The Postal History Of British Guiana
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The Postage Stamps And Postal History Of British Guiana
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Author : William Augustus Townsend
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Postage Stamps And Postal History Of British Guiana written by William Augustus Townsend and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Postage stamps categories.
Guyana / Demerara / Georgetown / airmail service B1927- / inland post / postal rates B1850- / post offices.
The Postal History Of British Guiana
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Author : Edward Wilfrid Baxby Proud
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-01-01
The Postal History Of British Guiana written by Edward Wilfrid Baxby Proud and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Postal service categories.
British Guiana Postal History Catalogue Of British Guiana Stamps In Chronological Order
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Author : V. V. Khemraj
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
British Guiana Postal History Catalogue Of British Guiana Stamps In Chronological Order written by V. V. Khemraj and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Postage stamps categories.
British Guiana Postal Guide
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1906
British Guiana Postal Guide written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1906 with Postal service categories.
Postal Registration In British Guiana
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Author : M. R. Rego
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Postal Registration In British Guiana written by M. R. Rego and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Handstamps (Philately) categories.
The Postal History Of British New Guinea And Papua 1885 1942
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Author : Roger Lee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Postal History Of British New Guinea And Papua 1885 1942 written by Roger Lee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Cancellations (Philately) categories.
Postmarks, cachets, postage stamps, ship mail, markings, cancellations and cancellers, fakes and forgeries, airmail history.
The One Cent Magenta
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Author : James Barron
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-05-01
The One Cent Magenta written by James Barron and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-01 with History categories.
When it was issued in 1856, it cost a penny. When it was sold at Sotheby’s in 2014, the tiny square of faded red paper known as the one-cent magenta cost nearly $US9.5 million, making it the world’s most valuable object by weight. Printed in what was then British Guiana, one-cent magentas were provisional stamps intended for local newspapers. Most were later thrown out, but one survived. Discovered by a young boy in 1873, the stamp has since been through the hands of nine fanatical owners including an Australian-born engineer, a convicted murderer, and a fabulously wealthy Frenchman who hid it from view (not even King George V of England could get a peek). The One-Cent Magenta weaves a fascinating tale of obsession to own the world’s most fragile treasure, and the extraordinary characters who have loved and lost it.
The Official Gazette Of British Guiana
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Author : British Guiana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1903
The Official Gazette Of British Guiana written by British Guiana and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1903 with Guyana categories.
Who Is Who In British Guiana 1945 1948
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Author : Erwin Brewster
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2012-09-05
Who Is Who In British Guiana 1945 1948 written by Erwin Brewster and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A transcription of a text published in British Guiana in 1948 listing 4351 individuals together with their occupations and some details of their accomplishments. This directory must have been very useful at the time of its original publication, but after nearly 70 years is of little if any practical commercial value. It has been reproduced purely for the purpose of informing current and future generations in Guyana of their ancestors and their accomplishments. From a genealogical perspective therefore, it may serve some useful purpose.
Spreading The News
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Author : Richard R. JOHN
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Spreading The News written by Richard R. JOHN and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with History categories.
In the seven decades from its establishment in 1775 to the commercialization of the electric telegraph in 1844, the American postal system spurred a communications revolution no less far-reaching than the subsequent revolutions associated with the telegraph, telephone, and computer. This book tells the story of that revolution and the challenge it posed for American business, politics, and cultural life. During the early republic, the postal system was widely hailed as one of the most important institutions of the day. No other institution had the capacity to transmit such a large volume of information on a regular basis over such an enormous geographical expanse. The stagecoaches and postriders who conveyed the mail were virtually synonymous with speed. In the United States, the unimpeded transmission of information has long been hailed as a positive good. In few other countries has informational mobility been such a cherished ideal. Richard John shows how postal policy can help explain this state of affairs. He discusses its influence on the development of such information-intensive institutions as the national market, the voluntary association, and the mass party. He traces its consequences for ordinary Americans, including women, blacks, and the poor. In a broader sense, he shows how the postal system worked to create a national society out of a loose union of confederated states. This exploration of the role of the postal system in American public life provides a fresh perspective not only on an important but neglected chapter in American history, but also on the origins of some of the most distinctive features of American life today. Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgments The Postal System as an Agent of Change The Communications Revolution Completing the Network The Imagined Community The Invasion of the Sacred The Wellspring of Democracy The Interdiction of Dissent Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Sources Index Reviews of this book: "[A] splendid new book...that gives the lie to any notion that 'government' and 'administration' were 'absent' in early America." DD--Theda Skocpol, Social Science History "This well-researched and elegantly written book will become a model for historians attempting to link public policy to cultural and political change...[It] will engage not only historians of the early republic, but all scholars interested in the relationship between state and society." DD--John Majewski, Journal of Economic History "The strength of the book is...the author's ability to untangle the thousands of social, political, economic, and cultural threads of the postal fabric and to rearrange them into a clear and compelling social history." DD--Roy Alden Atwood, Journal of American History "Richard R. John provides an insightful cultural history of the often-overlooked American postal system, concentrating on its preeminent status for long-distance communication between its birth in 1775 and the commercialization of the electric telegraph in 1844...John effectively draws upon government documents, newspapers, travelogues, and contemporary social and political histories to argue that the postal system causes and mirrors dramatic changes in American public life during this period...John focuses his study on the communication revolution of the past, yet his meticulous analysis of the complex motives forming the postal institution and its policies relate to such current controversies as those that surround the transmission of information in cyberspace. These contemporary disputes highlight the power of the government in shaping the communication of the people. John privileges the postal institution as the reigning communication system, yet he links it with the developing ideology of the nation, and the scope of his study ensures its value--in the disciplines of communication studies, literature, history, and political science, among others--as a history of the past and present." DD--Sarah R. Marino, Canadian Review of American Studies "Spreading the News exemplifies the kind of sophisticated and nuanced research that US postal history has long needed. Richard R. John breaks from the internalist, antiquarian tradition characteristic of so many post office histories to place the postal system at the centre of American national development." DD--Richard B. Kielbowicz, Business History "[John] presents a thoroughly researched and well-written book...[which will give] insight into the history of the post office and its impact on American life." DD--Library Journal "It is surely true that in Richard John the post has had the good fortune to have found its proper historian, one capable of appreciating the complex design and social importance of the means a people use to distribute information. He has also accomplished the impressive feat of gathering together the pieces of a postal history present elsewhere as so many tiny fragments. John has drawn into a coherent design the stories of postal patronage, the decisions about postal privacy, the incidents along post roads used by others as illustrative anecdotes. John's work has inspired in him a deep appreciation for the accomplishments of the post." DD--Ann Fabian, The Yale Review "John's book explains how the letters and newspapers sent through the post were really the glue that held the early 13 states together and that embraced additional states as the nation expanded westward...It is a splendid attempt to show the importance of mail service in the years before the telegraph or the telephone made at least brief news transmission possible. The postal system of the 19th century really was a factor, perhaps the major factor, in making the United States one nation." DD--Richard B. Graham, Linn's Stamp News "This book traces the central role of the postal system in [its] communications revolution and its contribution to American public life. The author shows how the postal system influenced the establishment of a national society out of a loose union of confederated states. Richard John throws light onto a chapter in American history that is often neglected but sets up the origins of some of the most distinctive features of American life today...The book is a comprehensive study on an important American institution during a critical epoch in its history." DD--Monika Plum, Prometheus [UK] "John has produced an original, well-documented, and thoughtful study that offers alternative and enticing interpretations of Jacksonian policies and public institutions." DD--Choice
