NEVADA POST OFFICES. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Gamett, James and Stanley W. Paher - 1983

Las Vegas, NV: Nevada Publication. Used-Very Good/Used-Very Good. (1983). (1983). Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 176 pp., small tear in rear front corner of DJ .

Las Vegas, Nevada: Nevada Publications, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. New/New. Signed by Jim Gamett as follows: "To James/Best Wishes/Jim Gamett." Stanley W. Paher has signed his name with no inscription, both signatures on the half-title page. Book is in mint condition and has never been used nor read! Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality cover. During the period of 1850-1980 Nevada grew from an area of a few dozen inhabitants to nearly a million residents. About 760 Nevada towns, ranches and communities had post offices and here is a list of them--where they are, when they opened and closed, and unusual information about them. Introductory chapters furnish information on the pioneer overland mail, the Pony Express, Wells-Fargo, and the various postal eras. Cacheted covers are still another type of philatelic material prepared and postmarked in Nevada. Types of postal strikes formerly used in Nevada are explained and illustrated. Here is a book that will be enjoyed by stamp… Read More