United States Stamp / Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. / /
Country
United States / Canada / United Kingdom / /
Currency
USD / cent / /
Facility
Club Philatelist / Brown University / John Hay Library / /
IndustryTerm
printing varieties / /
Organization
Journal of the Rhode Island Philatelic / Congress / Brown University / Philatelic Classics Society / Post Office / Bureau of Engraving and Printing / Collectors Club of New York / Essay Proof / Philatelic Agency / U.S. Special Delivery Service / /
Person
Franklin Delano Roosevelt / William Learned Law Peitz / Harold B. Billian / Henry Hammelman / Herman Herst / Jr. / Henry M. Gobie / Vol / Stephen Rich / Hugh Southgate / Morris X. Weiss / Richard Searing / William Siebold / Lee Storms / /
Position
Bureau Specialist / author / first day cover dealer / Collector / The Stamp Specialist / one of the founders / Specialist / United States Specialist / /
Synopsis U.S. Special Delivery — The Last 75 Years The special delivery service of the United States commenced October 1, 1885 and ended on June 7, 1997. From its inception to 1925, the rate was ten cents