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Descriptive Summary
Title: Philatelic Collection
Dates: 1845-1985
Collection Number: GC 1140
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 8 legal, 1 record storage, 21 postcard boxes)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Postal covers, stamps and philatelic-related publications. Primarily postal covers from the United States; Southern California
addresses are negligible; some foreign postal items. Covers date back to 1845 with the bulk 1880-1960.
Language of Material: English
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Research is by appointment only
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Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
Preferred Citation
Philatelic Collection. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Scope and Content of Collection
Postal covers, stamps and philatelic-related publications. Primarily postal covers from the United States; Southern California
addresses are negligible; some foreign postal items. Covers date back to 1845 with the bulk 1880-1960. Covers include commemoratives;
U.S. military and World War I soldier mail; first-day covers; unused Civil War covers; George Washington Bicentennial (1932);
ship cancellations (1930-1960); California Historical Series (1969-70); stage coach commemoratives (1930s-1940s); aviation
and airmail (1928-1970); Charles Lindbergh (1928); Wiley Post and Will Rogers (1931-1935); railroad including the San Francisco
Bay Area BART opening (1938-1973); Philippines covers (20th century). A stamp album published in 1976 with some stamps adhered;
U.S. stamp sheets (circa 1973);
Publications (circa 1930s) include philatelic catalogs, Aero News, and Postal Record. U.S. Postal Service philatelic bulletins
(circa 1981); notes and clippings on postal history (1985).