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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Study of postal systems</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg/300px-WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg/450px-WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg/600px-WallensteinBriefSiegel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1754" data-file-height="1196" /></a><figcaption>Pre-stamp 1628 <a href="/wiki/Letter_sheet" title="Letter sheet">lettersheet</a> opened up showing folds, address and seal, with letter being written on the obverse</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Postal history</b> is the study of <a href="/wiki/Postal_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal system">postal systems</a> and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamps</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cover_(philately)" title="Cover (philately)">covers</a> and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems. The term is attributed to <a href="/wiki/Robson_Lowe" title="Robson Lowe">Robson Lowe</a>, a professional <a href="/wiki/Philately" title="Philately">philatelist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stamp_dealer" title="Stamp dealer">stamp dealer</a> and stamp <a href="/wiki/Auctioneer" class="mw-redirect" title="Auctioneer">auctioneer</a>, who made the first organised study of the subject in the 1930s and described philatelists as <i>"students of science"</i>, but postal historians as <i>"students of humanity"</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More precisely, philatelists describe postal history as the study of rates, routes, markings, and means (of transport). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="A_collecting_speciality">A collecting speciality</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_history&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: A collecting speciality"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Postal history has become a philatelic collecting speciality in its own right. Whereas traditional philately is concerned with the study of the stamps <i>per se</i>, including the technical aspects of stamp production and distribution, philatelic postal history refers to stamps as historical documents; similarly re postmarks, <a href="/wiki/Postcard" title="Postcard">postcards</a>, envelopes and the letters they contain. Postal history can include the study of postal rates, postal policy, postal administration, political effects on postal systems, postal surveillance and the consequences of politics, business, and culture on postal systems; basically anything to do with the function of the collection, transportation and delivery of <a href="/wiki/Mail" title="Mail">mail</a>. The specialized area of philatelic history defines postal history as the study of rates charged for postal services provided, routes followed and special handling of letters. Areas of special interest include disrupted or transitional periods, such as wars and military occupations, and mail to remote areas.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The philatelic-based definition of the term developed as the discipline developed. Philatelic students discovered that understanding and authentication of stamps depended on knowing why postal authorities issued particular stamps, where they were used and how. For instance, a stamp apparently used before any other stamp of its type could be proved a <a href="/wiki/Philatelic_fakes_and_forgeries" title="Philatelic fakes and forgeries">forgery</a> if it was <a href="/wiki/Postmark" title="Postmark">postmarked</a> at a location known not to have received any stamps until a later date. </p><p>Much information is still not known about the workings of postal systems, and millions of old covers have survived, constituting a rich field of "<a href="/wiki/Artifact_(archaeology)" title="Artifact (archaeology)">artifacts</a>" for analysis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Possible_areas_of_study">Possible areas of study</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_history&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Possible areas of study"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In studying or collecting any postal history subject some overlap is inevitable because it is impossible to separate the different areas that affect the mail from one another; transportation, rates, geography and subject are all intertwined, but the emphasis remains different depending on the chosen topic. The postal history topics described below are some of the better known and popular topics.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (February 2017)">according to whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geographically_based_studies">Geographically based studies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_history&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geographically based studies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PO-Road_Lusk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/PO-Road_Lusk.jpg/220px-PO-Road_Lusk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/PO-Road_Lusk.jpg/330px-PO-Road_Lusk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/PO-Road_Lusk.jpg/440px-PO-Road_Lusk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="482" data-file-height="456" /></a><figcaption>With the growth of urban centres across the Western hemisphere in the 19th century Post Offices were located on main arterial routes</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>Regional studies</b> are typically based on a geographical area, such as countries of origin, native districts, cities, towns or villages, places associated with family roots, or workplaces. In the past collectors usually based their studies on "mail from," but "mail to" and "mail through" a place expand the postal service story because outgoing mail mainly shows marking associated with the areas of study while incoming mail tells a much broader story and are now more likely to be included. It is best to select a topic to study that is broad enough because narrow geographical boundaries will likely bring frustration due to the lack of material available. Examples are: <i>Postal History of <a href="/wiki/Brno" title="Brno">Brünn</a> 1638-1875</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Private and Foreign Post Offices in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. Thomas</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Postal routes</b> are alternate geographical based study areas that provide great variety due to the many places and services available along a route. For instance; a study of the <a href="/wiki/Thurn_und_Taxis" title="Thurn und Taxis">Thurn und Taxis</a> route from <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> to <a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a> via <a href="/wiki/Mantua" title="Mantua">Mantua</a> would include much of the early postal history of Western Europe and the <i>Postal History of the First Transcontinental Railroad</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> can show a good range of stamps, <a href="/wiki/Postal_stationery" title="Postal stationery">stationery</a>, and associated marking across 3,000 miles that started in 1869.</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Era" title="Era">era</a> for a geographical based study can add dimension depending on the services available or the changes that took place. The period should seek to tell a complete story and not limit the chosen topic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation_based_studies">Transportation based studies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_history&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Transportation based studies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg/220px-Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg/330px-Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg/440px-Cover_Bahamas_1929_front.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="910" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/First_flight_cover" title="First flight cover">First flight cover</a> for <a href="/wiki/Nassau,_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Nassau, Bahamas">Nassau</a> to <a href="/wiki/Miami,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami, Florida">Miami</a> airmail route in 1929</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg/220px-Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg/330px-Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg/440px-Zeppelin_mail-1934_Xmas_flight_Gibraltar-Brazil.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="969" /></a><figcaption><b><a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_mail" title="Zeppelin mail">Zeppelin mail</a></b> from <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a> to <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, Brazil via Berlin on the Christmas flight (12th South American flight) of 1934</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Aerophilately" title="Aerophilately">Aerophilately</a></b> specialises in the study of <a href="/wiki/Airmail" title="Airmail">airmail</a>. Philatelists observe the development of <a href="/wiki/Mail" title="Mail">mail</a> transport by air from its beginning, and most aspects of airmail service have been extensively studied and documented by specialists, some of which are individually listed. <a href="/wiki/Crash_cover" title="Crash cover">Crash covers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Airways" title="Imperial Airways">Imperial Airways</a> Empire route mail to <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>, CAM (Contract Air Mail) or FAM (Foreign Air Mail) routes to and from the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> are a few topics.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Balloon_mail" title="Balloon mail">Balloon mail</a></b> was employed during the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Paris_(1870-1871)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Paris (1870-1871)">Siege of Paris</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to get mail out of the city during the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War" title="Franco-Prussian War">Franco-Prussian War</a> in 1870. Balloons can be both manned and unmanned but balloon mail is not a common form of mail transport.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ship_cover" title="Ship cover">Maritime mail</a></b> is a theme that offers a wide variety of possibilities.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Study of a particular <a href="/wiki/Shipping_line" title="Shipping line">shipping line</a> like, <a href="/wiki/Cunard_Line" title="Cunard Line">Cunard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_and_Oriental_Steam_Navigation_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company">P & O</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danube" title="Danube">Danube</a> steamers, South American packets or American <a href="/wiki/Steamboat" title="Steamboat">steamboat</a> mail are a few options as are; Ship Letter marks, mail between a mother country and its <a href="/wiki/Colonies" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonies">colonies</a> or mail between two countries separated by seas or oceans. Many ships applied their own <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/endorsement" class="extiw" title="wikt:endorsement">endorsements</a> so collecting examples of all ships of a particular shipping line can be aspired to. Maiden voyages and <a href="/wiki/Shipwreck" title="Shipwreck">wreck covers</a> are very desirable. <a href="/wiki/Ship_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship transport">Maritime</a> mail rates changed frequently and occasionally varied for different shipping lines over the same route that could be due to <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaty</a> changes or arguments between countries that involved retaliatory rates. <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">Naval</a> mail can also fall in the Military mail category and are also known to apply identifying endorsements or <a href="/wiki/Postmark" title="Postmark">postmarks</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=Railway_mail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Railway mail (page does not exist)">Railway mail</a></b> refers to mail carried partly, or fully, by <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport" title="Rail transport">rail transport</a> from its inception in 1830 between Liverpool and Manchester in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">UK</a> until its decline in the late 20th century that include <a href="/w/index.php?title=Railway_letter_stamp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Railway letter stamp (page does not exist)">Railway letter stamped</a> mail, <a href="/wiki/Travelling_Post_Office" title="Travelling Post Office">TPO</a> and <a href="/wiki/Railway_post_office" title="Railway post office">RPO</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> handstamps, instructional handstamps or manuscript notations, or even the <a href="/wiki/First_transcontinental_railroad" title="First transcontinental railroad">First transcontinental railroad</a> (also mentioned as a geographic study above).</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rocket_mail" title="Rocket mail">Rocket mail</a></b> is the delivery of mail by <a href="/wiki/Rocket" title="Rocket">rocket</a> or <a href="/wiki/Missile" title="Missile">missile</a> and is a specialised collecting area of aerophilately called <a href="/wiki/Astrophilately" title="Astrophilately">Astrophilately</a>. One of the early famous rocketeers was <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hector_Taylor-Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Hector Taylor-Smith">Stephen Smith</a>, a Secretary of the Indian Airmail Society, who launched 270 rockets between 1934 and 1944 of which 80 contained mail.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other topics for consideration are: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">USPS</a> rocket mail from 1936 or 1959 launches, Russian submarine-launched rocket mail, or reusable launch vehicle mail.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zeppelin_mail" title="Zeppelin mail">Zeppelin mail</a></b> is a popular topic for the mail carried on the <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin">Zeppelin</a> <a href="/wiki/Airship" title="Airship">airships</a> between 1908<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much mail exists because up to 12 tons was carried on each flight. Mail from within Germany and from the several trans-Atlantic flights are extant however mail from the famous <a href="/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster" title="Hindenburg disaster">Hindenburg disaster</a> are very scarce.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subject_based_studies">Subject based studies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_history&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Subject based studies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg/220px-1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg/330px-1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg/440px-1940_Madrid-Paris_cens.jpg 2x" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption><b><a href="/wiki/Postal_censorship" title="Postal censorship">Postal censorship</a></b> of 1940 civil cover from <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a> to <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> opened by both Spanish and French (<a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy</a>) authorities</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg/220px-Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg/330px-Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg/440px-Ganzsache_Bayern_P44-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="655" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bavaria" title="Kingdom of Bavaria">Bavarian</a> <b><a href="/wiki/Postal_stationery" title="Postal stationery">postal stationery</a></b> postcard used from <a href="/wiki/Nuremberg" title="Nuremberg">Nuremberg</a> to <a href="/wiki/Munich" title="Munich">Munich</a> in 1895</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Altbrief.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Altbrief.jpeg/220px-Altbrief.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Altbrief.jpeg/330px-Altbrief.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Altbrief.jpeg/440px-Altbrief.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="692" data-file-height="335" /></a><figcaption>1834 <b>pre-adhesive mail</b> with <a href="/wiki/Wittingen" title="Wittingen">Wittingen</a> straight-line town handstamp to <a href="/wiki/Ebsdorfergrund" title="Ebsdorfergrund">Ebsdorf</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Express_mail" title="Express mail">Express mail</a></b> is an accelerated delivery service for which the customer pays a surcharge and receives faster delivery. <i>Haste Poste Haste</i> letters of the 17th century can be considered precursors of modern Express mail as was the <a href="/wiki/Pony_Express" title="Pony Express">Pony Express</a> mail.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service for domestic mail is governed by a country's own <a href="/wiki/Postal_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal administration">postal administration</a> but since 1998 the international accelerated delivery services are governed by the EMS Cooperative of the <a href="/wiki/Universal_Postal_Union" title="Universal Postal Union">Universal Postal Union</a> (UPU). Studies of domestic, or international express mail are possible as are studies of the Express mail rates.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Marcophily" title="Marcophily">Marcophily</a></b> is the study of <a href="/wiki/Postmark" title="Postmark">postmarks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cancellation_(mail)" title="Cancellation (mail)">cancellation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Postal_markings" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal markings">postal markings</a> applied by hand or machine. Though not strictly speaking a postal history topic can be collected as such. It offers vast areas to select a topic for study or collection as the marcopholist is more interested in the details, style and design of the markings than the reason why and where a letter was sent. Large cities that have many <a href="/wiki/Post_office" title="Post office">post offices</a> offer great study opportunities due to the vast range of handstamps or machine cancellations in use over any time period.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Military_mail" title="Military mail">Military mail</a></b> is mail associated with any of the <a href="/wiki/Armed_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed services">armed services</a> or <a href="/wiki/History_of_United_Nations_Peacekeeping" class="mw-redirect" title="History of United Nations Peacekeeping">peacekeeping</a> forces, or formed around any particular <a href="/wiki/Military_campaign" title="Military campaign">military campaign</a>, like the <a href="/wiki/First_Opium_War" title="First Opium War">First</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Opium_War" title="Second Opium War">Second Opium Wars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and II, or even the recent conflicts in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> or <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>. Covers mailed from navy vessels are also widely sought, the cover usually having a distinctive postmark bearing the ship's name and date of mailing, the date often being of particular historical significance and interest.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many older letters from these sources, when available, provide insight into the conditions of the people involved.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Parcel_post" title="Parcel post">Parcel post</a></b> is perhaps the least collected, or studied, area of postal history due to the size of potential material much of which is never saved. From 1883 Special labels were applied to parcels in Great Britain. International parcels handling tend to gather <a href="/wiki/Customs" title="Customs">Customs</a> evidence making for attractive material.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Postal_censorship" title="Postal censorship">Postal censorship</a></b>, both <a href="/wiki/Openness" title="Openness">overt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Covert" class="mw-redirect" title="Covert">covert</a>, has been performed on mail long before the World Wars of the 20th century and can include both civil and military censorship. It has mainly taken place during times of conflict though has also been performed during other times like; periods of <a href="/wiki/Civil_disorder" title="Civil disorder">civil disorder</a> or a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a>. An example of covert postal censorship is the <a href="/wiki/Black_room" title="Black room">Cabinet noir</a>.</li> <li><b>Postal rates</b> are an extensive area of study that can be made by country, time period,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or even currency. Postal rates were often set bilaterally, by postal conventions between nations, such as the 1817 and 1837 postal treaties between France and Prussia, and the 1847 and 1853 conventions between the United States and <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a> (a city-state at the time).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stamp_collecting" title="Stamp collecting">Stamp collectors</a> may study the rates in effect during the time of issue of the postage stamps they collect thereby augmenting their collections.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Postal_stationery" title="Postal stationery">Postal stationery</a></b> are mailable products, issued by postal authorities, such as <a href="/wiki/Envelope" title="Envelope">envelopes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Letter_sheet" title="Letter sheet">letter sheets</a>, <a href="/wiki/Postcard" title="Postcard">postcards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lettercard" title="Lettercard">lettercards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aerogram" title="Aerogram">aerograms</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wrapper_(philately)" title="Wrapper (philately)">wrappers</a>, on which the amount of postage has usually been pre-printed with an <a href="/wiki/Imprinted_stamp" title="Imprinted stamp">imprinted stamp</a> or <i><a href="/wiki/Indicia_(philately)" title="Indicia (philately)">indicium</a></i>, at the rate required for a particular postal service.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Postal stationery is generally sold at <a href="/wiki/Post_office" title="Post office">post offices</a>. Each stationery type can be an area of study in its own right but can also be studied by country or by time period. Studies of mint (unused) postal stationery are considered to be traditional philately, while studies of how postal stationery was used are considered to be postal history.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pre-adhesive_mail" title="Pre-adhesive mail">Pre-adhesive mail</a></b> also called <b>pre-stamp mail</b> is mail used before the issuance of the <a href="/wiki/Penny_Black" title="Penny Black">Penny Black</a> and <a href="/wiki/Two_pence_Blue" class="mw-redirect" title="Two pence Blue">Two pence Blue</a> stamps on 6 May 1840 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and in other countries, mail used prior to the postal authority adopting their own adhesive labels. The material can range from court and government letters before official public mail services to distinctive town-marks worldwide.</li> <li><b>Prisoner-of-war mail</b> can be a subcategory of either, or both, Military mail or Postal censorship.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Registered_mail" title="Registered mail">Registered mail</a></b> are often used to mail items, or documents, considered valuable and need a <a href="/wiki/Chain_of_custody" title="Chain of custody">chain of custody</a> that provides more control than regular mail. The letters have their details recorded in a register to enable their location to be tracked and offer many distinctive handstamps. Many countries have issued special <a href="/wiki/Postal_stationery" title="Postal stationery">postal stationery</a> for Registered mail expanding the possible areas being studied beyond regular registered letters. 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Blount Postal History Symposia: Select Papers, 2006—2009</i></a>. Smithsonian Contributions to History and Technology, no. 55. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2010.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Postal_history&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/cpm/chrono/chsmene.shtml">The Canadian Museum of Civilization - Chronology of Canadian Postal History</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/History+and+Heritage/Home/">An Post History and Heritage</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100905115237/http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/British_Philatelic_Trust/index.xalter">British Philatelic Trust</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external 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and postal history of Italian East Africa">Italian East Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_of_Italian_Libya" title="Postage stamps of Italian Libya">Italian Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Kenya" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Kenya_and_Uganda" class="mw-redirect" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya and Uganda">Kenya and Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Kenya,_Uganda,_Tanganyika" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika">Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Kionga" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Kionga">Kionga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_La_Ag%C3%BCera" title="Postage stamps and postal history of La Agüera">La Agüera</a></li> <li><a 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title="Postage stamps and postal history of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Mauritius" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Mayotte" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Mayotte">Mayotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Morocco" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_post_offices_in_Morocco" title="British post offices in Morocco">Morocco Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Mozambique" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Namibia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Natal" title="Postage stamps and postal history of 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the Orange Free State">Orange Free State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Pietersburg" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Pietersburg">Pietersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Angola" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Angola">Portuguese Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Guinea-Bissau" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Guinea-Bissau">Portuguese Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Reunion" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Reunion">Reunion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland">Rhodesia and Nyasaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Rio_Muni" class="mw-redirect" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Rio Muni">Rio 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history of Zaire">Zaire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Zambezia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Zambezia">Zambezia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Zambia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Zanzibar" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Zimbabwe" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Zululand" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Zululand">Zululand</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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title="Postage stamps and postal history of Anguilla">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Antigua" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Antigua">Antigua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Argentina" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Argentina">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Aruba" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Aruba">Aruba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Bahamas" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Barbados" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Barbados">Barbados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Belize" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Belize">Belize (British Honduras)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Bermuda" title="Postage stamps and 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postal history of the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Ecuador" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_El_Salvador" title="Postage stamps and postal history of El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Falkland_Islands" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands">Falkland Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Grenada" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Grenada">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Guadeloupe" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Guatemala" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a 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title="Postage stamps and postal history of Finland">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Fiume" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Fiume">Fiume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_France" title="Postage stamps and postal history of France">France</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_of_the_French_colonies" title="Postage stamps of the French colonies">French colonies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Funchal" class="mw-redirect" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Funchal">Funchal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Georgia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Germany" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Germany">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_German_colonies" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the German colonies">German colonies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Gibraltar" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Great_Britain" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Great Britain">Great Britain</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Country_definitives" title="Country definitives">GB regions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Greece" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Greenland" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Greenland">Greenland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Guernsey" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Guernsey">Guernsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Heligoland" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Heligoland">Heligoland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Hungary" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Iceland" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_of_Ireland" title="Postage stamps of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Isle_of_Man" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Isle of Man">Isle of Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Italy" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Jersey" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Jersey">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Karelia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Karelia">Karelia</a></li> <li><a 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and postal history of Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Moldova" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Monaco" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Monaco">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Montenegro" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Mount_Athos" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Mount Athos">Mount Athos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Netherlands" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Northern_Epirus" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Northern Epirus">Northern Epirus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_North_Ingria" title="Postage stamps and postal history of North Ingria">North Ingria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_North_Macedonia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Norway" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Turkey" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey">Ottoman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Poland" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Portugal" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Portugal">Portugal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Azores" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Azores">Azores</a>, <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Madeira" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Madeira">Madeira</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Romania" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Russia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Saar" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Saar">Saar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_San_Marino" title="Postage stamps and postal history of San Marino">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Schleswig-Holstein" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Schleswig-Holstein">Schleswig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Serbia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Slovakia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Slovenia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Slovenia">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta">Sovereign Military Order of Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Postage stamps of the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Spain" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Sweden" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Switzerland" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Transnistria" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Transnistria">Transnistria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Turkey" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Tuscany" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Tuscany">Tuscany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Ukraine" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Vatican_City" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Vatican City">Vatican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_West_Ukrainian_National_Republic" title="Postage stamps and postal history of West Ukrainian National Republic">West Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_Yugoslavia" title="Postage stamps and postal history of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_postal_services_abroad" title="List of postal services abroad">Post abroad</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Austrian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_post_offices_in_Crete" title="Austrian post offices in Crete">Crete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_post_offices_in_Liechtenstein" title="Austrian post offices in Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a 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