La Posta Releases Fourth Monograph
La Posta Publications News Release 22-11
For Immediate Release
For additional information contact: Peter Martin (540) 899-7683, pmartin2525@yahoo.com
La Posta Publications Publisher Peter Martin has announced the release of the fourth in its new monograph series.
The Postal History of Douglas County, Kansas by Jeff Lough is only the fourth work covering Kansas postal history and is the first to focus on the fifth most populous of its 105 counties that is also home to the University of Kansas.
Author Jeff Lough, who lives in Douglas County, delves into all the post offices that have operated within the county and provides background, including dates of operation, name changes, and the first complete list of postmasters by town.
Lough’s research took him to all the major libraries, historical societies, and philatelic collections. The result is a thorough coverage of each of the ten areas that make up the county. With more than 150 supporting images, you’ll learn all about the Douglas County post offices, postmasters, postal markings, and resources for this significant Kansas county.
The monograph received support from Washington Dealer Dick Keiser, owner of DK Enterprises, the Alaska Collectors’ Club, Joe Crosby, the Eudora Community Museum, Historic Lecompton, the Raven Book Store, and the Watkins Museum of History.
The 8.5 x 11 inch, 88-page, full-color monograph is priced at $37.95 plus $5 shipping and can be ordered from: La Posta Publications, POB 6074, Fredericksburg, VA 22403, or from the La Posta website: www.lapostapub.com.
La Posta Monograph Series 2 started with the groundbreaking Independent State Mail and Confederate Use of U.S. Postage, How Secession Occurred; Correcting the Record by Patricia A. Kaufmann and was followed by 19th Century American Genre Paintings: Reading Newspapers in Tavern Post Offices by Diane DeBlois and Robert Dalton Harris and The Postal History of St. Simons Island, Georgia by Steve Swain.
La Posta: The Journal of American Postal History is published four times per year. It is the leading journal devoted to American postal history and is in its 53rd year of publication. Subscriptions are $35 per year. For more information contact: La Posta Publications, POB 6074 Fredericksburg, VA 22403, e-mail
laposta.joan@yahoo.com or visit the La Posta website at: www.lapostapub.com.