The best source of that sort of information would be The U.S. Philatelic Classics Society's Web Chronicle avaiable here
http://www.uspcs.org/resource-cente...b-chronicle/This is a index of all of the articles pertaining to Officials in the Chronicle. If you are not a member, you will be only be able to open Issues 223 and below. Issue 169 will not open due to bad scripting errors.
Alan C. Campbell has done the most work on used Officials. Read all article by Alan, I've included the author at the end of each entry, but just used initials in most places, so look for A.C.C. His theory on why Official covers are scarce is because of the nature of the correspondence, it was government business, and not sentimental, the main reason covers were saved. The covers were docketed and saved for a time, but then purged from the files. Hope this will help you.
Officials columns.. Cronicles
U.S. Census Mail of 1880, Lester C. Lamphear III 240
U.S. Official cover to Foreign Destinations 1873-1884 L.C.L. III 239
Treasury and War Combitnation Use L.C.L. III. 238
Late Use of Official Stamps and Envelopes L.C.L III 237
Rediscovery: The 3c Post Office Plate #40 William Steven Birmingham 236
Favor Cancelations on U.S. Officials Alan C. Campbell & L.C.L. III 235
Foreign Entry 15c on 12c Agriculture George G. Sayers 234
Secert Service Mail in 1874 L.C.L. III 233
Executive Stamp use Outside Washington,DC L.C.L. III 232
Auction Report D. Lobdell Coll of War Dept A.C.C 230
Official at the Centinnial Exhibition L.C.L. III 229
Constant Plate Varieties War Dept. G.G.S. 228
Constant Plate Varieties Treasury Dept G.G.S. 227
Contsant Plate Varieties State Dept G.G.S. 226
Contsant Plate Varieties Post Office G.G.S. 225
Production Plate Varieties, Opaque Inks, G.G.S. 224
Contsant Plate Varieties Navy Dept Alfred E.Staubus & G.B.S. 223
Contsant Plate Varieties Justice Dept G.G.S. 222
Contsant Plate Varieties Interior Dept G.G.S. 221
Contsant Plate Varieties Executive Dept G.G.S. 220
Contsant Plate Varieties Agriculture Dept G.G.S. 219
Contsant Plate Varieties in Marginal Markings G.G.S. 218
Quest for Perfection Grading and Perforating A.C.C. 216
1873-1897: The Smithsonion Instution and the
United States fish and Fisheries Commision L.C.L. III 215
The Plate Proofs on Card 1873 officials: a
Re-Examanation, History of 6th Printing G.G.S. 214
Oval Spirial Scratches on the Official Plates G.G.S. 213
Official: Roll to Plate Defects From Foreign Fibers G.G.S. 212
Commercial Vulcanized Rubber Killers on Officials A.C.C 211
Combs' Broken C at Pos 28: Comformation of a Constant
Overprint Variety of the Specimen Second Printing A.E.S. & G.G.S. 210
The 3c PO: Double Tranfer at 4L Plate 41
Early and Late; Corrections to the Record A.E.S. & G.G.S. 209
Unique Set of Agriculture Dept Special Printings William E. Mooz 208
Foreign Entry & Erasure of 1c Executive on 6c State G.G.S. 208
Official TC Die Proofs Apr.73 Are they Essays?
War Dept 2C Jackson, Dept Aricultute 3c Washington G.G.S. 207
Official Stamps Added During Transit in the Mails L.C.L. III 205
"Atlanta" Proofs of Dollar Value State Stamps:
a Re-Examination of the History G.G.S 205
Department of the Treasury First Day Usage Matthew Kewriga 204
Nw York Foreign Mail on Official Stamps A.C.C. 203
Robert L. Markovits Collection of Officials
an Insiders report on the Public Auction A.C.C. 202
Usage of Justice Dept Officials A.C.C. 200
Usage of Justice Dept Officials A.C.C. 199
A New Double Impression of the 3C Treasury A.C.C. 197
A History of Post Office Dept Stamps 1873-74 Warren S. Howard 196
Usage of Dept of Aricultrue Stamps A.C.C. 194
Usage of Navy Dept Stamps A.C.C. 193
Off Cover Usage of Official in Wash.DC A.C.C. 192
Plate and Die Flaws 1c Claret Large # Postage Due John D. Irwin Jr 191
Plate and Die Flaws 1c Claret Large # Postage Due John D. Irwin Jr 190
The Killer of Fort Levenworth, Kansas A.C.C. 189
Penalty Label Usage over Official Envelopes James W. Milgram M.D. 189
High Value Official Stamps on Cover A.C.C. 188
Data on CBNC Ribbed Paper Stamps William E. Mooz 187
Some Context for the Centinential Special Printings William E. Mooz 187
New Error Discovered William E. Mooz 186
Usage of the 7c Stanton Official Stamp A.C.C. 185
Editor's Note: Officials at the 1999 Stampshow A.C.C. 184
Scissor Cutting of the 1875 Special Printings William E. Mooz 183
The Special Printings of the 1873 and 1879 Issues William E. Mooz 181
Color Cancellations on Official Stamps A.C.C 180 The Classic Penalty Franks Warren S. Howard 179
The 6c State Foreign Entry Variety Ralph Ebner 178
The 24c Interior Double Impression A.C.C 176
The 24c Justice Short Transfer A.C.C 176
Plating the Official Stamps A.C.C 175
A Unusual Plate mark on the 3c War Dept Stamp Davil H. Lobdell 174
10c 2c 3c Executive Combitnation usage L.C.L. III 173
The Land Office Story Warren S. Howard 172
Varieties of U.S. Officials: 90c Navy Short Transfer
3c Treasury Double Impression A.C.C. 171
Plate Varieties on 3c Justice and 30c Treasury Roy D. Graig Jr. 171
Dept of the Interior First Day Usage L.C.L. III 170
Postscript to the Desigh Evolution of U.S. Officials A.C.C 170
The Design Evolution of the U.S. Officials A.C.C 169
The Design Evolution of the U.S. Officials A.C.C 168
United States Official Stamped Envelopes Dennis W. Schmitt 167
The Special Printings of the 1c State & War Stamp William E. Mooz 166 The Scarcity of Used Official Stamps A.C.C 165
Meet me in St. Louis A.C.C 165
The Special Printings of the 1c Ag & 1c Exec Willian E. Mooz 164
Two Tickets to Pittsburg A.C.C 164
The Triple Misuse of the 3c P.O. Stamp Alfred E.Staubus 160
A Dead Stamp Gone Wrong Bernard Alan Biales 158
Cancellations on Official stamps A.C.C. 157
Cancellations on Official stamps A.C.C. 156
That Elusive "Crack" Rollin C. Huggins Jr. 155
A "Goodie" Clyde Jennings 155
Fiscal History in the Classic period Mike Milam 154
12 Navy Double Tranfer Plate Pos 50 Alfred E. Staubus 152
Double Transfer on 90C Interior Alfred E. Staubus 151
From The Editor Alfred E. Staubus
Foreign and Domestic Use of Ordinary Postage Stamps 150
on Official Correspondence From the Treasury Dept Alan C. Campbell 150
"Paid by Check" Handstamps on Five Officials Jack Golden 150
Third Potential UPU Special Printing Use Alfred E. Staubus 150
From the Editor Alfred E. Staubus 149
Early Use of J1 & J3 Postage Due George B. Arfken 149
An Unusual War Dept. Entire: Combination of a Late Use
with a Very Scarce Machine Cancel Transit Marking Dennis W. Schmitt 149
Short Transfer Variety on 10c State Alfred E. Staubus 149
Covers Used to Mail Shipments of Special Printings Alfred E. Staubus 148
From the Editor Alfred E. Staubus 147
Stamps For Official use on Correspondence to Foreign
Destinations Under GPU and UPU Treaties Alfred E. Staubus 147
New Cronicles Section in the Works Alfred E. Staubus 146
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