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United States Handbooks
Railroads
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Description
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Street Car R.P.O. Series by the Mobile Post Office Society: Chicago
Mason
& Fleming, 1983, 73p, CC.
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$10.00
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History of the First Locomotives
Brown, 1877, 48p, Paper Cover. Interesting early historical perspective.
Fragile, cover faults.
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$35.00
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Railway Mail Service
Carr, reprint of 1909 work, 48p, CC. The origin and development of the
service.
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$10.00
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Railway Post Offices of California and Nevada
Crossley, 1991, 204p, SB. Traces the spread of railroads through California
and Nevada and on into neighboring states. Crossley details construction
along the various lines and presents a history of the development of the RPO
service. Over 100 photos, maps and tabulation of known markings.
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$32.50
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Postal Markings of the North Carolina Railroads
Crumbley, 1994, 74p plus addendum, SB. Lists railroads, station agents,
distance and rarity factor.
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$12.00
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The Traveling Post Office
Dennis, 1916, 128p, HB. Early first-hand accounts of railway mail service.
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$20.00
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Trolley Car Mail Service in Philadelphia 1895-1915
Flack & Stets, 1971, 21p, CC. informative text, maps and markings.
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$10.00
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Directory of Route Agent Routes: 1837 to 1882
Kay, 1990, 170p, Loose-leaf. Alphabetical listing by route name. Includes
distances, date established and discontinued.
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$12.50
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Mail by Rail
Long & Dennis, 1951, 414p, HB. The story of the postal transportation
service.
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$25.00
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The Official Railway Guide to Colorado - 1883
Lyford & Glenn, compilers, 1883, 1978 reprint; 120p, SB. Contains the
schedule for the plains states and the west. Useful book.
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$12.50
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A Catalog of New Jersey Railway Postal Markings
MacDonald, 1984, 136p, CC. Illustrated with postal markings and maps.
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$15.00
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Postal Markings of U S. Waterway Routes 1839-1997
MacDonald, 1998, 196p, HB. Contains a listing of routes, terminals,
distance, operator, markings and rarity factor.
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$35.00
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Cross-Reference Guide to U.S. Railway Post Offices, Postmarks, Abbreviations
and Misspellings in the U.S. Railway P.O. Postmarks
Mehrer, 1993, 115p & addenda, 3-hole punched. Two separate works; first
part aids in identifying poorly struck railway P.O. postmarks. Data is in
alphabetical sequence to speed in identification of postmark. Second section
can be used to identify the meaning of abbreviations used in railway P.O.
postmarks. New.
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$25.00
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A Guide to Identifying United States Route & Station Agent Postmarks
Mehrer, 1994, 110p, 3-hole punched. A companion to his earlier work on RPO’s.
Packed with essential information needed for deciphering those cryptic agent
postmarks - even partial strikes! There are cross-reference guides,
abbreviations and manuscripts and more! This guide even includes a list of
dozens of entries out of alphabetical order in the agent catalog and tells
you where to find them. New.
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$20.00
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United States Railroad Postmarks: 1837 to 1861
Remele, 1958, 169p, HB. Best work on the period; illustrated markings.
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$175.00
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Centennial Catalog of Arizona Railway Postal Markings
Towle, 1980, 80p, CC.
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$9.00
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The Catalog of New Mexico Railway Postal Markings
Towle, 1981, 79p, CC.
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$10.00
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Waterway Railway Post Offices of the United States
Towle & Kay, 1987, 32p, CC. Listing of routes, illustrates and values
markings.
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$10.00
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Railroad Postmarks of the United States: 1861 to 1874
Towle & Meyer, 379p, HB. Contains superbly illustrated markings and
routes. Like new.
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$75.00
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U.S. Route & Station Agent Postmarks
Towle, 1976, 485p + 40 p, Loose-leaf, Addenda, HB. Includes 1569 route agent
postmarks and some background text.
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$40.00
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Railway Mail Service
White, 1973, 274p, HB. A life span and reminiscences of the railway mail
service by the ex-general superintendent. Reprint of a 1910 work.
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$25.00
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Some Early Railway Postal Routes
Willard, 1974, 57p, CC. Illustrated history of the early railroad routes in
Colorado. Includes maps and covers.
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$15.00
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The William Wyer Collection
DFK & Co., 1978, 205p, HB and with prices realized. This is the
hardbound edition of the 1978 sale of Wyer’s classic railroad collection.
It contains 1,676 lots of covers with over 80% illustrated. A great
reference.
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$30.00
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As above, SB with prices realized.
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$15.00
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