The Arthur White Postal History Archive

• Correspondences
  • Correspondences
• Forwarding Agents
  • Forwarding Agents
• U.S. Naval Covers
  • U.S. Naval Covers
• Ship Letters
  • Ship Letters
• Steam Ship Lines
  • Steam Ship Lines
• BNA Mails
  • BNA Mails
• West Indies and South American Mails
  • West Indies and South American Mails
• French Mails
  • French Mails
• British Mails
  • British Mails - Cunard Line
  • British Mails
• German Mails
  • German Mails
• Other European Mails
  • Other European Mails
• Australian Mails
  • Australian Mails
• India and Far East Mails
  • India and Far East Mails

CorrespondencesBack to Top

A Correspondence To/From Madeira, 1793-1859, all foreign

The American Bible Society Correspondence, 1817-1853 (mostly ship)

The Shearman Correspondence, 1851-1864

Frank D. Williams Correspondence (Hong Kong,Marseilles), 1854-1856

T. W. House, Britain to Texas Correspondence, 1858-1870

Forwarding AgentsBack to Top

Forwarding Agents, 1818-1873

Forwarding Agents, 1824-1889

Forwarding Agents, 1839-1886

Forwarding Agents - Harnden Company, 1841-1848

U.S. Naval CoversBack to Top

US Naval Covers - U.S.S. Kearsarge

Oscar H. Lackey Naval Correspondence, 1869-1875

US Naval Covers, mostly ship, 1815-1844

US Naval Covers, a few ship, 1835-1905

US Naval Covers, some ship, steam, 1826-1863

Ship LettersBack to Top

Miscellaneous Ship Letters, 1746-1867

Miscellaneous Ship Letters, 1794-1882

Ship Letters, 1807-1868 (not Baltimore, Boston, NY, Philadelphia)

Miscellaneous Stampless Ship Letters

Philadelphia Letters 1801-1873 (inbound ship, outbound Cope's)

New York Ship Letters, 1793-1840

New York Ship Letters, 1828-1908

Boston Ship Letters, 1770-1854

Boston Ship/Packet Letters (1799, 1843-1866 all stampless)

Boston Ship Letters, 1816-1849

Boston Ship Letters, 1823-1895

Ship and Inland Waterways, 1828-1864, mostly steam

Steam Ship LinesBack to Top

Hamburg-American Line (HAPAG), 1855-1937

S. S. Robert Fulton - Pioneer Steamships, 1821-1822

Smaller Transatlantic Steamship Lines, 1853-1926

Pioneer Steamships, 1838-1840 - Royal William, Sirius, British Queen

S. S. Great Western - The Great Western Steamship Company, 1838-1840

The Inman Line, 1851-1885

The Inman Line, 1851-1883

The Inman Line, 1858-1882

The Guion Line, 1870-1893

Transatlantic Mails to/from Canada, 1824-1891

Transatlantic Steam Co. - Ocean, Atlantic, National, French, 1847-1905

Havre Line, Old Line, Union Line - Pioneer Sailing Packets, 1831-1844

Various Lines, Pioneer Sailing Packets, 1798-1851

Black Ball Line, Pioneer Sailing Packets, 1809-1847

Falmouth Packets, 1791-1837

Pioneer Sailing Packets - Swallow Tail Lines, 1833-1854

New York & Havre Steam Navigation Company, 1850-1861

Great Western Steam Ship Co., 1841-1846 (pioneer British steamships)

Montreal Ocean Steam Ship Co - The Allan Line, 1857-1902

Transatlantic Steam Ship Co - S. S. Liverpool, 1838-1840

White Star Line, 1873-1920

BNA MailsBack to Top

US/Canada Cross Border Rates, 1813-1866

New Brunswick, PEI, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, 1817-1867

West Indies and South American MailsBack to Top

West Indies Mail, almost no US Markings, 1836-1906

West Indies and South American Mail, 1845-1926, all foreign (French)

West Indies and South American Mail, 1848-1875, all US

West Indies and South American Mail without US Markings, 1852-1875

West Indies and South American Mail - Brazil and Argentina, 1855-1866

West Indies and South American Mail, 1859-1877, mostly foreign

West Indies and South American Mail, 1860-1936, mostly US

West Indies and South American Mail, 1862-1936, some US

South American Mail, mostly Buenos Aries, 1867-1882

French MailsBack to Top

French Mails without US Markings, 1819-1863

French Mails (stampless) - 1825-47 - Union and Havre Lines

French Mails - Mediterranean & North Africa,1835-1878

French Mails without US Markings, 1837-1882

French Mails before French Treaty, 1838-1857

French Mails without US Markings 1840-1941

French & some Spanish Mails,1853-1939

French Mails from April 1, 1857 Treaty to 1867 Period

French Mails - 1859-1874, Treaties 4/1/57,1/9/69,1/1/70 and 9/1/71

British Mails - Cunard LineBack to Top

Cunard Line - 1840-1880

Cunard Line - British Packet Letters, 1840-1895

Cunard Line - British Packet Letters, 1841-1893

Cunard Line - 1841-1929

Cunard Line - British Packet Letters, 1841-1852

Cunard LIne - Reprisal, Retaliatory, Restored and Treaty Rates 1847-1849

Cunard Line - R.M.S. Arabia, Asia and America, 1851-1866

Cunard Line (plus few Collins Line), 1854-1867

British MailsBack to Top

British Postal Markings, mostly SHIP LETTER or India, 1768-1887

British Ship Letter Markings (almost no U.S. markings), 1788-1902

British Packet Letters, 1800-1940 (a real mix of information)

British Mails - non-Cunard, 1840-1849

The Straight Line British "BOSTON" Marking, 1842-1844

Irish Mails - Irish Potato Famine 1847-1851

Various Transatlantic, 1849-1878 (few later)

Various Transatlantic, 1863-1913, mostly 1880s+, mostly stamped

German MailsBack to Top

German Mails, 1835-1875

German Mails, 1859-1875

German Mails - North German Lloyd Line, 1860-1935

Other European MailsBack to Top

Russian Mail, 1838-1873, all foreign

To/From Switzerland, 1851-1904 and Italy/Roman States, 1846-1874

Belgium and Netherlands Mail, 1834-1878

A Correspondence To/From Madeira, 1793-1859, all foreign

Australian MailsBack to Top

Australian Mails, 1849-1857

European and Australian Royal Mail Company, 1856-1857

Australian Mails, 1857-1859

Australian Mails, 1859-1909

Australia & New Zealand to the UK via Panama, 1866-1868

India and Far East MailsBack to Top

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co - India and Areas, 1839-1886

Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Co - India and Singapore, 1845-1905

Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Co - India, 1888-1914

China and Hong Kong Mails, 1841-1872

Frank D. Williams Correspondence (Hong Kong,Marseilles), 1854-1856

China and Hong Kong Mails (mostly P&O), 1858-1903

Transpacific Mail, 1864-1935

Transpacific Mail, 1872-1910

Transpacific Mail, 1881-1938