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Folder title: "Stamps in the Making"
Date: 12/03/1956
Description:This film strip is borrowed by groups and associations for showing.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:03-02-32
Subject(s): Filmstrips ; Postage Stamp Printing ; Public Relations - Customer Relations

Folder title: 125.2 Orders on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing December 1948
Date: 03/18/1909
Description:Orders by the third Assistant Postmaster General to the Secretary of the Treasury for quantities of stamps to be printed, postage stamps and revenue stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-01-01
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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: 130.9 Philtalelic Exhibition Room
Date: 05/24/1933
Description:Requests for material for the Philatelic Exhibition Room.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:03-05-05
Subject(s): Postal Museums

Folder title: 135 Phillipine Islands
Date: 01/22/1906
Description:Letters regarding the use of Philippine stamps, envelopes and post cards to and from the United States and the Philippines.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-06-01
Subject(s): Foreign Mail

Folder title: 145.1 Postal Cards Cost of Manufacture
Date: 07/13/1909
Description:Correspondence related to manufacturing costs of postal cards.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-01
Subject(s): Postcards
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: 145.15 Postal Cards Air Mail
Date: 10/01/1948
Description:Correspondence regarding printing and use of air mail postcards.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-07-07
Subject(s): Postcards ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: 145.8 Postal Cards Domestic Reply "D"
Date: 12/24/1908
Description:Correspondence regarding the printing and use of reply postcards.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-07-06
Subject(s): Postcards

Folder title: 157
Date: 01/01/1962
Description:Two copies of an artist rendering of a ship passing under the Thatcher Bridge and a copy of a picture from a magazine article used as the basis for the drawing. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this stamp. Two blueprints of the Bridge. Photographs of rejected design models: six of number 33750 four-cent stamps, and five of model number 33582, five-cent stamps. Two copies of a photograph of the approved model 33747. Ninety plus copies of a 1 5/8" x 2 3/4" photograph of Canal Zone number 157, this size was used to send to the media. Machine copies of various rejected designs.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 157
Includes:Photographs ; Blueprints
Folder number:30-03-034
Subject(s): Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: 157a 1 of 5
Date: 10/12/1962
Description:Ten copies of a photograph of a sheet with plate number 168153 of Canal Zone number 157a, the Thatcher Bridge omission error. Folio with six copies and a negative of full sheets of 157a, plate number 168153 and copy of a photograph of an enlargement of a portion of the sheet showing the plate number. Copy of the court record concerning the law suit seeking to enjoin the governments from printing additional copies of this error. Articles about this issue.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 157a
Includes:Photographs ; Documents
Folder number:30-03-028
Subject(s): Errors

Folder title: 157a 2 of 5
Date: 01/03/1963
Description:Correspondence from the public regarding the issue of reprinting Canal Zone number 157a.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 157a
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:30-03-029
Subject(s): Errors

Folder title: 157a Thatcher Ferry Bridge Error 4 of 5.
Date: 09/12/1962
Description:Correspondence documenting the donation of a sheet of Canal Zone 157a to the Smithsonian Institution. Correspondence and memoranda concerning this stamp including a notation with the name of a postal clerk who discovered a sheet in stock and noting that two additional sheets were in the vault; legal affidavits and other correspondence relating to the legal proceedings. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing notified the Canal Zone about the Dag Hammarskjöld stamp error.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 157a
Includes:Correspondence ; Documents
Folder number:30-03-031
Subject(s): Errors ; Smithsonian Institution ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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: 205.16 Stamped Paper Models, Proofs and Specimens Jan. 1919 toRequests for stamps
Date: 01/04/1919
Description:Regarding the transfer of stamps for display and to other countries.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-04-04
Subject(s): Exhibitions ; Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: 205.16 Stamped Paper Models, Proofs and Specimens to December 1918
Date: 03/01/1909
Description:Correspondence from the Third Assistant Postmaster General having received or sent models, proofs and specimens.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-04-03
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; Postage Stamp Design ; Envelopes (Stationery)

Folder title: 21 Schedule of the Delivery Bureau of Engraving and Printing Engravings
Date: 08/01/1935
Description:Subject of the engraving and the original source.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Delivery Forms
Folder number:03-06-07
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United State Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: 210.10 Stamps, Postage Dies, Rolls and Plates January 1944 to
Date: 03/06/1944
Description:Correspondence on the processes of the manufacturer of the United States stamps. Some plate numbers given.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-05-13
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: 210.16-2 Stamps Postage Rotary Press
Date: 01/09/1923
Description:An additional press is needed to meet the demand for coil stamps. When a flat-bed press is used the color change was noticeable from the original stamps printed with a Rotary press.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-05-05
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing

Folder title: 210.22-1 Perforations Photo-Electric Cell (electric eye)
Date: 01/12/1935
Description:The electric eye plates permit the use of the old and the new perforating machines. The electric eye detects which letters have perforated stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-05-03
Subject(s): Perforations

Folder title: 210.23-1 Stamps, Postage Precenceled, Printing Plates for Post Offices Jan. 1947 to
Date: 01/02/1947
Description:Lists of plate numbers of precancelled plates. Letters requesting plates be made for various post offices.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-07-11
Subject(s): Postage Stamps

Folder title: 210.3-4 Stamps, Postage, Books of Cellophane Interleaves
Date: 01/19/1932
Description:A series of letters from various Post Masters around the country to the 3rd Assistant Post Master division of stamps, pertaining to the poor quality in the use of cellophane in stamp books. Du Pont Cellophane Sample Book.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-40
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: 210.38 Stamps, Postage Blank Paper
Date: 09/19/1889
Description:Correspondence between the Third Assistant Postmaster General, and other Postmasters as well as businesses and individuals pertaining to blank stamp coils and paper for experimental purposes. Involvement of United States Postal Inspection Service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-49
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; United States Postal Inspection Service
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: 210.9 Stamps, Postage Die Proofs of
Date: 02/17/1923
Description:Requests for die proofs.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-04-10
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing

Folder title: 210.9 Stamps, Postage Die Proofs of Jan 1946 to
Date: 01/06/1946
Description:Record of Disbursements of proofs, stamps and booklets. Requests for proofs and Post Office response.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:04-04-08
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing

Folder title: 230 Watermarks and Dandy Rolls (1)
Date: 07/13/1915
Description:Correspondence pertaining to information, use and requests of watermarks and Dandy-rolls.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Designs
Folder number:01-02-06
Subject(s): Envelopes (Stationery)
Original source:Post Office Department Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury

Folder title: 55.2 Contracts, Postal Cards Old no. 508
Date: 07/25/1918
Description:Correspondence regarding the printing of postcards.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-07-05
Subject(s): Postcards

Folder title: 70 Dies - Miscellaneous
Date: 05/29/1936
Description:Information regarding dies, rolls and hubs.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-05-17
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing

Folder title: 70.1 Destruction of Old Dies, Rolls and Plates April 1873 - January 1926
Date: 09/17/1875
Description:Destruction of postage stamp plates, rolls and dies dated 1875 to 1906. Folder 3 of 3.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Correspondence
Folder number:04-05-20
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: 70.1 Dies, Destruction of Old Dies, Rolls and Plates April 1873 - January 1926 1
Date: 12/30/1911
Description:Destruction of postage stamp plates, rolls and dies April, 1873 - January, 1926.. Folder 1 of 3.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-05-18
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: 70.1 Dies, Destruction of Old Dies, Rolls and Plates April 1873 - January 1926 2
Date: 08/07/1897
Description:Destruction of postage stamp plates, rolls and dies dated 1897 to 1912. Folder 2 of 3.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:04-05-19
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: 75.24 Envelopes, Stamped Old no. 248
Date: 10/29/1909
Description:Correspondence regarding the embossed stamps with a peculiar appearance. An explanation from the printer is provided. Correspondence regarding the quality of the printing.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-07-04
Subject(s): Postal Stationery

Folder title: 75.25 Envelopes, Stamped Unprinted Substituted for Printed
Date: 12/11/1912
Description:Correspondence pertaining to envelopes that were improperly stamped or missing postage.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:01-02-02
Subject(s): Envelopes (Stationery)

Folder title: 75B Envelopes, Stamped The Art of Paper Making
Date: 01/01/1928 - 01/01/1929
Description:Illustrated paper making and the paper "Rags" published by the rag content paper manufacturers.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Pamphlets
Folder number:04-05-01
Subject(s): Envelopes (Stationery) ; Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Rag Content Paper Manufacturers

Folder title: 85.21 Exhibitions Paris, France 1937
Date: 03/01/1937
Description:The planning of the United States postal exhibition section at the International Exhibition in Paris.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Maps ; Plans
Folder number:04-01-15
Subject(s): Exhibitions

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: 951-A Gum, Postage Stamp Experimental 1940
Date: 10/09/1940
Description:Experiment for making glue from "Dextrine Solution" from sweet potato starch instead of "Cassava Dextrine". The process was developed because of the war.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:04-01-13
Subject(s): Envelopes (Stationery)

Folder title: Alabama
Date: 07/08/1954
Description:Correspondence between the Post Office Department and residents of Alabama.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-04-01
Subject(s): Letter Writing - Government Correspondence ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Postage Stamp Printing

Folder title: Albums Pending and Past Requisitions
Date: 08/10/1965
Description:Printing and Binding Requisition Forms
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Forms
Folder number:02-01-11
Subject(s): Administration

Folder title: Black Blot File Also Errors Day and P.C.Z. Papers
Date: 11/27/1962
Description:Strict rules and regulations on the quality of printing postage stamps. Concerns the Canal Zone Missing Bridge error stamp and the Dig Hammarskjöld stamp invert. H. E. Harris Co. press release with information on court ruling in their favor.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases ; Legislation ; Articles
Folder number:03-03-12
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Postal Service - Law and Regulation
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Bureau Engraving & Printing - Photo -Brochure - Paper Requirements Etc.
Date: 10/19/1967
Description:Brochures of the History of Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Two contracts for postage stamp paper.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Contracts ; Brochures
Folder number:03-02-11
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; Unites States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: Bureau of Engraving and Printing News
Date: 07/26/1985
Description:Press Release, death notice and biography. Jeanne Howard, Longtime friend and employee passes away.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Death Notices
Folder number:01-01-04
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Postage Stamp Plates Nov. 1953
Date: 12/08/1953
Description:Plate numbers sent to press for the first time in November, 1953.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists
Folder number:04-02-12
Subject(s): United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Reports 1910,1914 and 1915
Date: 06/30/1910
Description:Annual reports of the Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for 1910, 1914, and 1915
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Printed Materials
Folder number:04-01-02
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureat of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Secretary of the Treasury

Folder title: C48 & C52 and 158
Date: 06/02/1967
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone numbers C48, C52 and 158. Five 35mm slides and seventeen copies of 8" x 10" black and white photographs of the Goethals memorial used in the design of Canal Zone 158. One 3 1/2" x 4" and two 8" x 8" copies of a photograph of Canal Zone 158. Two 3 1/2" x 4" copies of a photograph of Canal Zone C48. Five copies of photographs of Canal Zone views including Gorgas Hospital and the Commission Building. Three copies of the "Review" of 02/00/1967. Memorandum concerning the destruction of printing plates. Five copies of photographs of ceremonial canceling of covers.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C40 ; Panama Canal Zone C52 ; Pa
Includes:Photographs ; Publications ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-064
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design

Folder title: C50
Date: 10/03/1973
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone numbers C50. Machine copy of upgraded stationery and First Day of Issue cancellations. Correspondence to Bureau of Engraving and Printing regarding 8 cent post cards. The Bureau also was notified that they had not provided the requested color for the C50a booklet cover (Kelly green). The same blue was used as for 49a (11 cent) which could cause confusion on the part of the clerks.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C50 ; Panama Canal Zone C50a ; P
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Press Releases
Folder number:30-03-068
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Postcards ; Design

Folder title: CA 139a Coil
Date: 08/25/1961
Description:Correspondence concerning the issue of Canal Zone Scott number 139a. Xerox copies First Day cancellations.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 139a
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:30-03-013
Subject(s): Coils ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue

Folder title: CA 151 File 2 of 2
Date: 09/09/1959
Description:Three copies of the 7/8" x 1 1/2" and four copies of the 2" x 3 3/8", this size was used to send to the media. Four copies of a photograph of this the stamp design on thick paper and two copies of a photograph of the stamp on photographic paper. One copy of a photograph of the Boy Scout badge used in the design. Eight photographs of scenes at a ceremony with Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and with the Director of Posts, Earl F. Unruh, showing a Cub Scout a sheet of the stamps. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design, issue and first day activities for this Canal Zone number 151. Letter from the United States Post Office Department asking for 50 first day covers to be used to give to officials attending the United States number 1145 first day ceremonies in Washington, D. C. Newspaper clippings and articles about this stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 151
Includes:Photographs ; Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-023
Subject(s): Design ; First Day of Issue ; Boy Scouts

Folder title: Canal Zone - 50th Anniversary Folder #4 Scott C36-C41
Date: 10/09/1963
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C36-C41 including a history of the stamp. Final copy of 50th Anniversary events. Machine copies of various photographs of Canal Zone scenes. Two 8" x 10" montages photographs of these stamps. An 8" x 10" photograph of each stamp. Captioned photograph of the Canal Zone Governor Robert J. Fleming canceling stamps.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C36 ; Panama Canal Zone C37 ; Pa
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-050
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design

Folder title: Canal Zone - Air Mail Permanent Series
Date: 02/12/1965
Description:Two copies of the "Spillway" 06/04/1965 and one copy of 07/09/1965. Two 8" x 10" copies of photographs of two Canal Zone scenes. Four copies of an 8" x 10" photograph of the Acting Governor Harold R. Parfitt and others canceling covers. One each reduces photograph of C42-C47. Two 35mm slides of the seal of the Canal Zone and two of the Golden Anniversary Logo. Three 8"x10" copies of a photograph of the Golden Anniversary Logo. Five 8" x 10" and eighteen copies of a 2 3/4" x 4 1/2" photograph of C44, the size used to send to the media. Machine copy of first day cancellations and of unapproved stamp designs. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C42-C47.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C42 ; Panama Canal Zone C43 ; Pa
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs
Folder number:30-03-062
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue

Folder title: Canal Zone - Money Orders Folder Z
Date: 02/17/1967
Description:Correspondence regarding the printing of money order forms. Memorandum regarding the destruction of obsolete money order forms.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:30-03-133
Subject(s): Administration ; Money Oder

Folder title: Canal Zone - USRCARIB School Folder #2
Date: 07/28/1961
Description:History of the USARCARIB 15 cent air mail stamp, Canal Zone number C32. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C32. Machine copy of First Day cancellation. Newspaper and magazine articles concerning this stamp. Two photographs of the Director of Posts and two U. S. Army officers reviewing photographs. Nine photographs of people and events at the First Day of Issue Ceremony.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C32
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs
Folder number:30-03-043
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design

Folder title: Canal Zone Accounting Records
Date: 12/10/1971
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the processing and accountability for various stamps and stationery.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-120
Subject(s): Stamps ; Printing ; Postal Stationery

Folder title: Canal Zone Air Letter Sheets UC - Special
Date: 11/10/1960
Description:Correspondence regarding the printing of air letter sheets by the Canal Zone Printing Plant due to the lack of adequate suppliers. Correspondence detailing the order of 5,000 plain air letter sheets that require a stamp. Newspaper clippings about this sheet. A mention in a memorandum concerning rewriting Canal Zone Postal regulations to allow the sale of Precancel stamps to collectors.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Memorandums ; Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-085
Subject(s): Printing ; Precancel ; Air Mail

Folder title: Canal Zone Design for 5 cent Envelope Essay
Date: 04/29/1963
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design of Canal Zone five-cent ordinary and 8-cent air mail envelopes.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:30-03-081
Subject(s): Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: Canal Zone Money Orders - Punched Card System Folder #3
Date: 04/14,1952
Description:Correspondence concerning the administration of the money order system including development of instructions to post masters. Machine copies of money order forms. Copy of the specifications for printing money order forms. Copy of "the Common Machine Language for Mechanized Check Handling".
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence ; Manuals ; Instructional Letters
Folder number:30-03-132
Subject(s): Administration ; Money Order

Folder title: Canal Zone Postal Cards (1952) Scott #UX11 UXC1
Date: 04/30/1952
Description:Memorandum to the governor stating that the Canal Zone Stamp Committee recommended issue a 75th anniversary of Gorgas Hospital stamp, an ordinary post card and an air mail post card. Correspondence regarding the paper stock used for printing post cards. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue several postal items.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone UX11 ; Panama Canal Zone UXC1
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-105
Subject(s): Postcards ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Air Mail

Folder title: Canal Zone Scott #UC-15 1975
Date: 08/15/1975
Description:Memoranda concerning the revaluation of the eleven-cent short air mail envelopes to eleven-cent value at the Panama Canal Company Printing Plant. Machine copies of the envelope.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-100
Subject(s): Revalue ; Air Mail ; Surcharge

Folder title: Citizen's Stamp Advisory 1978
Date: 10/19/1978
Description:An exhibit to demonstrate the effect of stamp design on the printed reproduction presented to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Presentations
Folder number:06-01-16
Subject(s): Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee ; Postage Stamp Designs ; Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ 105, 108, 140
Date: 06/05/1974
Description:Correspondence relating to the accounting for stamps added to the Director of Posts' philatelic file. Correspondence from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing regarding interleaving for booklets and the production of .01, .10, and .25 cent coil stamps. A photograph of Gorgas used for stamp Scott number 105.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 105 ; Panama Canal Zone 108 ; Pa
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs
Folder number:30-03-002
Subject(s): Coils ; Administration ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ 138
Date: 04/11/1949
Description:Thirty-six copies of a 2" x 2" photograph of Canal Zone Scott number 138, this size photograph was mailed to media. Photograph and three copies of President Theodore Roosevelt used for stamp design. Newspaper clipping from The Boston Globe with a picture of Canal Zone 138. Photographic model by the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone 138.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 138
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-011
Subject(s): Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ 139
Date: 02/11/1936
Description:Photograph, copy and two enlargements used in design. Four 8" x 10", two 4" x 4 34" and three mounted 2" x 2" photographs of Canal Zone Scott number 139. Three photocopies of the sketch of Canal Zone 139. Newspaper clipping noting the death of John F. Stevens. Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone 139. Machine Copied copies of stamp sketches, design and first day cachet.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 139
Includes:Photographs ; Photocopies ; Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-012
Subject(s): Design ; First Day of Issue ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ 147
Date: 11/05/1954
Description:Thirty-two copies of a 2" x 2" photograph of Canal Zone Scott number 147, used to mail to media. Correspondence concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone Scott number 147 Copy of the Bureau Specialist magazine, January 1955 with an article about this stamp. Newspaper clippings about this stamp. Two copies of the Panama Canal Review, 02/04-1955. Captioned photographs with five different views the Bureau Director and two members of the Canal Zone Board viewing the printing of this stamp. Six copies of a photograph of a sketch of the stamp. Four captioned copies of a photograph of women processing first day covers. Machine copies of design sketches and Railway Post Office cancellations.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 147
Includes:Magazines ; Photographs ; Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-018
Subject(s): Design ; Persons ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ 148
Date: 06/12/1957
Description:Correspondence regarding the printing and issue of Canal Zone 148. Commemorative Service program with a photograph of the hospital that was used for the program. Canal Zone Postal Service Circular No. 1145, providing directions for the handling of first day of issue covers. Machine copies of cancellations. Newspaper clippings and articles concerning this stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 148
Includes:Photographs ; Brochures ; Circulars ; Correspondence
Folder number:30-03-020
Subject(s): Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue

Folder title: CZ 150
Date: 06/11/1958
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design, production and issue of Canal Zone Scott number 150. Machine copies of first day of issue cancellations and of a photograph of the stamp. Program for the stamp dedication ceremony's
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 150
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-021
Subject(s): Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue

Folder title: CZ 152
Date: 06/20/1960
Description:Four 2" x 2" copies of a photograph of Canal Zone number 152, this size was used to send to the media. One reduced image of the stamp (less than 1"), two copies of a photograph of the stamp cut to appear as perforated and mounted on a sheet of white paper, five copies of a photograph of a rejected design (model No. 2), One photograph, one picture clipped from a magazine, and five copies of photographs showing varied views of the Administration Building. Two copies of a captioned photograph and three captioned candid photographs of the Governor of the Canal Zone (W. A. Carter) canceling first day covers. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 152
Includes:Photographs ; Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:30-03-024
Subject(s): Design ; First Day of Issue ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ 152
Date: 06/20/1960
Description:Machine copies of a photograph of the approved design (model No. 3), two rejected models (1 and 2), a design sketch, and first day of issue cancellations. Letter from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing explaining the color difference between the sheet and coil stamps and a letter detailing the cost savings of using the same plate for both issues. Newspaper clippings and articles about this stamp. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 152
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-025
Subject(s): Design ; First Day of Issue ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ 153 Coil
Date: 06/03/1960
Description:Machine copy of first day cancellations. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this stamp and the decision to use the same plate as the sheet stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 153
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs
Folder number:30-03-026
Subject(s): Design ; Coils ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ 156
Date: 02/14/1962
Description:Ninety-plus copies of 1 3/4" x 3 7/8" copies of photograph of Canal Zone 156, this size was used to send to the media. Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this stamp. Machine copy of a photograph of the stamp and of first day of issues cancellations. Two copies of a photograph of a Girl Scout presenting flowers to Mrs. Robert J. Fleming, wife of the Governor, and one of the Governor applying a first day cancellation to a cover. Newspaper clippings and articles about this stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 156
Includes:Photographs ; Correspondence
Folder number:30-03-027
Subject(s): Design ; Girl Scouts ; First Day of Issue

Folder title: CZ 157
Date: 04/02/1962
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone number 157. Seven copies of photographs of Governor Fleming canceling first day covers. Newspaper clippings about this stamp. Machine copy of first day of issue cancellations.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 157
Includes:Photographs ; Blueprints ; Articles ; Press Releases
Folder number:30-03-033
Subject(s): Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue

Folder title: CZ 157a Thatcher Ferry Bridge Error 5 of 5
Date: 11/13/1962
Description:Correspondence to Congress about Canal Zone number 157a. Newspaper clippings concerning the reprinting of the Dag Hammarskjöld (U. S. number 1204) error stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 157a
Includes:Press Releases ; Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-032
Subject(s): Errors ; Congress ; Press Releases

Folder title: CZ 159
Date: 04/27/1955
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone number 159. Machine copy of rough proof 36043 and of first day of issue cancels. Newspaper clipping about this stamp.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 159
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Press Releases
Folder number:30-03-036
Subject(s): Design ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue

Folder title: CZ 163a
Date: 10/09/1975
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of this booklet including booklet cover design. Machine copies of first day covers.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 163a
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:30-03-038
Subject(s): Design ; Booklet ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ 33
Date: 08/12/1962
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C33 including a history of the stamp. Newspaper clippings regarding this stamp. Machine copies of stamp designs. Two photographs of a workman spraying to eradicate malaria.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone 33
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles ; Photographs
Folder number:30-03-044
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design

Folder title: CZ C27, C28, C29, C30, C31
Date: 05/28/1958
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone C27 - C31. Newspaper and magazine clippings concerning this series of stamps.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C27 ; Panama Canal Zone C28 ; Pa
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-041
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue

Folder title: CZ C48a
Date: 10/07/1969
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone number C48a. Newspaper clippings about this stamp. Copy of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing sheet layout. Booklet stapling concept and cover design information is included
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C48a
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-065
Subject(s): Air Mail ; First Day of Issue ; Booklet

Folder title: CZ C49
Date: 04/16/1971
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone numbers C49. A copy of a 3" x 4" photograph and two negatives of photograph of C49. Machine copy of first day of issues cancellations. Two copies of a photograph of C49. Newspaper clippings
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C49
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs ; Press Releases ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-066
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design

Folder title: CZ C49a Booklet
Date: 05/28/1971
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone numbers C49a. Machine copy of booklet covers, upgraded stationery, and First Day of Issue cancellations. Four First Day cancellations on stock cards.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C49a
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-067
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Booklet ; Design

Folder title: CZ Postal Cards (1968, 1969) Scott #UXC4, Ux16
Date: 05/22/1968
Description:Memoranda concerning the revaluation at the Panama Canal Company Printing Company of four-cent post cards to various new values. Machine copies of the cards some with cancellations.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-111
Subject(s): Postcards ; Revalue ; Air Mail

Folder title: CZ Postal Cards Series 1958
Date: 07/23/1958
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of several postal items. Machine copies of official use only post cards.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Memorandums ; Correspondence
Folder number:30-03-108
Subject(s): Postcards ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; First Day of Issue

Folder title: CZ Stamp History Duplicates
Date: 07/05/1928
Description:Bureau of Engraving and Printing stamp history sheets.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Forms
Folder number:30-04-008
Subject(s): Design ; Printing ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ UC5, UX13, UXC2
Date: 05/14/1963
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone postal stationery UC5, UX13, UXC2 . Correspondence requesting surface pieces for use on Heidelberg letter press to imprint additional postage on Canal zone envelopes and postal cards. Machine copies of post cards one with a printing error. Newspaper clippings regarding these issues.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone UC5 ; Panama Canal Zone UX13 ; P
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-089
Subject(s): Postcards ; Surcharge ; Revalue

Folder title: CZ UC6
Date: 01/06/1963
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone postal stationery UC6. Seven 2 1/2" x 4 1/2 inch photographs of the indicia of UC6, the size photograph used to sent to the media. Machine copies of the design.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone UC6
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:30-03-090
Subject(s): Design ; Printing ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ UX 14
Date: 09/01/1964
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone UX14 and 154. Newspaper clippings about this item. The interim four-cent card was printed in blue by the Panama Canal Company Printing Shop.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone UX14 ; Panama Canal Zone 154
Includes:Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-109
Subject(s): Postcards ; Stamps ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ UX 15
Date: 10/12/1964
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone UX15. Machine copies of cards some with first day cancellations.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone UX15
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-110
Subject(s): Postcards ; First Day of Issue ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: CZ50
Date: 10/01/1973
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone numbers C50a. The Bureau also was notified that they had not provided the requested color for the C50a booklet cover (Kelly green). The same blue was used as for 49a (11 cent) which could cause confusion on the part of the clerks. Machine copies of booklet cover and First Day of Issue cancellations.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone C50 ; Panama Canal Zone C50a ; P
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases
Folder number:30-03-069
Subject(s): Air Mail ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Design

Folder title: Envelope Machines, U.S. Envelope Co.
Date: 10/09/1965
Description:The donation of fourteen patent models of early envelope manufacturing machines donated by U.S. Envelope Co. to the Smithsonian.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles ; Correspondence
Folder number:03-02-34
Subject(s): Patents - Models ; Envelopes (Stationery) ; Smithsonian Institution

Folder title: Experimental Printing
Date: 10/16/1953
Description:Correspondence between the Post Office Department and various companies discussing new methods of printing postage stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-07-16
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing

Folder title: Finance
Date: 07/24/1953
Description:Correspondence between the Post Office Department and individuals regarding postal matters and misdirected remittances received. Material regarding printing of postage stamps and the destruction of discontinued stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-01-07
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Administration

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: 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: Gov't Printing Office and Supt. of Documents
Date: 12/11/1953
Description:Correspondence between the Post Office Department and the public on printed matter ordered and not received or received damaged.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-01-06
Subject(s): Postal Service

Folder title: Gravure and Intaglio Press that Print United States Postage Stamps
Date: 03/01/1984
Description:Description of various printing press and the particular stamps that were printed on the them.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Information Sheets
Folder number:05-03-38
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Bureau of Engraving and Printing Department of the Treasury

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: History of Postage Stamps IS Pamphlets
Date: 08/05/1962
Description:Order form for the printing of 50,000 copies of the Post Office Department pamphlet: History of United States Postage Stamps, Postal Cards, and Stamped Envelopes.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Order Forms
Folder number:02-05-15
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Stamp Collecting (Philately)
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: History of U.S. Stamps
Date: 01/10/1908
Description:Material on the history of the United States Postal Service and of United States Postage Stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Articles
Folder number:04-02-03
Subject(s): History - Postal ; Postage Stamps ; Public Relations - Press Releases

Folder title: Hoe Printing Press 1873
Date: 01/18/1873
Description:Description and picture of a Stop Cylinder Wood-Cut Press.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Advertisements
Folder number:05-07-32
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:R. Hoe and Company

Folder title: Index of Postal Patents
Date: 01/01/1851 - 01/01/1913
Description:Patent number, name of person, and kind of item that was developed to improve postal service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:05-06-33
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Cancelling Machines ; Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Postal Patents of the U.S.A.

Folder title: Letters for Reproduction
Date: 12/05/1967
Description:Reproduction order forms and copies of letters to be reproduced.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Forms
Folder number:02-05-20
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Lorenzo of Hatch, Engraver
Date: 11/01/1967
Description:Lorenzo Hatch was one of the foremost engravers of his time…
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Articles
Folder number:03-02-23
Subject(s): Persons ; Postage Stamp Printing

Folder title: McLeod, Donald
Date: 05/08/1961
Description:Chief, Office of Design, Engraving and Development at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing as well as Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee member.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Press Releases ; Photographs
Folder number:06-02-50
Subject(s): Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee

Folder title: New Mexico
Date: 03/24/1955
Description:Correspondence between the Post Office Department and residents of New Mexico.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:05-04-33
Subject(s): Letter Writing - Government Correspondence ; Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: New Printing - Commercial - Gravure -Eakins Iss. Nov. 2, 1967
Date: 06/10/1967
Description:First U.S. postage stamp to be printed by the Gravure method it was printed in the fall of 1967. Its creator was Thomas Eakins and the stamp was entitled "The Beglan Brothers Racing."
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:05-01-28
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: None
Date: 04/30/1951
Description:Audit reports from the Department of the Treasury Fiscal Service for plates and dies charged to the account of the Post Office Department, dated 04/30/1951, 09/30/1951, 01/29/1951, 10/28/1954, 09/30/1955, and 10/25/1956.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Lists
Folder number:06-05-61
Subject(s): Printing ; Rollers ; Dies

Folder title: Philatelic Suppy Catalogs
Description:Correspondence regarding destruction of printing plates, purchase of U. S. Postage Special Delivery stamps and the ordering and sale of various stamps and postal stationery. An undated, unsigned copy of the agreement respecting sale of Panamanian Postage Staps to Canal Zone Government.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-128
Subject(s): Postal Stationery ; Administration ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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 Stamp Printing
Date: 11/15/1962
Description:Suggested pictorial display of postage stamp operations for the Smithsonian Institution. Stamp Production flow model.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Drawings ; Descriptions
Folder number:03-02-29
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; Smithsonian Institution
Original source:Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: Postage Stamp Printing
Date: 10/28/1938
Description:The third assistant post master general requested information from various countries about their postage stamp manufacturing process. Reply from the British Postal Services Department; the Direction General of Posts, The Hague, Holland; the German Post; the Direction General of the Royal Post of Hungary; The Swiss PTT; The Argentine Republic; and, the Republic of France with information on the printing of postage stamps. A brief history of the United States Postal Service.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:03-03-06
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing

Folder title: Postage Stamp Production Facts
Description:Printing history of individual stamps (re: Designer, Engraver, number of stamps, etc.) from issue of 1898 thru 1937. Stamps included are the Trans-Mississippi "Omaha" Exposition Stamp Issue of 1898, Pan American issues, Louisiana Purchase, Hudson-Fulton, Panama-Pacific, etc., regular issues and special delivery issues.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:05-01-26
Subject(s): Postage stamp design ; Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Precancel 1973 to 1976 2
Date: 01/01/1973
Description:Lists of precancelled postage stamps dated January, March and November 1976 and 1973 to 1975 January to December hand precancelled postage stamps. Folder 2 of 2.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:04-03-02
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Cancellations - Postage Stamps ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Walter Verklet Manager Contracts Branch

Folder title: Precanceled 1976 1
Date: 05/01/1976
Description:Lists of Post Offices with precancelled stamps (rubber) for October 1976. Folder 1 of 2.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists
Folder number:04-03-01
Subject(s): Postage Stamps ; Cancellations - Postage Stamps ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Kenneth Shaver Manager Support Operations

Folder title: Solicitation, Offer and Award Form
Date: 12/24/1981
Description:Solicitation for a contract to study alternate methods of stamp production.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Forms
Folder number:02-07-24
Subject(s): Administration ; Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Post Office Department

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 Book - General
Date: 06/21/1972
Description:Correspondence concerning the printing of stamp booklets and pictures of booklets to be issued in 1972.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Photographs
Folder number:02-05-13
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Stamp Designs - Color Guide -- for Commissioned Artists Only
Description:Guide for artists to properly color stamp designs
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Artists' Guides
Folder number:02-05-16
Subject(s): Postage stamp design
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Stamp Posters - Memos Req. Overtime Author. For Printing
Date: 10/04/1962
Description:Letters pertaining to the release, sale, and printing aspects of various stamp posters. Including Verrazano Narrows Bridge stamp; Paul Revere stamp in coil form; Battle of the Wilderness; and Red Cross.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:02-02-24
Subject(s): Postage Stamps
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: Stamp Tagging
Date: 08/03/1966
Description:Memoranda pertaining to luminescent postage stamps and stamp tagging. Some areas covered on stamp tagging include: field testing, the National supply contract, raising the level of tagged indicia., increase the efficiency and reliability for letters faced and cancelled by Mark II automatic facer-cancellers, separately identify and collect airmail.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums ; Minutes
Folder number:02-02-32
Subject(s): Luminescent postage stamps ; Automation ; Postage Stamp Printing
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: UC4
Date: 05/28/1958
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue of Canal Zone postal stationery UC4 . Estimate from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing regarding engraving costs. Newspaper clippings about the issue of these items.
Collection:Panama
Scott Number(s):Panama Canal Zone UC4
Includes:Correspondence ; Articles
Folder number:30-03-087
Subject(s): Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Printing ; Design

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: US Patent Office - In Re Postage Meter
Date: 04/03/1866
Description:Patents for Postage Meters, machine for sealing letters, printing press, postal machine, envelope moisteners, resettable register and clutch control.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Drawings
Folder number:05-06-41
Subject(s): Postal Service - Metered Mail
Original source:Patent Office

Folder title: US Patent Office - In Re Printing Macines for Postal Use
Date: 04/10/1945
Description:Printing machine, envelope feeder and mail treating machines.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Drawings
Folder number:05-06-44
Subject(s): Postal Service
Original source:Patent Office

Folder title: US Patent Office Copies of Postal Inventions
Date: 01/01/1861
Description:List and patent information on Postal inventions. Patent for Improvement in postage-stamps.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Designs
Folder number:05-06-34
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Patent Office

Folder title: Use Zip Code
Date: 01/17/1975
Description:Letter to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing providing guidance in printing Use Zip Code in the selvage of sheets.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Correspondence
Folder number:02-05-19
Subject(s): Zip Code ; Postage Stamp Printing

Folder title: USPOD - Plate No. Reports
Date: 03/19/1952
Description:Lists of plate numbers used and number of stamps printed by each.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Correspondence
Folder number:03-03-27
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: USPOD - Plate No. Reports
Date: 03/02/1948
Description:Lists of plate numbers used and number of stamps printed by each.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Correspondence
Folder number:03-03-28
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Folder title: USPOD - Plate No. Reports
Date: 04/08/1974
Description:Press releases listing plate numbers used and number of stamps printed by each.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Press Releases
Folder number:03-03-29
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; Press Release ; Public Relations - Press Releases
Original source:Postal Service

Folder title: USPOD - Plate No. Reports
Date: 07/22/1974
Description:Lists of plate numbers with memoranda and notes regarding information in the plate number reports.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Lists ; Memorandums
Folder number:03-03-26
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: USPOD - Printing by Photo-lithography 12/15/30
Date: 12/15/1936
Description:Unless there is an emergency, photo-lithography printing is not necessary.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:03-02-37
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: USPOD Philatelic Sales Unit 2
Date: 07/30/1973
Description:Information about proofs, essays and models
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Memorandums
Folder number:03-03-02
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing ; Postage Stamp Designs
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: USPOD Production Contract
Date: 10/06/1978
Description:Official forms for the printing of stamps by a private firm.
Collection:Third Assistant Postmaster General Files
Includes:Contracts
Folder number:03-02-02
Subject(s): Postage Stamp Printing
Original source:Post Office Department

Folder title: UX - Mixed
Date: 06/13/1958
Description:Correspondence and memoranda concerning the design and issue several items of postal stationery.
Collection:Panama
Includes:Correspondence ; Memorandums
Folder number:30-03-103
Subject(s): Postcards ; Bureau of Engraving and Printing ; Air Mail

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