http://www.postalhistorycovers.com/postal_history/railway-postal-mail-service Sponsored by eStampsNet.com Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:46:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.postalhistorycovers.com/postal_history/railway-postal-mail-service/comment-page-1#comment-384 Jessie Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:41:24 +0000 http://www.postalhistorycovers.com/?p=178#comment-384 Does anyone know the dates when mailing addresses used a one or two digit number between the city and the states, eg."Chicago 7, Illinois." This was BEFORE zipcodes began to be used in 1963. Thanks - Jessie Does anyone know the dates when mailing addresses used a one or two digit number between the city and the states, eg.”Chicago 7, Illinois.” This was BEFORE zipcodes began to be used in 1963. Thanks – Jessie

]]> http://www.postalhistorycovers.com/postal_history/railway-postal-mail-service/comment-page-1#comment-189 Frank Scheer f_scheer@yahoo.com Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:28:48 +0000 http://www.postalhistorycovers.com/?p=178#comment-189 USA Railway Post Office history between 1862 and 1978 is very interesting. A free summary is available as an email attachment upon request. It was written by Clarence Wilking in 1982. Also, some libraries may have MAIL BY RAIL: A History of the Postal Transportation Service by Bryant Alden Long and William J. Dennis, published by Simmons-Boardman in 1951. This book turns up on eBay about once a month. USA Railway Post Office history between 1862 and 1978 is very interesting. A free summary is available as an email attachment upon request. It was written by Clarence Wilking in 1982. Also, some libraries may have MAIL BY RAIL: A History of the Postal Transportation Service by Bryant Alden Long and William J. Dennis, published by Simmons-Boardman in 1951. This book turns up on eBay about once a month.

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