PRELIMINARY Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
and Contributors
Contents
History of
the Catalog
Introduction
American
Postal History General Information
British
Colonial Period
British
Occupation Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Territorial
and Statehood Period
Thirteen
Original States
Territorial
and Statehood Effective Dates
Unofficial
Territories, States and Republics
American
Stampless Covers General Information
Postage
Rates
Town
Postmarks General Information
Basic Types
of Handstamped Markings
1. Straight line, including boxed
2. Ovals
3. Circles
4. Fancy
Key to
Catalog Listings
1. Town
2. Type
3. Dates used
4. Size
5. Other markings
6. Color
7. Value
8. Illustrations
Notes on Condition
and Value
Section
I. Listings by State and Territory
Statehood
Alaska
Arizona
New
Mexico Territory
Arizona
Territory
Statehood
Spanish
Period
Mexican
Period
Statehood
Unorganized
Territory – First Period
Unorganized
Territory – Second Period
British
Colonial Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
Statehood
Anacostia
College
Hill
Oak
Grove
Tennallytown
First
Spanish Period
British
Period
Second
Spanish Period
American
Military Government Period
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
Statehood
Joint
US-British Occupancy
British
Period
Statehood
Statehood
Unorganized
Territory
Statehood
Unorganized
Territory
Statehood
French
Colonial Period
Spanish
Colonial Period
Spanish
Unorganized
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
British
Occupation Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
Statehood
Unorganized
Territory – First Period
Unorganized
Territory – Second Period
Statehood
Statehood
Spanish
Period
District
of Louisiana
Statehood
Unorganized
Territory
British
Colonial Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
Spanish
Period
Mexican
Period
Dutch
Colonial Period
British
Colonial Period
British
Occupation Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
Unorganized
Territory – First Period
Unorganized
Territory – Second Period
Unorganized
Territory – Third Period
Statehood
Cherokee
Nation
Chickasaw
Nation
Choctaw
Nation
Creek
Nation
Seminole
Nation
Joint
US-British Occupancy
Unorganized
Territory
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
British
Occupation Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
Unorganized
Territory – First Period
Unorganized
Territory – Second Period
Unorganized
Territory – Third Period
Statehood
Spanish
Period
Mexican
Period
Statehood
Unorganized
Territory
Former
Mexican & Joint US-British Occupancy Area
Unorganized
Territory
British
Colonial Period
Republic
Period
Statehood
British
Colonial Period
American
Continental Congress and Confederation Period
Statehood
British
Packet Service
Danish
Private
Post Offices
Joint
US-British Occupancy
British
Colonial Period
Statehood
Unorganized
Territory
Section
II. Listings by Subject
Private
Letter Mail and Express Carriers
Eastern
Independent Letter Mail and Express Company Markings
Western
Independent Letter Mail and Express Company Markings
Rocky
Mountain and
Private
Local Posts and Carriers
Carrier
or Semi-Official Markings
Hotel
Mail Markings
Maritime
Mail Markings
Ship
Mail Markings
Mail
Route
Steamship
Mail
Steam
Freight
Money Letters
Handstamped Foreign Through Rates
Exchange
Markings on International Mail
Depreciated
Currency Markings
Private
Ocean Ship Name Markings
Private
U.S. Forwarders Markings on Incoming and Outgoing Ocean Mail
Inland Waterways Markings
Steam
and Steamboat Markings
Domestic
Waterways Name of Boat Markings
Boat
applied markings
Sender
applied markings
Independent
Boat Mail Forwarder’s Markings
Way
Markings
Express
Mail
1804
1812
1836-1839
1845
Registered
Mail
Railroad
Route Agents Markings
War
Time Special Mail
War
of 1812
Mexican
War
Civil
War
Auxiliary Markings
Advertised
Charge
to Box and Charged
Circular
Dead
Drop
Due
Forwarded
Missent
Postmaster
Name
Post
Office Business
Supplementary
Mail Markings
Miscellaneous
Official
American Military Posts
Free
Franks and Franking
Appendix
for city and town names without state or territory indicated
Index