AMERICAN SAMOA

INDEX - U. S. PACIFIC ISLANDS BULLETIN NUMBERS 1 - 51 INCLUSIVE

AMERICAN SAMOA

American Samoa - Forerunner Cover - March 1900 - No. 23

American Samoa Commemorative Stamp & FDC - Nos. 25, 28 & 30

Airmail Services in the 1940’s - No. 20

New (additional) P.O. proposed - Nos. 33, 34 & 45

Postal Service - mail schedules - Nos. 33, 34, 35 & 40

Postal Service - Counter Service - No. 47

Postal Service - General - No. 48

Postmasters - No. 45

Postmaster (Former) Dies - No. 42

1899 - The War in Samoa - No. 34

7 - 1 - 71 Affair in American Samoa - Offices known to have produced covers - No. 35

4 - 30 - 73 Postal People FDC’s - Offices known to have produced covers - No. 40

Faga’itua Branch - Date-stamp - APDS (Double Circle) - No. 3

- Date-stamp - 4-Bar - Updating Murphy - No. 28

- Status in 1995 - No. 12

Fiti’uta - Branch Closed ? - No. 14

Leone Branch - Cancellation Study 1970 to 1994 - No. 10

- 4-Bar - 1947 - No. 41

- 4-Bar - 2004 - No. 46

- Re-Opened - APDS - 45

- Photographs of P.O. 1979 - No. 10

- P.O. Boxes - No. 48

- Station Managers Letter - No. 41

- Status in 1995 - No. 12

- Status in 1997 - No. 19

Manu’a Islands - Cancellations - Nos. 14 & 22

- Cyclone - No. 47

- Mail Delayed /improved mail service - Nos. 50 & 51

Manu’a Station - Murphy - Updating - No. 34

Ofu Branch - Cancellations - Nos. 14, 32, 42, 44, 45 & 48

- Updating Murphy - No. 42

Olosega Branch - Cancellations - No. 14

- Updating Murphy - No. 42

Ofu-Olosega Branch - Updating Murphy - Nos. 22 & 42

Pago Pago - Cancellation Study 1980 to 1995 - Nos. 9 & 10

- Certified Mail Covers - No. 8

- Commercial Mail in 1995 - No. 12

- Date-stamps - APDS (Double Circle) - Nos. 19, 24, 32, 38, 40, 45, 46, 48, 49 & 51

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar - No. 25, 33, 41, 42, 46 & 51

- Machine Cancellations 1971 to 1974 - Nos. 22 & 42

- Machine Cancellations 1973 to 1996 - No. 28

- Machine Cancellations 1999 to Date - Nos. 25, 26, 30, 41, 49 & 51

- Mailer’s Postmark Permit # 1 - No. 30

- Mailer’s Postmark # 2 - Nos. 31, 33 & 47

- Meter Markings - Nos. 9, 10, 12, 15, 22, & 25

- Mis-sent Mail Cachet - No. 10

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 19, 20, 22, 23, 41, 42, 46 & 47

Mail Services - American Samoa - Hawaii - No. 31, 40 & 43

Postage Rates in the 1940’s - No. 20

Swains Island - Covers - Nos. 4, 12 & 47

- Status in 1995 - No. 12

Tafuna P.O. - Proposed - No. 45

Ta’u Branch - Cancellations - No. 14

- Updating Murphy - No. 42

Ta’u Manu’a Islands 1905 to 1915 - Nos. 34, 36, 44 & 45

Tutuilla Station - Murphy - Updating - Nos. 22 & 34

U.S. Naval Station - 1902 Cover - No. 7

WWII Guard Mail - Marine Corps Unit # 575 - No. 31

Publications - Ken Lake visits Pago Pago P.O. - No. 7

- Censorship in advance of war - No. 13

- Fellowship of Samoa Specialists - No. 22

- Precancels (included in above) - No. 22

BAKER ISLAND - History & Postmarks - Nos. 29 & 38

CANTON ISLAND (See Also Kanton Island under Line & Phoenix Islands)

- 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- APO 914 in 1946 (LORAN) - Nos. 48 & 51

- For Whom the Bell Tolls - article - No. 34

- Mystery Postal Marking - No. 31

- Pan American Airways Canton Island Base - 34

- Rare Postmarks on 1941 cover - No. 48

- Reference to 1948 Cover - No. 2

- Registered Cover (1940) - No. 33

- Study in Ki-Tu News - Nos. 15 & 22

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 45 & 51

CHICHI JIMA - BONIN ISLANDS - Island History/APO’s etc. - Nos. 48 & 51

CHRISTMAS ISLAND - APO 915 Date-stamps - Nos. 17, 19, 20, & 22

- Air Services - No. 32

- APO 86 Cover - No. 36

CLIPPERTON ISLAND - Island History - No. 9

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (F.S.M.)

Cancellation Study - Introduction - Nos. 10 & 12

- Kosrae/Kusaie - Nos. 12 & 18

- Ponape/Pohnpei - Nos. 15, 18 & 29

- Truk/Chuuk - Nos. 14 & 18

- Yap - Nos. 13 & 18

Miscellaneous

7 - 1 71 Affair - Offices Known to have Produced Covers - No. 35

4 - 30 - 73 Postal People FDC’s - Offices Known to Have Produced Covers - No. 40

Assistant Postmaster General for the FSM - No. 31

A Philatelic Trip through the islands of... - Covers - No. 20

Bank of Hawaii Closes in FSM - No. 38

Express Mail (USPO) envelopes used in the FSM - No. 27

Hawaii Stamp Shows - cachets/cancellations - No. 33

Internet Sites - Nos. 22 & 23

Inverted Overprint - Nos. 50 & 51

List of Offices/Stations/Branches - Nos. 3 & 18

Mail Flights to Pohnpei - Nos. 33 & 35

Mail Holdups - No. 49

Maps Stamps - Inverted Overprint - Nos. 50 & 51

Pacific Missionary Aviation - Nos. 42 & 47

Philatelic Agents for FSM - Nos. 15, 16 & 19

Philatelic Bureau - No. 39

Pohnpei Air Services - No. 42

Population Figures - No. 23

Priority Envelopes (USPO) used in FSM - Nos. 23 & 28

Postage Rates in FSM - Nos. 16, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27, 31, 33, 35, 36 & 50

Postage Rates US to FSM - Nos. 50 & 51

Postal Stationery Envelopes & Cards - Nos. 27, 28,32, 46 & 47

Postmasters/Postmaster Generals in FSM - Nos. 31, 42 & 51

Pictorial Date-stamps - Article elsewhere - No. 7

Publications about Micronesia - No. 51

Sintaro K. Ezra of the Philatelic Bureau Dies - No. 49

Stamps in use on Commercial Covers - Nos. 22, 26, 27, 32, 35 & 51

Trip on the Micro Spirit - No. 49

Unicover & FSMPO - Nos. 15 & 16

U.S. Stamps - Late use of - No. 21

U.S. Government Mail Post Independence - Nos. 29 & 30

Capital Station Palikar - See Palikar, Pohnpei

Colonia, Yap - Cancellation Study - Nos. 13 & 18

- Certified Mail - No. 32

- Commercial Covers - Nos. 16, 21, 27, 32, 34, 40, 41 & 50

- Complete Correspondence - No. 50

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 2, 7, 33, 34, 36, 39, 40 & 41

- Date-stamps - Dates of use - No. 27

- Date-stamps - Pictorial - Nos. 19, 21 & 25

- Date-stamps - Pictorial (Large) - Nos. 25, 27, 40 & 41

- Date-stamp - Single Circle (large) - Nos. 31, 32, 34, 45, 48, 49 & 50

- Meter Mail - Nos. 16 & 19

- Murphy Extended Dates - Nos. 19 & 46

- Postage Due Cachet - No. 36

- Postmaster’s Return Address Stamp - No. 8

- Postmaster Retires - No. 31

- Registered Mail - No. 32

- Routing of Mail (Yap to Pohnpei) - No. 32

- Typhoon - No. 45

- Updating Murphy - No. 50

Faichuuk Islands - Possible new State ? Post office - Nos. 32 & 35

- Post Office Planned - No. 49

Fefan, Truk - Cancellation Study - Nos. 4 & 7

Kanifay Rural Branch, Yap - Nos. 44 & 45

Kapingamarangi - A Hoax Post Office ? - Nos. 47 & 48

Kolonia, Pohnpei - Cancellation Study - Nos. 15, 18 & 29

- Certified Mail Covers - Nos. 8, 22, 32, 36 & 39

- Commercial Covers - Nos. 16, 25, 27, 28, 32, 34, 35, 39, 41, 42, 43, 48 & 51

- Date Only Cancellations - Nos. 27 & 28

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 10, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42,43, 44, 45, 46, 48 & 51

- Date-stamps - Dates of use - Nos. 27 & 28

- Date-stamp - Oval - Nos. 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 39 & 42

- Date-stamp - Double Circle (Large) - Nos. 25, 27, 46 & 48(under Mwoakilloa)

- Date-stamp - Pictorial (Large) - Nos. 25, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 42 & 46

- Date-stamp - Pictorial (Large & Distorted) - 37, 38 & 39

- Date-stamp - Pictorial (Philatelic) - Nos. 14, 25, 42 & 50

- Date-stamp - Pictorial (Small & Worn) - Nos. 5 & 8

- Date-stamp - Dumb Rectangular - No. 30

- Express Mail Envelope - No. 27

- First Flight Covers - Pacific Missionary Aviation - Ponape to Kosrae - Mar 14 1979

- Instructional Markings - Nos. 19 & 24

- Mailer’s Permit Postmark - No. 5

- Meter Mail Nos. 16, 17, 29, 38 & 42

- Permit Mail - Nos. 16, 28 & 29

- Postmaster - No. 51

- Post Office Picture - No. 45

- Registered Covers - Nos. 24, 28, 32, 36 & 42

- Unicover Datestamps - Nos. 15 & 47

- Updating Murphy - No. 19

Kosrae - Study of 4-Bar Datestamps used between 1977 to 1986 - No. 6

Lelu, Kosrae - Cancellation Study Nos. 12 & 18

- Commercial Covers - No. 16 & 32

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 3, 8, 25, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 43, 44, 46 & 48

- Date-stamps - Dates of use - No. 27

- Date-stamps - Double Circle (Large) - Nos. 27, 38 & 39

- Date-Stamps - ‘French’ Type - No. 38

- Date-stamps - Pictorial (large) - Nos. 25, 27, 38, 50 & 51

- First Flight Covers - Pacific Missionary Aviation - Kosrae to Ponape - Mar 14 1979

- Meter Mail - No. 16

- Mis-sent Mail - No. 25

- Postmasters - Nos. 49 & 51

- Recorded Delivery Cover - No. 8

Moen, Truk - See Weno, Chuuk

Mortlock Islands - See Post Office Planned - No. 49

Mwoakilloa Branch - Cancellation Study etc. Nos. 16, 17 & 23

- Mwoakillok (New spelling) Double Circle Datestamp (Large) - Nos. 27 & 32

- Date Stamp - Double circle large - No. 43

- Mail Services - Nos. 16 & 17

- Use of Kolonia Date stamp - No. 48

Ngard Village - 7 - 1 - 71 Affair

Northwest Islands - Post Office Planned - No. 49

Ohwa Rural Branch - Cancellation Study - Nos. 21 & 22

Outer Islands T.P.O. - Plans Abandoned - No. 49

Palikar, Pohnpei - Cancellation Study - Nos. 3, 4, 5, & 15

- Clerk in Charge at Opening - No. 49

- Date-stamp - APDS - Nos. 22, 42 & 48

- Date-stamps - Dates of use - No. 27

- Date-stamps - Double Circle (Large) - Nos. 25, 31, 32, 35 & 46

- Date-stamps - Pictorial (Large) - Nos. 25 & 27

- Date of Opening Queried - No. 49

- Photograph of Capitol Building - No. 47

- Postal Address - Nos. 17 & 48

- Meter Mail - No. 17

- Status of Post Office - No. 49

Pingelap, Pohnpei - Cancellation Study - Nos. 19 & 20

- APDS (Large) - Nos. 44, 47 & 51

- Colour Blindness - No. 15

- Mail Clerk Signature - No. 38

- Mail Services - No. 16

Truk - See also Weno, Chuuk

- Military Government Unit/Civil Administration Unit - U.S. Navy 10455 Br. 1948 - No. 43

Ulithi, Yap - Cancellation Study & History of P.O. - Nos. 8, 9, 16 & 17

- APDS - Nos. 8, 32,38, 46, 48 & 51

- Oil Pollution - No. 35

- Typhoon - No. 43

Ullithi, Yap - Date-stamp -Single Circle - Nos. 26, 30, 31,32 & 46

Weno, Chuuk - See also Truk

- Cancellation Study - Nos. 14, 15, 16 & 29

- Certified Mail - No.32

- Commercial Covers - Nos. 22, 25, 27, 32, 34, 41& 43

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 6, 7, 25, 26, 28, 31, 32, 34 & 39

- Date-stamps - Dates of use - No. 27 & 28

- Date-stamps - Double Circle (Large) - Nos. 25 & 27

- Date-stamps - Pictorial (Large) - Nos. 25, 27, 28,29,32,39,50 & 51

- Date-stamps - Pictorial (FM96942) - No. 33, 34, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46 & 51

- Meter Mail - No. 14

- New Name for P.O. - Nos. 6 & 7

- Postage due Cachet - Nos. 14 & 25

- Postmaster - No. 39

- Registered Mail - No. 32

- Returned for Postage Cachet - No. 27

- Travelling Post Offices Planned - No. 49

- Typhoon - Nos. 38 & 39

- Unclaimed Marking - No. 39

Wone, Pohnpei - Cancellation Study - No. 47

- Date-stamp - APDS - No. 22

- New P.O. Branch & Date-stamp No. 4

- Opening Day Cancellation - Nos. 7 & 23

- Closed ? No. 46

FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS

- Article re visits by U.S. Navy ships in the 1930’s - Nos. 32 & 34

- LORAN Station - Post WW 2 - Nos. 32 & 34

GUAM

General - 7 - 1 - 71 Affair in Guam - Offices know to have produced covers - No. 35

- 4 - 30 - 73 Postal People FDC’s - Offices known to have produced covers - No. 40

- Article (in La Posta) - A look at Guam’s Postal History 1945 through the 1980’s - No. 32

- List of Offices, Stations & Branches - Nos. 3, 26 & 50

- Book - “The Liberation of Guam....1944” - No. 13

- Bulk Mail Services - No. 45

- Commemorative Battle Postmarks used in USA - No. 46

- Delays to Mail Services - 2001 Terrorist attack - Nos. 34 & 36

- Door to Door Delivery - No. 42

- Early Covers - Updating Murphy - Nos.. 13, 17 & 20

- Free Postage Home for Military Personnel - No. 47

- Gibraltar to Guam 1903 - cover - No. 51

- Guam Guard Mail Stamps - No. 47

- Home Delivery of Mail in Guam - Nos. 38 & 43

- J.H. Underwood Palm Tree Cachets - No. 15

- Lost Mail - No. 50

- Mail Contract - Honolulu - Guam - NMI - No. 43

- Military presence to be increased - No. 51

- Population - No. 33

- Radio Station on Guam - No. 14

- Submarine Squadron re-activated - Nos. 32 & 42

- Typhoon (Effect of Postal services) - Nos. 39 & 40

- Yawl Kualoa - No. 31

- Zip Codes revised - Nos. 33, 34 & 35

Agana (See also Hagatña)

- Cover - Yawl Kualoa Cachet & Agana 4-Bar - No. 31

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 1, 13 & 50

- First Day of Issue Date-stamp - No. 13

- Machine Date Stamp - No. 49

- Meter Mail - Nos. 14, 15, 18, 20, 32, 42 & 48

- Paquebot Cachets - No. 13

- Postage Paid Permits - No. 15

- Received Partly Torn Cachet - Nos. 49 & 50

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 21, 38, 46, 47, 48, 49 & 50

- Unclaimed cachet (cover from Yap) - No. 36

Agat Contract Sta. - APDS - No. 51

Air Base Guam 1940 to 1944 - No. 26

Anderson AFB Branch - APO AP 96543 Date-stamps - Nos. 39 & 45

- APO AP 96543 - Status of Post Office - No. 43

- Date-Stamps - APDS - No. 41

- Official Mail - No. 39

- Redirected Date-stamp - No.39

- Zip Code - Nos. 1 & 39

Asan Branch - No. 11

Barrigada Station - Closed 1979 - See also Guam MPO (Barrigada)

COMNAVMARIANAS - APO Zip Code - No. 1

- Post Office (M.O.U. # 2) Closed - No. 24

- Postal Directory cachet - No. 50

Dededo Station - APDS - No. 45

- Cachet (Station Address) - 45

GUAM, GUAM - Boxed Cancel (Undated) - No. 47 & 50

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 40. 45, 47, 49 & 50

- Unlisted 4-Bar - No. 50

Guam MPO/GMF (also Barrigada GU 96921)

- Bulk Rate Permit - No. 39

- Corner Card - No. 50

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 1, 21, 28, 32, 34, 36, 38, 41& 51

- Date-stamp - Roller - Nos. 1, 46 & 47

- Date-stamp - 4-Bar - No. 20

- Date-stamp - the TT 4-Bar error - Nos. 11 & 14

- Machine Cancellations - Nos. 1, 2, 11, 45, 46, 48, 49 & 50

- Mailer’s Postmark Permit # 1 - No. 28

- Meter Mail - Nos. 18, 20, 42, 47 & 48

- Meter Marks - Fox type - Nos. 20 & 48

- Permit Mail - Nos. 48 & 51

- PMB Closed Down Cachet - No. 40

- Postmaster - No. 35

- Received (Scotch Tape) Cachet - Nos. 18 & 19

- Received Partly Torn at MPO Guam cachet - No. 34

- Straight Line (Spray on) Marking - Nos. 41, 46 & 48

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 21, 29, 49 & 50

Hagatña Station - Date-stamps- APDS - Nos. 24, 26, 45, 48 & 51

- Meter Mail - Nos. 42 & 48

Inarjan Station - Updating Murphy - Nos. 28, 45 & 46

- APDS - No. 38

Marine Barracks - Updating Murphy - No. 50

Merizo Rur. Sta. - Updating Murphy Nos. 49 & 50

- APDS - Nos. 49 & 51

Money Order Branch - APDS & Postal Money Order - No. 47

M.O.U. # 1 - Nos. 13, 30, 32 & 51

M.O.U. # 2 - Cancellation Study - No. 31

- Date-stamps - Nos. 13, 24 & 46

- Office Closed - No. 24

- Updating Murphy - No. 46

M.O.U. # 3 - Nos. 13, 30 & 46

Naval Activities Branch (See also Naval Station) - Nos. 23 & 26

- Cancellation Study ( See also Naval Station Br.) - No. 39

- Post Office Opening Hours - No. 39

- U.S. Navy FPO 96540 - Nos. 13, 19, 41 & 42

Naval Air Station - Certified Mail Cover - No. 8

- Closed - No. 11

- Meter Mail - No. 14

- Zip Code - No. 1

U.S. Naval Air Station Br. Honolulu Hi - 1927-1928 - Did it exist ? - No. 26

Naval Computer & Telecommunications Station (Formerly Naval Communications Station)- Zip Code - No. 1

- APDS - NCTS Postal Directory - 45

Naval Hospital - Zip Code - No. 1

Naval Magazine Branch - Closed - No. 2

Naval Supply Ships - No. 19

Naval Station Branch - Cancellation Study (See also Naval Activities) - No. 39

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 1, 13, 23 & 26

- Missent to Nav. Sta. Br. cachet - No. 47

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 45, 48 & 50

- U.S. Navy FPO 96540 - Nos. 13, 19 & 50

- Zip Code - No. 1

Navy Postal Directorate - Date-stamps - APDS - No. 30

Navy P.O. 10499 BR. - Updating Murphy 1951 - No. 40

Navy P.O. 13794 BR. - Updating Murphy 1947 - No. 51

Navy Zip Codes on Guam - No. 39

Santa Rita Station - Cancellation Study - Nos. 47 & 48

- 4 - 7 - 73 Postal People FDC’s - No. 40

- P.O. Closed (Temporary or Permanently?) - Nos. 43 & 44

- Home Postal Delivery - No. 45

Sinajana Station - Cancellation Study - No. 36

- Closed - No. 34

Station No. 1 - Date Stamp/Cover - No. 43

- Postmaster - No. 47

Station No. 2 - Date Stamp - No. 43

Station No. 3 - Date Stamp - No. 43

Station No. 4 - Senders Address - No. 43

Station No. 5 - Senders Address - No. 43

Station No. 6 - Senders Address - No. 43

Station No. 7 - Senders Address - No. 46

Station No. 8 - Yawl Kualoa Cover - No. 31

- Updating Murphy - No. 46

Station No. 10 - Senders Address - No. 43

Station No. 11 - Senders Address - No. 43

Station No. 12 - Senders Address - No. 43

- Delivery Address - No. 43

Station No. 13 - Senders Address - Nos. 43 & 46

Station No. 14 - Senders Address - No. 44

Station No. 15 - Senders Address - No. 43

- APDS No. 49

Station No. 18 - Registered Cover - No. 43

Station No. 19 - Date Stamp - No. 43

- Updating Murphy - No. 45

SEEBEES - NMCB # 3, 5, 7, 40, 49 & 133 - Bulletin Nos. 46, 48, 49 & 51

Tamuning Branch - APDS - No. 50

- Stamp Exhibition Date-stamp No. 19

- Notification of Registered Mail cachet - No. 34

- PVI - No. 51

- Updating Murphy - No. 46

Tamunning Branch - Date-stamps - APDS Nos. 26, 33, & 34

Umatac Station - Closed - No. 1

- Date-stamps - APDS - No. 5

- Parkinson’s Disease - No 15

University of Guam (UOG) Station at Mangilao

- APDS - Nos. 36, 38, 41 & 46

- Certified Mail - No. 28

Yigo Station - PVI (Postage Paid Label) - Nos. 13 & 14

- APDS - Nos. 48 & 49

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 46 & 49

Yona Station - Cancellations Study - No. 33

- Closed - No. 9

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 45 & 46

HOWLAND & BAKER ISLANDS - Nos. 26, 27, 29 & 31

IWO JIMA - Cancellation Study - U.S. Military & U.S. Coastguard Mail - Nos. 31 & 48

- APO 1945 - 1968 - No. 32

- QSL Card - No. 51

JOHNSTON ISLAND/ATOLL (APO)

- 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- APO 105 - New 4-Bars - Nos. 44 & 47

- Clean up on Johnston Island - Nos. 33, 34 & 42

- Closure Date - Nos. 26, 30, 31, 41, 43, 44 & 45

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 29, 32, 36, 38 & 43

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar - Nos. 9, 17, 26, 33 & 42

- Date-stamp - Single Circle - No. 20

- Evacuation (Temporary) - Nos. 26 & 28

- Island of Death P.O. Closed in 2004 -Article - No. 47

- Marine Corps Base 1942 - 34

- Missent to APO AP 96558 Cachet - No. 42

- Navy 311 P.O. in 1944 - No. 24

- Postal Address (Cachet) - Nos. 17, 37 & 43

- Population (Under Pacific Magazine) - No. 25

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 36, 47, 50 & 51

- Website - No. 26

- Zip Code - No. 1

KURE ISLAND - The LORAN Station - Nos. 50 & 51

LINE & PHOENIX ISLANDS (See also Howland & Baker Islands) - Nos. 26, 27 & 32

- Kanton (Canton) Island - Postmarks - 41

MARCUS ISLAND - Cancellation Study/Island History - Nos. 22, 26, 29, 35, 48 & 50

MARSHALL ISLANDS (REPUBLIC OF)

General - A Philatelic Trip Through the Islands of..... - No. 20

- Air Services - Nos. 12, 13, 18, 27, 34 & 43

- Bank of Hawaii Closes in Majuro - No. 38

- Cataloguing of Stamps by Stanley Gibbons - Nos. 5, 16 & 17

- Catalogue of Marshall Islands Stamps - No. 5 & On Line No 36

- Census 1999 - No. 29

- Certified Mail/Return receipt Requested Cachet - No. 16

- Christmas Stamps - No. 36

- Compact Negotiations on USPS - Nos. 36 & 37

- Delays to the Mails - See also under Pacific Magazine - Nos. 25, 30 & 40

- First Day of Issue Cancellations - No. 16

- Hand-stamps (Date-stamps)- orders for - No. 16

- IBRA ‘99 NUREMBURG Date-stamp - No. 25

- Japanese era covers - No. 51

- Local Postal Rates in the Marshall Islands - Nos. 15 & 16

- Marshall Islands Stamps - Valid in USA ? - No. 33, 34 & 35

- Marshall Islands Journal - No. 51

- Peace Corps to leave Marshall Islands - No. 14

- Population figures - No. 22

- Postmaster General/Controller of Posts - No. 51

- Post Offices in the RMI - No. 51 (Washington 2006)

- Postage Due cover - No. 33

- Postage Rates - Nos. 35 & 50

- Postal Services under Threat - No. 48

- Postal Stationery - Nos. 14, 16, & 17

- Publications - Hand-stamps by George Machado Jr. - No. 4

- Melal by Robert Barclay - No. 42

- Stamp Catalogue - Unicover - Nos. 5 & 36

- “Received Marshall Islands” Date-stamp - No. 16

- Stamps & Postal History of the German Marshall Islands - web site - No. 37

- Stamp useage on commercial covers - Nos. 35 & 45

- Stamps used at U.S. Post Offices - Nos. 33, 38 & 45

- Stamps Offer - No. 18

- Unicover in Court - 34

- Washington 2006 FDC etc. Postmarks - No. 51

- Web sites - German period - No. 37

- - 19th Century Life in Marshall Islands (Captain Kotzebue) - No. 48

Alele Postal Station (Museum) - Nos. 23 & 48

Bikini Atoll - Atoll Leased for storage of Nuclear Waste ? - No. 14

- Operation Crossroads 1946 - No. 13

- Postmarks of 1986 - Nos. 11 & 12

- TV Documentary - No. 32

- Web Site & Book - No. 33

Delap Branch - Cancellation Study - No. 17

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 22, 24, 25, 36 & 41

- Date-stamps - Double Circle & Star - Nos. 14, 21, 22, 23, 26, 29, 37 & 39

- Majuro Datestamp(?) - No. 48

Ebeye - 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- 4 - 30 - 73 Affair - No. 42

- Box Numbers - No. 17

- Date-stamps - APDS - Cancellation Study - 1984 - 2001 - Nos. 35 & 45

- Date-stamps - APDS Nos. 6, 7, 38, 46 & 49

- Date-stamps - 1984 to 1988 - Nos. 8 & 9

- Date-stamps - Double Circle & Star - Nos. 14 & 17

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar - No. 9

- Date-stamps - Oval - Cancellation Study - Nos. 7 & 9

- Date-stamps - Roller of 1974 - No. 29

- Ebeye or Ebjay ? - No. 38

- Meter Mail - No. 15

- Mail Handling - No. 48

- Updating Murphy - Navy 10644 Br. - No. 50

Enewetak - 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- Post-1980 Mail Service - No. 17

- Request for Information - No. 12

- Updating Murphy - No. 48

Enewetok (Parry Is.) - Updating Murphy - No. 48

Jaluit Branch - Cancellation Study Nos. 6 & 15

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 25 & 48

- Date-stamps - Double Circle & Star - Nos. 17, 20, 21, 24, 25, 30, 33, 34, 38 & 45

- Office Opening Ceremony - No. 17

- Opening Day cancellation - Nos. 16, 17, & 18

- Re-opened - Nos. 14, 16 & 48

Kwajalein (APO AP 96555)

- 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- Air Mail Cachets - No. 13

- Cancellation Study - Nos. 2 & 21

- Contractor - Replaced 1.Mar..03 - No. 40

- Custodian Of Postal Effects - Nos. 42 & 48

- Customs cachet - No. 50

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 8, 10, 12, 14, 32, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 & 48

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar - Nos. 4, 9, 15, 21, 24, 29, 33, 38, 41, 42, 45 & 48

- Date Stamp U.S. Navy Kwajalein - No. 49

- Directory Section Cachet - No. 10

- Directory Service Given Date-stamps - Nos. 12, 15, 27, 44, 47 & 48

- Dicetory Service Given 4-Bar - Nos. 43, 44 & 50

- Mail Delays - Nos. 36 & 40

- Meter Mail - Nos. 3, 4, 39, 49 & 50

- Mis-sent Cachet - No. 18

- Newspaper Report (Stars & Stripes) - No. 36

- Philatelic Processing refused - No. 48

- Postmaster - Nos. 36 & 41

- Post Office - Opening Hours - No. 33

- Post Office - Status of - Nos. 41 & 43

- Registered Date-stamp - Nos. 2, 12, 19, 32 & 49

- Telephone Directory - No. 18

- Updating Murphy - No. 23

- Zip Code - No. 1

- 4 - 30 - 73 Affair - No. 42

Kwajalein (APO 22212) in 1946 - No. 26

Kwajalein (Navy 10648 BR.) - No. 31

Kwajalein (Navy 824 BR.) - No. 49

Kwajalein )Navy 10666 BR) - No. 51

Majuro - 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- Commercial Covers - Nos. 17, 35, 41, 42 & 50

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 7, 10, 12, 16, 17, 21, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 46, 48 & 50

- Date Stamp - APDS - with USPS - Nos. 43, 44, 45, 46 & 50

- Date-stamps - Double Circle & Star - Nos. 22, 24, 29, 30, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39 & 45

- Four 4-Bar (new) No. 50

- Machine Cancellations - Nos. 19, 20 & 32

- Mail Lost ? - Nos. 35 & 50

- Mail Services - delays at P.O. - No. 33

- Mauro Mis-spelling on APDS - No. 32, 33 & 40

- Meter Mail - Nos. 17, 38 & 39

- Postage Rates - No. 41

- Received Date-stamp - Nos. 16 & 17

- Registered Cover - No. 42

- Undated Cancellation - No. 17

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 23, 36 & 50

- Unicover Date-stamps - Nos. 15, 16, 46 & 47

- Use of U.S. Stamps - No. 50

- The Yawl Kualoa - No. 31

- 4 - 30 - 73 Affair - No. 42

Roi Namur Branch (APO AP 96557)

- Cancellation Study - No. 27

- Air Mail Cachets - No. 13

- Cover - local via Honolulu - No. 43

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 10, 11, 48 & 51

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar - Nos. 10, 24, 29, 30, 34, 36, 38 & 43

- Directory Service Given 4-Bar Date-stamp - Nos. 30, 36, 40 & 45

- Dircetory Service Given 4-Bar Date-stamp - Nos. 49 & 50

- Missent to APO 96557 cachet - No. 50

- Opening Hours of P.O. - No. 33

- Population - No. 37

- Postage Validation Indicator (PVI) - No. 39

- Postal Clerk - Nos. 36 & 48

- Post Office Corner card - No. 51

- Registered Cover - No. 51

- Unclaimed Mail Cachet - No. 50

- Zip Code - No. 1

MARIANA ISLANDS - See also Northern Mariana Islands

- 1899 - Gibbons Stamp Monthly Article - No. 2

MIDWAY ISLAND - 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- Airport ? No. 44

- Cachets - Previously un reported - Nos. 49 & 51

- Civil P.O. opens with new 4-Bar & APDS - Nos. 19 & 20

- Civil P.O. Closed ? - No. 36

- Commercial Covers - Nos. 17, 21, & 26

- Current situation - May 2002 - No. 37

- Contractor - New - No. 42

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 2, 3, 9, 20, 24, 31 & 36

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar Date-stamp - Nos. 2, 9, 23, 31 & 50

- Directory Service Cachets - No. 49

- First Cancellation - Nos. 7 & 51

- Lihue Sta Midway Island (see also Civil P.O. opens/APDS/4-Bar - No. 20

- Mis-sent to Wake Island - No. 10

- Naval Air Station - Registered Cover 1942 - No. 42

- Naval Ship Cancellations - No. 2

- Naval Station to close/closed - Nos. 16 & 19

- Population - No. 38

- Postcard - 1941 - No. 35

- Postage Rates during WW II - No. 35

- Publicity Leaflet - No. 26

- Special Delivery Cover - 1941 - No. 28

- Unpublished Airmail Rate - 1938 Cover - No. 7

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 19, 31, 38, 45, 47, 49,50 & 51

- WWII Covers - Nos. 30, 43, 45 & 49

- Zip Code - No. 1

- 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - Offices Known to have Produced Covers - Nos. 35 & 38

- Air Services to FSM & Marshall Islands - Nos. 26, 27 & 48

- APO ZIP Codes - No.. 1

- All Purpose Date-stamps - Nos. 24 & 26

- APDS mis-aligned dates - No. 11

- Auction Realisations - Nos. 18 & 20

- Census - U.S. Territories - No. 29

- Contacts Wanted - Nos. 9 & 14

- Compact Agreement - 45

- Certified Mail Covers of the U.S. Pacific Islands - No. 8

- Express Mail Services to U.S. Pacific - No. 45

- Increases in USPS Postal Rates - Cacheted Covers - No. 24

- Japanese era covers - No. 51

- Missent Covers - 10 & 24

- Mail Services Saipan- Guam and reverse - No. 38

- Postal Rates - Nos. 10, 11, 24, 25, 32, 33, 35, 36 & 49

- Pacific Magazine, Hawaii - No. 25

- Pacific Islands Study Circle - No. 10

- Pearl Harbour - Commemorative Covers - No. 45

- Postmasters - The Last PM’s in the TT - No. 30

- Registered, Recorded Special Services Mail - No. 8

- Saipan Streets to be named & Numbered - No. 38

- Transit Markings on Registered Mail from Europe to Pacific APO’s - No. 20

- Typhoon Damage in Chuuk, Yap, Guam & Rota - Nos. 38 & 39

- U.S. Possessions Society - Nos. 11 & 23

- U.S. Navy Bases in mid 1940’s - Nos. 39 & 48

- U.S.S. Portland - Operations 1942 to 1945 - No. 21

- Yawl Kualoa - No. 31

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (COMMONWEALTH OF)

- See also Mariana Islands

- Commemorative U.S. Postage Stamp & First Day Cancel - No. 4

- Commemorative Battle Postmarks used In USA - No. 46

- Continental Airlines Flights - Japan to Saipan - No. 31

- Historical Display at Chalan Kanoa Post Office - No. 42

- Historical Photos on Web - No. 42

- Postal Services in CNMI - Nos. 11, 15 & 46

- Postmaster - No. 41

- Publications - Aurora Australis - The German Period in the Mariana Islands 1890-1914 - No. 32

- Corvette L;Uraninie’s Sojourn at the Mariana Islands - No. 43

- (A) German Treasure Trove - No. 43

- Rudolf von Bennigsen’s voyage to accept the handover of the islands from the Spanish - No. 43

- Tempon Aleman - A Look Back at German Rule in the NMI 1899 - 1914 - No. 3

- Radio Stations in the CNMI - Nos. 14, 20, 22 & 23

Capitol Hill Rural Branch

- Cancellation Study - Nos. 5 & 17

- 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- Closed - Nos. 15 & 17

- Commercial Covers - No. 32

- Date-stamps - APDS (Large size) - Nos. 12, 15, 17 & 25

- Date-stamps - APDS (Small size) - Nos. 17, 34, 35, 38, 39, 48 & 51

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar - Nos. 12 & 17

- Registered Cover - No. 8

- Robbery in 2005 - No. 49

Puerto Rico, Saipan - No. 29

Rota Branch - Cancellation Study - Nos. 37 & 38

- 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- Date-stamps - APDS Nos. 1, 11, 25, 29, 30, 47 & 50

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar - Nos. 11, 12, 25, 33, 38, 39, 40, 44, 47 & 51

- First Day Cancellation - Elvis Presley Issue - No. 32

- The Japanese (?) Date-stamp - No. 29

- Postmasters - No. 37

- Typhoon - Nos. 39 & 40

- Updating Murphy - No. 29

Saipan - 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 3, 11, 35, 38, 44 & 51

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar - Nos. 3, 46 & 48

- Date-stamp - Single Circle - Nos. 13, 31 & 32

- Certified Mail Cover - No. 48

- Commercial covers - No. 50

- Commemorative Date-stamp - 50th Anniversary of War in the Marianas - No. 7

- Commemorative Date-stamp - 60th Anniversary of War in the Marianas - Nos. 45 & 46

- Commemorative Covers - No. 31

- First Day of Issue Date-stamp - Nos. 4 & 31

- Machine Cancellations - Nos. 1, 15, 41, 46 & 51

- Meter Mail - Nos. 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 24 & 40

- Millennium Cover - No. 30

- Postmasters - Nos. 30, 31, 35 & 40

- Postage Validation Imprint (PVI) - Nos. 50 & 51

- Post Paid Permit # 9 - No. 15

- Post Office Refurbished - No. 17

- Post Office New Building - 18, 19 & 24

- Ship Cancellation - No. 50

- Updating Murphy - No. 51

San Vicente Branch - Nos. 11, 13, 15, 25, 38, 41, 45, 48 & 51

Tinian (San Jose Rural Branch)

- Cancellation Study - Nos. 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 17, & 18

- Commemorative Date-Stamp - 60th Anniversary of the War in the Pacific - No. 47

- Correspondence with Clerk in Charge (Zip Code, Cancellations etc.) - No. 45

- 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 30, 32, 38, 41,48 & 50

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar - Nos. 12, 38 & 45

- Military Presence - APO ? - Nos. 35, 36 & 51

PALAU (REPUBLIC OF)

- 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- 4 - 30 - 73 Postal People FDC - No. 40

- APO 81 V- Mail 1944

- Airai - Mailbox Station - No. 50

- Babeldaob Road Completed - No. 14

- Cancellation Study - Nos. 28, 29, 30 & 32

- Census - No. 31

- Certified Mail - No. 27

- Commercial Covers - Nos. 40, 41 & 50

- Compact Road - No. 50

- Date-stamps - APDS - Nos. 10, 11, 18, 20, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 40 & 43

- Date-stamps - 4-Bar - Nos. 9, 13, 29, 30, 34, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 46 & 50

- Date-stamps - Single Circle - Nos. 16 & 18

- Damaged by Typhoon Mail - No. 38

- First Day of Issue Date-stamps - Nos. 28 & 32

- Hand drawn Cover - No. 47

- Hawaii Stamp Shows - cachets/cancellations - Nos. 33 & 48

- Incoming Mail - Handling of - Nos. 15 & 20

- Independence Day - No. 6

- Independence Day F.D. Date-stamp - No. 7

- Japanese P.O. at Koror - Photo - Nos. 44 & 45

- Koror - Babeldaob Bridge Collapses - Nos. 15 & 20

- Local Postage Rates - Nos. 15, 20, & 27

- Meter Mail - Nos. 14, 18, 28, 29 & 38

- Navy 13601 BR. (Updating Murphy) - No. 51

- New Capital - Nos. 9, 14, 33 & 51

- Philatelic Trip through the Islands.... - No. 20

- Philatelic Station/Office Postmarks - Nos. 41, 47 & 48

- Post Offices in Faraway Places - Koror Palau - Article - No. 47

- Postal Agencies - No. 32

- Postmaster Cachet - No. 42

- Post Office Instructional Marking - No. 9

- Post Office Pictures - Nos. 44 & 45

- Postage Paid Permit - Nos. 41 & 42

- Post Office Receipt - No. 51

- Pre-Cancels - Publication by George Machado Jr. - No. 4

- Priority Mail - No. 30

- Post Office Renovation - Nos. 14 & 18

- Radio Station KHBN - Nos. 14 & 22

- Received Unsealed at Cachet - No. 34

- Special Handling Mail - Nos. 20 & 30

- U.S. Military Govt. Unit/Palau islands postmarks - No. 42

- U.S. Postal Stationery & Stamps - use of in Palau - Nos. 24 & 30

- Updating Murphy - The First Koror APDS - No. 40

PALMYRA ATOLL - Nature Reserve ? (Under Pacific magazine) - Nos. 25 & 51

- U.S Navy Postmarks - 1943 - 1946 - Nos. 35, 38 & 39

- 1962 H-Bomb Tests - cover

PUBLICATIONS - 7-1-71 Affair - Catalogue - No.38

- Aurora Australis - The German period in the Mariana Islands 1890-1914 - No. 32

- Baker Island Bakes in Equatorial Sun - No. 20

- CNMI - An Honorable Accord - The Covenant Between the CNMI & the USA - No. 39

- Clipperton Islands Centenary - No. 14

- Corvette L’Uranaine’s Sojourn at the Mariana Islands - No. 43

- French Frigate Shoals - No. 32

- Guam - A Look at Guam’s Postal history 1945 through the 1980’s - No. 32

- Howland Island - the only Cancellation - No. 29

- Kure Island - Just another Pacific Island - Nos. 29 & 31

- Marshall Islands - useage of Utility/APDS - second update - No. 11

- Micronesia Now - No. 3

- Micronesian Journal of Humanities & Social Science - No. 41

- Missionary Mail to Micronesia - No. 38

- Palau - Embattled Island: Palau’s Struggle for Independence - No. 23

- Philatelic Sales - Palau & the Marshall Islands - No. 7

- Pictorial Postmarks - No. 7

- Postal History/Cancellation Study of the U.S. Pacific Islands by Robert T. Murphy - Still Available - No. 38

- Postal History Study of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia & Palau - No. 29

- Processing of FSM, Palau & Marshall Islands Mail by the U.S. Postal Service - No. 7

- Stamps & Postal History of the German Marshall Islands - website - No. 37

- Strangers in Their Own Land - A look at the colonial regimes in the area

- Tiempon Aleman - A look Back at the German Rule of the NMI - 1899-1914 - No. 37

- USTT Historical Photos on Web - Nos. 42, 45 & 50

SHIPS CANCELLATIONS - No. 2

WAKE ISLAND - 7 - 1 - 71 Affair - No. 35

- Cancellation Study 1983 to 1989 - No. 23

- Date-stamp - 4-Bar - Nos. 19, 35, 38, 46 & 50

- Date-stamp - APDS - Nos. 35, 45 & 46

- First registered Cover - No. 11

- Forerunner cover - No. 32

- Military Zip Codes - 1, 20 & 39

- Mis-sent to Wake Is. Cachet - No. 10

- Runway Closure (Temporary) - No. 43

- Under Illegal Occupation ? - No. 20

- USAF Control (Returns to) - Nos. 39 & 42

- Updating Murphy - Nos. 23, 29 & 47

WASHINGTON ISLAND: U.S. Bomb Tests 1962 - No. 36

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If you find any errors or omissions to this Index I would appreciate notification - Some non-postal matters have been omitted to conserve space.

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