Articles

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The Mercury Project is an archive site for scholarly articles on various aspects of philately. Steamboat Mail on the Colorado River

From Chronicle #221

 Deconstructing the Jackass Mail Route

From Chronicle #220

 Kearny's California Mail Route

From Chronicle #225

Private Mail Systems in the American West

self published 2001 (30 pages)
A reconstruction of a gift Missionary Cover. A cover that was stolen by Indians from the Pony Express in July, 1861. Postal Station at Polemonos, Egypt in 253 BC

A study of the various methods used to pay postal rates in the United States between 1776 and 1921.

 Selling Stamps on Ebay.

Do It Yourself Expertisation

 
William L. Goggin Proposes a Three Cent Postal Rate (1849) A letter from Ft. Vancouver on the Pacific Coast that traveled overland to Massachusetts in 1833. A Discussion of Hawaii Missionary Stamps and the Grinnells Some simple steps you can take to help determine if a cover has been faked or altered. A Great Salt Lake City Forged Cover

A cover believed to have been manufactured by Mark Hofmann.
1775 Censorship
An analysis I did of the fake Consul Klep cover before it was offered in Siegel auction of Zoellner collection. Birth Of The US Navy the Machias (Maine) Committee Of Safety In 1775 An 1825 Taos New Mexico cover Harrisburg Precancels The Northern Liberties News Room Carriers
1782 Philadelphia cover With the Tibetans in Kumbum during the Mohammedan Rebellion The California "Ocean" Penny Post California Penny Post fakes Adams & Co. Express
Spotlight on Harnden's Foreign Letter Express Van Reed
US Legation in Japan		 "Hialeah" fakes Classic Antigua with plate varieties, etc Revenues on Express covers
   
British P.O at Boston A collection of stamp related songsheets Colorado Territory Gold Coinage

The Frederick Mayer collection		    

Richard Frajola (May 2009)