The Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia : select papers, 2006-2009 /
Select papers, 2006-2009
Thomas Lera, editor.
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2010.
- [vii], 166 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
- Smithsonian contributions to history and technology ; no. 55 .
- Smithsonian contributions to history and technology ; no. 55. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Political economy of postal reform in the Victorian age / "Little colored bits of paper" collected in the progressive era / WWI philatelic censuses of East Africa / Explorations in the official register; statistical analysis of postmaster compensation data from 19th century New Hampshire / Zeppelin posts in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, integrating collector and historian methodologies / "Food will win the war" motor trucks and the farm-to-table postal delivery program, 1917-1918 / Philatelic propaganda, a case study -- border changes in Eastern Europe, 1938-1941 / Picking up the pieces, the aftermath of Hiroshima / Postal censorship and military intelligence during World War II / 1895 provisional and bisect postage due stamps, a result of the transfer of stamp production to the BEP? / Sunday mail controversy, postal reform, and mail transportation / "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" post office reform, collectible commodities, and victorian culture / America's first carrier service, the U.S. City Despatch Post / U.S. 1847 issues; stamps that changed the system / From the pulpit to the post; anti-clericalism and communication in Orizaba, 1857-1867 / Cheap postage; a tool for social reform / Richard R. John -- Sheila A. Brennan -- John Kevin Doyle -- Terence Hines Thomas Velk -- Cheryl R. Ganz -- Robert G. Cullen -- Robin Gates Elliott -- Janet Klug -- Ann Elizabeth Pfau -- Harry K. Charles, Jr. -- Diane DeBlois Robert Dalton Harris -- Catherine J. Golden -- Larry Lyons -- Harvey Mirsky -- Rachel A. Moore -- David L. Straight and and
"Rarely do scholars of postal organizations and systems meet and discuss their ideas and research with scholars of philately. In an attempt to bridge this gap, the National Postal Museum and the American Philatelic Society hosted the first Winton M. Blount Postal History symposium on 3-4 November 2006 to bring together these two research groups to discuss postal history. This publication covers the next two symposia. The 2010 theme was "Stamps and the Mail: Images, Icons and Identity." Stamps, as official government documents, can be treated as primary resources designed to convey specific political and esthetic messages. Other topics and themes for the symposium were stamp design's influence on advertising envelopes and bulk mailings, censorship of stamps as propaganda as used on letters, and the role of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee or organizations that generate the designs. The 2011 symposium was held at the American Philatelic Center in conjunction with the United States Stamp Society's annual meeting. The United States Stamp Society is the preeminent organization devoted to the study of U.S. stamps. It is a nonprofit, volunteer-run association of collectors to promote the study of the philatelic output of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and of postage and revenue stamped paper produced by others for use in the United States and U.S. administered areas."--Publisher's website.
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