Postage stamps
Subject
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
The Commonwealth Collection of Silver Jubilee First Day Covers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2008.267
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook entitled "The Commonwealth Collection of Silver Jubilee First Day Covers, Commissioned by the Royal Commonwealth Society in Honour of the 25th Anniversary of the Accession of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II." Each page in the scrapbook contains an envelope with an official first day of issue cancellation of a stamp applied by the the designated Post Office of the country of issue. Fifty-two countries are represented, beginning with Ascension Island and ending with Western...
Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 1.02
Scope and Contents
The Ephemera Collection contains material primarily acquired for teaching. It includes material in various formats, most of which have been previously published. The collection is currently being processed and new items will be added on an ongoing basis. For this reason, the indicated date range is approximate at this point.
International First Day Covers Honoring America's Bicentennial
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1985.04
Scope and Contents
International First Day Covers Honoring America's Bicentennial produced by the Westport Collectors Society and belonging to Walter W. Kale.
German postal covers collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 00287
Scope and Contents
115 envelopes, postcards, and letters from Germany with cancelled postage stamps. The chronology of the cancelled postage illustrates the hyperinflation Germany experienced, especially immediately following World War I.
August R. Offer, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 01258
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1945-1946 of Sergeant August R. Offer Jr., consisting of letters, photographs, Chinese currency, Chinese stamps and a military pass for the City for Shanghai. Letters are addressed to Offer while stationed in Shanghai after the end of the WW II and also to the U.S after his return in December 1945.
For a list of items included and excerpts, both provided by the seller, see finding-aid link below.
For a list of items included and excerpts, both provided by the seller, see finding-aid link below.