Research Catalog

The Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia : select papers, 2006-2009 /

Title: The Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia : select papers, 2006-2009 / Thomas Lera, editor.
Author: Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010024739
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2010.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

2 Items

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Use in library	SI 1.28:55	Off-site
Not available - Please for assistance.	Text	Use in library		Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Description

[vii], 166 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.); 28 cm.

Series Statement

Smithsonian contributions to history and technology ; no. 55

Uniform Title

Smithsonian contributions to history and technology ; no. 55.

Alternative Title

Select papers, 2006-2009

Subjects

Postage stamps > History > Congresses
Postal service > History > Congresses

Note

Shipping list no.: 2010-0432-P.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

Also available as PDF.

Contents

Political economy of postal reform in the Victorian age / Richard R. John -- "Little colored bits of paper" collected in the progressive era / Sheila A. Brennan -- WWI philatelic censuses of East Africa / John Kevin Doyle -- Explorations in the official register; statistical analysis of postmaster compensation data from 19th century New Hampshire / Terence Hines and Thomas Velk -- Zeppelin posts in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, integrating collector and historian methodologies / Cheryl R. Ganz -- "Food will win the war" motor trucks and the farm-to-table postal delivery program, 1917-1918 / Robert G. Cullen -- Philatelic propaganda, a case study -- border changes in Eastern Europe, 1938-1941 / Robin Gates Elliott -- Picking up the pieces, the aftermath of Hiroshima / Janet Klug -- Postal censorship and military intelligence during World War II / Ann Elizabeth Pfau -- 1895 provisional and bisect postage due stamps, a result of the transfer of stamp production to the BEP? / Harry K. Charles, Jr. -- Sunday mail controversy, postal reform, and mail transportation / Diane DeBlois and Robert Dalton Harris -- "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" post office reform, collectible commodities, and victorian culture / Catherine J. Golden -- America's first carrier service, the U.S. City Despatch Post / Larry Lyons -- U.S. 1847 issues; stamps that changed the system / Harvey Mirsky -- From the pulpit to the post; anti-clericalism and communication in Orizaba, 1857-1867 / Rachel A. Moore -- Cheap postage; a tool for social reform / David L. Straight.

LCCN

2010016338

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library