Donors 



127 



Acquisition Fund (donor). 

 Washington and Alaska facing 

 slip and April i, 19 12 letter of 

 assignment recovered from U.S. 

 sea clerk Oscar S. Woody 's body, 

 R.M.S. Titanic (NPM 1998. 2017). 

 , and New Acquisirions Fund. 



Greek 183 1 40-lepra postage due (?) 

 stamp affixed to 1 848-postmarked 

 cover (NPM 1999. 2013). 



Mystic Stamp Company, Inc. (through 

 Donald Sundman). 2,297 rnint 

 United States stamps (NPM 

 1999.2004). 



National Archives and Record 

 Administration, Textual Archives 

 Services Division, Old Military and 

 Civil Records (through Cynthia G. 

 Fox). Mint pair of U.S. postage 

 stamps (Scott No. 65) found in 

 Civil War records of Lt. Henry 

 Giesen (NPM 1999.2009). 



Mary Paul Reifsteck and Dr. Carole 

 Reifsteck Parsons. 1949 postal 

 savings certificate of deposit, 1947 

 postal savings receipt, postal 

 savings envelope (NPM 

 1999.2008). 



Posten Notge BA, Postmuseet 



(Norway) (through Arne Woll and 

 Arvid Lohre). 4 Norwegian postage 

 stamps of the 10-ore post horn 

 design (printed in 1909, 1949, 

 1962 and 1997 using different 

 printing methods) (NPM 

 1999. 2016). 



Rita Ann Richie. U.S. Post Office 

 Department female letter carrier's 

 beret, 9 U.S. Posral Service uniform 

 patches (NPM 1999.2006). 



Schuyler J. Rumsey Philatelic 

 Auctions, Inc. (vendor) and 

 Curatorial Acquisirion Fund 

 (donor). 1864 transatlantic (U.S. to 

 Italy) cover with three U. S. 10-cent 

 stamps (George Washington, Scott 

 No. 68) affixed; 1875 U. S. plate 

 proof sheet of 100 one-cent stamps 

 (Ben Franklin, Scott No. 40P4, 

 reprint of 1857 issue) (NPM 

 1998. 2019). 



Smithsonian Institution, National 

 Museum of American History, 

 Department of Social and Cultural 

 History, Division of Community 

 Life (through David Shayt). Good 

 Mister Mailman sheet music (NPM 

 1999.2005). 



Smithsonian Institution, National 

 Postal Museum. 589 objects (US 

 revenue material) Found In 

 Collection (NPM 1999. 2018). 



. 252 Salvadoran philatelic 



objects Found In Collection. (NPM 

 1999.2022). 



. 923 Honduran philatelic 



objects Found In Collection. (NPM 

 1999.2024). 



Katherine Connors Springston. 1 1 

 U.S. Post Office Department travel 

 commissions (1944— 196 1) issued to 

 John J. Connors (NPM 1999.2023). 



Su Qiyun. 24 mint People's Republic 

 of China postage stamps (1995—98 

 issues) (NPM 1999. 2001). 



Thomas N. Tillman. Handheld postal 

 scale (Dixie Letter Scale) of the 

 Sturgis Manufacturing Company, 

 Baltimore, Maryland, circa 

 1920-32 (NPM 1999. 2021). 



David R. Torre. 5 Crow Creek Sioux 

 Tribe waterfowl sramps (1989-90), 

 10 Fort Peck Tribes rnbal 

 bird/conservation license stamp and 

 20 reference-of-purchase copies 

 (1976) (NPM 1999.2002). 



U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish 

 and Wildlife Service, Federal Duck 

 Stamp Program (through Teresa M. 

 Bell). 1 imperforate sheet of 120, 1 

 self-adhesive sheet of 24, 1 souvenit 

 program of the 1999—2000 Migra- 

 tory Bird Hunting and Conservation 

 stamp (NPM 1999. 2017). 



U. S. Postal Service, Stamp Services 

 (through Azeezaly Jaffer). 21,234 

 postage stamps, 58 covers, 60 

 postal cards, 20 commemorative 

 panels with 72 postage stamps and 

 4 souvenir sheets attached, 28 

 souvenir programs and inserts 

 (NPM 1998. 2014). 



, Stamp Services (through 



Azeezaly Jaffer) 1,772 postage 

 stamps, 60 covers, 12 postal cards, 

 20 commemorative panels, 22 

 souvenir programs and inserts 

 (NPM 1999.2007). 



, Stamp Services, Sramp 



Acquisitions (through Joel Marks). 

 2 embossing masters for mid-2orh 

 Century Canal Zone stamped 

 envelopes (Scott No. U20 and 

 UC14) (NPM 1999. 2010). 



Stamp Services (through 



stamps, 6 souvenir cards, 21 posral 

 cards, 2 commemorative panels, 17 

 stamped envelopes, 23 covers, 58 

 souvenir programs and inserts 

 (NPM 1999. 2012). 

 , U.S. Postal Inspection Service 



(through Daniel L. Mihalko). 2 U.S. 

 Postal Inspector gold-plated badges 

 (NPM 1999. 2015). 



, Stamp Services (through 



Azeezaly Jaffer) 1 ,668 postage 



Azeezaly Jaffer). 1 1 ,997 postage 

 stamps, 1 1 souvenir sheets, 4 

 commemorative panels, 62 covers, 

 22 stamped envelopes, 5 aerograms, 

 14 postal cards, 54 souvenir 

 programs (NPM 1999. 2019). 

 WESTVACO, Envelope Division 

 (through Richard J. Smith). 108 

 U.S. and Canal Zone stamped 

 envelopes' printing specification 

 reference collecrion, 57 U.S. 

 stamped envelopes, 2 U.S. covers 

 with U.S. Envelope Company 

 cachets, 1 souvenir folder (NPM 

 1999.201 1). 



National Science 

 Resources Center 



Donors of Financial Support 

 $2,500,000 



Narional Science Foundation 



$900,000 



Smithsonian Institution 



$335,000 



Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc. 



$250,000 



Carolina Biological Supply Company 



$175,000 



Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 



$95,000 



National Academy of Sciences 



$50,000 



Hewlett-Packard Company 

 Pfizet Foundation 



