The Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia : select papers, 2006-2009 / Thomas Lera, editor.
| Author/creator | Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium |
| Other author | Lera, Thomas M. |
| Other author | Smithsonian Institution. Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2010. |
| Description | 1 online resource ([vii], 166 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo82 |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Select papers, 2006-2009 |
| Series | Smithsonian contributions to history and technology ; no. 55 Smithsonian contributions to history and technology ; no. 55. ^A1022160 |
| Partial 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. |
| General note | Title from PDF title screen (SI, viewed Oct. 4, 2010). |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia. Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia. [vii], 166 p. |
| GPO item number | 0910-F (online) |
| Govt. docs number | SI 1.28:55 |
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