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Postal history is the study of the development of postal systems. Its basis is the activity of postal authorities which issue postage stamps and control the means of collection, sorting and delivery of mail. The subject includes the study of rates charged, routes followed and special handling of letters. Areas of special interest include disrupted or transitional periods, such as wars and military occupations, and mail to remote areas. The term has also come to refer to collections of covers and other material illustrating episodes in postal history.
Postal history grew out of philately. As that discipline developed, philatelic students discovered that understanding and authentication of stamps depending on knowing why postal authorities issued particular stamps, where they were used and how. For instance, a stamp apparently used before any other stamp of its type could be proved a forgery if it was postmarked at a location known not have received any stamps until three weeks later.
Postal history has since become a speciality in its own right. There is much that is still not known about the workings of postal systems, and millions of old covers have survived, constituting a rich field of "artifacts" for analysis.
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The Boston Post Road: A Path Through History: The Boston Post Road was the first postal route from New York to Boston. http://nyti.ms/bxDLwv
cartired (Chris Hoff) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:28:40 -0000
The Boston Post Road: A Path Through History: The Boston Post Road was the first postal route from New York to Boston. http://nyti.ms/bxDLwv
Stamps Philatelic Rowland Hill (1795-1879) History Postal -> http://bit.ly/aCG32R #Philately #Filatelia
Stampsve (Stampsve.com) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:26:38 -0000
Stamps Philatelic Rowland Hill (1795-1879) History Postal -> http://bit.ly/aCG32R #Philately #Filatelia
RT @GadgetsHolic: Watch the Gates of Hell on History Channel Daily Postal http://goo.gl/fb/YfFId
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RT @GadgetsHolic: Watch the Gates of Hell on History Channel Daily Postal http://goo.gl/fb/YfFId
Postal History Foundation: The mission of the Postal History Foundation is to promote an appreciation of stamp col... http://bit.ly/9eLEhQ
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Postal History Foundation: The mission of the Postal History Foundation is to promote an appreciation of stamp col... http://bit.ly/9eLEhQ
On the blog today we look once again at the Morten Collection of postal history at Bruce Castle Museum: http://wp.me/prw1Y-vh
postalheritage (BPMA) Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:51:01 -0000
On the blog today we look once again at the Morten Collection of postal history at Bruce Castle Museum: http://wp.me/prw1Y-vh
RT @GadgetsHolic: Watch the Gates of Hell on History Channel Daily Postal http://goo.gl/fb/YfFId
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RT @GadgetsHolic: Watch the Gates of Hell on History Channel Daily Postal http://goo.gl/fb/YfFId
Air Mails of New Zealand - Offers detailed exploration of philatelic materials related to the country's aviation history.
Meta Description: [ Air Mails of New Zealand & Aviation History, Internal & Overseas Flights, Volumes One & Two - The N.Z. Airmail Catalogue - 1897-1994 ]
Cape of Good Hope Postal History - Postal History of the Cape of Good Hope and Southern Africa.
Meta Description: [ Postal history, stamps and philately of the Cape of Good Hope and southern Africa ]
Date Stamps from the French and Indochinese PO in China - French and Indochinese Post Offices in China (1863 - 1922)
Finland Postal History (1891 - 1918) - Stamp issues, postal rates, postal marking and postal stationery of Finland, including Russian stamps and stationery valid within Finland.
French Postal History - Features information with examples, related literature, monographs, journals, catalogues and links for online information.
Meta Description: [ This page contains useful informations for everybody interested in French postal history. The Literature section will give you a list of monographs, journals and catalogues while the Links section lists the existing online informations. In the Addresses and Societies sections you will get all the... ]
Philately and Postal History - Portal site for philatelists, postal historians, and philatelic societies to communicate, find out about events, and find links to dealers and auction houses
Meta Description: [ portal site for philatelists, postal historians, and philatelic societies to communicate, find out about events, and find links to dealers and auction houses ]
Positively Postal - Displays examples of postal culture from Great Britain and other nations. Includes a timeline and a photo gallery.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the Positively Postal website! ]
Postal and Social History - Exploration of covers, letters, and other materials related primiarily to Denmark.
Postal History of Early Cross-Channel Mail - Illustrates covers of early cross channel mail and describes the way letters were carried between Britain and Europe from 1423 to 1843.
Meta Description: [ The postal history of cross-channel mail and of campaign mail from the early fifteenth century to
the end of the Napoleonic Wars ]
Postal History of Sudetenland 1938-1945 - Features various aspects of postal services of Sudetenland during 1938-1945.
Meta Description: [ The postal history of Sudetenland 1938 - 1945 ]
Rossiter Trust - A Charitable Trust devoted to the Study of Postal History.
Meta Description: [ Our objective is to promote research into the history of the postal services and to publish postal history books. Applications for funding are invited from those with an interest in original research into postal history or philately of written communications with a view to publishing their findin... ]
Rufus Easton first postmaster of St. Louis - Rufus Easton was a famous postmaster of Saint Louis and judge of the Louisiana Territory appointed by Thomas Jefferson.
The Romanian Postal History - Articles on Romanian Postal History and informations on the Romanian Army in WWI WWII
Meta Description: [ You can find here a lot of articles about the Romanian Postal History and informations on the Romanian Army in WWI & WWII ]
Ukraine Stamps and Postal History - Selling stamps and postal covers from Ukraine, Russia and area.
Meta Description: [ Ukrainian stamps for sale; postal covers, overprints, postal cancellations, Ukraine, Western Ukraine, Carpatho- Ukraine, Russia; galicia, galacia, trident, odessa, kiev, podolia, kharkov, ekaterinoslav, ruthenian; postal cover, overprint, postal cancellation ]
US Specialized Collections - Information on specialized collections of United States airmail issues.
World Postal History - Over 5000 worldwide postal history covers for sale. Everything scanned with a good search engine.
Meta Description: [ Over 5000 worldwide postal history covers for sale. Everything scanned with a good search engine. ]
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