Texas the Drama of Its Postal Past
by Ter Braake, Alex L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
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About This Item
State College, PA: American Philatelic Society. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Book is clean and tight, corners and ends of spine are bumped. The dust jacket is a brown paper wrapper with splits at corners and a wrinkle at the top front, the back has rips and tears. Chapters include, Mexican Texas, Republic of Texas (creating system, financial problems, Post Offices) Texas and Civil War, Transportation of Texas Mail, Military Mail (War of Independence, American-Mexican War, Civil War, Mexican Conflict of 1914), Diplomatic and Consular Mail, West Texas Forts and the Mail. There are also appendices. Empire of Greer, Translation of the DeCroix Document, Postal Law of Texas-December-1836, List of Texas Post Offices and Postmasters-October-1840, List of Postal Routes in Texas-1840, Texas Straight-Line Postmarks and Rio Grande, book has Bibliography and Index. .
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- Title
- Texas the Drama of Its Postal Past
- Author
- Ter Braake, Alex L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Philatelic Society
- Place of Publication
- State College, PA
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Philately, Stamps, Texana Postal History B000GU3UCY
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- Fair
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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