Postage Stamps Collections, 1945-1986

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Box and Folder Listing

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)