Postal Mail and Philately
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Coloma's first post office opened in 1849 when, against his wishes, John T. Little was appointed postmaster. In 1851 Coloma received tri-weekly mail service from Sacramento City. The post office, first designated as Culloma, California Territory, was change…
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The world's first airplane mail to be operated as a continuously scheduled public service started from this field May 15, 1918.
The route connected Washington, Philadelphia and New York. Curtiss JN 4-H airplanes with a capacity of 150 pounds of mail flew…
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Built of Petersburg granite and constructed between 1856 and 1860, the U.S. Customs House and Post Office was designed by Ammi B. Young, architect of the U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington D.C. The decision to add the third story was made durin…
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This road is the first mail route in North America, established in 1673 by King Charles II of England.
In 1767, while Benjamin Franklin was Postmaster General, mileage was marked out with stone markers from Boston to New York City.
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On this site stood the western wall of the Federal Post Office. Designed by Alfred B. Mullet - architect of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. - the ornate building's broad north fa?ade faced City Hall, while its sides were angled to form…
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The original post office of Woodbridge, established July 31, 1792, was located at the Cross Keys Tavern on the northwest corner of Amboy Avenue and Main Street. The first postmaster appointed by Postmaster General Timothy Pickering was the Honorable John Ma…
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This Road is older than Elberton. Mail was carried over it by Post Riders before Falling Creek Church was built in 1788 and during Washington's Administration. Later a stage coach ran between Elberton & Lexington three times a week, stopping at the old Glob…
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Built c. 1790 as a lawyer's office at Granby onthe Congaree River, this building was rolled tothe new county seat called Lexington Courthousein 1820 and was used as a medical office for Dr.Thomas Simmons (1794-1853). His widow,Mary, kept the Post Office her…
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Site of First Post Office in Chester was located in a small building here in 1794. James Wickham, postmaster
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Two miles northeast, at Lodge, stood the Chambers Stamp Factory, owned by the same family for our generations. Founded in Washington, D.C., about 1830 by Benjamin Chambers, Sr., an engraver and inventor of a breech-loading cannon, the company specialized in…