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Michine slogan postmarks of Taiwan (1951-2007) (and also those used in the Japanese-occupied period)

Title:
Fu Ri zhi shi qi ji xuan chuo
附日治時期機宣戳
Editor:
Yang, Rongyi  Search this
Physical description:
400 pages color illustrations 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Taiwan
Date:
2018
Topic:
Postmarks  Search this
Postage stamps--History  Search this
Call number:
HE6185.T34 T34 2018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1165259

Stamp tongs owned by Catherine Lemmon Manning

Associated Person:
Catherine Lemmon Manning, 1881 - 1957  Search this
Medium:
metal
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Date:
c. 1922-1951
Object number:
2007.2003.4
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm80d2b4ffd-801d-469b-af86-5e1856837835
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2007.2003.4

The 2nd American Philatelic Congress award given to Catherine L. Manning

Associated Person:
Catherine Lemmon Manning, 1881 - 1957  Search this
Medium:
metal
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Date:
1936
Object number:
2007.2003.5
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm89e5d58b6-0495-48af-95c0-f6128cc2c76f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2007.2003.5

Phil Jordan Collection

Topic:
Graphis (Serial)
Communication Arts (Serial)
Skylines (Newsletter)
Air & Space (Serial)
Smithsonian (Serial)
Creator:
Jordan, Phil  Search this
Names:
Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington  Search this
Baughman Company  Search this
Beveridge and Associates Inc.  Search this
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America  Search this
East Carolina University  Search this
IBM (International Business Machines)  Search this
McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.  Search this
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Firm)  Search this
Robert Kline and Co. Inc.  Search this
Skyline Soaring Club  Search this
Society of Illustrators (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
United States Postal Service  Search this
United States Postal Service. Stamp Development Department  Search this
United States. Coast Guard  Search this
United States. Montgomery G.I. Bill  Search this
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  Search this
Virginia Commonwealth University  Search this
Jordan, Phil  Search this
Extent:
7.18 Cubic feet (10 letter size document boxes, 3 legal size document boxes, one tall document box, and one oversize folder.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
New Bern (N.C.)
Fort Greely (Alaska)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Date:
1992-2015
Summary:
Phil Jordan was a Stamp Art Director for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Jordan's involvement with the USPS started in 1991 and ended 23 years later having worked on 300 stamps. The collection consists primarily of stamp design files created and maintained by Jordan during his time as a Stamp Art Director for the United States Postal Service (USPS) from 1991 to 2014. The majority of the files relate to stamps that were issued by the USPS while a smaller portion of the files are related to unissued stamps that Jordan worked on. As a Stamp Art Director, Jordan was responisbile for leading and providing direction for stamp designs and regularly worked with researchers, artists, painters, illustrators, photographers, and typographers to bring to fruition an aesthetic vision for each stamp.
Scope and Contents:
The Phil Jordan collection consists primarily of stamp design files created and maintained by Jordan during his time as a Stamp Art Director for the United States Postal Service (USPS) from 1991 to 2013. The majority of the files relate to stamps that were issued by the USPS while a smaller portion of the files are related to unissued stamps that Jordan worked on. As a Stamp Art Director, Jordan was responsible for leading and providing direction for stamp designs and regularly worked with researchers, artists, painters, illustrators, photographers, and typographers to bring to fruition an aesthetic vision for each stamp.

Of the some 300 stamps Jordan was responsible for, some that are represented in this collection include stamps related to hospice care (Jordan consider his work on this stamp to be amongst the most rewarding); legends of baseball; the Civil War Sesquicentennial; legends of Hollywood; the Indianapolis 500; literary arts; Owney the postal dog; the Washington, D.C. cherry blossom centennial; bicycling; ʻĪd al-Fiṭr; Grand Central Terminal in New York City; the USS Arizona Memorial; Wilt Chamberlain; the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard; and the 50th anniversary of supersonic flight.

In addition, there are portfolios that provide visual documentation of Jordan's work on stamps, correspondence related to stamp design inquiries, and some biographical information.

Materials in the collection include correspondence, drawings, illustrations, color photographs, color transparencies, maps, news releases, notes, research materials, brochures, and clippings. Some materials are in electronic format.

Many of the stamps that Jordan worked on as Stamp Art Director can be found at the National Postal Museum.
Arrangement:
This collection is arranged into five series.

Series

Series 1: Issued Stamps Issued Stamps, 1999-2011

Series 2: Unissued Stamps, 1998-2006

Series 3: Portfolios, 1993-2015

Series 4: General Files, 1992-2013

Series 5: Oversize, 1994-2015
Biographical / Historical:
Phil Jordan was a Stamp Art Director for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Jordan's involvement with the USPS started in 1991 and ended 23 years later having worked on 300 stamps.

Jordan grew up in New Bern, North Carolina and attended East Carolina University. After a period of service with the Army Arctic Indoctrination School in Fort Greely, Alaska, Jordan graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in visual communications. Early in his career he worked as an artist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Baughman Company offset lithographers while attending school on the GI Bill.

Later he worked at the advertising agency Robert Kline and Co. Inc. as their art supervisor before serving as the assistant art director the United States Chamber of Commerce. Next, he joined Beveridge and Associates, Inc. guiding art direction for corporate, institutional and government design projects. Eventually becoming a partner at the firm, Jordan left after 18 years to form his own communications consulting firm where he managed projects for USAir, NASA, McGraw-Hill, IBM, the National Air and Space Museum, and Smithsonian Books.

Jordan was responsible for the original formats of the Air and Space and Smithsonian magazines and was their Design Director for fifteen years. From there his work as consulting art director for the United States Postal Service's Stamp Development Department saw him art direct and produce 300 postage stamps as well as other stamp collateral publications for 23 years. Among some of the stamps he worked on include the 2011 Neon! Celebrate stamp, the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Stars stamps, the 2013 Civil War stamps; the 2012 Cherry Blossom Centennial stamps; the 1997 Classic American Aircraft stamps; and the 2003 First Flight stamp.

Jordan's work has been featured in a number of exhibitions and in publications such as Graphis, Society of Illustrators, and Communication Arts. A recipient of professional awards from these organizations over the years, he was also the recipient of the NASA Group Achievement Award. He is a past president of the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington and was an avid glider pilot, being a founding member of the Skyline Soaring Club and the former long-time editor of Skylines newsletter.
Provenance:
Donated by Phil Jordan, 2015. This collection was initially part of the museum collections (Accession 2015.2015), but was released to the NPM Archives in December 2023.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access to original archival materials is by appointment only. Researchers must submit request for appointment in writing. Please direct reference inquiries to the National Postal Museum Archives: NPM_Archives@si.edu.
Rights:
The National Postal Museum Archives makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and the NPM Rights and Reproductions for additional information. Please direct reference inquiries to the National Postal Museum Archives: NPM_Archives@si.edu.
Occupation:
Art directors  Search this
Graphic designers -- United States  Search this
Topic:
Postage stamps  Search this
Baseball  Search this
Cherry blossoms  Search this
Bicycling  Search this
Supersonic planes  Search this
Hospice care  Search this
Owney (Dog)  Search this
Glider pilots  Search this
USS Arizona Memorial (Hawaii)  Search this
ʻĪd al-Fiṭr  Search this
Citation:
Phil Jordan Collection, NPMA.2023.2, National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NPMA.2023.2
See more items in:
Phil Jordan Collection
Archival Repository:
National Postal Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/zn80a463026-5019-4c9c-95c2-cd698cf84f5a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-npma-2023-2
Online Media:

Decode the Barcode

Publisher:
National Postal Museum  Search this
Language:
English
Object type:
Lesson Plan
Date created:
2003-05-27 00:00:00
Topic:
Social Sciences  Search this
Stamp  Search this
Postage  Search this
Letter  Search this
Carrier  Search this
Typical age range 8-10  Search this
Typical age range 10-12  Search this
Typical age range 12-14  Search this
Educational alignment:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.1a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.4a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.1.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1c
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1c
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.1d
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.4.4a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1c
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.3c
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.10
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.5.4a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1c
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.7
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1c
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.6
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1c
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.1d
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.8
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1a
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1b
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1c
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1d
Data source:
SI Center for Learning and Digital Access
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:SCLDA_1652

Stamp holder

Maker:
Whitehead & Hoag Company  Search this
Physical Description:
cellulose nitrate (overall material)
wax paper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 4 cm x 6.5 cm; 1 9/16 in x 2 9/16 in
overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 3.81 cm x .9525 cm
Object Name:
postage stamp carrier
stamp holder
Place made:
United States: New Jersey, Newark
Referenced:
United States: Connecticut, Waterbury
Date made:
1904
Subject:
Mail  Search this
ID Number:
2006.0098.1239
Accession number:
2006.0098
Catalog number:
2006.0098.1239
See more items in:
Medicine and Science: Chemistry
Celluloid
Advertising
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-6643-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1335602
Online Media:

Catalog of displaced persons, prisoners of war, concentration camp, and ghetto stamps during and after World War II in Germany

Author:
Stereo Stamps (Firm)  Search this
Physical description:
66 pages facsimiles 25 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1970
Topic:
Jews on postage stamps  Search this
Postage stamps--Topics--Jews  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Postal service  Search this
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Juifs--Service de la poste  Search this
Jews  Search this
Postal service  Search this
Call number:
HE6183.J4 S814
HE6183.J4S814
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_9966

West Indies philately West Indies Philatelic Study Group

Issuing body:
West Indies Philatelic Study Group  Search this
Physical description:
volumes illustrations
Type:
Periodicals
Périodiques
Place:
West Indies, British
Antilles britanniques
West Indies
British West Indies
Date:
2023
Topic:
Postage stamps  Search this
Stamp collecting  Search this
Timbres-poste  Search this
Philatélie  Search this
Call number:
HE6187 .B862
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1165397

British Caribbean philatelic journal

Author:
British Caribbean Philatelic Study Group  Search this
Physical description:
volumes illustrations 28 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Place:
Caribbean Area
Date:
19uu
Topic:
Stamp collecting  Search this
Call number:
HE6187 .B862
HE6187.B862
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_155374

Zhong guo you pin bian wei bi bei = Essentials for expertizing Chinese postal items Geng shou zhong, yang zhi mei zhu

Title:
耿守忠
Essentials for expertizing Chinese postal items
Cai ban zhong guo you pin bian wei bi bei
中国邮品辨伪必备 = Essentials for expertizing Chinese postal items / 耿守忠, 杨治梅著
Author:
Geng, Shouzhong  Search this
Yang, Zhimei  Search this
Physical description:
445 pages color illustrations (chiefly color) 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
1999
Topic:
Postage stamps--Expertising  Search this
Postage stamps--Forgeries  Search this
Call number:
HE6185 .C55 G45 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1165262

U.G.W. of A.

Maker:
Bastian Bros Company  Search this
Physical Description:
cellulose nitrate (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 5.7 cm x 3.4 cm x .1 cm; 2 1/4 in x 1 5/16 in x 1/16 in
Object Name:
stamp holder
Place made:
United States: New York, Rochester
Date made:
1909-1925
Subject:
Labor Unions  Search this
ID Number:
2006.0098.0947
Accession number:
2006.0098
Catalog number:
2006.0098.0947
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Medicine and Science: Chemistry
Celluloid
Advertising
Many Voices, One Nation
Exhibition:
Many Voices, One Nation
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-e50c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1329925
Online Media:

Sculpture

Medium:
stone; plaster; paint
Dimensions:
Height x Width x Depth: 5 × 1 3/4 × 2 in. (12.7 × 4.45 × 5.08 cm)
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Date:
1959
Object number:
0.234863.123
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8b0316f2f-449b-4041-a0c6-45106b368a3c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_0.234863.123

Central and Southern Syria map on album page

Medium:
paper; ink
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Topic:
Sidney N. Shure Collection  Search this
Credit line:
Sidney N. Shure Collection
Object number:
0.245498.6.50
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8b80fbe11-c90b-4ebd-a563-7ebdc2870e24
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_0.245498.6.50

Reprinted map showing Hebrew University's old and new site on album page

Medium:
paper; ink
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Place:
Palestine (British mandate)
Topic:
Sidney N. Shure Collection  Search this
Credit line:
Sidney N. Shure Collection
Object number:
0.270209.33.44
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8fb00fc11-1b93-4862-9f34-0586e353f01d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_0.270209.33.44

Amelia Earhart's flight suit

User:
Amelia Earhart, American, 1898 - 1937  Search this
Manufacturer:
Arnold, Constable & Company  Search this
Medium:
leather; fabric (wool); plastic; metal
Dimensions:
Height x Width x Depth: 59 x 30 1/2 x 6 in. (149.86 x 77.47 x 15.24 cm)
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Place:
United States of America
Date:
c. 1920
Topic:
The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929)  Search this
Planes & Pilots  Search this
Object number:
0.279483.3
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
On View:
Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8b00e7c7a-3d20-42c6-9c54-93b731106196
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_0.279483.3

Captain Tim Healy Ivory Stamp Club stamp album

Medium:
paper; ink
Dimensions:
Height x Width x Depth: 9 7/16 x 6 3/4 x 1/4 in. (23.97 x 17.15 x 0.64 cm)
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Place:
United States of America
Date:
1933
Object number:
0.322742.1
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm865411b4f-cdcb-4da7-9442-9183ceb859fb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_0.322742.1
Online Media:

Ivory Stamp Club mailer

Medium:
paper; ink
Dimensions:
Height x Width: 7 5/8 x 11 in. (19.37 x 27.94 cm)
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Place:
United States of America
Date:
1932
Object number:
0.322742.17
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm82683ef41-88a4-49be-a5d8-62e160bd3a64
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_0.322742.17

Philatelic award to Franklin R. Bruns, Jr.

Honoree:
Franklin R. Bruns Jr.  Search this
Medium:
metal (silver)
Dimensions:
Diam 6 in. (15.24 cm.)
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Date:
1969
Object number:
1987.0582.3
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8f8025258-0280-4edd-a86d-fd09306fbe82
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1987.0582.3

Exposition Internationale Algerienne de l'Afrique du Nord, Alger 1930 medal

Associated Person:
Frederick J. Melville, British, 1882 - 1940  Search this
Medium:
metal
Dimensions:
Height x Width x Depth: 5 3/4 × 1 1/8 × 1/8 in. (14.61 × 2.86 × 0.32 cm)
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Date:
1930
Object number:
1992.2002.766
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm81bad3a74-b965-4caa-a944-933577411df0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1992.2002.766

Praga 1938 Jury Pin

Associated Person:
Frederick J. Melville, British, 1882 - 1940  Search this
Medium:
metal; fiber
Dimensions:
0.25 x 1 x 2.5 in. (0.635 x 2.54 x 6.35 cm)
Type:
Philatelic Hobby
Place:
Czechoslovakia (republic)
Date:
1938
Topic:
The Great Depression (1929-1939)  Search this
Object number:
1992.2002.767
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm813b541c6-4504-4c6a-8452-53b3313edc5f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1992.2002.767

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