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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: | 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: | 130.7 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: | 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: | 210.7-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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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 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 #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: | 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: | 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) |