Collections Inventory

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The original proposal of Neale Pate to print the 1851 series of postage stamps with a recommendation by P.W. Merub appended. Box 6, Folder 1.

Box 1 U.S. Stamps of 1847

For an annotated finding guide of Box 1, see 1847 Federal Postage Stamp Correspondence

Box 2 U.S. Stamps to 1910

  • Folder 1 Pre 1847
  • Folder 2 1847 Issue
  • Folder 3 1851 Issue
  • Folder 3A 1851-1855 Record of Postage Stamps Delivered
  • Folder 4 1861 Issue
  • Folder 5 1869 Issue
  • Folder 6 1870 Issue
  • Folder 7 1873-1878 Continental Bank Note Co.
  • Folder 8 1879-1893 American Bank Note Co.
  • Folder 9 1894-1901 Bureau of Engraving and Printing Issues
  • Folder 10 1902-1910 Bureau of Engraving and Printing Issues

Box 3 U.S. Commemorative Stamps and special Purpose Postage

  • Folder 11 1898-1901 Trans-Mississippi Commemoratives
  • Folder 12 1893 Columbian Exposition Commemoratives
  • Folder 13 1904 Louisiana Purchase and 1907 Jamestown Commemoratives
  • Folder 14 Stamp Production Designs
  • Folder 15 Locals
  • Folder 16 Newspaper Stamps
  • Folder 17 Official Department Stamps
  • Folder 18 Postage Currency
  • Folder 19 Postage Due Stamps
  • Folder 20 Stamp Proofs
  • Folder 21 Special Delivery Stamps
  • Folder 22 Special Printings
  • Folder 23 Specimens
  • Folder 24 Universal Postal Union
  • Folder 25 Stamped Envelopes
  • Folder 25A 1902 Postal Stationery
  • Folder 26 Private Vending Machine Perforations
  • Folder 27 Miscellaneous
  • Folder 28 Dies, Rolls, Plates
  • Folder 29 Quantities Issued, Remainders, Destruction Plate #s
  • Folder 30 Possessions

Box 4 Postal Stationary Contracts and Correspondence

  • Folder 1 Postal Stationery
  • Folder 2 Postal Stationery
  • Folder 3 Postal Stationery
  • Folder 4 Postal Stationery

Box 5 Postal Stationary and Cuba Correspondence

  • Folder 1 Postal Stationery
  • Folder 2 Cuba
  • Folder 3 Cuba
  • Folder 4 Cuba
  • Folder 5 Cuba
  • Folder 6 Cuba
  • Folder 7 Cuba

Box 6 U.S. Stamps 1851-1877

  • Folder 1 March 14, 1851 - April 30, 1861
  • Folder 2 May 1861 - Nov. 4, 1869
  • Folder 3 March 1870 - April 1, 1873
  • Folder 4 April 2, 1873 - Oct. 3, 1873
  • Folder 5 Jan. 15, 1874 - Nov. 9, 1876
  • Folder 6 March 6, 1877 - Oct. 26, 1877

Box 7 U.S. Stamps 1881-1889

  • Folder 1 Jan. 21, 1881 - Feb. 7, 1882
  • Folder 2 Aug. 29, 1882 - Aug. 19, 1888
  • Folder 3 July 18, 1889 - Oct. 9, 1889

Box 8 U.S. Stamps 1891-1895

  • Folder 1 Aug. 3, 1891 - Sept. 30, 1892
  • Folder 2 Oct. 1, 1892 - Dec. 31, 1892
  • Folder 3 Jan. 1, 1893 - Dec. 31, 1893
  • Folder 4 Jan. 1, 1894 - April 30, 1894
  • Folder 5 May 1, 1894 - Aug. 31, 1894
  • Folder 6 Sept. 1, 1894 - July 2, 1895

Box 9 U.S. Stamps 1896-1903

  • Folder 1 March 6, 1896 - Jan. 4, 1897
  • Folder 2 Jan. 19, 1897 - April 19, 1897
  • Folder 3 Jan. 3, 1898 - March 31, 1899
  • Folder 4 April 4, 1899 - Dec. 27, 1899
  • Folder 5 Jan. 1900 - Nov. 18, 1903

Box 10 Stamps Shipped and Attorney General Opinions

Spreadsheets

  • Toppan Carpenter: Stamps Shipped June 30, 1851 - 1855
  • Attorney General Opinions April 1877
  • Case Summary of Use of Postal Card Image in Advertising

Box 11 U.S. Postal Cards 1871-1873

  • Folder 1 Oct. 1, 1871 - Aug. 14, 1872
  • Folder 2 Aug. 16, 1872 - Jan. 30, 1873
  • Folder 3 Feb. 1, 1873 - Feb. 25, 1873
  • Folder 4 Feb. 27, 1873 - March 31, 1873

Box 12 U.S. Postal Cards April - May 1873

  • Folder 1 April 1, 1873 - April 19, 1873
  • Folder 2 April 22, 1873 - May 10, 1873
  • Folder 3 May 12, 1873 - May 23, 1873

Box 13 U.S. Postal Cards 1873-1896

  • Folder 1 May 24, 1873 - June 5, 1873
  • Folder 2 June 6, 1873 - June 30, 1873
  • Folder 3 July 1, 1873 - Sep[t. 20, 1873
  • Folder 4 Sept. 22, 1873 - Jan. 6, 1896

Box 14 U.S. Stamped Envelopes 1881-1896

  • Folder 1 May 14, 1881 - March 31, 1882
  • Folder 2 April 1, 1882 - Dec. 31, 1882
  • Folder 3 Jan. 1, 1883 - mixed dates 1874, 1894, 1896

Box 15 U.S. Stamped Envelopes 1898-1902

  • Folder 1 March 15, 1898 - Dec. 16, 1898
  • Folder 2 Dec. 17, 1898 - Nov. 18, 1902

Box 16 Cuba Stamps 1893-1904, Stamped Envelopes 1899-1901

  • Folder 1 Stamps Feb. 1, 1893 - April 30, 1898
  • Folder 2 Stamps May 1, 1899 - Dec. 31, 1901
  • Folder 3 Stamps Jan. 1, 1902 - March 18, 1904
  • Folder 4 Stamped Envelopes Jan. 1, 1899 - Aug. 31, 1899
  • Folder 5 Stamped Envelopes April 28, 1900 - May 1, 1901

Box 17 Cuba Stamped Envelopes 1901-1902

  • Folder 1 May 10, 1901 - Oct. 30, 1901
  • Folder 2 Nov. 1, 1901 - Dec. 31, 1901
  • Folder 3 Jan. 1, 1902 - Feb. 28, 1902
  • Folder 4 March 1, 1902 - May 31, 1902
  • Folder 5 June 2, 1902 - Oct. 9, 1902

Box 18 Puerto Rico & Hawaii 1899-1900

  • Folder 1 May 4, 1899 - July 31, 1899
  • Folder 2 Aug. 1, 1899 - Dec. 17, 1899
  • Folder 3 May 14, 1900 - Sept. 24, 1900

Box 19 Philippines 1899-1904

  • Folder 1 Aug. 12, 1899 - Aug. 31, 1901
  • Folder 2 April 1, 1903 - Aug. 29, 1903
  • Folder 3 Sept. 15, 1903 - Sept. 22, 1904

Box 20 Philippines 1899-1902

  • Folder 1 April 29, 1899 - Dec. 1899
  • Folder 2 Jan. 1, 1900 - March 24, 1900
  • Folder 3 April 3, 1900 - July 23, 1900
  • Folder 4 Aug. 1900 - Dec. 21, 1900
  • Folder 5 Jan. 8, 1901 - June 29, 1901
  • Folder 6 July 3, 1901 - Sept. 29, 1901
  • Folder 7 Oct. 1, 1901 - Dec. 15, 1901
  • Folder 8 Jan. 7, 1902 - April 14, 1902
  • Folder 9 May 4, 1902 - Nov. 7, 1902

The Travers Papers Original Post Office Documents and Typewritten Copies 1847 to 1910