Timeline of Philatelic Literature, 1830 - 1875

Books, catalogues, periodicals, articles, etc.

Don Heller, 12 August 2024




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References and working notes

British Almanac, 1828 - 1875; Companion to the Almanac, 1828 - 1875
Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, 1800 - 1875; Introductory Notes
Report of the [British] Postmaster General, 1855 - 1875 (search key UK-PMG-Report)
British Postal Guide, 1856 - 1875

Report of the [US] Postmaster General, 1823 - 1875 (search key US-PMG-Report)
Postal Laws and Regulations, 1774 - 1948 (search key US-Postal-Laws)
List of [US] Post Offices, 1790 - 1882 (search key US-Post-Offices)
US Post Office, 1789 to 1875, additional resources
Congressional Statutes, Resolutions, Treaties
Official Register of the United States
United States Official Postal Guide
Postmasters General
more, in preparation
Worldwide, to 1875, additional resources
First Issues
more, in preparation


1820's and earlier
1830's
1840's
1850's

1860's

1870's




Abbreviations, for references and links

General-interest libraries and digital collections

Philatelic libraries, museums, societies and journals

Anthologies and digital collections
References to other compilations
Notes on various topics
Copyright and Intellectual Property Notice
Surveys
Complaints
Before proceeding further, may I be allowed a complaint or two or three?  The projects initiated by Google and Microsoft, which led to Google Books, the Internet Archive and HathiTrust, have produced some remarkable results.  "Scan all the books, and put them on the Web" was, and remains, a great concept.  But, the execution is sometimes far short of the goal.  The following are links to some egregious examples.



1500-1599   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)
The postal service for the Holy Roman Empire was entrusted to Franz von Taxis, in 1497.  The Thurn und Taxis post survived until 1867.  For a summary, see Wikipedia, Thurn und Taxis.

The early royal posts acted as a messenger service when needed, and did not hold to a regular schedule.  The public posts were a device to transfer the cost from the Emperor/King/Prince to the public, and if a profit could be made, so much the better.  The early merchant and church posts operated similarly, but did not open to the public, or survive in the face of royal monopolies.

"The post" or "posting" at first meant transport of people, parcels or letters, generally by horse-drawn coach.  Horses were exchanged at specified locations, or posts, hence the name.
The first English "Master of the King's Post", Brian Tuke, was appointed by Henry VIII in 1516.  Foreign posts were in the hands of the "Merchants Strangers" and "Society of Merchants Adventurers", until 1591.  The first assertions of government postal monopoly were in royal proclamations of 1591, for foreign mails, and 1609, for inland mails.  These were codified in Acts of Parliament, 1657 and 1660.
Giovanni da l'Herba, Itinerario delle poste per diverse parte del mondo.
Cherubinis de Stella, Poste per diverse parti del mondo.
  • Giovanni da l'Herba, Master of the Couriers of the Republic of Genoa, in Rome (ref).
Giovanni de l'Herba, Itinerario delle poste per diverse parte del mondo, Venice, 1561
  • reported, but not seen
Giovanni da l'Herba, Itinerario delle poste per diverse Parte del Mondo, Rome : Valerico Dorico, 1563
Giovanni da l'Herba, Itinerario delle poste per diverse parte del mondo, Venice, 1564
Cherubinis de Stella, Poste per diverse parti del mondo, Venice, 1564
Cherubinis de Stella, Poste per diverse parti del mondo, Lyon, 1572
  • reported, but not seen
Poste Per Diverse Parti del Mondo, Venice : Vice[n]zo Viani, 1574, 124 + 4 + 12 p. (printed on one side).
  • -- CCNY
  • Harry C. Ballard, Book review, CCP, Oct. 1949, vol. 28, no. 4, p. 320-321.
Cherubinis de Stella, Poste per diverse parti del mondo, Lione [Lyon] : Benedetto Rigaud, 1588
Cherubinis de Stella, Poste per diverse parti del mondo, Venice : Daniel Zanetti, 1598
References
  • Dr. Joseph Ruebsam, An International Postal Guide of the year 1563 ["Itinerario delle poste per diverse parte del mondo ..."], Union Postale, May & June 1889, vol. 14, no. 5 & 6, p. 82-88, 93-103.
James VI, King of Scotland, 24 July 1567; later also James I, King of England and Ireland, 24 Mar. 1603; to 27 Mar. 1625.
Richard Rowlands [Richard Verstegan], The Post For diuers partes of the world : to trauaile from one notable Citie unto an other, with a descripcion of the antiquitie of diuers famous Cities in Europe, London : Thomas East, 1576, [24] + 112 p.
  • Further on the title page, The contents doe farther apeare in the next leafs folowing.  Very necessary & profitable for Gentlemen, Marchants, Factors, or any other persons disposed to trauaile.  The like not heretofore in English.  Published by Richard Rowlands.
  • Additional title, The Post of the World. Wherein is contayned the antiquities and originall of the most famous Cities in Europe. With their trade and traficke. With their wayes and distance of myles, from country to country. With the true and perfect knowledge of their Coynes, the places of their mynts: with al their Martes and Fayres. And the Raignes of all the Kinges of England. A booke right necessary and profitable, for all sortes of persons, the like before this tyme not imprinted.
  • Stated to be the first English-language traveler's guide to the Continent; an expanded translation from German, also published in French and Italian.
  • Wikipedia, Richard Rowlands




1600-1699   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)
Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Sessions 1600-1800.  (previous, next)
Ottavio Codogno, Nuovo Itinerario delle poste Per tutto il mondo, Milan : Girolamo Bordoni, 1608, [32] + 430 p.
Ottavio Codogno, Nuovo Itinerario delle Poste per tutto il Mondo, Venice : Lucio Spineda, 1611, [32] + 446 p.
Ottavio Cotogno, Nuovo Itinerario delle poste Per tutto il Mondo, Milan : Girolamo Bordoni, 1616, [40] + 299 p.
Ottavio Codogno, Nuovo Itinerario delle Poste per tutto il Mondo, Venice : Lucio Spineda, 1620, [32] + 446 p.
Ottavio Cottogno, Compendio delle poste, Milan : Gio. Battista Bidelli, 1623, [64] + 509 p.
Ottavio Codogno, Nuovo Itinerario Delle Poste per tutto il Mondo, Venice : Giacomo Zattoni, 1666, [96] + 446 p.
Ottavio Codogno, Nuovo Itinerario Delle Poste per tutto il Mondo, Venice : Steffano Curti, 1676, 478 p.
References
  • Collectors Club Bulletin, Dec. 1940, vol. 3, no. 7.
  • Elliott G. Corin, An Early European Postal Guide, CCP, Jan. 1948, vol. 27, no. 1, p. 27-36.
  • Clemente Fedele, Marco Gerosa, Armando Serra, Europa Postale, L'opera di Ottavio Codogno, luogotenente dei Tasso nella Milano seicentesca, Bergamo, 2014. (link)
    • --APRL, G5701 .P8576 F292e 2014
  • Paul Arblaster, From Ghent to Aix: How they Brought the News in the Habsburg Netherlands, 2014, p. 40 (link).
  • Wikipedia, Ottavio Codogno
Frankfurter Ober-Post-Amts-Zeitung, Frankfurt : Thurn und Taxis, published from 1615 to 17 July 1866; more details. The newspaper Frankfurter Postzeitung was closed when the Prussian army captured the Free City of Frankfurt in the Austrian-Prussian (Seven Weeks) war of 1866.
Charles I assumed the English, Scottish and Irish thrones, 27 Mar. 1625, until his execution on 30 Jan. 1649.
  • Royal Proclamations, relevant to the Post Office, 1632-1638 (link)
Carte géographique des postes qui traversent la France, Paris, 1632.
  • http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84467206
  • This is the earliest post road map.  Nicolas Sanson was the cartographer, Melchior Tavernier was the publisher.  Sanson's sons went into a partnership with Alexis Hubert Jaillot, who republished this map and others.  Jaillot's family later published the Liste générale des postes de France from 1706 to 1779 (see below).
Carte particulière des postes de France, Paris : H. Jaillot.
See also, Antique Post Route Maps [Paulus Swaen]

There were three services available in France,
  • postes aux chevaux - the service which carried passengers, also parcels, letters and packets
  • postes aux lettres - the service which carried letters and packets
  • messageries - the service which carried parcels
For a 1790 proposal to merge these services, see Saint-Victour.

Until about 1820 or so, "postes" should generally be taken to mean postes aux chevaux, and afterward to mean postes aux lettres.  See, for example, Patrick Marchand, Voyager en France au temps de la poste aux chevaux, http://www.laposte.fr/chp/mediasPdf/PMarchand.pdf.
The Royal Post was opened to the public in Oct. 1635 by King Charles I of England, primarily as a revenue source.  From 1653 to 1677, the Post Office was "farmed out", whereby the government received an advance payment, and the concessionaire was allowed to keep all further revenues.
The Paris local post, as organized by M. de Villayer, or de Vélayer, opened Aug. 1653, closed within months, and was soon forgotten.  Printed wrappers (billets de port payé) were used to indicate prepayment of postage; none have survived in the original.  Post boxes were installed throughout the city, but some became trash receptacles or homes for rats.  Memory of the local post was revived in the pamphlet by Piron, 1838 (see below).
  • Jean Loret, La Muze historique, Paris, 1658, Livre 4, p. 95, Lettre trentième, du xvi Aoust [1653] (link).
    • "On va bien-tôt métre en pratique / Pour la commodité publique, / Un certain établissement, / (Mais c'est pour Paris seulement) / ... / Et si l'on veut sçavoir combien / Coûtera le port d'une Lettre, / (Choze qu'il ne faut pas obmettre) / Afin que nul n'y soit trompé, / Ce ne sera qu'un sou tapé."
    • 1857, ed. J. Ravenal, V. De La Pelouze, vol. 1, p. 399 (link).
  • Gédéon Tallement des Réaux, Les Historiettes, has some biographical information about Villayer, but nothing important for the Paris post.
    • first written about 1657-1659, first published 1834, many other editions since then
    • vol. 4, 1834, p. 340 (link); vol. 6, 1835, p. 32-3 (link).
    • vol. 6, 1857, p. 58 (link); vol. 7, 1858, p. 441-2 (link).
  • Arthur de Rothschild, Histoire de la poste aux lettres et du timbre-poste depuis leurs origines jusqu'a nos jours, Paris, 1880, p. 98-112 (link).
  • Alexis Belloc, Les postes françaises: recherches historiques sur leur origine, leur développement, leur législation, Paris, 1886, p. 86-92 (link).
  • Joan deJean, How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City, 2014, p. 123-125 (link).
    • p. 246 (link) has references to the archival materials in Paris, and to the Scudéry-Pellisson correspondence which employed the local post.
  • Wikipedia (English), Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer; (French), Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer.
  • It is said that the last of the printed wrappers was burned during the French Revolution.
Instruction pour ceux qui voudront escrire d'un quartier de Paris en un autre, et avoir response promptement deux et trois fois le jour sans y envoyer personne, par le moyen de l'establissement que Sa Majesté a permis estre faict par ses lettres, vérifiées au Parlement, pour la commodité du public et expédition des affaires, Paris, 1653 [10 June], 4 p.
  • F.-A. Quinet, Essai de Bibliographie postale, 1906, p. 3 (link).
  • Reprinted, identical facsimile, by Pierre Mahé, 1873 (ref).
  • Reprinted, identical facsimile, by A. Maury, 1877.
    • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 406; British Library shelfmark Crawford 872 (9).
  • Reprinted, Rothschild, Histoire, 1880, between p. 98 and 101 (link).
  • Transcribed, Belloc, Postes, 1886, p. 88-90 (link).

France, 9 Dec. 1944   France, 9 Dec. 1944, Journée du timbre,
   Création de la Petite Poste par Renouard de Villayer en 1653.
The Commonwealth period (or, Interregnum) in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, under Cromwell, 1649-1660.
  • Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, relevant to the Post Office, 1649-1657 (link)
  • These were considered void after the English Restoration [1660] due to their lack of Royal Assent.
  • Peter Gaunt, Interregnum Governments and the Reform of the Post Office, 1649-59, Historical Research, Oct. 1987, vol. 60, p. 281-298 (link).
John Hill, A Penny Post: or, a Vindication of the Liberty and Birthright of every Englishman, in Carrying Merchants & other men's Letters, against any restraint of Farmers of such Employments, London, 1659, 8 p.
  • For more about this item, see Rowland Hill and George Birkbeck Hill, The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, 1880, vol. 2, p. 29 (link).  Hill refers to Henry B. Wheatley, Post-Office Reforms, The Academy, Dec. 27, 1879, vol. 16, p. 463-465 (link).
  • John Hill was not related to Rowland Hill, nor did Rowland Hill know of John Hill until May 1845.  The real importance of this item is that Rowland Hill obtained a manuscript copy of the pamphlet from "my friend Dr. Gray" at the British Museum in 1845.  This friendship (if Hill was not simply being polite) was tested in 1862 when Gray's first postage stamp catalogue was published.
  • See also, 
    • A Penny Post Suggested Two Hundred Years Ago, The Leisure Hour, Feb. 28, 1856, vol. 5, p. 144 (link).
    • Howard Robinson, The British Post Office, 1948, p. 43-44.
Charles II assumes the English, Scottish and Irish thrones, 29 May 1660, ending the Commonwealth period; until 1685.
  • Acts, relevant to the Post Office, 1660-1670 (link)
An Act for erecting and establishing a post-office, London, 1660, 143 p. 
  • -- ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/R475123, http://estc.bl.uk/R475087
  • -- EEBO
  • Public General Acts, 12 Charles II c. 35.
  • Statutes at Large, Pickering's edition, vol. 7, p. 504-512 (link, ex-M.D. Hill; link).
  • Statutes of the Realm, vol. 5, p. 297-301 (link, link).
  • On closing the Parliament's session and delivering the Money Bills, 29 Dec. 1660, the Speaker of House of Commons stated
    • Another [bill] is intituled, "An Act for erecting and establishing a Post-office"; and this, being likewise legally settled, will be of very great Use to all Your Majesty's People, and especially Your Merchants, for holding Intelligence with their Correspondents, Factors, and Agents, in Foreign Parts.  Literæ sunt Indices Animi [the letters are the signs of their feelings]; and without the safe and speedy Dispatch and Conveyance of their Letters, they will never be able to time their Business, nor carry on their Trades to an equal Advantage with the Merchants of other Countries.
    • Another is entitled, An Act for Erecting and Establishing a Post-Office; and this being legally settled, will be of great Use to all your Majesty's Subjects for holding Intelligence with their Factors and Agents in Foreign Parts.
      • The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons, vol. 1, London, 1742; transcribed.

The first Postmaster General under the Act of 1660 was Henry Bishop (1660-63); he is credited with the invention of dated postmarks.

From his Majesties General Post-Office in London.  Notice is hereby given unto all gentlemen, merchants, traders, and others, that Henry Bishop Esq; his Majesties Post-master General, finding that neither the intelligence of his Majesty from Carlisle, and all parts of Cumberland and Westmerland, nor the necessary correspondencies of merchants and others into those countries, have been so speedy as it ought: ...; 1660, 1 sheet.
An agreement and convention for the regulation and speedy dispatch of the posts between England and the United Provinces [Netherlands].  At London, April 11, 1661.
  • Articles drawn up and agreed to between his Excellency Simon Van Hoorn, ..., Henry Jacob vander Heyden, post-master of certain towns in the United Provinces on one part, and Henry Bishop, Esq., master of the general posts of all England, and from thence to all other Kingdoms and countries on the other part, ...
  • in, A General Collection of Treatys of Peace and Commerce, ..., London, 1732, vol. 3, p. 234-237.
  • in, A Collection of all the Treaties of Peace, Alliance, and Commerce, between Great-Britain and Other Powers, ..., London, 1785, vol. 1, p. 159-163 (link).
  • in, A Collection of Treaties between Great Britain and Other Powers, London, 1790, vol. 1, p. 128-133 (link).
Richard Blome, Britannia, Or, a Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the Isles and Territories Thereto Belonging, London, 1673, [36] + 464 p. + maps.
  • Post-Office, p. 12-15 (link).  Description and list of post towns.
Thomas Gardiner, A General Survey of the [British] Post Office, 1677.
  • Transcribed and edited by Foster W. Bond, published by The Postal History Society, London, 1958.  Supplemented with notes from a 1682 manuscript.
  • -- APRL, G5741 .P859 G224g
William Dockwra, London Penny Post, March 1680 to Nov. 1682.
James assumes the English and Scottish thrones, 6 Feb. 1685.
  • James II, King of England and Ireland
  • James VII, King of Scotland
William, Prince of Orange, assumes the English and Scottish thrones, following the ouster of James II/VII on 23 Dec. 1688.
  • William and Mary, joint sovereigns, 13 February 1689 until Mary's death on 28 Dec. 1694
  • William III, Mary II, King and Queen of England, from 13 February 1689
  • William II, Mary II, King and Queen of Scotland, from 11 April 1689
[Charles Gildon], Post-boy rob'd of his mail, or, the pacquet broke open.  Consisting of five hundred letters ... with observations upon each letter.  Publish'd by a gentleman concern'd in the frolick, London, 1692.
Second volume ... To which are added several ingenious letters lately sent to the gentleman concern'd in this frolick, 1693.

Many other editions and imitations; for example, John Dunton, Post-Boy robbed of his mail, 1700 and 1706.
Pierre d'Ortigue de Vaumorière, Lettres sur toutes sortes de Sujets, avec des avis sur la maniére de les écrire, et des réponses sur chaque espece de Lettres, Paris : Jean Guignard.

1690
1695 (the author had died in 1693)
3rd ed., 1699
4th ed., 1706
5th ed., 1709, Brussels
5th ed., 1714
Other editions exist.
A post office was established in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1639, at the home and tavern of Richard Fairbanks, until his death in 1667.  He was authorized to accept letters brought by others and to hold them until claimed, or sent onward by the occasional ship.  Regular mail transport between the colonies began in 1673, between Boston and New York, but ended within a few years.  John Hayward was appointed Boston postmaster in 1677, to 1687.

William and Mary granted Thomas Neale the rights to establish a post office throughout America, 17 Feb. 1691/92, for 21 years.  Neale appointed the Governor of New Jersey to act in his stead.  Post offices were established in New York (1692), Philadelphia (1693), etc.  By 1698, the system was greatly in debt; Neale's patent was revoked in 1707, and the Crown took control.




1700-1749   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)
Death of Britain's King William III, 8 Mar. 1702; succeeded by Queen Anne.
The Almanach Royal, Paris, 1707 and 1708, contained a section "Liste générale des postes de France", which developed into a separate publication in other hands, and continued until 1859.

Almanac ou Calendrier pour l'Année ..., Paris : Laurent D'Houry, 1683-1699.
Almanach Domestique, ou Calendrier pour l'Année 1691, Paris : Estienne Michallet.
  • 1691 (link), "Table des jours que partent les Couriers ordinaires de Paris ...", p. (27)-(37) (link).
    • p. (29), Constantinople, le lundi au soir, il faut payer le port jusqu'à Lyon (link).
    • p. (37), post boxes in Paris (link).
  • 1692 (link), "Liste alphabetique des villes & lieux ... où les Couriers des Postes generales de France portent les lettres & paquets", p. (47)-(62) (link).
    • p. (50), Constantinople, Lundi, mercredi & vendr. à minuit, payez le port jusqu'à Marseille (link).
    • p. (61-62), post boxes in Paris, etc. (link).
  • 1693 (link), same, p. (49)-(64) (link).
  • 1694 (link), same, p. (49)-(64) (link).
  • 1695 (link), "Liste generale et alphabetique des Postes [de France]", p. (65)-(80) (link).
  • 1696 (link), same, p. 65-80 (link).
  • 1697 (link), same, p. 65-80 (link).
  • 1698 (link), same, p. 81-96 (link).
  • 1699 (link), same, p. 81-96 (link).

Almanach Royal, pour l'Année [or, l'An] ..., Paris : Laurent d'Houry, 1700-1792.

  • 1700 (link), "Liste generale et alphabetique des Postes [de France]", p. 81-96 (link); "Memoire general des Couriers de France qui partiront de Paris ...", p. 97-100 (link).
  • 1701 (link), Memoire ..., p. 78-80 (link); Liste ..., p. 81-96 (link).
  • 1702 (link), Memoire ..., p. 78-80 (link); Liste ..., p. 81-96 (link).
  • 1703 (link), Memoire ..., p. 77-80 (link); Liste ..., p. 81-96 (link); "Route des Postes par alphabet, ...", p. 113-115 (link).
  • 1704 (link), Memoire ..., p. 101-104 (link); Liste ..., p. 105-120 (link); Route ..., p. 137-139 (link).
  • 1705 (link), Memoire ..., p. 109-112 (link); Liste ..., p. 113-128 (link).
  • 1706 (link), Memoire ..., p. 111-112 (link); Liste ..., p. 113-128 (link); Route ..., p. 145-147 (link).
  • 1707 (link), Memoire ..., p. 127-128 (link); "Ordre general des couriers par alphabet ... pour les lettres", p. 129-144 (link); "Liste generale des Postes de France", p. 161-173 (link).
  • 1708 (link), Memoire ..., p. 127-128 (link); Ordre ..., p. 129-144 (link); "Liste generale des Postes de France, Corrigée & Augmentée", p. 161-173 (link).
  • 1709 (link), Memoire ..., p. 143-144 (link); Ordre ..., p. 145-160 (link); "Routes des postes du Royaume", p. 177-192 (link).
  • 1710 (link), Memoire ..., p. 143-144 (link); Ordre ..., p. 145-161 (link); Routes ..., p. 177-192 (link).
  • 1711 (link), Memoire ..., p. 147-149 (link); Ordre ..., p. 149-166 (link).
  • 1712 (link), Memoire ..., p. 157-159 (link); Ordre ..., p. 159-176 (link).
  • 1713 (link), Memoire ..., p. 162-164 (link); Ordre ..., p. 165-182 (link).
  • 1714 (link), Memoire ..., p. 177-179 (link); Ordre ..., p. 179-197 (link).
  • 1715 (link), Memoire ..., p. 242-244 (link); Ordre ..., p. 244-264 (link).
  • etc., to 1792
  • Almanach national de France, 1793-1804  (BnF)
    Almanach impérial, 1805-1813  (BnF)
    Almanach royal, 1814-1830  (BnF)
    Almanach royal et national, 1831-1847  (BnF)
    Almanach national, 1848-1852  (BnF)
    Almanach impérial, 1853-1871  (BnF)
    Almanach national, 1872-1919  (BnF)
Liste générale des postes de France, Paris : Sieur Jaillot, 1706-1779; Paris : Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1780-1786.
  • From the earliest title pages, "Pour le Service du Roy et pour la Commodité du Public.", "For the service of the King and the convenience of the public."
  • Published annually or semi-annually; we list those volumes reliably reported to still exist.
  • The number of pages varies, from about 40 at the beginning, to about 200 in 1786; the page size increased as well.  The text was engraved until 1771, then printed from type with an engraved title page.
  • The official sponsor varies; "Dressé par ordre de ... ministre et secretaire d'estat ..." or similar.
  • A map, Carte Générale des Routes des Postes de France, Carte Générale des Postes de France, Carte géométrique des Routes de Postes, or Tableau Générale des Postes, or similar, was included for an additional charge; it seldom appears in these digital versions, even if present in the original.
  • BnF, various locations, 1708, 1714, 1721-22, 1740-41, 1747, 1754-57, 1759-60, 1763-65, 1769-72, 1774-86
  • British Library, 1718, 1721, 1726, 1733, 1746, 1758, 1764, 1772, 1776-77, 1780, 1783, 1785
  • Princeton Univ., http://pulsearch.princeton.edu/catalog/2138793, etc.
  • Univ. Pennsylvania [Penn], http://franklin.library.upenn.edu/; 1706, 1708, 1716, 1718, 1720-1722, 1726, 1730-1731, 1736, 1740-1745, 1747, 1749, 1752-1757, 1759-1760, 1763, 1765-1767, 1769-1770, 1772-1786
  • Sir H. George Fordham, see below, 1708, 1715, 1718, 1721-22, 1724, 1726, 1730-31, 1733, 1737-38, 1741, 1744, 1747, 1750-56, 1759-61, 1763-64, 1767, 1770-72, 1774-79.  The two editions reported for 1772 are perhaps Janvier and Juillet.  Title pages are illustrated for 1708, 1724, 1730, 1752, 1767, 1772, and sample pages from 1708, 1772, with notes on counterfeit or pirate editions from a few years (1712, 1723?, 1748?).  Fordham's book collection is now at the Royal Geographical Society (link).
  • Nougaret (tome II) gives a table indicating the official sponsor, number of pages, and publisher, 1706-1859, but data is missing for many years.
État général des postes de France, Paris, 1787-1824.  [The title varies]
  • État général des postes de France, Paris : Philippe-Denys Pierres, 1787-1793
  • État général des postes de la République française, an III-an VI
  • État général des postes aux chevaux et aux lettres de la République française, an VI [éd. augmentée]-an IX
  • État général des postes ..., an X
  • État général des relais de postes, Paris : Imprimerie de la République, An XI (1802-3)
  • État général des postes aux chevaux ..., an XII
  • État général des postes et relais de l'Empire français, Paris : Imprimerie impériale, An XIII (1804-5), 1806-1810
  • État général des routes de poste de l'Empire français, du Royaume d'Italie et de la Confédération du Rhin, Paris : Imprimerie impériale, 1811, 1812, 1814
  • État général, par ordre alphabétique, des routes de poste de l'Empire français, du Royaume d'Italie, de la Confédération du Rhin, &c. &c., Paris : Imprimerie impériale, 1813
  • État général des postes du Royaume de France, Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1814-1824
  • From 1806 to 1814 with the additional heading "Postes impériales", but 1814 also without it (the Royal version).
Livre de poste, ou État général des postes du Royaume de France, Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1825-1837.  [The title varies.]
  • Livre de poste, ou État général des postes du Royaume de France, 1825-1829
  • Livre de poste, ou État général des postes aux chevaux du Royaume de France, 1830-1832
  • Livre de poste, ou État général des postes aux chevaux du Royaume de France, des relais des routes desservies en poste, conduisant des frontières de France aux principales capitales de l'Europe, 1833-1837
Livre de poste ..., Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1838-1859.  [The title varies.]
  • Livre de poste indiquant 1° les postes aux chevaux du Royaume de France, 2° les relais des routes desservies en poste, conduisant des frontières de France aux principales capitales de l'Europe, 3° l'organisation du service des paquebots de la Méditerranée, 1838-1839
  • Livre de poste contenant 1° la désignation des relais de poste du royaume, et la fixation des distances en myriamètres et kilomètres, 2° l'indication des relais placés sur les routes étrangères, à partir des frontières de France, 3° le tableau du service des paquebots de la Méditerranée, 1840-1848
  • Livre de poste contenant 1° la désignation des relais de poste de la République française, et la fixation des distances en myriamètres et kilomètres, 2° l'indication des relais placés sur les routes étrangères, à partir des frontières de France, 3° le tableau du service des paquebots de la Méditerranée, 1849-1851
  • Livre de poste contenant 1° la désignation des relais de poste de l'Empire français, et la fixation des distances en myriamètres et kilomètres, 2° l'indication des relais placés sur les routes étrangères, à partir des frontières de France, 3° le tableau du service des paquebots de la Méditerranée, 1852-1859
  • Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1838-1848
  • Paris : Imprimerie nationale, 1849-1851
  • Paris : Imprimerie impériale, 1852-1859
See also,

Maps,
Jacques Le Quien De La Neufville, Origine de postes chez les anciens et chez les modernes, Paris, 1708 and 1709.
[Jacques Le Quien De La Neufville], Usage des postes chez les anciens et les modernes, nouvelle édition, Paris, 1730, xii + 467 + [29] p.

See also,

  • F.-A. Quinet, Essai de Bibliographie postale, 1906, pp. 33-36 (link), who describes the 1708 edition as the first work in French on the general history of the posts.  Quinet does not mention the 1709 version.  It is noted that, the author having died in 1727, his name was purged from the 1730 edition.
  • Wikipedia (French), Jacques Le Quien de La Neufville
An Act for establishing a General Post Office for all Her Majesties Dominions, and for settling a weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War and other Her Majesties Occasions.

June 23, 1711, proclamation of Queen Anne, establishing a post office in America, under this statute.
Death of Britain's Queen Anne, Aug. 1, 1714; succeeded by George I.
A Collection of the Statutes Now in Force, Relating to the Stamp-Duties, London,
Stamped paper was a means of collecting taxes (duties) on documents, including "journals, mercuries, and news-papers".  For a more complete history, including the British and French adhesive revenue stamps introduced in 1853 and 1859, see
Death of Britain's King George I, June 11, 1727; succeeded by George II.
Compleat Guide to all persons who have any trade or concern with the City of London, and parts adjacent.
  • J. Osborn, Compleat Guide, Complete Guide, New Complete Guide
    • variously published by Osborn, Longman, Hitch, Baldwin, etc.
    • 1740, 1740, 1744, 1749, 1752, 1755, 1758, 1760, 1763, 1765
    • ECCO - 1740, 1740, 1744, 1749, 1752, 1755, 1760, 1763
    • 1770, 1772, 1777
    • The first edition appeared in Aug. 1739 [ref]; it had some postage information.
    • 1st ed., 1740, 151 p.  Rates of postage, etc., p. 104-115.
  • Baldwin's New Complete Guide
    • 1768, 1770  [all, ECCO]
  • The New Complete Guide

For more detailed listings, see Charles W.F. Goss, The London Directories 1677-1855, London : Denis Archer, 1932.




1750-1799   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)
The Gregorian calendar was introduced in England, Scotland and the British dominions, with Sep. 2 followed by Sep. 14, 1752.  Under the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, the legal year now began Jan. 1, instead of March 25; Scotland had already made this change in 1600.
Benjamin Franklin and William Hunter appointed Deputy Postmasters for North America, 10 Aug. 1753.

B. Franklin and W. Hunter, Post Office Instructions and Directions, 1753 or 1754.

Franklin and Hunter, Additional Instruction to the Deputy Postmasters of North America, 10 Mar. 1758.

Franklin was dismissed from office, 31 Jan. 1774.
Dictionnaire des postes, Paris.  [The title varies.]
The Universal Scots Almanack, Edinburgh : John Chapman, containing,
  • Lists of the Commissioners, &c., of the Stamp-duties, Customs, Excise, Post-Office, ..., in England
  • Lists of the Commissioners, &c., of Excise, Customs, Post-Office, Stamp-Office, ..., in Scotland
  • Table of the Post-Towns in Scotland, with the Time of each Post's Departure from, and Arrival at Edinburgh, with the Postage of the Letters
  • etc.
  • advertised, "just published", Caledonian Mercury, 9 Dec. 1756.
Later editions, published by others,
John Rocque, A General Map of the Post Roads of Europe wherein all the post stages with their distances are particularly expressed, London : Robert Sayer.
  • Second title, Carte générale des postes de l'Europe, dans laquelle on a tracé toutes les routes, et marqué tous les lieux ou la poste est etablie.
Death of Britain's King George II, Oct. 25, 1760; succeeded by George III.
Nouveau journal des postes, et tarif des ports de lettres, Paris, 1760 and later.

Edme-Giles Guyot, Guide des lettres, Paris, 1763-1791.

Edme-Giles Guyot, Petit guide des lettres, Paris, 1773-1776, 70 p.
The New-York Pocket Almanack, For the Year 1762, New-York : H. Gaine, 60 p.
  • PDF [ECCO] [British Library]
  • p. 23.  Messrs. Franklin and Hunter, Esquires, Printers, Post-Masters General for N. America.  Alexander Colden, Esq; Post-Master, New-York.  Mr. William Dunlap, Printer, Post-Master, Philadelphia.
Franz Joseph Heger, Post-Tabellen oder Verzeichnuß deren Post-Strassen in dem Kayserlichen Romischen Reich ..., Mainz : Häffner, [1764], 18 + 130 + [12] p.
The Gentleman and Citizen's Pocket-Almanack, For the Year 1766, Philadelphia : Andrew Steuart, 46 p.
  • PDF [ECCO] [Library of Congress]
  • p. 19, Postmasters.  B. Franklin and J. Foxcroft, Esquires, Postmasters-General for North-America.  James Parker, Comptroller of the Post-Offices in North-America.  Peter Franklin, Postmaster in Philadelphia.  Alexander Colden, Postmaster in New-York.  Peter Quintard, Benjamin Mecom, and Joseph Chew, Postmasters in Connecticut.  Thomas Vernon, John Case, and William Goddard, Postmasters in Rhode-Island.  Tuthill Hubbard, Postmaster in Boston.  Daniel Fowle, Postmaster in New Hampshire.  John Stretch, Postmaster in Virginia.  Anthony Stewart, Postmaster in Maryland.
The American Calendar, or an Almanack, For the Year of our Lord, 1767, Philadelphia : William and Thomas Bradford, 40 p.
  • PDF [ECCO] [Library of Congress]
  • p. 26-28, Roads and Post Towns.
A Collection of the Statutes Now in Force, Relating to the Post Office, London : Mark Baskett, 1767, 176 p.
  • p. 5-152, 9 Anne to 7 George III
  • p. 153-172, An Abstract of Several Clauses now in Force, Relating to the Post-Office, Taken from various Acts of Parliament
  • p. 173-176, The Table [of contents]

Act of 1765, 5 Geo. III c. 25, modifying Act of 1711, 9 Anne c. 10 (see above), effective Oct. 10, 1765.
Three postmarks of Dublin and London were illustrated to accompany a complaint about threatening letters sent to the Duchess of Northumberland.
François-Joseph Heger, Tablettes de postes de l'Empire d'Allemagne et des provinces limitrophes, Dédiées à Son Altesse Sérénissime Monseigneur Alexandre-Ferdinand, Prince de la Tour et Tassis, etc.

Mayence [Mainz] : Haeffner, n.d. [1770-1790], vi + 182 p.
Manheim, Brussels : Lemaire, n.d. [1770-1790], vi + 182 p.
Aix-La-Chapelle : R.A. de Saint-Aubin, n.d. [1770-1790], vi + 190 p.
Brussels : B. Le Francq, 1793, xvi + 196 p.
Poste aux lettres, etc.
The New-York Pocket Almanack, For the Year 1771, New-York : Hugh Gaine, 48 p.
  • PDF [ECCO] [Boston PL]
  • p. 19, Packet-Boats, Mails.
  • p. 27, Deputy Post Masters General, Benjamin Franklin, and William Foxcroft, Esqrs., for the Northern District; Peter De Lancey, Esq., for the Southern District.
Journal kept by Hugh Finlay, Surveyor of the Post Roads on the Continent of North America, during his Survey of the Post Offices between Falmouth and Casco Bay in the Province of Massachusetts, and Savannah in Georgia : begun the 13th Septr. 1773 and ended 26th June 1774.
Contemporary news reports, from Readex/Newsbank, America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922.
  • The Massachusetts Gazette, Boston, Oct. 18, 1773, p. 3.
    • Quebec, September 19.  On Monday last the Hon. Hugh Finlay, Esq; one of his Majesty's Council for this province, and Surveyor General of the Post-Roads in North-America, set out from this city, attended by Mr. Launiere an Indian Interpreter, and four Indians, with an intention to steer a direct course through the woods from Satigan in this province to Fort Halifax, in New England, in order to ascertain the uninhabited distance, and to estimate the expence of opening a post road that way, if it should be found practicable; a thing so long in agitation, so much desired, and that must be of such mutual advantage to both provinces; and afterwards to make a tour to the southward to survey the several post-roads in the King's dominions on the continent.
    • Boston, October 18.  The Hon. Hugh Finlay, Esq; Surveyor General of the Post-Roads in North-America, arrived in Town last Week from Quebec, by way of Kennebec, which he has found to be the nearest and best Conveyance between that and the New-England Provinces.
  • The Providence Gazette, Providence, Rhode Island, Oct. 30, 1773, p. 3.
    • Providence, October 30.  The Honourable Hugh Finlay, Esq; Surveyor General of his Majesty's Post Roads on the Continent of North-America, arrived here on Monday last from Boston.  This worthy and ingenious Gentleman left Quebec on the 13th of September, accompanied by four Abenaqui Indians, and two Hurons, to explore a short Rout from Canada to the nearest Settlements in the Province of Massachusetts-Bay.  He was ten Days in the Woods between the last Inhabitants in the Province of Quebec, and the first Settlements on Kennebec River, in New-England, and has reported the Distance from Quebec to Boston to be 426 miles.
    • (continued at length, not copied here)
  • The Connecticut Gazette, New London, Mar. 4, 1774, p. 3.
    • The Hon. Hugh Finlay, Esq; Surveyor General of the post roads, having completed his survey at the Southward, left Charles-Town, South-Carolina, about the middle of January, on his return to Canada.
  • The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, Apr. 20, 1774, p. 2.
    • Hugh Finlay, Esq; Surveyor of the Posts in North-America, is appointed Deputy Post-master General, in the room of Dr. Franklin.

See also,

  • Ellen Z. McGrew, Finding Aid, Hugh Finlay Journal, 1773-1774, Jan. 1981, http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll15/id/358
    • "There is also a manuscript copy with the Haldimand Manuscripts in the British Museum."  See the British (link) and Canadian (link, link) archives, and Kenneth S. Mackenzie, Canadian Postal History Sources, Archivaria, Jan. 1979, p. 151-177 (link).  Frederick Haldimand (bio) served as British military commander in New York and Boston, 1773-1775, and Governor of Quebec, 1778-1784.
  • Alison M. Gavin, In the King's Service, Prologue Magazine, Summer 2009, http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2009/summer/finlay.html
    • Illustrations from the original manuscript, which is in the US National Archives, formerly in the library of the Post Office Dept. (link, link, link).
William Goddard's plan for an independent post office in the American colonies, Essex Gazette, Mar. 15, 1774, p. 135.

William Goddard, The plan for establishing a new American post-office, [Boston, 1774], 1 sheet.

  • -- ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W35782
  • Illustrated in CCP, July 1974, vol. 53, no. 4, p. 222-223, in an extended article by Calvet M. Hahn.
Constitutional American Post Office, Baltimore, July 2, 1774, reprinted in American Archives, vol. 1, col. 500-504 (link).

See also, Joseph M. Adelman, "A Constitutional Conveyance of Intelligence, Public and Private": The Post Office, the Business of Printing, and the American Revolution, Enterprise & Society, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Dec. 2010), pp. 711-754, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23701246

William Goddard's sister, Mary Katharine Goddard, was Postmaster of Baltimore from 1775 to Sep. 1789.
  • letter to George Washington, Dec. 1789 (link).
  • Erick Trickey, Mary Katharine Goddard, the Woman who Signed the Declaration of Independence, Smithsonian Magazine, Nov. 14, 2018 (link).
  • Christopher J. Young, Mary K. Goddard: A Classical Republican in a Revolutionary Age, Maryland Historical Magazine, Spring 2001, p. 5-27 (pdf).
A Collection of the Statutes Now in Force, Relating to the Post-Office, New-York : Hugh Gaine, 1774, 174 pp.
  • Identical to the 1767 Collection published in London, but reset.
  • p. 5-150, 9 Anne to 7 George III
  • p. 151-170, An Abstract of Several Clauses now in Force, Relating to the Post-Office, Taken from various Acts of Parliament
  • p. 171-174, The Table [of contents]
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Mills and Hicks's British and American Register, with an Almanack For the Year 1774, Boston : Mills and Hicks, 108 p.
  • PDF [ECCO] [British Library]
  • Posts, p. 3.  Post Office [in Britain], p. 45.  Post Office [in America], p. 60.  Post Office [in America], p. 107.
Mills and Hicks's British and American Register, with an Almanack For the Year 1781, New York : Mills and Hicks, 140 p.
  • PDF [ECCO] [Library of Congress]
  • General Post Office [in Britain], p. 51.  Post Office [in Canada], p. 130.
The British and American Register, with an Almanack For the Year 1782, New York : Robertson's, Mills and Hicks, 140 p.
  • PDF [ECCO] [Boston PL]  p. 63-70 missing.
  • General Post Office [in Britain], p. 51.  Post Office [in Canada], p. 132.  Index, p. 140.
The 1781 and 1782 volumes are plainly on the side of the loyalists.
A collection of stamp duty markings was begun by John Bourke of Dublin in 1774.  It is essentially an official register of stamp impressions from the Irish revenue office.
  • Joseph E. Foley, World's First Stamp Collection, CCP, Sep.-Oct. 1993, vol. 72, no. 5, p. 271-280.
  • Samuel B. Frank and Josef Schonfeld, The Stamp Duty of Great Britain and Ireland, 1974, vol. 3.
Gaine's Universal Register, or, American and British Kalendar, For the Year 1775, New York : H. Gaine, 168 p.
  • PDF [ECCO] [British Library]
  • His Majesty's Post-Masters General [in Britain], p. 37.
  • General Post-Office [in America], p. 58.
  • Post Office [in New York], p. 110.
  • Post-Masters [in Rhode Island], p. 119-120.
  • The Post [in Canada], p. 134-135.
  • Weight and Value of Coins, p. 148.
  • Roads, with rates of postage from New York, p. 165-168.

Gaine's Universal Register, or, American and British Kalendar, for the year 1776, New York : H. Gaine, 168 p.

  • PDF [ECCO] [British Library]
  • Map of New York City.
  • Weight and Value of Coins, p. 3.
  • His Majesty's Post-Masters General [in Britain], p. 36.
  • General Post-Office [in America], p. 69.
  • Post Office [in New York], p. 119-120.
  • The Post [in Rhode Island], p. 128.
  • Roads, with rates of postage from New York, p. 165-168.
Benjamin Franklin was appointed Postmaster General under the [US] Continental Congress, July 26, 1775.  His successors (to 1789), by appointment date, were
  • Richard Bache (Franklin's son-in-law), Nov. 7, 1776
    • Bache had been Comptroller of the Post Office since 1775; he appointed Peter Baynton as his successor to that position (ref).
  • Ebenezer Hazard, Jan. 28, 1782; James Bryson, Assistant Postmaster General
    • Hazard had been named Postmaster for New York in 1775 (ref).
The Ledger of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Postmaster General, 1776.
  • Post Office accounts, 1775-1779, prepared by Richard Bache.
  • See the printed version of 1865, below.
Ordonnance du Roi en faveur des maîtres de postes aux chevaux et de la ferme des messageries, contre les entreprises des loueurs de chevaux, Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1779, 3 p.
Great Britain. Post Office.  An account of the salaries and allowances to the several officers employed in the General Post Office, the Bye and Cross Road Letter Office and the Penny Post Office, with the amount of all fees, gratuities and perquisites, coals, candles, &c. for year ending the 5th Jan[uar]y 1782 [manuscript], 1783.
  • -- NPM, Rare Books, HE6935 .G753 1783
The New Complete Guide To all Persons who have any Trade or Concern with the City of London, and Parts Adjacent.
The Pennsylvania Pocket Almanac, For the Year 1784, Philadelphia : Thomas Bradford, 24 p.
  • PDF [ECCO] [Library of Congress]
  • A List of the Post Road from Falmouth, in Casco-Bay, to Savanna, in Georgia, with the Names of the Post Towns, and the Distance between each, p. 20.
Guia General de Postas para el ano de ... .  Madrid.
  • 1785
    • -- Loganian Library, Philadelphia (ref)
    • -- Library Company of Philadelphia (custodian of the Loganian Library) (ref)
  • 1794
    • -- Library Company of Philadelphia (ref)
George Washington to Ebenezer Hazard, 8 June 1789, requesting a report on the general state of the United States Post Office.
        New York June 8th 1789
Sir,
    As I have (without doing it officially) requested from the Heads of the several Executive Departments such information as might be requisite to bring me acquainted with the business and duties of the Departments, I have thought fit to ask, in the same informal manner, for some specific information, in writing, relative to the past and present state of the Post-Office.  I must, therefore, request you will advise of the general state of the Establishment — of the annual expences of conducting the whole business, for every year, since you have been at the Head of it — and of the annual income, for every year, during the same period — by which the exact deficiency, or profits of the Post-Office, yearly, will be seen at a single glance.  I presume the department has been managed in so methodical a manner, that there can be but little trouble or delay in making the necessary Report and Abstracts.
    I am, with due consideration, Sir, Your most Obedt. Servt. [obedient servant] - G. Washington
Ebenezar Hazard Esqr. Post Master General.
George Washington to Ebenezer Hazard, 3 July 1789, in response to Hazard's reply of 27 June 1789, which is lost.
George Washington to Ebenezer Hazard, 17 July 1789, in response to Hazard's reply of 15 July 1789, which is lost.
A further response came from Samuel Osgood, 9 Dec. 1789 (see below).

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Samuel Osgood was appointed US Postmaster General under the Constitution, 26 Sep. 1789. 
An Ordinance for Regulating the Post-Office of the United States of America, Passed the 18th of October, 1782.  Published by order of the Postmaster-General, New York : Childs and Swaine, Oct. 1789.
  • This ordinance formally established the Post Office under the Continental Congress.
  • Journals of the Continental Congress, vol. 23, p. 669-679.  Amended, 28 Oct. 1782, p. 687-689; 24 Dec. 1782, p. 830.
  • Noted by Theron Wierenga, Chronicle, May 2002, p. 89 (ref), as being "in the National Philatelic Collection Library", but it does not appear as such in the National Postal Museum Library catalogue.

A similar item, An Ordinance For regulating the Post-Office of the United States of America, 4 p. broadside.

  • http://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.21300300/  [LOC] (implausibly dated as 1790, by which time Ordinances under the Articles of Confederation had been replaced by Acts under the Constitution).
  • ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W17666
  • This is actually a draft of a new ordinance, that was never fully enacted; Journals of the Continental Congress, 14 Feb. 1787 (ref).  Postage rates were later reduced by resolution of 20 Oct. 1787, effective 5 Apr. 1788 (ref), based on a proposal of 13 Mar. 1787 (ref).
US National Archives, Letters Sent By the Postmaster General, 1789-1836
Samuel Osgood to George Washington, 9 Dec. 1789.
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M. De Saint-Victour, Mémoire sur la réunion des trois services, des postes aux chevaux, de la poste aux lettres, et des messageries, sous une seule administration, Paris, 1790, 32 p.
Plan for Improving the [US] Post Office Department, Samuel Osgood to Alexander Hamilton, Jan. 20, 1790.
Survey and Publication of the [US] Post Roads, Apr. 26, 1790.
List of [US] Post Offices, and the Receipts and Expenditures to January 5, 1790.
  • American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 2, No. 3, p. 8-12 (link).
  • Letter of Samuel Osgood, and list, dated General Post Office, New York, April 26, 1790.
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Clement Biddle, The Philadelphia Directory, Philadelphia : James & Johnson, 1791.  Copyright date Mar. 18, 1791.
  • http://archive.org/details/philadelphiadire1791phil  [Chester County Historical Society]
  • (Evans 23205)
  • Post Office, United States, with list of post offices and postmasters, p. 158-160 (link).
  • Post Office, Philadelphia, p. 169 (link).
  • The postmaster list includes appointments made as late as 21 Dec. 1790 (by comparison to the Postmaster General's Letter Books).
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List of [US] Post Offices, and the Receipts and Expenditures for the year ending October 5, 1791.
  • American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 4, p. 13-14 (list).
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An Act to establish the Post-Office and Post Roads within the United States, Feb. 20, 1792.  Effective June 1, 1792.
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Timothy Pickering, Instructions to the Deputy Postmasters, [Philadelphia, 1792], 5 + [1] + 4 p.
France, [Direction générale des postes], Instruction générale sur le service des postes, Paris : l'Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, Imprimeur de l'Administration des Postes, [1792], viii + 161 p.  (Nougaret 1879; viii + 166 p.)
Later editions, 1808, 1810, 1832-1833, 1839, 1856, 1868, 1876 (see below).
  • 1808, Paris : l'Imprimerie impériale, 176 p.  (Nougaret 1881)
  • 1810, Paris : l'Imprimerie impériale, 419 p.
    • -- GK entry number 20151, Reel 1994.  "'With a second title-page in Dutch and the Dutch and French texts on opposite pages."
  • 1811, bilingual edition, French-German, pub. Hamburg (Nougaret 1881)
Account of the Days and Hours of the Post Going Out Of, and Coming Into, the City of Gloucester, 1792?, 1 sheet.
Letter of US Postmaster General Timothy Pickering, in response to a request from the US House Post Office Committee, Dec. 31, 1792.
  • Postmaster General Letter Books, Microfilm Roll 2, p. 266-276.
  • transcribed, in, Calvet M. Hahn, An Informed Commentary on the First Comprehensive Constitutional Post Office Act, CCP, Mar.-Apr. 1990, vol. 69, no. 2, p. 109-123.
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A Collection of the Statutes Relating to the Post Office, London, 1793, 281 p.
John Palmer's postal reforms in Britain, Parliamentary Reports from 1793 to 1813.
  • Starting in 1782, John Palmer suggested and implemented changes in the British mail-coach system, in return for a percentage of increased postal receipts.  The Post Office fought his ideas, and after the ideas were proved correct, they fought the payment.  Parliament finally awarded £50,000 in 1813.
Carte géométrique des Routes de Postes du royaume
  • 1788, bound with État général des postes de France, APRL (see above)
Carte géométrique des Routes de Postes de la Republique Françoise [Française],
État général et carte géométrique Des Routes de la République Française, desservies en Poste, ..., suivi d'un État-Général de la Poste aux Lettres, Paris : Duchesne, An IX (1800-1801), xxxii + 155 p.
Thomas Stephens, Stephens's Philadelphia Directory, for 1796, ... , To all which are added, a complete Account of the Post Office Establishment, ... , Philadelphia : Thomas Stephens, 1795, 20 + 286 + 70 p.
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Map of the United States, Exhibiting the Post-Roads, the situations, connections & distances of the Post-Offices, Stage Roads, Counties, Ports of Entry and Delivery for Foreign Vessels, and the Principal Rivers, by Abraham Bradley, Jun, Philadelphia, on sale from the author at the General Post-Office and at his house.  Registered with the copyright office, Sep. 26, 1796; notice published in the Gazette of the United States, Oct. 3, 1796.

Additional maps by Abraham Bradley, Jr., not a complete list
Table of post-offices in the United States, with the distance from the post-office at Philadelphia to every other post-office here mentioned, Philadelphia, 1796, 1 sheet.
  • Includes rates of postage and an abridged copy of postal regulations; signed and dated: General Post-Office, Philadelphia, November 15, 1796, Joseph Habersham, post-master-general.
  • -- ESTC, http://estc.bl.uk/W15497
  • (Bristol B9774; Shipton & Mooney 47980), digital image from Readex/Newsbank, original at American Antiquarian Society
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Samuel A. Ruddock, A Geographical View of All the Post Towns in the United States of America, and their Distances from each other According to the Establishment of the Postmaster General.  Boston, 1796, 1 sheet.
  • Massachusetts Historical Society, http://masshist.org/database/3315.
  • Diane DeBlois, Archival Discovery: 1796 Broadside Chart of Postal Distances and Rates, The Chronicle, USPCS, May 2017, vol. 69, no. 2, whole no. 254, p. 155-160.
  • (Sabin 73890)
  • (Evans 31132)  Dated 12 May 1796.
Samuel A. Ruddock, A Geographical View of all the Post Towns in the United States of America, and their Distances from each other, According to the Establishment of the Post Master General.  Also, the latitude and longitude of all principal towns from the most accurate and authentic calculations.  To which is added, a view of the length and breadth of the several United States, including the number of counties, square miles, and number of acres they separately contain, together with the latitudes and longitudes they are divided between.  Likewise the number of inhabitants they disjointly contained at the last census.  In like manner the time when they singly ratified the Federal Constitution.  With the rates of postage of letters from one place to another, &c.  Boston : Sold ... at the Boston Book-Store, 1796, 1 sheet.
Similar, Edinburgh, 1814.
Similar, variously described as printed on cotton, linen or chintz, dated 1815.
  • Diane DeBlois, Postal History You Can Wear: U.S. Rates-and-Routes Bandana from 1815, The Chronicle, USPCS, May 2015, vol. 67, no. 2, whole no. 246, p. 151-155.
  • Anderson Galleries, New York, 1920 (link).
  • Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps, 2020, digital image on offer (link).
  • Newport Historical Society (link).
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New Postage on Letters.  A Correct List of the Principal Towns in England and Wales, with their distances calculated from the General Post Office, London, with the Rates of Postage as directed by the late Act of Parliament affixed to each town.  To which is added, an Abstract of the Act for regulating the postage on letters, from and after Thursday, the 5th of January, 1797.  London : Laurie and Whittle, 1797, 29 + [3] p.
Jedidiah Morse, The American Gazetteer, Boston, 1797, not paginated, about 640 p.
  • Preface dated June 1, 1797.
  • Table of Post-Offices in the United States with the Distance from the Post-Office at Philadelphia to every other Post-Office here mentioned.  Rates of Postage, Ship Letters, Observations, Free Letters.  Abraham Bradley, jun., Clerk in the General Post-Office, Philadelphia, November 2, 1796. 7 p.  (link, link, link).

Further editions,

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Charles Bonnor [or, Bonner], The Proceedings and Correspondence, Relating to Certain Articles of Accusation, Which were exhibited under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, against the Principal and Resident Surveyor, and the Presidents of the Inland Office; founded on a Conviction that the Mismanagement of the Inland Department of the General Post-Office, among numerous other ill Consequences, exposes its Revenues to a Waste exceeding One Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling Per Annum, London, 1798, x + 76 + [2] p.
  • A proposal for (what later became) a Certificate of Posting is illustrated on p. 69 (link).
  • Bonnor was deputy to John Palmer at the British Post Office.  Since 1786, their titles were (Palmer) Surveyor and Comptroller General, and (Bonnor) Resident Surveyor and Deputy Comptroller General.  In 1797 they were both drawing pensions from the Post Office (link).
The Post-Office Law, with Instructions, Forms and Tables of Distances, Published for the Regulation of the Post-Offices, Philadelphia, 1798; Washington, 1800.
  • Charles Cist, 1738-1805.
  • His son Jacob Cist, 1782-1825, was employed as a Post Office clerk in 1807-1808 (ref), and later was Postmaster of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
    • Jacob Cist correspondence, http://dla.library.upenn.edu/
    • Phineas Bradley intervened to send Jacob Cist to Wilkes-Barre (ref, but with several errors of fact).
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1800-1809   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)
Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Sessions 1801 - 1809.  (previous, next)
Post Office Directories for London, etc., from 1800 to 1875 (and later, and elsewhere in Britain).
The State of the Nation, with Respect to its Public Funded Debt, Revenue, and Disbursement, comprized in the Report of the Select Committee on Finance, London, 1798-1800, 4 vol.
Table of post offices and rates of postage of single letters for post offices in the state of Massachusetts, distance computed from Boston to each other office, Philadelphia, 1800, 1 sheet.
  • Signed and dated: General Post Office, Philadelphia, April 14, 1800, Joseph Habersham, postmaster general.
  • (Evans 38908), digital image from Readex/Newsbank, original at American Antiquarian Society
List of Post Offices in the United States, 1800.
  • noted by Arthur Hecht, American Philatelist, Oct. 1958, p. 36, without details
  • noted by Theron Wierenga, Chronicle, May 2002, p. 97 (ref), but not seen by him
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Jan. 1, 1801, by the Acts of Union passed in 1800.
The Trial of Arthur Wallace, Assistant Deputy Post-master of Carlow [Ireland], for stealing notes out of the post bag, and for forgery, Dublin, 1800, 48 p.
Letter and Report from the [US] Post-Master General, accompanying a list of Post Roads, ..., Dec. 24, 1801, [Washington], 8 p.
Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, 1801-1809.

These annual reports originally appeared in documents of the Senate and House of Representatives, but are difficult to find before 1818.  Reprints appeared in
  • American State Papers, Finance, vol. I, 1832; vol. II, 1832; vol. III, 1834; vol. IV, 1858; vol. V, 1859.
  • Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Washington : Duff Green, 1828-1829 (2 vol.), Washington : Blair & Rives, 1837 (3 vol.), Washington : John C. Rives, 1851 (4 vol.).
  • Dec. 21, 1801
    • "The permanent revenues of the United States, according to the laws now in force, consist of, ..., 4th, duties on postage, ... ."  Stamp duties were regarded as a temporary source of revenue.
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 165, vol. I, p. 701-717 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Dec. 20, 1802
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 187, vol. II, p. 5-9 (link).  Postage, p. 5.
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Oct. 25, 1803
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 200, vol. II, p. 47-58 (link).  Postage, p. 48.
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Nov. 21, 1804
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 221, vol. II, p. 107-113 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Dec. 9, 1805
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 234, vol. II, p. 142-160 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Dec. 8, 1806
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 255, vol. II, p. 204-216 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Nov. 7, 1807
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 267, vol. II, p. 246-255 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Dec. 16, 1808
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 287, vol. II, p. 307-316 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • June 2, 1809
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 301, vol. II, p. 365-367 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Dec. 8, 1809
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 305, vol. II, p. 373-384 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
Continued, see 1810-1819.  Starting 1823, see the Reports of the [US] Postmaster General.

Annual Receipts for Seventeen Years, Jan. 4, 1809.  Includes postage of letters, 1793-1807.
  • 10th Congress, 2d Session.  Communicated to the House of Representatives, Jan. 7, 1809.
  • American State Papers, Finance, No. 289, vol. II, p. 318-320 (link).
[John Feltham], The Picture of London, for 1802, London : Richard Phillips, 1802.
  • General Post-Office, Two-penny Post-Office, p. 106-110 (link).
  • Receiving Houses for General and Twopenny Post Letters, p. 367-369 (link).
Later editions, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1811, 1813, 1815, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1833, 1839,  etc.  [British Library, Oxford, Harvard, etc.]
A.F. Lecousturier, F. Chaudouet, Dictionnaire géographique des postes aux lettres de tous les départements de la République française, Paris, An XI (1802).
Le petit livre de poste, ou Départ de Paris de la poste aux lettres, Paris.
Le livre de poste, ou Départ de Paris des courriers de la poste aux lettres, Paris.
Annuaire des postes, ou Manuel du service de la poste aux lettres et aux chevaux, Paris.
Annuaire des postes, ou Manuel du service de la poste aux lettres et aux chevaux : à l'usage du public, et particulièrement des commerçans et voyageurs en malle-poste / publié par ordre de l'administration, Paris, 1834-1852.
Annuaire des postes de l'Empire français, Paris, 1853-1870.
Annuaire des postes de la France, Paris, 1871-1876.
Annuaire des postes de France, Paris, 1877-1878.
Annuaire des postes et télégraphes de France, Paris, 1879.
Annuaire du Ministère des postes et des télégraphes de France, Paris, 1880-1887.
Annuaire de la Direction générale des postes et des télégraphes de France, Paris, 1888-1896.
etc.
William Cobbett, Abuses in the General Post Office, Cobbett's Annual Register, London, Nov. 20-27, 1802, vol. 2, col. 673-686.
List of the Post-Offices and Postmasters in the United States, Washington, 1802.  Dated 5 Jan. 1802.

Message from the President of United States, Transmitting a Roll of the Persons having Office or Employment under the United States, published by order of the Senate, February 16, 1802.
Washington City : Printed by William Duane, 1802; 168 p.

Eight sections, each paginated separately.
  • Title, transmittal letters, external revenues, 52 p.
  • Internal revenues, 22 p.
  • Land offices, 4 p.
  • Deputy postmasters, with a list of post offices established in 1801, 32 p. [but there is no p. 27]
  • Civil establishment, 22 p.  Treasury, p. 15-17; Auditor, p. 16.  Post Office, p. 18.  Mint, p. 21.
  • Foreign, 8 p.
  • Military establishment, 14 p.
  • Naval establishment, 14 p.
  • Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York, from Adam Matthew Digital Archives
Reprinted 1834, in American State Papers, Miscellaneous, vol. I, No. 154, p. 260-319 (link).
  • Introduction, p. 260-261
  • Deputy Postmasters, as of 5 Jan. 1802, p. 289-299
  • A list of Post Offices established in 1801, p. 299-300
  • Post Office, p. 305
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William Graydon, An Abridgment of the Laws of the United States, Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) : John Wyeth, 1803, lvi + 476 + 164 + [16] p.  Dated Mar. 15, 1803 in the copyright notice (link).
Legal references to The Laws of the United States of America, published by authority, Philadelphia : Richard Folwell, etc., 1796-1815, vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5, vol. 6.

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List of the Post-Offices in the United States, with the Counties in which they are situated, and their Distances from Washington City, Washington City : printed by order of the Post-Master-General, 1803, 39 p.  Dated Nov. 7, 1803, on p. 39.
  • Indicates 13 offices which might be opened in the future.
Same title, Baltimore : from the Press of Alexander Martin, 1804, 40 p.  Dated Nov. 7, 1803, on p. 40.
  • (Shaw & Shoemaker 7538)
Reprinted as, List of Post Offices in the United States for 1803 (and Additions to the 1805 List), Chester County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society, 1972.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P1.10/4:803X
  • Further in this series of reprints, 1811, 1813, 1819, 1836, 1854
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Letter from the Post-Master General transmitting An Annual Report on Post Roads, Washington, Nov. 28, 1803, 31 p.
Intercepted Letters.  Letters intercepted on board the Admiral Aplin, captured by the French, and inserted by the French Government in the Moniteur of the 16th September 1804, London, 1804, iv + 107 p.
The Post-Office Law, with Instructions and Forms, Published for the Regulation of the Post-Office[s], Washington, 1804, 1808, 1810, 1812, 1817, 1818.
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W.C. [Walley Chamberlain] Oulton, Esq., The Traveller's Guide; or, English Itinerary : containing accurate and original descriptions of all the counties, cities, towns, villages, hamlets, &c. and their exact distances from London; Together, with the cathedrals, churches, hospitals, gentlemens' seats (with the names of their present possessors), manufactures, harbours, bays, rivers, canals, bridges, lakes, salt and medicinal springs, vales, hills, mountains, mines, castles, curiosities, market days, fairs, inns for post horses, &c.; the whole comprising a complete topography of England and Wales; to which are prefixed, general observations on Great-Britain; including a correct itinerary from London to the several Watering and Sea-Bathing Places, Lists of Inns in London; Mail Coaches; Wharfs; Packet Boats; Rates of Porterage; Postage of Letters; And every other useful Information, equally calculated for the Man of Business and the inquisitive Traveller.  London : J. Cundee and C. Chapple, 1805.
List of Post Offices in the United States, with the Counties in which they are situated, and Their Distances from Washington City, Washington City : printed by order of the Post-Master General, 1805, 47 p.  Dated Aug. 15, 1805.
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"A Barrister", The Trial of George Carr and William Connon, Deputy Assistant Postmasters of the Town of Athlone, at Mullingar, in the County of Westmeath, on Tuesday, the 1st Day of April, 1806, for embezzling the postage of letters, Dublin, 1806, 33 p.
Inquiry into the Conduct of the Postmaster General, communicated to the [US] House of Representatives, April 17, 1806.
  • American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 20, p. 40 (link).
Noah Webster, A Compendious Dictionary for the English Language, Hartford and New Haven : Sidney's Press, 1806, xxiii + 408 p.
  • title page, http://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3a51924/
  • preface dated New-Haven, Jan. 1806; partly transcribed [Wikisource]
  • List of the Post-Offices in the United States, with the Counties in which they are situated, and their Distances from Washington City, p. 371-382.
    • Copied from the 1803 post office list, as the territories created in 1804 and 1805 are not listed (Orleans, Louisiana, Michigan).
  • (Shaw & Shoemaker 11831), digital image from Readex/Newsbank, original at American Antiquarian Society
  • Facsimile edition, 1970
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Progress of the [US] Post Office Department from March 3, 1793 to January 12, 1807, communicated to the House of Representatives, January 19, 1807.
  • American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 21, p. 40-41 (link).
Additional List of Post Offices in the United States, established since the publication of the list in 1805, with the counties in which they are situated, and their distances from Washington City, Washington City : printed by Westcott & Co. printers to the General Post-Office, 1807, 10 p.
Reprinted with the 1803 list, see above.

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List of Post Offices in the United States, including all established before December 31st, 1807, with the counties in which they are situated, and their distances from Washington City, Washington City : printed by Westcott & Co., 1808, 60 p.  Date December 31, 1807, on p. 60.
  • (Shaw & Shoemaker 16456), digital image from Readex/Newsbank, original at American Antiquarian Society
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Letter from the Post-Master General, accompanied with a Report relative to Post Roads within the United States, which have not produced one third part of the expense of carrying the mail upon said roads during the last year, January 7, 1808.  Read and referred to the committee on post-office and post-roads.  Washington, 1808.
Calvin F. Stevens, A List of the Post-Offices in the United States; their names, counties and states; their distance from Washington City; rates of postage and distance from New-York City; with the Laws and Regulations of the Establishment, New York : printed for the author, by I. [Isaac] Riley, 1808, [4] + 92 p.
  • Stevens was a clerk in the New York City post office.  The copyright notice indicates publication before June 3, 1808.
  • Postal laws, p. 1-27; Customs and Usages of the Post-Office, p. 27-40; List of Post-Offices, p. 41-89; Post-days at New York, p. 91-92.  The List includes distance from Washington, distance from New York, and postage from New York; some postmasters are named.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P1.10/4:808X
  • -- New-York Historical Society
  • -- CUL
  • PDF [ProQuest] [LOC]
  • PDF [Readex] (Shaw & Shoemaker 16253)
  • (Sabin 64499)
  • (Sabin 91487)
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État général des postes et relais de l'Italie, Florence : Nicolas Pagni, 8th ed., 1809.




1810-1819   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)
Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Sessions 1810 - 1819.  (previous, next)
Post-Handbuch für das Königreich Baiern, Munich : F.S. [Franz Seraph] Hübschmann.
View of the [US] Post Office Establishment from 1789 to 1809, communicated to the House of Representatives, April 30, 1810.
  • American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 24, p. 43-44 (link).
Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, 1810-1819.
  • Dec. 12, 1810
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 326, vol. II, p. 439-449 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Nov. 25, 1811
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 352, vol. II, p. 495-507 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Dec. 7, 1812
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 380, vol. II, p. 580-591 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • June 3, 1813
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 393, vol. II, p. 622-627 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Jan. 10, 1814
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 403, vol. II, p. 651-662 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Sep. 26, 1814
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 422, vol. II, p. 840-853 (link).  Postage, p. 840-843.  On the postage increase of 1814, see p. 854-855 (link), 866-869 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Dec. 8, 1815
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 454, vol. III, p. 1-32 (link).  Postage, p. 15-16.
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Dec. 20, 1816
    • American State Papers, Finance, No. 490, vol. III, p. 140-147 (link).
    • Reprinted, 1837 (link).
  • Dec. 8, 1817
  • Nov. 24, 1818
  • Dec. 13, 1819
Receipts and Expenditures, from the 4th of March, 1789, to the 31st December, 1815.  Includes postage receipts, 1793-1815.
  • American State Papers, Finance, No. 453, vol. II, p. 919-921 (link).
Previous, see 1801-1809.  Continued, see 1820.  Starting 1823, see the Reports of the [US] Postmaster General.
Table of Post Offices in the United States, with their distances from Washington City, and the names of the post-masters, Washington City : printed for the Post-Master General, 1811, 70 + [6] p.
  • Internally dated April 25, 1811, to May 6, 1811.
  • Includes (p. 68-74, [2]) statistical tables covering 1789 to 1811; postage rates; and appointments, offices established, offices discontinued, and name changes as of May 6, 1811.
Reprinted as, Table of Post Offices in the United States for 1811, Chester County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society, 1972.
Table of Post Offices in the United States, with the Names of the Post-Masters, the Counties and States in which they are Situated, and the Distances from Washington City.  By a Clerk in the General Post-Office, Washington City, 1811, 76 p.
  • reported by Wierenga (2002)
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On behalf of everyone who has had something "disappear" in the mail, we commend to you this old British solution (ref).
Sunday Mails, communicated to the [US] House of Representatives, June 15, 1812.
  • American State Papers, Miscellaneous, vol. II, No. 327, p. 194 (link).
  • Four similar items from 1811-1815, in American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 26-27, 29-30, p. 44-47 (link).
Thomas Moore, Intercepted Letters, or, The Twopenny Post-Bag, London.
Table of Post Offices in the United States, with the Names of the Post-Masters, the counties and states in which they are situated, and the Distances from Washington City, Washington City : by direction of the Post-Master General, 1813, 84 p.
  • p. 82-84, A View of the Progress of the Post-Office Department; Table of the Post-Office Establishment, from 1789 to October 1, 1813; Rates of Postage.
Reprinted as, Table of Post Offices in the United States for 1813, Chester County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society, 1972.
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Ambrose Leet, A Directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland, With reference to the Counties, in which they are Situated, The Post-Town to which each is attached, their Description, or if a Seat, the Name of the Resident, to which is added A General Index of Persons Names ... together with lists of the Post Towns and present Rates of Postage throughout the Empire.  Dublin : Brett Smith, 1814, 2nd ed., 4 + 394 + [56] p.
List of post roads in the United States which "have not in the last year produced one-third part of the expense of carrying the mail on the same.", Washington, Mar. 22, 1814.
The US Postmaster General reported that no official books or papers were lost in the British attack on Washington in August 1814; some other departments were not so fortunate (link).  Thomas Jefferson's personal library was purchased to replace the Library of Congress (link, link).
August Schumann, Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungs-Lexikon von Sachsen, Zwickau, 1814-1833.  More details.
John Melish, 1771-1822, wrote and published a series of books describing the roads and geography of the United States, including information from the Post Office.
  • A Description of the Roads in the United States, compiled from the most authentic materials, 1814-1815.
  • A Statistical Account of the United States, with topographical tables of the counties, towns, population, &c., 1813-1825.
  • A Geographical Description of the United States, with Topographical Tables of the Counties, Towns, Population, &c., 1815-1826.
  • The Traveller's Directory through the United States, consisting of A Geographical Description of the United States, with Topographical Tables of the Counties, Towns, Populations, &c. and A Description of the Roads, compiled from the most authentic materials, 1815-1825.
More details.

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General Post-Office, A Candid Examination, of the Origin and Management, of what is called the Inland Letter-Carrier's Superannuated Fund, by a Friend to Impartial Justice, London, 1815, 48 p.
  • Includes correspondence from Benjamin Critchett, who was Inspector of the Inland Letter-Carriers, and proprietor of the Post-Office London Directory.
Laws of the United States of America, Philadelphia : Bioren and Duane, vol. 1, 1815, 726 p.
  • Origin of the General Post Office of the United States, Ch. 38, p. 649-658 (link).  This covers the period July 26, 1775, to Sep. 20, 1786.
  • The publisher William John Duane was married to a daughter of former Postmaster General Richard Bache, whose wife was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin [Wikipedia] [bio].
The Post-Roads in France, with the routes which conduct to the principal cities in Europe; being a translation of the État général des postes for 1816, London : Samuel Leigh, 1816, 319 p.
  • -- British Library shelfmark General Reference Collection P.P.2412.za.
See also, 1820.
A Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth day of September 1816, Washington, 1816.
  • Next edition 1817, then every two years until 1925, and annual until 1959.
  • Later title, Official Register of the United States.  Commonly known as the Biennial Register or the Official Register.
  • More details, including a subject index related to the Post Office, for the period 1816 to 1959.
Timothy Pitkin, A Statistical View of the Commerce of the United States of America.
Dictionnaire des postes aux lettres du royaume de France, Paris, 1817.
Table of Post-Offices in The United States, with the names of the post-masters, the Counties and States in which they are situated, and the Distances from the City of Washington, by Direction of the Post-Master General, Washington City : Jonathan Elliot, 1817, 88 p.  Dated May 19, 1817, on p. 84.
  • p. 84, "The table has been some time in hand, and a part of it was printed before the erection of the Mississippi State [Act of 1 Mar. 1817, effective 10 Dec. 1817] and Alabama Territory [Act of 3 Mar. 1817, effective 25 Sep. 1817]; hence a few places are incorrectly noted."
  • p. 85-88, Table of the Post-Office Establishment, from 1789 to 1816, inclusive; Rates of Postage; A View of the progress of the Post-Office Department.
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Adam Seybert, Statistical Annals, embracing views of the Population, etc., Philadelphia : Thomas Dobson, 1818, xvii + 803 p.; preface dated Oct. 31, 1818.
J.E. Worcester, A Gazetteer of the United States, abstracted from the Universal Gazetteer of the author, with an enlargement of the principal articles, Andover (Mass.), 1818, 8 + 373 p.
Table of Post Offices in the United States, Washington : Lawrence & Wilson (printers), 1818.
  • noted by Arthur Hecht, American Philatelist, Oct. 1958, p. 36, without details
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Henry Burgess, On the establishment of an extra post, for the purpose of multiplying and improving the means of postage communications between the distant and important parts of the Kingdom, London, 1819, 2 + 23 p.
Henry Burgess, A plan for obtaining a more speedy postage communication between London and the distant parts of the Kingdom, London, 1819, 8 + 60 p.
  • An intermediate to the plans of John Palmer (1782) and Rowland Hill (1837) to reform aspects of the post office and postal service.  When Burgess says "a higher rate of postage", he means "a more frequent exchange of mails between offices", all by horse-drawn carriages, but as well assumes that businesses would be willing to pay a higher price for faster service.  Burgess comes closest to predicting Hill on p. 35, "By lowering the rate of postage a greater number of letters would of course be sent by the extra post."  But this, for Burgess, means only a double charge instead of his preferred quadruple charge.
Report of the Committee of the Society of Arts ... relative to the mode of Preventing the Forgery of Bank Notes, London, 1819, ii + 72 p.
Table of Post-Offices in the United States, with the Names of the Post-Masters, the Counties and States in which they are situated, and the Distances from the City of Washington, and the Capitals of the Respective States, by direction of the Post-Master General, Washington City, 1819, 86 p.  Dated Jan. 1, 1819, p. 71.
  • p. 3-70, Table of Post Offices in the United States.
  • p. 71, Explanation.
  • p. 72-74, Rates of Postage; Table of the Post-Office Establishment, from 1789 to 1817, inclusive; A View of the progress of the Post-Office Department.
  • p. 75-86, List of the Counties in the United States, with the principal Post-Offices in each County.
Reprinted as, Table of Post Offices in the United States for 1819, Chester County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society, 1972.
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Postage, from the Poughkeepsie [New York] Journal, Mar. 24, 1819, in The American Historical Record, Sep. 1874, vol. 3, p. 418 (link).
  • The distance determined the postage fees, but who decided the distance?  The merchants of Poughkeepsie argued that the Post Office had miscalculated, and begged for a decrease.
The Merchant's and Traveller's Companion, Petersburg (Virginia) : Published by Thomas Shore, From the Petersburg Republican Press, E. Pescud, printer, 1819, viii + 258 p.
  • Thomas Shore was Postmaster at Petersburg, Virginia.  Edward Pescud was a newspaper editor and publisher.  The latest internal date is June 25, 1819, p. 127.
  • Contents, p. iii-iv (link)
  • To the Public, p. v (link)
    • "The author is particularly indebted to Mr. Abraham Bradley Lindsley, of the General Post-Office, and recently appointed agent for that department in the state of Illinois, who politely furnished him with a manuscript of the Post-Offices, established subsequent to the 1st of January last."  Lindsley was a nephew of Abraham Bradley, Asst. Postmaster General.
  • Errata, p. vii (link)
  • General Post Office; A View of the progress of the Post-Office Department; Product of the Post-Office, in Petersburg, Va.; Explanation to Arrivals of Mails; Rates of Postage; Inland Postage to Europe; Sea Postage in England; Liverpool Packets; p. 1-8 (link).
    • The salaries quoted on p. 1 had recently been increased by the Act of 20 Feb. 1819 (link).
  • Army Register, May 1819, p. 57-83 (link)
  • Register of the Navy of the United States, p. 83-95 (link)
  • Stage and Steam Boat Fare, p. 103-106 (link)
  • Result of the Survey of the main Post road, from Robbinstown in Maine to St. Mary's in Georgia, p. 107-127 (link)
    • Name of place, distance [from previous place on the route], distance [from Washington, General Post Office], Latitude, Longitude [from Washington GPO]
  • Distances along the post routes, p. 114-127 (link), 152-153 (link)
  • Arrangement of Mails, Petersburg, Va., p. 131-151 (link)
  • Table of Post-Offices in the United States, p. 155-258 (link) (see also the Errata list)
    • This part has its own title page, so we describe it separately:
Table of Post-Offices in the United States, with the Names of the Post-Masters, the Counties and States in which they are situated, and the Distances from the City of Washington, and the Capitals of the Respective States, as late as the 1st May, 1819, Petersburg, Va., E. Pescud, Printer, 1819, [104] p.

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Society for Literary and Scientific Improvement, founded Oct. 1819 in Birmingham, England, by Thomas Wright Hill and his son Rowland (ref, ref, ref).  The group survived until Jan. 1827; its goals were continued by the Birmingham Mechanics Institution.




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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1820.  (previous, next)

Ch. G. Vischer, Allgemeine geschichtliche Zeittafel des Postwesens, nebst einer allgemeinen Literatur derselben, Tübingen, 1820, iv + 68 p.

The post roads of Europe : being a new edition of the work published by authority, during the reign of Napoleon, London : Samuel Leigh, 1820, 324 p.
Jan. 29
 Death of Britain's King George III, Jan. 29, 1820; succeeded by George IV, who had been Prince Regent since Feb. 5, 1811.
Jan.
 Peter Force, The National Calendar, and Annals of the United States, Washington : various publishers, 1820-1836.
July 25
 Post-Office Laws, Instructions and Forms, Published for the Regulation of the Post-Office, Washington, 1820, 122 p.
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Britain, House of Commons, Commissioners of Inquiry into the Departments of the Customs and Excise, 1820-24.
  • Not postal, but a predecessor to the Commissioners of Inquiry into the Collection and Management of the Revenue, 1822-1830 (see 1829).
  • 1820 (46) VI.559, First to Sixth Reports
  • 1821 (25) X.283, Seventh to Tenth Reports
  • 1822 (87) XI.29, Eleventh and Twelfth Reports
  • 1823 (425) VII.175, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Reports
  • 1824 (141) IX.183, Fifteenth Report, Excise (link)
  • 1824 (429) IX.195, Sixteenth Report, Excise (link)

Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 5, 1820.
Previous, see 1800-1809 and 1810-1819.  Continued, see 1821.  Starting 1823, see the Reports of the [US] Postmaster General.






1821   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1821.   (previous, next)

Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 10, 1821.
Previous, see 1820.  Continued, see 1822.  Starting 1823, see the Reports of the [US] Postmaster General.






1822   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1822.   (previous, next)
Feb. 1
 Table of Post Offices in the United States, with the Names of the Post-Masters, the Counties and States in which they are situated, and the Distances from the City of Washington, and the Capitals of the Respective States, By direction of the Post-Master General, Washington City, 1822, 114 p.  Dated Feb. 1, 1822, p. 96.
  • p. 3-90, Table of Post Offices in the United States.
  • p. 91-95, List of Post Offices established From June 1st 1821 to January 31st 1822, both inclusive, And which are not on the preceding List.
  • p. 96, Explanation.
  • p. 97-99, Rates of Postage; Table of the Post-Office Establishment, from 1789 to 1821, inclusive; A View of the progress of the Post-Office Department.
  • p. 100-114, List of the Counties in the United States, with the Principal Post-Offices in each county.
List of Post Offices in the United States, Washington : Way & Gideon (printers), 1822.
  • 2 editions, noted by Arthur Hecht, American Philatelist, Oct. 1958, p. 36, without details
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Nov.
 William Elliot, The Washington Guide, containing An account of the District of Columbia, ... , City Post-Office, Rates of Postage, ... , Washington : S.A. Elliot, Nov. 1822, xi + 138 p.

Itinéraire général des postes et relais, Brussels : Remy.

Livre general des postes et relais, Brussels : de Mat and Remy.

Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 24, 1822.
Previous, see 1821.  Continued, see 1823, with the Report of the [US] Postmaster General.






1823   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1823.   (previous, next)

Nicolas-Louis Gouin, Essai historique sur l'Etablissement des postes en France, sur les produits progressifs de ce domaine royal, les changemens ou améliorations opérés dans son organisation, depuis l'année 1464, jusqu'au mois d'Octobre 1823, Paris : Impr. de Moreau, 1823, 15 p.

Table of Post-Offices in the United States, Washington : Way & Gideon (printers),1823.
  • noted by Arthur Hecht, American Philatelist, Oct. 1958, p. 36, without details
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Nov. 17
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 17, 1823.

Documents accompanying the Message of the President of the United States, to both Houses, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1823.  18th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 89.
Documents accompanying the Message of the President of the United States, to both Houses, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Eighteenth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1823.  18th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 93.
Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 31, 1823.
Condition of the Post Office Department, reprinted in American State Papers, Post Office Department, Appendix, No. 2, p. 359-361 (link).
  • Incorrectly identified as 18th Congress 2d Session, with some textual changes.
Reports of the United States Postmaster General 1823-1840, With Additional Data, compiled by William Hagan, Portland [Oregon], 2004.  Transcriptions of the original text.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 17, 1823, p. 1-4.
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1824   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1824.   (previous, next)

Anon., The Periodical Press of Great Britain and Ireland, or, an inquiry into the state of the Public Journals, chiefly as regards their Moral and Political influence, London : Hurst, Robinson, 1824, viii + 219 p.

[Switzerland], Instructions générales pour les directeurs et commis des postes, 1824, 23 p.
Jan. 24
 Report of [US] Postmaster General, Jan. 24, 1824.
  • Annals of Congress, The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Washington : Gales and Seaton, 1856, col. 1216-1217 (link).
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Feb. 24
 Letter from the postmaster general transmitting a list of post routes, which have not produced, within the past year, one third of the expense of transporting the mail on the same, Washington, Feb. 24, 1824, 50 p.
Aug.
 Philadelphia in 1824; or, a Brief Account of the Various Institutions and Public Objects in this Metropolis, Philadelphia : H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1824, xii + 238 + 18 p.
  • Post-Office, p. 44-45 (link), p. 151-156 (link)
  • List of Stages, Steam-Boats, and Packets, p. 202-207 (link)
Nov. 30
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 30, 1824.

Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1824.  Documents accompanying the Message of the President of the United States.  18th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 108. Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1824.  Documents accompanying the Message of the President of the United States.  18th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 113. Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 31, 1824.
Condition of the Post Office Department, reprinted in American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 54, p. 118-119 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 30, 1824, p. 5-7.
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1825   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1825.   (previous, next)

John B. Taylor, Post Office Calendar containing a list of all the post offices in the state of Virginia, with the distances from Richmond, and rate of postage, etc., etc., Richmond : Shepherd & Pollard, 1825, 36 p.
  • Taylor was assistant postmaster at Richmond, Virginia.
  • (Sabin 94507)
Jan. 1
 Table of Post-Offices in the United States, with the Names of the Post-Masters, the Counties and States in which they are situated, and the Distances from the City of Washington, and the Capitals of the Respective States, by Direction of the Post-Master General, Washington City : Way & Gideon, Printers, 1825, 131 p.  Dated Jan. 1, 1825, p. 131.
  • p. 3-106, Table of Post-Offices in the United States.
  • p. 107-114, List of Post-Offices established From January 1st to May 31st, 1825, both inclusive, And which are not on the preceding List.
  • p. 115-128, List of the Counties in each State and Territory with the principal Post-Office in each County.
  • p. 129, Explanations.
  • p. 130, Rates of Postage, Established by Act of Congress, passed March 3, 1825.
  • p. 131, Table of the Post-Office Establishment, from 1789 to 1824, inclusive.
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Mar. 11
 Post-Office Law, Instructions and Forms, Published for the Regulation of the Post-Office, Washington : Way & Gideon, 1825, 148 p.
  • p. 3-23, An Act to reduce into one the several acts establishing and regulating the Post-office Department, Mar. 3, 1825.
  • p. 25-60, Instructions to the Post-masters in the United States relative to Their Duty.
  • p. 61-148, Post-roads established by Law.
  • p. 51, dated John M'Lean, Postmaster General, March 11, 1825.  John McLean was the US Postmaster General, 1823-1829.
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Alfred John Kempe, Historical Notices of the Collegiate Church Or Royal Free Chapel and Sanctuary of St. Martin-le-Grand, London, Formerly Occupying the Site Now Appropriated to the New General Post Office, London : Longman, 1825, x + 212 p.
See also, Wikipedia, St. Martin's Le Grand; The British Postal Museum, The General Post Office: GPO East – 1829-1912
Nov. 24
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 24, 1825.

Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Nineteenth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1825.  19th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 125. Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Nineteenth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1828.  19th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 131. Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 22, 1825.
Condition of the Post Office Department, reprinted in American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 58, p. 137-138 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 24, 1825, p. 8-10.
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1826   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1826.   (previous, next)

Charles Bernède, Des postes en général, et particulièrement en France, Paris : Raynal, 1826, iv + 177 + [3] p.

A remarkable history and summary of the postal systems.
Nov. 18
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 18, 1826.

Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Nineteenth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1826.  19th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 144.
  • http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3983131  [Berkeley]
  • Message of the President, Dec. 5, 1826, p. 3-16 (link); PMG report summarized, p. 15 (link).
  • Documents and Correspondence, p. 17-170.
  • Report of the Secretary of War, Nov. 26, 1826, p. 171-516.
  • Report of the Secretary of the Navy, Dec. 2, 1826, part 4 p. 1-132.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 18, 1826, part 4 p. 133-136.
  • Report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Dec. 1, 1826, p. 137-140.
Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Nineteenth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1826.  19th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 148. Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 12, 1826.
Condition of the Post Office Department, reprinted in American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 63, p. 144-145 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 18, 1826, p. 11-13.
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1827   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1826-27.  (previous, next)
Mar. 24
 John McLean, US Postmaster General, communicating the Act of 2 Mar. 1827, and new postal instructions, 7 p.
(previous, next)  US-Postal-Laws
Nov. 13
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 13, 1827.

Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twentieth Congress, Washington : Printed by Duff Green, 1827.  20th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 163. Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twentieth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1827.  20th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 169.
Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 8, 1827.
Condition of the Post Office Department, reprinted in American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 67, p. 155-156 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 13, 1827, p. 14.
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1828   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Baldwin and Cradock, vol. 1, 1828, 60 p.  Preface date Dec. 24, 1827; published Jan. 1, 1828 (per 1829, p. 3).
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 55 (link). 
    • Under this heading, information concerning letters, newspapers, mail packets.  In later years, more detailed postage rates, the London Twopenny Post-Office, mail coaches, mail trains, etc.
  • Stamp Table, p. 58-59 (link).
    • Under this heading and similar, information concerning taxes, duties and license fees of various kinds, some paid with revenue stamps or markings.  For an example, see the title page of this volume, showing the 1 s. 3 d. duty on almanacs, in red.
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Published under the superintendence of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.  See Charles Knight's memoirs, vol. 2, p. 58-65 (link), for more history of the Almanac; it was conceived by Knight in consultation with Matthew Davenport Hill and Henry Brougham.
  • The Society was founded by Henry Brougham in 1826, suspended operations in 1846, and dissolved in 1848.  It took its name from an article published by Charles Knight in 1822 ["Diffusion of Useful Knowledge", in The Plain Englishman, 1822, vol. 3, p. 277] (ref).  Similar impulses led to the Mechanics' Institutes, and the University of London (now University College London).  See also, the UCL Bloomsbury Project, and the UCL Archives.
  • The Committee included from the beginning the brothers Matthew Davenport Hill and Rowland Hill, and Edwin Hill a year later (ref).  Knight himself was not on the Committee, but played an important role.  
  • The phrase "diffusion of useful knowledge" appears as early as 1803 ["Materials for Thinking, or, Essays on the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and the Happiness of Man", W. Burdon, Newcastle, 1803, advertised in the Morning Post, Mar. 28, 1803].  "The Friar's Society for the Participation of Useful Knowledge" was founded in 1785 in Norwich (ref).  Similarly, the "Society for the Promoting of Useful Knowledge" in Newark, New Jersey, in 1787 (ref), and the "Society for the Attainment of Useful Knowledge" in Philadelphia, in 1794 (ref).
  • For an "influence map", see http://histecon.fas.harvard.edu/visualizing/sduk/index.html

See also, Wikipedia, Charles Knight, Matthew Davenport Hill, Henry Brougham, General Post Office, General Post-Office, London, St. Martin's Le Grand, Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain.

The Companion to the Almanac, or Year-Book of General Information, 1828, vi + 186 p.  Preface date Feb. 27, 1828.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Postage Duties in Great Britain and Ireland, p. 151-155 (link).  Act of 28 May 1827, effective 5 July 1827.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Newspaper stamps, p. 172 (link).
  • Brief Notice of the Progress of Public Edifices, p. 173-179 (link).
    • new Post Office building, p. 173 (link).
  • Throughout the series, small items can be found under the headings "Abstracts of Important Public Acts", "Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents", and "Chronicle of the Session of Parliament." 
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  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 515; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1224 (1-6).
    • excerpts from 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1851, all noted below.
A Complete Index to the Companion to the Almanac, 1828-1843, London : Charles Knight, 1843, [2] + 561 + [1] p.

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1828.   (previous, next)

Trompeten-Schule für die Königl. Sächsischen Postillone, Leipzig, 1828, 24 p.

François [Francesco] Gandini, Itinéraire Postale et de Commerce de l'Europe, Milan, 7th ed., 1828, 204 p.

Earlier and later editions, 1819 (2nd), 1821 (4th), 1827 (5th), 1838, 1838.

  • See also, Carta Postale-Itineraria dell'Italia, a 3-page prospectus for 1838 (link).

Joseph-Léon Germain, Du secret des lettres et de la nécessité de mettre en accusation M. de Vaulchier, directeur-général des postes, Paris, 1828, 67 p.
  • -- NPM, JC596.2 .F8G47 1828 (Rare Books)
Jan.
 C. [Cajetan] Ritter von Manner, Postbuch für das Jahr 1828, Vienna, 1828, [4] + iv + 104 p.  Preface date, Jan. 1828.

previous, J.A. Peter, Briefpost-Bericht, 1826; next, 1830.
Mar. 11
 Post-Office Laws, Instructions and Forms, Published for the Regulation of the Post-Office, Washington : Way & Gideon, 1828, 63 p.
  • p. 3-24, An Act to reduce into one the several acts establishing and regulating the Post-office Department, Mar. 3, 1825.
  • p. 24-26, An Act amendatory of the Act regulating the Post-Office Department, Mar. 2, 1827.
  • p. 27-54, Instructions to the Postmasters in the United States relative to Their Duty.
  • p. 55-63, examples of accounting forms
  • p. 53, dated John M'Lean, Postmaster General, March 11, 1828.
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Mar. 17
 Catalogue of a portion of the valuable library of Rev. Daniel Lysons, ..., sold by auction by Mr. Evans, London, Mar. 17-19, 1828, 36 p.
The item of interest is lot 669, two volumes of newspaper clippings, 1722-1808, including Mails, Post Chaises [Post Coaches], etc. (link), which was resold as
  • lot 1079, library of Philip Hurd, 1832 (link)
    • see also lots 1076, 1077, 1078, 1080, which had been lots 666, 667, 668, 670, in the Lysons sale
  • lot 1783, library of Dawson Turner, 1853 (link)
  • lot 1406, stock of L. Booth, 1862 (link)
  • lot 329, library of Robert Balmanno, 1863 (link)
  • later?
These are possibly the volumes now at the British Library, http://explore.bl.uk/...
See also, a title page, Huntington Library, http://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1678695

Also by Daniel Lysons, with his brother Samuel Lysons, Magna Britannia, London,
June 1
 List of Post-Offices in the United States, Washington : Way & Gideon, 1828, xx + 151 p.
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Nov. 17
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 17, 1828.
  • We commend the paragraph "It is believed to be good policy ..." (link, link).
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twentieth Congress, Washington : Printed by Duff Green, 1828.  20th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 181.
Message from the President of the United States, to both Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twentieth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1828.  20th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 184. Report of the [US] Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 6, 1828.
Condition of the Post Office Department, reprinted in American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 72, p. 183-184 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 17, 1828, p. 15-16.
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1829   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 2, 1829, 72 p.
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 63-65 (link).  Now includes postage rates, the London Twopenny Post-Office, mail coaches, etc.
    • "The weight of a letter franked by a Member of Parliament must not exceed one ounce.  Each member may frank ten and receive fifteen daily."
  • Stamp Table, Assessed Taxes, p. 66-68 (link).

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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1829, 246 p.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Net Produce of [revenue] Stamps in Great Britain; Net Produce of Post Office, Great Britain, p. 188 (link); see also, p. 184-185 (link).

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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1829.   (previous, next)
Jan.
 [Review of] The Times, Jan. 19, 1829, The Westminster Review, Jan. 1829, vol. 10, no. 19, p. 216-237 (link). 
  • About the newspaper stamp duty, etc.
Jan. 19
 Sunday Mails, communicated to the [US] Senate, January 19, 1829.  Report by Richard M. Johnson, chairman of the Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads.
  • American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 74, p. 211-212 (link).
Sunday Mails, communicated to the [US] House of Representatives, February 3, 1829.  Report by Samuel McKean, chairman of the House Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads; attached letter of John McLean, Postmaster General.
  • American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 75, p. 212-215 (link).
Post Routes on which the Mail is transported on Sunday.  Letter of W.T. Barry, Postmaster General, Mar. 4, 1830.
  • American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 86, p. 226-229 (link).
Sunday Mails, communicated to the [US] House of Representatives, Mar. 4 and 5, 1830.  Report by Richard M. Johnson, chairman of the House Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
  • American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 87, p. 229-241 (link).
Col. Richard M. Johnson was Senator from Kentucky, 1819-1829; member of the House, 1807-1819 and 1829-1837; Vice President of the US, 1837-1841.  He rejected the petitions demanding an end to Sunday Mails.
See also,
  • [Anon.], Review of a Report of the Committee, to whom was referred the several petitions on the subject of Mails on the Sabbath, presented to the Senate of the United States, January 16, 1829, by the Hon. Mr. Johnson, of Kentucky, chairman of said committee, 1829.
  • W.A. Blakely, American State Papers Bearing on Sunday Legislation, Washington, 1911, esp. p. 176-186 (link), 226-270 (link).
Apr.
 [Review of] The Atlas, March 22, 1829, The Westminster Review, April, 1829, vol. 10, no. 20, p. 466-480 (link).
  • About the newspaper stamp duty, etc.
Apr.
 Steam Navigation to India, by the Cape of Good Hope, Mr. Waghorn's Documents and Papers, London, 1829, 32 p.
May
 [Jeremiah Evarts, ed.], An Account of Memorials Presented to Congress During its last Session, By Numerous Friends of Their Country and Its Institutions, Praying that the Mails May Not be Transported, Nor Post-offices Kept Open, on the Sabbath, New York [also Boston], May 1829, 32 p.

[Jeremiah Evarts], The Logic and Law of Col. Johnson's Report to the [US] Senate, on Sabbath Mails, Utica, N.Y. : G.S. Wilson, 1829, 24 p.
  • -- APN vol. 3, pp. 53-83.
  • Excerpts from the New York Journal of Commerce.
July
 History of Lithography, The Foreign Review, London, July 1829, vol. 4, no. 7, p. 41-58 (link).
  • "This is the age of wonders -- of gas, steam, and lithography!"
Oct.
 The New Post Office, The Gentleman's Magazine, London, Oct. 1829 (published Nov. 1829), vol. 99, p. 297-301 + 1 plate [before p. 297] (link).
  • The General Post Office, London, transferred to a new building at St. Martin's-le-Grand on Sep. 23, 1829.  In coming years, the inadequacies of the building's interior would become apparent.

Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the Collection and Management of the Revenue Arising in Ireland and Great Britain, 1829, 1830.
  • 1-17, listed below
  • 18, Post Office Revenue, United Kingdom, 20 March 1829, 697 p.
    • Parliamentary Papers 1829 (161) vol. XI, p. 1.
  • 19, Post-Office Revenue, United Kingdom: Part II. -- Ireland, 5 June 1829, 951 p.
    • Parliamentary Papers 1829 (353) vol. XII, p. 1.
  • 20, Post-Office Revenue, United Kingdom: Part III. -- Scotland, 8 Feb. 1830, 365 p. + 1 map.
    • Parliamentary Papers 1830 (63) vol. XIII, p. 1.
  • 21, Post-Office Revenue, United Kingdom: Part IV. -- England : Twopenny-Post Office, 24 Feb. 1830, 234 p. + 3 maps.
    • Parliamentary Papers 1830 (94) vol. XIII, p. 367.
  • 22, Post-Office Revenue, United Kingdom: Part V. -- Packet Establishments, Home Stations, 25 June 1830, 781 p.
    • Parliamentary Papers 1830 (647) vol. XIV, p. 1.
  • 23, Post Office, (1) The Twenty-third Report of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, so far as relates to the Post Office Revenue, 6 July 1830; (2) Letter from the Postmaster-General to the Treasury, on the Twenty-third Report of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, 12 April 1834; 6 p.
    • Parliamentary Papers 1834 (222) vol. XLIX, p. 481
    • PDF [ProQuest]
    • contents (1840 index, p. II.269)
  • See below, Needed Reform of the Post-Office, The Westminster Review, Apr. 1834.
In 1834 and 1835, there were follow-on reports by the Postmaster-General and the next set of Commissioners, detailing which of the suggested reforms had actually been implemented.
  • An Account of the Principal Improvements which have taken place by order of the Postmaster General during the last Three Years; 24 Feb. 1834, 4 p.  Contained in, Papers Relating to the Post-Office, 1834, 80 p.
    • Parliamentary Papers 1834 [48] vol. XLIX, p. 497.
    • PDF [ProQuest]
    • summary and contents (1840 index, p. II.269-270)
    • For Robert Wallace's comments, see Hansard, House of Commons Debates, 26 June 1834 (link).
  • Twenty-third Report, see above
  • Post-Office.  A Return showing which of the Recommendations made by the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, (and of which recommendations an Abstract was sent, by order of the Commissioners charged with an Inquiry into the Department of the General Post-office, in October, 1834, to the General Post-office) have been carried into effect; together with a Statement in respect of such of the said Recommendations as have not been acted upon, with the Reasons why the same respectively have not been carried into effect, 26 p.
    • Parliamentary Papers 1835 (443) vol. XLVIII, p. 313.
    • PDF [ProQuest]
  • Post Office.  Copy of the Duke of Richmond's Reply to the Statements of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, on the Affairs of the Post Office, 16 p.
    • Parliamentary Papers 1835 (165) vol. XLVIII, p. 297.
    • PDF [ProQuest]
  • Post Office.  (1) Copy of a Letter and Statement from Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry to the Treasury, dated 23 May 1834, in Reply to the Observations of the Postmaster-General on their Reports;  (2) Amount of Letters between London, Hull and Hamburgh, for the Year ended 5 January 1835; 16 p.
    • Parliamentary Papers 1835 (40) vol. XLVIII, p. 339.
    • PDF [ProQuest]
Prior reports in this series, 1822 - 1828 (summary of contents)
See also, James L. Grimwood-Taylor, The British Postal Reforms of 1839 to 1840, 1990, Chapter 2.
Nov. 24
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 24, 1829.
  • A brief historical review is included, from 1775, showing the financial returns of the Post Office to the Treasury.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-first Congress, Washington : Printed by Duff Green, 1829.  21st Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 192.
  • http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3983174  [Berkeley]
  • Message of the President, [Dec. 8, 1829], p. 3-20 (link); PMG report summarized, p. 18 (link).
  • Report of the Secretary of War, Nov. 30, 1829, p. 21-32, 49-219.
  • Report of the Secretary of the Navy, Dec. 1, 1829, p. 33-42, 221-311.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 24, 1829, p. 43-48.
  • Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, p. 313-328.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-first Congress, Washington : Printed by Duff Green, 1829.  21st Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 195. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 14, 1829.
Condition of the Post Office Department, reprinted in American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 76, p. 215-217 (link).

The National Calendar, 1830, p. *30-*33 (link, link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 24, 1829, p. 17-21.
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1830   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 3, 1830, 72 p.
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 60-64 (link).
  • Stamp Table, Assessed Taxes, p. 66-68 (link).

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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1830, 264 p.
  • Brief Notice of the Progress of Public Improvements, p. 233-254 (link).
    •  Government Buildings, New Post Office, p. 233-237 (link).
  • Chronicle of Events, 1829, July 18, Sep. 23, p. 263, 264 (link).  Mail between England and France; New Post Office opened.

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The Chronicle of the previous year's events ended in October or November, as the Almanac and Companion appeared in November or December of the previous year.

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1830.   (previous, next)

Frankfurter Postbuch, Frankfurt am Main : Carl Jügel, 1830, iv + 66 p.

'The Virginia Society' for Promoting the Observance of the Christian Sabbath, To the People of the United States.
  • -- APN vol. 3, pp. 85-92.
  • The actual author and publication details are not known.  It was probably published in Richmond, VA, in 1830.

Barnabas Bates, An Address ... on the Memorials to Congress to Prevent the Transportation of the Mail, and the Opening of the Post Offices on Sunday, New York, 1830, 12 p.
Jan.
 C. [Cajetan] Ritter von Manner, Postbuch zum Gebrauche für Jedermann, Vienna, 1830, xvi + 276 p.  Preface date, Dec. 1829.

previous, 1828; next, 1838
Jan.
 [Review of] The Leeds Mercury and The Manchester Guardian, The Westminster Review, vol. 12, no. 23, Jan. 1830, p. 69-103 (link). 
  • About the provincial newspapers, and the stamp duty.

William Herbert, Illustrations of the Site and Neighbourhood of the New Post Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, London : Smales and Tuck, 1830, 75 p.
March
 A List of Post-Towns and Principal Places; with the Postage of a Single Letter to or from London, According to the Actual Routes of the Post, London : Joseph Hartnell, 1830, 29 p.; on p. 29, Francis Freeling, Secretary, General Post-Office, March 1830.
June 26
 Death of Britain's King George IV, June 26, 1830; succeeded by William IV.
Oct. 1
 Table of the Post Offices in the United States, Washington, 1830; see 1831.
  • noted by Arthur Hecht, American Philatelist, Oct. 1958, p. 36, without details
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Nov. 11
 First conveyance of mails by railway, from Liverpool to Manchester.  [Wikipedia]  [Railway Philatelic Group]
Nov. 21
 The phrase "taxes on knowledge", for the 4d. British newspaper stamp duty, first appears in the masthead of The Examiner, London, Nov. 21, 1830.  Edwin Chadwick is credited with this; he was sub-editor at the time. 
The Examiner, Nov. 21, 1830
  • The price had previously been stated as "Price 7d." on the last page of each issue; it now appeared in its new version at the top of the first page.  At the same date, the printer and publisher changed from Henry Leigh Hunt to William Molineux (printer "for the proprietor") and George Lapham (publisher).  The paper was then owned and edited by Albany Fonblanque.
The phrase "taxes on knowledge", or "taxes upon knowledge", about the newspaper tax, had previously appeared in The Caledonian Mercury, June 7, 1827, in a paragraph credited to the Edinburgh Observer.  The earliest use we have seen of "tax upon knowledge" in reference to newspaper taxes, is in Saunders's News-Letter, Dublin, Feb. 28, 1786, in a report on the Irish House of Lords, which was mostly about franking.  The similar phrase "taxes on literature" appeared in the Westminster Review, April 1830, vol. 12, no. 24, p. 416-429 (link).

The amounts collected by these taxes, in 1830, in Great Britain, were
  • Newspaper Duty, at 4d. plus 2d. for supplements, £505,439 (gross), £410,980 (net of discounts)
  • Almanac Duty, at 1s. 3d., £27,780 (gross), £26,294 (net of discounts)
  • Pamphlet Duty, £1,020
  • Advertisement Duty, on Newspapers, £153,283; on Pamphlets, £4,199
In Ireland, the rates and amounts collected were smaller,
  • Newspapers, £29,361 (gross), £29,048 (net)
  • Almanacs, £977 (gross), £964 (net)
  • Pamphlets, £15
  • Advertisements, £16,338
  • Finance Accounts for 1830, Parliamentary Papers, 1830-31 (285) V.1, p. 66-67, 70 (link)
  • Parliamentary Papers, 1831-32 (30) XXXIV.127 (link)
Nov. 23
 General Post Office, November 23rd, 1830; A Table of the Rates of Postage from Bridgwater to the Principal Towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and to Foreign Countries, Exeter, 1830, 75 p.
  • Reported in St. Martin's-le-Grand, Jan. 1894, vol. 4, p. 78 (link).
This was evidently a generic publication; see Greenslade Taylor Hunt auctions, Taunton, Somerset, UK, Dec. 3, 2015, lot 281.
Nov. 30
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 30, 1830.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-first Congress, Washington : Printed by Duff Green, 1830.  21st Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 203. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-first Congress, Washington : Printed by Duff Green, 1830.  21st Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 206. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 15, 1830.
Condition of the Post Office Department, reprinted in American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 96, p. 256-258 (link).

The National Calendar, 1831, p. 328-330 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 30, 1830, p. 22-24.
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The Moral and Political Evils of the Taxes on Knowledge; expounded in, 1. the speeches delivered at the City of London Literary and Scientific Institution, on the subject of a petition to Parliament against the stamps on newspapers, the duty on advertisements, and on printing paper; 2. the petition presented to Parliament from the members of that institution; 3. a letter of the editor of The Scotsman to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, London : Effingham Wilson, 1830, 16 p.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=1IHm2VYY8tAC  [British Library]
  • -- GK entry number 26543, Reel 2512.
  • The publication date is not specified.  The first item records an event of April 20, 1830.  The third item appeared in The Scotsman, March 24, 1830.  Some Parliamentary returns form an appendix.
  • The City of London Literary and Scientific Institution was founded in June 1825 (ref); Edwin Chadwick wrote its rules and regulations in 1830.

[Collection of material relating to Post Offices], London, 1830-1840.  -- Kansas






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The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 4, 1831, 72 p.
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 34-36 (link).
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 66-71 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1831, 240 p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Common Carriers [mail contractors, etc.], p. 162-163 (link).  Act of 23 July 1830.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Stamp duties, p. 197 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1830-31.  (previous, next)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1831.   (previous, next)

Post office inquiry, Mr. Holmes's speech on Mr. Grundy's resolution, delivered in the Senate U.S., February 1831, Washington : Printed at the office of the National Journal, 1831, 27 p.
  • -- GK entry number 26977.17-1, Reel 2544.

Thomas Waghorn, Particulars of an Overland Journey from London to Bombay, by way of the Continent, Egypt, and the Red Sea, London : Parbury, Allen, 1831, 62 p.

Table of the Post Offices in the United States, Washington : Duff Green, 1831, viii + 359 p.  To Oct. 1, 1830, with supplement to April 1, 1831.
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Jan. 29
 [Francis Place], A Letter to a Minister of State, respecting Taxes on Knowledge, London, 1831.
For comparison, see also, Letter to Lord Viscount Althorp, on the Proposed Reduction in the Newspaper Stamp and Advertisement Duties, London, signed A.K.D., dated April 9, 1831 (link).
Feb. 20
 [Edwin Chadwick], The Real Incendiaries and Promoters of Crime! [the exclamation point is in the original], The Examiner, London, Feb. 20, 1831, p. 114-116.
Apr. 6
 The office of the Postmaster General of Ireland was eliminated, and merged into the office of the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom.  The previous Postmaster General of Scotland had been Deputy Postmaster General for Scotland since 1710.
July
 [Edwin Chadwick], [Review of] The Moral and Political evils of the Taxes on Knowledge, ..., The Westminster Review, July 1831, vol. 15, no. 29, p. 238-267 (link). 
  • Complaints about the stamp duty and postage on newspapers, and (p. 261-264) the effects on letter postage.
  • Three publications are under review in this article, all of which are noted above.
Republished as a pamphlet, London : Robert Heward, 1831, 32 p.; reportedly, 5,000 copies were printed.
Sep.
 Influence of the Newspapers, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Sep. 1831, vol. 4, p. 127-142 (link); Oct. 1831, vol. 4, p. 310-321 (link).
  • The stamp duty and postage costs are considered, p. 133, 314-318.
Nov. 28
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 28, 1831.

Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-second Congress, Washington : Printed by Duff Green, 1831.  22d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 216. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 7, 1831.
Condition of the Post Office, reprinted in American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 111, p. 337-338 (link).

The National Calendar, 1832, p. *27-*28 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 28, 1831, p. 25-27.
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Dec. 26
 [William Cobbett], Manchester Lectures, Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, London, Dec. 31, 1831, vol. 75, no. 1, col. 1-31 (link).
  • Introduction, col. 1-3 (link).  The first lecture was delivered Dec. 26, 1831.
  • "9. To abolish all internal taxes (except on the land), whether direct or indirect, including stamp-taxes of every description; and to impose such a postage-charge for letters as to defray the real expenses of an economical and yet efficient post-office establishment, and no more; so that the postage would be merely a payment for the conveyance of letters, and not a tax." (col. 5, link).
See also, Proceedings of a Meeting of Englishmen, Irishmen, and Scotchmen, at New York, in America, on the 4th of July Last, Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, London, vol. 77, no. 8, Aug. 25, 1832, col. 483-487 (link).
?
 P.C. O'Neill, A Brief Review of the Irish Post-Office from 1784 to 1831, when Sir Edward Lees was removed from that establishment, in a letter to the Right Honourable Lord Melbourne, 1831, 98 p.
  • -- GK entry number 26807, Reel 253.
See also,
  • Beatrice Bayley Butler, "John and Edward Lees, Secretaries of the Irish Post Office, 1774-1831", Dublin Historical Record, 1953, vol. 13, no. 3/4, p. 138-150, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30103817   [by fee or subscription].
  • Report from the Committee Appointed to Enquire Into Certain Abuses in the Post Office, London : House of Commons, 1787, 155 p., http://books.google.com/books?id=V6UrAQAAMAAJ  [UCSD].
John Lees was appointed Secretary of the Post Office in Ireland in 1774; the Irish Post office separated from the British Post Office in 1784.  Upon his death in 1811, John Lees was succeeded by his son Edward Smith Lees.  E.S. Lees held the post until 1831, when he was transferred a similar position to Edinburgh until his death in 1846.

The London Twopenny Post was extended to a distance of three miles from the General Post Office at St. Martin's-le-Grand.






1832   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 5, 1832, 72 p.
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 35-37 (link).
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 67-72 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1832, 240 p.
  • A Chronological Account of the Connexion between England and India, p. 25-45 (link).  Continued, 1850, p. 70-79 (link).
  • Statistics of the United States of America, p. 109-132 (link).
    • Number of Post-Offices, Rates of Postage, etc., p. 122 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Postmaster-General, p. 138 (link).  Act of 11 Mar. 1831.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, p. 175 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1831-32.  (previous, next)

Report of the Select committee on Post communication with Ireland : with the minutes of evidence and appendix, London, 1832, 1842.

Scottish Jests and Anecdotes, to which are added, a selection of choice English and Irish Jests, Edinburgh : William Tait, 1832; preface dated Nov. 1831.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=KPheAAAAcAAJ  [British Library]
  • p. 241.  Some time ago, a member of Parliament applied to the post-office, to know why some of his franks had been charged.  The answer was: "We supposed, sir, they were not of your writing; the hand is not the same."  "Why, not precisely the same; but the truth is, I happened to be a little tipsy when I wrote them."  "Then, sir, will you be so good, in future, to write 'drunk', when you make free.

Post-Handbuch für Berlin, Berlin : A.W. Hayn, 1832.

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Jan. 1
 The New South Wales Calendar, and General Post Office Directory, 1832, Sydney : Stephens and Stoke, 1832; preface date Jan. 1, 1832.  Compiled by James Raymond, the Principal Postmaster of the Territory.
  • A few images (link), brief summary (link), excerpt, 1832 (link), publication announcement, 1834 (link).
  • Continued as, New South Wales and Port Philip General Post Office Directory for 1839 (link).
March
 [non-philatelic]
Rowland Hill, Home Colonies : Sketch of a Plan for the Gradual Extinction of Pauperism and for the Diminution of Crime, London : Simpkin and Marshall, 1832, 52 p.; preface date March 1832, published April 1832.
For the context of the pamphlet's origin, see Hill's biography (link).
April
 Twenty-Second Report on the Revenue, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Apr. 1832, vol. 5, p. 261-275 (link).
  • See above, Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the Collection and Management of the Revenue Arising in Ireland and Great Britain, 1829, 1830.
  • Much discussion of steam-packets and the post office.
Apr. 7
 Mémoire des entrepreneurs de messageries, appelants, contre les mâitres de poste, intimés, Ghent, 1832, 12 p.
May 1
 Laws, Instructions and Forms, for the Regulation of the Post-Office Department, Washington : Globe Office, F.P. Blair, 1832, 79 + [1] p.
  • p. 3-23, An Act To reduce into one the several acts establishing and regulating the Post Office Department, Mar. 3, 1825.
  • p. 24-25, An Act concerning public contracts, Apr. 21, 1808.
  • p. 25-26, An Act authorizing the transmission of certain documents free of postage, Dec. 19, 1821.
  • p. 26, etc.
  • p. 26-28, An Act amendatory of the Act regulating the Post-Office Department, Mar. 2, 1827.
  • p. 28-30, etc.
  • p. 31-68, Instructions to Postmasters, relative to their duties.
  • p. 69-79, Forms referred to in the foregoing instructions.
  • p. 80, corrections
  • p. 68, dated William T. Barry, Post Master General, May 1, 1832.

Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States of America, 1832 & 1843, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1980.

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May 10,
May 14
 Speech of Mr. Hill, of New Hampshire, in [US] Senate, May 10, 1832, on Mr. Bibb's amendment to the bill for establishing post roads, proposing the abolition of postage on newspapers, 9 p.
Speech of Mr. Hill, of New Hampshire, in [US] Senate, May 14, 1832, in reply to Messrs. Clayton and Holmes, on the bill to establish certain Post Roads and discontinue others, 3 p.
June
National Political Union, Taxes on Knowledge, Debate in the House of Commons, on the 15th June, 1832, on Mr. Edward Lytton Bulwer's Motion "For a select committee to consider the propriety of establishing a cheap postage on Newspapers and other Publications", with a comment in the form of notes; and the article from the "Examiner" newspaper, of Sunday, 17th June, 1832, Southwark : W. Barnes, 1832, 48 p.
Rowland Hill joined a similar Association in 1834 (link, link).
June
 France, Ministère des Finances, Instruction générale sur le service des postes, Paris : l'Imprimerie Royale, 1832.  (Nougaret 1882)

Same, Paris : Imprimerie Impériale, 1856, x + 486 p.  (Nougaret 1884)

France, Direction générale des postes, Instruction générale sur le service des postes.  (Nougaret 1886)

Previous editions, 1792, 1808, 1810 (see above).
Sep.
 Wilhelm Heinrich Matthias, Über Posten und Post-Regale, Berlin, 1832; preface dated Sep. 1832.
Nov. 30
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 30, 1832.

Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-second Congress, Washington : Printed by Duff Green, 1832.  22d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 233. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 5, 1832.
Condition of the Post Office Department, reprinted in American State Papers, Post Office Department, No. 121, p. 350-353 (link).

The National Calendar, 1833, p. 244-249 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 30, 1832, p. 28-32.
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Dec. 1
 The General Post Office, The Saturday Magazine, London, Dec. 1, 1832, vol. 1, p. 209-211 (link).






1833   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 6, 1833, 72 p.
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, Penalties, p. 33-37 (link).
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 67-72 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1833, 256 p.
  • East India Trade, p. 91-100 (link).
    • Territorial revenues and charges of India for the year 1829-30, p. 100 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Postage, p. 125-126 (link).  Act of 24 Mar. 1832.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, p. 172 (link).
  • Chronicle of the Session of Parliament, 1831-2, 14 June 1832, p. 204 (link).  Resolutions by E.L. Bulwer.
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1833.   (previous, next)

J.R. [John Ramsay] McCulloch, A Treatise on the Principles, Practice, & History of Commerce, London : Baldwin and Cradock, 1833, 128 p.
  • Post Office, p. 24-25 (link).  "Nothing contributes more to facilitate commerce than the safe, speedy, and cheap conveyance of letters; and whatever has a tendency materially to lessen these advantages is hostile in the extreme to its interests."
Jan.
 [Review of] Du Journalisme, Revue Encyclopédique, The Westminster Review, Jan. 1833, vol. 18, no. 35, p. 195-208 (link).
  • Comparison of French and British newspapers and taxes.
Jan. 5
 London Post-Office, The Penny Magazine, Jan. 5, 1833, vol. 2, p. 6 (link).
  • The Penny Magazine was published by Charles Knight for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.
Feb.
 Taxes on Knowledge -- Duty on Paper -- Direct and Indirect Taxation, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Feb. 1833, vol. 2, p. 608-617 (link).
Apr.
 [Arthur Symonds?], [Review of] London Gazette for the Year 1832, The Westminster Review, April 1833, vol. 18, no. 36, p. 474-493 (link).
  • Discussion of newspapers, stamp duty, and prepaid postage (p. 488-491).
May 1
 Post Office Arrangements with France, Companion to the Newspaper, London : Charles Knight.
  • May 1, 1833, vol. 1, no. 4, p. 64 (link).
  • July 1, 1833, vol. 1, no. 6, p. 93 (link).
June 8
 Post Office Department, Regulations for the government of the mail arrangement on the great Atlantic line from Washington, D.C. to Portland, Maine, commencing on the 1st May, 1833.
  • Niles' Weekly Register, 8 June, 1833, p. 240-241 (link)
Nov. 9
 Italian Letter-Writers, The Penny Magazine, Nov. 9, 1833, vol. 2, p. 436-438 (link).
Nov. 30
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 30, 1833.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-third Congress, Washington : Printed by Duff Green, 1833.  23d Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 238. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-third Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1833.  23d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 254. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 17, 1833.
The National Calendar, 1834, p. 183-204 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 30, 1833, p. 33-37.
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report

The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London : Charles Knight, 1833-1843, 27 vol. plus supplements, 1845-46, 1858.
See also, The English Cyclopædia, 1854-1862.

Charles Knight, The Struggles of a Book against Excessive Taxation, London, 1850, 15 p., reviews the tax consequences of publishing the Penny Cyclopedia (link).






1834   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 7, 1834, 72 p.
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 32-35 (link).
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 68-72 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1834, 250 + ii p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Stamp Duties on Advertisements, &c., p. 116-117 (link).  Act of 28 June 1833; stamp duties on pamphlets repealed.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, p. 148 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1834.   (previous, next)

American State Papers.  Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States, from the first session of the first to the second session of the twenty-second Congress, inclusive, commencing March 4, 1789, and ending March 4, 1814, Class VII, volume [27], Post Office Department, Washington : Gales and Seaton, 1834.
American State Papers, Post Office Department, 1789-1833, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1981.
  • -- APRL, GOV-DOC
The entire series of 38 volumes was originally published in 1832-1834 and 1858-1861, and was reprinted in 1998 by William S. Hein & Co., Buffalo, NY.  Microform and digital versions are available at many university libraries.  Much more More details.

See also, Robert Dalton Harris, Postal Documents in the Serial Set, P.S., A Quarterly Journal of Postal History, 1986, vol. 8, no. 3, whole no. 31, p. 89-96; 1987, vol. 9, no. 1, whole no. 33, p. 17-22.
Jan.
 The South Australian Land Company, formed in 1831, was reorganized as the South Australian Association in 1834.
  • The original Committee list of 1831 is given by Wakefield in his promotional work of 1834 (ref), 1835 (ref) and 1838 (ref).  The history up to 1839 is given by Stephens (ref).
  • In January 1834, the Committee of the South Australian Association included William Wolryche Whitmore, chairman, Henry L. Bulwer, William Clay, George Grote, treasurer, Matthew D. Hill, Rowland Hill, William Hutt, Samuel Mills, Jacob Montefiore, George Ward Norman, Dr. Southwood Smith, Col. [Robert] Torrens, Henry G. Ward, etc. (newspaper notices, ref, ref, ref).
The South Australia Act 1834, Aug. 15, 1834, gave authority to form the colony, and to appoint The Colonization Commissioners for South Australia. 
  • News reports in Oct. and Nov. 1834 presented a list of commissioners -- William Wolryche-Whitmore, M.P.; George Grote, M.P.; George Warde Norman, bank director; Henry George Ward, M.P.; Col. Robert Torrens, M.P.; William Clay, M.P.; and, Matthew D. Hill, M.P., Rowland Hill's brother. 
    • Woolryche-Whitmore had introduced the South Australia Act in the House of Commons, but did not stand for reelection.  M.D. Hill took part in drafting the bill.
  • The Commissioners appointed May 4, 1835 (link) were Robert Torrens, William Alexander Mackinnon, M.P., William Hutt, M.P., John George Shaw Lefevre, George Palmer, jr., John Wright, Jacob Montefiore, Samuel Mills, George Fife Angas, and Edward Barnard.
    • Matthew Davenport Hill and William Hutt had been elected M.P. from Kingston-upon-Hull in Dec. 1832.  Hutt was reelected in Jan. 1835, while Torrens and Hill were not.
  • The Commissioners appointed Feb. 2, 1836 (link), were Lt. Col. Robert Torrens, William Alexander Mackinnon, M.P., William Hutt, M.P., John George Shaw Lefevre, George Palmer, jr., Jacob Montefiore, Samuel Mills, Edward Barnard, Josiah Roberts, and James Pennington.
  • Rowland Hill was appointed Secretary of the Commission in May 1835, and continued until his appointment to the Treasury in 1839.  During this time, he wrote the pamphlet Post Office Reform, published in 1837.
Jan. 31
 The History and Present State of the Post-Office, The Penny Magazine, Monthly Supplement, Jan. 31, 1834, vol. 3, p. 33-40 (link).
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 677; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2611 (9).
Mar.
 [Robert Wallace], Abuses of the Post-Office, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Mar. 1834, vol. 1 n.s., p. 96-101 (link).
  • Robert Wallace (1773-1855), in Parliament from 1832 to 1846, was a regular campaigner for postal reform, and provided assistance and inspiration to Rowland Hill.  "Is perpetually advocating the necessity of reform in the Post Office establishment and the Law Courts of Scotland." (ref)
Mar.
 [Privileges of the Post-Office clerks with regard to newspapers], Companion to the Newspaper, London, March 1834, p. 48 [image].
Mar. 8 Transmission of Newspapers by Post, The Penny Magazine, Mar. 8, 1834, vol. 3, p. 96 (link).
Mar. 28
 The Times, London, Mar. 28, 1834, p. 2 [image]. 
  • About newspaper postage.
Apr.
 Needed Reform of the Post-Office, The Westminster Review, Apr. 1834, vol. 20, no. 40, p. 411-424 (link).
  • Extensive discussion of the Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the Collection and Management of the Revenue Arising in Ireland and Great Britain, no. 18-22, 1829-1830.
May
 Anon. [possibly Hannibal Evans Lloyd], Post Office Communication between England and Foreign Countries, [Review of] Treaty for the Conveyance of Letters between England and France, The Foreign Quarterly Review, May 1834, vol. 13, p. 397-405 (link).
May 22
 Stamps on Newspapers, May 22, 1834.
  • Reports on a motion in the House of Commons by Edward Lytton Bulwer (the novelist, who later rearranged his names), with speeches by John Roebuck, Lord Althorp (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Matthew Davenport Hill (Rowland Hill's brother), James Buckingham, William Ewart, and George Grote.
The proposal was to eliminate the stamp duty on newspapers (4d. each with a 20% quantity discount), and to retain the duties on paper and advertising.  Since the newspaper stamp duty implied no additional charge for postage, some means of collecting postage would then be required.  Rowland Hill's economic analysis claims that, with an increase of newspaper circulation, no loss to the Treasury would occur.

The following are two excerpts from the speeches, noticing (by Bulwer) uniform postage by weight, not distance, and (by M.D. Hill) the first step toward a postage stamp.  The editor of the Mirror of Parliament, John Henry Barrow, employed experts in shorthand to record the proceedings, while Hansard is more of a summary.

Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, May 22, 1834, vol. 23, col. 1193-1223 (link).
  • [Mr. Bulwer]  "... he proposed to repeal the Stamp-duty on newspapers altogether; and, in the first place, he suggested the propriety of laying a cheap postage, not upon newspapers only, but upon all tracts, periodicals, and works of every description under a certain weight: he proposed, that this postage should be equal, whatever might be the distance, so that the remote parts of the country should possess the same advantage in obtaining knowledge, as those immediately in the vicinity of the metropolis [London]; and, therefore, requiring information less."  [col. 1201]
  • [Mr. Hill]  "Now, supposing that 1d. be paid for every paper sent by post that would yield a considerable sum; and, to put an end to any objections that might be made as to the difficulty of collecting the money, he would adopt the suggestion of a person well qualified to give an opinion on the subject — he alluded to Mr. Knight, the publisher.  That gentleman recommended that a stamped wrapper should be prepared for such newspapers as it was desired to send by post, and that each wrapper should be sold at the rate of 1d. by the distributors of stamps, in the same way as receipt-stamps."  [col. 1214]
The Mirror of Parliament, 1834, vol. 2, p. 1831-1839 (link).  Also published as a pamphlet, 12 p. (link).
  • [Mr. Bulwer]  "I propose, in the first place, to repeal the stamp duty on newspapers altogether, and to lay a cheap postage, not upon newspapers only, but on all tracts, periodicals, and works of every description under a certain weight.  I propose that this postage shall be as cheap as possible, and that it shall be equal, whatever be the distances, so that the distant parts of the country shall possess the same advantage in obtaining knowledge as those more connected with the metropolis [London], and, therefore, perhaps requiring information less."  [p. 1833]
  • [Mr. Hill]  "Now I should propose that 1d. be paid for every newspaper sent by post; and, to put an end to any objection that might be raised as to the trouble of collecting the postage, I would adopt the suggestion of a person well qualified to give an opinion upon this subject — I mean Mr. Knight the publisher.  That gentleman recommends that a stamped wrapper should be prepared for such newspapers as it is desired to send by post, and that such wrapper should be sold at the rate of 1d. by the distributors of stamps."  [p. 1837]
The motion failed.  The newspaper stamp duty was later reduced from 4d. to 1d. in 1836 (act of June 1835), and eliminated in June 1855. 

For news reports, see Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Aug. 1834, p. 499-500 (link).  For later reports, see Charles Knight in The Athenæum, Jan. 3, 1863 (ref); Charles Knight's memoirs, vol. 2, p. 249-250 (ref); and M.D. Hill's biography, p. 130-131 (ref).  Henry Cole's evidence in Parliament in June 1851 is illuminating (Select Committee on Newspaper Stamps, Parliamentary Papers, 1851 (558) vol. XVII, p. 398-419).
June 1
 [Rowland Hill?], Stamp Duty on Newspapers, Companion to the Newspaper, London : Charles Knight, June 1, 1834, p. 108-110 [image].
  • The stamp duty on newspapers was a tax, evidenced by a red marking printed on the newspaper, and derided as a "tax on knowledge"; it also allowed the newspaper to pass through the mail with no additional payment of postage.  Eliminating the stamp duty would require some new means of collecting postage.
  • Charles Knight's suggestion of prepaid "stamped franks" (stamped newspaper wrappers) is mentioned on p. 109, "In order to allow the unstamped [i.e., not taxed] papers to pass through the Post-office, ...".  This eventually led to the suggestion of postage stamps by Rowland Hill.  The speech in Parliament on May 22, 1834, by Matthew Davenport Hill (see above), made use of the data in this article, which was written some months previously.
  • The author of this article is not identified, but Rowland Hill took credit for it in later years (ref), while Charles Knight did not (ref, ref).  The paper "was prepared several months ago for the information of some official personages", who were probably Lord Brougham (Lord Chancellor, Nov. 1830 to Nov. 1834) and Lord Althorp (Chancellor of the Exchequer, same period).  Knight had already suggested a penny stamped frank in a private letter to Althorp.
June 4-5
 Taxes on Knowledge, Stamps on Newspapers, Extracts from the evidence of the Right Honourable Baron Brougham and Vaux, Lord High Chancellor of England, before the Select Committee of the House of Commons, on Libel Law, in June 1834, London : Childs, 1834, 8 p.
Henry Brougham (Lord Brougham, later Baron Brougham and Vaux) was Chairman of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, thus associated with the publisher Charles Knight.  He held the post of Lord Chancellor from Nov. 1830 to Nov. 1834.
June 27
 Letter from the [US] Postmaster General, transmitting A list of unproductive Post Roads, June 27, 1834, 7 p.
June 30
 Letter from the [US] Postmaster General, transmitting A report of the operations of the Department for the year 1833, June 30, 1834, 6 p.
July
 Aristocratic Taxation, [Review of] The Finance Accounts of the United Kingdom, for the year 1833, The Westminster Review, July 1834, vol. 21, no. 41, p. 140-185 (link).
  • Stamp duties (p. 167-168), "Taxes on Knowledge" (p. 171, 174), and the Post Office (p. 171-174) are discussed.
July 12
 Newspapers in Van Dieman's Land, The Printing Machine, London : Charles Knight, vol. 1, no. 10, July 12, 1834, p. 236-237 (link).
July 14
 Report from the Select Committee on Steam Navigation to India, London, 1834.

See also, The Foreign Quarterly Review, Jan. 1837 (below).
Aug. 16
 Smoke, The Printing Machine, London : Charles Knight, vol. 1, no. 12, Aug. 16, 1834, p. 285 (link).
  • Air pollution from the Prussian Post Office, solved in a manner we would now call a "chemical scrubber".
Aug.
 According to claims by Patrick Chalmers in the 1880's and 1890's, his father James Chalmers of Dundee, Scotland, invented the adhesive postage stamp in Aug. 1834.  James Chalmers indeed made a proposal, but took few actions to implement it, and did not make his plan known until Dec. 1837, in a letter to Robert Wallace.
  • I.D. Hill [yes, he was a relative of Rowland], The Chalmers Craze Re-Investigated, The GB Journal, Oct. 1974, vol. 12, no. 5, p. 98-102.
  • Anthony Wicks, Chalmers versus Hill, The saga that rocked the Victorian philatelic world, 2012, http://www.mjpublications.com/.
  • Anthony Wicks and Mike Jackson, The Myth of James Chalmers' Adhesive Postage Stamp of 1834, The GB Journal, Sep./Oct. 2013, vol. 51, no. 5, p. 106-112.
Oct.
 The "Unstamped Press" in London, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Oct. 1834, vol. 1 n.s., p. 614-625 (link).
Oct.
 Lord Brougham's Evidence on the Newspaper Stamp Duty, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Oct. 1834, vol. 1 n.s., p. 625-628 (link).
Oct.
 New Post-Office Arrangements, Companion to the Newspaper, London, Oct. 1834, p. 201-202 [image].
Oct.
 Stamp Duties on Newspapers, Companion to the Newspaper, London, Oct. 1834, p. 206-209 [image].
Oct. 16
 The British Houses of Parliament at Westminster caught fire as a result of dangerous conditions and "one of the greatest instances of stupidity upon record".
Nov. 29
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 29, 1834.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-third Congress, Washington : Printed by Duff Green, 1834.  23d Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 266. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-third Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1834.  23d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 271. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 2, 1834.
The National Calendar, 1835, p. 214-218 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 29, 1834, p. 38-41.
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Dec.
 Fatherhood of the Unstamped, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Dec. 1834, vol. 1 n.s., p. 733-734 (link).






1835   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 8, 1835, 96 + 8 p.
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 74-80 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1835, 263 p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • North American Postage, p. 129 (link).  Act of 26 Mar. 1834.
    • Newspapers, Postage, p. 144-146 (link).  Act of 13 Aug. 1834.
    • Almanacs, p. 150-151 (link).  Act of 13 Aug. 1834; stamp duty for almanacs and directories repealed.
    • Stamps and Assessed Taxes, p. 151 (link).  Act of 13 Aug. 1834.  Boards of Stamps and Taxes.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, p. 166 (link).
    • An Account of the Amount of Postage collected at the undermentioned Cities and Towns of the United Kingdom, p. 192 (link).
  • Chronicle of Events, Feb. 14, 1834, p. 255 (link).  "The Turkish government has decided on the establishment of a post for the regular conveyance of letters throughout Turkey."
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1835.   (previous, next)

The Post-Office Annual Directory and Calendar for 1835-6, Edinburgh : Printed by Ballantyne and co., 1835, 259 + lxxii p.
At head of title: Under the patronage of Sir Edward S. Lees, Secretary to the General Post-Office for Scotland.

United States Congress, Senate Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, Reports, Washington, 1835.
Jan. 31

 Constitutional Information, The Printing Machine, London : Charles Knight, vol. 3, no. 34, Jan. 31, 1835, p. 68-72 (link).
  • p. 69-70, "Post Paid" vs. "Postage Paid", carrying the mails (link).
Feb.
 Francis O.J. Smith, A Letter Relating to the Administration and Present Condition of the Post Office Department of the United States, Portland (Maine), 1835, 23 p.
Feb. 12
 A patent was granted "to Rowland Hill, of Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, for his invention of certain improvements in certain method of letter-press printing by machinery".
  • The Repertory of Patent Inventions, Sep. 1836, p. 129-151 (link), p. 219-234 (link).
  • This was a version of a rotary press, which relied on a continuous roll of paper.  The British Stamp Duty on Newspapers, however, was charged per sheet, with the tax stamp to be impressed before the newspaper text, thus making a rotary press impractical.  The Times [London] did eventually employ such a press, but only after the Stamp Office relented.
Mar. 23
 Speech of Henry, Lord Brougham, on the Stamp Duties on Newspapers, in the House of Lords, on Monday, the 23rd of March, 1835, London : Charles Knight, 1835, 16 p.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 61; British Library shelfmark Crawford 857 (10).
May?
 Arthur W. Austin, A Memorandum Concerning the Charlestown [Massachusetts] Post-Office, [Boston, 1835], 23 p.
  • -- APN vol. 1, p. 87-109.
  • (Sabin 2394)
May
 Rowland Hill appointed Secretary to The Colonization Commissioners for South Australia. 
May 9
 Commissioners were appointed to inquire into the management of the British Post-Office Department, at the instigation of Robert Wallace.
  • Also known as the Commissioners of Post Office Inquiry.
  • Appointed by a Treasury Minute of May 9, 1835.
Ten reports were issued between 1835 and 1838, on Steam Vessels, Mail Coach Contracts, the French Post Office, etc.

First Report of Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Management of the Post-Office Department.
Second Report of Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Management of the Post-Office Department.
Third Report of Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Management of the Post-Office Department.

Reports made by the commissioners for inquiring into the Post Office Department, on the subject of mail-coach contracts.
House of Commons, Session 1835
1835 (313) XLVIII.399, 88 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
subject index (1840 index p. III.1-52)
June
 In Britain, the Newspaper Stamp Duty was reduced to 1 penny; it was abolished in 1855.
July 21
 The Post-Office, The Weekly Visitor, July 21, 1835, vol. 3, p. 265 (link).
Oct. 10
 First announcement of the printed marking used on letters at the Northern Liberties News Room's Sub-Post Office in Philadelphia, Oct. 10, 1835.
  • These may or may not indicate prepayment of postage.  One interpretation is that they are carrier markings for mail going to the Philadelphia Post Office, while another would be akin to postal stationery as prestamped letter sheets.  The first case is argued in favor by Richard Frajola (link), while the second case is argued against by Siegel Auctions (link).  Calvet Hahn believed the marking to be "nothing more than an early handstamped hotel or newsroom marking" (link).
  • Northern Liberties was a small community and township near Philadelphia; today it is a neighborhood in Philadelphia.
Nov.
 France, Ministère des finances, Administration des postes, Règlement concernant la constatation du produit des taxes de lettres, journaux et imprimes, admis dans la comptabilité des préposés des postes, sans l'intervention d'un controle exterieur, Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1835, 8 + 112 p.
Dec. 1
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 1, 1835.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-fourth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1835.  24th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 279. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-fourth Congress, Washington : Printed by Blair & Rives, 1835.  24th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 286. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 8, 1835.
The National Calendar, 1836, p. 207-244 (link).

Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Dec. 1, 1835, p. 42-71.
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Overland mail from Britain to India established under Lt. Thomas Waghorn.  Some references, among many,






1836   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 9, 1836, [12] + 96 p.
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 73-78 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-93 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1836, 250 + [2] p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Stamps and Taxes Offices Consolidation, p. 115 (link).  Act of 30 July 1835.
    • Postage, p. 117 (link).  Act of 21 Aug. 1835; treatment of foreign mail.
    • Letter Stealing, p. 144 (link).  Act of 19 Sep. 1835; death penalty abolished.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, p. 151 (link).
    • An Account of the Amount of Postage collected at the undermentioned Cities and Towns of the United Kingdom, p. 179 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1836.   (previous, next)

Parliamentary Papers, Reports from Commissioners, Pilotage and Post Office, for the session 4 Feb. - 20 Aug. 1836, vol. XXVIII.
The Fourth Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Management of the Post-Office Department, 23 July 1835, 67 p.
The Fifth Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Management of the Post-Office Department, 11 April 1836, 44 p.
The Sixth Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Management of the Post-Office Department, 30 April 1836, 303 p. + 4 maps.
House of Commons, Session 1836, Command Papers no. 49, 50, 51; total 419 p.  
Parliamentary Papers 1836 [49, 50, 51] vol. XXVIII, p. 33, 101, 145.
PDF [ProQuest]

For the First, Second and Third Reports, see the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Reports of Revenue Inquiry, 1829-30.

[A Collection of Minutes and Reports, Newspaper-Cuttings and Manuscripts relating to the administration of the Post Office from 1836 to 1868. With copious MS. notes and corrections by Sir Rowland Hill.]

Cary's new plan of London and its vicinity, 1836 : shewing the limits of the two-penny post delivery.

John Crawfurd, The Newspaper Stamp, and the Newspaper Postage Compared, London : J. Reed, 1836, 22 p.

[John Ramsay McColloch], Observations, Illustrative of the Practical Operation and Real Effect of the Duties of Paper, London : Longman, 1836, 38 + [samples] p.

C.M. [Charles Molloy] Westmacott, The Stamp Duties, Serious Considerations on the Proposed Alteration of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, addressed to the Right Honourable Thomas Spring Rice, Chancellor of the Exchequer, London, 1836, 15 p.

The Newspaper Stamp and Advertisement Duties, a form of a Petition to Parliament, London, 1836, 10 p.
Jan.
 W.E.H. [William Edward Hickson], Reduction, or Abolition, of the Stamp-duty on Newspapers, The London Review, Jan. 1836, vol. 2, no. 4, p. 336-355 (link) (erratum).
  • reprinted as a pamphlet, London : C. Ely.
Jan./Feb.
 John Crawfurd, Taxes on Knowledge, A Financial and Historical View of the Taxes which Impede the Education of the People, London : Charles Ely, 1836, 63 p.
  • Mentioned and extensively quoted by Knight, The Newspaper Stamp, Mar. 1836 (see below).
  • "The taxes on knowledge may be enumerated as follow -- the stamp duty on newspapers, the advertisement duty, the import duty on the raw materials used in paper-making, writing and printing, the excise duty on paper, and the extra duty on stained paper, the duty on foreign books, the copies of printed books given to public libraries, and the tax imposed on the diffusion of writings and printed works through the monopoly of the Post-office." (p. 3)
  • The advertisement duty was repealed Aug. 4, 1853.  The newspaper stamp duty was reduced Aug. 13, 1836 and then repealed June 15, 1855 (18 Vict. c. 27).  The paper duty was repealed Oct. 1, 1861 (24 Vict. c. 20).
Feb.?
 Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates ... on the Subject of the Location of the Post Office [in New York City], New York : James van Norden, 1836.
  • -- APN vol. 1, p. 111-128.
  • The New York City main Post Office was destroyed in an extensive fire in Dec. 1835 (Wikipedia).
Feb.?
 'Cincinnatus', Freedom's Defence: Or a Candid Examination of Mr. [John C.] Calhoun's Report on the Freedom of the Press, Worcester (Mass.), 1836, 24 p.
Feb. 6
 First meeting of the committee which founded the Reform Club, London.  The first formal meeting of the committee was May 5, and the Club first opened to members on May 24, 1836.
  • A precursor, the Westminster Club, in 1834, included Robert Wallace, M.P. (ref).
  • The 1836 Committee included John Crawfurd, George Grote, Charles Shaw Lefevre, James Morrison, etc.  Early members included Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Richard Cobden, Antonio Panizzi, etc.
  • The 1839-40 Reform Club membership list included William Henry Ashurst, John Bowring [Jeremy Bentham's literary executor], Edward Lytton Bulwer, Edwin Chadwick, George Chetwynd, Richard Cobden, Henry Cole, John Crawfurd, Charles W. [Wentworth] Dilke, John Dillon, John Edward Gray [which one?], George Grote, William Edward Hickson, Matthew Davenport Hill, Swynfen Jervis [grandfather of Thornton Lewes], Charles Knight, Charles Shaw Lefevre, Lord Monteagle [Thomas Spring Rice], James Morrison, Antonio Panizzi, Col. Robert Torrens, Robert Wallace, etc.  William Makepeace Thackeray joined Mar. 11, 1840 (ref).
  • The 1854 list included Ashurst, Cobden, Thomas and Warren De La Rue, Dillon, Grote, Hickson, M.D. Hill, Rowland Hill, Morrison, Torrens.
  • For more, see, Louis Fagan, 1836-1886, The Reform Club, Its Founders and Architect, London, 1887, http://books.google.com/books?id=HthCAQAAMAAJ  [Minnesota]
Feb. 20
 Newspaper Stamps.  Deputation to Lord Viscount Melbourne, to procure the total repeal of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, Cleave's Gazette, Feb. 20, 1836.
  • reprinted as a pamphlet, London : C. Ely, http://books.google.com/books?id=8jBcAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford] (incomplete)
  • The deputation included thirty members of the House of Commons, plus Dr. George Birkbeck, John Crawfurd, W.E. Hickson, [?] Chapman, and Francis Place.
Mar. 12
 [Charles Knight], The Newspaper Stamp, and the Duty on Paper, Viewed in Relation to Their Effects upon the Diffusion of Knowledge, London : Charles Knight, 1836, 64 p.; dated March 12, 1836, p. 57.
  • Stamp duty on newspapers, p. 23-49 (link); Post-Office monopoly, p. 44-50 (link).
Mar. 12
 F.P. [Francis Place], The Stamp Duty on Newspapers, The Radical, London, Mar. 12, 1836.
Apr.
 W.E.H. [William Edward Hickson], Proposed Reduction of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, The London and Westminster Review, April 1836, vol. 25, p. 264-270 (link).
Reprinted as "Mr. Spring Rice and his Penny Stamp", 1836, 8 p.
Apr. 30
 John Bowring, Report on the Commerce and Manufactures of Switzerland, London, 1836, 148 p.
July 1
 Table of the Post Offices in the United States, Washington : Blair and Rives, 1836, 183 p.
  • Francis P. Blair, father of Montgomery Blair, who was US Postmaster General from 1861 to 1864.
  • John C. Rives, published Postal Laws in 1857, 1859.

Reprinted as, Table of Post Offices in the United States on the 1st of July, 1836, Chester County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society, 1972.

(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices
July 10
 Sir Francis Freeling, Secretary to the British General Post Office since 1797, died July 10, 1836.  During his tenure, the General Post Office and the Penny Posts were expanded, internal management was improved, and postage rates were increased in 1801, 1805 and 1812.  The Post Office was regarded more as a source of revenue for the Government than as a service to the public.
  • The Annual Biography and Obituary, vol. 21, p. 232-235 (link).
  • Freeling's personal library, sold at auction, Nov. 1836 (link); priced and named (link).  Anthony Trollope bought lot 72 (link).
July 21
 House of Commons, Debates, July 21, 1836 (link).
  • Robert Wallace listed actions to be taken for reform of the British Post Office, with a response from the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Thomas Spring Rice).
Aug. 13
 Reduction of the British newspaper stamp duty from (about) 3¼d. to 1d., and a consequent increase of newspaper transmission by the Post.  The duty had been nominally 4d., but discounts were offered.  The reduction was implemented by Thomas Spring Rice, Chancellor of the Exchequer, by an Act of Aug. 13, 1836.  See also, Taxes on knowledge.  The 1d. duty was removed in June 1855.
Nov.
 The Liberal Newspapers -- Effects of the Reduction of Stamp-Duty, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Nov. 1836, vol. 3 n.s., p. 685-692 (link); Dec. 1836, p. 799-808 (link).
Dec. 5
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 5, 1836.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-fourth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1836.  24th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 297. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-fourth Congress, Washington : Printed by Blair and Rives, 1836.  24th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 301. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 6, 1836.
Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Dec. 5, 1836, p. 72-82.
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Dec. 15
 The Post Office building in Washington, DC, burned.  It was replaced by a new building in the same location, E Street north, between 7th and 8th Streets, completed in 1841.  Many, perhaps most, of the old records of the Post Office were lost in the fire.






1837   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., vol. 10, 1837, 96 p.
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 73-79 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1837, 258 p.
  • Post-Office Convention between Great Britain and France, p. 60-62 (link).
    • Chronicle of Events, 5 Apr. 1836, p. 253 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Letter Stealing, Scotland, p. 116 (link).  Act of 21 June 1836.
    • Postage on Newspapers, p. 124-125 (link).  Act of 13 Aug. 1836.
    • Stamps on Newspapers, p. 134-137 (link).  Act of 13 Aug. 1836.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, p. 153 (link).
    • Post-Office Revenue, p. 154 (link).
    • An Account of the Amount of Postage collected at the undermentioned Cities and Towns of the United Kingdom, p. 178-179 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1837.   (previous, next)

The Seventh Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Management of the Post-Office Department.

House of Commons, Session 1837, command paper no. 70, 142 p.  
Parliamentary Papers 1837 [70] vol. XXXIV Pt. I, p. 263.
PDF [ProQuest]

The Eighth Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Management of the Post-Office Department.

House of Commons, Session 1837, command paper no. 85, 26 p.  
Parliamentary Papers 1837 [85] vol. XXXIV Pt. I, p. 405.
PDF [ProQuest]

The Post Office Annual Directory and Calendar, for 1837..., containing an alphabetical list of the nobility, gentry, merchants, and others in Dublin and vicinity ... with a variety of useful information, Dublin : printed for the Letter Carriers of the General Post Office, by John S. Folds, 1837, 12 + 72 + 478 + 22 p.
  • -- GK Reel 37 (463).

Post-Handbuch für Berlin, Berlin : A.W. Hayn, 1837, x + 436 + [2] p.

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Dictionnaire des postes aux lettres, Paris : l'Imprimerie Royale, 1837, 84 + 883 p.

Also, 1835, 1845.
Jan.
 Rowland Hill, Post Office Reform, Its Importance and Practicability, London, "Private and confidential", privately printed by W. Clowes and Sons, 1837, (2) + 73 + (1) p.
  • From the Third edition, 1837, p. 48, "As the first edition of this little work was written before the close of 1836, ..." (link).
  • From the First and Second editions, 1837, p. iii, "A small edition of this little pamphlet was printed, and privately circulated, early in the month of January."  (link)
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer Thomas Spring Rice acknowledged receipt of the pamphlet on Jan. 4 [Fryer & Akerman, vol. 2, p. 746].
  • This preliminary edition was intended to gather comments from friends and family, before wider circulation.  Postage stamps were not included in this version.  Spring Rice requested some additional information, which Hill supplied in a private memorandum ("supplementary paper") sent on Jan. 28, 1837; this included stamped covers (ref).  A second letter to Spring Rice included postage stamps (ref).  Shortly afterward, Hill submitted his plans, now including adhesive postage stamps, to the Commissioners of Post Office Inquiry on Feb. 13, 1837.  He acknowledged the suggestion by Charles Knight in 1834 for stamped newspaper wrappers.  See the Commission's Ninth Report, July 7, 1837.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=PJQIAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]  (inscribed to Edwin Hill, from the Author, and later G.B. Hill)
  • -- GK entry number 30105, Reel 2785.  [Goldsmiths' Library, Univ. of London] (link)
    • ULL copy bound in a volume lettered: Miscellaneous Economic Pamphlets, 1835-38.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 185.
  • British Library shelfmark Crawford 1117; ex-E.D. Bacon, with an annotation
  • -- British Library shelfmark General Reference Collection C.T.199.(10.)
  • -- British Library shelfmark General Reference Collection C.57.I.15
  • -- British Library shelfmark General Reference Collection T.2407.(5.)
    • Described as "Second edition", but with details of the preliminary edition.
  • -- King's College London, inscribed "Professor Wheatstone from the Author", to Sir Charles Wheatstone (link)
  • Durham University Library, Earl Grey Pamphlets Collection, http://www.jstor.org/stable/60225854
  • -- Columbia Univ. Library (link)
  • -- British Post Office Archives (reportedly).
  • Christie's, New York, June 17, 2008, Sale 2013, lot 178, inscribed to Frederic Hill, from the Author, realized $10,000 (link)
  • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1067, inscribed "John Dillon Esq., from the author", realized £2,070 (link)
First ed., London : Charles Knight and Co., 1837, vii + (1) + 104 p.; preface dated Feb. 22, 1837.
Version A - No statement of edition on title page; "Price Two Shillings." at bottom of the cover.
Version Aa - No statement of edition on title page; "Price Two Shillings sewed." at bottom of the cover.

Second ed., as the first edition, with minor changes.
Version B - "Second edition" on title page and cover; no statement of price.
  • Postage stamps were now included, p. 41-46, the idea derived from a proposal of Charles Knight in 1834.
  • Hill notes, on p. 96, that uniform prepaid postage is already established in Bengal and Madras, without complaint or ill-effects.
  • The preface is dated "2, Burton Crescent, Feb. 22, 1837", which was Rowland Hill's home address in Bloomsbury.
    • Burton Crescent was renamed Cartwright Gardens in 1908 (ref, ref).  No. 2 does not survive (ref).  Edwin Chadwick lived at no. 1 in 1838-39 (ref, ref).
  • Advertised, all 1837
    • "This day is published, price 2s. sewed, Post-Office Reform; its Importance and Practicability.  By Rowland Hill.  London : Charles Knight and Co., 22, Ludgate-street.",
      • The Morning Post, London, Mar. 17.
      • The Constitutional and Public Ledger, London, Mar. 17.
      • London Evening Standard, Mar. 18.
      • The Morning Chronicle, Mar. 18.
      • The Spectator, Mar. 18 (link).
    • "Price 2s., sewed, Post Office Reform; its Importance and Practicability.  By Rowland Hill.  London : Charles Knight and Co., 22, Ludgate-street.",
      • The Courier, London, Mar. 17.
  • Reviewed, all 1837
    • The Courier, London, Mar. 18.  Copied by the Manchester Times, Mar. 25.
    • The Constitutional, London, Mar. 24.
    • The Globe, London, Mar. 25.
    • The Times, London, Mar. 25.
    • The Spectator, Mar. 25 (link).  Copied by the Worcester Journal, Mar. 30; the Hereford Times, Apr. 1.
    • The Morning Chronicle, Mar. 31.  Copied by The Examiner, Apr. 2; the Bradford Observer, Apr. 6; the Carlisle Journal, Apr. 8; the Leicestershire Mercury, Apr. 8; the Newcastle Courant, Apr. 14; the Taunton Courier, Apr. 19.
      • Morning Chronicle, Apr. 3, letter to the editor from Rowland Hill
    • The Kendal Mercury, Apr. 1.
    • The Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette, Apr. 1.
    • The Gloucester Journal, Apr. 1.
    • The Morning Advertiser, Apr. 1; Apr. 19.
    • The Wiltshire Independent, Apr. 6.
    • etc.
    • The Athenæum, May 6 (link).
    • etc.
    • The Fife Herald, Nov. 2, lengthy.
  • -- APRL, G5741 .P856 H647p 1837b (Rare Books)  (version A)
    • Inscribed, on the inside front cover, to "Edward Kendall, Esq.  With Mr. Wallace's best compliments, and requests that Mr. Kendall will examine this work carefully and get his opinions published.  London 22 March 1837".
  • -- NPM, HE6935 .H64 1837 (Rare Books)  (version A)
    • Without cover; bound with The State and Prospects of Penny Postage (1844).
    • Inscribed "The only material additions or modifications in this Edition consist of the Preface & of pp. 36-46, 56-61, & 83-end."
    • In a different hand, in pencil, "Author's copy".
  • http://archive.org/details/cihm_21617  [Canada, Public Archives]  (version Aa)
  • -- GK entry number 30106, Reel 2785.  [Goldsmiths' Library, Univ. of London] (link)  (version A)
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 185.
  • British Library shelfmark Crawford 1118 (1).  (version A)
    • With a note from Robert Wallace (or his secretary), "To the Editor of <blank>, With Mr. Wallace's best respects, an earnest request that ...", requesting a review, dated London 17 March 1837.  In the same hand as the APRL inscription.
  • British Library shelfmark Crawford 1118 (2).  (version B)
  • -- Univ. of Reading, ex-J.R.McCulloch (see below)
  • -- London Institution, donated by the author, Mar. 28, 1837 (link)
    • After the London Institution closed in 1912, its library was divided between the British Museum, the Guildhall Library, and the School of Oriental Studies at the University of London.  Some of the books later went to King's College, London.
  • -- Brian Birch, library.  (version A or Aa)
  • -- Brian Birch, library.  (version B)
  • -- Dale Forster, library.  (version B).  Cover illustrated, The Penny Post, Jan. 2014, p. 6 (link).
  • A facsimile (of version A, but not an exact reproduction) appears in Pearson Hill, The Post Office of Fifty Years Ago, 1887, after p. 48, http://archive.org/details/postofficeoffift00hilluoft.
  • A transcription of Version B appears in Fryer & Akerman, vol. 1, p. 1-46.
  • Version B, title page illustrated in Andreas Hahn, Die Erfindung der Briefmarke = The invention of stamps, 2008, fig. 8, p. 30.
  • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1066, inscribed "John Dillon Esq., from the author", realized £2,875 (link).
    • "the covers with some faults and three later binding punctures"
  • Christie's, London, June 7, 2005, Sale 5621, lot 379, realized £2,400 (link).
  • Corinphila, Zurich, June 7, 2023, Sale 298, lot 1353, ex libris Florence M. Davenport Hill.  (version A or Aa)
  • Christie's Robson Lowe, London, Mar. 13, 1990, Sale 4239, lot 1086, 1837 (March 28) a.l.s. [autograph letter sheet] from [Rowland Hill at] 6 Adelphi Terrace to John Shuttleworth sending a copy of Post Office Reform and asking if "the Chamber of Commerce would be interested to take it up?".  Mentions Government support, interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Post Office Commissioners.  "The use of stampt covers (see page 41 of the new edition) is particularly liked by the Governt.  Mr John Wood of the Stamp Office likes it much ...".  2 1/2 pp.  A letter of considerable importance.  Est. £350., sold £500 + 10%.
    • John Shuttleworth was a merchant in Manchester.
  • Another letter, dated Mar. 23, 1837; on offer, Michael Chipperfield, London, 2018-2020 (link; archived, 2019)
    • My dear Sir, I send you a copy of the published Edition of Post office Reform -- The alterations you will find indicated on the Title page.  Will you do me the favour ...
    • ... the use of stamped covers is particularly liked by government.
Third ed., London : Charles Knight and Co., 1837, x + 97 + (1) p.; preface dated Nov. 15, 1837.
"Third edition" on title page and front wrapper.
Version Ca - On p. vii, the last footnote is ¶ Page 112.
Version Cb - On p. vii, the last footnote is ¶ Page 121.
  • Between 112 and 121, 121 is correct; Hill was evidently using one of the official reprints of the 1797 Palmer report made in 1807, 1808 or 1813 (link).  The quote that is cited appears on p. 192 of the original.
  • Some typographical errors remained uncorrected, such as Hamdstead on p. 35.  The footnote symbol || is omitted on p. vii.
  • The preface is dated "2, Burton Crescent, Nov. 15th, 1837".
  • Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, May 26, 2005, Sale 22, Lot 231, "POST OFFICE REFORM; ITS IMPORTANCE AND PRACTICABILITY" by Rowland Hill, third edition, 97 pages plus preface and including the 1d. letter sheet essay in yellow-buff by John Dickinson, binding removed but a fine and clean example of this scarce publication.  Price Realised £480; previously offered in Sale 17, May 25, 2004, unsold.
Fourth ed., London : Charles Knight and Co., 1838, x + 97+ (1) p.
"Fourth edition" and "1838" on the cover and title page, otherwise identical to the Third ed.
  • -- British Library shelfmark General Reference Collection C.T.228.(1.)
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 185.  This refers to the item in the British Museum (now in the British Library); it is not in the Crawford collection itself.
    • As noted in the Crawford Catalogue, an "essay of letter-sheet" is bound in.
  • -- LCP, http://dc02kg0540na.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com (without cover)
  • -- Boston Public Library (in 1900), http://books.google.com/books?id=cG0aAAAAYAAJ
  • Robinson explains why the fourth edition might exist but probably does not.  In fact, it does exist.
    • Howard Robinson, The British Post Office, A History, Princeton, 1948, p. 262-264.
  • Grimwood-Taylor discusses the fourth edition in detail.
    • James L. Grimwood-Taylor, The British Postal Reforms of 1839 to 1840, 1990, Chapter 4.
  • This is not exactly identical to the Third Edition, comparing the two at the Library Company of Philadelphia.  On the title page, the first line ends with a semi-colon (3rd) or a colon (4th).  The contents, though, do appear to be identical to the Third Edition version Cb.
  • Argyll Etkin Ltd, 1 Mar, 2019, Sale no. 43, lot 137, "Post Office Reform, Its Importance and Practicability" by Rowland Hill, the 4th edition of this important booklet, 97 pages, an example of Dickinson's London District Post 1d lettersheet essay in yellow-buff (S.G. £950, printed by Whiting, originally included in the 1837 9th report of the "Commission to Inquire into the Management of the Post Office") bound in pages 92/93 which deal with Mr Dickinson's plan for the London District Post. The covers stained with part of front cover torn away (with the loss of four letters in "REFORM" only), a few minor edge faults and binding loose but a complete and rare pamphlet, published by Charles Knight & Co in London. £400-500.
See also, Rowland Hill, History of Penny Postage, http://books.google.com/books?id=rQZDAAAAIAAJ

There are further items sold at auction or privately, which are related or do not indicate which edition.  See, for example, http://www.christies.com/, http://www.grosvenorauctions.com/, http://www.cavendish-auctions.com/, etc.

Some biblio-biographical notes.

  • Charles Knight and Rowland Hill had long been associated from The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, which sponsored the British Almanac and the Penny Magazine, and from Hill's work on a Rotatory Printing Machine (1835).  Knight had proposed the use of stamped newspaper wrappers in 1834.
  • According to Hill family lore, "From childhood he had often heard his father express an opinion that the rate of postage was too high, ..., and the evils of dear postage were for years a topic of conversation in the family circle." (ref).  "The year 1835 brought a large surplus in the revenue, and various suggestions for reducing taxation were afloat.  It occurred to Mr. Rowland Hill, in whose thoughts the question of postal improvement had long dwelt, ..." (ref).
  • John Dillon (1792-1868) was a member of the London Mercantile Committee on Postage.  He was a business partner of the merchant James Morrison, and both were associated with the solicitor William Henry Ashurst.  Morrison had first met Matthew Davenport Hill in 1827.  Morrison, Dillon and Ashurst all sent their sons to the Hill family school at Bruce Castle, Tottenham.  The Reform Club membership (since 1836) included Morrison, Dillon, Ashurst, M.D. Hill and Frederic Hill.
    • Caroline Dakers, A Genius for Money, Yale Univ. Press, 2011; biography of James Morrison.  Morrison was further acquainted with Thomas Spring Rice, Henry Brougham, etc.
  • On p. 89 of the first and second editions, Hill says "For the following statement, with reference to this part of the subject, I am indebted to Mr. Dillon, of the house of Morrison and Co."  Dillon's name does not appear in the private edition, although he did receive it.  About John Dillon and James Morrison, see here, here and here.  For Dillon's extensive collection of books on post office reform, see lot 480 in the sale catalogue of his library in June 1869 (link); he also had collections of autograph letters and manuscripts (link), and ancient and modern engravings (link).
  • Rowland Hill was at the time (May 1835 to Sep. 16, 1839) Secretary to the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia, with offices, since July 1835, at 6 Adelphi Terrace, London (ref, ref, ref).  Following passage of the Penny Postage Act, Hill went to work for the Treasury, pointedly not for the Post Office directly, and only for two years in a temporary appointment.
Some later reviews, or commentaries,
  • J.R. McCulloch, The Literature of Political Economy, London : Longman, 1845, p. 339-340 (link).  See also, McCulloch's 1856 library catalogue (link), 1862 library catalogue (link), and the 1867 catalogue of the Library of Overstone Park (link), which now resides at the University of Reading (link).

For further library holdings, see

See also,

  • W.B. Clowes, Family Business, 1803-1953, London : William Clowes and Sons Ltd., 1953.  A brief biography of Charles Knight is included, p. 28-32.
  • George W. Smith, Charles Knight - Reformer, The GB Journal, Oct. 1980, vol. 18, no. 5, p. 95-97.
  • Dr. Jorge Alfredo Bolzan, William Clowes, Printer, The GB Journal, July-Aug. 1989, vol. 27, no. 3, p. 42-44.
Jan.
 [Review of] Report from the Select Committee on Steam Navigation to India, The Foreign Quarterly Review, London, Jan. 1837, vol. 18, p. 342-392 (link). 
  • Includes, review of Der Begleiter auf der Donaufahrt von Wien bis zum schwarzen Meere, The Companion to a Voyage down the Danube, from Vienna to the Black Sea.
Jan.
 Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, Bentley's Miscellany, London, Jan. 1837, vol. 1, pp. 20-29 (link).
  • Andy goes to the Post Office for his Squire, and argues postage fees with the postmaster, pp. 27-29 (link).
  • Continued, pp. 169-177.
Feb.
 [Robert Wallace], The Post-Office and its Abuses, with Hints for Improvement, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Feb. 1837, vol. 4 n.s., pp. 81-88 (link).

Capt. [Robert] Melville Grindlay, A View of the Present State of the Question as to Steam Communication with India, London : Smith, Elder and Co.
Mar. 25
 A Great Reform, and the Bureaucracy, The Spectator, Mar. 25, 1837, vol. 10, p. 275-277 (link).
Mar. 31
 A Looking-Glass for London, No. VIII, External and Internal Communication [Mail Coach Routes], The Penny Magazine, Monthly Supplement, Mar. 31, 1837, vol. 6, p. 113-120 (link).
  • References to previous notes in vol. 3 (link) and vol. 4 (link).
  • Quotes from Rowland Hill's Post Office Reform, "just published".
Apr. 2
 Reduction of Postage, The Examiner, Apr. 2, 1837, p. 212.
May 6
 Post Office Reform, By Rowland Hill, The Athenæum, May 6, 1837, p. 320 (link).
May 20
 New System of Postage, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, May 20, 1837, pp. 131-132.
June 3
 The Post-Office "Express:" Penny Letters, The Spectator, June 3, 1837, vol. 10, p. 512-513 (link).
June 20
 Victoria becomes Queen of England, succeeding William IV.  The formal coronation was June 28, 1838.
July 1
 The first Traveling Post-Office in Britain, on the Grand Junction Railway between Liverpool and Birmingham.
July 7
 The Ninth Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Management of the Post-Office Department, London : House of Commons, July 7, 1837, 137 p.  + maps.

House of Commons, Session 1837, command paper no. 99, 129 p.
Parliamentary Papers 1837 [99] vol. XXXIV Pt.I.431
PDF [ProQuest]
  • Rowland Hill's testimony on Feb. 13, 1837, p. 26-34, occurred between the first and second editions of his Post-Office Reform.  This was his first public proposal for stamped covers (p. 32) and adhesive postage stamps (p. 33).
Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, Sale 702, lots 2014, 2015.
  • THE FIRST ESSAY OF ALL - THE 1d "LONDON DISTRICT POST" WRAPPER BY CHARLES WHITING; Fine 1837 1d yellow-ochre example of the letter-sheet (folded as a cover) printed by Charles Whiting & Co. on Dickinson silk-thread paper; originally produced for the July 1837 Government P.O. Report - examples were also included in late editions of Rowland Hill's famous P.O. Reform pamphlet. The Number One of British Essays along with the 2d value (see next lot). 
  • THE FIRST ESSAY OF ALL - THE 2d "LONDON DISTRICT POST" WRAPPER BY CHARLES WHITING; Fine 1837 2d Green example of the letter-sheet (folded as always) printed by Charles Whiting & Co. on Dickinson silk-thread paper; originally produced for the July 1837 Government P.O. Report. Intriguingly there is a partial albino 23 May 1864 c.d.s. impression through the two flaps, showing that this letter-sheet was posted in this folded form inside another envelope some 27 years after it was printed. Perhaps Rowland Hill was looking at it again and sent it through the post to a friend (he retired from the P.O. in March 1864)?! The Number One of British Essays along with the 1d value (see previous lot).
July
 Universal Penny Postage, Monthly Repository, July 1837, pp. 65-66.
July 12
 The British Parliament receives Royal Assent for five Acts revising Post Office procedures, all effective Aug. 1, 1837.
  • An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Post Office, 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 32.
  • An Act for the Management of the Post Office, 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 33.
  • An Act for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage, 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 34.
  • An Act for regulating the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage, 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 35.
  • An Act for consolidating the Laws relative to Offences against the Post Office of the United Kingdom, and for regulating the judicial Administration of the Post Office Laws, and for explaining certain Terms and Expressions employed in those Laws, 7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 36.
July 15
 Report from the Select Committee on Steam Communication with India.
July 15
 Table of the Post Offices in the United States, Washington : Langtree & O'Sullivan, 1837, 191 p.
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices
Aug.
 Practical Science, Applied to the Reform of the Post-Office, The Magazine of Popular Science, Aug. 1837, vol. 4, pp. 144-148 (link).
Sep.
 Robert Wallace, letter to the editor, The Scotsman.  Copied, Kendal Mercury, Sep. 9, 1837.
Sep. 9
 Post Office Improvement, The Spectator, Sep. 9, 1837, vol. 10, p. 852-853 (link).
Sep. 16
 The Twopenny Post, The Spectator, Sep. 16, 1837, vol. 10, p. 875-876 (link).
Oct. 21
 Cheap Postage for the Metropolis, The Spectator, Oct. 21, 1837, vol. 10, p. 992-994 (link).
Nov. 23
 On 23 November 1837 the British government announced that "a Select Committee is to be appointed to inquire into the present rates and mode of charging postage, with a view to such a reduction thereof as may be made without injury to the revenue and for this purpose to examine especially into the mode recommended for charging and collecting postage in a pamphlet published by Mr Rowland Hill."   The committee published its final report in March 1839 and it was agreed by Parliament on 12 July 1839.
Dec. 2
 Post-Office Improvement, The Spectator, Dec. 2, 1837, vol. 10, p. 1141 (link).
Dec. 3
 Postage Committee, The Examiner, Dec. 3, 1837, pp. 777-778.
Dec. 4
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 4, 1837.

Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Washington : Blair and Rives, Printers, 1837.  25th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 314. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Washington : Printed by Thomas Allen, 1837.  25th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 3.  US Serial Set 321. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances.
Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Dec. 4, 1837, p. 83-89.
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1838   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., vol. 11, 1838, 96 p.
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 73-83 (link).
    • List of Persons privileged under the General Franking Act, p. 75-76 (link).
    • Transmission of letters by private individuals, p. 76-77 (link).
    • H.M. Packets at Falmouth, p. 83 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1838, 248 p.
  • New System of Twopenny Post, p. 115-120 (link).
    • A summary of Rowland Hill's Post-Office Reform, Charles Knight's newspaper wrapper proposal, etc.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts.  Acts of 12 July 1837.
    • Post Office Acts, p. 140 (link).
    • Post Office - Management, p. 140-141 (link).
    • Postage Duties, p. 141-143 (link).
    • Packet Rates, p. 143 (link).
    • Franking, p. 143 (link).
    • Post Office - Offences and Administration, p. 144-146 (link).
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, Gross Income of the General Post-Office, p. 170-171 (link).
    • An Account of the Amount of Postage collected at the undermentioned Cities and Towns of the United Kingdom, p. 196 (link).
    • Letters sent to France, p. 197 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1837-38.  (previous, next)

The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the Year 1838, Boston : Charles Bowen, vol. 9, 1837, 336 p.; preface dated Sep. 11, 1837.
  • Post-office Establishment, p. 137-139 (link).
  • General Post-Office, p. 147 (link).
(previous, next)  American-Almanac

Acts of Parliament Relating to the Post Office, From 9 Anne to 1 Victoria, 1710-1837, London, 1838.

Reprinted 1977, The Britannia Stamp Bureau, Tiverton, Devon, England, [14] + 312 + [137] p.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC

J.R. [John Ramsay] McCulloch [M'Culloch], A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation, London : Longman, 1832, 1835, 1838, 1839, etc.
Many other editions were published, also with an American version. 
  • Rowland Hill took offense (ref) to some of the remarks in the 1839 supplement, which were addressed in the 1840 supplement.

W.H. [William Henry] Ashurst, Facts and Reasons In Support of Mr. Rowland Hill's Plan for a Universal Penny Postage, London : Henry Hooper, 1838.

First ed., 1838, viii + 92 p.
  • -- GK entry number 30666.3, Reel 2815.
Second ed., 1838, viii + 133 p., preface dated June 1838. See also, more details.

The law firm founded in 1822 by W.H. Ashurst (1791-1855) still exists as Ashurst LLP.  His son, also named William Henry Ashurst (1819-1879), was a student at Bruce Castle School in 1836, and was later employed as Solicitor to the Post Office, 1862-79.

James MacQueen, A general plan for a mail communication by steam, between Great Britain and the eastern and western parts of the world; also to Canton and Sydney, westward by the Pacific: to which are added, geographical notices of the Isthmus of Panama, Nicaragua, &c., London : B. Fellowes, 1838, xii + 132 p.
  • -- British Library shelfmark 1136.h.14

A. Piron, Du Service des Postes et de la Taxation des lettres au moyen d'un timbre, Paris : H. Fournier, 1838, 148 p.
  • Piron described de Velayer's private postal service in Paris in 1653, and promoted uniform postage rates.
  • Piron was sous-directeur des postes, and later corresponded with (and probably met) Rowland Hill.
See also, Cl. Grasset, Abrégé de l'ouvrage intitulé : "Du Service des postes et de la taxation des lettres au moyen d'un timbre", Sep. 1839, 10 p., http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb30535339x and http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb363763144.

Pierre Jouhaud, De l'Institution comparée des postes, en France et à l'étranger, et des innovations soumises par l'administration à une commission, Paris : Mme Goulet, 1838, iv + 94 p.

Cajetan Ritter von Manner, Handbuch für k.k. österr. Staatsbeamte und Postbedienstete, Vienna, 1838.
  • Noted, Zeitschrift für österreichische Rechtsgelehrsamkeit und politische Gesetzkunde, Dec. 1839, p. 548 (link).
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Jan.
 The Tenth Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Management of the Post-Office Department, Registration of Letters, Jan. 1838, 38 p.
See also, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11756

House of Commons, Session 1837-38, paper no. 112, 38 p.  
Parliamentary Papers 1837-38 (112) vol. XXXV, p. 185.
PDF [ProQuest]
Feb. 11
 Postage, The Examiner, Feb. 11, 1838, pp. 81-82.
Mar. 14
 The Post Circular, Mar 14, 1838, first issue.
  • See the discussion by Henry Cole, its instigator, in his memoirs (ref).
  • Issue no. 1, Mar. 14, 1838
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1072, realized £207 (link)
  • Issue no. 2, Mar. 21, 1838
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1073, realized £126 (link)
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1074, realized £126 (link)
  • Issue no. 3, Mar. 28, 1838
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1075, realized £126 (link)
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1076, realized £69 (link)
  • Issue no. 4, Apr. 5, 1838
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1077, realized £368 (link).  "SECOND EDITION", contents cover James Chalmers's suggestions on the possible use of "slips" or "postage stamps" along with an illustration of his proposed 1d. and 2d. designs, Newspaper Tax stamp on back page; light folds.
    • Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, May 15, 2003, Sale 15, lot 1520, realized £1500.  Postal Reform: 'The Post Circular, OR AN ADVOCATE FOR A CHEAP, SWIFT, AND SURE POSTAGE', edition number 4, dated Thursday April 5th 1839, a fascinating four page document including letters from Rowland Hill discussing the proposed reduction in postal rates, James Chalmers with illustrations of "General Postage" 1d. and 2d. essays and in which he discusses the importance of cancelling the stamps 'Again to prevent the possibility of these being used a second time, it should be made imperative on postmasters to put the Post-office town stamp across the slip or postage stamp', etc., with "POST/CIRCULAR/ONE/PENNY/NEWSPAPER" stamp in red on reverse, very fine.  Photo [no. 4, second ed.].
  • Issue no. 5, Apr. 24, 1838
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1078, realized £138 (link)
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1079, realized £86 (link)
  • Issue no. 6, May 4, 1838
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1080, realized £138 (link)
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1081, realized £80 (link)
  • Issue no. 7, May 11, 1838
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1082, realized £126 (link)
  • Issue no. 8, May 25, 1838
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1083, realized £138 (link)
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1084, realized £80 (link)
  • Issue no. 9, July 5, 1838
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1085, realized £126 (link)
  • Issue no. 10, Mar. 28, 1839
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1086, realized £518 (link)
  • Issue no. 11, Apr. 17, 1839
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1087, realized £138 (link)
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1088, realized £40 (link)
  • Issue no. 12, Apr. 30, 1839
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1089, realized £805 (link)
    • Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, May 15, 2003, Sale 15, lot 1521, unsold.  Postal Reform: 'The Post Circular, OR AN ADVOCATE FOR A CHEAP, SWIFT, AND SURE POSTAGE', edition number 12, dated Tuesday April 30th 1839, a further fascinating four page document with the "Report of the London Mercantile Committee for the Reduction of Postage" including the paragraph 'Your Sub-Committee are of opinion, and this opinion they express with much confidence, THAT THE SAFE PLAN FOR THE REVENUE, IS TO REDUCE POSTAGE AT ONCE AND UNIVERSALLY TO ONE PENNY; AND THAT ANY OTHER RATE CAN HARDLY BE VIEWED AS A FAIR TRIAL OF MR ROWLAND HILL'S PLAN', on the second page is the cartoon of the Edinburgh mail of 2nd March 1838 showing the vagaries of the system at that time, on the third page are examples of the "POST OFFICE PERMIT" essay in blue and the "ONE POUND" banknote printed by the Congreve process in black and pink, "POST/CIRCULAR/ONE/PENNY/NEWSPAPER" stamp in red on front, at some time the document has been damaged at the edges and expertly restored, the contents being unaffected, very fresh and rare.
    • Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, May 26, 2005, Sale 22, lot 232, unsold.
    • Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, Nov. 18, 2014, Sale 91, lot 102, realized £1850.  Postal Reform: 'The Post Circular, OR AN ADVOCATE FOR A CHEAP, SWIFT, AND SURE POSTAGE', edition number 12, dated Tuesday April 30th 1839, fascinating four page document with the "Report of the London Mercantile Committee for the Reduction of Postage" including the paragraph "Your Sub-Committee are of opinion, and this opinion they express with much confidence, THAT THE SAFE PLAN FOR THE REVENUE, IS TO REDUCE POSTAGE AT ONCE AND UNIVERSALLY TO ONE PENNY; AND THAT ANY OTHER RATE CAN HARDLY BE VIEWED AS A FAIR TRIAL OF MR ROWLAND HILL'S PLAN", on the second page is the cartoon of the Edinburgh mail of 2nd March 1838 showing the vagaries of the system at that time, on the third page are examples of the "POST OFFICE PERMIT" essay in blue and the "ONE POUND" banknote printed by the Congreve process in black and pink, "POST/CIRCULAR/ONE/PENNY/NEWSPAPER" stamp in red on front, vertical and horizontal folds with minor central fault and edge imperfections, a rare and important item.
  • Issue no. 13,
  • Issue no. 14, June 28, 1839
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1090, realized £184 (link)
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 727; British Library shelfmarks Crawford 2351, Crawford 1192 (5-17).
  • Some of the members of the Mercantile Committee on Postage were George Moffatt, John Dillon, John Travers, W.H. Ashurst, Joshua Bates, Henry Cole.
Apr.
 Launcelot Lamprey, Mems in the Mediterranean, The Metropolitan Magazine, April 1838, vol. 21, p. 376 (link) [image].
Apr.
 M.C. [Henry Cole], Uniform Penny Postage, The London and Westminster Review, Apr. 1838, vol. 7/29/31, no. 1, p. 225-264 (link).
  • Review of, First Report from the Select Committee on Postage, and Post Office Reform, 3rd ed., by Rowland Hill.
  • PDF [ProQuest]
  • American Edition, April 1838, vol. 31, p. 118-139 (link).
  • Reprinted in The Post Circular, July 5, 1838, no. 9; also as a separate pamphlet.
  • John Stuart Mill was owner of the London and Westminster Review from Oct. 1836 to March 1840.  He wrote to Cole, probably in March 1838 (ref),
    Dear Cole
    I am obliged to send this article back to you; I never had so unmanageable a one in my life.  Not only is it often quite impossible for me to make out what you mean, but there is not one sentence in the whole article in its proper place.  I wish you would rewrite it or rearrange it, on the principle of proving only one thing at a time & not jumping from one point to another & back again several times in a page.  The article is utterly unmanageable by me—it can only be disentangled by the hand that entangled it—but the material is all excellent.
    Ever yours
    J.S. Mill
    [PS] You must lose no time if it is to be in this number.

The first article of the next issue, Modern Wood Engraving, Aug. 1838, vol. 7/29/31, no. 2, p. 265-280 (link), is also Cole's work (ref).
Apr.
 Dr. Lichfield, The Postman, Bentley's Miscellany, April 1838, vol. 3, p. 504-505 (link).
Apr. 4
 First Report from the Select Committee on Postage; together with the minutes of evidence, and appendix.

House of Commons, Session 1837-38, paper no. 278, 516 p.
Parliamentary Papers 1837-38 (278) vol. XX Part I, p. 1.
PDF [ProQuest]
  • Minutes of Feb. 7 - Apr. 4, 1838, chaired by Robert Wallace, M.P.  The committee was appointed Nov. 27, 1837, in response to Rowland Hill's pamphlet.
Apr. 21
 Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Postage, The Athenæum, Apr. 21, 1838, p. 281-284 (link).
Apr. 28
 Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Postage, The Athenæum, Apr. 28, 1838, p. 297-298 (link).
  • This issue was printed on paper from Dickinson, with silk threads, as recommended for the post office covers.
Jun.
 [J.J. Darling], Post-Office Reform, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Jun. 1838, vol. 5 n.s., p. 391-395 (link).
July
 Post Office Reform, The Eclectic Review, July 1838, vol. 4, p. 107-120 (link).
July
 Moral Effect of High Postage on the Poor, The British Magazine, July 1838, p. 43-44.
Aug. 1
 Second Report from the Select Committee on Postage; together with the minutes of evidence, appendix and index.

House of Commons, Session 1837-38, paper no. 658, 879 p.
Parliamentary Papers 1837-38 (658) vol. XX Part II, p. 1.
PDF [ProQuest]
  • Minutes of Apr. 30 - July 3, 1838.
Aug. 13
 Third Report from the Select Committee on Postage; together with an abstract of the evidence, directed by the committee to be appended to the report.

House of Commons, Session 1837-38, paper no. 708, 200 p.
Parliamentary Papers 1837-38 (708) vol. XX Part I, p. 517.
PDF [ProQuest]
  • Summary, conclusions and recommendations.
Aug.
 [Henry Cole], Report of the Select Committee on Postage, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Aug. 1838, vol. 18, pp. 250-252 (link).
Aug. 19
 Moral Advantages of Low Postage, The Examiner, Aug. 19, 1838, p. 523.
Nov. 14
 New South Wales Government Gazette, Nov. 14, 1838, no. 370, p. 969-1004.
  • Conveyance of Mails, p. 972 (link, link).  Notice dated 12 Nov. 1838.  [image]
  • Returned Letters, p. 973 (link, link).  Notice dated 13 Nov. 1838.  [image]
  • [Stamped Envelopes], p. 994 (link, link).  Notice dated 1 Nov. 1838.  [image]
    • This is the first instance of a prepaid government-stamped postal item, for local use in Sydney.
Dec. 3
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 3, 1838.

Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Washington : Blair and Rives, Printers, 1838.  25th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 338. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Washington : Printed by Thomas Allen, 1838.  25th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 344.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 3, 1838.
Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Dec. 3, 1838, p. 90-94.
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Dec. 8
 The Public and the Post Office, The Spectator, Dec. 8, 1838, pp. 1161-1162 (link).

A Money-Order Office was established as part of the British Post Office.

First steamship mail from Britain to America.






1839   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., vol. 12, 1839, 96 p.
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 74-82 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1839, 252 p.
  • The Uniform Penny Postage, p. 107-112 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Postage - Packet Boats, p. 162 (link).  Act of 14 Aug. 1838.
    • Mails - Railways, p. 162-163 (link).  Act of 14 Aug. 1838.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, Gross Income of the General Post-Office, p. 175 (link).
    • An Account of the Gross and Net Produce of the Post Office Revenue of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 179-180 (link).
    • Return of the Number of Newspapers to which Stamps were issued ..., p. 196 (link).
    • An Account of the Amount of Postage collected at the undermentioned Cities and Towns of the United Kingdom, p. 196 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1839.   (previous, next)

[US Post Office Laws, 1808-39], 1839, 48 p.
(previous, next)  US-Postal-Laws

David H. Burr, The American Atlas, Exhibiting the Post Offices, Post Roads, Rail Roads, Canals, and the Physical and Political Divisions of the United States of North America, 1839, 13 maps.

William Chapin, A Complete Reference Gazetteer of the United States of North America : Containing a General View of the United States, and of Each State and Territory, and a Notice of the Various Canals, Railroads and Internal Improvements ... Together with All the Post Offices in the United States, as published by the authority of the Post Office Department, ...

New York : W. Chapin and J.B. Taylor, 1839, 347 + [3] p.
New York : Phelps & Ensign, 1840, 347 p.
New York : Phelps & Ensign, 1841, 367 p.
New York : T. & E. H. Ensign, 1843, 371 p.
New York : T. & E. H. Ensign, 1844, 371 p.
New York : T. & E.H. Ensign, 1845, 371 p.

The Democratic Medley, or sayings and doings, with the history of one day, to which is added the Whig's light-house, and a trip through the custom-house & post office, Philadelphia, 1839, 34 p.

Texas [Republic], Post Office Department, Report of the post office master general of the condition of his department, Austin, Texas, Oct. 1839, 1 sheet.
  • (Shoemaker 1839 58844)

J. Williams and H. Döring, The English-German Letter-Writer, or a Series of exquisite Letters and other Compositions relative to Private- and Commercial-Correspondence [Deutsch-Englischer Briefsteller oder Auswahl von Musterbriefen und andern Aufsätzen aus der Private- und Handels-Correspondenz], Jena : F. Mauke, 1839.
Jan.
 Post Office Reform, Monthly Review, Jan. 1839, vol. 1 n.s., pp. 54-65 (link).
  • Review of Ashurst, 1838.
Jan.
 Indelible Ink [Society of Arts], Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Jan. 1839, p. 64.
Feb. 8
 Document, On the subject of reducing and equalizing letter postage, Feb. 8, 1839.
  • Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Washington, Feb. 28, 1839, p. 293 (link).
  • Public Documents Printed by Order of The Senate of the United States, Washington, 1839, vol. III, Document no. 194 (link).
  • The origin of the document is not described.
  • The document begins with the proposal "now under consideration in the British Parliament", and it refers to a pamphlet, which is not identified or reproduced.  From the page references to the pamphlet, it appears to be W.H. Ashurst, Facts and Reasons In Support of Mr. Rowland Hill's Plan for a Universal Penny Postage, London : Henry Hooper, 1838, 2nd ed.
Mar.
 Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, Bentley's Miscellany, Mar. 1839, vol. 5, pp. 299-312 (link).
  • Mail is delivered to the Squire's household, p. 304 (link).
Mar. 9
 Parliamentary Report on Postage, The Spectator, Mar. 9, 1839, vol. 12, pp. 226-227 (link, but without the supplement).
  • The supplement mentioned here was also noted on p. 224 (link).
  • Petition forms, to be directed to the Houses of Lords and Commons, could be obtained from at least one printer (link).
Mar. 10
 Report for the Committee on Postage, The Examiner, Aug. 19, 1839, p. 155.
Apr.
 [Henry Cole], The Justice and Profit of a Uniform Penny Postage, The British and Foreign Review, Apr. 1839, vol. 8, pp. 451-489 (link).
  • PDF [ProQuest]
Apr. 1
 Penny Postage, Figaro in London, Apr. 1, 1839, p. 97.
Apr. 18
 Three page printed report of the Public Meeting on Postage held at Manchester on 18 April 1839, concerning the effect of the current postal tariffs on business and the public in the Manchester area.
  • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1068, realized £161 (link)
Apr. 20
 Ministerial Neglect of the Post-Office Question, The Spectator, Apr. 20, 1839, vol. 12, p. 370 (link).
Apr. 21
 The Penny Postage, The Examiner, Apr. 21, 1839, p. 243.
Apr. 27
 [about Mr. London's letter to the Morning Chronicle], The Spectator, April 27, 1839, vol. 12, p. 387 (link).
Apr. 27
 Mr. Hill's Plan for Securing the Delivery of Paid Letters, The Spectator, Apr. 27, 1839, vol. 12, p. 393 (link).
Apr. 27
 Proposed New Plan of Postage, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, Apr. 27, 1839, pp. 108-109.
Apr.
 Mercantile Committee on Postage, To the Mercantile Committee : report of the Sub- Committee, [London : W. Lake, printer], [1839], 3 p., with a printed covering letter, dated April, 1839, signed in ms. by W.H. Ashurst.
  • -- GK entry number 31011, Reel 2855.
May
 [J.J. Darling], A Uniform Penny Postage, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, May 1839, vol. 6, pp. 284-286 (link).
May
 Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, Bentley's Miscellany, May 1839, vol. 5, pp. 479-489 (link).
  • The Squire offers to frank a letter, p. 486 (link).
May 2
 The Political Economy Club met in London, May 2, 1839, and discussed the question, led by J.R. McCulloch, "Are there any good grounds for thinking that the proposed plan of conveying Letters by Post under stamped envelopes could be advantageously carried into effect?" (link).  Rowland Hill and Henry Cole, though not members, attended the meeting (link).
June 1
 News of the Week, The Spectator, June 1, 1839, p. 501 (link).
June 13
 Rowland Hill, On the Collection of Postage by Means of Stamps, June 13, 1839.
Issued by the Mercantile Committee on Postage, No. 65.
  • See also, The London and Westminster Review, Mar. 1840 (below).
  • See also, Notes on the Envelopes of Great Britain, SCM, Nov. 1, 1870, p. 165-167 (link).
  • Reprinted with notes by Pearson Hill, London, Feb. 18, 1888.
    • -- British Library shelfmark General Reference Collection Crawford 1116 (14)
  • Reproduced in The Penny Postage Jubilee and Philatelic History, by Phil [A.D. Blackburn], London : Sampson Low, 1891, p. 94-101 (link).
  • Reprinted in Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, Feb. 29, 1896, vol. 6, p. 142-144.
June 10
 Penny Postage, Figaro in London, June 10, 1839, p. 173.
June 29
 Cheap Postage, at Home and Abroad, The Spectator, June 29, 1839, vol. 12, pp. 607-608 (link).
  • Mostly a review of Piron's pamphlet of 1838.
July 1
 Rowland Hill, Facts and Estimates as to the Increase of Letters.
  • Issued by the Mercantile Committee on Postage, sent to every member of Parliament.
  • Reproduced in The Life of Sir Rowland Hill, Appendix H, vol. 1, pp. 534-538 (link).
July 6
 Motion in Parliament by Thomas Spring Rice, to reduce postage to one penny, uniform; to abolish Parliamentary franking; etc.  The Penny Postage Bill passed Commons July 29, and Lords Aug. 17.
July
 Samuel Taylor, The Penny Postage Question Examined, The British Farmer's Magazine, July 1839, vol. 3, pp. 146-166 (link).

Samuel Taylor, The Penny Postage Question Examined, London : J. Ridgway & Sons, 1839, 23 p., preface date May 27, 1839.
Aug. 5
 Queen Victoria's Journals, 5 Aug. 1839.
  • I asked Lord M. how he was; “Much better,” he said, and that he had only been tired. Talked of what they were going to have in the House; this new Post Office Bill, he replied, which is to reduce it all to one penny; every body to pay a penny for every letter; it's Mr. Rowland Hill's plan, he said. I asked if there would be much difficulty about it; he said: “I believe they mean to object to it, but not to oppose it”, which I said was not the same thing; he said that by that they meant to throw the whole responsibility upon the Government.
    • [from the typescript prepared for Lord Esher, vol. 11, p. 288]
  • After luncheon, saw Ld Melbourne. Talked of what there was going to be in the House. He said the new Post Office Bill was coming on, the object of which was, to reduce the postage to a penny. It was Mr Rowland Hill's plan. I asked if there would be much difficulty about it to which Ld M. replied "I believe they mean to object to it but not to oppose it," which I remarked was not the same thing. He said that by that they meant to throw the whole responsibility upon the Govt.
    • [from the edited transcript by Princess Beatrice, vol. 7, p. 142]
The original diary for this date does not survive.  There are many other entries relating to the Post Office, postage, etc.
See also, The Letters of Queen Victoria, London : John Murray, 1907-1908.
Aug. 17
 The Penny Postage Act received Royal Assent.  The act was passed Aug. 17, 1839; it extended to Oct. 5, 1840.

Penny Postage Act, Rowland HillThe New Act (2 & 3 Victoria, Cap. 52), for Reducing the Postage on all Letters to a Uniform Rate of One Penny, With a Few Remarks on the Disadvantages Attendant on Mr. Hill's Proposal to use Stamped Envelopes, London : J.W. Southgate, [1839], 8 p.

Berger's edition of the Penny Postage act : the new act (2 & 3 Victoria, cap. 52) for establishing a uniform penny postage, passed 17th August, 1839 : with notes, London : G. Berger, [1839], 8 p.

  • -- GK entry number 31106, Reel: 2865.
Aug.
 Penny Postage Act, The Inventors' Advocate, Aug. 24, 1839, pp. 22-23.
Aug.
 Post Office Reform in England, The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Aug, 1839, vol. 6, pp. 81-96 (link).
Sep. 6 Announcement of the Treasury Competition for designs of postage stamps and postal stationery, The Times, London, Sep. 6, 1839.
Sep. 16
 Rowland Hill was given a two-year appointment (later extended to three years) at the Treasury to assist in implementing the Penny Postage Act.  He had no actual authority, could only interact with the Post Office though the Treasury, and was dismissed on a change of government in 1842.
Oct.
 [John Wilson Croker], Post-Office Reform, The Quarterly Review, Oct. 1839, vol. 64, no. 128, pp. 513-574 (link).
Post-Office Reform, The London Quarterly Review, American Edition, Oct. 1839, vol. 64, pp. 282-304 (link).
  • For Rowland Hill's later comments (probably in the 1870's, published 1880), see here.
Oct. 19
 British and French Encouragement of Invention, The Mechanics' Magazine, London, Oct. 19, 1839, vol. 32, p. 44-45 (link).
  • About the Treasury Competition for design of a postage stamp, deriding the small reward.  See also, p. 176, 178, 208.
Oct. 22 Rowland Hill, A Report on the French Post-Office, in a letter addressed to the Rt. Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, [1839], 14 p.; dated at head of text, October 22nd, 1839.
  • -- GK entry number 31117, Reel 2866.
  • See also, The Times, London, Nov. 12, 1839.
  • Hill became acquainted with M. Piron of the French Post Office on his visit to Paris; Piron later sent Hill a full sheet of the newly-issued French stamps.  On this visit or a later one, Hill also met Horace Say; would he have met Natalis Rondot in later years?  (Smyth, pp. 157-158, http://books.google.com/books?id=OgdDAAAAIAAJ)
"It's a small world" -- Rowland Hill, as well as his father and brothers, was corresponding with Jeremy Bentham in the 1820's (ref); Bentham was also corresponding with Jean-Baptiste Say.  The Say and Rondot families were well-acquainted (ref).
Nov.
 A "Sly Drive" from the Post-Office to Parliament Street: Penny Plans and Puzzling Prognostics, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Nov. 1839, vol. 20, pp. 630-634 (link).
  • Satirical nonsense.
Nov.
 The New Post Office Regulations, The Inventors' Advocate, Nov. 30, 1839, p. 251 (link).
Nov. 2
 Rowland Hill's famous letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 2 Nov. 1839 outlining his plan for the gradual implementation of Postal Reform.
Nov.
 William Cooper, A Letter to the Right Honorable The Postmaster General, London, Oct. 1839.
Second ed., The Penny Postage -- A Letter to the Right Honorable The Postmaster-General showing the practicality of the Penny Postage plan, Nov. 1839, London : Fisher & Co., 12 p.
  • Cooper was Chief Clerk in the Southampton Post Office; see also, Cooper's Southampton directory, 1843.
  • Extract, in The Inventor's Advocate, Dec. 7, 1839, p. 268 (link).
  • See also, The London and Westminster Review, Mar. 1840 (below).
Nov. 30
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 30, 1839.

Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, Washington : Blair and Rives, Printers, 1839.  26th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 354. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, Washington : Blair and Rives, Printers, 1839.  26th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 363. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 3, 1839.
Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 30, 1839, p. 95-100.
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Dec. 5
 Uniform 4d postage rate introduced in Britain, with 1d in London.  Letters charged by weight, not by distance or sheets of paper.  Letter rate, 4d for the first 1/2 ounce, otherwise 8d per ounce.
Dec. 14
 Samuel Forrester, Plan for the operation of Uniform Penny Postage.
Dec. 20
 The New-York Penny Post Association announced their service, to distribute letters and small packages, in the New York Journal of Commerce, Dec. 20, 1839 (link).  They applied to the New York Board of Assistant Aldermen, Feb. 3, 1840, for permission to place boxes at City Hall, etc., to receive mail (link); the managers were then stated to be Messrs. Stirling and Kennedy.
  • Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, May 1841, noted "We are gratified to learn that Mr. Tremayn, manager of the New York Penny Post, is preparing for the press a city directory, to be called the “New York Penny Post Directory, for 1841-42." (link).  Longworth's American Almanac, New York Register, and City Directory, 1841, lists "Tremayne, Edward, penny post, 2 Exch. h[ome] Clarendon" (link). 
Dec. 28
 Treasury Warrant, Supplement to the London Gazette, Dec. 28. 1839, p. 2717-2720 (link, pdf).
  • British postage rates, effective 10 Jan. 1840.
  • Same, Dec. 31, 1839, p. 2724-2727 (link, pdf).
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 Queen Victoria and the uniform penny postage : a scene at Windsor Castle. [London : Printed by C. Reynell]. [1838?], [2] p.
  • -- GK entry number 30662, Reel 2815.
A Report of a Scene at Windsor Castle Respecting the Uniform Penny Postage, London : Henry Hooper, 1839, 8 p.
  • -- GK entry number 31149, Reel 2867.
  • Reprinted in St. Martin's-le-Grand, Oct. 1894, vol. 4, p. 382-387 (link).
  • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1071, realized £58 (link).
-- in a monthly issue of Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby, during summer 1839?

In Henry Cole's memoir, Fifty Years of Public Work, 1884, this appears as A Report of an Imaginary Scene at Windsor Castle Respecting the Uniform Penny Postage (link).

Invention of electrotyping (relief printing) by Moritz Jacobi.






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The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., vol. 13, 1840, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 77-83 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1840, 263 p.
  • The History of the Post-Office, p. 62-76 (link).
    • See also, the critical review in Fraser's Magazine, Jan. 1841, vol. 23, p. 104-105 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Penny Postage, p. 155-156 (link).  Act of 17 Aug. 1839.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, Gross Income of the General Post-Office, p. 170-171 (link).
    • An Account of the Gross Receipt of the Post Office Revenue of Great Britain, p. 174 (link).
    • Statistics of British Postage, p. 190-192 (link).
  • Chronicle of the Session of Parliament, 1839, p. 206-207 (link).  Introduction of the Postage Bill.
  • Minute of the Treasury for the Regulation of the Postage, 12 Nov. 1839, p. 261-263 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1840.   (previous, next)

Indexes to Parliamentary Reports and Papers relating to the Post Office and Postage, 1735-1839, London : House of Commons, 1840, Session 1840, vol. XLII, 479 p.

The Post-Office London Directory for 1840, London : W. Kelly & Co.
See p. 631 for details of the new Penny Postage.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 159; British Library shelfmark Crawford 898 (4). 
  • Supplement, [2] + 95 + [3] p.; Post Office Regulations (p. 1-32), Parliamentary Directory (p. 33-68), Supplement (p. 69-79), advertising (p. 80-90), directory advertising (p. 91-95 + [3]).

James Orange, The Nottingham Annual Register, containing an Almanack, etc., London, 1840, 152 p. + advertising.

[Henry Cole], "Post Office", The Penny Cyclopædia, London : Charles Knight, 1840, vol. 18, p. 453-459 (link).  Written after August, 1840.
  • Cole describes the history of British posts, including rates, and then "Mr. Rowland Hill's plan of uniform postage.  This measure, which has placed the Post-office, at the time we are now writing, in a state of total transition, so that what is in practice to-day falls into disuse on the morrow, was carried into effect by an act passed in 1839 ...".
  • The lead sentence, "Correspondence is the offspring of advanced civilization.", passes without further comment.
Reprinted in,
  • Knight's Store of Knowledge for all Readers, London : Charles Knight, 1841, p. 113-128 (link).
  • Political Dictionary; Forming a Work of Universal Reference, Both Constitutional and Legal, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1846, vol. 2, p. 557-565 (link).
  • [abridged], The National Cyclopædia of Useful Knowledge, originally London, 1847-51, in 12 vol., Boston : Little, Brown & Co., 1853, vol. 9, col. 782-785 (link).
    • Supplement, 1859, col. 802-805 (link).
  • The Standard Library Cyclopædia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge, London : Henry G. Bohn, 1860, vol. 4, p. 557-565 (link).
  • [with some revisions], The English Cyclopædia, Conducted by Charles Knight, London : Bradbury and Evans, Arts and Sciences vol. 6, 1861, col. 657-665 (link).
  • [with some revisions], The English Cyclopædia, Conducted by Charles Knight, London : Bradbury and Evans, Arts and Sciences vol. 6, 1867, col. 657-665 (link).
  • [with some revisions], The National Encyclopaedia, London : William Mackenzie, [1879], vol. 10, col. 438-448 (link).

Post-Handbuch für Berlin, Berlin : A.W. Hayn, 1840, xiv + 485 + [4] p.

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George Watterston, A Picture of Washington, Giving a Description of All the Public Buildings, Grounds, &c., Washington : William M. Morrison, 1840, 136 p.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=VtfC1aNc2VIC  [Harvard] (gift of George Dexter, 1870)
  • Post Office Department, p. 38-39 (link), 100-104 (link).
  • George Watterston, 1783-1854, was Librarian of Congress from 1815 to 1829.  Afterward, he became editor of the National Journal.
Next edition, 1842, A New Guide to Washington.

Texas [Republic], An Act to amend and reduce into one of the several laws regulating the Post Office Department, to which is added instructions and forms for the guidance of Post-Masters, Austin, Texas : Gazette Office, 1840, 48 p.
  • (Shoemaker 40-6493)
Jan.
 William Waverton, The People's Letter Bag and Penny Post Companion, London : Darton and Clark.
  • Samples of letters that might be copied for ordinary use.
  • First ed., Jan. 1840, 108 pp.; second ed., April 1840, 124 pp.; third ed., April 1843; fourth ed., 1852, 110 p.
  • -- British Library, General Reference Collection 10921.a.2. (second ed.)
Jan.
 The Fourpenny Postage, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Jan. 1840, vol. 7, p. 66 (link).
Jan.
 [Matthew Davenport Hill, Henry Cole], Post-Office Reform, The Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1840, vol. 70, no. 142, pp. 545-573 (link).
  • PDF [ProQuest].
  • American edition, New York, Jan. 1840, vol. 70, no. 142, p. 286-300 (link).
  • This was written in response to Croker's attacks in the Quarterly Review, Oct. 1839.
  • Rowland Hill's Post Office Journal, Jan. 10, 1840 [Fryer & Akerman, p. 83], "The Chancellor of the Exchequer much pleased with Matthew's admirable article on Postage in the Edinburgh Review published yesterday."
Jan. 10 Uniform Penny Postage was adopted in Britain on Jan. 10, 1840, with the end of free franking by Parliament and most government officials.  Letter rate, 1d for the first 1/2 ounce, otherwise 2d per ounce.
Jan. 11
 The Penny Postage, The Mechanics' Magazine, London, Jan. 11, 1840, vol. 32, p. 254 (link). 
Jan. 16
 When the British Parliament opened on Jan. 16, the Members could purchase preprinted envelopes ("letter covers"), valid for use only at the Houses of Parliament.  After the 1838 Sydney envelopes, these were the second items representing prepaid postage, though neither was intended for wide-spread general use.  The Parliamentary envelopes remained valid only until May 6, when they were replaced by the new generally-available postage stamps, envelopes and letter sheets, the Penny Black, Twopenny Blue, and Mulready's.

The Parliamentary envelopes were not reported in a philatelic publication until 1881, although they had been mentioned in the contemporary records of Parliamentary business.  For their history and a census of surviving examples, see Alan Huggins and Edward Klempka, Great Britain: The 1840 Prepaid Parliamentary Envelopes, London : The Royal Philatelic Society London, 2013.
  • Journals of the House of Commons
  • Journals of the House of Lords
  • Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, 1840, vol. 51, col. 227-229 (Jan. 18)
  • The Mirror of Parliament, 1840, vol. 1, p. 75-76 (Jan. 17), 140-142 (Jan. 18); vol. 2, p. 1322 (Feb. 27).
Jan. 31
 King's Registered Commemorative Letter Balance, The Mechanics' Magazine, Jan. 31, 1840, vol. 32, p. 305-308 (link).
  • The base of the balance is inscribed "Rowland Hill, January 10, 1840".  [Were these actually produced?]
Jan. 31
 Edwin Hill, brother of Rowland Hill, was appointed Inspector of Postage Stamps at the Board of Stamps and Taxes (renamed the Board of Inland Revenue in 1849).  This agency assumed responsibility for production and distribution of British postage stamps, as they were already doing so for duty stamps for tax collections.  Paper manufacture and stamp printing were contracted and operated under supervision of Board employees.

Ormond Hill, son of Edwin Hill, was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Postage Stamps, in May 1841.
Feb.
 The Postage Stamps, The Art-Union, Feb. 1840, vol. 2, p. 25 [image].
Feb.
 The Penny Postage, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Feb. 1840, vol. 7, p. 136 (link).
Feb. 1
 Means of Personal and Epistolary Intercourse Seventy years Ago, The Penny Magazine, Feb. 1, 1840, vol. 9, p. 43-44 (link).
Mar.
 X. [Henry Cole], [Review of] On the Collection of Postage by Means of Stamps, The London and Westminster Review, Mar. 1840, vol. 33, no. 65, p. 491-505, with 4 color plates, p. 506-515 (link).
  • similar, but with different images of the 4 plates.
  • article and 5 plates, grayscale scan, PDF [ProQuest].
  • American edition, p. 263-271 (link), omitting the plates.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 617; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1812; 4 plates.
  • The plates are sometimes offered for sale as Treasury competition essays, which they are not.  For example (in Sep. 2016), see here.  See also, the Stanley Gibbons Specialised catalogue, vol. 1.
  • By this time, the designers of the postage stamps, envelopes and letter sheets had all been selected, and work was progressing; the Mulready design was discussed in glowing detail at the end.  Since Henry Cole had a large role in the selection process, this review needs to be read carefully.
  • Excerpts appeared in The Literary World, Mar. 14, 1840, p. 382-383 (link); The Mechanics Magazine, Mar. 28, 1840, p. 479-480 (link); and perhaps elsewhere.
  • Henry Cole's memoir Fifty Years of Public Work contains an excerpt from p. 494-499, in vol. 1, p. 65-68 (link), but the text has been rearranged.
  • See also, Philbrick and Westoby, The Postage and Telegraph Stamps of Great Britain, 1881, p. 52, 162-3, 268, 275-6, 287 (link).
  • See also, E.B. Evans, Philatelic Notes and Queries, Gibbons Stamp Weekly, Nov. 28, 1908, vol. 8, p. 349 (link).  The item described there is the fifth plate.
    • Offered for sale (in Sep. 2016), as:  1839 1d Treasury competition essay by Robert Sievier.  Very fine full page example printed in pink and blue with white central embossed motif complete with his promotional narrative outlining his costs etc.  Originally distributed in stitched copies of the No. 65 "London and Westminster Review", and are now extremely scarce in this full page format.  Printed on soft off-white wove paper, light minor wrinkles as usually seen on these spectacular competition essays.  See [Stanley Gibbons] Specialised catalogue Vol.1 pg.6.
    • Offered for sale (in Oct. 2022), as:  1839 Treasury Competition, an essay by Robert Sievier in blue and pink “machine turning” with an embossed centre.  This example is printed on a page from the “Westminster Review” with text describing Sievier’s proposal for the competition. A rare and seldom item in this format.  Images: front, back, cert.
    • There are two different stamps on the Sievier plate; see Alan Holyoake, The World's First Postage Stamp, London : RPSL, 2013, p. 26.
  • John Stuart Mill owned The London and Westminster Review from Oct. 1836 to March 1840, then passed it to Henry Cole and William Edward Hickson.  Mill and Cole had been friends since 1828.  Hickson and Cole published the June 1840 issue under the previous title Westminster Review, and Cole withdrew soon afterward.
  • Mill evidently believed that the illustrations for this article would be a considerable expense, but he agreed to pay for it (letters of Feb. 6 and 8, 1840, to Henry Cole, ref, ref, ref).
  • Additional references: the Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (vol. 3, pp. 528-706), Mill's Collected Works (ref), and Rosemary T. VanArsdel, “The Westminster Review: Change of Editorship, 1840,” Studies in Bibliography, XXV (1972), pp. 191-204 (link), esp. p. 197.
Mar.
 Reduction of Postage, The Magazine of Natural History, London, Mar. 1840, vol. 4, p. 145 (link). 
  • Coincidentally, Mr. J.E. Gray figures in the following discussion on another topic.
Mar.
 Barnabas Bates, Post-Office Reform - Cheap Postage, Hunt's Merchant's Magazine, New York, Mar. 1840, vol. 2, pp. 253 - 258 (link).
  • Later claimed by Bates to be the first US proposal for uniform lower postage rates for letters.  This ignores the petitions to Congress by Samuel Martin in 1828, 1830 and 1831, which were mostly concerned with newspaper postage rates.
  • Bates had been Assistant Postmaster of New York City.
Mar. 14
 Perkin's and Co.'s Post-Office Stamps, The Mechanics' Magazine, Mar. 14, 1840, vol. 32, p. 438 (link).
Mar. 21
 Report of the meeting of the Statistical Society, Mar. 16, 1840, The Athenæum, Mar. 21, 1840, p. 236 (link).
  • Rowland Hill's journal entry for Mar. 21, 1840 -- "My paper is in the Athenæum of today." 
Apr.
 Rowland Hill, On the Effect of the New Postage Arrangements upon the Number of Letters, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, April 1840, vol. 3, pp. 102-105 (link, link).

The Monthly Chronicle of Events, Discoveries, Improvements and Opinions, Boston.
  • The [US] Post Office, April, 1840, vol. 1, p. 19-26 (link).
  • Chronology, Jan. 10, 1840, uniform penny postage in Britain, vol. 1, p. 52-56 (link).
  • The French and English Post Offices, May, 1840, vol. 1, p. 67-72 (link).
  • Chronology, July 23, 1840, British postage, vol. 1, p. 307-308 (link).
  • Chronology, July 24, 1840, West India Mails, vol. 1, p. 310-311 (link).
  • vol. 2, p. 57 (link)
  • vol. 2, p. 97 (link)
  • vol. 2, p. 307 (link)
  • vol. 2, p. 382 (link)
  • Chronology, Aug. 31, 1841, British and Foreign Postage, vol. 2, p. 468-469 (link).
  • Chronology, Feb. 17, 1842, British Post Office, vol. 3, p. 139 (link).
  • Chronology, July 1, 1842, [British] Newspaper Stamps and Advertisements, vol. 3, p. 374 (link).
  • The French Post-Office, Nov. 1842, vol. 3, p. 503-505 (link).
  • Chronology, Oct. 3, 1842, New Arrangements of the West India Mail, vol. 3, p. 518-519 (link)
Apr. 4
 Our Weekly Gossip, The Athenæum, Apr. 4, 1840, p. 276.
Apr. 25
 Treasury Warrant, Supplement to the London Gazette, April 25, 1840, p. 1073-1075 (link, pdf).
  • Full particulars of the Penny Black, Two Pence Blue and Mulready Covers, about to be introduced on May 6th 1840.
Apr. 25
 The Times, London, Apr. 25, 1840.
Apr. 26
 The Examiner, Apr. 26, 1840, p. 266.
May
 The New Postage, The Gentleman's Magazine, May 1840, p. 532 [image].
May 1
 Postage stamps [the Penny Black] and Mulready covers on sale in London.
  • In the vocabulary of the day, the adhesives are labels, the letter sheets are covers, the envelopes are envelopes, and they are all stamps.  The term stamps might also refer to revenue-related markings (as in stamp duty or stamped paper) or to postmarks.  Other terms in use included medallions and wafers.
The television series Victoria, broadcast in the US on PBS, in season 1 episode 4, The Clockwork Prince, has a scene in which Rowland Hill explains postage stamps to the Queen.
[Victoria examines a sheet of "penny black" postage stamps with her portrait on them]
Victoria:  But how will the little pictures stay affixed?
Rowland Hill:  The stamps, ma'am, have a layer of gum arabic on the back.
Victoria:  So everybody who wants to send a letter will have to lick my face?
Poetic license, we suspect.  For the complete conversation, see, Daisy Goodwin, Victoria: A Novel of a Young Queen, 2016, p. 336, http://books.google.com/books?id=vig4DQAAQBAJ.  Rowland Hill's Post Office Journal [Fryer & Akerman] does not indicate a meeting with the Queen about the postage stamps, although the Mulready design had been shown to her by Francis Baring, Chancellor of the Exchequer.  Moreover, the gum was most likely a chemical derived from potato starch (link), not the more expensive gum arabic.
May 2
 The Times, London, May 2, 1840.
  • Rather negative references to the Mulready envelope, four days before it was valid for postage - 'Sir - is it possible that the enclosed is not a joke? ... nonsensical buffonery', the editor's response 'Our correspondent sent us one of Mr. Mulready's envelopes. We really can scarcely "believe our eyes" as we contemplate this monstrous specimen of art run mad'.
May 2
 The Times, London, May 4, 1840. 
  • A humorous report on the Mulready envelope, and two letters on both the Mulready and 'the new postage stamps'.
May 6
 The British Penny Black and Mulready covers are valid for postage; they went on sale May 1.
  • Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, Sale 15, Lot 1529.  Mulready 1d. letter sheet A69, sent on May 6th 1840, the first official day of use, from London to Whitehaven with red Maltese Cross and clear Lombard Street "LS/6 MY 6/1840" datestamp on reverse, some cover imperfections. The inside of the cover is endorsed by the recipient 'This is the first "Penny Postage" envelope for letters that I received, being round one from my esteemed friend Thomas Blain. 5th Month 8th 1840' and signed 'John Tomlynson' a large margined 1d. black plate 1a BI with red Maltese Cross is appended alongside the signature - in 1978 Robson Lowe asked if Mr. Tomlynson was the first collector of adhesive stamps and first day covers! A further note (presumably from the sender, Thomas Blain) reads 'Lord Wm Russell, brother I believe to the late Duke of Bedford, was murdered last night at his house in Park St. Grosvenor Square but I have not learned any particulars' initialled 'TB'. A most interesting example of this popular first day cover. R.P.S. certificate (1990). Photo [not copied here]. Price Realised £2500
  • See also, for more quotes from correspondence in May 1840, Mike Jackson, May Dates, 1999, and http://www.mjpublications.com/
May 12
 Rowland Hill made a note in his diary, "I fear we shall be obliged to substitute some other stamp for that designed by Mulready, which is abused and ridiculed on all sides."  The first of the Mulready caricatures appeared the next day, the surviving example being addressed to Mulready without pre-payment of postage.
  • Mike Jackson, May Dates, 1999, p. 179.
May 17
 General Post Office, Notice to the Public, The Examiner, May 17, 1840, p. 320 [image].
  • Two notices, dated 28 April 1840 and 7 May 1840.
May 23
 The Penny Postage, The Mechanics' Magazine, May 23, 1840, vol. 32, p. 738-740 (link). 
  • Careful and critical observations about the security features of the new stamps and covers.
May 25
 Mail Contracts.  Letter from the [US] Postmaster General transmitting A report of the contracts for carrying the mail for the year ending on the 30th of June, 1839; also, an abstract of the offers for carrying the mail within the said year.  May 25, 1840.  Washington, 1840, 640 p.
May 28
 Petition of Samuel Martin, Praying a reduction of the rates of letter postage, May 28, 1840.  Public Documents Printed by Order of The Senate of the United States, Washington, 1840, vol. VII, Document no. 502 (link). 
  • Martin refers to his petitions of 1831 and 1832; see also Daniel Webster's resolution, June 10, 1840.
  • Samuel Martin was postmaster at Campbell's Station, Tennessee.  In fact, he owned Campbell's Station (ref, ref).
  • See also, Richard John, Spreading the News, p. 156.
May 30
 The Penny Postage, The Mechanics' Magazine, May 30, 1840, vol. 32, p. 760 (link). 
  • Advertising on "government stamp covers", sold at a discount, was already available on May 6.
Jun.
 A Pictorial Rhapsody by Michael Angelo Titmarsh, with an Introductory Letter to Mr. Yorke, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Jun. 1840, vol. 21, pp. 720-732 (link).
  • Pages 727-728 feature a defense of the Mulready covers, but most of this article is satirical.  "Michael Angelo Titmarsh" was a pseudonym for William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811-1863; "Oliver Yorke" was a pseudonym for the editor of Fraser's Magazine, William Maginn, 1794-1842.  "Titmarsh" had previously ridiculed Mulready in June 1838, also in Fraser's Magazine.
  • Anthony Trollope reports that, in 1848, Thackeray was proposed by the Postmaster General, a close friend, for the position of Assistant Secretary at the General Post Office (ref).  The position was not offered, and in Trollope's opinion it would have been disastrous for both Thackeray and the Post Office.
June 10
 Journal of the [U.S.] Senate, June 10, 1840, p. 422 (link).
  • Mr. [Senator Daniel] Webster submitted the following resolutions for consideration:  Resolved, That the rates of postage charged on letters transmitted by the mails of the United States ought to be reduced.  Resolved, That it is expedient to inquire into the utility of so altering the present regulations of the Post Office Department, as to connect the use of stamps, or stamped covers with a large reduction of the rates of postage.  The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent to consider the resolutions; and, On motion by Mr. Webster, Ordered, that they lie on the table, and be printed, with the accompanying papers.

Public Documents Printed by Order of The Senate of the United States, Washington, 1840, vol. VII, Document no. 547 (link), 2 p. plus 1 plate.

See also,
  • Harold M. Stral, The Congressional Mulready and Daniel Webster, American Philatelist, June 1990.
  • Calvet M. Hahn, The Beginning of Adhesive Postage in the U.S., The Penny Post, Oct. 1995, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 6-27.
  • Wayne Youngblood, Linn's Stamp News, Feb. 2017.
July 25
 Post Magazine, London, first issue, July 25, 1840.
  • http://www.incisivemedia.com/our-news/post-magazine-celebrates-175th-anniversary/ makes the bold statement, "Post Magazine first appeared on Saturday 25 July 1840, just seven months after the introduction of the Penny Post and was the first publication anywhere in the world to be sent by post – hence its name.  It therefore ranks among one of the most significant commercial innovations of the nineteenth century."
  • Whatever the justification for the name, the contents are not it - Post Magazine is devoted to news and information of the insurance industry.  The form of the magazine at first was eight printed pages, folded, with a Penny Black stamp affixed.
  • Our Monthly Gossip, The Ceylon Magazine, Aug. 1841, vol. 1, p. 511-512 (link).
  • Phil Cheetham, "The Post Magazine Address Panel and Its Decorative Borders", philatelic exhibit (PDF).
  • Some examples at auction, Grosvenor, with an unused first issue (link).
The Post Magazine Almanack, the Insurance Directory, Reference and Yearbook, was published in 1840, and continued annually under various titles.
Aug.
 The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of 1840, The Metropolitan Magazine, Aug. 1840, vol. 28, p. 116, excerpt (link) [image].
  • "We have looked carefully at Mulready's pictures this year, and the result of our observations is, that we can very readily conceive him to have been guilty of the atrocity of penny-postage notoriety."
Sep.
 [Review of] The Seven Ages of Shakespeare, The Westminster Review, Sep. 1840, vol. 34, p. 505-506 (link).
  • Some kinder words about Mulready, suggested by another work of his, also engraved on wood by John Thompson, published earlier in 1840, but engraved in 1838 (link).  Mulready's painting of this scene, made later in 1838, is at the Victoria and Albert Museum (link).
Sep. 1
 Warrant of the British Treasury, regulating the Rates of Postage payable on certain Foreign, Colonial, and other Letters, &c. 1st September, 1840.
Dec. 5
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 5, 1840.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, Washington : Blair and Rives, Printers, 1840.  26th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 375.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, Washington : Blair and Rives, Printers, 1840.  26th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 382. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 7, 1840.
Hagan, 2004; for details, see 1823.
  • Report of the Postmaster General, Dec. 5, 1840, p. 101-112.
  • Report of George Plitt, Nov. 1840, p. 113-143.
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Dec. 15
 Iowa [Territory] Legislative Assembly, House, H.R. File No. 81, Mr. Walworth, Dec. 15, 1840, Memorial to Congress, on the subject of Post Roads in the Territory of Iowa, [1840].
  • (Shoemaker 40-3471)
Dec. 26
 Public Improvements, The Penny Magazine, Dec. 26, 1840, vol. 9, pp. 497-500 (link).






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The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., vol. 14, 1841, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-87 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1841, 256 p.
  • A. De Morgan, On the Use of Small Tables of Logarithms in Commercial Calculations, and on the Practicality of a Decimal Coinage, p. 5-21 (link).
  • Effect of the New Post Office Arrangements upon the Number of Letters, p. 97-106 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Postage Duties, p. 166 (link).  Act of 10 Aug. 1840.
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1841.   (previous, next)

The Post Office London Directory, 1841, comprising, Commercial Directory, Court Directory, Post Office Directory, Conveyance Directory, Banking Directory, &c. &c. &c., London : W. Kelly & Co., 1841.
At head of title: Under the immediate patronage of Her Majesty's Postmaster General.
  • -- GK entry number 31976, Reel 2936.  Incomplete, only p. i-x, 289-614, 929-998, 1204-1447.
  • part 1, Street, Commercial and Trades Directories.
  • part 2, Law, Court and Parliamentary Directories.
    • http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/p16445coll4/id/8843  [Leicester]
    • Law directory, p. 863-928
    • Court directory, p. 929-997
    • Parliamentary directory, p. 998-1033
    • Government offices, ambassadors, consuls, p. 1034-1042
      • Post Office, p. 1035-1037
    • City directory, p. 1043-1060
    • Miscellaneous (adverts), p. 1061, 1214-1216
    • Periodicals and newspapers, p. 1217-1221
    • Post Office directory, p. 1222-1259
    • Conveyance directory, p. 1260-1354
    • Banking directory, p. 1355-1392
    • Assurance companies, missing; Dock companies, missing (p. 1393-1447)
A smaller edition "will be shortly published", according to the Preface, dated Dec. 30, 1840.  A supplement was to be published March 1, 1841. 

This is the first of the POLD series with a Street directory, though it had been a feature of other London directories for many years.

The Post-Office Annual Directory and Calendar for 1841-42, Edinburgh : Ballantyne and Hughes, 1841, xiv + 290 + cvi p.
At head of title: Under the patronage of Sir Edward S. Lees, Secretary to the General Post-Office for Scotland.
  • -- GK entry number 31975, Reel 2936.

[Sir] John Gladstone, Four letters addressed to the editor of the Morning Post on the objects of the ministerial budget, with additions, Edinburgh : William Blackwood, 1841, 35 p.
  • Letter V, The Plan for a Uniform Penny Postage Considered, letter dated Oct. 29, 1839, pp. 30-35.

A Descant on the Penny Postage, London : John Bohn, 1841, 1st ed., 38 p.; 2nd ed., 24 p.; Encore ed., with a few new cadences.
  • by X.A.P., pseudonym for John Peace, 1785-1861, Keeper of the City Library, Bristol.
  • -- GK entry number 32371, Reel 2960.
  • -- GK entry number 32372, Reel 2960.
  • See also, The Athenæum, Jun. 21, 1862, pp. 818-820 (link).  [excerpt, p. 819]
  • Reviewed, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Oct. 1841, vol. 8, p. 676 (link); "This is written by some blockhead of a Tory, who is indignant at the cheap postage, ...".
  • Second edition, 1841, https://www.rpsl.org.uk/rpslstatic/IPMDocs/IPMeBK1609.pdf  [Edward Proud]

London, Charles Knight, ed., London : Charles Knight & Co., 1842, 6 vol.
  • J.C. Platt, "The Post Office", vol. 3, p. 273-288 (link).
London, Charles Knight, ed., London : Charles Knight & Co., 1841, 6 vol. extended to 12.
  • "The Post Office", vol. 6, p. 273-288, with 2 plates (link).
  • reprinted in part, "Early History of the Post Office", The Visitor, or Monthly Instructor, London, Mar. 1844, p. 85-87 (link).
  • reprinted with additional remarks "From Knight's Pictorial London, 1842", "The London Post Office", The Bankers Magazine, Baltimore, Mar. 1848, vol. 2, no. 9, p. 537-542 (link).
See also, similar work in 1851.

Blue Book, or, Register of Officers and Clerks in the Custom House & Post Office of the City of New York, with the annual compensation annexed to each, copied from the last report of the Secretary of the Treasury, New York, 1841, 12 p.
  • -- GK entry number 32006.35, Reel 2941.
  • (Shoemaker 41-712) gives the title as, Blue book; or register of all officers and clerks in the custom house and post office in New York City; with the annual compensation annexed to each, Copies from the last report of the secretary of the Treasury.

Manual of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, Detroit, 1841.  Table of the post-offices in the State of Michigan, p. 73-81.
Jan. 1
 Louis Bronne, Belgium, Ministère des travaux publics, Administration des postes, Rapport sur le système de réforme introduit en Angleterre dans l'administration des postes aux lettres et de son application en Belgique, Brussels, 1841, 28 + [2] p.; dated Jan. 1, 1841.
Jan. 6
 Post Office Report, United States Commercial & Statistical Register, Jan. 6, 1841, vol. 4, p. 1-4 (link).
  • An excerpt from the report by George Plitt, in the Postmaster General's annual report.
Jan. 9
 Progress of Penny Postage, The Spectator, Jan. 9, 1841, p. 9 (link).
Jan. 9
 Mail-Tenders, The Spectator, Jan. 9, 1841, p. 9 (link).
Jan. 12

New South Wales Government Gazette, Jan. 12, 1841, no. 3, p. 41-52.

  • Stamped Covers, p. 50 (link, link).  Notice dated 4 Jan. 1841; price reduction.  [image]
  • New Post Offices, p. 50 (link, link).  Notice dated 5 Jan. 1841.  [image]

Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Post Office and Postage, for the Session 26 Jan. 1841 to 22 June 1841.
July
 Rowland Hill, Results of the New Postage Arrangements, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, July 1841, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 85-99 (link).
  • Read before the Statistical Society of London, May 17, 1841.
Also, as a separate offprint (London : H. Hooper, 1841, 16 p.), with a preface dated June 7, 1841, by W. H. Ashurst, who had arranged its publication.
  • -- GK entry number 32349, Reel 2960.
  • -- NPM, HE6935 .H647 1841

Remarks on a Paper by Rowland Hill on the Results of the New Postage Arrangements, by One who has examined the statistics, London : J. Ollivier (John Oliverier), 1841, 33 pp.
July
 The Dissolution of Parliament, The Westminster Review, July 1841, vol. 36, p. 167-188 (link). 
  • Remarks on postage reforms, p. 173-177.
July
 Plitt's Report on the Post Office, New York Review, July 1841, vol. 9, pp. 70-91 (link).
  • Report of George Plitt, Special Agent of the [US] Post Office Department, Feb. 3, 1841.
July 31
 Post Office Revenue, The Examiner, July 31, 1841, p. 490 (link).
Aug. 13
 Postage Stamps, The Times, London, Aug. 13, 1841.
  • "A young lady ..."
Aug. 24
 John Reynolds, Speech of Hon. John Reynolds, of Illinois, on the post office appropriation bill, in the House of Representatives, August 24, 1841, 4 p.
  • (Shoemaker 41-4454)
Aug. 25
 Caleb Cushing, Speech of Mr. Cushing, of Massachusetts, on the post office bill, delivered in the House of Representatives, August 25, 1841, Washington, 1841, 10 p.
  • (Shoemaker 41-1410)
Aug. 25
 Samuel Gordon, Speech of Hon. Samuel Gordon, of New York, on the bill making appropriation for the post office department, delivered in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, August 25, 1841, Washington, 1841, 8 p.
  • (Shoemaker 41-2207)
Oct.
 [Review of] La Convention de Juillet 13 [1841], The Foreign Quarterly Review, Oct. 1841, vol. 28, p. 206-232 (link). 
  • Some remarks on the French and British postage rates, p. 229-232.
Oct.
 Miscellaneous Literary Notices - Germany, The Foreign Quarterly Review, Oct. 1841, vol. 28, p. 262 (link).
  • "An imitation of the English penny-postage system has been in part introduced in Austria and Bohemia, but has proved any thing but beneficial.  ..."
Dec.
 Pierre Jouhaud, Les chemins de fer et les postes, dans leurs rapports comparés de progrès et de conservation, en France et à l'Etranger, Paris : Charpentier, Dec. 1841, [2] + 82 p.
Dec. 2
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 2, 1841.
  • Extensive description of the private express companies in competition with the Post Ofiice (Appendix D, by Asst. PMG S.R. Hobbie).
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, Washington : Thomas Allen, Printer, 1841.  27th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 395. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1841.  27th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 401. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 20, 1841.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1841-1846, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:841-46 1841-1846 (reprint)
    • 1841 -- p. 435-472 (House).
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Dec. 25
 Post Office, The Examiner, Dec. 25, 1841, p. 825 (link).






1842   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., vol. 15, 1842, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-86 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1842, 244 p.
  • Effect of the Penny Postage on the Number of Letters and on the Revenue of the Post Office, p. 92-100 (link). 
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1842.   (previous, next)

Rowland Hill dismissed from his appointment at the Treasury.

The County and City of Cork Post Office General Directory, 1842-3, Cork : F. Jackson, 1842, xv + 164 p.

The County and City of Cork Almanac, 1843, Cork : F. Jackson, 1843, xv + 140 p. + adverts.

The County and City of Cork Post-Office Almanac, 1847, Cork : F. Jackson, 1847, 90 p. + adverts.

"Post-Office", The Encyclopædia Britannica, Edinburgh, 1842, 7th ed., vol. 18, pp. 486-498 (link).

The Post-Office, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1842, 66 p.
  • -- NPM, HE6935 .P678 1842 (Rare Books)

Wilhelm Görges, Deutscher Post-Almanach für das Jahr ..., Braunschweig : Friedrich Martin Meinecke, 1842-1853, 12 annual volumes.
  • vol. 1, 1842, viii + 280 p.
  • vol. 2, 1843, 176 + 112 p.
  • vol. 3, 1844, 160 + 128 p.
  • vol. 4, 1845, 208 + 96 p.
  • vol. 5, 1846, 208 + 112 p.
  • vol. 6, 1847, 192 + 112 p.
  • vol. 7, 1848, 152 + 136 p.
  • vol. 8, 1849, 144 + 160 p.
  • vol. 9, 1850, 160 + 128 p.
  • vol. 10, 1851, 128 + 160 p.
  • vol. 11, 1852, 128 + 160 p.
  • vol. 12, 1853, 176 p.
  • more details -- locations and contents
  • These volumes include some illustrations which are quite attractive.  For example, Königl. Hannover'scher Postillon, 1844; K.K. Oesterreich'sche Postillons, 1845; Königl. Sächs. Postillon, 1846.
  • For more historical details, see, Horst Besold, Herbert Leclerc, Wilhelm Görges – Postbeamter, Schriftsteller, Verleger, Archiv für deutsche Postgeschichte, 1982, no. 2, p. 47-64.
  • Selections have been reprinted in, Post aus der guten alten Zeit : eine Auswahl aus dem Deutschen Post-Almanach von Wilhelm Görges, Cremlingen : Elm Verlag, 1989, 174 p.

Messrs. Waghorn & Co.'s Overland Guide to India: By Four Routes to Egypt, London : J. Madden, 1842.
See also, http://www.collectorsclub.org/Library.shtml

George Watterston, A New Guide to Washington, Washington : Robert Farnham, 1842, 221 + [1] p.
First edition was 1840, A Picture of Washington.

George Bliss, Reply to a late letter of the post-master general and report of the first assistant post-master general, Springfield, Mass. : Wood & Rupp, 1842, 15 p.
Jan.
 Table of the Post Offices in the United States, on the thirty-first of January, 1842, Washington : J. & G.S. Gideon, 1842, 240 p.
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices
Mar.
 Elisha Whittlesey, Post Office Facilities, The American Pioneer, Chillicothe (Ohio), later Cincinnati,
  • 1842, vol. 1, p. 106-112 (link), 189-193 (link), 362-368 (link), 415-421 (link).
  • 1843, vol. 2, p. 34-37 (link), 84-88 (link), 256-261 (link), 460-463 (link).
  • The author was, at the time, Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department.  The series of articles is a detailed historical review of the Post Office, in the US and Britain.
Apr.
 Political Retrospect, 1830 to 1841, The Westminster Review, Apr. 1842, vol. 37, p. 394-427 (link).
  • "Taxes on knowledge", penny postage and Rowland Hill, p. 411-414, 421-422.
June
 Report from the Select Committee on Post Office Communication with Ireland.
July
 The Post Office Directory, Reading : John Snare, 1842, 10 + v-xx + 21-143 + 4 + v-xii + 153-306 p.  (Norton 128).
  • "Revised through the Post Office by permission of the Postmaster."
  • Also referred to as Snare's Post Office Directory of Reading, 1842-43.
Oct.
 Hamburg, The Westminster Review, Oct. 1842, vol. 38, p. 441-442 (link). 
  • Some notes on the Hamburg post office and Rowland Hill.
Nov.
 The French Post Office, The Monthly Chronicle, Boston, Nov. 1842, vol. 3, pp. 503-505 (link).
Dec.
 My Life and Times, "Nimrod", Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Dec. 1842, vol. 26, pp. 668-677 (link).
  • An early reference to the utility of dated postmarks, p. 670 [image].
Dec. 3
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 3, 1842.
  • Extensive descriptions of the postal service in Britain and France (Appendix D, by Duff Green), and the City Despatch Post in New York (Appendix E, by the postmaster there).
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, Washington : Printed by Thomas Allen, 1842.  27th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 413. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-seventh Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1842.  27th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 418. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 15, 1842.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1841-1846, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:841-46 1841-1846 (reprint)
    • 1842 -- p. 721-762 (Senate).
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1843   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., vol. 16, 1843, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-86 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1843, 260 p.
  • Recent Applications of Electricity to the Arts, p. 1-20 (link).
    • Electrical Telegraph, p. 7-14 (link); Electrotype, p. 18-19 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Stamp Duties, p. 157 (link).  Act of 5 Aug. 1842.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Number of letters delivered, etc., 1839-1842, p. 200 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1843.   (previous, next)

The Small Edition of the Post Office London Directory, 1843, London : W. Kelly & Co., 1843, 44th ed.
  • title, preface, almanac, index and addenda, pp. 1-17.
    • At head of title: Under the immediate patronage of Her Majesty's Postmaster-General.
  • Official directory, pp. 18-62.
    • Post Office (General), pp. 51-53 (link).
  • Commercial and Professional directory, pp. 63-444.
  • Law and Other Public Offices, pp. 445-456.
  • Court directory, pp. 849-947.
  • Parliamentary directory, pp. 948-983.
  • Postage directory, pp. 984-1048 (link).
  • Periodicals, newspapers, churches, chapels, schools, pp. 1049-1059, 1528-1530.
    • The gap in pagination is intentional; nothing is missing.
  • Banking directory, pp. 1531-1566.
  • Assurance directory, pp. 1567-1608.
  • Public companies, pp. 1609-1612.
  • Miscellaneous [adverts], p. 1613-1636.

A Gazetteer: Containing a General View of the United States, And the Several States and Territories; with an Accurate Account of the Internal Improvements Throughout the Union: Also, a Table of the Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. in the Same; Together with a Table of the Rivers, Exhibiting Their Length and Termination; to which is Added a Table of All the Post Offices in the United States, and Their Nett Proceeds in 1841; the whole compiled from public documents and other popular works, Akron, Ohio : Manning & Darby, 1843, 409 p.

The New York State Guide, containing an alphabetical list of counties, towns, cities, villages, post offices, &c., ..., compiled from authentic sources, Albany : J. Disturnell, 1843, 96 p.

The Whig Almanac and United States Register, New York : Greeley & McElrath, 1843.
Jan. 1
 John T. Blain, A Table of Post-Offices in Ohio, Columbus : Wright & Legg, 1843, 72 p.  Dated Jan. 1, 1843.
Jan.
 William Cooper (Chief Clerk in the Southampton Post-Office), Post Office Directory of the Borough of Southampton, and the Neighborhood Comprised in the Postmaster's Official District, Southampton : Fletcher, Forbes, and Fletcher, 1843, viii + 194 p. + extensive advertisements; preface date Jan. 1843.  (Norton 361)
Later editions,
  • 1845.  (Norton 362).
  • 1847.  (Norton 363).
  • 1849.  (Norton 364).
  • Southampton : Forbes & Knibb, 1851.  (Norton 365; Shaw & Tipper 516). 
  • Southampton : Forbes & Marshall, 1853, viii + 180 + 104 + 162 (adverts) p., preface date Dec. 1852.  (Norton 366; Shaw & Tipper 516).
  • Southampton : Forbes & Marshall, 1855.  (Norton 367; Shaw & Tipper 516).
  • Southampton : A. Forbes, 1857.  (Shaw & Tipper 516).
  • Southampton : Forbes & Bennett, 1859.  (Shaw & Tipper 516).
  • Southampton : Forbes & Bennett, 1861.  (Shaw & Tipper 516).
  • 1863.  (Shaw & Tipper 516).
  • Southampton : J.J. Bennett, 1865.  (Shaw & Tipper 516).
  • The Southampton Directory, Southampton : T.G. Gutch & Co., 1867.  (Shaw & Tipper 519).
Jan.
 [Leonard Bacon], The Post-Office System, as an Element of Modern Civilization, The New Englander, New Haven, Jan. 1843, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 9-27 (link).
Feb. 24
 Post office department contracts, &c.; Letter from the Postmaster General transmitting An abstract of the offers for carrying the mails, made within the year preceding the 1st of July, 1842, Washington, Feb. 24, 1843, 854 p.
March
 Mr. Rowland Hill's Correspondence with the Treasury [1839-42], with reference to his appointment and removal, and to the introduction of the remaining parts of his plan of post-office improvement, including those letters which have been withheld as well as those which are given in the official copy, London : W. Clowes, 1843, 32 p.; preface date March 1843.
  • See also, The Westminster Review, May 1843, vol. 39, p. 609-612 (link).
Apr. 24
 Rowland Hill, Requisites to the Completion of Mr. Rowland Hill's Plan of Post-Office Improvement, London : C. Knight, 1843, 16 p.  Being his letter of 24 April 1843 to the London Mercantile Committee on Postage, with his petition for inquiring into the state of the Post-Office, and the Committee's petition that his reforms be completed.
May 6
 Post-Office Management of Post-Office Reform, The Spectator, May 6, 1843, vol. 16, pp. 421-422 (link).
June 13
 Postage, Kendall's Expositor, Washington, June 13, 1843, vol. 3, p. 193-195 (link).
  • Published by Amos Kendall, former US Postmaster General (1835-1840).
Aug. 14
 Gt. Britain, House of Commons, Report from the Select Committee on Postage; together with the minutes of evidence, appendix and index, Aug. 14, 1843, 6 + 366 + 316 pp.
House of Commons, Session 1843, paper no. 564, 692 p.
Parliamentary Papers 1843 (564) vol. VIII.1
PDF [ProQuest]
Aug. 9
 Post-Office Belfast Annual Directory for 1843-44, Belfast : Printed by James Wilson for the Letter Carriers, 1843, 1st ed., 200 + 16 + [1] p.; preface date Aug. 9, 1843.
Aug. 24
 Laws and Regulations for the Government of the Post Office Department, Washington : Alexander & Barnard, 1843, [4] + 61 + [3] + 59 + [5] + 30 + [1] p.

Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States of America, 1832 & 1843, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1980.

(previous, next)  US-Postal-Laws
Oct. 17
 Post Office Circular, Kendall's Expositor, Washington, Oct. 17, 1843, vol. 3, p. 342-344 (link).
Nov.
 Railway Reform, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Nov. 1843, vol. 10, pp. 733-738 (link).
  • Related to Post Office Reform, p. 737.
Nov. 1
 Lt. Waghorn, The Acceleration of Mails (once a fortnight) between England and the East Indies, London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1843, 27 p.
Dec. 2
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 2, 1843.
  • Includes a lengthy review of the British postal reforms.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-eighth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1843.  28th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 431. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-eighth Congress, Washington : Blair and Rives, Printers, 1843.  28th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 439. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 6, 1843.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1841-1846, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:841-46 1841-1846 (reprint)
    • 1843 -- p. 687-726 (House).
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Dec. 30
 Report of the Select Committee on Postage, The Athenæum, Dec. 30, 1843, p. 1156-1158 (link).






1844   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., vol. 17, 1844, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-87 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1844, 252 p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Stamp Duties, p. 146 (link).  Act of 22 Aug. 1843.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office Revenue, p. 162 (link).
  • Chronicle of the Session of Parliament, June 27, Select Committee on Post-Office Improvement, p. 204-205 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1844.   (previous, next)

Acts of Parliament Relating to the Post Office, From 1 & 2 Victoria to 7 & 8 Victoria, 1838-1844, London, 1844.

Reprinted 1976, The Britannia Stamp Bureau, Tiverton, Devon, England, [6] + 94 + [18] p.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC

Poole's Gentleman's Pocket Memorandum Book for 1844, London, 1844.

Marshall's New British Gentleman's Pocket Book for 1844, London, 1844.

Suggestions upon the Nature and Disadvantages of the Present Post Office Tariff showing the injurious effects of the high rates of postage, especially on letters containing enclosures ... / respectfully dedicated to the members of the Post Office Committee and members of Congress generally by their obedient servants Edmund Charles & Son, New York : E. Charles, 1844, 15 p.
Jan.
 Rowland Hill, The State and Prospects of Penny Postage, as Developed in the Evidence Taken before the Postage Committee of 1843, with incidental remarks on the Testimony of the Post-Office Authorities and an Appendix of Correspondence, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1844, iv + 84 p.
  • Reviewed, The Athenæum, Feb. 3, 1844, pp. 110-111 (link).
  • Reviewed, The Westminster Review, Mar. 1844, vol. 41, pp. 312-315 (link).
    • Copied, Campbell's Foreign Semi-Monthly Magazine, Philadelphia, April 1, 1844, vol. 5, pp. 488-489 (link).
  • Reviewed, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Apr. 1844, vol. 11, p. 272 (link).
  • -- APRL, G5741 .P856 H647s (Closed Stacks)
  • -- NPM, HE6935 .H64 1844
  • -- NPM, HE6935 .H64 1837 (Rare Books); bound with Rowland Hill's Post Office Reform, second ed.
    • Inscribed "from the Author", and in a different hand, "The first Edition".
  • -- NLI, http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000164932; bound with Rowland Hill's Post Office Reform
  • -- GK entry number 33925, Reel 3083.
See also, http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10929174
Jan.
 Lysander Spooner, The Unconstitutionality of the Laws of Congress, Prohibiting Private Mails, Printed for the American Letter Mail Company, New York : Tribune Printing Establishment, Jan. 1844, 24 p. 
The American Letter Mail Company, founded by Lysander Spooner, began service on Jan. 23, 1844.  Postage stamps were issued, 6¼ ¢ each, discounted at "20 for a dollar" [image]; this was 1/3 the rate charged by the US Post Office, and encouraged prepayment.  Spooner was openly trying to force a reduction in postage rates, and to challenge the government's postal monopoly.  The service closed just before the US PO rate reduction of July 1, 1845.
  • See also
    • Spooner's pamphlets of 1849, 1850, and 1851.
    • Charles Shively, Biography from The Collected Works of Lysander Spooner, 1971, chapter 4 (link).
  • Spooner stated in 1850, p. 24 (link), "On the 23d day of January, 1844, my mails were started from New York, to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston, ...". Also, p. 26 (link), "On the 29th of January, 1844, six days after my mails were started ...".
  • First day of service in Baltimore, Jan. 25, 1844; this office closed in March 1844.
  • On March 5, 1844, the US House of Representatives requested information from the Postmaster General.  This was delivered March 30, 1844 (link).
  • Spooner sold his interest in the company in June 1844; it is not known who bought it.
  • See also, The Habit of Tyranny: A Study of Private Mails in 1844, To-Day, Boston, Jan. 7, 1892, vol. 3, p. 710-716 (link).

Further "Independent Mails" operating in the US in 1844-1845, and issuing their own postage stamps, were

  • Hale & Co., Boston to New York, etc., commenced Dec. 21, 1843, with stamps from Mar. 1844.
  • Letter Express (Wells & Co.), Buffalo to Chicago, June 1844 to Nov. 1844.
  • Pomeroy's Letter Express, Buffalo, Albany and New York, June 1844 to Oct. 1844.
  • Brainard & Co., New York City, Albany and Troy, NY, commenced June or July 1844.
  • Overton & Co., Boston to New York, commenced July 1844.
  • Hoyt's Letter Express, Rochester, NY, July 1844 to Aug. 1844.
  • Wm. Wyman's Letter Office, Boston to New York, commenced Aug. 1, 1844; sold to Overton, Dec. 14, 1844.
  • Hartford Mail Route (Hartford Letter Mail, Hartford Mail Company), between Hartford, Conn., and New York, commenced July or Aug. 1844 (ref, Hartford Letter Mail, by Richard Frajola).

All these were closed by the end of June 1845, having been made uncompetitive and illegal by the new US postal law.  For more, see Michael S. Gutman, ed., Eastern Independent Mail and Express Mail Companies, 1840-1845, 2016; Scott Trepel's introductory essay is especially useful for perspective on the postal pressures in 1830's and 1840's.
Feb.
 'Franklin', An Examination of the Probable Effect of the Reduction of Postage, Washington, 1844, 7 p.
  • -- APN vol. 3, pp. 115-131.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 122; British Library shelfmark Crawford 921 (26).
    • The author is misidentified as Benjamin Franklin, while it is actually a pseudonym.
  • Originally published Feb. 3, 1844, in The Madisonian newspaper (Washington).  Believed to have been written by US Postmaster General C.A. Wickliffe to counter the arguments in favor of postal reform and the US Independent Mails.
Feb. 17
 Results of Penny Postage, The Penny Magazine, Feb. 17, 1844, pp. 63-64 (link).
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 677; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1937.
Mar. 16
 Stamped Postage Paper, Illustrated London News, Mar. 16, 1844, vol. 4, p. 172 (link).
  • Illustration of the oval "Postage One Penny" used for the British letter sheets soon to be issued.
Mar. 30
 Post Office Reform, The New World, New York, Mar. 30, 1844, vol. 8, pp. 404-406 (link).
Apr.
 National Acknowledgment for the Penny Postage, The Spectator, Apr. 13, 1844, vol. 17, p. 348 (link).
Apr.
 The Penny Postage and the Post Office, [Henry Cole], The British and Foreign Review, Apr. 1844, vol. 17, pp. 166-198, 354 (link).
  • See also, The Eclectic Magazine, New York, Jun. 1844, pp. 146-160 (link).
Apr.
 Mr. Rowland Hill, Post Office Reform, The Eclectic Review, Apr. 1844, vol. 16, pp. 459-475 (link).
May
 Pierre Jouhaud, Les postes, Seront-elles sacrificés aux chemins de fer? Observations sur le projet de loi des crédits extraordinaires, Paris : Charpentier, May 1844, 56 p.
May 11
 The Metropolitan Post Office, The Family Herald, May 11, 1844, vol. 2, p. 13 (link) [image].
May 13 [Anon.], The Administration of the Post Office, from the Introduction of Mr. Rowland Hill's Plan of Penny Postage up to the Present Time, London : J. Hatchard and Son, 1844, 218 + [1] p.; dated May 13, 1844, p. 218.
  • Reviewed, The Athenæum, May 25, 1844, p. 475 (link).
May 15
 Franking Privilege and Rates of Postage, US House of Representatives, May 15, 1844, 31 p.
May 18
 Royal Institution, The Athenæum, May 18, 1844, p. 458 (link).
  • A summary of the manufacture of British postage stamps and postal stationery.
  • See also, Penny Post, The Family Herald, Jun. 1, 1844, vol. 2, p. 62 (link).
May 31
 Messrs. Waghorn & Co.'s Overland Guide to India: By Three Routes to Egypt, London : Smith, Elder and Co.
Jun. 8
 The Family Herald, Jun. 8, 1844, vol. 2, p. 75 (link).
  • A fund-raising proposal for the national testimonial to Rowland Hill -- one penny added to the postage, for a period of one week [image].
  • Is this the beginning of semi-postal stamps?  A similar concept had been noted in The Athenæum, Feb. 17, 1844 (link), but in a way that separates the transaction: "if only the value of a single postage stamp be contributed by every person who has experienced the advantage" of penny postage.  This was repeated in The Westminster Review, March 1844 (link).
Jun. 22
 Post-Office Espionage, The Spectator, Jun. 22, 1844, p. 13 (link).
Jun. 22
 Post-Office Espionage, The Illustrated London News, June 22, 1844, vol. 4, p. 393-394 (link).
Jun. 22, 29
 The General Post Office, The Illustrated London News, June 22, 1844, vol. 4, p. 400-402 (link); June 29, 1844, vol. 4, p. 409-410 (link).
June 30
 Cl. Grasset, Réforme postale: Un Cri d'Alarme sur l'Esclavage de la Pensée, Paris, 1844, 32 p.
July 6 National Testimonial to Mr. Rowland Hill, The Athenæum, July 6, 1844, p. 632 (link).
  • The list of subscribers included J.E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S. (£ 2), and Mrs. Gray, (also £ 2).  Other notables included Charles Babbage, Augustus De Morgan, Harriet Martineau and G.H. Lewes.  The campaign ended on Nov. 30, 1844, with a total of £ 13,360.
  • See also, Feb. 17, 1844, p. 155; July 6, p. 632; July 13, p. 654; Sep. 14, p. 840; Oct. 19, p. 940; Oct. 26, p. 961-962; Nov. 2, p. 1006; Nov. 9, p. 1029; Nov. 16, p. 1036; Nov. 23, p. 1059; Nov. 30, p. 1100.
  • Similar advertisements appeared in The Economist, The Spectator, The Railway Chronicle, The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, The Law Times (which has a list of subscribers).
  • Richard John (APN vol. 3, p. 396, note 10) cites The Economist, Nov. 16, 1844, vol. 2, p. 1440 (link), in connection with Amasa Walker's pamphlet on Cheap Postage.  An earlier notice is from Oct. 26, 1844 (we are still looking for more).
Aug. 5
 Report from the Secret Committee on the Post-Office, Together with the Appendix, London : House of Commons, Aug. 1844, 116 p.
  • The Post Office "Committee of Secrecy" was appointed on July 2, 1844, to inquire into "the state of the law in respect of the detaining and opening of letters at the General Post Office".  http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2648610
  • The report is dated Aug. 5, 1844; it contains much historical information about the British Post Office.  The Harvard example has additional notes, some typewritten, some handwritten (hard to read in the Google scan).
  • See also, Edward Raymond Turner, The Secrecy of the Post, The English Historical Review, July 1918, vol. 33, pp. 320-327 (link).
  • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1122, realized £126 (link).

The People's Post-Box, containing a letter for the country, giving a full disclosure of that extraordinary and well executed plot (with the names, residences, and description of the plotters) through the means of which was discovered the atrocious system adopted in the "secret or inner office" of the General Post Office, of indiscriminately violating private letters without any legal warrant for so doing ..., with other important information ... in consequence of the gross attempts of the guilty parties to frustrate the endeavours of ... Thomas S. Duncombe ... in obtaining an open and impartial inquiry, London : E. Hancock, 1844?, 12 p.
  • -- GK entry number 33622.36, Reel 3052.
Aug. 10
 The Letter-Opening at the Post-Office, The Spectator, Aug. 10, 1844, p. 15 (link).
Aug. 24
 More Letter-Opening at the Post-Office, The Economist, Aug. 24, 1844, vol. 2, p. 1133 (link).  From The Times.
Aug. 26
 Report from the Parliamentary Committee of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland on the Opening of Post-Office Letters, Dublin : J. Browne, 1844, pp. 299-305.
  • "Read at a meeting of the Association...the 26th day of August, 1844."
  • -- GK entry number 33995, Reel 3088.
Sep.
 Mazzini and the Ethics of Politicians, W. [William Edward Hickson], The Westminster Review, Sep. 1844, vol. 42, pp. 225-251 (link).
  • Giuseppe Mazzini, the Italian revolutionary, was able to deduce that his letters were being delayed at the Post Office in London by observing alterations in the postmarks, which indicated the date and hour of receipt (p. 242).  That the letters were being opened required some other methods.
Sep.
 Letter-Opening at the Post-Office, the article on this subject, from no. LXXXII of the Westminster Review for September, 1844, entitled Mazzini and the Ethics of Politicians, to which is added some account of the brothers Bandiera, London : J. Watson, 1844, 31 p.
  • -- GK entry number 34006, Reel 3088.
  • Reviewed, The Westminster Review, Dec. 1844, vol. 42, pp. 525-526 (link).
Sep.
 Retrospect of the Session, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Sep. 1844, vol. 11, pp. 608-612 (link), esp. p. 611.
Nov.
 Post-Office Espionage, [Anthony Panizzi], The North British Review, Nov. 1844, vol. 2, pp. 257-295 (link).
  • Antonio Panizzi (1797-1879), in 1843, was the Keeper of the Dept. of Printed Books at the British Museum, where J.E. Gray was the Keeper of the Zoological Dept.  Panizzi had been appointed Extra-Assistant Keeper of Printed Books in 1831, Keeper in 1837, and Principal Librarian (museum director) in 1856; he retired in 1866 and was knighted in 1869.
For the episode of Mazzini's mail being opened by the British Post Office, see also,
Nov. 25
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 25, 1844.
  • Proposals for postal treaties with Britain and France.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-eighth Congress, Washington : Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1844.  28th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 449. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-eighth Congress, Washington : Blair and Rives, Printers, 1844.  28th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 463. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 16, 1844.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1841-1846, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:841-46 1841-1846 (reprint)
    • 1844 -- p. 663-698 (House).
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Dec.
 Convention de Poste entre Sa Majesté le Roi des Français et Son Altesse Sérénissime le Prince de la Tour et Taxis, Paris, Dec. 1844, 80 p.






1845   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., vol. 18, 1845, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-87 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1845, 260 p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Stamp Duties, p. 140-141 (link).  Act of 6 June 1844.
    • Colonial Postage, p. 145 (link).  Act of 29 July 1844.
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1845.   (previous, next)

Post Office Edinburgh and Leith Directory, Edinburgh : Ballantyne & Hughes.
Published 1845 - 1908.

Edward Tremayne, Tremayne's table of post offices in the state of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1845, 26 p.
  • (Shoemaker 45-6470)

Picture of Washington and Its Vicinity for 1845: ... To which is added The Washington Guide, containing a Congressional Directory, Residences of Public Officers, and Other Useful Information, Washington : William Q. Force, 1845.

The Pictorial Gallery of Arts, Useful Arts, London : Charles Knight, [1845], v + 390 p.
The Pictorial Gallery of Arts, Fine Arts, Volume II, London : Charles Cox, 1847.
Jan.
 Amasa Walker, Cheap Postage and How to Get it, Boston, 1845, 7 p.
  • At head of title: Boston Post, Extra .... January 1845.
  • Note at end of text: "The foregoing articles were written for the Boston Post by Amasa Walker ...".  There are six articles, each signed "One of the People".
Jan.
 Letters from Naples -- The Post Office and Foreign Letters, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Jan. 1845, vol. 12, pp. 44-45 (link).
Jan. 16
 John Milton Niles, Speech on the post office bill, delivered in the Senate ... January 16, 1845, Washington, 1845, p.
  • (Shoemaker 45-4884)
Jan. 16
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, communicating Information illustrative of the operation of the British post office system, and the effect upon its revenues of the reduced rates of postage, Jan. 16, 1845, 27 p. 
  • Public Documents printed by order of the Senate of the United States, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, vol. 2, doc. no. 43.  US Serial Set, vol. 450.
  • The information from the General Post Office, London, is dated Nov. 30, 1844.  It was transmitted to the Senate by the Postmaster General on Jan. 16, 1845.
Jan. 27
 William Duhurst Merrick, Speech of Mr. Merrick of Maryland, on the bill to reduce the rates of postage, and to regulate the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege; delivered in the Senate, January 27, 1845, Washington : Gales and Seaton, 1845.
  • (Shoemaker 45-4344)
Feb.
 Post Office Reform, American Review, Feb. 1845, vol. 1, pp. 199-214 (link).
Feb. 6
 Remarks of Mr. Simmons, of Rhode Island, in support of his proposition to reduce postages to a uniform rate of five cents for a single letter, for all distances. Delivered in Senate of the United States, Thursday, February 6th, 1845.  Washington, 1845, 13 p.
Mar. 1
 Thomas J. Paterson, Speech on the post office reform and the reduction of the rates of postage; in the House, March 1, 1845, Washington, 1845, 14 p.
  • (Shoemaker 45-5086)
Apr. 12, etc.
 To Correspondents, The Family Herald, Apr. 12, 1845, vol. 2, p. 776 (link).
The Family Herald, Jun. 7, 1845, vol. 3, p. 77 (link).
Postage Stamps, The Family Herald, Aug. 9, 1845, vol. 3, p. 216 (link).
Postage Stamps, The Family Herald, Aug. 16, 1845, vol. 3, p. 233 (link).
  • Four small notes on postage rates and postage stamps.  [images]
Apr. 21
 Regulations prescribed by the Postmaster General, to exhibit and enforce the provisions of the Act of Congress of March 3, 1845, 16 p.
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July 1
 U.S. postage rates reduced, by Act and Resolution of Mar. 3, 1845.
July 15
 New York postmaster provisional postage stamps issued
Dec. 1
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 1, 1845.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-ninth Congress, Washington : Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, 1845.  29th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 470. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-ninth Congress, Washington : Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, 1845.  29th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 480. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 3, 1845.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1841-1846, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:841-46 1841-1846 (reprint)
    • 1845 -- p. 850-893 (Senate).
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Fitzhugh Coyle, Letter to the President of the United States, respecting certain debts due by the Post Office Department, and the conduct of P.G. Washington, auditor in relation thereto, [Washington? 1845?].
  • (Shoemaker 45-1729)

Photographic portraits






1846   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., vol. 19, 1846, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 79-87 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight & Co., 1846, 260 p.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office revenue, 1843-44, p. 185-186 (link).
    • Newspaper Stamps, 1842-44, p. 208 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1846.   (previous, next)

James Robert Pears, The Bath Post Office considered with respect to the Lord's day, Bath, 1846.

James Robert Pears, A reply to Dr. Vaughan's "letter on the late post-office agitation", Bath, 1846.
(The reference where this was found is probably wrong, since Vaughan's letter appeared in 1849.)

Post Office Brighton Directory, London : Kelly & Co., 1846, 190 p.  (Norton 681).

The June Edition of the Post Office London Directory, 1846, London : W. Kelly & Co., 1846, 47th ed.
At head of title: Under the immediate and special patronage of Her Majesty's Postmaster-General.

Reprinted 1994, Michael Winton.
  • title, preface, index and adverts, p. 1-20; map.
  • Official directory, p. 21-68.
    • Post Office (General), p. 55-57.
  • Commercial and Professional directory, p. 69-572.
  • Court directory, p. 573-688.
  • Parliamentary directory, p. 689-724.
  • Postal directory, p. 725-792.
    • Obliterating stamps (numbered postmarks), p. 765-768.

A. Hochsteyn, Dictionnaire-postal de la Belgique, ou, Résumé alphabétique et chronologique des lois, décrets, arrêtés, règlements et décisions en matière de postes, depuis 1789 jusqu'en 1845, Brussels, 1846.

Edward Tremayne, Table of Post-Offices, containing an alphabetical list of post offices throughout the United States, with an appendix, of the United States and British tariffs, Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1846, 321 + 37 p.
  • (Shoemaker 46-7101)
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The United States Almanac, and Political Manual, for the year 1846, New York : J. Disturnell, 60 p.
Mar. 25
 Cl. Grasset, Réforme Postale, Appel à la France et à la Belgique, Paris, 1846, 32 p.
July
The Two Graves, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, July 1846, vol. 34, pp. 13-27 (link).
  • On p. 15, a report of a tavern named The Queen's Head [image].
July 30
 John Lorimer Graham, Appeal of John Lorimer Graham, late Post-Master of New-York, to the Comptroller of the Treasury, from decision of the auditor of the Post Office Department, rejecting from his accounts the items of expenditure for fitting up the new Post-Office buildings in Nassau-street and Chatham-Square, dated 30th July, 1846, New-York : Pudney & Russell, 1846, 107 p.
  • -- GK entry number 34715.21, Reel 3177.
  • (Shoemaker 46-2962)
Oct.
 [Review of] J.R. M'Culloch's A Treatise on the Principles and Practical Influence of Taxation and the Funding System, The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review, Oct. 1846, vol. 46, p. 1-28 (link).
  • Postal matters are discussed on p. 10-11; M'Culloch's position on postage is attacked.
Oct.
 Patronage of Commissions, The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review, Oct. 1846, vol. 46, p. 222-245 (link).
  • The penny postage law is reviewed for comparison to the Poor-law Amendment Bill, p. 233-235.
Oct. 1
 Table of Post Offices in the United States on the first day of October, 1846, Washington : John T. Towers, 1846, xvi + 357 + [1] p.
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Oct. 1
 Postage Convention between the General Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the General Post Office of the Kingdom of Prussia, Signed at London 1st October, 1846, London, 1847, 26 + 70 + 2 p.
Nov.
 Rowland Hill appointed Secretary to the Postmaster General.  The official appointment date is 4 Dec. 1846 [image, image].

Subsequent appointments included
  • his former student, Edward Bernard Hale Lewin, 27 May 1847 [image, image, image, image]
  • his son, Pearson Hill, 21 Mar. 1850, as Clerk to Rowland Hill [image, image]
  • his brother, Frederic Hill, 2 June 1851, as Assistant Secretary to the Postmaster General [image]
  • his nephew, Alfred Hill, in 1854/55; this may have been an occasional, rather than permanent, position
  • his nephew, Edward Bernard Lewin Hill, 10 Aug. 1855, as Supplementary Clerk in the Secretary's Department [image]
  • Images from the British Post Office Appointment Books, on Ancestry.com.
Dec. 7
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 7, 1846.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-ninth Congress, Washington : Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, 1846.  29th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 493.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-ninth Congress, Washington : Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, 1846.  29th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 4.  US Serial Set 497.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 9, 1846.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1841-1846, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:841-46 1841-1846 (reprint)
    • 1846 -- p. 679-704 (Senate).
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1847   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 20, 1847, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 79-87 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1847, 260 p.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office revenue, 1845, p. 167 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1847.   (previous, next)

Harris Brothers' Universal Post Office Guide, London, 1847, 51 p.

Wolverhampton Post Office Directory for 1847, Wolverhampton : J. Bridgen, 4 + 146 p.  (Norton 658).

Hugh Tilsley, A Treatise on the Stamp Laws, in Great Britain and Ireland: being an analytical digest of the Statutes and Cases; with practical observations thereon, London, 1847.

Das Preußische Postwesen, Elberfeld und Iserlohn : Julius Bädeker, 1847, iv  + [1] + 176 p.

G. F. [Gottlieb Friedrich] Hüttner, Beiträge zur Kenntniß des [deutschen] Postwesens, Leipzig : Gustav Brauns.

Laws and Regulations for the Government of the Post Office Department, with an appendix ; printed by order of the Postmaster General, Washington : John T. Towers, 1847, xii + 99 + 70 + 24 + 36 p.
Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States of America, 1847, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1979.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.11:847X
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Richard Mayo, The Treasury Department and its Various Fiscal Bureaus, Washington : Wm. Q. Force, 1847, xvi + 262 p.
  • The Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, p. 154-160 (link).
  • The Sixth Auditor of the Treasury, p. 161-191 (link).
  • These offices were responsible for the financial accounts of the Post Office.
Feb.
 The Post System, J.S. Duke, De Bow's Review, Feb. 1847, vol. 3, pp. 149-160; Feb. 1848, vol. 5, pp. 152-163.
Feb. 5
 An Olive Leaf for the English People, Ocean Penny Postage, Bury and Norwich Post, Feb. 3, 1847, p. 4.  [BLN]
Ocean Penny Postage, Liverpool Mercury, Feb. 5, 1847, p. 3.  [BLN] [APN vol. 3, p. 401, note 45]
An Ocean Penny Postage, Leicester Chronicle, Feb. 6, 1847, p. 4.  [BLN]
Ocean Penny Postage, Northern Star, Feb. 6, 1847, p. 3.  [BLN]
Ocean Penny Postage, Bradford Observer, Feb. 11, 1847, p. 8.  [BLN]
An Olive Leaf for the English People, Ocean Penny Postage, The Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Glasgow, Feb. 20, 1847, vol. 2, 2nd series, p. 115 (link).
An Olive Leaf for the English People, Ocean Penny Postage, Manchester Times, Feb. 27, 1847, p. 6.  [BLN]
etc.
  • Letter from Elihu Burritt, dated London, Jan. 25, 1847.  The "Olive Leaf" versions are the most complete; the third and fourth are snippets only.
  • Further letters from Burritt with different dates appeared under the same or similar title.

Account of the Rise and Progress of the Present System of Contracting for the Conveyance of the Public Mails by Private Steam Vessels, 1847, 48 p.

The Post Office : Its Present State and Capabilities, The Topic, London, Dec. 1846 - June 1847, vol. 3, p. 175-188 (link).
May
 Léon Faucher, La réforme de la taxe des lettres en France et en Angleterre, Revue des deux mondes, Paris, May 1847, tome 18, p. 468-484.
Aug. 14
 Ocean Penny Postage, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, Aug. 14, 1847, pp. 111-112 (link).
  • Copied, The Living Age, Nov. 6, 1847, vol. 15, p. 249 (link).
Aug. 21
 Ocean Penny Postage - Will it Pay?, Elihu Burritt, The Family Herald, Aug. 21, 1847, vol. 5, p. 254 (link).
  • see also, Leeds Mercury, July 10, 1847; Glasgow Herald, July 19, 1847.  [BLN]
  • Summarized, An Anglo-Chinese Calendar, Canton, 1854, p. 130 (link).
Oct.
 [Review of] The Overland Mail and the Austrian Lloyds, The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review, Oct. 1847, vol. 48, p. 254 (link).
Dec. 6
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 6, 1847.
  • Includes a note on the postage stamps so far issued (link).
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirtieth Congress, Washington : Printed by Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1847.  30th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Executive No. 1.  US Serial Set 503.
Same title, same contents, different page head
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirtieth Congress, Washington : Printed by Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848.  Thirtieth Congress, First Session, [House of Representatives], Ex. Doc. No. 8.  US Serial Set 515.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 8, 1847.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1847, 1848, 1849, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1976.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:847-49 1847, 1848, 1849 (reprint)
    • 1847 -- p. 1311-1369 (page head "[1]").
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:847-52 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 (reprint)
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1848   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 21, 1848, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-88 (link).
  • Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 92-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1848, 264 p.
  • A. De Morgan, On Decimal Coinage, p. 5-21 (link).
  • Electric Telegraphs, p. 67-81 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Post Office, p. 139-140 (link).  Act of 22 July 1847.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office Revenue, Post Horse Duty, p. 154 (link), p. 179 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1847-48.  (previous, next)

The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the Year 1848, Boston : James Munroe & Co., vol. 19, 1847; preface dated Sep. 30, 1847.
  • Post Office Department, p. 100-102 (link).
  • Post-office Establishment, p. 128-135 (link).
  • Postal Laws of Mar. 1, 1847, p. 204-205 (link); Mar. 3, 1847, p. 209-211 (link).
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The Small Edition of the Post Office London Directory, 1848, London : W. Kelly & Co., 1848, 49th ed., preface date Dec. 1847.
  • title, preface, almanac, notices, index and addenda, pp. 1-24.
    • At head of title: Under the immediate and special patronage of Her Majesty's Postmaster-General.
  • Official directory, pp. 25-80.
    • Post Office (General), pp. 63-66.
  • [Street directory, p. 97-617]
  • Commercial and Professional directory, pp. 619-1174.
  • [Trades directory]
  • [Law and Other Public Offices]
  • Court directory, pp. 1680-1760.
  • Parliamentary directory, pp. 1761-1790.
  • Postal directory, pp. 1791-1863.
    • Obliterating stamps (numbered postmarks), p. 1835-1838.
  • City directory, p. 1976-1978
    • The gap in pagination is intentional; nothing is missing.
  • Banking directory, pp. 1979-2026.
  • Assurance directory, pp. 2027-2075.
  • Public companies, pp. 2076-2077.
  • Miscellaneous [adverts], p. 2078-2092.

Post Office Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghanshire and Rutlandshire, London : Kelly & Co., 1848

William James, Suggestions for the General Improvement of the Post Office, London : Hugh Hughes, 1848, 4 + 16 pp. + 2 plates.

Uppgifter om Postväsendet i England [Data on Postal Services in England], Stockholm, 1848, 62 p.

G.F. [Gottlieb Friedrich] Hüttner, Die Centralisation der deutschen Posten, Leipzig : Gustav Brauns, 1848, 48 p.; preface date May 31, 1848.

Alois Dessáry, Die österreichische Post-Verfassung, Vienna, 1848, xxiv + 452 p.; preface date 1847.
Jan.
 [Rev. Joshua Leavitt], Post-Office Reform, The New Englander, New Haven, Jan. 1848, vol. 6, pp. 111-120 (link).
Jan.
 The Post-Office, United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Jan. 1848, vol. 22, pp. 18-26 (link).
Mar. 29
 Constitution of the Cheap Postage Association, Organized at Boston, March 29th, 1848, Boston, 1848, 4 p.
  • Includes a list of officers, directors and members (entrance fee, 25 cents).
    • Edward Brooks, president; Joshua Leavitt, corresponding secretary; Charles B. Fairbanks, recording secretary; Otis Clapp, treasurer.
    • Eight directors, including Amasa Walker.
    • 200 members, including the officers and directors.
  • -- APN vol. 3, pp. 151-156.
Apr.
 The British System of Postage, The New Englander, New Haven, Apr. 1848, vol. 6, pp. 153-165 (link).
Apr. 26
 Joshua Leavitt, Cheap Postage, Remarks and Statistics on the Subject of Cheap Postage and Postal Reform in Great Britain and the United States, Boston : For the Cheap Postage Association by Otis Clapp, 1848, 72 p.; preface date Apr. 26, 1848.
  • The British stamps and postal stationery are described (pp. 37-40), with illustrations of British postal markings (link).
  • Wikipedia, Joshua Leavitt
May 26
 New York Cheap Postage Association, organized, May 26, 1848 (ref).

Barnabas Bates, A Brief Statement of the Exertions of the Friends of Cheap Postage in the City of New York, New York : Wm. C. Bryant & Co. Printers, for the New York Cheap Postage Assosciation, 1848, 26 p.
  • The "statement" is a review of the US postal laws and postage rates, and attempts to change them.  It is followed by the New York edition of Joshua Leavitt's Cheap Postage, 52 p., with illustrations on pp. 27-28 (link), and omitting the appendix.
June
 Ocean Penny Postage, Elihu Burritt, letter dated London, May 6, 1847, with a poem in 12 stanzas, "Send the Letters, Uncle John", by H.G. [Henry Gardiner] Adams.
  • [Hunt's] Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, June 1848, vol. 18, p. 667 (link).
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 1; British Library shelfmarks Crawford 857 (2), Crawford 1816 (last leaf).
  • see also, pp. 29-31 of Burritt's Ocean Penny Postage, Dec. 1848 (below)
The poem alone,
  • Cambridge Chronicle, vol. IV, no. 46, Nov. 15, 1849 (link).
  • H.G. Adams, Peace Lyrics, London : C. Gilpin, [1850], p. 40-44 (link).  The book was dedicated to Elihu Burritt.  "Peace Envelopes" were also available from Adams (link); see Gilpin, 1850 (below).
  • Gems from the Spirit Mine, London : C. Gilpin, 1850, p. 63-67 (link); a volume to honor Elihu Burritt.
  • Agricultural Journal and Transactions of the Lower Canada Agricultural Society, Aug. 1852, vol. 5, p. 255 (link); 7 stanzas only.
  • Random Readings, for the Rail, ..., London : Groombridge, 1854, p. 146, under the title "A Plea for Ocean Penny Postage", "by the editor" (link).

See also,

  • Eileen Cleere, "The Shape of Uncles": Capitalism, Affection, and the Cultural Construction of the Victorian Family, PhD thesis, Rice Univ., Houston, 1996, 233 p.  (link).
  • Eileen Cleere, Avuncularism : Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Nineteenth-century English Culture, Stanford Univ. Press, 2004, ch. 5, "Send the Letters, Uncle John": Trollope, Penny-Postage Reform, and the Domestication of Empire (link, link).
June
 Taxes on Knowledge and the Newspaper Press, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, June 1848, vol. 15, pp. 351-356 (link).
July
 France -- The Press, Pamphlets, Books, &c., Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, July 1848, vol. 15, pp. 465-469 (link).
July
 [Joshua Leavitt], Our Post-Office, The New Englander, New Haven, July 1848, vol. 6, pp. 393-404 (link).
Aug. 26
 Edwin Hill was appointed Supervisor of the Stamping Department, at the Board of Inland Revenue in Britain.  He became Comptroller of the Stamping Dept. on April 13, 1863, and retired May 7, 1872.  His son Ormond Hill, already his assistant since May 1841, became Assistant Supervisor in Aug. 1854, Deputy Comptroller in April 1863, then Comptroller on May 7, 1872, and retired Mar. 10, 1876.
Sep.
 Die Fürstlich Thurn- und Taxische Postanstalt, Heinrich Meidinger, Zeitschrift des Vereins für deutsche Statistik, Berlin, Sep. 1848, vol. 2, no. 9, p. 853-861 (link).
Sep. 12 The Swiss Federal Constitution takes effect, uniting the 22 cantons through a central government, the Swiss Confederation.  A uniform postal service was established in June 1849 (by legislation following Article 33, ref), and a uniform currency in 1850 effective 1 Jan. 1852 (by Article 36, ref).  There are now 26 cantons following changes in 1979 (Jura from Bern) and 1999 (half-cantons promoted).
Oct.
 Cheap and Uniform Postage in India, The Calcutta Review, Oct. 1848, vol. 10, pp. 521-566 (link).
Nov. 23
 Henry Archer's patent for "Improvements in facilitating the division of sheets or pieces of paper, parchment, or other similar substances", No. 12,340, issued Nov. 23, 1848.  (link, link).
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 8; British Library shelfmark Crawford 901 (12), published 1857.
The British Government paid Archer £4000 in 1854 for the rights to the patent, which enabled postage stamps to be perforated at a reasonable cost.  Edwin Hill played an important role in the development of Archer's machinery.

See also,
  • [Newton's] London Journal of Arts, Sciences and Manufactures, 1849, vol. 35, p. 84-86 and plate VI (link)
  • Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, May 26, 1849, vol. 50, p. 501-502 (link)
  • The Practical Mechanics' Journal, May 1852, vol. 5, p. 46 (link)
  • The Patent Journal and Inventor's Magazine, vol. 7, p. 70
  • Archer's Perforating Machine, The Philatelic Record, June 1893, vol. 15, p. 143-146 (link)
  • Ray C. Simpson, Peter J. Sargent, Stamp Perforation: The Somerset House Years, 1848 to 1880, 2006.
  • Wikipedia.
Dec.
 Elihu Burritt, Ocean Penny Postage, Its Necessity Shown and its Feasibility Demonstrated, London : C. Gilpin, 1848/1849, 32 p.
  • dated at end: Christmas, 1848; but that is only the date of the poem that ends the pamphlet
  • 1849
    • -- GK entry number 36562.4, Reel 3325.
  • See also, E.D. Bacon, Ocean Penny Postage, Stanley Gibbons Monthly Journal, Jan. 1899; St. Martin's-le-Grand, 1899, vol. 9, pp. 164-172 (link), 219-221 (link).
Dec. 2
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 2, 1848.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirtieth Congress, Washington : Printed by Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848.  Thirtieth Congress, Second Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 537.

Senate?  House?   (versions out of context cannot be distinguished)

  • Report of the Postmaster General, Dec. 2, 1848, p. 235-271.
    • Page head "Ex. Doc. No. 1." centered; page number at left/right on even/odd pages.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 9, 1848.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1847, 1848, 1849, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1976.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:847-49 1847, 1848, 1849 (reprint)
    • 1848 -- p. 1239-1275 (House).
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:847-52 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 (reprint)
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Dec. 15
 Postal Convention, U.S. and Great Britain, December 15, 1848.






1849   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 22, 1849, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 90-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1849, 264 p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Newspaper Postage, p. 148 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1849.   (previous, next)

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1849 [Netherlands Yearbook of the Post Office], Tilburg, 1849, 1st vol., 216 p.
  • Reviewed, Het Leeskabinet, 1849, pp. 43-44 (link).
  • Noted, Algemeen Handelsblad, 24 Mar. 1849; Nieuw Rotterdamsche Courant, 4 May 1849 [http://www.delpher.nl]
Continued annually, 1849-1864, then 1871/72, 1873/75, 1876/78, the last two by Pieter Keg.

Salomo Gille Heringa, 1816-1895, was Director of the Post Office in Tilburg (1845), Vlissingen (1851), Schiedam (1855), and Utrecht (1864), then retired in 1872.  See also, T. de Klaver, Uit de postgeschiedenis van Tilburg (2), S. Gille Heringa, postdirecteur in Tilburg (1849-1852).  Gille Heringa's extensive book and manuscript collection was sold at auction in Dec. 1873 (link); there was a small stamp collection, lot 47 of "Diverse Voorwerpen", "Various Objects", the final item in the sale (link).

The Yearbook is generally organized in five or more parts, which are paginated separately,
  • Kalender [Calendar]
  • Nederland [Dutch Postal Services]
  • Buitenland [Foreign Postal Services]
  • Mengelwerk [Miscellany]
  • Aanhangsel [Appendix] or Bijblad [Supplement]

New York Cheap Postage Association, Cheap postage : a dialogue on cheap postage, between Messrs. A. and B. in Washington City, New York, 1849, 8 p.

Lysander Spooner, Who Caused the Reduction of Postage in 1845?, Boston : A.J. Wright, 1849.

Later editions, 1850, 1851.

Edward Tremayne, Tremayne’s table of post-offices : containing an alphabetical list of post-offices throughout the United States : distances from Washington, D.C., state and territorial capitals respectively : also exhibiting the post-offices in each state, as well as county, Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1849, 321 p.
  • -- LCP (ref), the copyright notice is dated 1845
  • p. 7-14, act and resolution of Mar. 3, 1845
  • p. 15-23, regulations, issued Apr. 21, 1845
  • p. 24-321, table of post offices, in three parts; alphabetical, alphabetical by state, alphabetical by county in the state
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices
Jan.
 The Post Office Official Monthly Director, London : Letts, Son, and Steer, 1849.
  • Sanctioned by the Postmaster-General, and edited by F.W. Herbert, of the Foreign Post-Office Dept., but the copyright was held by the publisher (link).  This was the same arrangement held by Frederic Kelly and his predecessors for the Post Office London Directory.
  • Noted, Philosophical Magazine, Feb. 1849, p. 158-159, http://books.google.com/books?id=RwzFZ-btb0UC
  • Reviewed, The Times, London, Mar. 14, 1849, p. 6; see also, Jan. 2, 1854, p. 9.
British Library,

Jan.
 The Post-Office Monopoly, The Monthly Law Reporter, Boston, Jan. 1849, vol. 11 (vol. 1 new series), no. 9, p. 385-399 (link).
  • Reprinted, in Post Script [Robert Dalton Harris], no. 1, Feb. 1977, p. 24-30; no. 2, May 1977, 21-29.
Feb.
 Speech of Hon. W.L. [William Leftwich] Goggin, of Virginia, in favor of Uniform Postal Charges, and to restrain the Franking Privilege, delivered in the House of Representatives, February 21, 1849, Washington, 1849, 11 p.

The Duties on Paper, Advertisements, and Newspapers, Speech of Mr. Edward Edwards (compositor), delivered at a meeting of printers, held at the London Mechanics' Institution, May 22, 1849, 2 p.
June 20
 The Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee, to the Parliamentary and Financial Reformers of the United Kingdom, London, June 20, 1849, 4 p.

See also, a page from Oct. 1849, http://books.google.com/books?id=DTFcAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
Oct.
 Joshua Leavitt, The Finance of Cheap Postage, Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, Oct. 1849, vol. 21, pp. 410-414 (link).

As a separate pamphlet, New York : George W. Wood, 1849, 7 p.,

G.F. [Gottlieb Friedrich] Hüttner, Die Postverfassung des Königreichs Sachsen, Leipzig : Gustav Brauns, 1849, xiv + 286 p.; preface date Oct. 31, 1849.

Charles John Vaughan, D.D., A Letter on the Late Post Office Agitation, London : John Murray, 1849, 15 pp.
  • -- GK entry number 36557, Reel 3325.
  • Noted in The Publishers' Circular, Dec. 1, 1849, p. 397 (link).
Dec.
 Joshua Leavitt, The Moral and Social Benefits of Cheap Postage, Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, New York, Dec. 1849, vol. 21, p. 601-610 (link).
  • Reprinted, in P.S.: a Quarterly Journal of Postal History [Robert Dalton Harris], no. 5, Jan. 1980, p. 23-32.
As a separate pamphlet, New York : Geo. W. Wood, 1849, 12 p.
Dec. 3
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 3, 1849.

Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-first Congress, Washington, 1849.  31st Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, part 1.  US Serial Set 549.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-first Congress, Washington, 1849.  31st Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 5, part 1.  US Serial Set 569.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 3, 1849.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1847, 1848, 1849, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1976.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:847-49 1847, 1848, 1849 (reprint)
    • 1849 -- p. 773-850 (Senate).
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:847-52 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 (reprint)
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1850   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 23, 1850, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 90-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1850, 264 p.
  • A Chronological Account of the Connexion between England and India, p. 70-79 (link); continued from 1832, p. 24-45.
    • Waghorn's 1845 overland mail. p. 74 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Inland Revenue, p. 127-128 (link).  Act of 27 Feb. 1849.
    • Stamps, &c. Allowances, p. 139 (link).  Act of 1 Aug. 1849.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post-Office, p. 188 (link).
  • Chronicle of Occurrences, Austrian postage rates and stamps, p. 261 (link).
    • Chronicled as of Sep. 26, but the stamps had been issued June 1.
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1850.   (previous, next)

Captain N. [Nathaniel Alexander] Staples, Observations on the Indian Post Office, and Suggestions for its Improvement, London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 1850, 79 p.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1850, Tilburg, 1850, 2nd vol., 339 p.
  • -- NPM,  HE6185.N4 H54 1850
  • Reviewed, Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen of Tijdschrift ..., 1850, pp. 303-305 (link).
  • Advertised, Nieuwsblad voor den Boekhandel, 28 Mar. 1850 (link), 30 May 1850 (link).
  • pp. 36-43 of the Mengelwerk [Miscellany], an article on postage stamps (De Frankeringszegels), which is continued in 1851.  A translation (partial?) appeared in Deutscher Post-Almanach für das Jahr 1851, as Die Frankomarken, p. 111-113 (link).

Post-Wet benevens eene duidelijke aanwijzing van het vertrek en de aankomst der onderscheidene posten zoo binnen- als buitenlandsch, van en aan het Postkantoor te Utrecht, met bijvoeging der Portlijst van Utrecht, Utrecht : Kemink & Zoon, 1850, 20 p.

Charles John Vaughan, D.D., A Letter on the Late Post Office Agitation, London : J. Murray, second ed., 1850, 35 pp.

Post Office Directory of Birmingham, with Staffordshire and Worcestershire, London : W. Kelly & Co., 1850, 698 p.

Thom's Irish almanac and official directory, with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for 1850, Dublin : A. Thom, 1850, 7th ed., xlix + 1068 p.
  • -- GK entry number 36775, Reel 3351.
  • Review of the 1847 edition, excerpt from The Banker's Magazine, Jan. 1847 (link).

A Post Office Directory for Nova Scotia, London : J. Hartnell, 1850, 33 p.

Lysander Spooner, Who Caused the Reduction of Postage? Ought He to be Paid?, Boston : Wright & Hasty's Press, 1850, 71 p.

Includes a discussion of Mr. Spooner's Private Mails (p. 24) and Hale & Co's Letter Mail (p. 49-52).  Spooner was seeking compensation, in the manner of the National Testimonial funds raised for Rowland Hill in 1844 (see above), and a similar campaign for Barnabas Bates in 1848 (ref).

Previous edition, 1849; later edition, 1851 (Sabin 89621).

C. [Charles] Gilpin, [Advertisement sheet giving an illustration of the so-called "Peace envelopes" and particulars of "Peace Lyrics" by H.G. Adams and "Peace Reading-Book"], London, [1850], 1 p.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 141; British Library shelfmark Crawford 898 (7).
  • See Adams, June 1848, above.
  • See also, Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn, British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century, Chicago, 1986, p. 206-207 (link).

Tremayne's Table of the Post Offices in the United States, New York : W.F. Burgess, 1850.
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices
Jan.
 E. Loriston Pratt, The United States Post Office directory : showing the name and location of all the post towns, post offices, and post masters, in the United States ; carefully revised and corrected from authentic government records, New York : Stringer & Townsend, 1850.

Pratt's United States Post Office Directory, 1850, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1981, 109 p.
  • -- APRL, G3701 .P855 P913u 1981, GOV DOC P 1.10/4:850X
Jan.
 Joshua Leavitt, The Practical Working of Cheap Postage, Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, Jan. 1850, vol. 22, pp. 44-53 (link).

As a separate pamphlet, New York : G. W. Wood, 1850, 12 p.,

Joshua Leavitt, The Finance of Cheap Postage, Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, Oct. 1849.
Joshua Leavitt, The Moral and Social Benefits of Cheap Postage, Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, Dec. 1849.
Joshua Leavitt, The Practical Working of Cheap Postage, Hunt's Merchants' Magazine, Jan. 1850.

Separately published, bound together,
Jan. 28
 Rowland Hill, [about Sunday Post Office opening], Parliamentary Return.
Parliamentary Papers, 1850 (185) LIII.183.
Feb.
 First Report of the Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee, London, Feb. 1, 1850.
Feb.
 The Post-Office, [Andrew Wynter], Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Feb. 1850, vol. 41, pp. 224-232 (link, link).
  • A remarkably observant article on the functioning of the British post office.
  • Partly copied by The Penny Illustrated News, Feb. 23, 1850, p. 139 (link).
Feb. 7
 New York Cheap Postage Association, An Address of the Directors of the New York Cheap Postage Association to the People of the United States, New York : Wm. C. Bryant & Co., 1850, 16 pp.; dated Feb. 7, 1850.
  • -- APN vol. 3, pp. 317-332.
  • (Sabin 54756), there is a second edition
  • Includes a list of officers, directors and member donors.  Compared to the Boston association, the names and donor amounts indicate considerable interest from the merchants of New York.
  • $10 was donated by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson, who then held the printing contract for US postage stamps.
Feb. 19
 Report of the Committee on Literature of the Senate of New York, on Postage Reform, Made to the Senate, Feb. 19, 1850, Albany : Weed, Parsons & Co., 1850.
  • -- APN vol. 3, pp. 333-343.
Mar.
 Copenhagen Post Office, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, March 1850, vol. 17, pp. 162-165 (link).
Mar.
 There was a testimonial dinner for Robert Wallace.
  • Extracts from the Newspaper Press of 1850, relative to a Testimonial to Robert Wallace, Esq., formerly M.P. for Greenock, for his successful labours as the Pioneer of Post Office Reform, 20 p.
    • Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1125, realized £334 (link); with "an original handwritten note from Rowland Hill to John Dillon dated 3 July 1850 informing him of the organisers' names who were responsible for the Testimonial".
  • Extract from the Greenock Advertiser, Mar. 8, 1850, Testimonial to Robert Wallace, Esq., late M.P. for Greenock, The Pioneer of Postage Reform, in The Life of Sir Rowland Hill, vol. 1, p. 529-533 (link).
  • Bristol Mercury, Mar. 16, 1850, etc.
Mar. 30
 Valentine's Day at the Post-Office, [Charles Dickens and W.H. Wills], Household Words, Mar. 30, 1850, vol. 1, pp. 6-12 (link).
  • Translated into Dutch, as De Brievenpost in Engeland op St.-Valentijns-Dag, in Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1851 (see below).
  • Reprinted in W. Henry Wills, Old Leaves: Gathered from Household Words, 1860, pp. 9-23.
  • See also, The Quarterly Review, June 1850, vol. 87, p. 69, below.
Charles Dickens was the editor of Household Words, and William Henry Wills the sub-editor.  All articles in the journal were unsigned; the authors are noted here from the index by Anne Lohrli, http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858036688301.  Dickens and Wills visited Rowland Hill while preparing this article (ref).
Apr.
 Taxes on Knowledge, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, April 1850, vol. 17, pp. 234-239 (link).
Apr.
 Wet op het Brievenport en regeling der brieven-posterijen, met tarief der porto's, Amsterdam : Weytingh & Van der Haart, April 1850, 48 p.
[1855], 2nd printing, 16 p., http://books.google.com/books?id=txVjAAAAcAAJ  [KBNL]
[1855], 4th printing, 16 p., http://books.google.com/books?id=RB1jAAAAcAAJ  [KBNL]
Apr. 6
 The Penny Illustrated News, London, April 6, 1850, p. 192 (link).
  • "Why were there no postage labels in Henry the Eighth's time?  Because a Queen's head wasn't worth a penny."
May 25
 Old Postage Stamps, The Family Herald, May 25, 1850, vol. 8, p. 59 (link) [image].
Jun.
 Mechanism of the Post Office, [Sir Francis Bond Head], The Quarterly Review, Jun. 1850, vol. 87, pp. 69-115 (link)   [excerpt, p. 115].
  • See also, The London Quarterly Review, American edition, July 1850, vol. 87, pp. 37-62 (link).
  • Reprinted with some alterations in Sir Francis B. Head, Descriptive Essays, London : John Murray, 1857, "The London Post-Office", vol. 2, p. 286-368 (link).
Head visited Rowland Hill while preparing this article (ref).
Jun. 1
 What is a Million?, The Family Herald, Jun. 1, 1850, vol. 8, p. 79 (link) [image].
June 13
 Verordnung, die Posttaxordnung und den Deutsch-Österreichischen Postverein vom 13. Juni 1850 betreffend, Dresden : G.G. Meinhold, 1850, ii + 51 p.
June 22
 Convenção postal entre sua magestade a rainha de Portugal e dos Algarves e sua magestade a rainha de Hespanha assignada em Madrid pelos respectivos plenipotenciarios aos 22 de junho de 1850, Lisbon, 1850, 7 p.
Jun. 22
 The Sunday Screw, [Charles Dickens], Household Words, Jun. 22, 1850, vol. 1, pp. 289-292 (link).
  • Proposals for Sunday opening of the British Post Office.
  • See also, pp. 378-379 for letters of comment.
July
 James Gilbert, The Postal Changes, Viewed with Reference to Additional Facilities for the Transit of Letters and Newspapers, Especially on Saturday; the Acceleration and Increase of Day-Mails, Etc, London, 1850, 16 p.
July
 Lord Ashley's Address to the Queen on Sunday Post-Office Regulations, G.S. Venables, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, July 1850, vol. 17, pp. 447-448 (link).
July
 The United States Postal Guide and Official Advertiser, Washington, D.C., July 1850 - June 1852, vol. 1 - 2.

The United States Postal Guide and Official Advertiser, 1850-1852, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1982, 2 vol.

  • -- APRL, Journals
Edited and published by Peter G. Washington and Charles M. Willard.  Peter G. [Grayson] Washington had worked in the Treasury Dept., as did his father, Lund Washington, a distant relative of George Washington.

See also, Diane DeBlois, Postal Guides, P.S., A Quarterly Journal of Postal History, 1986, vol. 8, no. 2, 3, whole no. 30, 31, p. 34-48, 73-78.
July 13
 Post Office Regulations, The Family Herald, July 13, 1850, vol. 8, p. 175 (link) [image].
Nov.
 The Comfortable Doctrine of Compensations, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Nov. 1850, vol. 42, pp. 473-479 (link) [image].
Nov. 30
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 30, 1850.

Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-first Congress, Washington : Printed for the Senate, 1850.  31st Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, part 1.  US Serial Set 587.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-first Congress, Washington : Printed for the Ho. of Reps., 1850.  31st Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, part 1.  US Serial Set 595.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 16, 1850.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1850, 1851, 1852, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1976.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:850-52 1850, 1851, 1852 (reprint)
    • 1850 -- p. 403-441 (House).
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:847-52 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 (reprint)
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Dec. 14
 Cheap postage. Proceedings of a public meeting, held at the Merchants' Exchange in the City of New York, December 14th, 1850, 1 p. broadside.






1851   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 24, 1851, [8] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 90-94 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1851, 264 + [16] p.
  • Ocean Steamers - Foreign Mails, p. 52-75 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Stamp Duties, p. 126-129 (link).  Act of 14 Aug. 1850.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post-Office, p. 169 (link).
  • Memorandum of the New [Revenue] Stamp Duties, p. 219-226 (link).
(previous, next)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1851.   (previous, next)

[Charles] Knight's Cyclopædia of London, "The Post Office", London, 1851, p. 137-144 (link).
  • reprinted, CCP, Nov. 1977, vol. 56, no. 6, p. 350-357.
  • Derived from Knight's London, 1842.

Report of the Commissioners for Post Office Enquiry, Calcutta, 1851.

J.W. [John Weeds] Lettis, The Post Office Guide, London : Longman, 1851, 130 p. + 13 p. (adverts); latest internal date, Feb. 1851.
There is apparently a second edition, also 1851, but this may be an incorrect reference (ref).

William Gaspey, Tallis's Illustrated London, in Commemoration of the Great Exhibition of All Nations in 1851, Forming a Complete Guide to the British Metropolis and its Environs, London : John Tallis, 1851.

Johann Herz, Die Post-Reform im deutsch-österreichischen Post-Vereine, Vienna : Carl Gerold, 1851, xiv + 234 p.
  • Postal markings of Britain and Belgium are illustrated on p. 223-224 (link).

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1851, Tilburg, 1851, 3rd vol., 341 p.
  • De Brievenpost in Engeland op St.-Valentijns-Dag, p. 23-35 of the Mengelwerk [Miscellany] (link).
    • From Household Words, Mar. 30, 1850 (see above).
    • Followed by Naschrift van den Redacteur, p. 35-37, with reference to the Quarterly Review.
  • Nog Iets over de Frankeerzegels [Another Thing about the Postage Stamps], continued from the 1850 edition, p. 75-79 of the Mengelwerk [Miscellany] (link) [image].

J.C.W. le Jeune, Het brieven-postwezen in de Republiek der Vereenigde Nederlanden [The Letter Posts in the Republic of the United Netherlands], Utrecht, 1851, 376 p.

Eli Bowen, The United States Post-Office Guide, New York : Appleton, 1851, 4 + 352 + 2 pp.
  • Bowen had been a clerk in the Contract Office of the Post Office Dept., Washington, D.C., starting 1848 or 1849.
  • Originally sold for $1.00 paper-bound, $1.25 cloth-bound (ref).
  • Reprinted 1976, New York : Arno Press.  Review of this edition, CCP, May 1981, vol. 60, no. 3, p. 172-173.

Eli Bowen, The United States quarterly post-office guide, New York : D. Appleton & Co., 1851, 352 + 40 p.
  • WorldCat
  • (Sabin 7055)
  • Same as previous with advertising?

Table of Post Offices in the United States on the First Day of January 1851, Washington, 1851, with addenda to May 31, 1851, 4 + 311 + 151 p.
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices

In the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, London, 1851, Class 22, Entry 269, "T.H. Smith, 20 Brewer Street, Golden Square.  Designer and Manufacturer.  Design for a centre ornament for a ceiling, composed of 5,000 postage stamps." (ref).  The catalogue description in French has more detail about the ceiling, the Star of the Order of the Garter - "Dessin d'ornement central pour plafond, formant l'étoile de l'Ordre de la Jarretière, composé de 5,000 timbres-poste." (ref).  Smith also exhibited a stove ornament, painted with flowers, on wire (ref).

Charles Knight, George Dodd, ed., Cyclopædia of the Industry of All Nations, New York : George P. Putnam, London : Charles Knight, 1851, xxiv p. + 1806 col. + 37 plates.

The Complete Post Office Manual, Ludlow (Mass.) : Charles M. Willard.  Reported,
  • no. 1, undated, probably Jan. 1851; 16 p.
  • no. 2, 1 April 1851 (ref).
  • no. 3.
  • no. 4, 1 Jan. 1852 (image of one page).
Mar. 8
 Letters and Letter-Writers, Eliza Cook's Journal, Mar. 8, 1851, vol. 4, pp. 302-303 (link).
Mar. 22
 Postage Stamps - To Collectors of the Used Postage Stamps, The Family Herald, Mar. 22, 1851, vol. 8, p. 747 (link) [image].
May 3
 The Coming Fortunes of Snails, Eliza Cook's Journal, May 3, 1851, vol 5, pp. 14-15 (link).
  • Snail Mail, with a grin.
May 10
 To Envelope Folders, The Family Herald, May 10, 1851, vol. 9, p. 27 (link) [image].
June 5, etc.
 First Report from the Select Committee on Steam Communications with India, &c.
Second Report from the Select Committee on Steam Communications with India, &c.
Index to Reports from Select Committee on Steam Communications with India, &c.
July 5
 Intended Compulsory Prepayment by Stamps, The Family Herald, July 5, 1851, vol. 9, p. 158 (link) [image].
Aug. 9
 Ocean Penny Postage - Will It Pay?, Eliza Cook's Journal, Aug. 9, 1851, vol. 5, pp. 234-235 (link).
Sep.
 Notes on the Newspaper Stamp, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Sep. 1851, vol. 44, pp. 339-354 (link).
Sep. 20
 Origin of the Penny Postage, Eliza Cook's Journal, Sep. 20, 1851, vol. 5, p. 335 (link).
  • From The Times.
Sep. 27
 The Birth and Parentage of Letters, [Henry Morley], Household Words, Sep. 27, 1851, vol. 4, pp. 1-6 (link).
Oct. 29
 Death of William Wyon, R.A., engraver of British medals and stamp dies.
Nov.
 Robert W. Stuart Mackay, The Canada Directory: containing the names of the professional and business men of every description, in the cities, towns, and principal villages of Canada: together with a complete post office directory of the province ... brought down to November, 1851, Montreal : John Lovell, 1851, 692 p.
Nov.
 Postal Reform - Cheap Postage, B.B. [Barnabas Bates], Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Nov. 1851, vol. 3, pp. 837-839 (link).
Nov.
 Beknopte handleiding omtrent de bestemming en het gebruik der Postzegels [Concise Guide regarding the purpose and use of postage stamps], 's Gravenhage, 1851, 12 p.
  • Introducing the first postage stamps of the Netherlands, to be issued 1 Jan. 1852.
  • See also the Resolution of Nov. 24, 1851, p. 104-111 (link).
Nov. 1
 The Collector, Eliza Cook's Journal, Nov. 1, 1851, pp. 9-10 (link).
  • A survey of collecting styles and habits, but no mention of collecting postage stamps.
Nov. 22
 A Black Eagle in a Bad Way, [Grenville Murray, Henry Morley, Charles Dickens], Household Words, Nov. 22, 1851, vol. 4, pp. 193-195 (link).
  • Postal espionage in Vienna, p. 195.
Nov. 29
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, Nov. 29, 1851.
  • Some history of the Post Office is included.  The new contract for postage stamps is described.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-second Congress, Washington : A. Boyd Hamilton, Printer, 1851.  32d Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 611.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-second Congress, Washington : A. Boyd Hamilton, Printer, 1851.  32d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 634.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-second Congress, Washington : A. Boyd Hamilton, Printer, 1852.  32d Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part II.  US Serial Set 612.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-second Congress, Washington : A. Boyd Hamilton, Printer, 1852.  32d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2, Part II.  US Serial Set 635.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Dec. 26, 1851.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1850, 1851, 1852, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1976.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:850-52 1850, 1851, 1852 (reprint)
    • 1851 -- p. 417-488 (House).
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:847-52 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 (reprint)
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1852   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 25, 1852, [12] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 90-94 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1852, 260 + [16] p.
  • Great Exhibition of 1851: Facts and Figures, p. 20-40 (link).
    • Ad hoc postal service, p. 38-39 [image].
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1852.   (previous, next)

The Small Edition of the Post Office London Directory, London : W. Kelly & Co., 1852, 53rd ed., preface date Nov. 1851.
http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/p16445coll4/id/167103  [Leicester]
  • title, preface, index and addenda, p. 1-18.
  • Official directory, p. 19-80.
    • Post Office (General), p. 63-66.
  • [Street directory, p. 81-576, in the Complete Edition]
  • Commercial and Professional directory, p. 577-1084.
  • [Trades directory and Law directory, p. 1085-1566, in the Complete Edition]
  • Court directory, p. 1567-1719.
  • Parliamentary directory, p. 1720-1755.
  • Postal directory, p. 1756-1828.
    • Obliterating stamps (numbered postmarks), p. 1799-1802.
  • [City directory, Conveyance directory, etc., p. 1829-1964 in the Complete Edition]
  • Banking directory, p. 1965-2013.
  • Assurance directory, p. 2014-2068.
  • Miscellaneous [adverts], p. 2069-2087.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1852, Middelburg (Netherlands), 1852, 4th vol.

Murray's Official Handbook of Church and State, London, 1852, preface date Dec. 1851.
  • The Post Office, pp. 244-248 (link).

Regulations and Instructions for the Government of the Post Office Department in Canada.
  • reprinted 1993 as Canada Post Office guide 1852, from an original copy held in the Archives of The British Post Office, London, England, xiv + 80 p.
  • -- APRL, GOV-DOC

"One unusual document in the Crawford Library is a painting by Adolph Reinheimer that shows the first recorded public display of postage stamps. This took place in 1852 when the Vandermaelen Museum in Brussels mounted contemporary stamps from various countries in a picture frame, and exhibited it amongst the other items within their general collection of curiosities from around the world. It is claimed that this particular exhibit fascinated the famous Belgian collector, J.B. Moens so much that it may have been the reason for his becoming a stamp dealer.

Reinheimer had remembered seeing it as a schoolboy. He painted this stamp exhibit, in its museum surroundings, from memory in 1906 and showed it in the International Philatelic Exhibition in that year, in frame 254. After the exhibition closed he presented the painting to the Earl of Crawford who added it to his library."  -- Ron Negus, London Philatelist, Dec. 2002, vol. 111, supplement, p. 15.

[Reinheimer's painting, image] -- David Beech, London Philatelist, Mar. 2016, vol. 125, supplement, p. 26.
Jan. 3
 Ocean Penny Postage between Great Britain and France, The Family Herald, Jan. 3, 1852, vol. 9, p. 575 (link) [image].
Feb. 21
 The Queen's Head, [James Hannay, W.H. Wills], Household Words, Feb. 21, 1852, vol. 4, pp. 510-513 (link).
Feb. 21
 Newspapers, Eliza Cook's Journal, Feb. 21, 1852, vol. 6, pp. 258-260 (link).
  • About the Penny Postage and related matters.
Mar. 8
 Cheap Ocean Postage.  Remarks of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, upon his Resolution in relation to Cheap Ocean Postage, in the Senate of the United States, March 8, 1852, Washington : Buell & Blanchard, 1852, 2 p.
Mar. 20
 Post-Office Money-Orders, [Charles Dickens, W.H. Wills], Household Words, Mar. 20, 1852, vol. 5, pp. 1-5 (link).
Dickens visited Frederic Hill at the Money Order Office while preparing this article (ref).
Apr. 3 Laws and Regulations for the Government of the Post Office Department, Washington : C. Alexander, 1852, viii + 114 + 94 + 28 p. 

Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States of America, 1852, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1980.

(previous, next)  US-Postal-Laws
May 2
 Convenção postal entre sua magestade a rainha de Portugal e dos Algarves e sua magestade el-rei dos Belgas assignada em Bruxellas pelos respectivos plenipotenciarios em 2 de maio de 1852, Lisbon, 1853, 7 p.
May 15
 The Great British Gum Secret, [... Sommerville], Household Words, May 15, 1852, vol. 5, pp. 202-203 (link).
  • The secret?  It was potato starch.  But the secret was already guessed in 1844 (The Athenæum, May 18, 1844, see above).
  • See also, The Leisure Hour, Apr. 14, 1859, vol. 8, p. 235 (link).
May 21
 Report from the Select Committee on Postage Label Stamps; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and index.

House of Commons, Session 1852, paper no. 386, 273 p. 
Parliamentary Papers 1852 (386) vol. XV.1
PDF [ProQuest]
Spink, London, June 10, 1998, Sale 1178, lot 1126, realized £437 (link).

Neues Post-Handbuch, Enthaltend, Das Gesetz über das Postwesen vom 5 Juni 1852, Kreuznach, 1852, 88 p.
Jun. 12
 King Charles's Post-Bag, [William Blanchard Jerrold], Household Words, Jun. 12, 1852, vol. 5, pp. 293-295 (link).
July 24
 Printed Forgeries, [Sidney Laman Blanchard], Household Words, July 24, 1852, vol. 5, pp. 444-450 (link).
  • Postmarks as evidence, p. 450.

Hon. Abbott Lawrence's correspondence with the Hon. Daniel Webster, On Cheap Ocean Postage, undated, 8 p.
Sep. 20
 Laws Relating to the Service of the Post Office Department, passed by the 32d Congress at its First Session: with Instructions to Postmasters for Carrying them into Effect, Washington : C. Alexander, 1852, 16 p.
(previous, next)  US-Postal-Laws
Oct. 21
 Curiosities of London Life: The Street Stationer, The Leisure Hour, Oct. 21, 1852, vol. 1, pp. 682-683 (link).
Nov.
 To All Postmasters in Canada, Quebec, Nov. 1852, Post Office Dept. Order No. 10, 1 p.
Nov. 26
 Colonial Postage Association, Journal of the Society of Arts, Nov. 26, 1852, vol. 1, pp. 2, 4-5 (link).
Dec. 4
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 4, 1852.
  • Stamped envelopes, soon to be issued, are discussed.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-second Congress, Washington : Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1852.  32d Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 658.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-second Congress, Washington : Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1852.  32d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 673.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-second Congress, Washington : Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1852.  32d Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part II.  US Serial Set 659.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-second Congress, Washington : Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1852.  32d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part II.  US Serial Set 674.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the Finances, Jan. 15, 1853.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1850, 1851, 1852, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1976.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:850-52 1850, 1851, 1852 (reprint)
    • 1852 -- p. 635-686 (Senate).
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:847-52 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 (reprint)
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Dec. 10
 Official Returns of Foreign and Colonial Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, vol. 1, pp. 28-30 (link).
Dec. 20
 Papers Relating to the Postal Communication, &c. in India.






1853   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 26, 1853, [16] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-87 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 90-94 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1853, 272 + [26] p.
  • Electric Telegraphs, p. 34-53 (link).
(previous, next)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1852-53.  (previous, next)

Post Office Directory of Jersey, Guernsey, and Hampshire, London : Kelly & Co., 1853.

Post Office Directory of Cambridge, Norfolk, and Suffolk, London : Kelly & Co., 1853.

Great Britain, Board of Inland Revenue, One Penny Stamps, A Popular Explanation of the Statute requiring a stamp duty of one penny on receipts and orders for money, and of some provisions of former acts bearing thereupon, With a Schedule of Stamp Duties, London, 1853, 14 p.

Markus Johann Heinzel, Oesterreichisches Post-Handbuch, Olmütz, 1853, xvi + 300 + [1] p.; preface date Dec. 1852.

Third ed., Vienna, 1856, http://books.google.com/books?id=WLfDTxMy3jUC  [ÖNB]
Sixth ed., Vienna, 1873, http://books.google.com/books?id=yxhaAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

Wilhelm Görges, Braunschweigisches Post- und Eisenbahn-Taschenbuch für das Jahr ...

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1853, Middelburg, 1853, 5th vol.

H.J. Koenen, Over de adressen van brieven, Nieuw Nederlandsch taalmagazijn, tijdschrift voor de werkdadige beoefening, vergelijking en veredeling onzer moedertaal, 's Gravenhage [The Hague], 1853, vol. 1, p. 139-142 (link).
  • About the addresses of letters, New Dutch language magazine, journal for the active practice, comparison and improvement of our native language.

Rode's United States Post Office Directory and Postal Guide, New York : Charles R. Rode, 1853, 146 + [4] p.

International Postage Association, Colonial Penny Postage, London, 1853, 8 + 20 pp.
From a meeting of the Society of Arts, Feb. 8, 1853.

[non-philatelic]
W.A.S. Westoby, The Laws of Belgium which affect British Subjects, Brussels, 1853.

Proposals for Carrying the Mail in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, Washington, C. Alexander, printer, 1853, 166 p.
  • p. 2, extract from act of 3 Mar. 1845.
  • p. 3-46, Maine; p. 47-69, New Hampshire; p. 70-94, Vermont; p. 95-132, Massachusetts; p. 133-138, Rhode Island; p. 139-159, Connecticut.
  • p. 160-166, instructions.  Dated Dec. 15, 1852.
Jan. 8
 Cuthbert Bede, A Perspective View of Twelve Postage-Stamps, Notes and Queries, London, Jan. 8, 1853, series 1, vol. 7, pp. 35-36 (link).
About advertising swindles, paid in postage stamps, not about the stamps themselves.
Jan. 14
 Foreign Postage Reform, Journal of the Society of Arts, Jan. 14, 1853, vol. 1, pp. 89-90 (link).
  • Information from Manuel de Ysasi.
Jan. 28
 Colonial Penny Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, Jan. 28, 1853, vol. 1, p. 112 (link).
Feb. 5
 Barryhooraghan Post-Office, [Mrs. Hoare], Household Words, Feb. 5, 1853, vol. 6, pp. 503-504 (link).
Feb. 11
 Colonial Postage Association, Journal of the Society of Arts, Feb. 11, 1853, vol. 1, pp. 133-136 (link).
Feb. 18
 Colonial and International Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, Feb. 18, 1853, vol. 1, pp. 147-148 (link).
Mar. 4
 The Post-Office in the United States, Journal of the Society of Arts, Mar. 4, 1853, vol. 1, p. 178 (link).
Mar. 11
 Colonial Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, Mar. 11, 1853, vol. 1, pp. 186-187 (link).
Mar. 25
 Colonial Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, Mar. 25, 1853, vol. 1, pp. 206-207 (link).
Apr. 1
 Canadian Postal Reform, Journal of the Society of Arts, Apr. 1, 1853, vol. 1, p. 220 (link).
Apr. 8
 Colonial Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, Apr. 8, 1853, vol. 1, pp. 231-232 (link).
Apr. 15
 Colonial Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, Apr. 15, 1853, vol. 1, p. 251 (link).
Apr. 22
 Colonial Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, Apr. 22, 1853, vol. 1, pp. 257-259 (link).
May 27
 Ocean Penny Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, May 27, 1853, vol. 1, p. 323 (link).
June 1
 John Warren Hunt, Wisconsin Gazetteer, Containing the Names, Locations, and Advantages, of the Counties, Cities, Towns, Villages, Post Offices, and Settlements, ... in the State of Wisconsin, Madison, 1853, 256 p; preface date June 1, 1853.
July 4
 The Times, London, July 4, 1853, about perforated postage stamps.
Aug. 11 Newspaper Correspondence Across the Sea, The Leisure Hour, Aug. 11, 1853, vol. 2, p. 528 (link).
Oct.
 The Uniform Postal Stamp on Newspapers: its cheapness, fairness, and beneficial working, Edinburgh Review, Oct. 1853.

Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Post Office and Mails, for the Session 4 Nov. 1852 to 20 Aug. 1853, vol. XCV.
Dec. 1
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 1, 1853.
  • Includes numbers of postage stamps and stamped envelopes issued in the previous fiscal year.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-third Congress, Washington : Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1853.  33d Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 690.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-third Congress, Washington : Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1853.  33d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 710.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-third Congress, Washington : Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1853.  33d Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part III.  US Serial Set 692.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-third Congress, Washington : Robert Armstrong, Printer, 1853.  33d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part III.  US Serial Set 712.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances [for the year ending June 30, 1853], Washington : Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1854.  33d Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 694.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Finances [for the year ending June 30, 1853], Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1854.  33d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 3.  US Serial Set 714.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1853, 1854, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1976.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:853-54 1853, 1854 (reprint)
    • 1853 -- p. 699-821 (Senate).
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Dec. 1
 Postage-stamped Letter-paper, The Leisure Hour, Dec. 1, 1853, vol. 2, p. 784 (link) [image].
Dec. 15 The Mails to the Antipodes, The Leisure Hour, Dec. 15, 1853, vol. 2, pp. 813-815 (link).
Dec. 31
 Iron Incidents, [John Capper], Household Words, Dec. 31, 1853, vol. 8, pp. 412-415 (link).
  • p. 415, on the London and North-Western Railway [image].






1854   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Charles Knight, vol. 27, 1854, [4] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-87 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Charles Knight, 1854, 274 + [14] p.
  • A. De Morgan, On a Decimal Coinage, p. 5-15 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Stamp Duties on Patents for Inventions, p. 101-102 (link).  Act of 21 Feb. 1853
    • Stamp Duties, p. 113-114 (link).  Act of 4 Aug. 1853.
    • Stamp Duties, p. 114-116 (link).  Act of 4 Aug. 1853.
    • Newspaper Stamp Duties, p. 118 (link).  Act of 15 Aug. 1853.
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1854.   (previous, next)

[non-philatelic]
Decimal Coinage: what it ought and what it ought not to be, By One of the Million [Dr. John Edward Gray], London : James Ridgway, 1854, 47 p.
See also, for Dr. Gray's participation, which included a collection of small coins,
  • List of Books and Pamphlets on the Decimal-Coinage Question, Journal of the Society of Arts, Aug. 10, 1855, pp. 639-642 (link).
  • Preliminary Report of the Decimal Coinage Commissioners, London, 1857, pp. 38-69, 356-365.

Post Office Directory of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Birmingham, London : Kelly & Co., 1854.

Post Office Directory of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Huntingdonshire, with Berkshire, Northamptonshire, and Oxfordshire, London : Kelly & Co., 1854.

Post Office Directory of Berkshire, Northamptonshire, and Oxfordshire, with Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Huntingdonshire, London : Kelly & Co., 1854, 2nd ed., preface date June 1854.

Post Office Directory of Sheffield with the Neighboring Towns and Villages, London : Kelly & Co., 1854, 247 p.; preface date Aug. 1854.  (Norton 860).

Gilmour's Winchester Almanac and Post-Office Directory, Winchester : G.&H. Gilmour, 1854, "14th annual issue", 60 p.  (Norton 369, Shaw 517).

F.W. Heidemann, G.F. [Gottlieb Friedrich] Hüttner, Das Postwesen unserer Zeit, Leipzig : Carl Geibel.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1854, Middelburg, 1854, 6th vol., 343 p.

The United States Post Office Directory and Postal Guide, New York : Charles R. Rode, 1854, 147 p.

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Henry Derecourt, Colonial and International Postage, Information on Postal Affairs, London, 1854, 62 p.
  • (Sabin 19672)

The First Newspaper Stamp, Charles Knight, Once Upon a Time, London : John Murray, 1854, vol. 2, p. 1-5 (link).

Seven Years in the Boston Post Office, By an Ex-Clerk, [Boston, 1854?].
  • -- APN vol. 1, p. 177-183.
Jan. 1
 Table of post offices in Canada and the names of postmasters, Quebec, 1854, 75 p., preface date Jan. 1, 1854, hand-corrected to Aug. 1, 1854.
Jan. 13
 Colonial Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, Jan. 13, 1854, vol. 2, pp. 132, 151 (link).
Feb. 2
 Post-office Yarn, The Leisure Hour, Feb. 2, 1854, vol. 3, p. 80 (link) [image].
Feb. 17
 W.C. Aitken, Ancient and Modern Metal-Working, Journal of the Society of Arts, Feb. 17, 1854, vol. 2, pp. 227-235, esp. pp. 234-235 (link).
Feb. 22
 Elihu Burritt, Ocean Penny Postage, Washington : H. Polkinhorn, [1854], 4 p.
Feb. 24
 Australian Postage Grievance, Journal of the Society of Arts, Feb. 24, 1854, vol. 2, pp. 260-261 (link).
Mar. 30
 Indian Tappal Runners, The Leisure Hour, Mar. 30, 1854, vol. 3, pp. 199-201 (link).
Apr.
 Rowland Hill was appointed Secretary to the General Post Office, replacing Lt. Col. W.L. Maberly, who had opposed most of Hill's suggestions for post office reform. 

William Leader Maberly, 1798-1885, had been Secretary to the Post Office since 1836, while Hill had been Secretary to the Postmaster-General since 1846; the two positions were simply merged.
Apr.
 Our National Post-Office, The New-York Quarterly, Apr. 1854, vol. 3, pp. 1-19 (link).
Apr. 21
 Postal Anomalies, Journal of the Society of Arts, Apr. 21, 1854, vol. 2, pp. 393, 400-401 (link).
May 25
 The Foot-Post, The Leisure Hour, May 25, 1854, vol. 3, pp. 326-327 (link).
Jun. 9
 The Newspaper Stamp, Journal of the Society of Arts, Jun. 9, 1854, vol. 2, pp. 499-500 (link).
July 1
 The Incomplete Letter-Writer, [Dudley Costello], Household Words, July 1, 1854, vol. 9, pp. 474-476 (link).
Aug.
 The Yearly Journal of Trade, London : Charles Pope, 1854-55, 24th ed., preface date Aug. 9, 1854.
Aug. 25
 Manuel de Ysasi, Manuel de YsasiColonial and International Postage Association, Journal of the Society of Arts, Aug. 25, 1854, vol. 2, pp. 686-687 (link).
Aug. 25
 Postage Reductions - France and Sardinia, Journal of the Society of Arts, Aug. 25, 1854, vol. 2, pp. 686-687 (link).
Oct.
 Gov't. of India, The New Postage Act.
Oct. 20
 Reduction of Postage to New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, Journal of the Society of Arts, Oct. 20, 1854, vol. 2, p. 801 (link).
Oct. 28
 How to Get Paper, [Harriet Martineau], Household Words, Oct. 28, 1854, vol. 10, pp. 241-245 (link).
Nov. 17
 [review of activities], Journal of the Society of Arts, Nov. 17, 1854, vol. 3, p. 7 (link).
Nov. 25
 Down Stairs in Somerset House, Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, Edinburgh, Nov. 25, 1854, vol. 2, p. 337-340 (link).
  • Repeated in, Littell's Living Age, Boston, Jan. 6, 1855, vol. 44, p. 34-39 (link). 
  • See also, SCM, June 1, 1868 (link).
Dec. 4
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 4, 1854.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-third Congress, Washington : Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1854.  33d Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 746.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-third Congress, Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1854.  33d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 777.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-third Congress, Washington : Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1854.  33d Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part II.  US Serial Set 747.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-third Congress, Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1854.  33d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part II.  US Serial Set 778.
Senate?  House?   (versions out of context cannot be distinguished)
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1854, Washington : Beverley Tucker, Senate Printer, 1854.  33d Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 749.
  • http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3984562  [Berkeley]
  • http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hj1eja  [Harvard]
  • Report of the Auditor for the Post Office Department, Nov. 21, 1854, p. 95-99 (link).
  • Buildings under the supervision of the Treasury Department, Nov. 24, 1854, p. 349-365 (link).
    • The Treasury Dept. managed all public buildings, including post offices.  The Office of the Construction of Buildings under the Treasury Department (1854) became the Office/Bureau of Construction (1855-1861), and the Office of the Supervising Architect (from 1862).
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1854, Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1854.  33d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 3.  US Serial Set 780.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1853, 1854, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1976.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:853-54 1853, 1854 (reprint)
    • 1854 -- p. 613-712 (Senate? House?).
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Dec. 8
 Perforating Postage, Receipt, and Other Stamps, Journal of the Society of Arts, Dec. 8, 1854, vol. 3, p. 62 (link).
Dec. 9
 The Great Red Book, [George A. Sala], Household Words, Dec. 9, 1854, vol. 10, pp. 404-408 (link).
  • About Kelly's Post-Office London Directory, whose cover was red.
Dec. 29
 Reduction of French Postage, Journal of the Society of Arts, Dec. 29, 1854, vol. 3, p. 101 (link).

The English Cyclopædia, A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, London : Bradbury and Evans, 1854-1862, 23 vol. with index.
  • Conducted by Charles Knight.  A list of contributors to the Cyclopædia appears in the Index volume, p. 167-168 (link).
  • This was the final successor to The Penny Cyclopædia, 1833-1843, and many articles were updated or rewritten from there, as Knight held the rights to both publications.
  • An American edition was published in New York, by D. Appleton and Co.; it appears to be identical except for the title pages.
  • Reissued, 1866-68, with supplements.
  • more details and links
Geography
  • vol. 1, 1854, AA - Bogotà (link)
  • vol. 2, 1854, Bohair - Georgia (link)
  • vol. 3, 1855, Georgia - Olney (link)
  • vol. 4, 1855, Olonetz - Zwolle (link)
Natural History
  • vol. 1, 1854, Aardvark - Clionidæ (link)
  • vol. 2, 1854, Clivina - Gyrosteus (link)
  • vol. 3, 1855, Habenaria - Nerita (link)
  • vol. 4, 1856, Neritidæ - Zygophyllaceæ (link)
Biography
  • vol. 1, 1856, Aaron - Byzantine Historians (link)
  • vol. 2, 1856, Caballero - Fust (link)
  • vol. 3, 1856, Gaddi - Lytton (link)
  • vol. 4, 1857, Maas - Quintus Curtius Rufus (link)
  • vol. 5, 1857, Rabelais - Thirlwall (link)
  • vol. 6, 1858, Thirty Tyrants (of Athens) - Zwingli (link), with supplement
Arts and Sciences
Synoptical Index, 1862 (link)

The same, reissued, with supplements
  • Geography, First Division of "The English Cyclopædia"
    • vol. 1, 1866, AA - Bogotà (link)
    • vol. 2, 1866, Bohair - Georgia (link)
    • vol. 3, 1867, Georgia - Olney (link)
    • vol. 4, 1867, Olonetz - Zwolle (link)
  • Natural History, Second Division of "The English Cyclopædia"
    • vol. 1, 1866, Aardvark - Clionidæ (link)
    • vol. 2, 1866, Clivina - Gyrosteus (link)
    • vol. 3, 1867, Habenaria - Nerita (link)
    • vol. 4, 1867, Neritidæ - Zygophyllaceæ (link)
  • Biography, Third Division of "The English Cyclopædia"
    • vol. 1, 1866, Aaron - Byzantine Historians (link)
    • vol. 2, 1867, Caballero - Fust (link)
    • vol. 3, 1867, Gaddi - Lytton (link)
    • vol. 4, 1867, Maas - Quintus Curtius Rufus (link)
    • vol. 5, 1867, Rabelais - Thirlwall (link)
    • vol. 6, 1868, Thirty Tyrants (of Athens) - Zwingli (link), with supplement
    • Supplement, 1872 (link)
      • Warren De La Rue, col. 453
      • Charles Knight, col. 744-746.  "With him also originated the proposal of a penny stamp for franking newspapers by post, a suggestion afterwards applied with such marked success when the penny postage was adopted for letters."
  • Arts and Sciences, Fourth Division of "The English Cyclopædia"
    • vol. 1, 1866, A - Bathing (link)
    • vol. 2, 1866, Baths and Washhouses, Public - Cohort (link)
    • vol. 3, 1867, Coin - Eyre (link)
    • vol. 4, 1867, F - Jig (link)
    • vol. 5, 1867, Joinery - Nux Vomica, Alkaloids of (link)
    • vol. 6, 1867, O - Release (link)
    • vol. 7, 1868, Relics - Tacking (link)
    • vol. 8, 1868, Tactics, Military - Zymome (link), with supplement






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The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 28, 1855, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-87 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 90-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1855, 268 + [24] p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Stamp Duties, p. 109-111 (link).  Act of 10 Aug. 1854.
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1854-55.   (previous, next)

Macdonald's Commercial Pocket Book for 1855, London.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1855, Middelburg, 1855, 7th vol., 400 p.

Wet op de Brievenposterij, Wet van den 12den April 1850 (Staatsblad no. 15) tot vaststelling van het briefport en tot regeling der aangelegenheden van de brievenposterij, 's Gravenhage, 1855, 31 p.

Pliny Miles, Postal Reform, Its Urgent Necessity and Practicability, New York : Stringer & Townsend, 1855, 12 + 112 pp.

J. Holbrook, Ten Years Among the Mail Bags, or, Notes from the Diary of a Special Agent of the Post-Office Department.
Jan. 26
 [resolutions], Journal of the Society of Arts, Jan. 26, 1855, vol. 3, p. 151 (link).
Jan. 31
 First Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1855, 101 p.
  • The series began at the suggestion of Frederic Hill, Rowland Hill's brother, who wrote the first 14 volumes (ref).  Or, it was suggested and directed by Viscount Canning, Postmaster-General from Jan. 1853 to Nov. 1855, as asserted in the report itself (ref, ref).
  • The Historical Summary of the Post Office on p. 8-18 was written by Alfred Hill, Rowland Hill's nephew (ref, ref).
  • On p. 42 [image], notice is taken of which countries have issued postage stamps (23).  An appendix (p. 86-99) lists them: Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Belgium, Brazil, Brunswick, Chile, Denmark, France, Frankfurt (for Hesse and Nassau), Hannover, Netherlands, Oldenburg, Portugal, Prussia, Sardinia, Saxony, Spain, Switzerland, Tuscany, U.S.A., Württemberg, with stamped envelopes issued in Prussia, Russia, but neither in Bremen, Ecuador, Hamburg, Lübeck, Naples, New Granada (Colombia), Peru, Sweden.  Rowland Hill's diary entry of Nov. 1854 has a similar list (ref).
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Feb. 1
 Ramsey & Carmick contract : Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting Copy of a conditional mail contract; also copies of correspondence relative to the same, Washington, Feb. 1, 1855, 29 p.
Apr.
 Post-Office Improvements, The New-York Quarterly, Apr. 1855, vol. 4, pp. 21-53 (link).
Apr. 14
 The Chinese Postman, [William Charles Milne], Household Words, Apr. 14, 1855, vol. 11, pp. 259-261 (link).
  • The Chinese government post, the local posts, etc.
Jun. 23
 Curiosities of London, [George A. Sala], Household Words, Jun. 23, 1855, vol. 11, pp. 495-502 (link).
  • A long anecdote about postal affairs in a small seaport town in the Levant, as introduction to a book review that has nothing to do with the posts or the Levant.
July 1
 List of Post Offices in the United States with the Names of Postmasters, on the 1st of July 1855, also, the Principal Regulations of the Post Office Department, Washington : George S. Gideon, 1855, 145 + 48 + 4 p.

List of Post Offices in the United States, with the Names of Postmasters, on the 1st of July 1855, also, the Principal Regulations of the Post Office Department, Washington : J. [Joe] Shillington, 1855, 145 + 48 + 4 p.

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Aug.
 Lord Dalhousie, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Aug. 1855, vol. 52, pp. 123-135 (link).
  • pp. 130-131 discusses his time at the Post-Office in India.
Sep.
 Bulletin mensuel de l'Administration des postes [de France], Paris : Imprimerie Nationale, 1855-1878.  (Nougaret 1883)
  • 1855-1878, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32729505j/date  [BnF]
  • 1878-1936, http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb32730626t/date  [BnF]
  • (1) Table alphabétique des matières contenues dans les ... volumes du Bulletin mensuel, cumulative classified index
    • Sep. 1855 - Dec. 1866, vol. 1-11, no. 1-136 (link).
    • not issued in 1867 or 1868
    • July 1868 - Apr. 1878, vol. 1-9, no. 1-109 (link).
  • (2) Table chronologique des sommaires des numéros ... du Bulletin mensuel, annual table of contents
  • Résumé analytique explicatif du Bulletin mensuel de l'Administration des postes, par A.E. Lepaige-Dorsenne, Noyon, 1857, 56 p.  (Nougaret 1885)
  • Continued as,
    • Bulletin mensuel des Postes et Télégraphes, 1878-1917
    • Bulletin des postes, des télégraphes et des téléphones, 1917-1928
    • Bulletin officiel des postes, des télégraphes et des téléphones, 1929
    • Bulletin officiel du Ministère des postes, télégraphes et téléphones, 1930-1948
    • Bulletin officiel des PTT, 1949-1990
    • Bulletin de La Poste, 1991-
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Sep. 29
 Model Officials, [Edmund Saul Dixon], Household Words, Sep. 29, 1855, vol. 12, pp. 204-209 (link).
Oct.
 The General Post Office, The London Quarterly Review, Oct. 1855, vol. 5, pp. 158-179 (link).
  • See also, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 22, pp. 696-698 (link).
Oct. 6
 The Caitiff Postman, [Henry Morley, ... Evans], Household Words, Oct. 6, 1855, vol. 12, pp. 237-238 (link).
  • Fiction.
Nov. 8
 Haste! Post Haste!! For Thy Life!!!, The Leisure Hour, Nov. 8, 1855, vol. 4, pp. 711-715 (link)
Nov. 30
 Concession granted to Ferdinand de Lesseps for the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez.  Construction on the Suez Canal began in April 1859, and the canal opened Nov. 17, 1869.
Dec. 3
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 3, 1855.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, Washington : Beverley Tucker [Printer], 1855.  34th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 810.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, Washington : Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1855.  34th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Volume I.  US Serial Set 840.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, Washington : Beverley Tucker [Printer], 1855.  34th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part III.  US Serial Set 812.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, Washington : Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1855.  34th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part III.  US Serial Set 842.
Senate?  House?   (versions out of context cannot be distinguished) Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1855, Washington : Printed by Beverley Tucker, 1860.  34th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 814.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1855, Washington : Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856.  34th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 10.  US Serial Set 846.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1855, 1856, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:855-56 1855, 1856 (reprint)
    • 1855 -- p. 317-432 (Senate? House?).
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Britain, repeal of the Newspaper Stamp Act






1856   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 29, 1856, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-87 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 90-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1856, 268 + [20] p.
  • A. De Morgan, Notes on the History of the English Coinage, p. 5-21 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Newspaper Stamp Duties, p. 84-86 (link).  Act of 15 June 1855.
    • Stage-Carriage Duties, p. 91-92 (link).  Act of 30 July 1855.
      • p. 92, "By Sec. 4 the Commissioners of Inland Revenue are empowered to stamp paper for covers or envelopes of letters with postage stamps for private persons, on paper provided by them, on payment of such fee, if the amount of stamps required do not exceed 10l., as may be directed by the Treasury."
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1856.   (previous, next)

Second Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1856, 84 p.
  • History of the Post Office in Scotland, p. 78-80 (link).
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British Postal Guide, London.
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Rules for Sub-Postmasters in the United Kingdom, London : Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1856, 26 p.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC

There was a corresponding publication, "Rules for Head Postmasters", 1858, 1862, and probably in other years.

Peter Cunningham, London in 1856, London : John Murray, 4th ed., 1856, lii + 316 p.; preface date May 13, 1856.
  • Letters, p. xxxv (link).
  • The General Post Office, pp. 52-54 (link).
  • Somerset House, pp. 56-58 (link).

T.B. [Thomas Barnford] Lang, An Historical Summary of the Post Office in Scotland, compiled from Authentic Records and Documents, "for private circulation", Edinburgh : W.H. Lizars, 1856, 16 + [2] p.; dated Dec. 28, 1855.

Volksalmanak voor het Schrikkeljaar 1856, Amsterdam : P.C.L. van Staden, 1856.

D.D.T. Leech, Post Office Directory; or, Business Man's Guide to the Post Offices in the United States, ..., Containing also a Comprehensive Codification of the Existing Postal Laws, New York : J.H. Colton, 1856, 202 + 37 p.
Colton's United States Post Office Directory, 1856, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1985.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.10/4:856-2X
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Jan. 26
 Small Change, [Edmund Saul Dixon], Household Words, Jan. 26, 1856, vol. 13, pp. 35-37 (link).
  • Postage stamps as a substitute for small coins.
Feb. 7
 An Ocean Post-Office, The Leisure Hour, Feb. 7, 1856, vol. 5, pp. 85-86 (link).
Mar. 24
 New York Postal Reform Committee, Postal Reform, Proceedings of a Public Meeting held in the City of New York, March 24th, 1856, New York, 1856, 32 p.
  • -- APN vol. 3, p. 353-388.
May 3
 Invention of Postage Stamps, W.W., Notes and Queries, London, May 3, 1856, series 2, vol. 1, p. 351 (link).
  • An excerpt from Galignani's Messenger, Paris, Apr. 28, 1856, about Treffenberg's postal stationery proposal of 1823 in Sweden.  The information was copied and miscopied many times; more details.
May 31
 The Official Black Swan, [Henry Morley], Household Words, May 31, 1856, vol. 13, pp. 470-472 (link).
  • Complimentary of the British Post Office.
Dec.
 Principal Streets and Places in London and its Environs, as Divided into Postal Districts, London : Eyre and Spottiswoode, Dec. 1856, 31 pp.
  • This gives the impression of being one section of a larger work.

Later editions,

  • April 1857, second ed., 78 p., including maps; APRL, GOV DOC; RPSL
    • offered for sale in 2016 at £500. (link).
  • 1858. 
Dec. 1
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 1, 1856.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1856.  34th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 5.  US Serial Set 875.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, Washington : Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856.  34th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 893.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1856.  34th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 5, Volume II.  US Serial Set 876.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, Washington : Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856.  34th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Volume II.  US Serial Set 894.
Senate?  House?   (versions out of context cannot be distinguished) Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1856, Washington : A.O.P.  Nicholson, Printer, 1856.  34th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 3.  US Serial Set 874.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1856, Washington : Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1856.  34th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 896.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1855, 1856, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:855-56 1855, 1856 (reprint)
    • 1856 -- p. 763-894 (Senate? House?).
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1857   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 30, 1857, 96 p. 
  • General Post Office, London, p. 80-87 (link).
    • This is the last appearance of the list Mail Routes Direct from London.
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 90-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1857, 248 + [16] p. 
  • A. De Morgan, Notes on the State of the Decimal Coinage Question, p. 5-19 (link).
  • The Postal System, at Home and Abroad, p. 19-37 (link).
    • This is an abstract of the Postmaster General's reports of 1855 and 1856, written in Nov. 1856.
    • London District Post, p. 20-22; Country Post, p. 22-25; Newspaper Post, p. 25-26; etc.
    • Appendix A, Dates of the Chief Improvements in the British Postal System, p. 34-36 (link).
    • Appendix B, Chief Improvements in the Foreign Postal Systems, introduced since 1840, p. 36-37 (link).
      • Indicating which countries have issued postage stamps, summarized from the British PMG Report of 1855.
    • References to similar articles in previous editions, 1830-1851, p. 19-20 (link).

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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1857.   (previous, next)

Third Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1857, vi + 3-64 p.
  • History of the Post Office in Ireland, by Anthony Trollope, p. 29-30 (link), 56-63 (link).
    • The second paragraph is a real gem.  The third also.  Actually, the whole thing is astonishing.
  • An appendix (pp. 41-46) updates information from the First Report in 1855.  Postage stamps have now also been issued in Barbados, Canada, India, Mauritius, New Brunswick, New South Wales, New Zealand, Nova Scotia, South Australia, Tasmania, Trinidad, Victoria, Western Australia.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1857, no. 3. 
    • Reprinted, 1994, Oxted (Surrey) : Postings Publishing; APRL, GOV DOC; RPSL
  • Apr. 1, 1857, no. 4. 
  • July 1, 1857, no. 5. 
  • Oct. 1, 1857, no. 6. 
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Deane's Illustrated Almanack for the Year 1857, London, 1857, 13th ed.; preface dated Oct. 7, 1856.

The Ladies' Illustrated Universal Pocket Diary and Almanack for 1857, London.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1856/57, Middelburg, 1857, 8th vol., 476 p.

Dictionnaire géographique des postes aux lettres du royaume de Belgique, Brussels, 1857, viii + 399 p.

"Applications de la Galvanoplastie", Les applications nouvelles de la science à l'industrie et aux arts en 1855, Louis Figuier, pp. 261-292 (link).
  • Describes, on pp. 276-281, the stamp-production methods of A. Hulot at the Paris Mint.
An earlier version had been published in 1855, "La Galvanoplastie et la dorure chimique", Exposition et histoire des principales découvertes scientifiques modernes, Louis Figuier, 4th ed., vol. 2, pp. 253-304, with Hulot's methods on pp. 279-281 (link).
  • This is the mysterious reference cited by Tiffany, as 1855, Annuaire Scientifique, about stamp collectors. 
  • E.D. Bacon's "Books Wanted" list in Nov. 1900 also sought it (link).
  • See JPLS, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 37.

Pliny Miles, The Advantages of Ocean Steam Navigation, Foreign and Coastwise, to the Commerce of Boston, and the Manufactures of New England, Boston : Emery N. Moore & Co., 1857, xii + 96 p.; preface dated Jan. 8, 1857.

Dictionnaire général de biographie et d'histoire,

1857, 1st ed., Paris : Dezobry,
1861, 2nd ed., Paris : Dezobry,
1863, 3rd ed., Paris : Tandou,
1866, 4th ed., Paris : Delagrave,
1869, 5th ed., Paris : Delagrave,
1873, 6th ed., Paris : Delagrave, 1876, 7th ed., part 1, part 2; Poste (link).
later editions, 1880 (8), 1883 (9), 1889 (10), 1895 (11), 1901 (12)
Jan.
 Annuaire des postes de l'empire français, ou manuel du service de la poste aux lettres, Paris, Jan. 1857, [4] + 284 p.
Jan. 1
 Advertisement of January 1, 1857, inviting proposals for Carrying the Mails of the United States in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, from July 1, 1857, to June 30, 1861, inclusive, Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer, 1857, 118 p.
  • p. 3-8, Extracts from the Laws of the United States, etc.
  • p. 9-38, Maine; p. 39-54, New Hampshire; p. 55-70, Vermont; p. 71-92, Massachusetts; p. 93-98, Rhode Island; p. 99-112, Connecticut.
  • p. 115-118, Instructions.
Feb. 26
 Arrival and Departure of the Indian Mail, The Leisure Hour, Feb. 26, 1857, vol. 6, pp. 136-139 (link).
Feb. 28
 A Journey Due North, [George A. Sala], Household Words, Feb. 28, 1857, vol. 15, pp. 198-203 (link).
  • Describes Russian postage stamps and paperwork, but this is incidental to the main story.
Mar. 21
 Rowland Hill, Illustrated Times, London, Mar. 1, 1857, vol. 4, no. 100, p. 181
May
 A Reading from the Blue Books: Reports of the Postmaster-General on the Post Office, The Monthly Christian Spectator, London, May, 1857, vol. 7, p. 288-295 (link).
  • Excerpts from the Parliamentary Papers.
July 13
 D.D.T. Leech, List of Post Offices in the United States, with the Names of Postmasters, on the 13th of July, 1857, also, the Regulations and Laws of the Post Office Department, Washington : John C. Rives, 1857, 159 + [1] + 93 + [1] + 10 p.

List of Post Offices and Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States of America 1857, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1980.

  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.10/4:857-2X
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Aug. 1
 Curious Misprint in the Edinburgh Review, [Charles Dickens], Household Words, Aug. 1, 1857, vol. 16, pp. 97-100 (link).
  • About Rowland Hill and the adoption of Penny Postage.  Refers to an article by James F. Stephens, The License of Modern Novelists, Edinburgh Review, July 1857, vol. 106, no. 215, pp. 124-156 (link).
  • See also, The Life of Sir Rowland Hill, 1880, vol. 2, p. 48 (link), and, The Circumlocution Office and Rowland Hill, in The Stamp Collector's Annual for 1881, pp. 55-56 (link).
Aug. 20
 Post-Office Statistics, The Leisure Hour, Aug. 20, 1857, vol. 6, p. 544 (link).
Oct. 24
 Calcutta, [John Capper], Household Words, Oct. 24, 1857, vol. 16, pp. 393-397 (link).
  • The post office, pp. 396-397.
Oct. 24
 Collecting Postage Stamps, A.B.M., Notes and Queries, London, Oct. 24, 1857, series 2, vol 4, p. 329.
  • Accumulations of postage stamps for supposed charitable purposes.
Nov.
 Pliny Miles, History of the Post Office, The Bankers' Magazine, Nov. 1857, vol. 12, vol. 7 new series, no. 5, p. 337-365 (link); Dec. 1857, no. 6, p. 433-448 (link).
  • Introduction of postage stamps in the British colonies, p. 354 (link)
Dec.
 India in Mourning, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Dec. 1857, vol. 56, pp. 737-750 (link).
  • The Post Office, pp. 746-747.
Dec. 1
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 1, 1857.

Message of the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, Washington : William A. Harris, Printer, 1858.  35th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 11, Volume I.  US Serial Set 919.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, Washington : Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1857.  35th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 942.
Message of the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, Washington : William A. Harris, Printer, 1858.  35th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 11, Volume III.  US Serial Set 921.
Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, Washington : Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1858.  35th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2, Volume III.  US Serial Set 944.
Senate?  House?   (versions out of context cannot be distinguished) Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1857, Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1857.  35th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 918.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1857, Washington : Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1857.  35th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 3.  US Serial Set 941.
Report of the Postmaster General for the year 1857, [Washington, 1857], 160 p.; report dated Dec. 1, 1857.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1857, 1858, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:857-58 1857, 1858 (reprint)
    • 1857 -- p. 961-1120 (Senate? House?).
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Dec. 19
 Collecting Postage Stamps, A.A., Notes and Queries, London, Dec. 19, 1857, series 2, vol. 4, p. 500.
  • Accumulations of postage stamps for supposed charitable purposes, but more likely to wash off the postmark and sell the "unused" stamp for reuse.
Dec. 24
 Secrets in Ciphers, The Leisure Hour, Dec. 24, 1857, vol. 6, pp. 821-824 (link).






1858   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 31, 1858, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 85-87 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 90-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1858, 256 + [20] p.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Stamps [revenue], p. 162 (link).
    • Post Office, p. 191 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1857-58.   (previous, next)

Fourth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1858, 84 p.
  • p. 35, Applications for defaced Postage Stamps (link).  [image]
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1858, no. 7. 
  • Apr. 1, 1858, no. 8. 
  • July 1, 1858, no. 9. 
  • Oct. 1, 1858, no. 10. 
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Post Office Directory of Lancashire, Liverpool and Manchester, London : Kelly & Co.
Published 1858 - 1892.

Post Office Bath Directory 1858-9, Bath : Wm Lewis, 1858, 1st ed.
J. Prior and W. Wooster, eds.
Published annually.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1858, Middelburg, 1858, 9th vol., 322 p.

Thomas Rainey, Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post, New York : Appleton, 1858, 224 p.; preface dated 9 Dec. 1857.
1858, second edition
Reprinted, New Haven [CT] : Eastern Press, 1977.

A.L. [Alexander Lovett] Stimson, History of the Express Companies and the Origins of American Railroads, together with some reminiscences of the latter days of the mail coach and baggage wagon business in the United States, New York, 1858, p. 89-136; incomplete?
1858, second edition
1860, Express Office Hand-Book, reprinted, Applewood Books, 2009, http://books.google.com/books?id=MBMcOMb_ht4C
Feb. 4
 Rowland Hill joined The Political Economy Club, which had been founded in April 1821 by James Mill and others.  Hill had been a visitor to the monthly meetings on four previous occasions.  He remained an active member until Dec. 1872.
Col. W.L. Maberly, before he was employed at the Post Office, had been a member from the founding to May 1829.

Combined Letter Box and Lamp Post. Patented March 9, 1858, by Albert Potts, Philadelphia.
Mar.
 J.C. Wood, Report to Hon. A. V. Brown, postmaster-general, on the opening and present condition of the United States overland mail route between San Antonio, Texas, and San Diego, California, Washington, 1858, 43 p.

There is a corresponding letter of the Postmaster General to the chairman of the Post Office Committee of the House of Representatives, 1858.
Apr. 19
 Nahum Capen, Correspondence Respecting Postal Improvements, and the Removal of the Boston Post Office, Boston, 1858.
  • -- APN vol. 1, p. 185-192.
  • The correspondence is an inquiry dated April 3, 1858, and a response dated April 19, 1858.
Aug. 14
 George Augustus Sala, Twice Around the Clock: Or, The Hours of the Day and Night in London, 1858.
  • See the painting by Hicks, 1860, noted below.
Oct.
 Proposal to establish a Post Office Library and Literary Association, London, 1858.
Oct.
 J.M. Johnson, Jr., Regulations & Instructions for the Post Office in New Brunswick, Fredericton, 1858, 35 p.
Oct. 30
 A Sabbath Hour, [James Payn], Household Words, Oct. 30, 1858, vol. 18, pp. 470-472 (link).
  • About Sunday post office delivery.
Dec. 4
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 4, 1858.

Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, Washington : William A. Harris, Printer, 1858.  35th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 974.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, Washington : James B. Steedman, Printer, 1858.  35th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2, Volume I.  US Serial Set 997.
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, Washington : William A. Harris, Printer, 1858. 35th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 977.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, Washington : James B. Steedman, Printer, 1858.  35th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2, Volume III [IV].  US Serial Set 1000.
Senate?  House?   (versions out of context cannot be distinguished)
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, Washington : Wm. A. Harris, Printer, 1858. 35th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1858, Washington : William A. Harris, Printer, 1858.  35th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 979.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1858, Washington : James B. Steedman, Printer, 1858.  35th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 3.  US Serial Set 996.
Report of the Postmaster General for the year 1858, [Washington, 1858], 150 p.; report dated Dec. 4, 1858. Report of the Postmaster General, 1857, 1858, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:857-58 1857, 1858 (reprint)
    • 1858 -- p. 715-862 (Senate? House?).
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1859   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 32, 1859, 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1859, 268 + [20] p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Cambridge University [Stamp Duties], p. 131-132 (link).  Act of 11 May 1858.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office, money orders, dead letters, p. 193-194 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1859.   (previous, next)

Fifth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1859, 50 p.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1859, no. 11. 
  • Apr. 1, 1859, no. 12. 
  • July 1, 1859, no. 13. 
  • Oct. 1, 1859, no. 14. 
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Reports of Committees of Inquiry into Public Offices, London : Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1859.
Reports of Committees of Inquiry into Public Offices, London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860.

Harrison, Harrod, and Co.'s Bristol Post-Office Directory and Gazetteer, with the Counties of Gloucester and Somersetshire, London : Harrison & Harrod, 1859.  (Shaw & Tipper 117).

Joseph Charles Parkinson, “Under Government:” An Official Key to the Civil Service of the Crown, and Guide for Candidates Seeking Appointments, London : Bell and Daldy.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1859, Middelburg, 1859, 10th vol., 332 p.

Édouard Fournier, le Vieux-neuf, histoire ancienne des inventions et découvertes modernes, Paris, 1859, vol. 2, pp. 117-125 (link).  [BnF]
  • Describes stamp-like proposals by Treffenberg (Sweden, 1823), etc., pp. 124-125, footnote 2; this part was quoted by Rondot in Magasin Pittoresque, and by Moens, Manuel, 2nd ed.
There is a somewhat revised version in the second edition, 1877, vol. 2, pp. 113-121 (link).  [Stanford]

Edward Edwards, "Post-Office", The Encyclopædia Britannica, Edinburgh, 1859, 8th ed., vol. 18, pp. 402-427 (link).

Pliny Miles, The Social, Political, and Commercial Advantages of Direct Steam Communication and Rapid Postal Intercourse Between Europe and America, via Galway, Ireland, London : Trübner, 1859, 2 + 108 p.

Charles Lanman, Dictionary of the United States Congress,
The current version of this series is the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, House Document 108-222, 2005.

The Stamp which led to the American Revolution, Norton's Literary Letter. New York : Charles B. Norton, no. 3, 1859, p. 3 (link); illustrated.

Is there a proper historical reference for the claim that Charles Dickens had his own postbox?
"Dickens was a prolific and verbose letter writer, so much so that in 1859, he lobbied for the Royal Mail to install a postbox not only in his town—the closest at the time was over a mile walk away—but at his very house. (He succeeded.)"
Jan. 28
 Peter Graham, On a Small Parcels Post, Journal of the Society of Arts, Jan. 28, 1859, vol. 7, pp. 144-156 (link).
Mar.
 Scenes from the Drama of Life, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, March 1859, vol. 26, pp. 162-168 (link).
  • Fiction, with some postage stamps and unpaid letters; see also, "Our Lodgers", p. 132.
Mar. 26
 The Parcels-Post, [John Rose Cormack], Household Words, Mar. 26, 1859, vol. 19, pp. 393-394 (link).
Apr. 1
 British Post Office, The Postal Official Circular and Daily Packet List, daily and weekly (Saturday) editions, starting April 1, 1859.
  • See, The Times, London, Mar. 24, 1859, official announcement dated Mar. 22, 1859.
  • See also, the Fifth Report of the PMG, 1859, p. 24 (link).
Apr. 30 "Sure to be Healthy, Wealthy and Wise", All the Year Round, Apr. 30, 1859, vol. 1, p. 5-10 (link).
  • The benefits of postage stamps as payment through the mails. 
  • See also, "Trap Advertising", July 9, 1859, vol. 1, p. 251 (link).
May
 J. D. Westcott, Exposition of the Facts and Law, in the Case of G. G. Westcott, Esq., Postmaster at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, May 1859.
  • -- APN vol. 1, p. 193-230.
May 15 D.D.T. Leech, List of Post Offices in the United States, with the Names of Postmasters, on the 1st of April, 1859, also the Laws and Regulations of the Post Office Department, Washington : John C. Rives, 1859, 172 + 131 + 115 + 12 p.; preface date, May 15, 1859.
  • Title, preface, Organization of the Department, Officers of the Department, p. 1-4 (link).
  • List of Post Offices in the United States, p. 5-172 (link).
  • The Postal Laws, classified by subjects, (omitting those enacted for special and temporary purposes), also, the Regulations of the Post Office Department, p. 1-131 (link).
  • Post Offices in the United States, on the 1st of April, 1859, arranged by states and counties, p. 1-115 (link).
  • Index to the Laws, p. 1-6 (link); Index to the Regulations, p. 7-12 (link).
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May 20
 Convenção postal entre sua magestade el-rei de Portugal e dos Algarves e sua magestade a rainha do Reino Unido da Gran-Bretanha e Irlanda: assignada em Lisboa pelos respectivos plenipotenciarios aos 28 de maio de 1859, Lisbon, 1859, 15 p.
June 2
 The Political Economy Club met in London, June 2, 1859, and discussed the question, led by Rowland Hill, "Is the distribution of Newspapers and Books by the Post Office, at Variance with the principles of Political Economy, and, if not, would it be any Violation of those principles to employ the mechanism of the Department, as proposed by the Society of Arts, in the distribution of small parcels generally?". (link).  Frederic Hill attended as a visitor (link).
June 18
 Right Through the Post, [John Hollingshead], All the Year Round, June 18, 1859, vol. 1, p. 190-192 (link).
  • Mail transit from a letter's point of view.
July 7
 Inside the Post Office, The Leisure Hour, July 7, 1859, vol. 8, pp. 429-431 (link).
  • Mostly copied by "Inside the Post-Office", SCM, Feb. 1, 1864, p. 26-29 (link).

Mail Contract Committee, Saturday Review, July 16, 1859; July 23, 1859
July 23
 In Charge, All the Year Round, July 23, 1859, vol. 1, p. 300-305, 327-334 (link).
  • A mail courier to Alexandria, via Marseilles.
Aug. 4
 Something About Postage Stamps, The Leisure Hour, Aug. 4, 1859, vol. 8, no. 397, pp. 489-492 (link).
  • Mostly copied by "A Chapter on the Penny Postage Stamp", SCM, Feb. 1, 1863, p. 8-11 (link).
  • See also, Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, Feb. 14, 1914, vol. 28, p. 60 (link).
  • This anonymous article treats a postage stamp as an object to be noticed, if not to be saved and studied.  The author observes, for example, that the British stamps are printed uniformly, with corner letters for security, and are perforated after the gum is applied.  [excerpt] 

Postal Subsidies, The Times, London, Aug. 10, 1859, p. 10
Aug. 25
 Gt. Britain, General Post Office, Evening Delivery of Letters in the Suburbs of London, Aug. 25, 1859, 4 p.
Sep.
 C.W. [Charles William] Sikes, Post Office Savings' Banks, A Letter to the Right Honourable W.E. Gladstone, London : Groombridge, 1859, 18 p.
  • Sikes was the original proposer of the Post Office Savings Bank, and was introduced to Rowland Hill in July 1859.
Sep. 3
 All the Year Round at the Post Office, All the Year Round, Sep. 3, 1859, vol. 1, p. 442 (link).
Oct. 15
 Mysterious origin of Galvanoplastic, The Photographic Journal, Oct. 15, 1859, vol. 6, p. 64 (link).
Nov. 5
 The Postmaster's Daughter, All the Year Round, Nov. 5, 1859, vol. 2, p. 37-44 (link).
Dec. 3
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 3, 1859.
  • Recommending to abolish the franking privilege (link).
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, Washington : George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860.  36th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 2, Volume I.  US Serial Set 1023.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, Washington : George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860.  36th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 2, Volume III.  US Serial Set 1025.
Same title, but 36th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc., Volume III. Senate?  House?   (versions out of context cannot be distinguished)
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, Washington : George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860.  36th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 2, Volume I.
Same title, but 36th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc., Volume I. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1859, Washington : George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860.  36th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 3.  US Serial Set 1027.
Report of the Postmaster General for the year 1859, [Washington, 1859], 113 p.; report dated Dec. 3, 1859.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1859, 1860, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:859-60 1859, 1860 (reprint)
    • 1859 -- p. 1385-1499.
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Dec. 29
 Post-Office Savings Banks, The Leisure Hour, Dec. 29, 1859, vol. 8, pp. 826-827 (link).
  • A review of the pamphlet by Sikes, Post Office Savings' Banks.

Post Office Savings Banks, The Spectator, 1859, p. 1001






1860   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 33, 1860, [4] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1860, 264 + [20] p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Stamp Duties, p. 153-154 (link).  Act of 13 Aug. 1859.
  • Chronicle of the Sessions of Parliament, 22 and 24 Feb. 1859, about unstamped letters, p. 198-199 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1860.   (previous, next)

Sixth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1860, 84 p.
  • (p. 18) When small sums of money were paid through the mail by postage stamps, the Post Office would redeem the stamps for cash at a 2½% discount (link).
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1860, no. 15. 
  • Apr. 1, 1860, no. 16. 
  • July 1, 1860, no. 17. 
  • Oct. 1, 1860, no. 18. 
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Parliamentary Papers
  • Calais Mail
  • Canada and United States Mails
  • India Mail
  • Enniskillen Postal Arrangements
  • Newspaper Postage
  • Packet Service, Post Office Estimate
  • Post Office Report, sixth (see above)
  • Suez Mails
  • European and Australian Mail Co.
  • Nicaragua Postal Convention
  • Post Office, Scotland
Feb.
 Rowland Hill, knighted, now Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath, Civil Division).

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1860, Middelburg, 1860, 11th vol., 291 p.

George Elgar Hicks, The General Post Office, One Minute to Six, a painting shown at the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1860; now at the Museum of London (link).
  • Reviewed,
    • The New Quarterly Review, 1860, vol. 2, no. 2, p. 248 (link).
    • The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature. Science and Art, May 26, 1860, vol. 9, p. 678 (link).
    • Mark Bills, The Burlington Magazine, Sep. 2002, p. 550-556 (link).
  • On the cover of Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing, Catherine Golden, 2009, and discussed throughout the book.  Image, with commentary by Golden, http://www.victorianweb.org/.
  • A smaller version, on sale, 2016 and 2017, with extensive commentary, http://www.richardgreen.com/ (archived; image).
  • The inspiration for the painting was an illustration in George Sala's 1858 essay on the Post Office (link, link), noted above.
  • See also, The Leisure Hour, Jan. 16, 1862, p. 42 (link), about setting the Post Office clock from the Royal Observatory.

Henry Bradbury, Specimens of Bank Note Engraving, London, 1860, printed for private circulation.
Jan.
 Government Contracts, The Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review, Jan. 1860, vol. 17 (n.s.), p. 1-30 (link).
  • Lengthy discussion of mail packet contracts.
Jan. 21, etc. An advertisement, query and note on accumulations of postage stamps.  [images]
  • Old Postage Stamps, The Times, London, Jan. 21, 1860, p. 1.
  • Old Postage Stamps, The Times, London, Feb. 9, 1860, p. 12.
  • Old Postage Stamps, The Times, London, Feb. 10, 1860, p. 10.
Jan. 26, etc.
 Five small notes on accumulations of postage stamps.  [images]
  • Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper, Jan. 26, 1860, new series, vol. 5, p. 144 (link).
  • Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper, Feb. 18, 1860, new series, vol. 5, p. 192 (link).
  • Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper, May 12, 1860, new series, vol. 5, p. 384 (link).
  • Sixth Report of the Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1860, p. 44, report dated 31 Mar. 1860 (link).
  • The Family Herald, Dec. 22, 1860, vol. 18, p. 540 (link).
Feb. 11
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General inclosing In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 27, 1859, a statement of the amount of postage received in each State and Territory annually since 1840, &c., 61 p.

Post Office Report, The Times, London, April 16, 1860

Dover Mails, The Times, London, Mar. 29, 1860, leading article
Post Office Management, Mar. 29, p. 5; Mar. 30, p. 5 and leading article

Dover Mail Contract, Saturday Review, 1860, p. 402

Newspaper Stamps Suggestions, The Critic, 1860, p. 249, 410

Newspaper Postage Return, The Times, London, May 14, 1860, leading article

Post Office History, The Builder, 1860, p. 273

Post Office Mismanagement, The Times, London, Apr. 3, 9, 21, May 21, 30, 1860

Post Office Packet Service Estimate, The Times, London, June 15, 1860
Jun. 7
 Postal Accuracy, The Leisure Hour, Jun. 7, 1860, vol. 9, p. 368 (link) [image].
Jun. 23
 Postage Stamps, S.F. Creswell, Notes and Queries, London, Jun. 23, 1860, Second Series, vol. 9, pp. 482-483 (link).
  • P.J. Anderson believed this to be the first notice of stamp collecting in a British publication.  More details.
  • Samuel Francis Creswell, 1834 - 1904, graduated from St. John's College in 1859, then joined Tonbridge School as a junior Mathematical Master.  He seems to have taken no personal interest in stamp collecting, although he collected books and "all sorts of curios".
July
 The Post-Office Monopoly, The Westminster Review, July 1860, vol. 18 (n.s.), pp. 50-84 (link).
  • Review of the British Postmaster General Reports, 1855-1860, and much more.
  • See also, The Westminster Review, American Edition, July 1860, vol. 74, pp. 27-45 (link).
Sep. 13
 A New Scene in the Stamp Act, Boston Daily Advertiser, Sep. 13, 1860 (link).
  • This may be the first notice of stamp collecting in an American publication.  In any case, it is a rather sophisticated view for the time.
Sep. 14
 Postage Stamps, Boston Daily Advertiser, Sep. 14, 1860, p. 2 (link).
  • This may be the first notice of a stamp dealer in an American publication.
Oct.
 United States Mail and Post Office Assistant, New York, 1860-1876 (and later?); James Holbrook, ed. (to 1864); J. Gayler, ed. (1864-1872 and later?).

Reprinted, Oct. 1860 - Sep. 1872, Collectors Club of Chicago, 2 vol., 1975.
Oct. 27
 Collecting Postage Stamps, The Living Age, Boston, Oct. 27, 1860, vol. 67, p. 237, quoting The Boston Daily Advertiser (link).
  • The Living Age was a weekly, entirely copied from other sources, but this is only an excerpt.
  • Repeated in the Albany Journal, Nov. 10, 1860, copied from the Boston Advertiser.
  • Repeated in Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine, Jan. 1861, copied from The Living Age.
Nov. 24
 Our Roman Day, All the Year Round, Nov. 24, 1860, vol. 4, p. 152-155 (link).
  • A visit to Rome, starting with the Post Office and "those little airy stamps labelled Franco Bollo Postale".
Dec. 1
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 1, 1860.
  • Discussion of the new postage stamps and stamped envelopes (link).
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, Washington : George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860.  36th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Volume I.  US Serial Set 1078.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, Washington : George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860.  36th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Volume III.  US Serial Set 1080.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, Washington : George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860.  36th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. [unnumbered], Volume III.
Senate?  House?   (versions out of context cannot be distinguished)
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Congress, Washington : George W. Bowman, Printer, 1860.  36th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. [unnumbered].
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1860, Washington : Thomas H. Ford, Printer, 1860.  36th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1093.
Report of the Postmaster General for the year 1860, [Washington, 1860], 164 p.; report dated Dec. 1, 1860.
Appendix to the Congressional Globe, Dec. 3, 1860, p. 10-17.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1859, 1860, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:859-60 1859, 1860 (reprint)
    • 1860 -- p. 417-580.
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1861   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 34, 1861, [4] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1861, 264 + [20] + 32 p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Stamp Duties, p. 123-124 (link).  Act of 3 Apr. 1860.
    • Stamp Duties, p. 147-150 (link).  Act of 28 Aug. 1860.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office, p. 189 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1861.   (previous, next)

Seventh Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1861, 52 p.
  • (p. 15) Referring to the previous report, in London alone, 7,000,000 stamps were exchanged for cash (link).
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1861, no. 19. 
  • Apr. 1, 1861, no. 20. 
  • July 1, 1861, no. 21. 
  • Oct. 1, 1861, no. 22. 
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Parliamentary Papers
  • Post Office
  • Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Packet Company correspondence, 1860-61
  • Australia Mail Service
  • Post Office Money Orders
  • Post Office Packet Service
  • Canadian Mails
  • France, Postal Convention
  • Post Office Savings Banks
  • Post Office Report (see above)

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1861, Middelburg, 1861, 12th vol., 26 + 504 p.
  • Reviewed, Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen, 1862, pp. 139-140 (link, transcribed).  Received by the reviewer Feb. 1, 1862.
  • -- NPM, HE6185.N4 H54 1861

[British] Post Office Savings Banks, Forms and Directions, Edinburgh, 1861, 16 p.

Kelly, The Post Office Directory Atlas of England and Wales, 1861.  40 county maps.
Jan. 31
 A Century Ago, The Leisure Hour, Jan. 31, 1861, vol. 10, p. 78-79 (link).  [excerpt, concerning 1766]
Mar. 17
 The Kingdom of Sardinia became the Kingdom of Italy.  Prior to this, Sardinia had absorbed the other Italian states, Modena (18 Mar. 1860), Parma (18 Mar. 1860), Tuscany (22 Mar. 1860), Romagna (25 Mar. 1860), Naples and Sicily (7 Nov. 1860).  In Oct. 1870, the Papal States, except Vatican City, were annexed to Italy.
Jun. 1
 The Confederate States of America Post Office Department officially begins operations.
Jun. - Dec.
 Advertisements and small notes, in [Beeton's] The Boy's Own Magazine, continuing into 1862.
  • See Notes and Queries, London, Apr. 23, 1904, p. 322-323 (link).
Jun. 4
 l'Étoile Belge, advertisement by J.-B. Moens for his catalogue, which did not appear until Jan. 1862.
  • See the preface to Moens' Manuel, Jan. 1862 (link).
July
 Education through the Senses, John Brown, The Museum, July 1861, pp. 209-215 (link).
  • Stamps are briefly noted as an educational tool [image].
July
 Savings Banks in Connexion with the Post Office, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, July 1861, vol. 64, pp. 88-98 (link).
July 13
 Hear the Postman!, All the Year Round, July 13, 1861, vol. 5, p. 366-368 (link).
before Sep.
 Oscar Berger-Levrault, Strassbourg, privately-circulated lists of postage stamps, three manuscript versions
Sep.
 H. Riseborough Sharman, A Handy Book on Post Office Savings Banks, London : G.J. Stevenson, preface date Sep. 1861.
Sep. 1
 l'Angleterre et la vie anglaise, la Poste de Londres, Alphonse Esquiros, Revue des Deux Mondes, Paris, Sep. 1, 1861, pp. 178-187 (link).
  • A portion (p. 182) was quoted in Moens, Manuel, 2nd ed.
  • The series was collected and published as L'Angleterre et la vie anglaise (1859-1869, 5 vol.), and partly translated as The English at Home (1861-62).  See the French edition, vol. 3, pp. 242-255 (link), and the English edition, vol. 2, pp. 301-317 (link).
Sep. 6
 [non-philatelic] 
Catalogue d'une belle collection de livres anciens et modernes illustrés et autres, en tous genres, d'histoire, de littérature, d'ouvrages à gravures... provenant de plusieurs amateurs, dont la vente aura lieu le vendredi 6 septembre 1861... à Bruxelles / Jean-Baptiste Moens, libraire; 16 pp.
Sep. 17
 François George Oscar Berger-Levrault, without title, privately-circulated lists of postage stamps, Strasbourg, printed by autographic lithography.
Sep. 1861, 12 p.  The first line on p. 1 reads: "France. République 1849: 20c 40c 1 fr. brun 1 fr. brun pâle."  [NPM]
Dec. 1861, 12 p.
National Postal Museum - Sep.
British Library, Crawford Library - Sep., Dec.
For the editions printed from type, see Jun. 1862.

Post Office Savings Banks, The Examiner, Sep. 28, 1861.
Nov. 7
 Post-Office Savings Banks, The Leisure Hour, Nov. 7, 1861, vol. 10, pp. 709-712 (link).

Facts from the Post Office, The Times, London, Nov. 22, 1861
Nov. 25
 Convention de poste conclue, le 25 novembre 1861, entre la France et l'Office des Postes Féodales d'Allemagne [Tour et Taxis], 27 p.
Règlement de détail et d'ordre arrêté entre l'administration des postes de France et l'administration des postes de la Tour et Taxis pour l'ecécution de la Convention du 25 Novembre 1861, 38 p.
Dec.
 Edwin Chadwick, Post Office Savings' Banks, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, Dec. 1861, vol. 24, p. 519-522 (link).
Dec. 2
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 2, 1861.

Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1861.  37th Congress, 1st Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1112.
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1861.  37th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Volume I.  US Serial Set 1117.
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1861.  37th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Volume III.  US Serial Set 1119.
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1861.  37th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. [unnumbered], Volume III.
Senate?  House?   (versions out of context cannot be distinguished)
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1861.  37th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Volume I.
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1861.  37th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. [unnumbered], Volume I.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances, for the year ending June 30, 1861, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1861.  37th Congress, 2d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1121.
Report of the Postmaster General respecting the Operations and Condition of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1861, [Washington : Government Printing Office, 1861], 128 p.; report dated Dec. 2, 1861.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1861, 1862, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:861-62 1861, 1862 (reprint)
    • 1861 -- p. 551-676.
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Dec. 11
 Postal Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico; December 11, 1861.
Dec. 21
 Alfred P. [Alfred Potiquet], Catalogue des timbres-poste Créés dans les divers États du globe, Paris, 1st ed., 1862, pub. Eugène Lacroix and E. de Laplante, 43 p.
  • -- NPM, http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID:siris_sil_285866
  • the cover - http://docs.philateliques.free.fr/livres/images/p/potiquet1.jpg
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 317; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1620 (1).
  • The printer was Poitevin, Seringe et Cie.
  • This is the first published catalogue of postage stamps.  It is not illustrated, despite what some sources report.
  • The publication date (Dec. 21, 1861) is from a notice in the second edition.  The cover date is 1862.
  • Noted in Bibliographie de la France, Journal général de l'imprimerie et de la librairie, Paris, 28 Dec. 1861, p. 615 (link).
  • Noted in Revue de l'instruction publique de la littérature et des sciences en France et dans les pays étrangers, 2 Jan. 1862, p. 625 (link).
  • Advertised by Lacroix in Feuilleton du Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 18 Jan. 1862, p. 37 (link); price 1 fr. 25.
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.

Lacroix had a well-established series, Publications scientifiques-industrielles, among others.  The business was advertised as Librairie scientifique-industrielle et agricole.  This explains the heading Librairie Industrielle on the cover.  Potiquet would have known of Lacroix from his work as a civil engineer, but it isn't clear why Lacroix would have taken on this publication.  Lacroix later published another of Potiquet's works, Note sur l'organisation du corps des conducteurs des Ponts et Chaussées, in 1864.

Potiquet's collection of autographed letters was sold at auction in 1886 (link, link).  Place Potiquet, in the town of Magny-en-Vexin, France, is named for him.
Dec. 21
 Hurrah for the Road!, All the Year Round, Dec. 21, 1861, vol. 6, p. 300-304 (link).
  • Carrying the mails, including complaints about franking.






1862   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 35, 1862, [8] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1862, 288 + [32] p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Post-Office Savings Banks, p. 139-140 (link).  Act of 17 May 1861.
    • Excise and Stamps, p. 141-143 (link).  Act of 28 June 1861.
    • Inland Revenue, p. 155-157 (link).  Act of 6 Aug. 1861.
    • Stamp Duties on Probates, p. 158 (link).  Act of 6 Aug. 1861.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office Packet Service, p. 201 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1862.   (previous, next)

Eighth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1862, 74 p.
  • (p. 18)  A note on postage stamps, suggesting either that the Post Office maintained something like a stamp collection, or was aware of the newly published stamp catalogues (link).  [image]
  • See the letter of Pearson Hill, Feb. 5, 1862, which confirms that Rowland Hill personally had a stamp collection (link).
  • See also, The "Official" Collection of Colonial Postage Stamps as Formed in the "Eighteen Sixties", from evidence collected by the Rev. C.S. Morton, London Philatelist, July 1926, vol. 35, no. 415, p. 172-178.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1862, no. 23. 
  • Apr. 1, 1862, no. 24. 
  • July 1, 1862, no. 25. 
  • Oct. 1, 1862, no. 26. 
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The Post Office London Directory for 1862, London : Kelly.
  • See, The Times, 28 Dec. 1861, p. 5 col 6.
  • Advertised, The Spectator, Jan. 11, 1862 (link).

Kelly's Post Office Guide to London in 1862, Visitor's Handbook to the Metropolis, and Companion to the Directory, London, 1862, 472 + 175 p.; preface date May 1, 1862.

Harrison, Harrod and Co.'s Postal Directory and Gazetteer of Devonshire and Cornwall, London, 1862, viii + 1,008 p.  (Shaw & Tipper 120).

Contract for the Conveyance of the Mails ...
  • between Omagh and Londonderry, Dublin : Alexander Thom, 20 p., May 13, 1862.
  • on the Ulster Railway, and between Lisburn and Banbridge, Dublin : Alexander Thom, 32 p., July 20, 1864.
  • between Omagh and Portadown and Portadown and Clones, 13 p., Oct. 4, 1865.

Official Information Respecting the French Transatlantic Postal Lines, London, 1862.

Rev. E.G. Griffith, Post-Office Savings Banks : who originated the scheme, and when?, London, 1862.

The Gentleman's Pocket Daily Companion, containing an almanack ... for 1862, London, 1862.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1862, Middelburg, 1862, 13th vol.
  • -- NPM, HE6185.N4 H54 1862

August Frederik Soldan, Förslag till Inrätande af Stadsposten i Helsingors [Suggestions on Establishing a City Post in Helsinki], 1862, 22 p.
  • Soldan was director of the Mint in Helsinki.
  • The Helsinki City Post 1866-1891, The Finnish Philatelist, Aug. 2003, whole no. 28, p. 12-21 (link).

International Exhibition, 1862, Official Catalogue of the Industrial Department, London, 1862.
Exhibitors with philatelic import,
  • Class 7, Manufacturing Machines and Tools
  • Class 8, Machinery in General
  • Class 28, Paper, Stationery, Printing, and Bookbinding
  • United Kingdom, Class 7
    • 1619.  Hill, P. [Pearson], Bertram House, Hampstead, Post Office stamping machine.  (Process Court.)  (link)
      • Bertram House was the residence of Rowland Hill until his death in 1879.
    • 1709.  Sinclair, J., 541 Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Dandy roll, for watermark on paper.  (link)
  • United Kingdom, Class 28
    • 5088.  Saunders, T.H., Queenhithe, Hand and machine-made paper.  (link)
    • 5117.  Caldwell Bros., 15 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Stamped paper and envelopes.  (link)
    • 5147.  Johnson & Rowe, 17 Warwick Sq., E.C. [London], Pocket-books, purses, etc.  (link)
    • 5260.  Maclure, Macdonald, & Macgregor, London, Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester, Lithography and engraving.  (link)
      • Maclure printed postage stamps of Chile.
    • 5253.  Smith, Elder, & Co., 55 Cornhill, London, Books.  (link)
    • 5303.  Berri, D.C., 36 High Holborn [London], Letter-stamps, as used in the Post-office.  (link)
  • France, Class 8
    • 1128.  Lecoq, E.F., Paris, Machine for making and printing railway tickets.  (link)
      • Lecoq's machines were used to print postage stamps of Peru.
  • France, Class 28
    • 2636.  Legrand, Paris, Letter-paper, envelopes.  (link)
    • 2697.  Riester, M. [Martin], Paris, Steel engravings.  (link)
      • Speculative essays for Romania, Persia, etc.
    • 2710.  Best, J. & Co., Paris, Illustrated works, etc.  (link)
      • Publisher of Magasin Pittoresque.
    • 2712.  Berger-Levrault, Widow, Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), Printed books.  (link)
      • The family business of Oscar Berger-Levrault.
    • 2713.  Barre, A. [Albert], Paris, Coins, medals, etc.  (link)
      • Chief Engraver of the Paris Mint, engraver of French and Greek postage stamps.
    • 2714.  Dulos, C., Paris, Engravings, in intaglio and relief.  (link)
      • Stamps of Turkey, Romania.  Incorrectly spelled Duloz in the philatelic literature since 1867.
    • 2731.  Hulot, A.A. [Anatole], Paris, Specimens of postage stamps, etc.  (link)
      • Printer of French postage stamps.
    • 2736.  Lenègre, Paris, Albums for drawings and photographs, etc.  (link)
      • Publisher of the Lallier postage stamp albums.
  • Italy, Class 8
    • 1063.  Royal Post Office, Two mechanical letter-boxes as used in Piedmont, in which the postman cannot change or see the letters.  (link)
    • 1066.  Turchini, Florence, Mechanical letter-box, in which the postman cannot change the letters.  (link)
  • others?

The Confederate States Almanac, and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for 1862, Vicksburg : H.C. Clarke, 1862.
Next volume, 1863.
Jan.
J.-B. Moens, Manuel du collectionneur de timbres-poste, ou Nomenclature générale de tous les timbres adoptés dans les divers pays de l'univers, Brussels, Jan. 1862, 1st ed., 72 p.; preface date
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=tQEoAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]  (ex-George Dexter)
  • Walske collection, lot 449, the front cover is shown.
  • -- http://opac.kbr.be/  [KBB]
  • There are two versions of the cover - published in Brussels by Moens alone [Walske example], or co-published in Brussels and Paris, by Moens and Baillieu [Harvard example].  Baillieu's bookstore was located at 43, Quai des Grands Augustins.
  • Advertised by Baillieu in Feuilleton du Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 15 Mar. 1862, p. 167 (link); "On trouve chez le même libraire un bel assortiment de Timbres-Poste pour collections.".  
  • Advertised by Aug. Aubry, Bulletin du Bouquiniste, Paris, 15 Apr. 1862, p. 255 (link).  
  • Advertised by Baillieu in Feuilleton du Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 10 May 1862, p 313 (link); "Belle assortiment de Timbres-Poste de tous pays pour collections".  
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
J.-B. Moens
?
 Baillieu, le Manuel du collectioneur de timbres-poste.
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed., but stated to be 1861.  See Moens, Jan. 1862.
?
 Edard de Laplante, Timbres-poste, Paris, 4+97 p.
Jan. 1
 Alphabetical List of Postmasters in Canada, on the 1st of January, 1862, Quebec, 1862, 26 p.
Jan. 9
 The Post Office Report, The Leisure Hour, Jan. 9, 1862, vol. 11, pp. 21-22 (link).
Feb.
 Our Postal System, Its Advantages, Requirements and Short-comings, Pliny Miles, The Bankers' Magazine (New York), Feb. 1862, vol. 16, pp. 577-588 (link).
Feb. 5
 Letter from Pearson Hill (Rowland Hill's son and Secretary) to M. Piron of the French Post Office, Feb. 5, 1862, requesting French postage stamps for Rowland Hill's collection.
Feb. 22 - Jun. 14
 Notes and Queries, London, Feb. 22 - Jun. 14, 1862 (link).
  • six entries on (British) Postage Stamps, including mentions of the catalogues by Booty and Mount Brown.
  • pages 149 (Feb. 22), 195 (Mar. 8), 277-278 (Apr. 5), 357 (May 3), 393-394 (May 17), 474 (Jun. 14).
  • [images]
Mar.
 Alfred Potiquet, Catalogue des timbres-poste Créés dans les divers États du globe, Dressé par Alfred Potiquet, Paris, 2nd ed., pub. E. Lacroix, 48 p.
  • Note de l'éditeur.  Lorsque la première édition du Catalogue des timbres-poste créés dans les divers États du globe a été mise en vente (21 décembre 1861), aucun opuscule relatif aux timbres-poste n'avait encore été publie, à cause de la difficulté qu'il y avait de réunir les matériaux nécessaires pour la rédaction d'un travail de cette nature; mais le Catalogue, si riche en documents, à ouvert la voie aux publications sur ce sujet, et deux petites brochures, à peu prés copiées sur le travail de M. Alfred Potiquet viennent d'être faites, l'une à Bruxelles [Moens], l'autre à Paris [Laplante].  Nous aurions pu intenter une action judiciaire contre leurs auteurs, mais nons préférons nous borner à signaler l'emprunt qu'ils ont fait au Catalogue de M. Alfred Potiquet, emprunt si complet pour l'une et l'autre brochure qu'il comporte même les fautes matérielles contenues dans la première édition.  Eugène Lacroix.  Mars 1862.
  • Editor's Note.  When the first edition of the Catalogue of postage stamps created in the various states of the world went on sale (21 December 1861), no other treatise on postage stamps had yet been published, because of the difficulty to gather the necessary materials for writing a work of this nature; but the catalog, so rich in documents, paved the way for publications on this subject, and two small pamphlets, just about copied from the work of Mr. Alfred Potiquet, have been made, one in Brussels [Moens] and the other in Paris [Laplante].  We could bring a legal action against the perpetrators, but we prefer to confine ourselves to report the debt they made to Mr. Alfred Potiquet's catalog, borrowing so complete for a brochure and the other comprising even clerical errors contained in the first edition.  Eugène Lacroix.  March 1862.
  • B.T.K. Smith, 1908, gives a somewhat different translation.
Mar.
 F'ois V*** [François Vallète], Petit manuel de l'amateur des timbres-poste créés chez les différents peuples de la terre, ..., Paris, 1862, 60 p.; 4 plates, but no stamps are illustrated.
  • Tablettes du collectionneur is at the head of the title page, but this is a series title, not a book title.  The author's family owned a book shop, at 32, rue Saint-Sulpice, also selling autographs and curiosities.
  • -- BnF, http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb33532752x, http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb31524718r
  • -- NPM, HE6213 .V35 1862 (rare books)
  • Noted in Bibliographie de la France, Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 22 Mar. 1862, p. 130 (link).
  • Advertised by Aug. Aubry, Bulletin du Bouquiniste, Paris, 15 Apr. 1862, p. 255 (link).
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
  • Mentioned in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
  • A note on p. 25 indicates that the volume was prepared between the first and second editions of Potiquet's catalogue.
Vallète later published a journal, Le Collectionneur, Apr. 1868 to Apr. 1870, but no part of it is philatelic.
Mar. 8
 Postage Stamps, Notes and Queries, London, Mar. 8, 1862, series 3, vol. 1, pp. 195.  [images]
Mar. 15
 Des timbres-poste, J.T., Chronique du Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 15 Mars 1862, p. 83 (link) [image].
Mar. 22
 City Letter Delivery, The Present System Probable Change, New York Times, March 22, 1862 (link).
Apr. "A Stamp Collector" [Frederick William Booty], Aids to Stamp Collectors, Brighton, 1st ed., 32 + 2 p.
  • The Crawford Library has an example dated "W. Thomson, 22/4/62" [Crawford 1487].
  • Mentioned in Notes and Queries, May 3, 1862, p. 357, and May 17, 1862, pp. 393-394 (see below).
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
  • SCR, 15 Feb. 1863, "To Mr. Booty, of Brighton, the praise is due, of having been the first in England to compile a catalogue of stamps".
  • P.J. Anderson (1902) says "This volume was little more than a translation from the works of Potiquet and Moens".
See also,
  • "The Earliest English Stamp Catalogue", B.T.K. Smith, The Philatelic Record, Jun. 1905, pp. 110-116 (link).  
  • "The Earliest English Stamp Catalogue", The London Philatelist, vol. 14, July 1905, pp. 173-175 (link).  
Apr.
 Mrs. Delany, or, A Lady of Quality in the Last Century, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, April 1862, vol. 65, pp. 448-457 (link).
  • Franking abuses in 1729, p. 450 (link).
Apr. 5
 Postage Stamps, Notes and Queries, London, Apr. 5, 1862, series 3, vol. 1, pp. 277-278.  [images]
Apr. 8
 Convenção postal entre sua magestade el-rei de Portugal e dos Algarves e sua magestade catholica assignada em Madrid pelos respectivos plenipotenciarios aos 8 de abril de 1862, Lisbon, 1862, 9 p.
Apr. 12
 Royal Institution, The London Review, Apr. 12, 1862, p. 359-360 (link). 
  • Report of a lecture by Rowland Hill, "On the Post-Office".
Apr. 30
 A New Postage-Stamp, The Bookseller, Apr. 30, 1862, p. 247 (link) [image].  
May
 Mount Brown, Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage Stamps, London : F. Passmore, 1862, 1st ed., 79 pp.; preface date May, 1862.
  • "Comprising upwards of 1200 varieties."
  • Mentioned in Notes and Queries, May 17, 1862, pp. 393-394, with severe criticism of Booty's work (see below).
  • SCR, 15 Feb. 1863, "Second in the field comes Mr. M. Brown".
Later editions, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.
May 3
 Postage Stamps, Notes and Queries, London, May 3, 1862, series 3, vol. 1, p. 357.   [images]
May 17
 Postage Stamps, Notes and Queries, London, May 17, 1862, series 3, vol. 1, pp. 393-394.   [images]
May 20
 Postage Stamps, Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, May 20, 1862.
  • Postage Stamps. — We have before our eyes, says the Siècle, an example of the rapidity with which an invention is propagated as soon as its utility is recognised.  The postage-stamp had its origin in London on the 10th January, 1840, and for ten years England alone made use of it.  France adapted it on the 1st January, 1849; the Tour-and-Taxis Office introduced it into Germany in the year 1850, and it is now in use in sixty- nine countries in Europe, nine in Africa, five in Asia, thirty-six in America, and ten in Oceania.  About fifty postage-stamps may be counted in the United States alone.  Van Diemen's Land possesses its own; also Hayti, Natal, Honolulu, and Liberia.  Lastly, postage-stamp collectors are so numerous a class as to possess a manual and special correspondents; and the prices of collections at sales are regularly quoted.
  • This paragraph appeared in many other British newspapers between this date and May 31, 1862; we don't know its original source.
Jun. 14
 Postage Stamps, Notes and Queries, London, Jun. 14, 1862, series 3, vol. 1, p. 474.   [images]
Jun. 16
 Mount Brown, Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage Stamps, London : F. Passmore, 1862, 2nd ed., vii + [1] + 72 pp.; preface date June 16, 1862.
  • "Comprising nearly thirteen hundred varieties."
  • Noted in The Bookseller, London, Jun. 30, 1862, p. 411 (link).
  • Listed in the "Price Current of the New Works published during the present month", July 25, 1862, from the booksellers Willis and Sotheran, London (link).
  • Noted in The Publishers' Circular, July 17, 1862, p. 316 (link).
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
Previous editions, 1st; later editions, 3rd, 4th, 5th.
Jun.
 Berger-Levrault, printed version (ten editions through 1864)
  • 3rd ed., Jun. 1862, 16 p.
  • 4th ed., 16 p.; supplement, Aug. 1862, 4 p.
  • 5th ed., 16 p.
  • 6th ed., Nov. 1862, 16 p.
  • 7th ed., Apr. 1863, 16+4 p.  [NPM]
  • 8th ed., Dec. 1863, 17+4 p.  [NPM]
  • 9th ed., Apr. 1864, 24 p.  [NPM]
  • 10th ed., 1864, 26 p.  [NPM]
For further editions, see 1865, 1867.
Jun. le Magasin Pittoresque, Natalis Rondot series begins June 1862, to Dec. 1866
illustrated
This was the first serious work on philately directed to the general public.
Magasin Pittoresque was nominally a weekly publication, but actually monthly due to the French tax and postage laws.

summary - http://docs.philateliques.free.fr/magasin/magasin.htm
summary - http://docs.philateliques.free.fr/magasin/magasin.php
review and index - http://memoires.timbrologie.online.fr/Projet_Natalis_Rondot/th_Rondot_Intro.html
biography - http://memoires.timbrologie.online.fr/Portraits/Natalis_Rondot.html
-- Crawford Catalogue, col. 620; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2215.

A more extensive and more detailed listing is in preparation.

Any assertions that Natalis Rondot was the pseudonym of a person named Armand Martin, or Arman Martin, from France or Spain, are totally incorrect.
July 19
 My Nephew's Collection, All the Year Round, July 19, 1862, vol. 7, pp. 445-448 (link).
  • Mentions works by Booty (Aids), Potiquet, Moens (Manuel), Laplante (Timbres-Poste).
  • Copied by SCM, 1 Mar. 1863, pp. 19-24 (link).
  • Copied by SCR, 15 Mar. 1863, pp. 31-35 (link).
  • Copied by Once a Month (Gloyn), Sep. 1, 1864, pp. 82-84 (link); Oct. 1, 1864, pp. 97-99; Nov. 1, 1864, pp. 113-115.
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.

The weekly All The Year Round was edited by Charles Dickens. 

See also, Linn's Stamp News, Oct. 18, 2010.
Jun. - Oct.
 Dr. John Edward Gray, The Postage-Stamps of the World, Young England, London, Jun. - Oct. 1862, vol. 1, no. 6-10, pp. 91-93, 102-103, 117-118, 135, 149-150.
  • PDF [Crawford Library]
  • There is a set of Young England at the Collectors Club library, New York.
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
  • This is the predecessor to Dr. Gray's catalog, 1st ed., Nov. 1862.

J. Arnold, Polka des timbres-poste, sheet music with stamp illustrations
  • Mentioned by Moens, De la falsification
Jun.
 J.-B. Moens, Manuel du collectioneur de timbres-poste, Brussels, 2nd ed., 90 p.
  • Advertised by C. Reinwald in Feuilleton du Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 12 July 1862, p. 475 (link).
  • Noted in Chronique du Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 13 Sep. 1862, p. 188 (link).  
  • Advertised by Edw. Moore, SCR, 15 Dec. 1862 (the first issue).
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
July J.-B. Moens, De la falsification des timbres-poste, Brussels, 34 p., intro date July 1862.
  • From the introduction, "On observera peut-être que le Manuel du collectionneur de timbres-poste, (dont la deuxième édition a paru depuis peu), ..." (It should be noted that the second edition of the Manuel was published recently ...).
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
  • Mentioned in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
  • English translation by Doble, 1862
July
 Justin Lallier, Album-timbres-poste, orné de cartes, 1st ed., preface date June 1862.
pub. A. Lenègre, Paris.
  • Advertised by Lenègre in Feuilleton du Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 4 July 1862, p. 459 (link), "pour paraître 15 juillet".
  • Advertised by Lenègre in Feuilleton du Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 19 July 1862, p. 495 (link), "vient de paraître".
  • Noted in Bibliographie de la France, Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 26 July 1862, p. 343 (link).
Lallier had previously been involved with cartographic and numismatic publications.  Lenègre also published photograph albums.

Justin Lallier, Postage Stamp Album, illustrated with maps, 1st ed.
  • Advertised by Johnson & Rowe, London, in The Bookseller, July 31, 1862, p. 546 (link), "nearly ready".  
  • Noted in Bibliographie de la France, Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 20 Sep. 1862, p. 430 (link). 
  • Advertised by Edw. Moore, Monthly Advertiser, 15 Dec. 1862 (the first issue).
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed., but stated to be by Lenègre, who was the publisher.
  • Reviewed SCM 1 Feb. 1863 (the first issue).
July
 Safe Bind, Safe Find, [George Chetwynd], Temple Bar, July 1862, vol. 5, pp. 453-463 (link).
  • Post Office Savings Banks; Chetwynd was one of the Post Office employees who had taken the suggestions of C.W. Sikes and developed them into a workable plan.
July
 The Dead Letter Office, Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, July 1862, vol. 25, p. 256-262.
July 1
 List of Post Offices in the United States, with the names of postmasters annexed [except at suspended offices] with an Appendix, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1862, xiv + [2] + 293 p.
  • Revised and corrected by the Post Office Department up to July 1, 1862.
  • digital version not located
  • -- LOC (ref)
  • (Sabin 64499?)
List of Post Offices in the United States 1862, Including Various Postal Laws and Instructions of 1861, 1863, 1864, and 1865, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1981, [4] + xiv + [2] + 294 + 16 + 16 + 3 + 3 p.
(previous, next)  US-Postal-Laws
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices
July 16
 Post-Office Report for 1861, The Leisure Hour, July 16, 1862, vol. 11, pp. 468-469 (link).
July 26
 Penny Post, Notes and Queries, London, July 26, 1862, series 3, vol. 2, p. 68.  [images]
July 26
 Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper, "Postage Stamps".
  • This was a weekly publication, under this title from 31 Dec. 1853 to 9 Mar. 1867.
  • The series began 26 July 1862 (series 2, vol. 10, p. 140; no. 243), continued until 1 Oct. 1864 (series 2, vols. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14), and resumed 31 Mar. 1866 to 2  Feb. 1867 (series 3, vols. 3, 4).
  • illustrated
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
  • See SCR, 15 Feb. 1863, p. 18.
  • more details
July 31
 Postage-Stamp Album, The Bookseller, July 31, 1862, p. 468 (link) [image].
  • Lallier's album, described.
Aug./Sep. Frederick Booty, The Stamp Collector's Guide, Brighton, 98 p.
  • Listed in the "List of New Books", The Athenæum, Sep. 13, 1862, p. 337.  http://books.google.com/books?id=5I8eAQAAMAAJ
  • Listed in the "Price Current of the New Works published during the present month", Sep. 25, 1862, from the booksellers Willis and Sotheran, London.  http://books.google.com/books?id=kFg5AAAAMAAJ
  • Noted in The Bookseller, London, Sep. 30, 1862, p. 659.  http://books.google.com/books?id=G0rQAAAAMAAJ
  • Advertised, The Illustrated London News, Oct. 25, 1862, p. 14, col. 2 (link).
    • Stamps!  Stamps!  Stamps!  The Stamp-Collectors' Guide, post-free for 37 stamps, containing a List and Description of British and Foreign Postage-stamps, with 200 Facsimile Drawings, by Fred. Booty, 21, Grenville-place, Brighton.
  • Advertised by Edw. Moore, SCR, 15 Dec. 1862 (the first issue)
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
  • Cavendish Philatelic Auctions, 2009, Sale 626, lot 2088, est. £500, sold £2400, THE STAMP COLLECTORS GUIDE - FREDERICK BOOTY - THE WORLD'S FIRST ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE; The Stamp Collectors Guide by Frederick W. Booty of Brighton, issued in August 1862. This was the world's first illustrated catalogue and has 200 facsimile of stamps, drawn and lithographed personally by Booty, and printed by H&C Treacher, Brighton. The book has a green front and rear paper cover with 4pp. of introduction and 44pp. of illustrations, all printed on one side of the sheet only. The original binding appears to be glue and there is no spine (some loose end pages and cover); the cover has some wear, similar to the available copy in British Library, which does not have a rear cover. An extremely rare publication. Sold on behalf of Christian Aid. [Booty had produced three edition of his Aids to Stamp Collectors, the first in April 1862, before he produced this ambitious work. His foundation of knowledge was probably based on a package of half a million worldwide stamps he was given by a friend, tied in budles of hundreds and thousands. Williams & Williams in their work "The Postage Stamp" state that "Specimens of this book and the ist edition of Aids to Stamp Collectors are extremely rare. There is a copy in the Crawford Collection". See also Philatelic Literature, Amrhein Vol. 1 1992 pg. 12 et seq.]. PHOTO - INSIDE FRONT COVER
  • Walske collection, lot 442
Aug. 16
 Postage Stamps, Grime, Notes and Queries, London, Aug. 16, 1862, series 3, vol. 2, p. 125.  [images]
  • About US postage stamps, from The Times, Aug. 3.
Sep.
 The Post-Office, [Matthew Davenport Hill], Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Sep. 1862, vol. 66, pp. 319-336 (link).
  • See also, M.D. Hill's Memoirs, p. 248 (link).
Sep.
The Monthly Intelligencer, Birmingham, UK : William Macmillan, monthly, Sep. 1862 through July 1863, 10 numbers.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 641; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1823 (1), 1823 (2); digital version not available.
  • The first journal published in Britain for stamp collectors, but not purely philatelic.
  • P.J. Anderson, Early English Philatelic Literature, The Philatelic Record, 1886, vol. 8, p. 23 (link).
There were other non-philatelic publications of the same name.  The Gentleman's Magazine used the term in its title in 1731, and recommenced using it as a subsection in Nov. 1856.
Sep. 20
 The Leisure Hour, Sep. 20, 1862, vol. 11, p. 608 (link) [image]. 
  • This refers to Lallier's album, from The Bookseller, July 31, 1862, p. 468.
Oct.
 James Steadman, Regulations & Instructions for the Post Office in New Brunswick, Fredericton, 1862, 30 p.
Oct.
 Dean & Son, "The Postage Stamp Album, ruled for forming collections of foreign and other stamps."  "Just ready, tastefully bound".
  • Advertised in The Publishers' Circular, Oct. 1, 1862, p. 454 (link).
Oct. 1
 Rowland Hill of the Post-Office, Young England, Oct. 1, 1862, vol. 1, p. 145-147.
  • PDF [Crawford Library]
Oct. 4
 Foreign Postage Stamps for Sale, Notes and Queries, Oct. 4, 1862, advertisement.  [image]
Oct. 8
 Beschreibung aller Briefmarken der Erde, Der Bazar, Illustrirte Damen-Zeitung, Berlin, Oct. 8, 1862, to Mar. 23, 1864.
The Crawford Catalogue agrees with this set of dates.  From Anderson and Smith, Appendix A, there were 23 articles, 213 illustrations, but one week earlier:
  • 1862, Oct. 1, 15; Nov. 1, 15; Dec. 1.
  • 1863, Jan. 1, 15; Feb. 1; Mar. 1, 15; May 1; June 15; Aug. 1, 15; Sep. 1, 15; Oct. 1, 15; Nov. 1; Dec. 1.
  • 1864, Feb. 1, 15; Mar. 15.
According to Suppantstitsch there were two editions, so both sets of dates are correct.

This series is derived from the Magasin Pittoresque series, but with far less detail.
Oct. 15
 Miscellanea, The Photographic Journal, Oct. 15, 1862, vol. 8, p. 157 (link).
  • Also, Sep. 15, 1863, vol. 8, p. 364 (link).
  • Use of photography to make forged postage stamps.  [images]
Nov. 1
 Men of Mark, Sir Rowland Hill, The London Review, Nov. 1, 1862, vol. 5, p. 391-393 (link).
  • copied in full by several newspapers
Nov./Dec.
 Moens, Illustrations du manuel du collectionneur de timbres-poste.
  • Issued in 17 installments from 1862 to 1864, originally announced for 12 installments.  54 plates total.
  • Advertised by Doble, Edw. Moore, James J. Woods, SCR, 15 Dec. 1862 (the first issue), parts 1-3 are available; 15 Jan. 1863, parts 1-5; 15 Mar. 1863, parts 1-7; 15 Apr. 1863, parts 1-11; 15 Feb. 1864, parts 1-15; 15 Apr. 1864, parts 1-17.
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
  • Reviewed SCM 1 Feb. 1863 (the first issue).
  • Reviewed SCR 15 Apr. 1863, parts 10, 11.
  • -- NPM
  • Republished as Les Timbres-Poste illustres, Mar. 1864.
  • For an anecdote concerning the Moens catalogues and the Director of Posts in Finland, see here.  This suggests that the first installment was issued in Sep. 1862.
?
 Album pour timbres-poste, Paris and Brussels
  • Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed.
Nov./Dec.
 The Postage Stamp Collector's Pocket Album, pub. Johnson & Rowe.
  • Mentioned in "Postage-Stamp Books", The Bookseller, Dec. 6, 1862 (see below).
  • Advertised by Johnson and Rowe, The Bookseller, Dec. 6, 1862, p. 942 (link).  
  • Johnson and Rowe were sole agents for Lenègre's Photographic Albums; Lenègre also published Lallier's Postage-Stamp Album.
  • Reviewed SCM 1 Feb. 1863 (the first issue).
Nov.
 John Edward Gray, Ph.D., A Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the Use of Collectors, London : Robert Hardwicke, 1862, 1st ed., xvi + 54 p.
  • Advertised by Robert Hardwicke in the London Evening Standard, Dec. 1, 1862, p. 7, "Now Ready", "A Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps Used by the Various Government of the World".  [British Newspaper Archive]
  • Noted in The Bookseller, Dec. 6, 1862, p. 794 (link), "Alphabetical list of the principal English publications for the month ending November 29".
  • Mentioned in "Postage-Stamp Books", The Bookseller, Dec. 6, 1862 (see below).
  • Noted in "Books of the Week", The Examiner, Dec. 6, 1862, p. 776.
  • Noted in The Publishers' Circular, Dec. 8, 1862, "New Works published from the 14th to the 30th of November", p. 599 (link).
  • Reviewed in The Athenæum, Dec. 13, 1862, p. 768 (link); see below.
  • Reviewed in SCR, Dec. 15, 1862 (the first issue), "just appeared".
  • Reviewed at length in The Birmingham Journal, Dec. 20, 1862.
  • Listed in the "Price Current of the New Works published during the present month", Dec. 25, 1862, from the booksellers Willis and Sotheran, London (link).
  • Listed in The English Catalogue of Books, 1862, p. 20 (link), as "Postage-Stamp Catalogue for the Use of Collectors", published in Nov.
  • Reviewed in SCM, Feb. 1, 1863 (the first issue), pointing out many mistakes (footnote - "Since the above was written, a new and revised edition of this Catalogue is announced, which, no doubt, will be greatly improved.").
Some additional notes,
  • pp. xv-xvi, Works or articles printed on the subject of stamp collecting (noted above for each item).
  • The publication date is usually stated to be Dec. 1862 (Crawford Catalogue: "Published early in December, 1862."), but we take it to be Nov. 1862 from the notices in The Bookseller and The Publisher's Circular.  Hardwicke's Dec. 1 advertisement, with a different title, is curious.
  • Robert Hardwicke was a publisher of scientific works, and a member of various scientific societies along with Dr. Gray.  He died one day after Dr. Gray, in March 1875 (ref, ref).  Hardwicke published the second edition of the Hand Catalogue in 1863, and at least one other (scientific) work by Gray in later years (British Water-Weeds in 1864, others?).
See also,
  • Dr. Gray, The Postage Stamps of the World, Young England, June - Oct. 1862, a preliminary version of the catalogue.
  • Dr. Gray, On Postage-Stamp Catalogues, SCM, Apr. 1, 1863, pp. 41-43 (link), where he tries to justify his arrangement by design, rather than by date of issue.  "I gave the MSS. of the improved list [this book] to Mr. Hardwicke, who printed it, and sold an edition of one thousand copies in the course of eighteen or twenty days."
  • The Late Dr. John Edward Gray, The Philatelical Journal, April 20, 1875, pp. 49-50 (link).
  • [leader], The Philatelic Record, Sep. 1885, vol. 7, pp. 137-139 (link).
  • Fred. J. Melville, Dr. Gray and Dr. Gray's Philatelic Writings, The Stamp Lover, vol. 1, pp. 71, 98 (link).
  • Fred. J. Melville, Dr. Gray and his Catalogues, JPLS, July 1909, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 43-48 (link).
  • Lovell Reeve, Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science, and Art, London, 1863, vol. 1, pp. 113-118 (link).  
  • Biographical Notice of the late Dr. John Edward Gray, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, April 1875, series 4, vol. 15, p. 281-285 (link).
  • A.E. Gunther, A note on the autobiographical manuscripts of John Edward Gray (1800-1875), Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, July 1974, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 35-76.
  • A.E. Gunther, A Century of Zoology at the British Museum Through The Lives of Two Keepers, 1815-1914, 1975.
  • A.E. Gunther, The Founders of Science at the British Museum, Suffolk : Halesworth, 1980.
  • A.E. Gunther, The Miscellaneous autobiographical manuscripts of John Edward Gray (1800-1875), Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Feb. 1980, vol. 6, no. 6, p. 199-244 (link).
    • The Penny Postage claims are discussed on pp. 230-231 (link).
    • It is suggested here that Dr. Gray's wife, Maria Emma Gray, was also a stamp collector, or at least that the two cooperated.
  • R.B. Williams, John Edward Gray: a dual stamp-collector, Archives of Natural History, 2010, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 161-163 (link).
    • "His catalogue was accessioned by the British Museum on 1 December 1862."
The claims made by Dr. Gray (link) regarding his invention of the postage stamp are not to be taken seriously; see the exchanges with Rowland Hill and Charles Knight in the Athenæum (13, 20, 27 Dec. 1862, pp. 768, 806, 845-846; 3, 10, 17, 31 Jan. 1863, pp. 18-19, 52, 87, 160).  Rowland Hill bought the book soon after seeing its review, then stated (p. 806) "If this strange story is not intended for a joke, it amounts to one of the most extraordinary hallucinations on record.  But however this may be, most assuredly the statement has not the slightest foundation in fact."
  • Gray first made his claim in Young England, June 1862 (see above).
  • In Rowland Hill's Post Office Journal, the entry for Oct. 31st, 1862, is, "Dr. Gray's claim to be the originator of Penny Postage (see memorandum of this day among my letters -- see also therewith subsequent correspondence -- Self, Gray and C. Knight in Athenæum)." [Fryer & Akerman, vol. 1, p. 563].  The Oct. 31 memorandum probably refers to Young England, and not the Hand Catalogue; see p. 806 of the Athenæum exchanges.
    • Royal Mail Archive, POST 100/45, Comments by Rowland Hill regarding Dr J E Gray's claim to be originator of the uniform penny postage, 1862.  (ref)
  • See also, letter of J.D. Hooker to Charles Darwin, 27/28 Dec. 1862 (link), with comments on the exchange between Gray and Hill.  "What a mess poor J. E. G. has made of Rowland Hill, & what a Jesuitical letter is his last."
  • Gray repeated his claim in the second edition of the catalogue, published Jan. 1863 (link), and changed it somewhat in the third edition, 1865.
  • See also, SCR, Feb. 15, 1863, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 24-25 (link).
  • See also, Lewins, Her Majesty's Mails, 1864 and 1865, where the story changes between the first and second editions.
  • Pearson Hill entered the fray in the Stamp Collector's Magazine, with documentation, June 1, 1870, vol. 8, no. 6, p. 95-96 (link).  The argument on Gray's part was being continued by Overy Taylor.
  • For a later comment by Rowland Hill (probably in the 1870's, published 1880), see here.
  • In a curious twist, Rowland Hill later referred to "my friend Dr. Gray" when describing an event that took place in 1845, over the 1659 pamphlet by John Hill (see above).  See Rowland Hill and George Birkbeck Hill, The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, 1880, vol. 2, p. 29 (link), but also Eleanor C. Smyth [Rowland Hill's daughter], Sir Rowland Hill: The Story of a Great Reform, p. 194-5, note 1 (link).
  • In a stranger twist, Rowland Hill's younger brother Arthur named his third son John Edward Gray Hill (1839-1914).  Arthur's wife Ellen died Nov. 15, 1839, shortly after J.E.G. Hill was born (Sep. 18, 1839), and Dr. Gray dedicated one of his books to her memory (Feb. 1840) (link).  There were two other John Edward Gray's in London at the time, one on the same street as William Mulready, and the other at Wembly Park, with no apparent connection to the Hill family or each other.

Later editions, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th.
Dec. 1
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 1, 1862.
  • Proposed international postal conference (link, link).  Discussion of postal reform in England (link).
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1862.  37th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Volume I.  US Serial Set 1156.
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1862.  37th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. [unnumbered].
Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Third Session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1862.  37th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Volume IV.  US Serial Set 1159.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year ending June 30, 1862, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1863.  37th Congress, 3d Session, Senate, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1149.
The Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Post Office Department of the United States, being for the fiscal year 1862, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1862, 6 + 128 p.; report dated Dec. 1, 1862. Report of the Postmaster General, 1861, 1862, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:861-62 1861, 1862 (reprint)
    • 1862 -- p. 119-246.
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Dec. 6
 Postage-Stamp Books, The Bookseller, Dec. 6, 1862, p. 790 (link) [image].
  • Mentions Dr. Gray (Hand Catalogue), Johnson & Rowe's Pocket Album.
Dec. 6
 Die Briefmarken-Sammlungen, Illustrirte Zeitung, Leipzig, Dec. 6, 1862. vol. 39, no. 1014, p. 407-410 (link).
Dec. 10
 Mount Brown, Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage Stamps, London : F. Passmore, 1862, 3rd ed., preface date Dec. 10, 1862.
  • Advertised, SCR, Dec. 15, 1862 (the first issue) ("now ready")
  • Noted, The Publishers' Circular, Dec. 16, 1862, p. 733 (link), "New Works published from the 30th of November to the 13th of December".
  • Reviewed, SCR, Jan. 15, 1863 ("has just made its appearance")
  • Reviewed, SCM, Feb. 1, 1863 (the first issue)
  • The publication month Dec. 1862 is given by le Timbre-Poste, 15 Oct. 1866, no. 46, p. 80.
  • Addenda published in The Stamp Collector's Review, Apr. 15, 1863, no. 5, p. 47-49.
  • Addenda published in The Stamp Collector's Magazine, by C.W. Viner, Mar. 1 through Dec. 1, 1863.
  • The preface is reprinted in the 4th ed.
Previous editions, 1st, 2nd; later editions, 4th, 5th.
Dec. 10
 Convenção postal entre Portugal e a Italia assignada em Lisboa pelos respectivos plenipotenciarios em 10 de dezembro de 1862, 10 p.
Dec. 15
 The Monthly Advertiser (Dec. 15, 1862), then
The Stamp Collectors' Monthly Advertiser (Jan. 15, 1863), then
The Stamp-Collectors' Review and Monthly Advertiser (Feb. 15, 1863 to Jun. 15, 1864),
Liverpool, UK : Edward Moore & Co., through May 1864, then
Liverpool : Alexander Perris, for June 1864.
The first magazine devoted to stamp collecting.  For some history of it, see Anderson & Smith, p. 15-18.
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Noted for reference as SCR in this document.
Dec. 18
 The Gentleman's Magazine, Feb. 1863, p. 193 (link).
  • Meeting of the Numismatic Society, London, where the new US postage currency was discussed.  This is now The Royal Numismatic Society.
Dec. 18 Rowland Hill, Memorandum on the Net Revenue of the Post Office, 7 p.; dated Dec. 18, 1862.
Dec.
 A.C. Kline, The Stamp Collector's Manual, Philadelphia, 1st ed., 48 p., preface dated Dec. 1862
  • Reviewed SCM 1 May 1863 (copied from Mount Brown's first ed).
  • Walske collection, lot 447
  • -- APRL, HE6224 .K65s 1862 (Closed Stacks)
  • Mentioned in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
  • John William Kline, b. 19 Oct. 1824, d. 6 Apr. 1892
  • Adelia C. Kline, b. abt. 1825, d. 21 Sep. 1899
  • both buried at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia
See also,
  • Joseph Carson, America's First Stamp Catalogue, 1946, APRL vertical file.
    • from "To Doctor R.", Philadelphia, 1946, a volume honoring Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach, rare book dealer.
  • Turner and Trenchard, Philatelic Literature Review, 1993, pp. 24-41.
  • Joel J. Orosz, The Curious Case of the Coin Collectors Kline, 1997.
  • The Curious Case of the Coin Collectors Kline Revisited, by John N. Lupia, III
?
 Booty, Aids to Stamp Collectors, 2nd ed., 32 + 6 + 2 p.
Outwardly the same as the first ed., "by a stamp collector".
  • Advertised, Illustrated London News, May 17, 1862, p. 13, col. 2 (link). 
    • "Aids to Stamp Collectors, Revised and Enlarged, containing an Account of all British and Foreign Postage-stamps.  Sent post-free on receipt of 13 uncut stamps by Fred. Booty, Brighton."
?
 Doble, On the Falsification of Postage Stamps, translation of Moens by E. Doble, Falmouth
Advertised by Doble and Edw. Moore, Monthly Advertiser 15 Dec. 1862 (the first issue).
Reviewed SCR 15 Mar. 1863 ("useless", "worthless", "with these remarks we consign his book to oblivion").
http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID:siris_sil_282890
Reprinted in The Early Philatelic Forgeries of All Countries, ed. Lowell Ragatz, 1953.
?
 Wuttig, album, 1st ed.

dealer price lists advertised in The Monthly Advertiser 15 Dec. 1862 (the first issue)
H. Stafford Smith, Bath, "new and revised edition", "illustrated with facsimile engravings of rare stamps"
Edward Pemberton, Birmingham
etc.
?
 Hippolyte Boyer, Histoire du timbre-poste et en particulier du timbre-poste français, Marennes, 1862, 8 p.
  • Boyer was director of posts in Marennes, France.
  • see also, Mar. 1863
?
 Handbuch für Briefmarken-Sammler, Leipzig : Verlag der Dürr'schen Buchhandlung, 56 p.
Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed., as 1863.
Noted (as 1863) in Verzeichniß der Bücher, Landkarten etc., welche vom Juli bis zum December 1862 neu erschienen oder neu aufgelegt worden sind, ..., p. 103.  http://books.google.com/books?id=2LFFAAAAcAAJ
?
 Album für Briefmarken, Leipzig.
Mentioned by Dr. Gray, 1st ed., as 1863, 110 p.
Dürr was advertising stamp albums in Sep. 1862, and perhaps earlier; see Illustrirte Zeitung, Sep. 6, 1862, p. 183.  http://books.google.com/books?id=JMJLAAAAcAAJ
?
 E.L. Pemberton, List of a collection of postage stamps, containing 850 specimens.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/list-of-a-collection-of-postage-stamps-containing-850-specimens/oclc/875641061
?
 E.L. Akehurst, Price List of Foreign and American Postage Stamps, For Sale by E.L. Akehurst, 12 Pearl Street, Utica, N.Y., [1862], 2 p.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 2; British Library shelfmark Crawford 899 (25).
    • The date [1862] is handwritten at the bottom of the first page.
Edward L. Akehurst was a son of James L. Akehurst, born May 1849, died Dec. 1904.  The 1861 Central New York Business Directory lists James Akehurst, fancygoods, 12 Pearl, Utica.  The 1864 Utica City Directory lists Edward Akehurst, clerk Storrs & Co., bds [boards] 12 Pearl, and James L. Akehurst, variety store, h [home] 12 Pearl.   [data from Ancestry.com]

The Brattleboro stamp is listed here simply as "Brattleboro, Vt. P.O.", but the stamp was not reported elsewhere until Kline's Nov. 1863 catalogue (2nd ed.).  So, the [1862] date is probably too early.






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The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 36, 1863, [8] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac : Knight & Co., London, 1863, 280 + [24] p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Customs and Inland Revenue, p. 132-135 (link).  Act of 3 June 1862.  Stamp Duties, p. 135 (link).
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office Savings Banks, p. 191-192 (link).
    • Post Office, p. 193 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1863.   (previous, next)

Ninth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1863, 50 p.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1863, no. 27. 
  • Apr. 1, 1863, no. 28. 
  • July 1, 1863, no. 29. 
  • Oct. 1, 1863, no. 30. 
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J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of Norfolk and Norwich, including Lowestoft, in the County of Suffolk, London : J.G. Harrod, 1863, xvi + 696 + 54 p.  (Shaw & Tipper 1045).
1868, 2nd ed., x + 896 p., preface date Aug. 1868.
1872, 3rd ed.

J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Royal County Directory of Norfolk including Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk, London and Norwich : J.G. Harrod, 1877.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1863, Middelburg, 1863, 14th vol.
  • -- NPM, HE6185.N4 H54 1863

Nederlandsche Post-Gids, 's Gravenhage : M.J. Visser, 1863, 8 + 96 pp.

1867, 2nd ed., 8 + 82 p.

Post-office directory for 1863: Alphabetical list of post-offices in U.S., with names of post-masters (except at suspended offices); also, names of post offices, arranged by States and counties, as published by Post-Office Department; with latest post-office laws; and list of post-offices in Canada, by county, with Canadian postal laws and regulations; postal rates; and transatlantic mail steamers, xxiv + 352 p.
  • ProQuest, missing first four pages, including the title.
  • Compare to Disturnell's 1866 directory.
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Post-Office Directory for 1863. Alphabetical List of Post-Offices in the United States, with the Names of Post-Masters, (Except at Suspended Offices), Also, Names of Post-Offices, Arranged by States and Counties, as Published by the Post-Office Department; With an Appendix, Containing the Rates of Domestic and Foreign Postage, the New Post-Office Bill, and other Important Postal Information.
Revised and Corrected by J. Disturnell, To April 1, 1863.  New York : J.H. Colton, 1863, xxii + 296 p.
  • noted, American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette, May 15, 1863 (ref)
  • noted, The Bookseller, London, June 30, 1863 (ref)
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Appleton's United States Postal Guide, containing the Chief Regulations of the Post Office, and a Complete List of Post Offices throughout the United States, with other information for the People, New York : Appleton's, 1863.  Published quarterly.
  • no. 1, 211 p.
  • (Sabin 1798)
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The American Stamp Polka, Maria Seguin, New York : Pond & Co., 1863.

The Confederate States Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for 1863, Vicksburg : H.C. Clarke, 1863.
Previous volume, 1862.
Jan. 3
 Caisses d'épargne des bureaux de poste [Post Office Savings Banks], l'Économiste belge, Brussels, Jan. 3, 1863, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 5-6 (link).
Jan.
 John Dewé, Canadian Postal Guide, Toronto, 1863, 1st ed., 84 p.
Jan.
 Frederick Booty, Aids to Stamp Collectors, 3rd ed., 38 p.
Jan.
 Edward A. Oppen, Postage Stamp Album and Catalogue of British and Foreign Postage Stamps, London : Benjamin Blake, 1863, 1st ed., xiv + [1] + 168 + 62 p.; preface date January, 1863.
Jan. 17
 Notabilla, The Reader, Jan. 17, 1863, vol. 1, p. 70 (link).
  • Mention of Lallier, prospectus for SCM.
Jan. 17
 Timbres-poste de 5 centimes, l'Économiste belge, Brussels, Jan. 17, 1863, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 24 (link).
Jan.
 A. Baillieu, Guide de l'amateur de timbres-poste, Paris, 1st ed., 4+88 p., cover date 1863.
Jan.
 John Edward Gray, Ph.D., A Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the Use of Collectors, London : Robert Hardwicke, 1863, 2nd ed., xiv + 58 p.
  • Reviewed in The Economist, Jan. 31, 1863, p. 120.
  • Noted in The Bookseller, Jan. 31, 1863, p. 6 (link).
  • Noted in The Reader, Jan. 31, 1863, p. 129, "Recent Publications" (link).
  • Noted in The Publishers' Circular, Feb. 2, 1863, "New Works published from the 15th to the 30th of January" (link).
  • Advertised SCM 1 Feb. 1863; reviewed SCM 1 Mar. 1863.
  • The instance at the British Museum (now at the British Library) has the date "4 AP 63" marked on the last page.
Some additional notes,
  • Melville notes two versions, one as described above, and one with an additional 32 pages advertising "Useful Works Published by Robert Hardwicke".  There was also an interleaved edition.

Previous editions, 1st; later editions, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th.
Jan. 31
 Postage Stamps, The Leisure Hour, Jan. 31, 1863, vol. 12, p. 70-74; illustrated.
Written by Henry Whymper, illustrations by Edward Whymper (Henry's father). 
  • Refers to Mount Brown, 3rd ed., and Dr. Gray, 1st ed., and quotes extensively from the latter's introduction.
  • See, SCR, Feb. 15, 1863, p. 19-20.
  • See, SCM, Mar. 1, 1863, p. 29; Apr. 1, 1863, p. 43.
  • Noted in The Bookseller, Dec. 10, 1863.
  • See also, The Philatelic Record, 1885, vol. 7, p. 113.
Jan. 31
 A Postal Romance, The Athenæum, Jan. 31, 1863, p. 153 (link).
Feb. 1
 The Stamp Collector's Magazine, Bath, UK, monthly, Feb. 1, 1863, through Dec. 1874.
  • Published by E. Marlborough & Co., 4, Ave Maria Lane, London, and Stafford Smith & Smith, Bath.  Marlborough advertised in 1863, "Established 150 years at 4, Ave Maria Lane, E.C.".
  • Mentioned, without being named, The Reader, Jan. 17, 1863, vol. 1, p. 70 (link).
  • Noted, The Publishers' Circular, Jan. 17, 1863, p. 7 (link).
    • Same, repeated, The Historical Magazine, New York, June 1863, vol. 7, p. 200 (link).
  • Advertised, The Bookseller, Jan. 31, 1863, p. 16 (link).
  • Advertised, The Publishers' Circular, Feb. 2, 1863, p. 71 (link).
  • Mentioned in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
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Published on the first of the month, 16 pages per issue, 192 pages per volume.  In 1863, the May and December numbers each had 20 pages.
Feb. 15
 Le Timbre-Poste, journal de collectionneur, J.B. Moens, Brussels, monthly, Feb. 15, 1863, through Dec. 1900.
[NPM]

The reprint of Volume 1 was reprinted by G. Bolaffi, 1970; there are two versions of the cover.

See also, le Timbre Fiscal, Jan. 1874.
Feb. 15
 A Review of Our Postal Literature, SCR, p. 18-20.
Mentions Booty, Brown (3 eds.), Gray, Booty (Guide), Oppen, Leisure Hour.
Feb.
 The Stamp Collector, Manchester, C. Gloyn, sole issue

Stamp Galop, Arthur O'Leary (sheet music with stamp illustrations)
Mar.
 Hippolyte Boyer, Notice historique sur le timbre-poste et en particulier sur le timbre-poste français, Rennes : Oberthur, 1863, 24 p. + (2) (fold-out table).
Mar. 3
 An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to the Post Office Department, Approved March 3, 1863, together with the Instructions Predicated Thereon by the Postmaster General for the Government of Postmasters, Washington, 1863, 16 p.
(previous, next) US-Postal-Laws
Mar. 3
 Has the Postmaster General the power to exclude newspapers from the mails?  Speech of George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, in the [US] House of Representatives, March 3, 1863, 7 p.
Mar. 21
 Softening of the Brain, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, London, Mar. 21, 1863, vol. 15, no. 386, p. 364-365 (link).
  • Mentions, and not at all favorably, The Stamp Collector's Magazine, Dr. Gray, and Frederick Booty.
  • Beginning at the bottom of p. 365, col. 1, "Comforting too, but in a less degree, is the reflection that we are not yet quite so far gone as our neighbours the French and the Belgians in that particular kind of dotage which takes the form of the postage-stamp collecting mania.  They have got a name for it -- Timbromanie.  With us the malady has not yet spread so widely that it has been found necessary to describe it by a neat scientific term.  For all that, there seem to be a good many victims; and the poor creatures have a literature of their own; ...".
  • Copied, or excerpted, by several newspapers, including
    • Leicester Journal, Mar. 27, 1863, p. 6, col. 6.
    • Westmorland Gazette, Mar. 28, 1863, p. 6, col. 6.
    • Ayrshire Express, Mar. 28, 1863, p. 4, col. 4 (a brief mention only).
  • See also, The Stamp News : London, Dec. 1882, vol. 1, p. 116-117 (link), with commentary by T. Martin Wears.

The Postage-Stamp Collector's Pocket Album, pub. Johnson & Rowe, 2nd ed.
  • Advertised by Johnson & Rowe, in The Bookseller, Mar. 31, 1863, p. 182 (link).
Mar./Apr.
 Thornton Lewes and Edward Pemberton, Forged Stamps: How to Detect Them, Edinburgh : Colston & Son, 1863, 36 p.
  • Serialized in The Stamp-Collectors' Review and Monthly Advertiser (2 parts by Thornton Lewes, 11 parts by Edward Pemberton, 4 parts unstated but surely by Pemberton, Jan. 15, 1863 - May. 15, 1864).
  • Supplements were published in The Philatelist, 1866-1868.
  • Advertised SCR, Mar. 15, 1863, "will be published shortly"; reviewed SCR, Apr. 15, 1863; reviewed, SCM, May 1, 1863.
  • See also, a letter of complaint, by William F. Cooke, SCR, May 15, 1863, pp. 60-61; and, the response, SCR, July 15, 1863, p. 85.
  • The preface mentions Mount Brown's 3rd ed., SCR, and SCM.
  • Greece, refers to black essay described by Mount Brown, but this is not in his ed. 1 or 2.
Thornton Arnott Lewes, 14 Apr. 1844 - 10 Oct. 1869, was the second son of George Henry Lewes, and "stepson" of the novelist Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot).  He attended school at Bayswater Grammar, then, from Aug. 1856, Hofwyl, near Bern, where he learned French and German.  In 1860, he moved to the High School of Edinburgh, to prepare for a career in the India civil service, which never happened (ref).  As a result, he left for (or, was packed off to) Natal on 16 Oct. 1863.  He returned to London in May 1869, where he died painfully from tuberculosis of the spine, contracted in Natal (ref).

Thornton's mother, born Agnes Jervis, was the daughter of Swynfen Jervis, M.P., who was surely an acquaintance of Matthew Davenport Hill, and most likely of Rowland Hill.  Thornton's older brother, Charles Lee Lewes, 1842-1891, was hired by the Post Office as a Supplementary Clerk in 1861 [image], with some assistance from Anthony Trollope; he retired in Oct. 1886 (ref).  Thornton's biological father was Thornton Leigh Hunt, who edited The Leader with G.H. Lewes; it was complicated, as they say.

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Apr. 1
 On Postage-Stamp Catalogues, Dr. J.E. Gray, SCM, Apr. 1, 1863, vol. 1, pp. 41-43 (link). 
  • Dr. Gray attempts to explain why the design is more important than the date of issue when organizing a collection.  Vallète's Petit Manuel is recommended for its good advice on arrangement, but little else.
Apr.
 Oppen, Postage Stamp Album and Catalogue, London : B. Blake, 2nd ed.
Apr. 18
 Turkish Postage Stamps, The Leisure Hour, Apr. 18, 1863, vol. 12, p. 256 (link) [image].
Apr. 18
 The French Post-Office, The Athenaeum, Apr. 18, 1863, p. 530 (link).
May
 The Post Office and the Railway, The British American Magazine, Toronto, May 1863, vol. 1, p. 64-82 (link).
May 21
 Mount Brown, Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage Stamps, London : F. Passmore, 4th ed., 1863, xi + [1] + 86 pp.; preface date May 21, 1863.
  • Advertised, SCR 15 Apr. 1863, "ready shortly"; 15 May 1863, "four editions have been issued"; 15 May 1863, "ready shortly"; reviewed 15 Jun. 1863.
  • Advertised, SCM 1 May 1863, "ready in a few days"; reviewed SCM 1 July 1863.
  • Noted in The Bookseller, Jun. 30, 1863, p. 359.  http://books.google.com/books?id=VWXQAAAAMAAJ
  • The preface mentions Lewes and Pemberton, "lately published".
Previous editions, 1st, 2nd, 3rd; later editions, 5th.
May 1
 The Liverpool Stamp Advertiser (May to July 1863), then The Liverpool and Newport Stamp Advertiser (Aug. 1863 to Jun. 1864), monthly, through Jun. 1864
reviewed, The National Postage Stamp Express, Jun. 15, 1864, p. 37
May 1
 Magazin für Briefmarken-Sammler, Zschiesche und Köder, Leipzig, through 1 Apr. 1867.
This company was primarily engaged in numismatics and antiquities.
Locations: NPM
See also, http://www.fipliterature.org/translations/pt434.PDF
May ?
 "A Collector", A Catalogue of British, Colonial, & Foreign Postage Stamps, Gloucester, 1863, viii + 71 + [3] p.
  • This is the pirated version of Mount Brown's third catalogue.
  • Reviewed, SCR, May 15, 1863.
May
 Dr. J.E. Gray, New and Complete Set of Postage-Stamp Album Titles.

Noted in The Reader, May 16, 1863, Publications of the Week.  http://books.google.com/books?id=fX1NAAAAYAAJ
May 11
 Commission internationale des postes, Paris : Imprimerie Impériale, 1863, 147 p.
  • Meetings in Paris from 11 May to 8 June 1863, preliminary to the Universal Postal Union.  Attended by delegates from Austria, Belgium, Costa Rica, Denmark, Spain, the United States (John Kasson), France (Vandal), Great Britain (Frederic Hill), Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia, Sandwich Islands (John Bowring), Switzerland, and the Hanseatic cities.  Letters from the US Postmaster General Montgomery Blair in 1862, which introduced the idea of a uniform international postal system, are included, in French translation.
See also,
  • Annual Report of the Post Office Department of the United States, for 1863 (below)
  • Richard R. John, Projecting Power Overseas: U.S. Postal Policy and International Standard-Setting at the 1863 Paris Postal Conference, Journal of Policy History, vol. 27, no. 3, July 2015, p. 416-438 (link).
Jun. 1 The United Kingdom Postage Stamp Advertiser, Tavistock, UK, monthly, through July 1863
June
 [George Dexter], Catalogue of Postage Stamps, American and Foreign, and U.S. Revenue Stamps, Cambridge, Mass. : Sever and Francis, [June] 1863, 78 p.
  • According to Bagg, 1000 copies were printed.
  • p. 78, "Addenda.  United States.  A new 2-cent stamp has been prepared for local letters, having the head of Jackson for the design.  Stamped envelopes of the same kind are to be furnished.  They will be ready early in July."
  • Advertised, "Ready, in a Few Days", American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette, May 1, 1863, p. 52.  http://books.google.com/books?id=58RDAQAAMAAJ
  • Advertised, "Now Ready", American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette, June 15, 1863, p. 188.  http://books.google.com/books?id=58RDAQAAMAAJ
  • Reviewed, American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette, July 1, 1863, p. 212.  http://books.google.com/books?id=58RDAQAAMAAJ
  • Advertised, New York Evening Post, July 2, 1863, p. 2.
  • Reviewed ("recently published") in The Round Table, New York, June 11, 1864, vol. 1, no. 26, p. 409.  http://books.google.com/books?id=1XlNAAAAYAAJ 
  • (Sabin 19892)
[more details]
June 6
 The Stamp Mania, Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, June 6, 1863, vol. 19, p. 353-356 (link).
June 20
 Letter-Opening at the General Post-Office, Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, June 20, 1863, vol. 19, p. 395-397 (link).

The Postage-Stamp Mania, Edwin Utley, City Sketches, London, 1863, p. 15-16 (link).
  • Reprinted from the "City Press".  Mentions Chambers's Journal, June 6, 1863.
July
 The London and Provyncial Stamp Advertiser, London, sole issue
July 1
 The Stamp Collector's Journal, Hartlepool, UK, sole issue
July 7
 Death of William Mulready, 1786-1863, designer of the first postal stationery.
See, J.C. Wilson, William Mulready, R.A., SCM, Aug. 1, 1869, p. 122-123 (link).
Aug.
 M'Culloch on Taxation, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, London, Aug. 1863, pp. 135-150 (link).
  • p. 141-142, discussion of postage rates.
Aug. 1
 The Weymouth Stamp and Crest Advertiser, Weymouth, UK, monthly, through Jan. 1864 (first series), then Feb. through May 1864 (second series).
New series, reviewed, National Postage Stamp Express, Mar. 15, 1864, p. 13.
Aug. 1
 The International Postage Stamp Review, London, biweekly, through Sep. 1863 (first series), then Sep. through Dec. 1863 (second series)
See also, National Postage Stamp Express, Apr. 15, 1864, p. 26.
Mentioned in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
Aug. 1
 Rare and Curious Postage Stamps, The Leisure Hour, vol. 12, pp. 486-489; illustrated.
Written by Henry Whymper, illustrations by Edward Whymper (Henry's father). 
Aug. 8
 Timbromanie, Once a Week, Aug. 8, 1863, vol. 9, pp. 193-195 (link).
Mentions SCM, Dr. Gray, O'Leary's Stamp Galop.
  • Excerpt, one paragraph only, The Boy's Miscellany, Sep. 19, 1863, vol. 2, no. 29, p. 46 (link).
  • Copied, Once a Month, June 1, 1864, p. 35-38 (link).
  • Copied, as "[From Once a Week] The Mania for Postage Stamps", The Salem Register, Salem, Mass., Oct. 1, 1863 [image].
Aug. 22
 Letters by Post, The Leisure Hour, Aug. 22, 1863, vol. 12, p. 544 (link).
  • An excerpt from the British Post-Office Annual Report.  [image]
Sep.
 Once a Month or, the Stamp Collector's Advertiser, Manchester, monthly, through Jan. 1864.
C. Gloyn, C. & H. Gloyn
New series, Mar. 15, 1864 - Dec. 20, 1864, http://books.google.com/books?id=66IEAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
Advertised, National Postage Stamp Express, Mar. 15, 1864, p. 17; reviewed, Apr. 15, 1864, p. 22; reviewed, Jun. 15, 1864, p. 37.
At first, published on the 15th, later on the 1st.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/once-a-month-or-the-stamp-collectors-advertiser/oclc/771812524
Mentioned in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
Sep.
 The Monthly Circular, London, monthly, through Nov. 1863
Sep.
 Priebatsch, Breslau, catalogue (Oscar Jann?)
Sep. 30
 The Stamp Mania, The Bookseller, Sep. 30, 1863, p. 539 (link).
  • An excerpt from le Nation.  [image]
Oct.
 Frank Ives Scudamore, Post Office Savings Banks, Their Progress and Advantages, London : W.P. Griffith, Oct. 1863, 13 + [7] p.
Oct.
 The General Post Office, The London Quarterly Review, Oct. 1863, vol. 21, pp. 209-238 (link).
Oct. 1
 The Continental and Colonial Stamp Advertiser, Eccles, UK, sole issue, adverts only
Oct. 31
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Oct. 31, 1863.
  • International Postal Conference, Paris, 11 May 1863 (link)
Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1864.  38th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 1180.
Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1863-1864.  38th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1184.
Same title, but without the War Dept. report. Same title, but with Senate heading on title page and without the War Dept. report. Report of the Postmaster General, Oct. 31, 1863, 104 p., but without the title page.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year ending June 30, 1863, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1863.  38th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 3.  US Serial Set 1186.
The Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Post Office Department of the United States, being for the fiscal year 1863, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1864, 164 p.; report dated Oct. 31, 1863.
  • Title and contents, p. 1-6.
  • Report of the Postmaster-General, Oct. 31, 1863, p. 7-108.
  • International Postal Conference, Paris, 1863, p. 109-164.
  • There is a large fold-out table after p. 164 (link, link, readable image), showing rates, etc. for Austria, Belgium, England, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Prussia, Spain, and Switzerland.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1863, 1864, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:863-64 1863, 1864 (reprint)
    • 1863 -- p. 3-104.
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Dec. 19
 Our Mail-Packet Service, Past and Present, Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, Dec. 19, 1863, vol. 20, p. 387-389 (link).
Dec.
 Oppen, Postage Stamp Album and Catalogue, 3rd ed., by Henry Whymper
Noted in The Bookseller, Dec. 31, 1863, p. 963.  http://books.google.com/books?id=i8NSAAAAcAAJ
Reviewed, SCR 15 Feb. 1864.
Mentioned, National Postage Stamp Express, Mar. 15, 1864, p. 13, but as Oppen's Album, second ed.  http://books.google.com/books?id=PNoEAAAAQAAJ
-- NPM, http://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!275175!0
Henry Josiah Whymper, 1845 (Lambeth, Surrey) - 1893 (Bombay, India), son of Josiah Wood Whymper, younger brother of Frederick and Edward, all of whom were engravers.  Obituary.  Brief bio.  Brief bio and picture.
?
 Kline, Manual, 2nd ed., 67 p.
http://www.worldcat.org/title/stamp-collectors-manual-being-a-guide-to-the-collectors-of-american-and-foreign-postage-and-despatch-stamps/oclc/36112634
Mentioned in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
?
 Lallier, album, French, 2nd ed.

Lallier, album, Spanish, Album de Sellos de Correo, 168p.
?
 Lallier, The Postage-Stamp Album, English, 2nd ed., "just published".
  • Advertised by Johnson & Rowe, in The Bookseller, Mar. 31, 1863, p. 182 (link).
  • Advertised by Johnson & Rowe, in The Bookseller, Dec. 31, 1863 (link).
?
 P. Mahé, Guide-manuel du collectionneur de timbres-poste, Paris, 1st ed., 18 p.
Noted in Bibliographie de la France, Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 1 Aug. 1863, p. 360 (link).  http://books.google.ie/books?id=xxcDAAAAYAAJ
Reviewed, SCM, Dec. 1, 1863, vol. 1, p. 177 (link). 
Mentioned in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
-- NPM
?
 Moens, supplement to Manuel, 2nd ed., 16 p.
The third ed. is the second ed. plus this supplement.
?
 Moens, Album de timbres-poste, French, 1st ed., 134 sheets
Reviewed, SCM, Dec. 1, 1863, vol. 1, p. 176-177.  http://books.google.com/books?id=6awEAAAAQAAJ
?
 Beyfuss, Neuestes Verzeichniss aller bis jetzt ausgegebenen in- und auslandischen Briefmarken, Hannover, 7 + 68 p.
?
 G. Wuttig, Katalog über die von 1840 bis August 1863 ausgegebene Frankomarken, Leipzig
Aug. 23-29
 Zschiesche & Köder, Katalog über die seit 1840 bis Juli 1863 ausgegebenen Briefmarken aller Länder, Leipzig, 1st ed., 80 p.
Advertised, Illustrirte Zeitung, 1 Aug. 1863.  Publication noted, 5 Sep. 1863.  http://books.google.com/books?id=08FLAAAAcAAJ
Locations: NPM (2)
?
 Zschiesche & Koder, catalogue, 2nd ed.
?
 Handbuch für Briefmarken Sammler, Dürr, Leipzig, 2nd ed., 64 p.
Dürr was an old established publisher of books and music, since 1841 as der Dürr'schen Buchhandlung.  http://books.google.com/books?id=yLwvAQAAMAAJ
?
 W.F. Dannenfelser, Vade-mecum voor verzamelaars van postzegels, Utrecht, 114 p., "Naar het Fransch."
from Moens 2nd ed. ?
Noted in Nederlandsche Bibliographie, 24 Nov. 1862.  http://books.google.com/books?id=1vBTAAAAcAAJ
Dannenfelser was the publisher.
Locations: NPM, British Library
?
 Appleton, Album for Postage and other Stamps, American and Foreign, New York
  • the cover, etc. - http://www.klbp.be/data/info/belgaphil%202-fr_screen.pdf
  • Siegel Auction Galleries, 3 Oct. 1992, lot 915, sold for $800 (link).
  • Publication was announced in the American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette, May 1, 1863, p. 27, as "A New and Complete Postage-Stamp Album" (link).
    • As "Books in Press", see also p. 43 (link).
  • Advertised, American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette, Oct. 1, 1863, p. 411 (link).

Nederlandsch Magazijn, De postzegels van alle rijken en staten.
?
 P.H. [Pieter Harmen] Witkamp, De postzegels van alle rijken en staten.






1864   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 37, 1864, [12] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1864, 284 + [24] p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Post Office Savings Banks, p. 177-178 (link).  Act of 4 May 1863.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office Savings Banks, p. 236-237 (link).
    • Post Office, p. 238-239 (link).
(previous, next)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1864.   (previous, next)

Tenth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1864, 40 p.
(previous, next)  UK-PMG-Report

British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1864, no. 31. 
  • Apr. 1, 1864, no. 32. 
  • July 1, 1864, no. 33. 
  • Oct. 1, 1864, no. 34. 
(previous, next)

Post Office Bath Directory, William Wooster, ed.
1858-59, Bath : W. Lewis, 1858.
1864-65, Bath : Willliam Lewis, 1864, 4th ed., iv + 548 + 149 p., preface date Dec. 23, 1863.  http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/p16445coll4/id/64208  [Leicester]

Post-Office Directory for Norfolk and Suffolk shewing from what Post Town each place is served, Norwich, 1864.
Post-Office Directory for Norfolk and Suffolk... and by what Mail Letters are Forwarded from Norwich, Matchett and Stevenson, 1865, 16 p.

J.G. Harrod and Co.'s Postal & Commercial Directory of Suffolk, London J.G. Harrod, 1864, xvi + 491 p.  (Shaw & Tipper 1262).  -- WorldCat, WorldCat
1873.
1877.

Deane's Illustrated Family Almanack, London, 1864, 20th ed.; preface dated Dec. 1, 1863.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1864, Middelburg, 1864, 15th vol.

Vivier, Projet de Réorganisation des Postes, 1464-1864, Nantes, 1865, 19 p.

Routledge's Every Boy's Annual, London : Routledge, 1864.
Henry Whymper, Postage Stamps, pp. 426-432.

Every Little Boy's Book, London : Routledge, 1864. 
[Henry Whymper], Postage Stamps, pp. 288-298.

The Post Office Store, a co-operative for employees, opened in London, 1864.
  • George Jacob Holyoake, The History of Co-operation in England, vol. 2, p. 181-182 (link).
Jan.
 The London and New York Stamp Collectors' Review, London, monthly, through Feb. 1864.
Jan. 15
 The National Postage Stamp Express, London, monthly, through July 1864.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=PNoEAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
    • No. 2 - 7 (the last) are bound at the end of a volume with some unrelated non-philatelic magazines.
  • The first three numbers were to be issued as The Quarterly Postage Stamp Magazine; see National Postage Stamp Express, Mar. 15, 1864, p. 16
Jan. 1
 The Newcastle and Gateshead Stamp Advertiser and Review, Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK, monthly, through Mar. 1864.
  • Merged with the Liverpool and Newport Stamp Advertiser; see National Postage Stamp Express, May 15, 1864, p. 31.
Jan.
 The International Stamp Advertiser, London, sole issue
Jan. 1
 Börsenblatt für den Briefmarken-Handel, Kaufbeuren, biweekly, through 15 Jun. 1864
  • advertised, SCR 15 Feb. 1864
  • reviewed, National Postage Stamp Express, Apr. 15, 1864, p. 22
Jan. 2
 Mutilated U.S. Currency, The Leisure Hour, vol. 13, p. 16 (link).
  • including postal currency
Feb. 4
 H. [Henry] Wells, Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Present Condition of the Express System, a paper read before the American Geographical and Statistical Society, Feb. 4, 1864, Albany, 1864, 23 p.
Feb. 15
 The Stamp Collector's Record, S. Allan Taylor, Montreal, Albany, Boston.
Feb. 15 - Mar. 15, 1864, Montreal.
Dec. 15, 1864 - Oct. 1876, Albany, later Boston.
Feb. 15
 The Northumberland and Durham Stamp Advertiser, Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK, monthly, through Dec. 1864.
  • reviewed, National Postage Stamp Express, Mar. 15, 1864, p. 13; Jun. 15, 1864, p. 37.
Feb. 27
 The Sydney Postage Stamp, Fentonia [Adelaide Fenton], Notes and Queries, London, Feb. 27, 1864, series 3, vol. 5, p. 184.
  • See Nov. 7, 1863, and Aug. 5, 1865.
Feb.
 Rowland Hill resigned from the British Post Office.  He wrote a brief memoir, "Results of Postal Reform", which is reprinted in his autobiography, vol. 2, p. 380 (link), and by Smyth, pp. 306-310 (link).  See also, a more extensive review with a similar title, in The Edinburgh Review, July 1864, by Alfred Hill, Rowland's nephew.

[Henry John] Bellars & [John Hunter] Davie, The Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting, London : John Camden Hotten, 1864, 1st ed.
  • Noted in The Publishers' Circular, Nov. 2, 1863, "the publisher announces ...".
  • Noted by The London Review, Nov. 21, 1863, "about to appear" (link).
  • Advertised by Hotten, in The Publishers' Circular, Dec. 8, 1863, "now ready".
  • Advertised by Hotten, in The Bookseller, Dec. 10, 1863, "now ready".
  • Noted in The Bookseller, Dec. 31, 1863.
  • Reviewed, SCR 15 Feb. 1864
  • Mentioned, National Postage Stamp Express, Mar. 15, 1864, p. 13 (link).
  • Offered for sale, Thomas G. Stevenson, Edinburgh, 1864 (link).
Walske collection, lot 440, the cover is shown

It is almost surely irrelevant, but one of Hotten's prior books was A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, Used at the Present Time in the Streets of London, etc. (1859).  http://books.google.com/books?id=Zhk9h-w1negC

Later editions, 2nd, 3rd.
Mar. 15
 J.-B. Moens, Les Timbres-poste illustrés, 148 p., plus 54 plates, preface date Mar. 15, 1864.
Illustrations by P. Schmitz and F. Deraedemaeker.  Compare to Moens, Illustrations du manuel.
Mentioned (indirectly) in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
Mar.
 Mount Brown, Catalogue of British, Colonial, and Foreign Postage Stamps, London : F. Passmore, 1864, 5th ed., [3] + vi + 96 + [2] p.; preface date Mar. 1864.
  • "Comprising upwards of 2400 varieties"
  • Actually published in April 1864; see The Philatelical Journal, April 20, 1875, p. 50.
  • Noted in The Bookseller, Apr. 30, 1864, p. 248 (link).  http://books.google.com/books?id=VmXQAAAAMAAJ
  • Reviewed, SCR 15 May 1864, pp. 72-76.
    • This review, by Edward Pemberton, demonstrates that any reprint of an early catalogue should be accompanied by its contemporary reviews.
  • National Postage Stamp Express, May 15, 1864, p. 31, "is published this month".
  • Addenda were published in SCM, Jun. 1 through Nov. 1, 1864
Previous editions, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
Mar. 12
 Postage Stamps, The Boy's Miscellany, London, Mar. 12, 1864, vol. 3, no. 54, p. 24; Mar. 19, 1864, no. 55, p. 40; April 2, 1864, no. 57, p. 72.  continued.
Apr. 16
 William Lewins, Her Majesty's Mails, London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1864, preface date Apr. 16, 1864.
  • Part 2, Ch. 4, pp. 255-267, "On Postage Stamps"; the second edition in 1865 corrects various errors on the history of postage stamps.
  • Review, The British Quarterly Review, July 1864, vol. 40, pp. 79-101 (link).
  • Argyll Etkin Ltd., 29 Sep. 2017, Sale 40, lot 60 (link).
    • Rowland Hill's personal signed copy of "Her Majesty's Mails" by William Lewins, 1864, hardbound. The title page signed "Rowland Hill" in ink, the opposite blank page with "Remarkable errors, Sunday work p. 167, origin of stamps p. 256, 257, 258" in pencil written in Roland Hill's handwriting, also signed "Eleanor C. Fellows 1878" and inscribed "Presented by Arthur Fellows, the son of Eleanor C. Fellows & the grandson of Rowland Hill to his friend Reginald N. King, 25 September 1939". A unique copy of this early work containing various pencil notes and highlighting apparently in Rowland Hill's own hand.  [est.] £300-400.  [sold, £440]
    • Eleanor Caroline Hill (1831-1926), m. Arthur Fellows, m. Henry Smyth, later wrote a biography of Rowland Hill.
Later edition, 1865.
Apr. 26
 Convenção postal entre sua magestade el-rei de Portugal e dos Algarves e sua magestade el-rei de Prussia assignada em Lisboa pelos respectivos plenipotenciarios aos 26 de abril de 1864, Lisbon, 1864, 9 p.
May 1
 The British & Foreign Stamp and Coin Advertiser, Manchester, UK, monthly, through Dec. 1864.
reviewed, National Postage Stamp Express, May 15, 1864, p. 31; Jun. 15, p. 37.
May 21
 Foreign Postage Stamps, Stempel, Notes and Queries, London, May 21, 1864, series 3, vol. 5, p. 418.
An offer to exchange.
May
 Mme. Nicolas, catalogue, by E. Regnard (see 1865)

[Henry John] Bellars & [John Hunter] Davie, The Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting, Giving the Values and Degrees of Rarity, London : John Camden Hotten, 1864, 2nd ed., 130 p. (xiii + [1] + pp. 15-130)
  • Advertised by Hotten, The Bookseller, May 31, 1864, "This day".
  • Advertised by Hotten, The Bookseller, July 30, 1864, "This day".
  • Noted in The Bookseller, Jun. 30, 1864.
  • Mentions Lewes and Pemberton, Forged Stamps.  The author of the introduction (it is signed J.C.H.) takes information from Gray, Moens, and others.
  • The example at the British Museum (now at the British Library) is marked 31 OC 64.
Previous editions, 1st; later editions, 3rd.

Oscar Berger-Levrault, Beschreibung der bis jetzt bekannten Briefmarken, Strassburg, 14+103 p.
Reviewed, SCR 15 Jun. 1864, pp. 88-90; high praise from Edward Pemberton.
Noted in Bibliographie de la France, Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 2 July 1864.  http://books.google.com/books?id=HRgDAAAAYAAJ

Oppen, Postage Stamp Album and Catalogue, London : William Stevens, 1864, 4th ed., 80 p.  Revised and corrected by Henry Whymper.
  • Oppen's Postage Stamp Catalogue and Collector's Guide
  • Preface date, Dec. 1863.
  • Noted in The Bookseller, Jun. 30, 1864.
  • Noted in The Reader, 2 July 1864, p. 12, "Publications of the Week" (link).
  • -- APRL, HE6224 .W629o 4th ed. 1864 (Closed Stacks)

Stamp Collector's Journal, Liverpool
noted, "to appear on June 25th", The National Postage Stamp Express, Jun. 15, 1864, p. 37
Jun. 22
 "Timbromanie, by P.S.", in the Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass., June 22, 1864, and the Springfield Weekly Republican, June 25, 1864 [image].

Reprinted in the United States Mail and Post Office Assistant, Sep. 1864, and reprinted from there in The Chronicle of the U.S. Classic Postal Issues, 1974, vol. 26, no. 3, whole no. 83, p. 134-137.  http://chronicle.uspcs.org/PDF/Chronicle_83/18563.pdf

The author was Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, 1846-1911, who went on to be a frequent contributor to the Stamp Collector's Magazine.  A hand-written version of the article (draft? original? copy?) is in Bagg's memorabilia at Yale University.

[excerpts]
July
 Results of Post Office Reform, [Alfred Hill], The Edinburgh Review, July 1864, vol. 120, pp. 58-93 (link).
  • American edition, July 1864, vol. 120, pp. 30-49 (link).
  • [Fryer & Akerman, vol. 1, p. 626, Hill's diary entry for July 1864].
July
 The North of England Stamp Review and Advertiser, Barnard Castle, UK, monthly, through Aug. 1864.
The North of England Stamp Review, monthly, Sep. 1864 through Nov. 1864.
Thomas Dalston & Co.
July
 Oppen, Postage Stamp Album and Catalogue, 5th ed.  Revised and corrected by Henry Whymper.
  • Advertised in The Reader, July 16, 1864, p. 85, "Now ready" (link).
July
 The Stamp Collector's Miscellany, Weymouth, UK, monthly, through May 1865.
July
 The Postage Stamp Mania, The Dollar Monthly Magazine, Boston, July 1864, vol. 20, p. 77.
http://books.google.com/books?id=8aLQAAAAMAAJ
July 1
 Allgemeine Deutsche Briefmarken Zeitung, Coburg, through Dec. 1864
"Postage Stamp Literature", Oct. - Dec. 1864, http://www.fipliterature.org/translations/pt506.PDF
July 15
 Le Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste, Maury, Paris, monthly, July 1864 to 1968.
July 16
 Edgar Hepp, Acte public pour le Doctorat présenté a la Faculté de Droit de Strasbourg, Droit français, De la correspondance privée, postale ou télégraphique, dans ses rapports avec le droit civil, le droit commercial, le droit administratif et le droit pénal, Strasbourg : Imprimerie de Veuve Berger-Levrault, 1864, 143 p.
Sep.
 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Report of the Committee Appointed by the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, 'To Report on the Condition of Our Postal Affairs and to Consider the Feasibility of Improvements and Reforms', San Francisco : Water Brothers & Co., Sep. 1864, 23 p.
  • --APN vol. 1, p. 231-254
Sep. 15
 The Universal Stamp Gazette, London, sole issue
reviewed, SCM, Nov. 1, 1864, p. 173
Oct. 1
 List of Offices designated by the [US] Postmaster General as Money-Order Post Offices.
  • October 1, 1864, 50 p.  PDF [APRL] (includes additional notes and later publications)
List of Money Order Offices of the United States.
  • Aug. 1, 1870, 22 p.  PDF [APRL]
  • July 31, 1871, 26 p.  PDF [APRL]
  • July 7, 1873, 32 p.  PDF [APRL]
  • July 6, 1874, 34 p.  PDF [APRL]
  • July 21, 1884, 58 p.  PDF [APRL]
  • July 13, 1885, 64 p.  PDF [APRL]
  • Sep. 1, 1886, 64 p.  PDF [APRL]
  • July 5, 1887, 68 p.  PDF [APRL]

Additional List of Money-Order Offices of the United States.

  • July 15, 1872, 6 p.  PDF [APRL]
  • July 5, 1875, 4 p.  PDF [APRL]

List of British International Money-Order Offices of the United States.

  • Oct. 2, 1871, 10 p.  PDF [APRL]
  • Aug. 5, 1872, 14 p.  PDF [APRL]
Oct.
 Oppen, Postage Stamp Album and Catalogue, 6th ed.  Revised and corrected by Henry Whymper.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=5XLAjRIkJoMC  [British Library]
  • Advertised in The Reader, Oct. 8, 1864, p. 460, "On the 10th instant" (link).
    • The fifth edition was last advertised in The Reader on Oct. 1, 1864, p. 428.
  • Advertised in The Reader, Oct. 15, 1864, p. 492, "On the 20th instant" (link).
  • Advertised in The Reader, Oct. 22, 1864, p. 526, "Now ready" (link).
  • Noted in The Reader, Nov. 26, 1864, p. 672, "Publications of the Week" (link).
  • Noted in The Bookseller, Dec. 31, 1864.
Oct. 22
 Post Office Savings Banks, The Leisure Hour, vol. 13, p. 688 (link).
Nov.
 Briefmarkensammler, Nürnberg, sole issue
Nov. 2
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 2, 1864.

Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1864.  38th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 1216.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments, and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1864.  [Ben: Perley Poore, ed.]
Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1864.  38th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1220.
Same, disbound, p. 777-897 only.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1864, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1864.  38th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 3.  US Serial Set 1222.

The Annual Report of the Postmaster General of the United States for the fiscal year 1864, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1864, 125 p.; report dated Nov. 2, 1864.

Report of the Postmaster General, 1863, 1864, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:863-64 1863, 1864 (reprint)
    • 1864 -- p. 777-897.
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Nov. 15
 Le Timbrophile, Pierre Mahé, Paris, monthly, Nov. 1864 to Dec. 1871.
Nov. 15
 Advertisement of November 15, 1864, inviting proposals for Carrying the Mails of the United States in the States of Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, from July 1, 1865, to June 30, 1869, Washington, 1864, 67 p.
  • p. 3, Contents.
  • p. 5-10, extracts from laws.
  • p. 11-26, Vermont; p. 27-45, Massachusetts; p. 47-50, Rhode Island; p. 51-62, Connecticut.
  • p. 63-67, instructions.
Nov. 20 Der Deutsche Briefmarken-Sammler, Spiro, Hamburg, through Feb. 1865
Nov. 26
 Report to the Secretary of the Treasury from the First Division National Currency Bureau showing its origin, growth and present condition, [Washington], Nov. 1864, 165 p.
?
 D. J.M.V. de C., Manual del Coleccionista de Sellos de Correo, Barcelona : Narciso Ramírez, 1864, 132 p.
The author is José María Vergés de Cardona, of Barcelona; this is the first postage stamp catalogue from Spain.  He is said to have been the first stamp dealer in Spain, from 1853 or 1854.  Nathan and Gahl, however, note "he sold lottery tickets, coins, numismatic books and medals.  He began with stamps in this year of 1864."
  • Victor Marsh, A Mystery Solved For Philatelic Bibliographers, Collectors Club Philatelist, July 1954, vol. 33, no. 4, p. 224.
?
 Appleton album, dated 1864, perhaps issued 1863
?
 The Boston Album, modeled after Appleton
Jun. 15
 Lallier, Album-timbres-poste, French, 3rd ed., 1863, preface date
summary - http://docs.philateliques.free.fr/lallier/index.htm
Aug.
 Justin Lallier, The Postage Stamp Album, English, 3rd ed.
  • Advertised by Johnson & Rowe, The Bookseller, Aug. 31, 1864 ,"now ready".  http://books.google.com/books?id=JMZSAAAAcAAJ
  • A three-page extract is in F.A. Philbrick's notebook, Advertisement (p. 3, a preface, dated Paris, August 1864), and Bibliographical Information (p. 274-275).
    • -- Crawford Catalogue, Supplement, col. 43, col. 59; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1175.
    • By this time, there were four editions in French, two in English, and one in Spanish.  The assistance of Herpin and Regnard is acknowledged.
?
 Lallier, album, French, 4th ed.
?
 Lallier, album, English, 4th ed.
?
 W.S. Lincoln, Price Catalogue
advertised, Illustrated London News, Jun. 1864
?
 Moens, Postage Stamps Illustrated, translated by Dr. C.W. Viner, with some additions, 148 p.
Published in London, printed in Brussels
May
 J.B. Moens, Postage Stamp Album, London : Grumel & Michel, 1st ed., preface date May 1864.
Feb.
 Moens, album, French, 2nd ed.
Album de timbres-poste
Sep. Moens, album, French, 3rd ed.
Dec.
 Moens, album, French, 4th ed., 138 sheets
?
 A. Baillieu, Guide de l'amateur de timbres-poste, Paris, 2nd ed., 8+132 p.
  • Noted in Bibliographie de la France, Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 19 Dec. 1863, p. 600 (link).
  • Mentioned in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
?
 Elb, catalog
?
 Georg, Katalog uber alle seit 1840 bis 1864 erscheinen Briefmarken
?
 Maury, Nomenclature et prix-courant des timbres-poste, Paris.
Mentioned in Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, Aug. 1864, p. 274.
?
 Literarische Museum, Leipzig, catalog; Bauschke 3rd ed. ?
?
 Mann, Leipzig, catalogue
?
 Zschiesche & Koder, Katalog über die seit 1840 bis Ende März 1864 ausgegebenen Briefmarken aller Länder, 3rd ed., 80 p.
Locations: NPM
after Jun.
 Brecker, Guida, Florence

The London stationer Parkins & Gotto sold albums for postage stamps in 1864.

Stafford Smith & Smith, A Descriptive Price Catalogue, 4th ed.
Advertised in The Bookseller, Sep. 30, 1864.
reviewed, SCM, Nov. 1, 1864, p. 172-173






1865   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 38, 1865, [8] + 96.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1865, 288 + [26] p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Inland Revenue, Stamp Duties, p. 186-187 (link).  Act of 25 July 1864.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office Savings Banks, p. 228 (link).
    • Post Office, p. 229-230 (link).
(previous, next)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1865.   (previous, next)

Eleventh Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1865, iv + 20 p.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1865, no. 35. 
  • Apr. 1, 1865, no. 36. 
  • July 1, 1865, no. 37. 
  • Oct. 1, 1865, no. 38. 
(previous, next)

The Post Office Directory of Norfolk & Suffolk, London : Kelly & Co., 1865, 4th ed., preface date Sep. 1865.

J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of Dorsetshire, London, 1865, 249 p.  (Shaw & Tipper 386).
Also, Dorset and Wiltshire in one volume.

J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of Hampshire with the Isle of Wight, London, 1865, 612 p. (xviii, 565-1176).  (Shaw & Tipper 508).
http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/p16445coll4/id/112367  [Leicester]

J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of Wiltshire, London : J.G. Harrod, 1865.  (Shaw & Tipper 1483).
p. iii-ix, 9-10, xiii-xv, 251-563.

Webster & Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of the City of Bristol and the Counties of Glamorgan and Monmouth, London, 1865, 886 p.  (Shaw & Tipper 44).
http://cdm16445.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16445coll4/id/64237  [Leicester]

Deane's Illustrated Family Almanack, London, 1865, 21st ed.; preface dated Dec. 1864.

Percy Cruikshank's Comic Almanac for 1865, London : Read & Co., 56 p. (unnumbered).

The Ledger of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, Postmaster General, 1776, a Fac-simile of the Original Manuscript Now on file on the Records of the Post Office Department of the United States, Washington : W.W. Cox, 1865, [129] p.
For a brief summary of Franklin's term as PMG, with excerpts from the ledger, see http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/pmg-franklin.pdf

Report of the Railway Postal Service Commissioners, Quebec, 1865, 48 + 96 + 151 p.

J.A. Campbell, United States and Foreign Postage Directory, containing the Laws, Rules and Regulations of the Post Office Department, Philadelphia, 1861.
  • (Sabin 10250)
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices
Jan.
 Railway Reform, The Westminster Review, Jan. 1865, vol. 27 (n.s.), p. 218-256 (link).
  • One of many lengthy discussions of the British railways, wishing for a reform on the model and scale of Rowland Hill's penny postage (p. 240-241, 252).
Jan.
 Société Philatélique, Paris (Herpin, Legrand, Donatis, etc.), existed only a few months
Jan.
 The Collector's Herald, Hull, UK, monthly, through May 1866.
  • Reviewed, SCM, Jun. 1, 1865.
Jan.
 A Hint to Postage-Stamp Collectors, Blackwood's Magazine, Jan. 1865, no. DCXI 191
Jan. 20
 Cancelling and marking stamp : letter from the Postmaster General, Washington, 1865, 15 p.
Mar. 8
 Rowland Hill resigned as Secretary to the British Post Office, due to ill health.
Apr. 1
 The Liverpool Stamp Collector's Journal, monthly, through Jun. 1865.
  • Reviewed, SCM, May 1, 1865; Jun. 1, 1865.
Apr.
 The Stamp Collector's Pocket Companion, Manchester, UK, sole issue.
  • Reviewed, SCM, May 1, 1865. 
Apr.
 Dr. John Edward Gray, The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the Use of Collectors, London : E. Marlborough & Co., Bath : Stafford Smith & Smith, 1865, 3rd ed., xvi + 96 + xxiv p.
  • 24 pages of stamp dealers' advertisements at the end.
  • Reviewed, SCM, May 1, 1865.  Illustrations by Mr. [Edward] Whymper.
  • Advertised, The Athenæum, May 13, 1865, p. 664, "Just published" (link).
  • -- APRL, HE6224 .G778i 1865 3rd ed. (Closed Stacks)
Previous editions, 1st, 2nd; later editions, 4th, 5th, 6th.
Apr. 1
 Post-Office Progress, The Leisure Hour, vol. 14, p. 197-199 (link).
Apr. 1
 Postage Stamps, Q., Notes and Queries, Apr. 1, 1865, series 3, vol. 7, p. 257.
  • A correction to The Athenæum, Jan. 28, 1865, about the engraver of the first British postage stamp.
May 2
 William Lewins, Her Majesty's Mails, London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1865, 2nd ed., preface date May 2, 1865.
  • Part 2, Ch. 3, pp. 302-315, "On Postage Stamps".
Previous edition, 1864.
May
 Thomas Dalston, How to Detect Forged Stamps, Gateshead : Chambers, 1865, iv + 40 p.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=1ZNdAAAAcAAJ  [British Library]
  • The preface is dated Apr. 1865, but mentions SC Magazine, SC Miscellany (published July 1864 to May 1865), and SC Examiner (published May 1865, July-Aug. 1865, the last issue edited by Dalston).
  • Reviewed, SCM, Oct. 1, 1865
  • Reprinted in The Early Philatelic Forgeries of All Countries, ed. Lowell Ragatz, 1953.
  • Reprinted, in Early Forged Stamps Detector, pub. Sanford Durst, 1973.
May 1
 The Stamp Collector's Examiner, Leamington (UK) : A. Parsons, May 1, 1865, sole issue.
May
 Coin and Stamp Journal, Chicago, monthly, through Apr. 1866
May
 The Star of Panama, a supposed stamp magazine of May 1865, which it was not.  [images and notes]
Jun. 1
 The Stamp Collector's Monthly Gazette, St. John, New Brunswick, monthly, June 1, 1865 to May 1867; supplement, Jun. 1867.
Jun. 1
 The Bath Stamp and Coin Gazette and Advertiser, Bath, UK, monthly, through July 1865.
July 15
 The Stamp Argus, St. John, New Brunswick, monthly, July 15, 1865 to Dec. 15, 1865.
July
 The Stamp Collector's Examiner, Leamington (UK) : A. Parsons, new series, July 1865 through Aug. 1865, two issues only.
  • No. 1 edited by J.G. Boel, no. 2 edited by T. Dalston.
  • See above, May 1865.
  • Reviewed, SCM, Aug. 1, 1865, vol. 3, p. 125 (link).
July
 Curiosity Shop, Chicago, monthly, though Dec. 1865
Aug. 5
 Sydney Postage Stamps, J. M'C. B., Notes and Queries, Aug. 5, 1865, series 3, vol. 8, p. 119.
  • Response to queries in Nov. 7, 1863, series 3 vol. 4 p. 384, and Feb. 27, 1864, series 3 vol. 5 p. 184.
Sep.
 Alfred Hill, Statistics of the Post-Office Savings' Banks, Report of the Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Sep. 1865, London, 1866, p. 152-153 (link).
  • See also, Edinburgh Review, July 1864.
Sep.
 W.D. Atlee's Stamp Circular, London, monthly, through May 1866.

J.M. Stourton, Postage Stamp Forgeries, London : Trübner & Co., 1865, viii + 66 + [2] p.
  • preface date Aug. 1865, testimonial date Sep. 23, 1865, publisher's advertising dates Oct. 1865
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=ko8BAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
  • Reviewed, SCM, Dec. 1, 1865
  • Reprinted in The Early Philatelic Forgeries of All Countries, ed. Lowell Ragatz, 1953.
Sep.
 A. Baillieu, Guide de l'amateur de timbres-poste, 3rd ed., 8 + 136 p.
  • Preface dated 15 Sep. 1864.  Essays have been eliminated from the previous edition.  On the back cover is an advertisement for Lallier's album, 4th ed.
  • Noted in Bibliographie de la France, Journal Général de l'Imprimerie et de la Librairie, Paris, 15 Oct. 1864 (link). 
  • -- APRL, HE6224 .G946g 1865 3e ed. (Closed Stacks)
Oct.
 British, Continental, and American Stamp, Coin, Crest, Autograph, and General Curiosity Collector's Maga­zine, and Journal of the Bridlington Amateur As­sociation, Preston, UK, Oct. 1865.
The Curiosity Collectors’ Magazine and Journal of the Bridlington Amateur Association, Preston, UK, Nov. 1865.
  • Reviewed, SCM, Nov. 1, 1865
Nov.
 E. Stanley Gibbons, Price List & Catalogue; reproduced in Centenary Exhibition Programme, 1965
Nov.
 G.W. Winterburn & Co.'s Stamp Circular, Cincinnati, also Apr. 1866
Nov.
 Moens, album, French, 5th ed., 148 sheets
Nov. 4
 Sir Rowland Hill, The Leisure Hour, vol. 14, p. 696-700 (link).
Nov. 15
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 15, 1865.

Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1866.  39th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 1244.
Papers relating to Foreign Affairs, accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the First Session Thirty-ninth Congress, Part I, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1866.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments, and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1866.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Annual Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 15, 1865, 113 p.  39th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1254.

Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the First Session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1865.

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1865, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1865.  39th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 3.  US Serial Set 1254.
The Annual Report of the Postmaster General of the United States for the fiscal year 1865, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1865, 117 p.; report dated Nov. 15, 1865.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1865, 1866, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:865-66 1865, 1866 (reprint)
    • 1865 -- p. 1-113, House Ex. Doc. No. 1.
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Nov. 18
 Post-office Money-orders, The Leisure Hour, vol. 14, p. 720 (link).
Dec. 6
 The Collector's Circular, Industria & Co., Preston, UK, monthly, through Nov. 1866.
Dec.
 The New Curiosity Times, Bath, UK, sole issue
Dec.
 The Stamp-Dealer's Business, Routledge's Every Boy's Annual, 1866, pp. 722-724 (link).
  • This article is from Routledge's Magazine for Boys, Dec. 1865; the Annual consists of 12 Magazine issues bound as one volume.
  • Also, advertisements for postage stamps, mostly from Young & Stockall, pp. 64, 256, 320, 384, 512, 576, 640, 704.
?
 A.C. Kline, The Stamp Collector's Manual, Philadelphia, 3rd ed., 85 p.
?
 A.C. Kline, A New and Revised Descriptive Price Catalogue of American and Foreign Postage Stamps, on sale at Kline's Emporium, Philadelphia : J.H. Johnson, no date, 16 p.
  • -- LCP, Am 1865 Kline 17794.O.7
  • most recent issues listed are 1865
?
 [Henry John] Bellars & [John Hunter] Davie, The Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting, Giving the Values and Degrees of Rarity, London : John Camden Hotten, 1865, 3rd ed.

Previous editions, 1st, 2nd.
?
 P. Mahé, Guide-manuel du collectionneur de timbres-poste, 3rd ed.
P. Mahé, Nouveau Guide-manuel du collectionneur de timbres-poste, 4th ed.
P. Mahé, Supplemént au Guide-Manuel
?
 A. Maury, Catalogue complet des timbres-poste, Paris, 1st ed., 46 p.
?
 E. Régnard, Catalogue de l'amateur de timbres-poste, Paris : E. Nicolas, 1865, 72 p.
Ernest Régnard (and Herpin, and others) was regular customer of Mme Nicolas; he sold his collection in 1864 to a Belgian collector (Philatelic Record, Feb. 1886, vol. 8, p. 1-3).
?
 Bauschke, catalog
?
 Zschiesche & Koder, catalogue, 4th ed.
?
 Lallier, Album, 5th ed.  [after Sep.; see Baillieu, above]
?
 Moens, Album de timbres-poste, 1st ed.; 2nd ed.
?
 Guide manuel du collectionneur de timbres-poste. Catalogue de timbres avec les prix auxquels on peut se les procurer chez J. Chapalay Fils et Cie., Geneva.
?
 Oscar Berger-Levrault, Timbres-poste, deuxieme partie, Essais et imbres proposes, Strasbourg, 1865.






1866   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 39, 1866, [8] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1866, 288 + [28] p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts
    • Inland Revenue, Stamp Duties, p. 204-207 (link).  Act of 5 July 1865.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office Savings Banks, Post Office, p. 246-247 (link).
(previous, next)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1866.   (previous, next)

Twelfth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1866, iv + 60 p.
(previous, next)  UK-PMG-Report

British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1866, no. 39. 
  • Apr. 1, 1866, no. 40. 
  • July 1, 1866, no. 41. 
  • Oct. 1, 1866, no. 42. 
(previous, next)

J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Post-Office Directory of Glamorganshire [Wales], London, 1866, 628 p. + adverts.
http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/p16445coll4/id/339922  [Leicester]

J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Post-Office Directory of Bristol, Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire, London, 1866.  (Shaw & Tipper 45).

Deane's Illustrated Family Almanack, London, 1866, 22nd ed.; preface dated Dec. 1865.

J. [John] Disturnell, Post-Office Directory for 1866, Alphabetical List of Post-Offices in the United States, New York : American News Co., 1866, 238 p.
  • Post Office Department of Canada, p. 209-226.
Similar, for 1867, 1868, 1870, 1873; not seen, references uncertain.
  • for 1867 -- advertised, in another Disturnell publication, "revised and corrected up to January 1867" (ref)
  • for 1868 -- Revised to October 20, 1867 (ref)
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices

James Rees, Foot-Prints of a Letter-Carrier, or, A History of the World's Correspondence, Containing Biographies, Tales, Sketches, Incidents, and Statistics Connected with Postal History, Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1866, 422 p.
  • Postage-stamps, p. 373-379 (link)
  • p. 377, "Connected with the issue of postal stamps is that strange mania which seizes upon a certain class to collect and treasure up every thing that is termed unique or new in art or science.  These stamps in time will become relics, and possess an interest for the antiquarian equal to that of old coins."
  • p. 378, The Stamp Collector's Record (Albany, NY) is mentioned.
Jan.
 The Amateur, Bridlington, UK, sole issue
successor to The Curiosity Collectors’ Magazine ...
Jan.
 Briefmarken-Sammler, Leipzig, through Mar. 1871
Feb.
 Saint Valentine and Saint Martin, The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, Feb. 1866, new series, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 54-57.
Some light humor involving Valentine's Day letters and postage.
Feb.
 The Englishwoman's Conversazione [answers to questions from readers], The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, Feb. 1866, new series, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 64.
"Alice D., on the subject of postage-stamps, should look into the advertising pages of the "Boy's Own Magazine," where she will find that the youth of England have converted what appeared at the first to be a mere passing hobby into a regular branch of trade."
Mar.
 The Boys' Agency Circular, Horsham, UK, monthly, through July 1866.
Mar. 1
 [US] Post Office Department, The Postal Laws and Regulations, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1866, 114 + 89 p.
Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States of America, 1866, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1981.
(previous, next)  US-Postal-Laws
May
 The Collector's Guide, Newport, RI, US, monthly, May 1866 to Dec. 1866.
May 1
 The Postman's Knock, St. John, New Brunswick, monthly, May 1, 1866 to Mar. 1870.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 731; British Library shelfmark 2111.
May 15
 A Word for the Stuarts, Robert Bell, The Fortnightly Review, May 15, 1866, vol. 5, pp. 200-211 (link).
  • Largely describes creation of the British Post Office.
Jun. 20
 Der Briefmarken-Anzeiger, Triest (Austria), sole issue, June 20, 1866.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 475; British Library shelfmark 2588 (3).
Jun. 30
 [L.H. Bagg], Philately, The Round Table, New York, June 30, 1866, vol. 3, no. 43, p. 408-409.
July
 The Stamp Collector's Review, F.H. King, Boston, one page introductory issue; Oct. 1866, sole issue
July
 Stamp Dealer's Advertiser, Liverpool, monthly, through Aug. 1866.
Sep. 1
 Philately, [L.H. Bagg], The Round Table, New York, Sep. 1, 1866, vol. 4, no. 52, p. 70.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Jn05AQAAMAAJ
Sep. 1
 Post-Office Annual Report, The Leisure Hour, vol. 15, pp. 559-560.
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010946476
Sep.
 The Boy's Telegram, London, UK, sole issue.
Oct.
 Stamp Courier and Curiosity Advertiser, Dewsbury, UK, monthly, through Nov. 1866
Nov. 5
 [non-philatelic] Catalogue d'une très-belle collection de livres anciens et modernes ... provenant de feu M. Emmanuel Trumper, et de plusieurs autres amateurs, [auctioned by] J.B. Moens, Brussels, Nov. 5-12, 1866, 90 pp.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=SilQAAAAcAAJ  [Ghent]
  • Lot 500 is Les timbres-poste illustrés, 1864 (link).
  • The last page (link) advertises publications by Moens: le Timbre-Poste (vol. 4), Les Timbres-Poste illustrés, and Album de Timbres-Poste (6th ed., 1866).
Nov. 26
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 26, 1866.

Message of the President of the United States and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1867.  39th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, Part I.  US Serial Set 1281.
Papers relating to Foreign Affairs, accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-ninth Congress, Part I, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1867.  39th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, pt. 1.  US Serial Set 1281.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments, and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1867.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1866.  39th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1286.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1866, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1866.  39th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 4.  US Serial Set 1287.

The Annual Report of the Postmaster General of the United States for the fiscal year 1866, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1866, vi + 117 p.; report dated Nov. 26, 1866.

Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 26, 1866, 117 p., but without the title page.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1865, 1866, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:865-66 1865, 1866 (reprint)
    • 1866 -- p. 1-117.
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Dec. 1
 The Philatelist, London : Hall & Co., Brighton : Stafford Smith & Co., monthly, though Dec. 1876.
Papers for Philatelists, comprising twenty numbers of The Philatelist, London and Brighton, 1885.
  • -- APRL, HE6199 .F721 M347p (Closed Stacks, two sets)
2nd half
 August Lauber, Katalog aller bekannten seit 1830 bis Mitte 1866 ausgegebenen Briefmarken, Stuttgart : Emil Ebner, 1866, iv + 83 + [1] p.; second printing.  Prices by Hermann Goez; Lauber was one of his employees.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 223; British Library shelfmark Crawford 385.

Thirifocq

Edw. A. Oppen, Postage Stamp Album, by Dr. Viner, 13th ed.

Edw. A. Oppen, Postage Stamp Catalogue

Edw. A. Oppen, Postage Stamp Album and Catalogue, by Dr. Viner, 13th ed.

Dr. Charles W. Viner, Oppen's Postage Stamp Catalogue and Collector's Guide, London : William Stevens, 8th ed., 1866.
  • -- APRL, HE6224 .V782o 8th ed. 1866 (Closed Stacks)
  • Preface date, 1 Jan. 1866.
  • "The valuable work of Berger-Levrault, just published, on essays, and that of Pemberton or Stourton on forgeries, should be in the hands of every postage-stamp collector."

Dr. John Edward Gray, The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps for the Use of Collectors, London : E. Marlborough & Co., Bath : Alfred Smith & Co., 1866, 4th ed., xvi + 180 + xii p.
12 pages of stamp dealers' advertisements at the end.
  • -- APRL, HE6224 .G778i 1866 4th ed. (Closed Stacks, 2 examples)
Previous editions, 1st, 2nd, 3rd; later editions, 5th, 6th.

Anon, Catalogue descriptif de tous les timbres-poste créés de 1840 à 1866






1867   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 40, 1867, [8] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1867, 288 + [28] p.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office, p. 241-242 (link). 
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1867.   (previous, next)

Thirteenth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1867, i + 6 p.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
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The Post Office Directory of Birmingham, London : Kelly & Co., 1867, 591 p.
http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/ref/collection/p16445coll4/id/218301  [Leicester]

J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of Kent and Sussex, London, 1867, xiii + 969 p.  (Shaw & Tipper 125).

J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of Sussex, London, 1867.  (Shaw & Tipper 1353).

Littlebury's Postal and Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of the County of Hereford, London : John Littlebury, 1867.  (Shaw & Tipper 561, 562).

Nederlandsche Post-Gids, 1867, 82 pp.
http://books.google.com/books?id=M5NdAAAAcAAJ

The Official Post Office Directory of New South Wales (Bailliere's), Sydney and Melbourne : F.F. Balliere, 1867.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Wt4NAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
Jan.
 John Dewé, Canadian postal guide : containing calendars for 1867 and 1868, an abstract of the census taken in January 1862, an exchange table, a description of the practical working of the Canadian postal system, the laws and regulations of the post office, the rates of postage, every information in regard to bill stamps and money orders : a complete list of all the post offices in Canada distinguishing the money order offices, telegraph stations and railway stations : together with tables of all the railways in Canada and the distances between each station, and a map of the railway systems in Canada West, Montreal, 1867, second ed., 140 p.
Jan.
 Paper Coins and Medals, Messrs. Young and Stockall, The Boys' Journal, London, 1867, vol. 8, Jan., pp. 55-58, Feb., pp. 87-90.
http://books.google.com/books?id=suEsAAAAYAAJ
Jan. 28
 Agreement (Vertrag) to sell the Thurn und Taxis postal service to Prussia, effective 1 July 1867.
Feb. 2
 A Post-Office in Mid-Ocean, The Leisure Hour, Feb. 2, 1867, vol. 16, pp. 70-71.
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015018039647
Mar. 1
 Edwin Chadwick, On the Economy of Telegraphy as Part of a Public System of Postal Communication, Journal of the Society of the Arts, Mar. 1, 1867, p. 222.
Mar. 23
 The Oldest German Newspaper, The Leisure Hour, Mar. 23, 1867, vol. 16, p. 191 (link) [image].
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015018039647 
Apr.
 The Post Office and the Electric Telegraph, The British Quarterly Review, Apr. 1867, vol. 45, pp. 442-477 (link).
Apr.
 Stamp and Curiosity Circular and Collector's Vade Mecum, Dewsbury, UK, sole issue.
Apr.
 Mason's Coin and Stamp Collectors' Magazine, Philadelphia.

Reprinted, 1996, edition of 215, by Charles E. Davis, Wenham, Mass.
  • Volumes I-III, 1867-1869.
  • Volumes IV-VI, 1870-1872.  The title changed to Mason's Coin Collectors' Magazine, Jan. 1872.
The Later Publications of Ebenezer Locke Mason, Volumes VII-XIV, 1879-1891, reprinted 1998, edition of 215, by Charles E. Davis.
  • This part is entirely numismatic, but it includes fractional currency and an obituary of L.W. Durbin.  Davis provides an historical overview, and an index to the numismatic material.
Apr.
 Dr. Magnus [J.A. Legrand], Essai sur les filigranes et les papiers employés à la fabrication des timbres-poste, Paris : P. Mahé, 2nd ed., preface date.
Apr.
 Journal kept by Hugh Finlay, Surveyor of the Post Roads on the Continent of North America, during his Survey of the Post Offices between Falmouth and Casco Bay in the Province of Massachusetts, and Savannah in Georgia : begun the 13th Septr. 1773 and ended 26th June 1774, Brooklyn : Frank H. Norton, 1867, xxv + 94 p. + 2 maps.
  • See also the original manuscript version of 1773-1774.
  • The preface/introduction, dated April 1867, is a detailed survey of the colonial posts. 
  • Two editions, large paper (25, $30.), or small paper (150, $10.), by subscription.  The small paper edition was still available for sale in 1871.
    • large, 36 cm.; small, 27 cm., paper bound
  • Frank Henry Norton, 1836-1914, was an early member of the American Numismatic Society (joined May 1858), its corresponding secretary (1858-64), president (March 1864, resigned April 25, 1867; link), and first editor (1866-1867, link).  He was Librarian, Brooklyn Mercantile Library, Brooklyn, NY, at the time of publication (Jan. 1866 through 1867).  Previously with the Astor Library (assistant librarian, Aug. 1855 to Mar. 1865), later with the New York Era (owner and editor, 1879-81), the New York Herald (1883-1891), and author of several books and plays.  He took his own life in 1914 (NY Times, Mar. 11, 1914, p. 13).  His brother, Charles Benjamin Norton, 1825-1891, was proprietor of Norton's Literary Gazette and Publisher's Circular, 1851-1855, and Norton's Literary Letter, 1857-1860, one of the earliest US sources for numismatic information.  Frank worked with Charles in the book trade from 1850 to 1855.
    • New York Evening Post, Dec. 29, 1865, p. 2 (link).
    • American Journal of Numismatics, vol. 1, 1866 (link); vol. 2, 1867 (link).
    • Frank H. Norton, "The Astor Library", The Galaxy, Apr. 1869, vol. 7, p. 527-537 (link).
    • Frank H. Norton, "Ten Years in a Public Library", The Galaxy, Oct. 1869, vol. 8, p. 528-535 (link).
    • Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography, 1888, vol. 4, p. 536 (link).
    • New International Encyclopædia, 1903, vol. 13, p. 176 (link).
    • Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, 1904, p. 31-32 (link).
    • Biographical Dictionary of America, 1906, vol. 8, p. 109-110 (link).
    • Encyclopedia Americana, 1922, vol. 20, p. 435 (link).
    • Nelson's Encyclopædia, 1923, vol. 8, p. 591A (link).
    • Portrait drawing of Frank H. Norton, at the American Numismatic Society Archives (link).
    • Bibliographic references usually say Frank H. Norton died in 1921, but that was Col. Frank Hastings Norton, a different person (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Feb. 20, 1921, p. 1, link; Brooklyn Life, Feb. 26, 1921, p. 12, link).
The large-paper edition of 25,
  • -- Columbia Univ., catalog entry
    • no. 4 and no. 13.
    • No. 13, in the Cengage Learning digital collection The Making of the Modern World, Part 2 (1851-1914).
  • -- Univ. of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, catalog entry
    • no. 6.
  • -- Princeton Univ., catalog entry
    • no. 8.  (see below)
  • -- The Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif., catalog entry
    • no. 9.  (bound in 1/2 green morocco)
    • Stock of Robert H. Dodd, part II, sold at auction by The Anderson Galleries, NY, Jan. 13-14, 1919, lot 223, realized $6.00 (link).
  • -- John Carter Brown Library, Brown Univ., catalog entry
    • no. 11.
  • http://archive.org/details/journalkeptbyhug00finl  [Univ. Pittsburgh]
    • no. 14.
  • http://archive.org/details/cihm_23402  [Canada, Public Archives]
  • -- New-York Historical Society, catalog entry
    • no. 18.
  • -- American Antiquarian Society, catalog entry
    • no. not specified in the catalog
    • (Sabin 24375)
  • -- New York Public Library, catalog entry
    • no. not specified in the catalog, two in their collection
    • -- Astor Library, New York, Catalogue, 1887, p. 1267 (link)
  • -- Univ. of Wisconsin Milwaukee, American Geographical Society Library, catalog entry
    • no. not specified in the catalog
  • Sold at auction, data from American Book Prices Current
    • in 1905, $3.25 (link), $3.05 (link)
    • in 1906, $4.50 (link)
    • in 1914, $3.50 (link)
    • in 1919, see above, no. 9
    • in 1922, $18.00 (Library of George H. Hart, Anderson Galleries, NY, Oct. 16, 1922, lot 443)
    • in 1925, $20.00 (Collection of William F. Gable, part 7, American Art Association, NY, Mar. 3-4, 1925, lot 148)
    • in 1943, $9.00 (Swann Auction Galleries, NY, June 1943)
The small-paper edition of 150,
See also,
  • Letter from Frank H. Norton, Oct. 15, 1866, New-York Historical Society Library, http://library.nyu.edu/
    • "Dear Sir, There has recently come into my possession a volume of manuscript which contains so much that is interesting and valuable as a contribution to American history, that ... I am induced to issue it in a small edition."
  • The Round Table, Nov. 3, 1866, p. 228 (link).
  • Commercial Advertiser, New York, Nov. 6, 1866, Readex/Newsbank, America's Historical Newspapers.
    • New Publications, excerpt from The Round Table.
  • The Daily Evening Telegraph, Philadelphia, Nov. 8, 1866 (link).
  • New York Evening Post, Nov. 10, 1866, p. 2 (link), announcing the plan for publication of the Finlay manuscript.
  • American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, Nov. 15, 1866, vol. 8, p. 49 (link).
  • Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, Dec. 15, 1866, p. 3, Gale Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers.
    • Short version of the NY Evening Post article from Nov. 10.
  • The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, New York, Feb. 1867, vol. 5, p. 264 (link).
  • Commercial Advertiser, New York, Apr. 18, 1867, p. 1, Readex/Newsbank, America's Historical Newspapers.
    • New Publications, brief review.
  • American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, May 1, 1867, vol. 9, p. 16 (link).
  • New York Evening Post, June 4, 1867, p. 2, Readex/Newsbank, America's Historical Newspapers.
    • One of Mr. Randall's Predecessors, lengthy review.
  • The Historical Magazine, Morrisania, NY, Aug. 1867, second series, vol. 2, p. 122 (link).
  • United States Mail and Post Office Assistant, Nov. 1867, Feb. 1868.
  • Portsmouth [NH] Journal of Literature and Politics, May 9, 1868, p. 1, Readex/Newsbank, America's Historical Newspapers.
    • The Royal Mail Before the Revolution, lengthy review and excerpt.
The original manuscript was transcribed, "Copy made May 15, 1922, Ada M. Junt",
  • NPM, E163 .F511 1922  (link)
Reprinted as, The Hugh Finlay Journal: Colonial Postal History, 1773-1774, US Philatelic Classics Society, 1975, with a new introduction by Calvet Hahn and index by John Alden, [10] + [2] + xxv + 94 + [4] p. + 2 maps.
  • APRL, G3701 .P859 F511j [Reprint]
  • from the "150 copies" version
  • Reviewed, with many additional notes, P.S.: A Quarterly Journal of Postal History, 1984, no. 20, p. 29-31.
Reprinted as, Finlay's Journal & Drinkwater's Letters, Applewood Books, Carlisle, Mass., 2007, from the original at the Library of Congress.
May, Jun.
 Oscar Berger-Levrault, Les timbres-poste: catalogue méthodique et descriptif de tous les timbres-poste connus, 147 p., preface date.
"Première partie, timbres-poste proprement dits."  No further part was published.

Charles M. Seltz, The Postage-Stamp Collectors' Hand-book, Boston, 20 p.
NPM:  http://collections.si.edu/search/record/siris_sil_281370

Pierre Zaccone, La Poste anecdotique et pittoresque, Paris, 1867, 2nd ed., 307 pp.
May 1
 American Philatelic Literature, L.H.B. [Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg], The Philatelist, May 1, 1867, vol. 1, no. 6.
May, June
 English and Continental Philatelic Literature, W.D. Atlee, The Stamp Collector's Monthly Gazette, St. John. New Brunswick, May, 1867, vol. 2, no. 24, and supplement, June 1867.
See also, The Philatelist, July, Oct., Nov., 1867, vol. 1, no. 8, 11, 12.
See also, The Philatelist, 1869, 1872.
Jun.
 Curiosities of the French Postal Service, Bentley's Miscellany, Jun. 1867, vol. 61, pp. 592-601 (link).  A review of Zaccone, above.
Jun.
 Postage Stamp Collectors' Monitor, Boston, sole issue
July 1
 Dominion of Canada, consisting of the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia.  Later joined by Manitoba (15 July 1870), British Columbia (20 July 1871), Prince Edward Island (1 July 1873).  Ontario and Quebec were formerly Canada West and Canada East in the Province of Canada.  Manitoba and the Northwest Territories were acquired from the Hudson's Bay Company, 15 July 1870.
For earlier history and later changes, see Wikipedia, Canadian Confederation.
July 1
 Catalogue of the Extraordinary Library, unique of its kind, formed by the late Rev. F.J. Stainforth, consisting entirely of Works of British & American Poetesses, ... ; London : Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, July 1-5, 1867.

Moens, album, French, 6th ed., 138 sheets
Aug.
 Nordisk Frimaerketidende, Copenhagen (Denmark), monthly, Aug. 1867 to Jun. 1868
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 658; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1831.
Aug.
 Kelsey's Postage Stamp Reporter, Meriden, Conn., sole issue
Aug.
 Stamp Journal, Middletown, Conn., through Oct. 1867

H. Stafford Smith, album and catalogue, Brighton, 1867, 184 + [8] p.
Oct.
 J. Ashcroft Noble, Collecting Manias, The Victoria Magazine, Oct. 1867, vol. 9, p. 481-487 (link); postage stamps. p. 484-486.
Oct. 25
 The American Stamp Mercury, F. Trifet, Boston, through Mar. 1871.
Nov. 26
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 26, 1867.

Message of the President of the United States and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1868.  40th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1322.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments, and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1867.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1867.  40th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1327.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1867, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1868.  40th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1328.
The Annual Report of the Postmaster General of the United States for the fiscal year 1867, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1867, [2] + 175 p.; report dated Nov. 26, 1867.
Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 26, 1867, 175 p., but without the title page.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1867, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1977.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:867 1867 (reprint)
    • 1867 -- p. 1-175 (House).
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Dec. 21
 Canada, An Act for the regulation of the Postal Service, 31 Victoria c. 10.
Dec.
 Francisco López Fabra, Los Sellos para el franqueo de la correspondencia, in Revista de Correos, the official bulletin of the Spanish Post Office, Dec. 1867, no. 14.






1868   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 41, 1868, [8] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1868, 288 + [12] + [24] p.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office Savings Banks, p. 247 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1867-68.   (previous, next)

Fourteenth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1868, 32 + [2] p.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
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C. Buchanan & Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of Coventry, Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth, Nuneaton and District, Portsmouth : C. Buchanan & Co., 1868.  (Shaw & Tipper 1439).

Dietrichsen and Hannay's Royal Almanack, London.

Liste alphabétique des rues, places, impasses, etc. de Bruxelles et de la banlieue, avec indication du bureau des postes qui les dessert, Brussels : Guyot, 1868, ii + 98 p.

Annales des travaux publics de Belgique, Brussels, 1868, vol. 26.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=fIdbAAAAQAAJ  [Ghent]
  • Documents administratifs, Postes, Loi relative au régime postal, p. 161-168 (link).
  • Mélanges, La nouvelle loi des Télégraphes en Angleterre, p. 411-499 (link).
  • Documents administratifs, Télégraphes, Rapport au Roi, p. 533-541 (link).

The Official Post Office Directory of Victoria, Melbourne : F.F. Bailliere.
See also, Butler & Brooke's National Directory of Victoria for 1866-67, Melbourne : Butler & Brooke, 1866, http://books.google.com/books?id=wQkFAAAAYAAJ  [NYPL]

Moens, Catalogue prix-courant de timbres-poste, 97 p.  Later editions in 1869, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1883, 1892-93

G. Bauschke, Illustrated Postage Stamp Album and Catalogue, 14th ed.

Moens, album, French, 7th ed., 332 p., completely revised

List of Post Offices and Postmasters in the United States, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1868, xxiv + 293 p.
  • "Revised and Corrected by the Post Office Department to October 20, 1867."
  • Officers of the Department, Organization of the Department, Domestic and Foreign Postage, etc.
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Jan. 1
 The North German Confederation, and the associated North German Postal District (Norddeutscher Postbezirk), is formed from Bremen, Brunswick, Hamburg, Lübeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oldenburg, Prussia, and Saxony.  Hamburg had previously absorbed Bergedorf, 8 Aug. 1867.  Prussia had previously annexed Schleswig-Holstein (from Denmark, 1864) and Hanover (on the losing side in the war between Prussia and Austria, 1 Oct. 1866), and purchased the Thurn and Taxis postal service (by a forced sale, 1 July 1867).
  • The specific dates here are for transfer of postal services or first issue of postage stamps.
Jan.
 Sir Cusack P. Roney, Rambles on Railways, London, 1868; preface date Jan. 1868.
Jan.
 Stamp-Collector's Budget, Glasgow, through Feb. 1868.
Jan.
 Coin and Stamp Journal, Meriden, Conn., through Mar. 1868.
Jan.
 Stamp Buyer, Middletown, Conn., through Mar. 1868.
Jan. 1
 Leicester Postal Handbook.  Published quarterly; issues 1 - 7, Jan. 1, 1868 to July 1, 1869.
http://books.google.com/books?id=IPINAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
Jan. 4
 Her Majesty's Mail in the Far-West, J.K. Lord, The Leisure Hour, vol. 17, pp. 8-11.
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068400491
Mar.
 City Postal Service in the United States, Rev. L.W. Bacon, Putnam's Magazine, New York, Mar. 1868, vol. 1, p. 348-354.
http://books.google.com/books?id=p4M7AQAAMAAJ
Mar.
 West of Scotland Foreign Stamp and Packet Circular, Glasgow, through Oct. 1868
Mar. 1
 The American Journal of Philately, monthly, through Dec. 1878.
Published by J.W. Scott, at first for the New York Philatelic Society, then on Scott's own account.  The first number was reprinted.
Continued as American Journal of Philately and Coin Advertiser, 1879 - 1886, vol. 13 - 20.
Continued as American Journal of Philately, Second Series, 1888-1906, vol. 1 - 19.
http://library.si.edu/digital-library/author/national-philatelic-society-new-york
Noted in SCM, June 1, 1868 (link).
May
 The International Stamp Recorder and Curiosity Magazine, Dewsbury, UK, sole issue.
Noted in SCM, June 1, 1868 (link).
May 16
 The Post Office, The Leisure Hour, vol. 17, pp. 309-312 (link).
June
 Two Great Cities, "An American", The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 17, June 1868, pp. 493-512 (link).
  • Briefly describes the Wells Fargo post, pp. 509-510.
June
 Oliver Wood, Eleven Months as Special Agent in the Postoffice Department, Baltimore, June 1868, 18 p.
  • -- APN vol. 1, p. 255-271.

First Edition and Addition of Eleven Months as Special Agent in the Postoffice Department, Baltimore, June [blank], 18 p.

  • -- WorldCat
  • -- Duke Univ. (ref)
  • -- LCP (ref), with handwritten note by the author, on p. 18
  • Wood had been dismissed from his position in Aug. 1867, without proper notice or satisfactory explanation, and he complains extensively to the President and Postmaster General.  The final letter is dated March 1869.
July 11
 Post-Office Revenue, The Leisure Hour, vol. 17, p. 448 (link).
July 25
 The Electric Telegraphs Bill, The London Review, July 25, 1868, vol. 18, p. 98.

Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Post Office, etc., for the Session 19 Nov. 1867 to 31 July 1868.
http://books.google.com/books?id=AypcAAAAQAAJ
Sep.
 J.W. Scott & Co., Descriptive Catalogue, 24 p.
reprinted 1971
Sep. 5
 Curiosities of the Post Office, Chambers’s Journal, Edinburgh, Sep. 5, 1868, vol. 45, no. 245, p. 574-576 (link).
  • Copied by The Eclectic Magazine, New York, April 1869, vol. 9, no. 4, p. 492-495 (link).
  • Translated and adapted as "Merkwürdigkeiten aus dem englischen Postdienst", Das Ausland, Augsburg, Sep. 17, 1868, vol. 41, no. 38, p. 902-903 (link).
Sep. 19
 Country Letter-Carriers, The Leisure Hour, vol. 17, p. 603-607 (link).
Dec. 3
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Dec. 3, 1868.

Message of the President of the United States, and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Third Session of the Fortieth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1869.  40th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1364.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Third Session of the Fortieth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments, and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1869.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Message of the President of the United States and Accompanying Documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Third Session of the Fortieth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1868.  40th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1369.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1868, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1868.  40th Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1370.
Annual Report of the Postmaster General of the United States for the fiscal year 1868, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1868, [4] + 307 p.; report dated Dec. 3, 1868.
Report of the Postmaster General, Dec. 3, 1868, 307 p., but without the title pages.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1868, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1978.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:868 1868 (reprint)
    • 1868 -- p. 1-307 (House).
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Cartilla Postal de España, with free postage for the pamphlet's author Diego Castell Fernandez.Cartilla Postal de Espana
  • Originally published in 1866, showing the correct method of addressing letters.  By Post Office Circular of 22 Dec. 1868, the author was granted free postage for the pamphlet (under wrapper, so no cheating!) for the period 1 Jan. to 30 June 1869.
  • About the stamp,
    • E.L. Pemberton, The Stamp Collector's Handbook, 1874, p. 121 (link).  Pemberton gives incorrect dates, off by one year.
  • About the stamp and pamphlet,
    • SCM, May 1872, vol. 10, p. 67 (link).
    • Philatelic Society, London, Catalogue of Postage Stamps, Spain and Colonies, 1878, p. 31-32.
  • The decree of 1868 is found in
    • Antonio Fernandez Duro, Reseña Histórico-Descriptiva de los Sellos de Correo de España, Madrid, 1881, p. 131, 207.
    • Duro's book was also granted free postage in July 1881, and a label prepared for it.






1869   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : Knight & Co., vol. 42, 1869, [8] + 96 p.
  • General Post Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-95 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : Knight & Co., 1869, 288 + [24] p.
  • Abstracts of Important Public Acts,
    • Electric Telegraphs, p. 146-147 (link).  Act of 31 July 1868.
      • "The payments for telegrams, except for porterage, are to be made in stamps."
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • Post Office, p. 194-195 (link).
    • Post Office Savings Banks, p. 197 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1868-69.   (previous, next)

Fifteenth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1869, 20 p.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
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The Post Office Directory of Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire, London : Kelly & Co., 1869, 4th ed., preface date Apr. 1869.

Bristol and Clifton Postal Directory, Bristol : Bristol Printing Co., 1869, 132 p.  (Shaw & Tipper 471).

Postage-Stamps Collecting, or Philately, [Dr. Viner], Every Boy's Book, London : Routledge, 1869, pp. 752-767; preface date Christmas, 1868 (link).

Lost in the Post-Office, Hesba Stretton, Routledge's Christmas Annual for 1869, London, vol. 4, pp. 57-69 (link).
  • Fiction.

Dr. Magnus (J.A. Legrand), Timbres de Moldavie et de Roumanie, 2nd ed., Brussels : J.B. Moens, 1869, 65 p.

The Statutes Relating to the Postal Service, as revised, simplified, arranged, and consolidated, by the Commission appointed for that purpose, from the various acts and resolutions now in force, in whole or in part, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1869, 6 + 76 p.
Jan.
 The New England Journal of Philately, Boston, through March 1869.
  • Reviewed, SCM, Mar. 1, 1869, p. 47 (link).
  • See also, The Stamp Dealers of Boston, SCM, May 1, 1869, pp. 66-69 (link).
Jan.
 [Arthur Hill], Government Telegraphs, The Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1869, vol. 129, pp. 154-169 (link).
  • This article was prompted by Rowland Hill, who had a low regard for his successors at the Post Office, at least the ones he was not related to [Fryer & Akerman, vol. 2, p. 705, Hill's diary entry for Jan. 15, 1869].
Feb. 15
 The Continental Philatelic Magazine, Cornelis van Rinsum, Amsterdam, through Jan. 1870.
  • Reviewed, SCM, Mar. 1, 1869, p. 47 (link); see also, p. 51.
  • Noted, The Athenaeum, Dec. 31, 1870, p. 879 (link).
Apr. 10
 First meeting of The Philatelic Society, London, held Apr. 10, 1869.  The Royal Philatelic Society London is now the oldest philatelic society in the world.
  • See, SCM, May 1, 1869, vol. 7, p. 65-66 (link).  The officers were Sir Daniel Cooper (pres.), Frederick A. Philbrick (v. pres.), W. Dudley Atlee (secr.), and the members of the committee included Edward L. Pemberton, Charles W. Viner, Thomas F. Erskine, J. Speranza, and W.E. Hayns.
  • The meeting was held at 93, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, the office of John C. Wilson, a bookseller, publisher and "dealer in foreign stamps".  Wilson had previously written about the Cashmere Stamps, SCM, Jan. 1, 1869, p. 13.
  • The British Museum was located on Great Russell Street, between no. 77 and 89; Dr. John Edward Gray was then residing at the Museum's staff apartments, but he did not attend the meeting.  The Kensal Green Cemetery Office was at no. 95.

The second meeting was held Oct. 2, 1869, as reported in The Philatelist, Nov. 1, 1869, p. 121-122.
June
 Our Monthly Gossip, Lippincott's Magazine of Literature, Science and Education, June 1869, vol. 3, p. 681 (link) [image].
July
 Timbrophilist, Amsterdam, through Mar. 1870.
July 1
 Bazar für Briefmarkensammler, Heidelberg, through May 1870.
July 1
 Government Offices: the Customs, Inland Revenue, and Post Office, The Leisure Hour, vol. 18, pp. 430-432 (link).
Sep.
 Philatelic Literature, W.D. Atlee, The Philatelist, Sep., Nov., 1869, vol. 3, no. 9, 11; continued in Jan. 1872, vol. 6, no. 1.
Sep.
 Timbrophilist, Boston, through Sep. 1874.
Oct. 1
 Postal cards introduced in Austria and Hungary.
Nov. 15
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 15, 1869.

Message of the President of the United States, with the reports of the Postmaster General and of the Secretary of the Navy, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-first Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1869.  41st Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, pt. 1.  US Serial Set 1411.

Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 15, 1869, 132 p., but without the title page.

Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the Second Session of the Forty-first Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments, and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1870.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1869, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1869.  41st Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1415.
Annual Report of the Postmaster General of the United States for the fiscal year 1869, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1869, 140 p.; report dated Nov. 15, 1869.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1869, 1870, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1978.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:869-70 1869, 1870 (reprint)
    • 1869 -- p. 3-132 (House).
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Dec.
 Youth's Gazette and Advertiser, London, through Jan. 1870.
?
 Der Deutsche Briefmarken-Sammler, G. Bauschke, Aussig (Austria), three numbers, 1869, months not stated.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 530; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2571 (8).

By 1869, these postage stamp catalogues were in the Library of Congress:  Bellars and Davie (1864, 2nd), Dexter (1863), Gray (1865, 3rd), Oppen (1864, 4th), Oppen (1864, 6th).






1870   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, vol. 43, 1870, [8] + 96 p.
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 86-88 (link).
  • Licenses, Stamps [revenue], Assessed Taxes, p. 91-94 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, 1870, 288 + [16] p.
  • Samuel Smiles, Self-Imposed Taxation: National Expenditure on Drink and Tobacco, p. 27-40 (link).
    • p. 34, "The whole expense of managing the postal service costs only one-fourth of what we spend on tobacco." (link).
  • George Dodd, The Great Suez Canal, p. 104-127 (link).
    • notes on the Overland Route and transit time reduction, p. 109-110 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Acts of Parliament
    • Telegraphs, p. 242-244 (link).  Act of 9 Aug. 1869.
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1870.   (previous, next)

Sixteenth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1870, 25 + [1] p.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
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Dr. J.E. Gray, Overy Taylor, The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps, Bath : Alfred Smith & Co., 1870, 5th ed., xvi + 210 p.
Previous editions, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th; later edition, 6th.

Dr. Gray had suffered a stroke in May 1869, which was not his first, but more severe than before.  So, George Overy Taylor took over the catalogue.

Review, comments, and response, by
  • SCM, May 1, 1870, p. 76-77 (link).
  • "A Parisian Collector" [William A. S. Westoby], SCM, June 1, 1870, p. 92-94 (link).
  • Mariano Pardo de Figueroa (Dr. Thebussem), SCM, July 1, 1870, p. 111 (link).
  • Overy Taylor, SCM, July 1, 1870, p. 111-112 (link).
  • P.I.A., SCM, Aug. 1, 1870, p. 127-128 (link).

Ernest Delamont, Notice historique sur la poste aux lettres dans l'antiquité et en France, Bordeaux : A. Perey, 1870, 148 + [2] p.

J. Disturnell, List of Post-Offices and Postmasters in the United States, with an Appendix of Names of Post-Offices by States and Counties, and Table of Distances from Washington, D.C., New York : Disturnell & Statia, 1870, 321 p.
  • Reported, American Literary Gazette, Feb. 15, 1870 (ref)
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Post Office Gazette, Washington, 1870.  Published monthly, vol. 1-10.
  • -- http://www.loc.gov/item/sn86077085/
  • Published by Judd & Detweiler.
  • In a list of Post Office expenses for 1875 (link).
  • Noted and described, Pettengill's Newspaper Directory, 1877 (link), 1878 (link).
  • Mentioned in 1878 (link).
  • Journal of the House of Representatives, 21 Apr. 1880, p. 1073 (link).  Congressional Record, for 21 April 1880, vol. 10 part 3 p. 2629 (link).  "The petition of Judd & Detweiler, for compensation for the destruction of the Post-Office Gazette by the publication of the Official Postal Guide -- to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads."
    • The company, founded in 1868, remained in business until 1997, when it was absorbed by another firm.
Feb. 5
 The British Post Office completed purchase of the telegraph companies.  The price paid was too high, the projections of debt were too low, and the projections of income were too high.  There was a uniform 1 shilling rate, and usage increased, but not the profits.  Parliament conducted a financial review in 1875-76.
Mar. 30
 Report of the Committee Appointed by the Postmaster General to Examine and Revise the Postal Code, Washington, 1870, 32 p.
Apr.
 [Mariano Pardo de Figueroa, as Dr. Thebussem], Kpankla, Carta dirigida al Sr. D. Eduardo de Mariátegui, ingeniero militar, etc., etc., por su amigo el Doctor Thebussem, Madrid, 1870, 24 p.  Edition of 150.

This is often claimed to be the first book on philately published in Spain, but that neglects the 1864 catalogue by José María Vergés de Cardona.
June 10
 One Cent Postage, Abolition of Franking.  Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, in the Senate of the United States, June 10, 1870, Washington, 16 p.
July 1
 List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters, on the 1st July, 1870, Ottawa, 1870, 139 p.
  • Rates of postage for foreign countries, p. 129-139 (link).
July 15
 El Indicador de los Sellos, edited by Eduardo Gilabert, the first stamp journal published in Spain.  One number only, 4 pages.

Franco-Prussian War, 19 July 1870 to 28 Jan. 1871.
Wikipedia, Franco-Prussian War.
Sep.
 J.G. Harrod & Co.'s Postal and Commercial Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and Staffordshire, London, 1870, 2nd ed., viii + 1151 + 49 p., preface date Sep. 1870.
Also published as Derbyshire only (Shaw & Tipper 315), Leicestershire and Rutland only (Shaw & Tipper 129), and Staffordshire only (Shaw & Tipper 1226).
Sep. 1
 Post Office Directory, List of Post Offices in the United States, Washington : Government Printing Office, Sep. 1, 1870, vi + 393 p.
  • "For preparation of the post-office directory for eighteen hundred and seventy, twelve hundred dollars."  Act of Mar. 3, 1871, 16 Stat. 619.
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Oct. 1
 Postal cards introduced in Britain, Switzerland.

E.S. Gibbons, The V.R. Illustrated Postage Stamp Album and Catalogue, Plymouth : Stanley, Gibbons & Co., [1870], 304 + [8] p.

The British issues of Oct. 1, 1870 are listed.

List of Post Offices in the United States, Washington : Wm. H. Boyd, 1870, [2] + 964 + vi p.
  • Compiled by Wm. Van Vleck, up to 1 Aug. 1870, corrections to 15 Oct. 1870.
  • Advertised, Wiggins & Weaver's Ohio River Directory, 1871 (ref, ref, ref).
  • (Sabin 64499)
  • 1871 and 1872, noted by Arthur Hecht, American Philatelist, Oct. 1958, p. 36, without details; see 1873
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Nov. 15
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 15, 1870.

Message of the President of the United States and Accompanying Documents to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Third Session of the Forty-first Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1870.  41st Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 1.  US Serial Set 1445.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Third Session of the Forty-first Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1871.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Reports of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Postmaster General, being part of the Message and Documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Third Session of the Forty-first Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1870.  41st Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 3.  US Serial Set 1448.

Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 15, 1870, 188 p., but without the title page.

Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1870, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1870.  41st Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1451.
Annual Report of the Postmaster General of the United States for the fiscal year 1870, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1870, 196 p.; report dated Nov. 15, 1870.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1869, 1870, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1978.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:869-70 1869, 1870 (reprint)
    • 1870 -- p. 1-196 (Annual Report).
    • p. 7, THE POSTMASTER G N RAL
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1871   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, vol. 44, 1871, [8] + 96 p.
  • Assessed Taxes, Licences, and Stamp Duties, p. 83-86 (link).
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 87-88 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, 1871, 288 + [24] p.
  • George Dodd, Summit Railways and Mail Routes, p. 49-71 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Acts of Parliament
    • Postal Regulations, p. 249-250 (link).  Act of 9 Aug. 1870.
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1871.   (previous, next)

Seventeenth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1871, 66 p.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1871, no. 59. 
  • Apr. 1, 1871, no. 60. 
  • July 1, 1871, no. 61. 
  • Oct. 1, 1871, no. 62. 
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Reports, Minutes, and Memoranda Explanatory of the Origin and Progress of the System of Post Office Savings Banks, London, 1871.

S. Gille Heringa, Nederlandsch jaarboekje der posterijen voor 1871/72, als aansluiting op dat van 1864 [continuing from that of 1864], Middelburg, 1871, 16th-23rd vol., 480 + 463 p.

[Mariano Pardo de Figueroa, as Dr. Thebussem], (Segunda edicion de) Kpankla (y primera de) Klentrron, Cartas Philatélicas del Doctor Thebussem y de Don Eduardo de Mariátegui, Madrid, 1871, 64 p.  Edition of 300.

El Averiguador, correspondencia entre curiosos, literatos, anticuarios, etc., etc., Madrid.  Edited by Eduardo de Mariátegui.

Rowland Hill, History of Penny Postage with a prefatory memoir, London, 1871.
  • -- Gale/Cengage, Making of the Modern World, Part 2 (1851-1914).
  • original at Columbia Univ., Rare Book and Manuscript Library, "For private circulation only."

Dr. Viner, [Oppen's] Postage Stamp Catalogue and Collector's Guide, London : William Stevens, 1871, 14th ed., viii + 72 + [2] p.

J.K. Tiffany, A Reference List of Publications relating to Postage Stamps and their Collection, St. Louis, 1871.
A manuscript prepared for the Boston Public Library.
Feb. 15
 El Coleccionista de Sellos, edited by Balbino Cotter Cortes, the second stamp journal published in Spain.
April
 1871 Match TaxThe British Match Tax did not go into effect, owing to public protest.  The Bill was proposed and passed April 20, 1871, and withdrawn April 25.  Meanwhile, stamps were prepared in advance, on verbal authorization from the Inland Revenue.
  • Debates in the House of Commons, 1871, April 20, April 21, April 25, April 26
    • Parliamentary Papers, 1871 (116) III.355, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
  • SCM, minor notes only, 1871, vol. 9, p. 95 (link); 1872, vol. 10, p. 80 (link).
  • W. Stanley Jevons, The Match Tax: a Problem in Finance, London : Edward Stanford, 1871, 66 p.
  • Notes and Queries, 1871 and 1872, 4th series, vol. 7, p. 512 (link); vol. 9, p. 535 (link); vol. 10, p. 115 (link), 159 (link).
  • H. Dagnall, Ex Luce Lucellum, The Protest against the Match Tax of 1871 and its Stamp, 1993.
    • -- APRL, G5741 .R451 D126ex
  • Harry Dagnall, The Place of the Unissued Match Tax Stamp in Social Philately, The GB Journal, Mar.-Apr. 2011, vol. 49, no. 2, p. 25-29.
Nov. 18
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 18, 1871.

Message of the President of the United States, together with the Reports of the Heads of Departments, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Forty-second Congress.  Washington : Government Printing Office, 1871.  42d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1.  US Serial Set 1502.
Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of The United States transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1871, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1871.  42d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1, pt. 1.  US Serial Set 1502.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Forty-second Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1872.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
[Reports of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Postmaster General], being part of the Message and Documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-second Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1871.  42d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives.  US Serial Set 1507.
Reports of the Secretary of the Navy and of the Postmaster General; being part of the Message and Documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-second Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1871.  42d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Pts. 3 and 4. Report of the Postmaster General, Nov. 18, 1871, xxx + 158 p., but without the title page.
Annual Report of the Postmaster General on the Operations of the Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1871, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1871, xxxviii + 158 p.; report dated Nov. 18, 1871.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1871, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1978.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:871 1871 (reprint)
    • 1871 -- p. i-xxx, 1-158 (House).
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Alfred Smith & Co.'s Descriptive Price Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of All Nations, Bath : Alfred Smith & Co., 1871, 14th ed.






1872   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, vol. 45, 1872, [8] + 96 p.
  • Assessed Taxes, Licences, and Stamp Duties, p. 83-86 (link).
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 87-88 (link).
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The Companion to the Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, 1872, 288 + [24] p.
  • George Dodd, The Postal Telegraph System, p. 79-104 (link).
  • Abstracts of Important Acts of Parliament
    • Stamp Act (1870) Amendment, p. 224 (link).  Act of 30 Mar. 1871.
    • Post Office Duties, p. 234 (link).  Act of 29 June 1871.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • The Post Office, p. 270-272 (link).
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Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1872.   (previous, next)

Eighteenth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1872, 46 + [1] p.
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British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1872, no. 63. 
  • Apr. 1, 1872, no. 64. 
  • July 1, 1872, no. 65. 
  • Oct. 1, 1872, no. 66. 
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Emanuel Herrmann, Emanuel HerrmannDie Correspondenz-Karte, part 3 of Miniaturbilder aus dem Gebiete der Wirthschaft, Halle a/S., 1872, p. 71-133 (link).
  • Herrmann's analysis of postal data led to the first postal card, issued by Austria on October 1, 1869.

List of Post Offices in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1872, 194 p.

Neuestes Post-Handbuch, Ein praktischer Rathgeber auf dem gesammten Gebiete des österreichisch-ungarischen Postwesens, Prague : Limenkogel & Funk, 1872.

Dr. Viner, [Oppen's] Postage Stamp Catalogue and Collector's Guide, London : William Stevens, 1872, 16th ed., 74 p.
  • -- APRL, HE6224 .V782p 16th ed. 1872 (Closed Stacks)

Arthur de Rothschild, Notice sur l'origine du prix uniforme de la taxe des lettres et sur la création des timbres-poste en Angleterre, Paris : Librairie Nouvelle, 1872, 83 p.

Arthur de Rothschild, La Poste à un penny, Brussels, 1872, 48 p.
Jan.
 Canadian Philatelist, Quebec, Jan. 1872 to April 1872.
Same title, Sep. 1872 to Jan. 1873.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 490; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1974 (1), 1974 (2).
Jan. 1
 The postal service of the German Empire succeeds those of the North German Confederation, and Baden.  It was later joined by Heligoland (1890), Württemberg (1902 and 1920), and Bavaria (1920).
Jan. 9
 The Postal Act of Fiji, The Sydney Morning Herald, Jan. 9, 1872, p. 5 (link).
  • A summary of the Fiji Post Office Act of 1871.
Mar. 18
 Catalogue of An exceedingly Choice and Select Collection of Postage Stamps, comprising a fine selection from the celebrated collection of Mr. J.W. Scott, to be sold at auction, by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Auctioneers of Literary Property, & Works illustrative of the Fine Arts, at their house, No. 13, Wellington Street, Strand, W.C., on Monday, March 18th, 1872, at one o'clock precisely.  London, 1872, 11 p.
June
 William White, Post Office Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada, Montreal, 1872, 174 p.
July
 The Post Office, The London Quarterly Review, July 1872, vol. 38, p. 265-300 (link).
July 15
 Gazette des Timbres, Paris, Pierre Mahé, 15 July 1872 to Dec. 1876, published monthly with gaps.
  • Continuation of le Timbrophile.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 568; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1701.
  • The Crawford Library's digital version is 612 p., but arranged out-of-order.
    • vol. 1, 1872-73, p. 1-152, PDF p. 4-159; covers, PDF p. 160-234
    • vol. 2, 1873-74, p. 1-96, PDF p. 492-593; covers, PDF p. 440-491
    • vol. 3, 1875, p. 1-48, PDF p. 242-294; catalogue, p. 1-48, PDF p. 295-342
    • vol. 4, 1876, p. 1-40, PDF p. 352-395; catalogue, p. 1-32, PDF p. 396-431
    • non-philatelic material, 1874, PDF p. 594-609
  • Reports of the meetings of the Societé française de Timbrologie appeared in vol. 3 and 4.
  • The final number (Aug-Dec. 1876, p. 40) contains a "Bibliographie timbrologique de la France", with 5 items; references to Tiffany's Philatelical Library (1874) are included.
July 15
 Dr. Thebussem, Filatelia, Borron Philatelico, El Averiguador, July 15, 1872, p. 200-207 (link).
July 28
 Philatelistische Berichte, Rudolfsheim/Vienna (Austria), 28 July 1872 to 31 Dec. 1877.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 716, col. 717; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1856.
Nov.
 The Stamp Collector's Chronicle, St. John, New Brunswick, Nov. 1872 to Jan. 1873.
New Series, Mar. 1873 to Dec. 1873.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 774; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1906 (3).
Nov. 15
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 15, 1872.

Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 2, 1872, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1873.  42d Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 1.  US Serial Set 1552.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Third Session of the Forty-second Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1872.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Report of the Postmaster-General, being part of the Message and Documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Third Session of the Forty-second Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1872, 268 p.; report dated Nov. 15, 1872.  42d Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 4.  US Serial Set 1562.
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1872, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1872.  42d Congress, 3d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1562.
Annual Report of the Postmaster-General of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1872, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1872, 278 p.; report dated Nov. 15, 1872.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1872, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1978.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:872 1872 (reprint)
    • 1872 -- p. 3-268 (House).
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Dec.
 F. Raymond and Co.'s Monthly Circular and "General Advertiser", London, Ontario, Dec. 1872.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 563; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2572 (6).






1873   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, vol. 46, 1873, [8] + 96 p.
  • Assessed Taxes, Licences, and Stamp Duties, p. 84-86 (link).
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 87-88 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, 1873, 288 + [24] p.
  • John Crowdy, Coinage at Home and Abroad, p. 102-113 (link).  Continued in 1874, p. 107-129.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • The Post Office, p. 273-275 (link).
(previous, next)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1873.   (previous, next)

Nineteenth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1873, 41 + [1] p.
(previous, next)  UK-PMG-Report

British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
(previous, next)

Government Telegraphs, London Quarterly Review, 1873, vol. 39, p. 293.

N.M. Keukenmeester en B.J.R. Engelbregt, Handleiding voor Postambtenaren: verzameling der van kracht zijnde Wetten, Besluiten, Reglementen, Voorschriften, enz., die de dienst der Posterijen Regelen, Maasluis (Netherlands) : J. van der Endt, 1873, [12] + 349 + [6] p.

[US] Post-Office Department, The Postal Laws and Regulations, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1873, 434 p.
(previous, next)  US-Postal-Laws

Arthur de Rothschild, Histoire de la poste aux lettres, depuis ses origines les plus anciennes jusqu'a nos jours, Paris : Librairie Nouvelle, 1873, [4] + 335 p.
Baron Arthur de Rothschild, 1851-1903, was president of the Société française de Timbrologie, founded 1875 in Paris.

Justin Lallier, Album, Timbres-poste, Paris : A. Lenègre, 12th ed., 1873.

Post Office Directory.  List of Post Offices in the United States and Canada, Arranged Alphabetically and Giving the Salaries of the Postmasters, Washington : William H. Boyd, 1873.
  • "Compiled by Wm. Van Vleck of the Post Office Department to April 1st, 1873."
  • Also known as "Boyd's Post Office Directory" (ref, ref).
  • noted by Theron Wierenga, Chronicle, May 2002, p. 97 (ref)
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices

John G. Judd, The Postmaster's Guide and Handy Index to the New Postal Law, Washington : Judd & Detweiler, 1873.
  • Noted, The Publisher's Weekly, Aug. 16, 1873 (link).
  • Judd was Asst. Editor of the Post Office Gazette.
May
 The International Advertiser, Quebec, May 1873.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 592; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1974 (3).
July 1
 The Stamp, H. Werninck & Co., London and Leipzig, July 1, 1873 to Sep. 1, 1873, published twice monthly.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue
Aug. 16
 Post-Office Department, Tables of Distances for the Regulation and Adjustment of Telegraphic Rates for Government Messages, compiled by the Topographer of the Post-Office Department, Washington, 1873, 148 p.
Oct.
 Arthur de Rothschild, Histoire de la poste aux lettres, depuis ses origines les plus anciennes jusqu'a nos jours, Paris : Librairie Hachette, 2nd ed., 1873, [4] + 394 p.; preface dated Oct. 1873.
1876, 3rd ed., Brussels : J.B. Moens, Paris : Calmann Lévy
1879, 4th ed., Paris : Calmann Lévy 1880, new edition, Paris : Calmann Lévy
Oct. 1
 Advertisement of October 1, 1873, inviting proposals for Carrying the Mails of the United States in the states of Oregon, Nevada, and California, and territories of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Washington, from July 1, 1874, to June 30, 1878, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1873, 96 p.
  • p. 3-9, Extracts from Laws.
  • p. 10-15, Montana; p. 16-17, Wyoming; p. 18-24, Colorado; p. 25-27, New Mexico; p. 28-30, Arizona; p. 31-36, Utah; p. 37-40, Idaho; p. 41-46, Washington; p. 47-55, Oregon; p. 56-61, Nevada; p. 62-89, California.
  • p. 91-96, instructions.
Nov. 14
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 14, 1873.

Message of the President of the United States, with the Accompanying Documents, transmitted to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the First Session of the Forty-third Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1873.  43d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 1.  US Serial Set 1594.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the First Session of the Forty-third Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1873.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Report of the Postmaster-General and of the Attorney-General of the United States; being parts of the Message and Documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the First Session of the Forty-third Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1873.
Report of the Postmaster General, being part of the Message and Documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the First Session of the Forty-third Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1873, xxxvii (report) + 243 (appendix) p.; report dated Nov. 14, 1873.  43d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 4.  US Serial Set 1600. Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1873, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1873.  43d Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1603.
Annual Report of the Postmaster-General of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1873, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1873, xlix (report) + 243 (appendix) p.; report dated Nov. 14, 1873.
Report of the Postmaster General, 1873, reprint by Theron Wierenga, 1979.
  • -- APRL, GOV DOC P 1.1:873 1873 (reprint)
    • 1873 -- p. i-xxxvii, 1-243 (House).
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report






1874   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, vol. 47, 1874, [8] + 96 p.
  • Taxes, Licences, and Stamp Duties, p. 84-86 (link).
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 87-88 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, 1874, 288 + [24] p.
  • Smith Homans, Recent Coinage of the World, p. 107-129 (link).  Continued from 1873, p. 102-113.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • The Post Office, p. 270-271 (link).
(previous, next)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1874.   (previous, next)

Twentieth Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1874, 46 + [1] p.
(previous, next)  UK-PMG-Report

British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1, 1874, no. 71. 
  • Apr. 1, 1874, no. 72. 
  • July 1, 1874, no. 73. 
  • Oct. 1, 1874, no. 74.
    • -- APRL, GOV DOC
(previous, next)

E.S. Gibbons, The Imperial Postage Stamp Album and Catalogue, Plymouth : Stanley, Gibbons & Co., 1874.

Dr. Charles W. Viner, Oppen's Postage Stamp Catalogue and Collector's Guide, London : William Stevens, 18th ed., 1874.
  • -- APRL, HE6224 .V782o 18th ed. 1874 (Closed Stacks)

Justin-H. Lallier, Album timbres-poste élémentaire, de 1840 a 1874, Paris : A. Lenègre, 248 p.

A New Railway Postal Directory, arranged expressly for the Use of Railway Post-Office Clerks, Route Agents, Mail Route Messengers, Postmasters, and all Post-Office Officials, Compiled from Official Records to October 1, 1874, Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1874 (or 1875?).
  • not located
Jan.
 l'Ami des Timbres, Paris, Ch. Roussin, Jan. 1874 to July 1902.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 448; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1959.
Jan. 1
 le Timbre Fiscal, J.-B. Moens, Brussels, Jan. 1, 1874 to Dec. 1, 1896.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 796; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2202, 2203.
Jan. 1
 Edward L. Pemberton, The Philatelical Catalogue, being a complete catalogue of Postage Stamps and Postal Envelopes and Cards, Dawlish : James R. Grant & Co., 1874, 52 p. + 3 plates.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=cdzZofE-OToC  [British Library] (Extra Edition, 100 copies)
    • Part 1, Alsace and Lorraine, to Bolivia; plate 3 also has stamps of Brazil and Bremen.
  • Issued in sections, the catalogue was never finished.
Mar.
 Edward L. Pemberton, The Stamp Collector's Handbook, Dawlish : James R. Grant & Co., 1874, 202 p.
Apr.
 Papers Relating to Postal Railway-Car Service, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1874, 255 p.
July 1
 John Kerr Tiffany, The Philatelical Library, A Catalogue of Stamp Publications, St. Louis : privately printed, 1874, x + 110 + [2] p.
Aug.
 La Revista Philatélica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 1874 to Sep. 1874.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 746; British Library shelfmark 2712 (7).
Oct.
 United States Official Postal Guide, New York : Hurd and Houghton, Cambridge (Mass.) : Riverside Press, published quarterly.
  • Oct. 1874, no. 1; [2] + 340 p.  -- APRL, GOV-DOC P1.10/1-1:874/1 no.1 Oct 1874.
  • "Revised and Published Quarterly, by authority of the Post Office Department."
  • Authorized by Congress, June 23, 1874, 18 Stat. 208.
  • PDF [ProQuest Congressional]
(previous, next)
Oct. 9
 Treaty establishing the Universal Postal Union, signed in Bern, Switzerland.

Treaty Concerning the Formation of a General Postal Union, Washington, 1875, 58 p.
Traité concernant la création d'une union générale des postes, Paris : Imprimerie Nationale, 1875, 40 p.
Documents du Congrès Postal International, réuni à Berne du 15 septembre au 9 Octobre 1874, Berne, 1875, 159 p.

Congrès International des Postes, Procès-verbaux des séances du Congrès tenu á Berne, Archives diplomatiques, 1875, vol. 4, p. 143-270 (link).

Treaty Concerning the Formation of a General Postal Union, London, House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, 1875, vol. 82, Treaty, [C. 1231], p. 529-540 (link); Regulations, [C. 1232], p. 541-568 (link).
Nov. 14
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 14, 1874.

Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of The United States, transmitted to Congress, with the Annual Message of the President, December 7, 1874, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1874.  43d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 1.  US Serial Set 1634.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Forty-third Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1874.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Report of the Postmaster-General; being part of the Message and Documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-third Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1874, vi (contents) + 326 (report and appendix) p.; report dated Nov. 14, 1874.  43d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 4.  US Serial Set 1638. Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1874, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1874.  43d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1641.
Annual Report of the Postmaster-General of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1874, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1874, vi + 326 p.; report dated Nov. 14, 1874.
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Dec.
 The Progress of Despotism! The Rights of the Press Invaded!! Where is the Next Victim?, Henry B. Dawson, The Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America, New York, Dec. 1874, third series, vol. 3, extra no. 2, p. 397-407 (link).
  • One of the truly great rants against the Post Office.  Continued in Jan. 1875 (link).






1875   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, vol. 48, 1875, [8] + 96 p.
  • Taxes, Licences, and Stamp Duties, p. 84-86 (link).
  • General Post-Office, London, p. 87-88 (link).
(previous, next)

The Companion to the Almanac, London : The Company of Stationers, 1875, 288 + [24] p.
  • Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents
    • The Post Office, p. 266-267 (link).
(previous, next)

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1875.   (previous, next)

Twenty-first Report of The Postmaster General, on the Post Office, London, 1875, 41 + [1] p.
(previous, next)  UK-PMG-Report

British Postal Guide, London, published quarterly.
(previous, next)

P. [Pieter] Keg, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1873/75, Middelburg, 24th-26th vol.

United States Official Postal Guide, Boston : H.O. Houghton and Co., New York : Hurd and Houghton, Cambridge (Mass.) : Riverside Press, published quarterly.
  • Jan. 1875, no. 2; [4] + 238 p.  -- APRL, GOV-DOC P1.10/1-1:875/2 no.2 Jan. 1875.
    • PDF [ProQuest Congressional]
  • Apr. 1875, no. 3; [2] + viii + 360 p.  -- APRL, GOV-DOC P1.10/1-1:875/3 no.3 Apr. 1875.
    • PDF [ProQuest Congressional]
  • July 1875, no. 4; xvi + 246 p.
    • PDF [ProQuest Congressional]
  • Oct. 1875, no. 5; 388 p.  -- APRL, GOV-DOC P1.10/1-1:875/5 no.5 Oct. 1875.
    • PDF [ProQuest Congressional]
(previous, next)

Dr. J.E. Gray, Overy Taylor, The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps, Bath : Alfred Smith & Co., 1875, 6th ed., xvi + 523 + [1] p.
Previous editions, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th.

Part 1, 64 p., was reviewed in The Stamp-Collector's Magazine, Mar. 1874 (link).  Parts 1 to 4, 256 p., were reviewed in Aug. 1874 (link).  In Oct. 1874, "Dr. Gray's Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps will shortly be issued as a complete volume." (link).

Société française de timbrologie, [Circular on the formation of the Society with a list of the founders], Paris, [1875], 2 p.

J.W. Scott & Co., The Postage Stamp Catalogue, New York : J.W. Scott & Co..
Jan.
 Gardiner G. Hubbard, Our Post-Office, The Atlantic Monthly, Jan. 1875.
Feb.
 The Stamp Advocate, Toronto, Feb. 1875 to June 1875.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 769; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2553 (11).
Mar. 7
 Death of Dr. John Edward Gray, Mar. 7, 1875.
  • His scientific library had been sold at auction, Mar. 1874 (link).
  • In Nov. 1874, Dr. Gray had signaled his intention to retire from the British Museum, but at the time of his death he had not yet vacated his apartments at the Museum.
Mar. 23
 Corriere dei Francobolli, Trieste (Austria), Mar. 23, 1875 to Apr. 8, 1879.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 518; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2009.
July 1
 Universal Postal Union, treaty takes effect.
  • The founders were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.
    • France delayed its entry until Jan. 1, 1876.
  • List of member states
Oct.
 l'Union Postale, journal publié par le Bureau International de l'Union Générale des Postes, Berne, Oct. 1875 - present; parallel French, German and English, with other languages added later.
Oct.
 Bulletin de la Société française de Timbrologie, Paris, Oct. 1875 to July 1896.
Nov. 15
 Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 15, 1875.

Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of The United States, transmitted to Congress, with the Annual Message of the President, December 6, 1875, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1875.  44th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 1.  US Serial Set 1672.
Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the First Session of the Forty-fourth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1875.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Report of the Postmaster-General of the United States; being part of the Message and Documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the First Session of the Forty-fourth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1875, xxix (report) + 278 (appendix) p.; report dated Nov. 15, 1875.  44th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 4.  US Serial Set 1679. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1875, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1875.  44th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1683.
Annual Report of the Postmaster-General of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1875, iv (contents) + xxxiii (report) + 278 (appendix) p.; report dated Nov. 15, 1875.
(previous, next)  US-PMG-Report
Dec. 15
 Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting A statement of the expenditures made from the contingent fund of his Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1875.  House Ex. Doc. 20, 44th Congress, 1st Session.

In 1875, the following works were offered for sale by E. Marlborough & Co., London (ref).
  • The Permanent Stamp Album, by H. Stafford Smith, 9 versions from 7s 6d to 26s
  • Lallier's Postage Stamp Album, 12th ed., 3 versions from 16s to 21s
  • The Mulready Stamp Albums, 5 versions
  • The Juvenile Stamp Albums, 2 versions
  • The Brighton Crest Albums, 4 versions
  • The Juvenile Crest Albums, 2 versions
  • The Illustrated Catalogue of Postage Stamps, Dr. John Ed. Gray, 6th ed., 5s






1876 and later, in continuation of previous items   (previous, next)   (1500, 1600, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870)

The British Almanac, London, (previous, 1875), 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, etc.

The Companion to the Almanac, London, (previous, 1875), 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, etc.

Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office, Session 1876, etc.   (previous, 1875), 1876, 1877 and later

British Post Office, Reports of the Postmaster General.
(previous, 1875)  UK-PMG-Report

British Postal Guide, (previous, 1875).
See also,

Report of the [US] Postmaster General, Washington, dated Nov. 27, 1876.

Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of The United States, transmitted to Congress, with the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1876, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1876.  44th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 1.  US Serial Set 1741. Message from the President of the United States, together with the Reports of the Heads of Departments, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-fourth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1876.  44th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 1. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Forty-fourth Congress, with the Reports of the Heads of Departments, and Selections from Accompanying Documents, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1876.  Ben: Perley Poore, ed.
Report of the Postmaster-General of the United States; being part of the Message and Documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the Second Session of the Forty-fourth Congress, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1876, xxviii (report) + 226 (appendix) p.; report dated Nov. 27, 1876.  44th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. 1, Part 3.  US Serial Set 1748. Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the year 1876, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1876.  44th Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 2.  US Serial Set 1752.
Annual Report of the Postmaster-General of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1876, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1876, iv (contents) + xxxii (report) + 226 (appendix) p.; report dated Nov. 27, 1876. (previous, 1875)  US-PMG-Report

For further years, see,

United States Official Postal Guide, quarterly, (previous, 1875).
For the continuation to Oct. 1954, see here.

U.S. Postal Laws and Regulations, a short selection of links
(previous, next)  US-Postal-Laws
1876
 Arthur Hill, Post Office Telegraphs, The Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1876, p. 184.
1876
 Actes de la Conférence Postale de Berne, Janvier 1876, Berne, 1876, 56 p.
1876 Wiener Illustrirte Briefmarken-Zeitung, Vienna, Sigmund Friedl, monthly, Jan. 15, 1876 to Dec. 15, 1879.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 833-834; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2306.
  • Continued as Welt-Post, 1880 to 1897.
1876 Il Timbrofilo, Trieste (Austria), May 12, 1876 to Aug. 1, 1877.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 798; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2582 (12).
1876 Catalogue of the Library of the late Miss Agnes Strickland [and others], Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, 19 May 1876, 144 p.
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=tGZbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
  • lot 1788.  American Journal of Philately, illustrated, New York, 1868-69 -- Le Collectionneur de Timbres-Poste, Paris, 1866-70 -- American Stamp Mercury, Boston, 1868-70, sold with all faults, in 1 vol. (link)
  • lot 1789.  Stamp Collector's Review, Monthly Advertiser and Magazine, illustrated. 10 vol. in 6, cuts [illustrations], Liverpool, 1863-72.
    • This apparently confuses The Stamp-Collectors' Review and Monthly Advertiser (Liverpool, 1863-64) and The Stamp Collector's Magazine (Bath, 1863-74).
1876 [Mariano Pardo de Figueroa, as Dr. Thebussem], Literatura Philatélica en España, Apuntes para la redaccion de un Catalogo por el Doctor Thebussem, Sevilla, 1876, xiv + 34 p.; preface dated 29 Sep. 1876.
1876 Skandinavisk Frimaerketidende, Copenhagen (Denmark), Oct. 15, 1876 to Dec. 1877.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 763; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2164.
1876 Skandinavisk Frimaerke-Journal, Copenhagen (Denmark), Oct. 20, 1876 to May 1877.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 763; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2546 (1).
1877
 P. [Pieter] Keg, Nederlandsch Jaarboekje der Posterijen voor 1876/78, aansluitende aan dat van 1873/75, Middelburg, 1877, 27th-29th volumes, 14 + 480 p.
  • -- NPM, HE7041 .H54 1873
1877
 The Philatelic News, Toronto, (Canada) Jan. 1877.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 697; British Library shelfmark (wanting).
1877
 The Toronto Philatelist, Toronto (Canada), March 1877 to May 1877.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 803; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2423 (17).
1878
 Guia del Coleccionista de Sellos de Correos, Valparaiso (Chile), Jan. 1, 1878 to Dec. 1881.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 575; British Library shelfmark Crawford 1930.
1878
 Nordisk Frimaerkeverden, Copenhagen (Denmark), Jan. - Apr. 1878.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 658; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2605 (22).
1878
 Montreal Philatelist, Montreal (Canada), Feb. 1877 to Mar. 1877.
  • -- Crawford Catalogue, col. 645; British Library shelfmark Crawford 2582 (13).
1878
 UPU Congress, Paris, May 2 - June 4, 1878.
1878
 [Dec. 7] Seventh Report of the Postmaster General of Japan, for the fiscal year ended June 30th, Eleventh Year of Meiji, 1878, Yokohama, 1878, 33 p.
1878
 [Dec. 12] Deaths.  On the 12th inst. [= 12 Dec. 1878], of typhoid fever, at his residence, Portswood Park, Southampton, Edward Loines Pemberton, aged 34, deeply lamented.
  • Hampshire Advertiser, Hampshire, England, Dec. 14, 1878, p. 4, col. 2.
1879
 In January 1879, Rowland Hill was awarded the Freedom of the City by London (link).  The presentation was made in June 1879, but Hill was too ill to attend; he died Aug. 27, 1879.
1880
 Mar. 4, 1880, First issue of the US Postal Bulletin [Daily Bulletin of Orders affecting the Postal Service].
1881
 List of Post Offices in the United States, Arranged Alphabetically, Washington : Government Printing Office, 1881, 420 p.
  • Corrected to February 1, 1881.
  • APRL, GOV-DOC P1.10/4:881X
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices
1882
 List of Post Offices in the United States, Arranged Alphabetically, [etc.], Washington : Government Printing Office, 1882, 838 p.
  • Corrected to December 1, 1882.
  • APRL, GOV-DOC P1.10/4:882X
(previous, next)  US-Post-Offices
1883
 Oppen's Album and Catalogue, 1883, 1883, 1884, 1886 (APRL), 1889 (APRL).
1883
 E.S. Gibbons, Imperial Postage Stamp Album, 1883, 1885.
1887
 The British colonies and the Postal Union.  A brief account of the formation of the Universal Postal Union, its gradual extension to the various parts of the British Empire, and the reasons which have hitherto deterred the Australasian and South African colonies from joining the union.









References and working notes

Some of the references used here:

To find

1863: Tramburg's Erben (Hamburg)
1865: Thile & Co. (Mannheim)
1866: Storch (Wien)
1867: Schubert (Dresden)


http://docs.philateliques.free.fr/index.htm
http://www.wikitimbres.fr/documents/livres  [requires Adobe Flash Player]


British journals to search
  --  postage OR postal OR "post office" OR "post-office" OR postmaster OR "post-master" OR mail OR mails OR stamp OR stamps OR collecting OR collection OR collector

Further British sources (work in progress)
French journals to search
Belgian journals to search
German journals to search
US journals to search
US Post Office Department See also


University of Aberdeen library catalog
search: Anderson, Peter John
search: Anderson, P.J.
Shelfmark:  Anderson Alf, Anderson Bul, etc.


Wikipedia, early philatelists

Who Was Who in Philately. http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter

Ken Lawrence, The origin of stamp collecting in America, Part 1: How stamp collecting came to the United States, Linn's Stamp News, Oct. 17, 2014.  http://www.linns.com/en/marketplace/stamp-market-insights/2014/10/the-origin-of-stamp-collecting-in-america-part-1-h.html

Ken Lawrence, How our hobby began: The origins of stamp collecting., Scott Stamp Monthly, August 2009, Volume 27, Issue 8, pp.18-20 & 22-23.

Ken Lawrence, Before the Penny Black, 1995-96, http://norbyhus.dk/btpb.html

World Philatelic Periodicals, Chet Smith and Gini Horn, http://stamps.org/userfiles/file/library/World_Philatelic_Periodicals/

Some early collectors in Paris (or elsewhere in France)



Wikipedia


History of Stamp Collecting, in http://freestampmagazine.com, a continuing series by Rob Smit, since 2015.
  1. History of Stamp Collecting - Introduction - The First Postage Stamp
  2. The First Collectors
  3. The First Catalogue
  4. Alfred Potiquet
  5. Booming 1862
  6. Edard de Laplante
  7. Natalis Rondot
  8. Henry Justin Lallier
  9. Frederick W. Booty
  10. Mount Brown
  11. Dr. John Edward Gray
  12. The First Stamp Magazine
  13. Edward Pemberton
  14. Dr. C.W. Viner
  15. J.B. Moens
  16. J.B. Moens's Publications
  17. Germany in 1862
  18. The Netherlands in 1862
  19. The Netherlands in 1863
  20. The Emergence of Schaubek
  21. Competition Erupts
  22. Stamp Craft
  23. Postage Stamp Polka
  24. Trickery and Deceit Abound
  25. Alexander Baillieu
  26. The Fat Elb of Dresden
  27. Arthur Maury
  28. Pierre Mahé
  29. Assay Mania
  30. William P. Brown
  31. Philately instead of Timbrology
  32. Collectors' Associations
  33. A Robbery in 1865
  34. Madame E. Nicolas
  35. England in 1866
  36. Dutch Cow Madness
  37. Jacqueline Caurat


Biographies of Rowland Hill and his family
Memoirs of Rowland Hill's contemporaries and associates
British Post Office, collected source material
Histories of the British Post Office (published after 1875, in date order)


US Post Office, collected source material
US Post Office, bibliographies
Histories of the US Post Office (published after 1875, in date order)

Publications of the US Post Office Department

Publications of the Confederate States Post Office Department, etc.


Histories of the Post Office in various countries

Australia
Canada
France

India

Spain




The following sections are for later development.


The early catalogues listed countries in various orders -
The 1867 Berger-Levrault catalogue gives a defense of the geographic order; it was adopted from numismatic catalogues.  See also, reviews of the 1875 edition of Dr. Gray's catalogue (link).


Academic studies


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Previous editions, 1st, 2nd, 3rd; later editions, 5th, 6th.
Previous editions, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th; later editions, 6th.
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