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Postmarks

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Official marks stamped on mail, sometimes serving as cancellations, that indicate the place, date, and sometimes the time that the postal system accepted custody of the item; use "cancellations" only for official defacements of postage stamps to prevent their reuse.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Envelope Addressed from Ernest Loeb to Emil Loeb, 9 October 1945

 Item
Identifier: B407.01.0001.0011.00009
Abstract

Envelope is brown and damaged. No corresponding letter was found with the envelope. There is a stamp in the upper left corner that reads "Air Mail 6 Cents United States of America" and has a picture of an airplane on it. The letter has been stamped in ink with "U.S. Army Postal Service 757 9 OCT 1945". The addresses are both typed on, not printed, and the word "airmail" is also typed on. This was sent from Ernest's U.S. mailbox in Germany, APO 757, while he was stationed in Germany.

Dates: 9 October 1945

frid00301

 Item
Identifier: frid00301
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of over two terabytes of digital images, made available to the University Libraries by the Myhren Art Gallery at the University of Denver for the purposes of long-term preservation and user access. Images are curated at the item level.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1925-1964

JCRS Correspondence and Spivak Postmark, 1907-1925, 2007

 File
Identifier: B250.02.0001.0014
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, to and from Dr. Charles D. Spivak, including letter to Morris Fred regarding marriage, and postmark of Spivak CPU-Edgewater stamped on December 24, 2007 before the post office closed.

Dates: 1907-1925, 2007

Receipt, 1912 January 20

 Item
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0159.00015
Abstract

Receipt for the shipment of Herman Stitch's personal belongings to his father, Abraham Stitch.

Dates: 1912 January 20