general post office (45 Ergebnisse)

Pamphlet. Zustand: Very Good. 20p stapled pamphlet, in excellent condition, clean pages, bright unmarked cover, a well preserved copy Language: English.

Booklet. Zustand: Very Good. 12p oblong format, illustrated throughout, a fresh and clean copy Language: English.

1 Blatt, verso weiß. Zustand: Gut. Bild ca. 9,5 x 14,5 cm, Blatt ca. 16 x 22,5 cm. Etwas stockfleckig, leicht gebräunt, obere linke Ecke mit kleiner handschriftlicher Nummer, sonst gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.

Small 4to. stiff pictorial wraps, 82 pages, color and black & white illustrations; map of routes and pictorial brochure laid in; a very good, clean tight copy.

weicher Einband. IV. + 46 S. + 9 S. Abb., Quart, kartoniert, Klammerheftung. Teilweise fleckig, auch Einbandvorderseite, oben rechts. Textsauber. Zeitdokument mit sichtbaren Gebrauchs- und Altersspuren. Gutes, ordentliches Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch (unbesetzt) 300 gr.

folio [31x20cm] 6 pages. disbound. good clean condition. [shipping charges will be reduced when this order is processed. please see our storefront page for shipping information].

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Not dated, approx 1930s/40s. 8pp. Very Good/None. Soft card covers with very minor rubbing to edges/spine, very minor soiling. Contents clean and tight but for very minor creasing. B&W photos throughout. Little information booklet about the London Post Office Railway, later known as the Mail Rail, a narrow gauge, driverlesss underground railway, built by the Post Office and the Underground Electric Railways company. It opened in 1927 and operated until its closure in 2003. It was used to efficiently transport mail between sorting offices. Scarce.

Sm. Slim 8vo. [iv] + [73]pp. + [i]. Several rules amended with correction slips tipped in, one ms. entry for 1913 filled in on 'Correction Slip Table,' e.ps. very lightly browned, some very occasional light marginal spotting, original yellow cloth backed beige boards lettered in black to upper board, soiled and sl. rubbed, corners sl. rubbed, ownership signature to top edge of upper board. 135 Rules. US$37.

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. 3 colour post cards each with ½d franked stamp, one stamped 'Commanding Officer H. M. S. Victory Ship'. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp issuing authority. Sometimes the issue is made from a temporary or permanent foreign or overseas office. 3 colour post cards each with ½d franked stamp, one stamped 'Commanding Officer H. M. S. Victory Ship'. In Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. PHILATELY (Postal History).

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Bell (illustrator). Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. An original antique engraving, printed in 1874, a composite print showing the work of the Telegraph Office, with male and female operatives using the various machines - the single needle, the automatic, the old double needle or 'cottage', the Hughes Type printer, the Pneumataic Puncher, the ABC, the Direct Writer and the American Sounder.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Issue 2, 12pp, 8 fold out diagrams, card covers, cloth spine, In very good condition, a little creasing to the corners of the covers and a name written at the top of the front cover. A detailed description of the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, which was built to link with Telstar, the communications satellite launched by NASA in July 1962. Goonhilly remained active until 2008. UK postage for this item will be lower than the ABE default rate.

Zustand: Good. Blank Form. 8.5" x 14", Folded Printed Sheet, Good with minor losses, marginal tears, toning.

Hardcover. Scarce. Inner hinges cracked but holding, several previous owner's ex-libris stamps, touch of fraying to ends of spine and two corners, several light marks to covers, several pennings, otherwise good. 1530pp.

See his entry, and Freeling's, in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. Aged and worn, with nicks and closed tears around the edges, but not near the valediction 'Yours very faithfully / W: Manning.' Addressed to 'Francis Freeling, Esqr.' Begins: 'My dear Sir, / Your Letter of yesterday I have just received & am exceedingly obliged to you for the communication it contains - it is quite distressing to see the delusion which prevails in the public mind on this subject -'. He is 'submitting the Extract of the Norwich paper sent by Mr. Coldwell (to whom we are much obliged) to the Governor & Deputy Governor', but does not wish to delay his thanks to Freeling.

8vo. (iv), 112 pp. Contemporary brown morocco backed russet boards, gilt vignette to the upper cover, gilt lettered to the spine, contemporary book label to the inner cover, two later colour photographs of the S.S. Menelaus and Lycaon paperclipped to the front, occasional pencilled annotations. Some light rubbing, very good.

Paperback. 28pp including 12 illustrations, card covers, London (c1930). Very good.

Wraps. Zustand: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First Printing. iv, 120, [1] pages. Wraps. Tabular Data. The 1981 Senate hearings regarding the implementation of the nine-digit ZIP code (ZIP+4) were marked by intense debate over automation, costs, and mandatory versus voluntary usage. The hearings, primarily held before the Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office, and General Services, aimed to address public and Congressional concerns that the system was premature and overly burdensome. A major focus was ensuring the new, longer code would be voluntary, specifically for residential users, to alleviate public fear of forced compliance. Postmaster General Bolger testified that he supported making it voluntary, except for bulk mailers seeking discounts. Critics in the Senate, such as Senator David Durenberger and Senator Roger Jepsen, argued that the system was not fully tested, might increase costs, and that the public did not want it. The program was designed to cut costs through automated mail sorting using optical character readers (OCRs). In April 1981, Congress considered legislation to block the June 1, 1981 implementation date proposed by the Postal Service, with leaders calling for a cost-benefit analysis. Despite the contention, the Senate moved forward with the program, with the legislative battle continuing through the end of the year, eventually leading to the authorization of the program by late 1981, with full implementation planned for subsequent years. The hearings highlighted the transition from manual to automated mail processing and the friction caused by requiring the public to adopt a more detailed addressing system. The nine-digit zip code (ZIP+4) was introduced by the USPS in 1983 to improve mail sorting automation and speed up delivery. It adds a four-digit suffix to the original five-digit code, identifying specific geographic segments?such as a city block, apartment building, or individual high-volume receiver. The first five digits define the region and local post office. The added +4 indicates a sector (several blocks) and a segment (one side of a street). The system allows automated machinery to sort mail to smaller, more precise delivery areas, reducing manual handling. While proposed earlier, the extended code was officially introduced in 1983. Initial uptake was slow due to a, at the time, small incentive for large-scale mailers. It provided increased accuracy, faster delivery times (sometimes up to two days faster), and reduced costs for bulk mailers. While not mandatory for citizens, it is heavily used by businesses for address verification, mailing efficiency, and better logistical analytics. The system evolved from the original 1963 five-digit Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) to handle growing mail volumes.