What is Postal History?
There are any number of precise and intimidating
definitions of postal history. While these are
all technically correct, in many ways they miss
the wider aspects of hobby.
In a word, postal history is about mail. All
over the world almost everyone receives mail.
This mail, where it is from, where it is going,
how it is paid, how it got to its destination
and tribulations it faced in its journey is
postal history. It speaks of the time and
place it was mailed, the way it traveled and the
scars it picked up along the way.
Since mail toches almost every person, postal
history touches almost every interest. If your
interest is in a place, perhaps your home town,
the country of your ancestors or your favorite
vacation spot, postal history will enhance that
interest. If transportation is a passion,
the movement of mail encompassed most modes of
transport. Mail was the first mover in the
development of some air travel and significant
in utilizing rail network. Most every
significant event of the last 250 years can be
traced in the mail. Since every army provides
mail for its soldiers, if the military is
important to you, then postal history is
intertwined.
Mail is a window to the past and a mirror of the
present. Postal history opens that window wide
and focuses the mirror. It tells us about
ourselves, our ancestors, our nation and our
world. The simple journey of a letter can be the
start of a personal journey to wonders of the
world.
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New This Week
This week bring brings over 300 new U.S. A.P.O.
covers to the site. Almost every one is a
patriotic cover. There is less variety in this
group with most being European Theater from
after the Normandy invasion. There are also a
few uses from the Solomon Islands and
Philippines in the Pacific. There are a number
of nice covers so please enjpy looking over all
of the covers by clicking
here.
The next
auction will be Europe and Colonies. There is a
nice range of covers from Classics to rare
colonial uses to Zeppelins. The sale will be
posted in the next couple of
months and will close a month after that.
Colorado was on offer this
week. There are over 750 covers beginning with a
few territorial uses, some scarce D.P.O.'s,
doanes, view cards and many rural stations.
There should be something for almost every
collector of Colorado.lease
click
here to see the covers. You might find it
easier to browse by era, by marking, by usage,
or many other ways. Please click
here see the covers
in a way that makes more sense for you than
alaphabetical order.
Stamps Plus offers a wide range of material,
both basic stamps and specialty items. Expect to
see used and unused, sets and singles as well as
unused stationery, first days, revenues, and the
gamut of philatelic items not listed in the
catalog.
This week we have a nice range of
Canada, Germany, United States, United States
First Days and worldwide stamps.
Please click here to
visit the site.
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cover that fits your interests is added to this
site. You can set up the notifications yourself
or have me set them up for you. If your
interests are fairly general, for example a
single country, you can set them yourself.
If your interests are more specific, like a
particular issue, you might find it easier to
ask me to set them up. If you choose to set up
your interests yourself, I'll review them to
make sure they will work the way you intend.
Worldwide Postal History -
Browse here for the country of your interest.
Covers begin in the 18th Century and continue to
the modern era. The emphasis is on 20th century
up to about 1960
for larger countries and to about 1970 for
smaller countries, You will find International
Airmail, Town Cancels, Auxiliary Markings,
Stampless, Registered, Advertising,
Censors, Special Delivery and just about
anything else you can imagine.
U.S. Postal History
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Explore
thousands of U.S. covers
arranged to be browsed by issue.
The
stock is strongest in foreign destinations after 1920,
but you'll find a bit of everything including 19th
century.
U.S. Postal History By State
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Use this section to browse for covers based upon the
place where they were used. Explore local postal history
in hundreds of covers for each state, a bibliography of
literature available for each state, and market
analysis.
United States Post Offices -
This is a reference that lists the
name and dates of operation of every post office
in the U.S. The list is the best reference ever
published in one place. A far better
representation of both Alabama and Georgia is
now online. Despite constant additions and
corrections, it is still a work in progress.
Military Postal History -
Browse here for war covers I have a strong stock
of military covers of all types, with an
emphasis on U.S. World War II material. Look for
U.S. A.P.O. covers, U.S. Ship covers, Worldwide
Civil Censors, U.S. Naval Shore Stations, Field
Posts from most parts of the world and Prisoner
of War and Internee mail. . You're welcome to
use on-line copy of my book A Price Guide to
U.S. A.P.O. Covers of the Second World War.
Airmail Postal History - Browse
for first flights, catapults, zeppelins, crash
covers, trans pacific and all range of
international airmail.
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Simply click on Save Cart on the menu bar
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selections by clicking Retrieve Cart. to check
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items does not remove them from inventory or
place them on hold for you.
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Upcoming Additions
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U.S. A.P.O.'s
July 20
British Military
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