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The national collection illustrates and invites research into United States philately and postal operations. It contains prestigious postal issues and specialized collections, archival postal documents and three-dimensional objects that trace the evolution of the postal services.
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The National Postal Museum is divided into galleries that explore America's postal history from colonial times to the present. Visitors learn how mail has been transported and the wondrous diversity of postage stamps.
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The Museum supports a wide variety of interdisciplinary research projects which address topics of importance such as current and future postal operations, as well as philatelic and postal history. Our efforts are a resource and point of reference for research and wider investigation by historians throughout the United States and the world.
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https://postalmuseum.si.edu/in-memoriam-nancy-pope
...Home In Memoriam: Nancy Pope Click to view social media share links In Memoriam: Nancy Pope Smithsonian Institution...
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/under-the-pole
...Home Blog Under the Pole Click to view social media share links Under the Pole 08.03.2017 Blog By Nancy Pope , Curator...
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/benjamin-franklin-philadelphia%E2%80%99s-postmaster
...: Philadelphia’s Postmaster 06.06.2017 Blog By Nancy Pope , Historian and Curator Editor’s Note: Benjamin Franklin stands proudly in...
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/september-11-2001-a-letter-carrier%E2%80%99s-story
... Letter Carrier’s Story 09.09.2011 Blog By Nancy Pope , Historian This post is part three in a series on September 11th and...
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/ask-a-curator-day-a-big-success
...! 10.02.2012 Blog By Nancy Pope , Historian and Curator and Katie Burke, Museum Specialist The postal museum was one of dozens of...
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/a-difficult-december-part-i-setting-up-a-route
..., Part I: Setting up a Route 12.11.2018 Blog By Nancy Pope , Curator & Historian, December 11, 2018 2018 marks the centennial...
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/a-difficult-december-part-iii-the-route-begins
..., Part III: The Route Begins 12.18.2018 Blog By Nancy Pope , Curator & Historian 2018 marks the centennial of airmail service...
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/a-difficult-december-part-ii-planes-personnel
..., Part II: Planes & Personnel 12.15.2018 Blog By Nancy Pope , Curator & Historian, December 15, 2018 2018 marks the...
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/curator%E2%80%99s-picks-%E2%80%93-alaskan-dog-sled
... 09.10.2009 Blog By Nancy Pope , Curator Curator's Picks will be a regular feature on the NPM Blog. Historian & Curator Nancy Pope...
https://postalmuseum.si.edu/topics/airmail-service
... of supporting infrastructure. In a three-part series, Nancy Pope shares the captivating history of these pioneering...
