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Conference Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium.

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

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2010.

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  SI 1.28:55    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource ([vii], 166 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color).
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online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Smithsonian contributions to history and technology ; no. 55
Smithsonian contributions to history and technology ; no. 55.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Subject Postal service -- History -- Congresses.
Postage stamps -- History -- Congresses.
Postage stamps. (OCoLC)fst01072793
Postal service. (OCoLC)fst01072885
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Lera, Thomas M.
Smithsonian Institution. Press.
Added Title Select papers, 2006-2009
Other Form: Print version: Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia. Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia. [vii], 166 p. (DLC) 2010016338 (OCoLC)609102429
Gpo Item No. 0910-F (online)
Sudoc No. SI 1.28:55

 
    
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