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Books & documents
- The Post Office of India and Its Story — Geoffrey Clarke Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- La réforme postale en France (French) — François-Guillaume Barrillon Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Romance of Modern Mechanism — Archibald Williams Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Chinese Sketches — Herbert Allen Giles Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The History of the Post Office, from Its Establishment Down to 1836 — Herbert Joyce Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The History of the British Post Office — Joseph Clarence Hemmeon Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- A Hundred Years by Post: A Jubilee Retrospect — James Wilson Hyde Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The History of the Post Office in British North America — William Smith Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1872 — Canada. Post Office Department Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1873 — Canada. Post Office Department Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1856 — Canada. Post Office Department Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondece — James Rees Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The post office and its story : an interesting account of the activities of a great government department — Edward Bennett Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Development of Rates of Postage: An Historical and Analytical Study — A. D. Smith Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1874 — Canada. Post Office Department Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Last Letter — Fritz Leiber Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Sir Rowland Hill: The Story of a Great Reform — Eleanor C. Hill Smyth Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The American Postal Service — Louis Melius Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- A History of Banks for Savings in Great Britain and Ireland — William Lewins Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2) — George Birkbeck Norman Hill and Sir Rowland Hill Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The King's Post — Robert Charles Tombs Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Bristol Royal Mail: Post, Telegraph, and Telephone — Robert Charles Tombs Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Canadian Postal Guide — Canada. Post Office Department Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2) — George Birkbeck Norman Hill and Sir Rowland Hill Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Lucy Shinn's letter to her daughter, Milicent, about illness, Atlantic Monthly article (1878) — Shinn, Lucy Clark Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80t00246a029500150001-8: TIRE PLANT AND POSSIBLE ROCKET ENGINE SOUNDS AT DNEPROPETROVSK (1962) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp81-00280r000100100038-2: FOR FURTHER GROWTH OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ECONOMY (1956) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80t00246a066000220001-4: THE NAVAL BASE AT MANGALIA (1963) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80-00810a000300590003-1: MAP OF BARDA (1953) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80-00810a002100860008-6: INFORMATION FROM THE AREA OF ARMEEGRUPPE NORD (1953) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80b01086a000800010025-7: PLANNING FOR AN ORDERLY TRANSITION OF THE PRESIDENCY (1968) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80b01676r003000160012-7: LETTER TO MAJOR GENERAL ALVA R. FITCH FROM LYMAN B. KIRKPATRICK (1963) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80-00810a003400420008-0: BERLIN INTERSECTOR TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (1954) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80m01133a000900160015-7: MURPHY COMMISSION DISCUSSION WITH POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT (1974) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp87m01007r000400960005-4: STOPGAP FUNDING BILL MOVING; VETO THREATENED (1985) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp87m01152r001101420023-3: ENROLLED RESOLUTION HJRES 187 -- COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION (1985) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp89g00643r001300040033-3: BRIEFING ON REIMBURSEMENT FOR DETAILEES (1987) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp89t00234r000100110006-9: FEDERAL EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY REPORTING ACT OF 1987, H.R. 3330 (1988) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp89-00066r000300110007-3: HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE ON THE PRESIDENT'S FY 1985 BUDGET INITIATIVES RE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES (3/7/84) (1984) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp83-01022r000100070005-2: SECURITY THREAT POSED BY THEFT OF U.S. MAILS (1970) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp89-00066r000300010015-5: THE CASE OF COPPER (1983) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp88-01314r000100360045-7: FEAR OF SPYING A DANGEROUS GAME WORSENS (1976) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp86-00895r000100050038-8: LETTER TO HONORABLE GEORGE BUSH FROM BELLA S. ABZUG (1976) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp85b01152r001001360031-5: TESTIMONY OF FUND FOR ASSURING AN INDEPENDENT RETIREMENT (FAIR) BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE & CIVIL SERVICE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (1983) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Darling Jim : a novel (2009) — Moerk, Christian Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Bristol Post Office in the age of Rowland Hill 1837-1864 (1983) — Briggs, Daniel Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Postarchiv (1903) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp57-00384r001100050022-3: SPALDING V. VILAS, 161 U. S. 483 ( 1896) (2000) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Going Postal (2004) — Terry Pratchett Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- U.S. Postal Service (1987) — United States. General Accounting Office Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Going postal (1997) — Don Lasseter Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Postal Workers (1992) — Paulette Bourgeois Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Carte postale (1974) — Zamenga Batukezanga. Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Postcards (1992) — Annie Proulx Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Anthropocene Reviewed (2019) — John Green Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Billy Bunter's Postal Order (1968) — Frank Richards Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Catálogo descriptivo de tarjetas postales ilustradas de la República Argentina (1992) — Marcelo Loeb Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Postcards from the Edge (1987) — Carrie Fisher Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Going postal (2006) — Mark Ames Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Cartes postales from Greece (2016) — Victoria Hislop Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Postal exam preparation book (1990) — Norman Hall Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Postal (2019) — Bryan Hill, Matt Hawkins, Isaac Goodhart, Linda Sejic Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- La Postal / The Postcard (2023) — Anne Berest Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Postal services bill (2000) — Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Postales del Este / Postcards from the East (2020) — Reyes Monforte Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Catálogo enciclopédico de selos e história postal do Brasil preço (1999) — Unknown Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Going postal [adaptation] (2005) — Stephen Briggs Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Murder Most Postal (2001) — Martin H. Greenberg, Edgar Allan Poe Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Collecting Postal History (1974) — Dmitry Kandaouroff-Deka Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Postal (2020) — Brock Wilbur, Nathan Rabin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Postal exams handbook (1991) — Eve P. Steinberg Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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