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

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Lera, Thomas M.

Smithsonian Institution. Press

Conference Name:

Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium http://viaf.org/viaf/132764226

Series:

Smithsonian contributions to history and technology ; no. 55.

Smithsonian contributions to history and technology ; no. 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postal service--History--Congresses.

Postal service.

Postage stamps--History--Congresses.

Postage stamps.

Genre:

Congresses.

proceedings (reports)

Conference papers and proceedings

History

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([vii], 166 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color).

Other Title:

Select papers, 2006-2009

Place of Publication:

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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia. Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia.

OCLC:

670438930