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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.
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Jul. 1922, No. 2, 966p, SB. Cover reattached.
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$45.00
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Jul. 1926, No. 6, 1077p, SB.
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$40.00
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Jul. 1928, No. 8, 1204p, HB.
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$50.00
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Jul. 1929, No. 9, 1227p, HB.
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$50.00
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Jul. 1932, No. 12,1339p, SB.
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$40.00
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Jul. 1941, No. 1 Domestic, 900p, HB.
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$35.00
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Jul. 1943, No. 4 Domestic, 1008p, HB.
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$35.00
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Jul. 1947, No. 2 Domestic, 755p, SB.
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$30.00
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Jul. 1949, No. 3 Domestic, 756p, HB.
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$35.00
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Jul 1953, No. 5 Domestic, 769p, SB. Last official guide.
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$35.00
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As above, HB.
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$40.00
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Other Government Publications
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Index to Names, Aliases and Histories of Postal Offenders
P.O.D., 1926, 228p, HB. Interesting postal Americana.
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$15.00
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Postal Laws and Regulations - 1887
P.O. D.; 1887; HB.
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$100.00
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Postal Laws and Regulations - 1940
P.O. D.; 1940; 973 p with a lot of tip ins; HB.
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$50.00
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Directory of Post Offices
P.O.D., 1957, 793p, SB. Post offices listed alpha by state.
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$25.00
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Towards Postal Excellence
GPO, 1968, 500+ p, SB. The Report of the President’s Commission on Postal
Organization.
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$10.00
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United States Domestic Postage Rates: 1789-1956
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!
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$50.00
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Appletons’ United States Postal Guide — October 1863
2002 Reprint; 232 p; HB. Introduction by Dick Graham. Contains local post
office regulations for all major cities; including ship and train arrivals
and departures, carrier service details and supplementary mail service.
There is also a list of post offices. Much of this information is not found
elsewhere.
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$35.00
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The Post Office Department
Cullinan, 1968, 272p, HB. A nice historical account of the development of
our post office.
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$15.00
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The Story of our Post Office
Cushing, 1892, 1034p, HB. The classic work on the development of our postal
system.
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$50.00
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Library of Congress, Checklist of American Almanacs: 1639 to 1800
Morrison, 1907, 160p, HB. Listed by state, and date with description of
contents. Valuable research tool. Only one In stock!
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$100.00
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Records of the Post Office
Hecht, Nivert, et al., 1967, 54p, CC. A listing of all post office records.
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$15.00
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Preliminary Inventory of Records of the U.S. Army Continental Commands: 1821
to 1920 - Volume I; Geographical Division and Department and Military
(Reconstruction) Districts
Everly, Haynes, et al., 1973, 353p, PB. A wealth of Civil War records.
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$25.00
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Ten Years Among the Mail Bags
Holbrook, 1888, 432p, HB. Notes from the diary of a special agent for the
Post Office Department. Great reading!
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$95.00
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United States Mail and Post Office Assistant: 1860 to 1872
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.
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$295.00
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United States Postal Policy
Kelly, 1932, 321p, HB. Autographed. A solid basic text.
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$17.50
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The Post Office Department of the United States: 1789 to 1869
Leech, 1976 reprint of an 1879 work, 109 p + pull-out chart, HB. Good
historical perspective containing useful information.
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$35.00
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United States Postage Rates
By Joseph Waldo Sampson, 1918, 16p, Card cover. Traces rate development by
time period.
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$15.00
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The Development of Rates of Postage
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.
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$95.00
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United
States Letter Rates to Foreign Destinations: 1847 to GPU-UPU
Starnes,
1990, 176p;,HB. The new edition with updated listings for over 30 countries
and there are six new appendices. Some 55 cover photos have been added; a
must for the postal history collector.
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$37.50
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Postmasters and Post Offices of the U.S. 1782-1811
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.
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$32.50
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as above, HB edition.
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$42.50
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U.S. Mail
Summerfield, 1960, 256p, HB. The story of the U.S. Postal Service as told by
the PMG.
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$12.50
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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.
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1803, 30p, SB.
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$10.00
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1811, 76 p, CC.
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$10.00
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1819, 96p, SB.
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$10.00
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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.
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American State Papers, Post Office Department: 1789 to 1833
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.
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$85.00
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Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States: 1832 and 1843
These are two important handbooks from the stampless period, which are bound
into one volume. Original copies are difficult to obtain.
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$40.00
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Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States: 1847
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.
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$40.00
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The United States Postal Guide and Official Advertiser: 1850 to 1852
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.
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$100.00
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Pratt’s Post Office Directory: 1850
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.
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$35.00
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Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States: 1852
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!
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$45.00
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Laws and Regulations of the P.O.D. – 1852 (Original)
P.O.D., 1852, 207p + index, rebound in card binding. Some foxing but still
is very usable condition.
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$95.00
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Colton’s Post Office Directory: 1856
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.
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$45.00
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List of Post Offices, Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States: 1857
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.
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$40.00
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List of Post Offices in the United States: 1862
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!
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$55.00
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Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States: 1866
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.
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$40.00
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Report of the Postmaster General of the United States
1841 to
1846
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$20.00
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1863 to 1864
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$20.00
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1867
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$20.00
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1868
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$20.00
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1869
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$20.00
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1871
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$20.00
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1872
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$20.00
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U.S. Domestic Postal Rates: 1872-1999
Wawrukiewicz & Beecher, 1999 2nd Revised edition, 338p, SB. The “bible”
for rate study has just been revised and expanded and is now back in print.
The hard bound edition is sold out
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$40.00
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United States International Postal Rates, 1872 to 1996
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.
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$50.00
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The Forwarding of Mail by the U.S. Post Office Department, 1792-2001
Wawrukiewicz; 2001; 240p plus 8p color insert; HB. Over 250 illustrations
enhance the 21 chapters devoted to the forwarding of all classes of mail. In
addition there are two appendices. The first illustrates the various
forwarding hand-stamps. The second provides tables for the domestic mail
rates. Rarity factors have been included.
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$39.95
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Preliminary Inventory of Land - Entry Papers of the General Land
Office
Yoshpe & Brower, 1949, 77p, HB.
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$15.00
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Postage Rates: 1789 to 1930
G.P.O., 55p, CC. An abstract of laws passed between 1789 and 1930. Gives
fixing rates of postage and according free mail privileges.
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$30.00
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As above, 1982 reprint, 55p, CC.
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$10.00
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