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NEW ORLEANS TO VOSGES FRANCE TRANSATLANTIC 1854 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER. Excellent postal markings. Cover originated in New Orleans, traveled through New Yorkwhere it picked up a paquet boat mark along with international rate. Has France landing mark with Vosges date stamp on back. No content. |
$55.00 | |
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PRECANCELS -- 3 U.S. AIRMAILS C-1 X 2 AND C-2 Great lot for precancel and airmail collectors. Pre-cancels are Boston, Mass (double strike), Detroit Michigan, and Federalsburg, Maryland. Catalog is over $100 for the stamps alone. |
$55.00 | |
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CHINA: TSINGTAU GERMANY KIAUTSCHOU 2PF OCCUPATION STAMP ON 1911 POSTCARD TO KIEL GERMANY Sock on the nose postmark on Kiautschou 2pf stamp from China to Germany. See scan. Card in very nice condition. |
$60.00 | |
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BAHAMAS 1940 SEA FLOOR OFFICIAL WILLIAMSON PHOTOSPHERE COVER (2) This cover has a straight line mark on the back: Bahamas -- Williamson Undersea Expedition |
$60.00 | |
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NEW YORK TO COGNAC FRANCE 1858 TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIP STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER Folded lettersheet in French to Cognac, France February 23, 1858. Paid 15 cents in cash for 15 cents French mail treaty rate and carried on Cunard's "Niagara" from Boston to England. "New Paid York 12" credit, Calais transit and Cognac backstamp. Ex-Pullin. |
$60.00 | |
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PARIS FRANCE 1854 COVER TO SCARBOROUGH ENGLAND WITH PAIR OF SCOTT #18 STAMPS Nice array of postal markings on this cover including Scarborough receiver on reverse. Imperf pair was creased, but seldom found as a pair on cover. Notation at bottom left says: If Mr. Prince has left Scarborough the Post Master is requested to forward this letter to him. |
$60.00 | |
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ZEPPELIN COVER - OCTOBER 23 MIAMI TO CHICAGO POSTAL HISTORY FLIGHT WITH C-18 STAMP Century of Progress flight from Miami to Chicago. Chicago receiver on back. Slight age toning. |
$65.00 | |
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CYNTHIANA KENTUCKY 1827 MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO LEESBURGH OHIO Nice manuscript postmark along with 25-cent rate to Ohio. No content. Looks like it was a wrapper for some legal documents. No tears. |
$70.00 | |
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U.S. FANCY CANCEL COVERS - LOT OF 20 WITH GOOD MARKS AND COMMUNITIES Lot consists of 20 fancy cancel covers. The covers in the last image all contain correspondence. The 16 others do not. Note some coner cards and interesting communities like Gallipolis OH, Philippi WV (with Scranton and Bellington RPO postmark), Canterbury VT, Austin MN, Stonington CT, Centre Rutland VT, Celina OH, and more. Good fancy cancels and good postmarks as well. |
$75.00 | |
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JAPAN: EARLY TOURIST SOUVENIR PAGE WITH BETTER USED STAMPS. (#2) Very clean item. Believe these were sold to tourists years ago. However, over time the used stamps and their postmarks have gained value. This is one of two of these souvenir items that we are currently listing. |
$75.00 |
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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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Marc Jasmin
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