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Latest Additions:

• 03-25-2005 Added Mar 18, 1911-Issue Number 1055 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
• 02-25-2005 Added Mar 11, 1911-Issue Number 1054 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
• 04-10-2004 Added Mar 4, 1911-Issue Number 1053 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
• 03-29-2004 Added Feb 25, 1911-Issue Number 1052 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
• 03-14-2004 Added Railway Mail Service article from The Bay State Monthly
• 03-14-2004 Added 1847 Postmaster General Annual Report

 

Type	Name	Notes
Magazine	Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News	Full text of articles in issues from Jan 1911 - Mar 1911 (1911 - Jan 7  Jan 14  Jan 21  Jan 28  Feb 4  Feb 11  Feb 18  Feb 25  Mar 4  Mar 11  Mar 18  )
Magazine	Harpers New Monthly Magazine	Nov 1851 - Oct 1871 full text of articles related to stamp collecting
Magazine	Bay State Monthly Magazine	Jan 1885 - Dec 1885 full text of articles related to stamp collecting
Book - nonfiction	The Story of the Pony Express  by Glenn Danford Bradley	1913 - History of the Pony Express mail service - 175 pages
Fiction - short story	With the Night Mail  by Rudyard Kipling	1909 - Travel on a nightly mail boat
Nonfiction - true crime	Adventures in the Secret Service of the Post-Office Department   by P. H. Woodward	1909 - How the postal inspectors found a theif stealing from registered letters sent to and from the many post offices wich connected Chicago and Dakota Territory.
Nonfiction	June 8, 1872 Mail Fraud Law Overview	Short oveview of the mail fraud law enacted June 8, 1872.  Explains 'Fraudlent' handstamp/script written on envelopes.
Nonfiction	1847 Postmaster General Annual Report

 
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What's New

Mar 25, 2005	Added Mar 18, 1911- Issue Number 1055 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
Feb 25, 2005	Added Mar 11, 1911- Issue Number 1054 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
Apr 10, 2004	Added Mar 4, 1911- Issue Number 1053 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
Mar 14, 2004	Added Feb 25, 1911- Issue Number 1052 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
Mar 14, 2004	Added Railway Mail Service article from The Bay State Monthly Added 1847 Postmaster General Annual Report
Nov 15, 2003	Added Feb 11, 1911- Issue Number 1050 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues Added Feb 18, 1911- Issue Number 1051 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
Sep 10, 2002	Added Great Britain Postage Rate Reduction article from Harpers New Monthly Magazine  Added With the Night Mail  by Rudyard Kipling Added Adventures in the Secret Service of the Post-Office Department by P. H. Woodward Added  June 8, 1872 mail fraud law overview Reorganized web site index page (this page) Started what's new list
Mar 17, 2002	Added New York City Post Office article from Harpers New Monthly Magazine  Added The Dead Letter Office article from Harpers New Monthly Magazine  Added Postal Reform - Cheap Postage article from Harpers New Monthly Magazine  Added Feb 4, 1911- Issue Number 1049 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues Added Jan 28, 1911 - Issue Number 1048 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
Mar 3, 2002	Added book - The Story of the Pony Express  by Glenn Danford Bradley
Feb 20, 2002	Added Jan 21, 1911- Issue Number 1047 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues
Feb 2, 2002	Added Jan 7, 1911 - Issue Number 1045 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues Added Jan 14, 1911 - Issue Number 1046 to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News issues Started web site