning postal rates to Canada and other countries.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:02-06-19
Subject(s): Postal Service - Foreign ; Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P. 1. Assoc. Direct Mail Davit. Assoc.
Date: 03/13/1964
Description:Some of the topics covered by the DMAA are the following: the use of the zip code, postal service performance, an agreement between the agency for International Development and the Post Office Department, mail classification and rates.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Newsletters
Folder number:02-02-06
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Zip Code
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 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. Assoc. Congressional Record
Date: 10/17/1961
Description:Material from the Congressional Record pertaining to postmaster nominations, postmaster revenue received by railroads, removal of President Eisenhower plaques for President Kennedy plaques in post office buildings, adjusting of postal rates.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Congressional Records
Folder number:02-02-05
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Postal Rates ; Administration
Folder title: P.1. Crackpot Letters 1962-1968
Date: 03/03/1962
Description:Correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to the problem and issues with the new increase in postal rates. Some concerns are with the issue of Junk mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:01-07-01
Subject(s): Postal Rates
Folder title: P.1. Financial Reports 1967
Date: 01/03/1963
Description:Information on postal rate increases: Briefing on Postal Rate Bill, Higher Postal Pay, Postal Rate Hearings. Fact sheets on Postal Rate Bill,
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Fact Sheets
Folder number:02-03-30
Subject(s): Postal Rates
Original source:Post Office Department
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. Position Papers (Backup) 1961
Date: 03/03/1967
Description:A series of position papers dealing with service issues. Some specific issues - positions in this file are: Discontinuance of Railway Post Office Service, penalties for mail delays caused by transportation failure, Priority Mail Program, mechanization, international rates, stamp tagging and airlift.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Position Papers ; Memorandums
Folder number:01-07-02
Subject(s): Postal Rates
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P.1. Press Queries 1967
Date: 11/02/1965
Description:Correspondence pertaining to interview requests to the Post Office Department from various media: US News & World Report, Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper, Eastern Airlines.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-02-01
Subject(s): Public Relations - Customer Relations ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P.O. DEPT. News Kit of 1/11/68
Date: 01/11/1968
Description:First Class Mail by Air News Kit. Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien will be asking Congress to make the postage rate the same for airmail and first class mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:05-05-05
Subject(s): Air mail service ; Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: P.O.D. Rates
Date: 09/01/1961
Description:Publications of the postal rates of 1961 to 1967.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:03-04-10
Subject(s): Postal Rates
Original source:Post Office Department
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 Rates AP-WX = 04.07.87, 03.12.87, 04.20.87, 05.05.87, 05.06.87
Date: 03/12/1987
Description:The press release includes changes that were made by the Postal Service Board of Governors.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Wire Service Messages
Folder number:05-06-17
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Governor
Original source:AP Wire Service
Folder title: Postal Rate - Pay News Kit
Date: 10/17/63
Description:Information about increasing the postage rate and Post Office Department employee's salaries.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:05-05-03
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Employees
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Postal Rates and Information 1932 and 1944
Date: 01/01/1932 - 01/01/1944
Description:Postal rates and fees for 1932 and 1944.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:04-03-14
Subject(s): Postal Rates
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Rate Changes (Listing Effective Dates)
Date: 10/18/1962
Description:Correspondence questioning rate changes and Post Office Department press release regarding changes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Postal Bulletins ; Correspondence
Folder number:03-02-46
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Folder title: Rate Changes (Memos on) 1961
Date: 04/14/1961
Description:Memoranda on rate changes in the 1960's
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Lists
Folder number:03-02-47
Subject(s): Postal Rates
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Rate Increase File
Date: 09/09/1970
Description:Material on the 05/1971 - 06/1971 postal rate increases and new issues of stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:03-01-12
Subject(s): Postal Rates
Folder title: Rates - 1968
Date: 07/01/1961
Description:New postage rates in U.S. and International mail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Lists
Folder number:05-07-34
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: Trans 14 Flying Tiger
Date: 04/07/1964
Description:Post Office Department working with the Civil Aviation Board to lower Latin America and overseas air mail rates in contract to the Flying Tiger Airline that proposed lowing domestic rates.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:02-01-35
Subject(s): Postal Service - Air Mail ; Postal Rates
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
Date: 09/23/1958
Description:Press releases from the Post Office Department, Treasury, Defense and Navy regarding legislation, sales, rural mail service as well as rate and legal changes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Brochures
Folder number:03-02-42
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and Legislation ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Rates
Folder title: USPOD Philatelic Sales Unit 3
Date: 10/01/1961 - 02/01/1963
Description:Press release and postal rate and pay increase information. Post Office Department telephone book.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Telephone Directories ; Lists
Folder number:03-03-03
Subject(s): Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Employees ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department
Folder title: USPOD Press Releases
Date: 07/11/1985
Description:Press wire stories covering a broad spectrum of subjects - Soviet rejection of a lot of packages sent there, staff changes, stamp subjects, delivery of mail to homes vis-a-vis cluster boxes
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Wire Service Messages
Folder number:03-03-22
Subject(s): Postal Service - Law and Legislation
Original source:Associated Press
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