Original Source and Postal Records

ORIGINAL SOURCE AND POSTAL RECORDS

Annual U S. Official Postal Guides
The postal guides are an important primary resource for information on post office listings, domestic and foreign rates, policy, orders and regulations. Please keep in mind that these were originally used in post offices. Therefore, expect some minor wear faults on the spine. Any gross faults are noted.

1037 Jul. 1922, No. 2, 966p, SB. Cover reattached. $45.00

1040 Jul. 1926, No. 6, 1077p, SB. $40.00

1042 Jul. 1928, No. 8, 1204p, HB. $50.00

1043 Jul. 1929, No. 9, 1227p, HB. $50.00

1045 Jul. 1932, No. 12,1339p, SB. $40.00

1049 Jul. 1941, No. 1 Domestic, 900p, HB. $35.00

1050 Jul. 1943, No. 4 Domestic, 1008p, HB. $35.00

1052 Jul. 1947, No. 2 Domestic, 755p, SB. $30.00

1054 Jul. 1949, No. 3 Domestic, 756p, HB. $35.00

1056 Jul 1953, No. 5 Domestic, 769p, SB. Last official guide. $35.00

1057 As above, HB. $40.00

Other Government Publications

1058 Laws and Regulations of the P.O.D. - 1852 $100.00
P.O.D., 1852, 207p + index, Deluxe HB. Some edge wear and foxing.

1059 As above, Original in modern binding. $70.00

1063 Index to Names, Aliases and Histories of Postal Offenders $15.00
P.O.D., 1926, 228p, HB. Interesting postal Americana.

1065 Postal Laws and regulations - 1940 $ 50.00
P.O. D.; 1940; 973 p with a lot of tip ins; HB.

1067 Directory of Post Offices $25.00
P.O.D., 1957, 793p, SB. Post offices listed alpha by state.

1068* Towards Postal Excellence $10.00
GPO, 1968, 500+ p, SB. The Report of the President’s Commission on Postal Organization.

1069 United States Domestic Postage Rates: 1789-1956 $50.00
P.O.D. Publication, 1956, 138p, SB. Famous “green book”. Great source of rate charts and abstracts of postal laws passed between 1789-1956. Scarce!

1071 The Post Office Department $15.00
Cullinan, 1968, 272p, HB. A nice historical account of the development of our post office.

1072 The Story of our Post Office $50.00
Cushing, 1892, 1034p, HB. The classic work on the development of our postal system.

1075 Library of Congress, Checklist of American Almanacs: 1639 to 1800 $100.00
Morrison, 1907, 160p, HB. Listed by state, and date with description of contents. Valuable research tool. Only one In stock!

1076 Records of the Post Office $15.00
Hecht, Nivert, et al., 1967, 54p, CC. A listing of all post office records.

1077 Preliminary Inventory of Records of the U.S. Army Continental Commands: 1821 to 1920 - Volume I; Geographical Division and Department and Military (Reconstruction) Districts $25.00
Everly, Haynes, et al., 1973, 353p, PB. A wealth of Civil War records.

1078 1879 Postmaster Compensation in the West $10.00
Helbock, 1982, 24p, CC. Postmaster compensation by state as published in the 1879 Official Register.

1079 Western Postmaster Compensation in the 1880’s $10.00
Helbock,1982, 160p, SB. Covers the 12 western states from 1881 through 1889. Useful for determining the scarcity of covers.

1080 Oregon Postmaster Compensation, 1851-1911 $10.00
Helbock, 1982, 130p, SB. Reprint of the bi-annual listing of postmaster compensation for all Oregon post offices from 1851 through 1911. Useful for determining the scarcity of covers.

1081 Western Post Offices in 1900 $10.00
Helbock, 1985, 48p, C.C. Reproduces the 1900 listing of postmaster compensation for each post office in the 12 western states. Maps show both 1900 and 1980 county boundaries in each state.

1082 Western Postal Route Atlas $20.00
Helbock, 1981, 132p, SPB. Compilation of useful western maps.

1083 Ten Years Among the Mail Bags $95.00
Holbrook, 1888, 432p, HB. Notes from the diary of a special agent for the Post Office Department. Great reading!

1084 United States Mail and Post Office Assistant: 1860 to 1872 $295.00
Holbrook, 1975 Collector’s Club of Chicago reprint, 577p, 2 volumes with slipcase. Only 300 sets. Contains a wealth of rate, schedule and regulation information.

1085 United States Postal Policy $17.50
Kelly, 1932, 321p, HB. Autographed. A solid basic text.

1086 The Post Office Department of the United States: 1789 to 1869 $35.00
Leech, 1976 reprint of an 1879 work, 109 p + pull-out chart, HB. Good historical perspective containing useful information.

1088 The Development of Rates of Postage $95.00
Smith, Quarterman reprint, 431p, HB. A superb study of rates of U.S., S.B., BNA, France and Germany. Covers letters, newspapers, parcels, local, international and a variety of minor rates.

1090 Postmasters and Post Offices of the U.S. 1782-1811 $32.50
Stets, 1993, 294p, SB. A listing of over 3,000 post offices and 6,200 postmasters published together for the first time. The book contains three major sections: Postmasters listed alpha for the U.S. as a whole; Post Offices listed alpha for the U.S. and state by state listings of post offices, postmasters, dates of appointment and notes.

1091 as above, HB edition. $42.50

1092 U.S. Mail $12.50
Summerfield, 1960, 256p, HB. The story of the U.S. Postal Service as told by the PMG.

Table of Post Offices In the United States
These were produced by the Chester County Historical Society. They contain listings of all known post offices in the United States for the designated year and gives the distance from Washington for each office.

1094 1803, 30p, SB. $10.00

1095 1811, 76 p, CC. $10.00

1097 1819, 96p, SB. $10.00

In the 1970’s, Theron Wierenga reprinted many scarce and hard-to-find titles that contain original source material on Post Offices, postal laws, regulations and other postal history information.

1099 American State Papers, Post Office Department: 1789 to 1833 $85.00
Atlas-size volume. Includes various lists of post offices from 1789 to 1830. It has a wide variety of reports and documents on the Post Office Department. A wealth of early postal history.

1100 Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States: 1832 and 1843 $40.00
These are two important handbooks from the stampless period, which are bound into one volume. Original copies are difficult to obtain.

1101 Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States: 1847 $40.00
The first Postal Laws and Regulations handbook, which was published after the postage stamps were issued. It contains new postage rates, the first steamship and American packet rates.

1102 The United States Postal Guide and Official Advertiser: 1850 to 1852 $100.00
The complete run, in 2 volumes. This is a rare monthly periodical and few original copies exist outside the Library of Congress. In many ways, it is similar to U.S. Mail and Post Office Assistant, published a decade later. Along with postal information, there are Executive Department notices, Appointments by the President, Consuls recognized by the State Department, Reports of the Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy, Postmaster General, New Postmasters and their locations. Also includes the Treasury Department, troop locations, assignments, reports and more. This is a rare source for the postal history student, genealogist and historian. Stock is very limited.

1103 Pratt’s Post Office Directory: 1850 $35.00
A very accurate listing of post offices during the 1847 era. It also contains foreign postage tables with the new British Postal Convention of 1849.

1104 Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States: 1852 $45.00
A new handbook issued after the rate changes and issue of 1851. Also contains newspaper clipping file about postal laws and foreign mail rates from 1853 to 1859, of Horatio King, Assistant Postmaster General. A unique work!

1105 Colton’s Post Office Directory: 1856 $45.00
A unique volume containing 25,000 plus post offices with postmaster names and showing the revenue of each office. This is an important source of data to assist in judging the relative scarcity of town marks from various states.

1106 List of Post Offices, Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States: 1857 $40.00
A wonderful handbook, it contains a list of post offices and the Postal Laws and Regulations. This volume was first produced after the French Postal Convention of 1857 and has an up-to-date foreign postage table, including the French mail rates.

1107 List of Post Offices in the United States: 1862 $55.00
List of post offices specifies those under Confederate control. Also includes several important Post Office Department-issued pamphlets of 1861, 1863, 1864 and 1865. Stock on this item is running low!

1108 Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States: 1866 $40.00
This was the first Postal Laws and Regulations after the Civil War and the first since 1859. It contains much excellent information and has an updated foreign mail rates table, etc.

Report of the Postmaster General of the United States

1109 1841 to 1846 $20.00

1110 1856 $20.00

1112 1863 to 1864 $20.00

1113 1867 $20.00

1114 1868 $20.00

1116 1871 $20.00

1117 1872 $20.00

1119 U.S. Domestic Postal Rates: 1872-1999 $50.00
Wawrukiewicz & Beecher, 1999 2nd Revised edition, 338p, HB. The “bible” for rate study has just been revised and expanded and is now back in print.

1121 United States International Postal Rates, 1872 to 1996 $50.00
Wawrukiewicz & Beecher, 1999, 416p. The second volume of the “must have” definitive 2-part series concerning U.S. rates. This lavishly illustrated volume offers an almost complete compendium of U.S. international rates and fees for all mail originating in U.S. and mailed to other Universal Postal Union (UPU) countries from 1872 to 1996. HB edition.

1124 Preliminary Inventory of Land - Entry Papers of the General Land Office $15.00
Yoshpe & Brower, 1949, 77p, HB.

1125 Postage Rates: 1789 to 1930 $30.00
G.P.O., 55p, CC. An abstract of laws passed between 1789 and 1930. Gives fixing rates of postage and according free mail privileges.

1126 As above, 1982 reprint, 55p, CC. $10.00

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