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WEBSTER MASSACHUSETTS 1845 (EARLIEST KNOWN USE?) STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO CARROLL & CROSBY NORWICH CONNECTICUT Earliest ASCC date for this postmark is 1846. This letter is clearly dated 1845 in two places. Possibly earliest known use. Note from J. H. Perry & Co., requesting 3lbs of blue vitriol "and be particular to have it come up on Thursday next". Carroll & Crosby dealt in artist supplies, but being located in a small city, also provided services as a druggist. |
$50.00 | |
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MONTCLAIR NEW JERSEY WIDE MARGIN E8 SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP ON 1911 COVER TO MT. VERNON, NEW YORK Very nice covfer with tied E8 special delivery stamp. Stamp has wide margins on three sides and is clear at top. Note Hudson Terminal and Mt. Vernon receiver markings on reverse. Upper right corner of reverse is torn away, not affecting front of cover. |
$25.00 | |
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MARIAGER DENMARK 1863 STAMPED FOLDED LETTER WITH SCOTT #4S STAMP & 88 TRIPLE CIRCLE POSTMARK Excellent copy of this rare stamp. Four full margins. Tied with desirable postmark. |
$50.00 | |
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FRANCE 1921 INSURED PARCEL POST CARD TO SWITZERLAND. LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF CARD Mulhouse France to Switzerland (address partly removed) parcel post card with two 10c parcel post stamps on the front and Scott numbers 123, 125, 126x2 and 175 stamps on the reverse. Very attractive and hard to find. |
$50.00 | |
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IRAQ ARAB BANK BAGHDAD 1930S AIR MAIL COVER TO SWEDEN. NEAT AIR MAIL RUBBER STAMP MARK Nice, early Iraq cover with Scott 131 and 144 stamps. Use of Air Mail (with airplane) marking makes this a very attractive cover. |
$10.00 | |
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NETHERLANDS 1943 CHEMICAL CENSOR POSTAL CARD TO GERMANY German censor marks on this cover along with chemical slash to determine if text contains any secret message. |
$25.00 | |
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DOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE 1847 DOVER BANK STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO QUINEBAUG BANK NORWICH CONNECTICUT Very fresh stampless folded letter. Tiny tear where seal was broken. Full, blue postmark. Short note from Dover Bank that they have enclosed a check to the Quinebaug Bank drawn on the Atlantic Bank, Boston. |
$20.00 | |
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COLLECTION & DISTRIBUTION WAGON POSTMARK 1899 POSTAL HISTORY COVER TO ELMIRA NEW YORK Sought-after Collection & Distribution Wagon Trip 1 postmark on this cover to Elmira, New York. Elmira receiver on the back. Stamp is faulty and there is a tear upper left side of cover. Cannot make out name of community where postmark was applied. |
$40.00 | |
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GERMANY -- SCOTT B283 SEMI-POSTAL STAMP ON 1944 POSTAL HISTORY SOUVENIR COVER Clean postmark, well-centered tab single. |
$10.00 | |
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ROSENHEIM GERMANY 1947 POSTAL HISTORY COVER WITH AMERICAN ZONE OCCUPATION STAMPS, CIVIL CENSOR STAMP & TAPE, OTTO EDENHARTER MARK AND EDENHARTER INN SEALS Excellent and interesting cover. Post-World-War-II American Occupation of Germany stamps along with Civil Censorship seal 11119. Censor tape. Reverse shows cover's sender was Otto Edenharter, Wasserburg-Inn-Stadt. Otto-Erich Edenharter starred in over 50 film and television productions, including in the GDR crime series blue light , Police 110 , and the prosecutor has the floor . Wasserburg am Inn is a town in Rosenheim district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The historic centre is a peninsula formed by the meandering Inn River. Many Medieval structures remain intact, giving the city a unique air. |
$25.00 |
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