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NEW JERSEY - HANDBOOKS
Literature #4968. Allison, Thomas. ANNUAL REPORTS OF RAILROAD AND CANAL COMPANIES OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR 1854. Published 1854. Reprint edition. Card. 40 p. Reports from nine different companies with financial information plus accident reports.
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RAILROAD HISTORY - HANDBOOKS
Literature #6041. Armstrong, George B. Jr. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE TRUE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE AND THE WORK OF GEORGE B. ARMSTRONG IN FOUNDING IT - A TRIBUTE. Published 1906. 84 p. Extracts from the official history of the Railway Mail Service prepared by the PO Dept. in 1884 together with other relevant letters & documents.
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RAILROADS - HANDBOOKS
Literature #9285. Armstrong, George B. Jr. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE TRUE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE AND THE WORK OF GEORGE B. ARMSTRONG IN FOUNDING IT. Published 1906. 1989 reprint edition. SB. 36 p. From the official history of the Railway Mail Service prepared by the P O Dept. in 1884 together with other relevant letters & documents. A supp. is a bibliography of state & national railway mail literature. MPOS publication.
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RAILROAD HISTORY - HANDBOOKS
Literature #15086. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING OF UNITED STATES MAIL. Published 1922. Card. 24 p. 59 rules for railroad employees handling the mails.
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NEW ZEALAND - HANDBOOKS
Literature #14296. Brodie, J. W.. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY CHARGES STAMPS: DESIGN AND PRINTING. Published 1983. Card. 55 p. Enlarged illus. Design, preparation, study by issue with printings, quantities, flaws, varieties, ovpts.
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RAILROAD HISTORY - HANDBOOKS
Literature #5390. Chesapeake & Ohio Lines. THE RAILROADS AND THE MAILS. Published 1947. 16 p. Commemorating the 100th Aniversary of the first Govt issued postage stamps of the U S. Very broad & short history.
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OTHER COLLECTIBLES - HANDBOOKS
Literature #14021. ISBN #0974648507. Cox, Terry. COLLECTIBLE STOCK AND BONDS FROM NORTH AMERICAN RAILROADS GUIDE WITH PRICES. Published 2003. Card. 546 p. + ads. Background, historical & collecting information. Catalog presented alpha with name, ref #, description, notes, value.
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POST OFFICE DEPT - HANDBOOKS
Literature #4967. ISBN #1425105505. Culbreth, Ken. THE RAILWAY MAIL CLERK AND THE HIGHWAY POST OFFICE: WHEN THE MAIL REALLY WORKED, THE STORY OF THE POSTAL SERVICES'S ELITE. Published 2006. Card. 167 p. Trafford Pub. Co. Very Good. Illus. 23 chapters tell real life stories of the clerks and their work. The author a retired postal employee.
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RAILROADS - HANDBOOKS
Literature #4974. DeRouin, Edward M. MOVING MAIL AND EXPRESS BY RAIL. Published 2007. HB. 224 p. Many vintage & modern photos. How the railroads handled mail, express and baggage. Many lists of trains with routes and schedules.
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Literature #4973. Edson, William D. RAILROAD NAMES, A DIRECTORY OF COMMON CARRIER RAILROADS OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES 1826-1982. Published 1984. SB. 144 p. many RR maps. Alpha with name, class, predecessor, operating dates, disposition (sale, lease, merger).
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GREAT BRITAIN - HANDBOOKS
Literature #5415. Ewen H. L'Estrange. A HISTORY OF RAILWAY LETTER STAMPS. Published 1901. HB. 431 p. Many plts. Describes all varieties issued by Railway Companies of Great Britain & Ireland under the authority of the PMG. 1/2 leather binding, gilt-edge top, light binding wear. Binding tight, all pages intact. Good..
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RAILROADS - HANDBOOKS
Literature #4977. Gentry, David. MOBILE POST OFFICE SOCIETY CROSS-REFERENCE NEWS FROM THE CITIES 1979 TO 1999. Published 1999. SB. 28 p. Vintage street car photos. Cross-reference for the column written for the "Transit Postmark Collector".
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Literature #13193. Hatton, Frank. HISTORY OF THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE; A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF POSTAL AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES. Published 1885. 214 p. 2 fold-outs. 124 pages on Railway Mail Service history. First appendix the 1st report of the PMG (1789), many other appendices on Railway matters. Senate document with no covers.
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Literature #9331. Illinois Postal History Society. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE, SIXTH DIVISION; MARCH 28, 1899 SCHEDULE OF MAIL TRAINS AND LIST OF EXPRESS POUCHES FOR ILL, IA, NEB & WY. Published 1899. 1983 reprint edition. Comb. 42 p. Copies of official records. Lines carrying mails, routes, schedules, notes.
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Literature #4970. Kay, John L. DIRECTORY OF RAILWAY POST OFFICES. Published 1997. LL. 455 p. Unpriced. Alpha for RR & Waterway POs. Incs. name, route, operating dates, names changes, miles, date discontinued.
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Literature #8276. Kay, John L. & MacDonald, Fred. MAIL TRAVEL GUIDE: ALABAMA. Published 1996. LL. 15 p. + map. Agent & RPO routes by original railroad with name changes, names of other railroads that the routes were continued on to their destination. Route number, markings, Route Agent and RPO operations with operational dates.
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Literature #10274. Kay, John L. & MacDonald, Fred. MAIL TRAVEL GUIDE: ALASKA. Published 1996. LL. 1 p. + map. Agent & RPO routes by original railroad with name changes, names of other railroads that the routes were continued on to their destination. Route number, markings, Route Agent and RPO operations with operational dates.
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Literature #10275. Kay, John L. & MacDonald, Fred. MAIL TRAVEL GUIDE: ARIZONA. Published 1996. LL. 5 p. + map. Agent & RPO routes by original railroad with name changes, names of other railroads that the routes were continued on to their destination. Route number, markings, Route Agent and RPO operations with operational dates.
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IOWA - HANDBOOKS
Literature #2254. Kirkpatrick, Inez E. A POSTAL HISTORY OF SIOUX CITY. Published 1977. HB. 208 p. J-B Publishing Co. Very Good. No d/j. Illus. Maps. Period & modern photos. Shows covers. Mail contracts, stage routes. Shows cancels. Part I Sioux City postal history. Part II postal history of the 14th Division RMS.
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RAILROADS - HANDBOOKS
Literature #6998. Mobile Post Office Society. A HISTORY OF THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE, TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE POST OFFICE SERVICE. Published 1903. 1977 reprint edition. Card. 35 p. Incs. a sketch showing the daily life of a railway mail clerk.
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Literature #9689. Mobile Post Office Society. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. SCHEDULE OF MAIL TRAINS, SEVENTH DIVISION; JANUARY 20, 1888. Published 1979. MPOS Rep. edition. SB. 18 p. Copies of official records. Lines carrying mails, routes, schedules, notes. Incs Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, Indian & New Mexico territories.
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Literature #10889. Mobile Post Office Society. MOBILE POST OFFICE SELECTIONS VOLUMES 1-5. Published 1980/1989. SB. 248 p. Illus. 32 articles selected in the field of transit post offices - markings, history, modes of conveyance, routes, etc.
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Literature #4966. Mobile Post Office Society. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE - THE SCHEDULE OF MAIL TRAINS, FIRST DIVISION; JANUARY 10, 1890. Published 1984. MPOS Rep. edition. LL. 18 p. Copies of official records. Lines carrying mails, routes, schedules, notes. Incs Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachsetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut.
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Literature #4972. Mobile Post Office Society. U.S. NARROW GAUGE MAIL ROUTES & POSTAL MARKINGS - ROUTE AGENTS, RAILWAY POST OFFICES, STATION AGENTS. Published 2000. LL. 80 p. Illus. Alpha by RR with miles, routes, dates, postal markings, agents, rarity rating.
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WESTERN POSTAL - HANDBOOKS
Literature #280. Postmaster General. OVERLAND MAIL: LETTER FROM THE POSTMASTER GENERAL DECEMBER 13, 1868. Published 1868. 81 p. SB. Mobile PO Society rep. Contracts for carrying mails in the Western States 1868-1870. Inc route schedules by state.
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RAILROADS - HANDBOOKS
Literature #11982. Rohrer, D. J. THERE WERE STARS IN THOSE CARS. Published 1992. SB. 24 p. An anthology of 17 reminiscences of the Railway Mail Service, some previously published, some unpublished.
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RAILROAD HISTORY - HANDBOOKS
Literature #15087. Santa Fe Railroad. INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION CONCERNING THE TRANSPORTATION AND HANDLING OF UNITED STATES MAIL. Published 1928. Card. 27 p. 64 rules for railroad employees handling the mails.
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RAILROADS - HANDBOOKS
Literature #2329. Towle, Charles L. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE, EIGHTH DIVISION, 1874-1908, ALASKA, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, IDAHO, MONTANA, NEVADA, OREGON, UTAH, WA. Published 1976. Card. 60 p. From official records. Lines carrying mails, routes, schedules, start-up & discontinued dates.
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Literature #4473. Tunell, George G. RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RAILWAY RATES AND SERVICE. Published 1901. HB. 214 p. Discussion, with charts and tables to support conclusions.
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RAILROAD HISTORY - HANDBOOKS
Literature #1803. ISBN #0912382112. White, James E.. A LIFE SPAN AND REMINISCENCES OF RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. Published 1910. 1973 reprint edition. HB. 274 p. Illus. The author Ex-General Superintendent of the RMS. History of the growth & operation of the service with many personal interest stories.
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COLORADO - HANDBOOKS
Literature #4363. Willard, John H. COLORADO POSTAL HISTORY: SOME EARLY RAILWAY POSTAL ROUTES. Published 1974. Card. 57 p. Illus. + vintage photos, maps of routes. Description of lines, shows covers from many lines.
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