postal history

the study of postal systems and how they operate and, or, the study of the use of postage stamps and covers and associated postal artifacts illustrating historical episodes in the development of postal systems
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postal history

Summary

postal history is a branch of history[1]. It draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (branch_of_history category, ranking #4 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • postal history's instance of is recorded as branch of history[3].
  • postal history's instance of is recorded as aspect of history[4].
  • postal history's subclass of is recorded as philately[5].
  • postal history's Commons category is recorded as Postal history[6].
  • postal history's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01p1gl[7].
  • postal history's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph488977[8].
  • postal history's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Postal history[9].
  • postal history's facet of is recorded as mail[10].
  • postal history's is the study of is recorded as mail[11].
  • postal history's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc66h3fy[12].
  • postal history's practiced by is recorded as postal historian[13].
  • postal history's Quora topic ID is recorded as Postal-History[14].
  • postal history's named by is recorded as Robson Lowe[15].
  • postal history's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 194276650[16].
  • postal history's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 52002[17].
  • postal history's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 36163[18].

Why It Matters

postal history draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (branch_of_history category, ranking #4 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). postal history. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/postal-history
MLA “postal history.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/postal-history.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_postal-history_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{postal history}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/postal-history}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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