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Little Rock Shield article in August 11 Classic Society Bulletin

I have an article appearing in the August 2011 Classic Society Bulletin which tells the story of the Little Rock Shield territorial townmark, and summarizes the information about all 27 covers bearing the Little Rock Shield. You can see all of these covers on the19th Century-Territorial-Little Rock Shield page.

8/20/2011

Airplane Crash Covers Posted

I decided to do something different and moved to a 20th century postal history area - Airplane crash covers. Only two crashes occurred with mail-carrying planes, that I have seen. One of these was a flight from Little Rock to Memphis, and crashed in the Mississippi River but I figure that is close enough. Please check out the Crash Cover page.

Updated 9-08-2011

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Welcome To the Arkansas Postal History Website

This site is dedicated to the accumulation and dissemination of information about the Postal System in Arkansas and in Indian Territory. The site is still under construction so many pages are blank, but will be filled as time goes on.

The main menu pages are active as well as the subpages that appear when you click on a main menu, so look both places. You will find sections about:

1) Arkansas History.
2) 19th Century Postal History
    a. Territory-Non-Little Rock Covers
        *Little Rock Shield usages
        *Little Rock Non-Shield covers
    b. State 1836-1845
       *1836-45 Little Rock Covers
       *1836-45 Non-Little Rock Covers
    c. State 1845-1851
        * US 1847 Adhesive usages
    d. State 1851-1861
        *1850s Stampless Covers
        *2nd Adhesive Issue (1851)
        *3rd Adhesive Issue (1857)
      *1st Embossed Envelope Issue(Nesbitt)
        *2nd Embossed Envelope Issue(Star Die)
        *Butterfield Overland Mail
    e. Independent Statehood and CSA in the US system.
    f. Confederate Arkansas
        *CSA Postoffices
        *CSA Stampless Covers
        *CSA Adhesive uses
        *Postmaster Provisonal Uses into Arkansas
        *CSA Patriotics to and from Arkansas
       *Transmississippi Express Covers
    g. Union Occupation-1862-65
    h. State 1865-1899
        * 1869 Adhesive Issue
    i. Inland Waterways
    j. 19th Century Fancy Cancels
3) Award winning Arkansas Postal History Exhibits
4) 20th Century Arkansas Postal History
    a. RFD Cancels
    b. Doane Cancels
    c. Arkansas Precancels
    d. Air Mail
        -Air Mail Week
        -First Flights,
        -Crash Covers,
        -Air Port Dedications
    e. 20th Century Fancy Cancels
    f. First Day Covers & Cachets
5) Railway and Highway Post Offices
6) Auction records and scans of significant Arkansas Postal History Items.
7) References and Bibliography for Arkansas Postal History
8) Links to useful web sites
9) Award winning Arkansas Postal History Exhibits - NEW 4/25/08. Pages can be viewed one at a time (best resolution) or as a slide show. Check this out!

The site is still being built. Visit often for updates. Updated 6/30/2011
Bruce Roberts, Knoxville, Tennessee

Acknowledgments

The following firms and individuals have generously granted me permission to use cover images from their auctions, stock, or collections. This site would be much less useful without their assistance. Those with active websites can be clicked to link to their website.

Brian Green
Cherrystone Auctions
Chris Records
Chris Winters, MD (dec)
Conrad L. Bush
Deane Briggs, MD
Don Tocher
Douglas Weisz Covers
Galen Harrison
Garry Hendershott
George Kramer
James Milgram, MD
James Monroe
Jeremiah Farrington
Jerry Palazolo
Jerry Wells
John W.Kaufmann, Inc.
John Kimbrough, MD
John Walker, England
Larry Baum
Leonard H. Hartmann
Mark Scheuer
Pam Owens
Regency-Superior Auctions
Richard Frajola
Robert Siegel Auctions
Schuyler Rumsey Philatelic Auctions
Stephen T. Taylor, England
Tony Crumbley
Trish Kaufmann
Willam Shulleeta

Updated 2012-02-01