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SWITZERLAND -- BASEL 1883 POSTAL HISTORY COVER WITH LETTER TO RAHWAY NEW JERSEY - SCOTT #83 Good stamp. Cover shows wear. Note two different letterheads for Hotel des Trois Ruis a Bale; one with violet vignette. Letter talks about sites the writer has seen. Both lettersheets are fragile. |
$10.00 | |
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RYUKYU, KYUSHU, OKINAWA 1960 8TH ATHLETIC MEET FIRST DAY COVER Fresh and clean first day cover with Scott #72 and #73 games set. |
$5.00 | |
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AZORES -- TWO 1933 COVERS WITH GOOD STAMPS TO NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS 1E violet, 20 chocolate and 30 light brown stamps on these two covers. Nice array. |
$10.00 | |
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FRANCE AND BELGIUM -- PARIS 1904 POSTCARD WITH FRANCE #138 AND BELGIUM POSTAGE DUE #J5 AND J8 STAMPS Nice combination of stamps along with a variety of auxiliary markings indicating transit and local post office delivery. Early Eiffel Tower engraving on front along with souvenir EIFFEL postmark. |
$10.00 | |
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BELGIUM -- BRUSSELS 1876 TRANSATLANTIC POSTAL HISTORY COVER TO NEW YORK CITY WITH SCOTT #35 Tidy small cover with sock on the nose postmark. Nice addition to any collection. Small tear top center. |
$100.00 | |
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SWITZERLAND -- ST. BLAISE 1877 POSTAL HISTORY COVER WITH SCOTT #43 AND #45 X 2 TO PARIS Small well-traveled cover with great postal markings and good stamps. One of the #45s has nibbled perfs. Wax seal on each seam on back. |
$25.00 | |
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CANADA -- ELMSDALE - SCOTT #113 AND #104 ON 1916 POSTAL HISTORY CROSS BORDER COVER TO MASSACHUSETTS Early Admiral stamps on registered cover to USA. See backstamps. |
$10.00 | |
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TAIWAN -- SCOTT #1095 ON POSTAL HISTORY COVER Light Taipei postmark ongood stamp. Cover has tear top center and small tear top right that does not affect stamp. |
$20.00 | |
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ILLINOIS -- CHICAGO 1899 POSTAL HISTORY COVER WITH SCOTT #285 STAMP Good color. Flag cancel. |
$5.00 | |
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HAWAII -- WORLD WAR II 1942 ARMY APO CENSOR COVER TO ASTORIA NEW YORK Attractive cover from member of 165th infantry soldier. Censor mark with censor officer's signature. APO 962 is for Hanapepe Kauai Hawaii. |
$25.00 |
Selling Stampless Covers and Stamped Covers, Stamps, Philatelic Postal History and Ephemera
Hello and Welcome to MGJ Postal History
We are offering for sale a wide variety of covers—from stampless covers to First Day Covers, from the very old, to contemporary. While we primarily sell covers, you will also find stamps, other postal items and interesting ephemera for sale. We hope you enjoy the site and visit often. We welcome your comments.
Posted are just some of the items in our inventory. Feel free to email us with requests from your want list.
I am a life member of the American Philatelic Society and am a member of the Society’s estate advisory service. I am also a member and volunteer at the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum in Weston, Massachusetts. In addition, I am a licensed, bonded auctioneer in Massachusetts.
Thank you,
Marc Jasmin
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FIRST DAY COVERS
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