United Postal Stationary Society

Publication

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

United Postal Stationary Society

Entry/Object ID

2023.2.336

Secondary Title

Catalogue Of The 20th Century Stamped Envelopes And Wrappers Of The United States

Description

A dark aqua hard-bound book with gold embossed lettering. Copyright © 1990 published by the United States Stationary Society, Inc., Redlands, CA.

Context

TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I SECTION Page Introduction 5 Watermark Illustrations 9 The Hartford Issues, 1903-1907 13 The Mercantile Issues, 1907-1916 22 The Circular Die Issues, 1916-1950 63 The Revalued Issues of 1920-1925 150 The Sesquicentennial Exposition Issues 197 The Washington Bicentennial Issues, 1932 199 The Oval Die Issues of 1950-1964 202 The United States Envelope Company Issues, 1965-1986 225 The Airmail Envelopes and Aerogrammes, 1929-1986 261 The Official Mail Envelopes 308 PART II The 1904 Recuts, Descriptions of Types 313 The Dayton Dies 401 Airmail Revalued Overprints-The Six Cent Orange Dies 404 The Six Cent Orange Working Dies 405 The Six Cent Orange Working Dies 410 The Five Cent on Six Cent Overprints 413 Airmail Postage Rates 415 The City Type Surcharges 418 Tentative List of Heretofore Unrecognized Surcharges 444 Double Impressions of Stamped Envelopes 447 20th Century Watermarks 449 20th Century Knife Illustrations 453 Appendix - Thorp Number Cross-Reference Listing 480

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

6" X 9" x 1½