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ARBON SWITZERLAND - 1987 TOURISM BICENTENNIAL SOUVENIR SHEET CACHET FIRST DAY COVER Switzerland Scott #816a souvenir sheet on this first day cover for the four-day Phila '87 Cultura event marking the 200th anniversary of Switzerland's tourism industry. Mailed to Swampscott, Massachusetts. |
$15.00 | |
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MONACO -- 1955 POSTAL HISTORY ROYAL STATIONERY COVER TO CARDINAL FRANCIS SPELLMAN NEW YORK CITY Business-size envelope with Prince of Monaco seal upper left and Monaco Couronne du Blason Mediterranee postmark. Addressed to Cardinal Francis Spellman, New York City...quite possible a communication from Grace Kelly. No content in envelope. Monaco Scott #339 stamp affixed. |
$15.00 | |
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MARSEILLES FRANCE 1939 YANKEE CLIPPER FIRST FLIGHT COVER TO NEW YORK CITY Very clean cover with France Scott #s 346 and 650 stamps on cacheted first flight cover from Marseilles to New York City. Silhouette of flying boat was added to this cover at a later date. |
$15.00 | |
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CHICAGO ILLINOIS 1910 POSTCARD SHORTRATED TO LONDON ENGLAND WITH T 1/30 POSTAGE DUE MARK A postcard to Germany would have qualified for the two-cent rate. But, England still required five cents. Good auxiliary markings. Pretty embossed postcard with birds and velvet flowers. |
$10.00 | |
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WAINWRIGHT ALASKA 1949 VIA DOG TEAM POSTAL HISTORY COVER TO CHICAGO ILLINOIS Clean cover with Wainwright Alaska via dog team cachet and handstamp postmark. |
$15.00 | |
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MCCLELLAN FIELD CALIFORNIA 1941 ARMY DAY PATRIOTIC COVER MISSENT TO PLAINVILLE MASSACHUSETTS Lots to like about this cover. Patriotic cachet cover for Army Day, April 7, 1941 mailed on that date from McCellan Air Force Base, California to Plainville Kansas. Missent to Plainville Massachusetts (with Dead Post Office mark from that town). Also, unusual "missent to Plainville, Mass." auxiliary mark across top of cover. Someone wrote Kansas on the cover and assume it was forwarded there. No additional marks on back. |
$25.00 | |
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PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA 1945 WORLD WAR II COVER WITH MULTIPLE MILITARY MARKINGS Cover is loaded with military markings, front and back, in trying to locate Joseph Ardisson starting at Naval Hospital, San Leandro, California. Great item for collectors of ancillary military markings collectors. |
$25.00 | |
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NEW YORK CITY 1936 TIPEX SOUVENIR SHEET FIRST DAY COVER WITH CROSBY CACHET Cover has photo image of Franklin D. Roosevelt who was patron of TIPEX show. Backflap is missing. |
$15.00 | |
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NEW YORK CITY 1870 POSTAL HISTORY COVER TO WOODSTOCK CONNECTICUT WITH 6-CT SCOTT #186 Super clean cover with light New York City cancel and ellipital postmark with numeral 4 in center. Stamp with well centered for issue. Marking lines and paper color indicate stamp is Scott #186 |
$25.00 | |
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BROOKLYN NEW YORK 1940 MISSIONARY POSTAL HISTORY COVER TO PALLIKONDA INDIA - MORENWEISER TYPE 8 CENSOR MARK Nifty cover from the outbreak of World War II. Cover was sent to Rev. Francis Felip, a Salesian missionary priest serving in India. New York World's Fair postmark. Most significant is the Not Opened By Censor mark. It is a Morenweiser Type 8 NOT OPENED BY CENSOR oblong censor steel stamp from the Mumbai Censor Station with station code D, struck by the examiner having chop number 2. The mark when used in Mimbai CS from May 1940 to February 1941, has been recorded with censor numbers ranging 1–17 but all but 10% were marked by censor No. 3, making this mark particularly rare. The mark, which was applied to mail deemed innocent...bank mail, missionary mail, etc., was in use less than a year. |
$50.00 |
Selling Stampless Covers and Stamped Covers, Stamps, Philatelic Postal History and Ephemera
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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.
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