Whatcom County post offices and postmasters, 1857-1985
Edition: 1st limited ed.
Publisher: Neil D. Mullen
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Bellingham, Washington
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 251
First sentence: The postal history of Whatcom County has never been printed. This volume contains the skeleton of that history.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; label: PREFACE
title: vii; label: INTRODUCTION
title: ix; label: RISE AND DEMISE OF POST OFFICES
title: 1; label: FACTORS OF POSTMARK SCARCITY
title: 9; label: POSTMASTER COMPENSATION: 1877-1911
title: 11; label: POPULATION: 1860-1980
title: 21; label: EVENTS IN POSTAL HISTORY
title: 27; label: POST OFFICES: 1857-1985 -- A Chronological List
title: 33; label: POST OFFICES: 1857-1985 -- An Alphabetical List
title: 37; label: POST OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS: 1857-1985
title: 45; title: FIGURES; label: Frontpiece: Northwest Washington Map
title: iii; label: Figure 1: Graph: Operating Post Offices 1860-1980
title: 2; label: Figure 2: Whatcom RFD Route NO. 1.
title: 3; label: Figure 3: Western Whatcom County Post Office Sites
title: 5; label: Figure 4: Mid-Whatcom County Post Office Sites
title: 6; label: Figure 5: Eastern Whatcom County Post Office Sites
title: 7; label: Figure 6: Centennial Post Office Cachets
title: 7; label: Figure 7: Selected Postmaster Compensations
title: 20; label: Figure 8: 1900 U. S. Census Precincts
title: 23; label: Figure 9: Operating Post Offices: 1985
title: 46