Collection Plan

The Museum has two broad collecting areas:

  1. Philatelic and postal history objects from the United States
  2. Truly rare or historically significant philatelic material (United States of America and International)

Despite our large, existing collection, the National Postal Museum has an extensive collection plan that includes:

  • A comprehensive specialized collection of 19th Century carrier and local stamps
  • A comprehensive specialized collection of Confederate stamps (1861-1865) and Confederate Postmaster Provisional stamps
  • Colonial postal road maps, tax stamps and handstamps
  • Female letter carrier uniforms
  • Pony Express saddle and Bible
  • Sea Post service mailbags (1845-1915) and letterboxes (1900-1915)

If you have any of the above and would like to contribute them to the National Postal Museum, please visit: Donating Objects

3 cent George Washington City Despatch Post stamp
City Despatch Post Stamp, New York, New York, 1842

Learn about making a financial donation to the Museum: Support the Museum

Collections