The Missouri Postal History Society held an organizational meeting at the St. Louis Stamp Expo in March, 1999. There are presently about 75 members in the Society.

“The purpose of the Missouri Postal History Society is to gather, study, preserve and disseminate infromation regarding the postal history of the state of Missouri from the pre-territoial era to the present.”

At present, the newsletter is expected is being published quarterly. The next semi-annual meeting will be at St Louis Stamp Expo on 23 March 2013 at which time there will be a joint meeting with the Illinois Postal History Society.

We are actively looking for researchers for specific topics. Some of these are:

For infomation, contact:

• MoPoHisSoc Web Home Page
• Post Offices sorted by Counties
• Zip Code list
• Territorial Post Offices
• Stamp Clubs in St. Louis

Contact the Webmaster with suggestions.

• See new article on Louisiana Territory
• Your webmaster and editors would like to receive text files, 100 to 1000 words in un-formatted text to attach to each place. Depending on the size of the file, it would be either attached as a link or an adjuctant to the extended page. Pictures should be clear scans at 300dpi or better and in separate files from the articles. Pictures can be “cleaned up,” but must be legible first. Suggested content includes:
  • lists of postmasters,
  • short histories of towns or counties,
  • information about cancels, or
  • other useful information.
• Samples:
  • Winter 2004 Issue of Show-Me Gazette  
  • February 2006 Issue  of the Show-Me Gazette
  • December 2006 Issue of Show-Me Gazette
  • Spring 2012

Remember, your audience is primarily postal related though most of the hits on the site are genealogical.