Postage Stamps Collections, 1945-1986 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Postage Stamps Collections, 1945-1986

Extent: 1.0 Items

Date Acquired: 06/15/2016

Subjects: First day covers (Philately)

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This is an artificial collection created to combine single items with no provenance into one place. It consists of first day covers and mint blocks of stamps relevant to the region.

Subject/Index Terms

First day covers (Philately)

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Oversize],
[Folder 2: Postal History Display],
[Folder 3: First Day Covers],
[Folder 4: Commemorative Covers],
[Folder 5: Stamps],
[All]

Folder 1: Oversize

Item 1: America's Libraries, 13 Jul 1982

Folder 2: Postal History Display

Mounted Exhibit Panels of postal history. The exhibits feature actual stamps and documents mounted under mylar. From Dorris Museum Collection (Accession # 71)

Item 1: European Postal System
Item 2: United States Postal Service, Part 1
Item 3: United States Postal Service, Part 2
Item 4: Postal Issues of the World, Part 1
Item 5: Postal Issues of the World, Part 2: Commemorative
Item 6: Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection

Folder 3: First Day Covers

Item 1: Daniel Boone, 26 Jul 1975: On a Fort Boonesborough envelope
Item 2: Benjamin Franklin, 26 Jul 1975: Celebrating 200 years of postal service.
Item 3: Madison County Bicentennial, 22 Aug 1986: On a Madison County Bicentennial Commission, Inc. envelope.
Item 4: Madison County Bicentennial, 22 Aug 1986: On a Madison County Historical Society envelope.
Item 5: 150th Anniversary Mississippi Territory, 7 Apr 1948: From Dorris Museum Collection (Accession # 34.18)
Item 6: Lincoln Sesquicentennial, 12 February 1959: From Dorris Museum Collection (Accession # 59.1)
Item 7: Project Mercury, 20 Feb 1962: From Dorris Museum Collection (Accession # 62.2)
Item 8: Texas under Six Flags, 29 Dec 1945: From Dorris Museum Collection (Accession # 45.2)
Item 9: Battle of Richmond Centennial Cover, 30 Aug 1952: From Dorris Museum Collection (Accession # 62.3)

Folder 4: Commemorative Covers

Item 1: Commemorating a Centennial of Higher Education: Signed by Robert R. Martin

Folder 5: Stamps

Mint stamps from China and used stamps from various countries. From Dorris Museum Collection (Accession # 4.2, 42.2)

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: Oversize],
[Folder 2: Postal History Display],
[Folder 3: First Day Covers],
[Folder 4: Commemorative Covers],
[Folder 5: Stamps],
[All]