Postcard

Archive

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2023.2.117 A-B

Scope and Content

A Business Reply Card inside an Air Mail envelope

Context

A. The card is an advertisement for READER' RESERVATION CERTIFICATE and order form for The Works of KIPLING. It is addressed to Black's Readers Service Co., Roslyn, L.I. New York. The 5¢ postage will be paid by the receiver by way of FIRST CLASS Permit No. 48 B. The envelope is addressed to Fred Thornton, St. Joseph, Missouri and is postmarked St. Joseph MO. MAR 1 1959. It has a green stamped 1¢ stamp with an outline of an eagle, and an embossed red 6¢ AIR MAIL stamp with the outline of an airplane in the middle. Below where the return address should be is a maroon colored stamp shaped like a shield commemorating the FIRST FLIGHT by Air Mail (AM-73) through Missouri. Below is is handwritten ' Frontier Airlines'. On the back is another postmark of Kansas City MO MAR 1 1959 and stamped 'AIRPORT MAIL FACILITY'

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Envelope

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Stamp, Postage

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Document

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Stamp

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

3¾" X 6¾"

Parts

Letter and Envelope