Reference
CRT161/26
Title
Postal History: two articles reproduced from Postal History
1.'Postal History and the Preservation of Records'. Article by Brian S. Smith, County Archivist of Gloucestershire. No 170, 1969
2. 'The Archivist and Postal History'. Talk given by R. M. Willcocks, a postal collector, to the British Records Association in December 1971. Printed in No 173, 1972
Date free text
1969-72
Production date
From: 1969 To: 1972
old accession numbers 4249, 4250
Scope and Content
These articles address the perceived lack of recording of postal marks on deposited archives; the potential for envelopes, stamps, etc to be easily stolen from record offices and the conflict between postal collectors and archivists.
Level of description
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