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The
Postage Stamps of Switzerland, 1843-1862 (in English)
The classic work by P. Mirabaud as a searchable PDF file |
The following 14 links (click image to view the pdf files) are original contributions
from John Olenkiewicz (Feb 2022).
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1774-1775
Post Rider, Expresses, etc. |
1775 Thaddeus
Burr to New York Congress |
1776 - Thomas
Osborn Express to Camp at Cambridge |
1777 Post and
Expresses |
1778 Post and
Expresses
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1779 Post and
Express |
1780 Post and
Express |
1781 Post and
Express |
1782 Post and
Expresses |
1783 Post
and Expresses |
1775
Connecticut Assembly Post |
Post Rider
Pay Bills |
1776 Jesse
Brown Pay Table Documents |
1780 Job
Negro as Express from Genl. Silliman |
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The oldest stamp collection: a sequel
by Ken Lawrence
(Originally published in Scott Stamp Monthly, December
2009, subsequently merged with Linn's Stamp News, Amos
Hobby Media periodicals.
“You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war.”
The true story of William Randolph Hearst’s 1897 cable to Frederic
Remington
by Ken Lawrence
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Internet
Resources for Postal History Research
Contributed
suggestions. An annotated listing of online resources that have
been found useful for postal history research.
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The following five links (click image to view
the pdf files) is an original contribution compiled by John
Olenkiewicz.
This update (Sep 2019) includes: GPO arrival dates are
included from late 1784 onward, more accurate naming of Captains
with rank as well as vessels that were hired packets
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West Indies and Mexico Packets
(Drummer, Falmouth)1702-1711
& 1745-1649
& 1756-1841 |
North America Packets
(Bristol, Falmouth)
1710-1715
1755-1840
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Brazil Packets
(Falmouth)
1808-1850 |
Surinam Packets
(Falmouth)
1810-1816 |
Argentina Packets
(Falmouth)
1824-1832 |
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New York to Aspinwall Sailings, 1866 to 1869. New Zealand
connections
Bob Watson |
U.P.U.Convention Reports (links)
compiled by Mike Ludeman |
an e-book as PDF file
Seebeck:
Hero or Villain?
Michael Schreiber + Transcribed
Minute Books
of the Hamilton Bank Co.
(annex 1 and
annex 2)
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Mexico:
Hidalgo / Eagle Exchange
Farley Katz |
Annals of 3¢ 1869: Alcatraz
Island
Barry Jablon |
A.T.
Stewart
Barry Jablon |
Boston to Camp
Warner the Hard Way: A Fort Too Far
Barry Jablon |
How the
Cannonball Route got its name
Ken Lawrence |
Fake
Advertising Covers
Frajola |
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Uncovering a Unique Mexico–New Zealand–California Family Story |
Pearl Harbor
cover
December 7, 1941,
Retrospective and Remembrance(by Ken
Lawrence) |
Mercury Project
(an archive site for contributed articles) |
Postal History Resources
(links to postal rates, maps, etc) |
British Packet Sailings to Brazil: 1808-1850 (by John Olenkiewicz) |
(by Farley Katz and Omar Rodriguez from the CCP) |
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"Via Tehuantepec" image census of endorsed covers
Richard Frajola |
Pony
Express image census of known covers
Richard Frajola |
California Penny Post image census of known covers
Richard Frajola |
California "Overland" directive handstamps
image census
Richard Frajola |
American Forces in the Soviet Union During WW II (by Ken
Lawrence) |
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Defaults,
Delays and Vibrations on the Overland Mail Route
Richard Frajola |
Pearl Harbor
cover
December 7, 1941,
Retrospective and Remembrance(by Ken
Lawrence) |
Private Postal Systems in the United States
Richard Frajola
(a Philatelic Foundation Seminar Paper)
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The Five Cent 1856 Issue |
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The Hartford Letter Mail
Richard Frajola |
Draft Chapter for unpublished Brookman Revision
Richard Frajola |
California Private Mails, 1849-1856
Richard Frajola |
Ashbrook's Special Service Link to searchable PDF files by
year |
The Pioneer Steamship Robert Fulton (1823
Steam Boat Law)
Chronicle #230 article by Frajola and Baird |
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Great Britain Penny Stars Used Abroad
Michael Batty |
Postal History Resources
Cholera, Politics and the Mail Service to
Rome in the 1860’s |
Deconstructing the Jackass Mail Route
From Chronicle #220 |
Kearny's California Mail Route
From Chronicle #225 |
Steamboat Mail on the Colorado
River From
Chronicle #221 |
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VIDEO (40 min)
requires QuickTime
Fur Trade Rendezvous Mail
Steve Walske talk at TPR 2010 |
VIDEO (40 min)
requires QuickTime
Baltic Sea Mails
Dr. Armando Grassi talk at TPR 2010 |
VIDEO (40 min)
requires QuickTime
Directives on Western Mails
Michael Perlman talk at TPR 2010 |
Private Mail Systems in the United States
by Richard Frajola
from PF Seminar Series Textbook #3 |
China Mail by American Clipper Ships
by Richard Frajola
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A reconstruction of a gift Missionary Cover. |
A
cover that was stolen by Indians from the Pony Express in July, 1861.
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Postal Station at Polemonos, Egypt
in 253 BC |
A study of the various methods used to pay postal rates in the
United States between 1776 and 1921. |
Selling Stamps on Ebay. |
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Do It Yourself Expertisation
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William L. Goggin
Proposes a Three Cent Postal Rate (1849) |
A letter from Ft. Vancouver on the Pacific Coast that traveled
overland to Massachusetts in 1833. |
A Discussion of Hawaii
Missionary Stamps and the Grinnells |
Some simple steps
you can take to help determine if a cover has been faked or
altered. |
Private Mail Systems in the American
West
self published 2001 (30 pages) |
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1775 Censorship |
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An analysis I did of
the fake Consul Klep cover before it was offered in Siegel auction
of Zoellner collection. |
Birth Of The US Navy the Machias (Maine) Committee Of Safety In
1775 |
An
1825 Taos New Mexico cover |
A Great Salt Lake City Forged Cover
A cover believed
to have been manufactured by Mark Hofmann.
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Expertising A Mexico-US
Combination Cover |
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1782
Philadelphia cover |
With
the Tibetans in Kumbum during the Mohammedan Rebellion |
The California "Ocean" Penny Post |
California Penny Post fakes |
Adams & Co. Express |
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Spotlight on Harnden's Foreign
Letter Express |
Van Reed
US Legation in Japan |
"Hialeah" fakes |
Classic Antigua with
plate varieties, etc |
Revenues on Express covers |
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British P.O at Boston |
A collection of stamp related songsheets |
Colorado Territory Gold Coinage
The Frederick Mayer collection |
The Northern Liberties News Room Carriers |
Harrisburg Precancels |
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index
page to searchable PDF files |
Colorado Postal markings to 1900
(select counties)Richard Frajola
from Laposta |
Old
Sperati Site
click sun face
new site here |
William L. Goggin
Proposes a Three Cent Postal Rate (1849) |
A collection of stamp related songsheets |
European Classic Postage Stamps and Postal History
35 articles by Edwin Mueller from Mercury Stamp Journal
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