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The United States Postal Service has no information on New York's postmasters prior to the year 1775. The New York City Post Office is first mentioned in Hugh Finlay's journal dated 1773 which lists Alexander Colden as the postmaster of New York City. Other sources indicate that Colden may have served as postmaster as early as 1753. [1]
The New York Postmaster's Provisional is, as its designation implies, a postage stamp provided by the New York Post Office to facilitate the prepayment of mail at a time when the United States had not yet issued postage stamps for national use.
The national U. S. stamps introduced on July 1, 1847 essentially conformed to the design features of the New York Postmaster's provisional—not surprisingly, given that both the provisional and national issues were designed and printed by the same New York firm (Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edson). With the issue of stamps for nationwide use ...
Pages in category "Postmasters of New York City" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Postmasters of New York City (17 P) Pages in category "New York (state) postmasters" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total.
A dedicated Long Island mail carrier and Army veteran has been honored by the US Postal Service for his career of over three decades and "commitment to public service," the agency said.
An Act of Congress provided for the issuance of stamps on March 3, 1847, and the postmaster general immediately let a contract to the New York City engraving firm of Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson. The first stamp issue of the U.S. was offered for sale on July 1, 1847, in New York City, with Boston receiving stamps the following day and other ...
Between 2000 and 2014, more than 700 subpostmasters and subpostmistresses were wrongly prosecuted.