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Periodical United States official postal guide

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Title

  • United States official postal guide

Names

  • United States. Post Office Department

Created / Published

  • Washington U.S. Govt. Print. Off.

Headings

Genre

  • Guidebooks

Notes

  • -  Frequency varies
  • -  Oct. 1874-Oct. 1954.
  • -  Issues for Oct. 1874-July 1879 called no. 1-20; Sept. 1879-June 1908 called ser. 2, v. 1-30; July 1908-June 1921 called ser. 3, v. 1-13; July 1921-June 1937 called ser. 4, v. 1-16; July 1937-Apr. 1945 called ser. 5, v. 1-4; July 1945-Oct. 1954 called ser. 6, v. 1-5, no. 6. Pt. 2 of the large July issue, 1937-53 called ser. 1, v. 1- ser. 2, v. 1, 2d ed.
  • -  Beginning in 1880 a July number (the Jan. number 1880-1908) is the large complete guide and directory with the other numbers serving as supplements. Beginning in 1937, this July number is issued in 2 pts.: pt. 1. Domestic postal service, including international money order business (issued biennially); Pt. 2. International service (called 1937-50 International postal service) (issued annually (irregular)).
  • -  Also issued online.
  • -  Continued in part by: Postal manual, and: Directory of post offices, and: Directory of international mail.
  • -  SERBIB/SERLOC merged record
  • -  United States. Post Office Department. Postal manual (OCoLC)47107154
  • -  Directory of post offices (DLC) 55061389 (OCoLC)1956404
  • -  Directory of international mail (DLC) 55061157 (OCoLC)1697029
  • -  LAC ecr 2020-11-06 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 81 v. 20-25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HE6361 .A3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 04018254

OCLC Number

  • 2483030

ISSN Number

  • 0193-6018

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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United States Post Office Department. United States official postal guide. Washington U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1874. Periodical. https://www.loc.gov/item/04018254/.

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United States Post Office Department. (1874) United States official postal guide. Washington U.S. Govt. Print. Off. [Periodical] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/04018254/.

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United States Post Office Department. United States official postal guide. Washington U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1874. Periodical. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/04018254/>.