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dover-new-hampshire-1844-stampless-folded-letter-to-bridgewater-massachusetts DOVER NEW HAMPSHIRE 1844 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO BRIDGEWATER MASSACHUSETTS

Very clean item with full Dover postmark.  William Hale writes to a supplier asking for balance of order and lists the missing items.  No tears.  Excellent condition.

$25.00
PEEKSKILL NEW YORK 1898 COVER WITH 5-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI STAMP (SCOTT 288) - POSTAL-HISTORY PEEKSKILL NEW YORK 1898 COVER WITH 5-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI STAMP (SCOTT 288)

Covers with the 5-cent blue Trans-Miss stamp are few and far between.  Stamp has straight edge on right, double circle cancel. Mailed to King at Arms, London, England.  In blue marking crayon, someone has added Queen Vic Sv at bottom. Queen Victoria was the reigning monarch at the time and perhaps this was sent to her. Additional markings on back. Stamp has crease plus nibbled perfs at top right.  

$25.00
BOSTON+FOXCROFT+STAMPLESS+FOLDED+LETTER+POSTAL+HISTORY BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1841 POSTAL HISTORY STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER FROM PROMINENT MERCHANT ABRAHAM LOWE TO FOXCROFT MAINE

Interesting note from Abraham Lowe. Charles Chandler, of Foxcroft has collected $60 for Lowe and is unable to send a check because of surcharges.  Lowe suggests he send cash...$50 and $10 bills...and to enclose them in front of the local postmaster.  He also encourages him to "collect the balance as soon as you can".   Foxcroft is now a dead post office. Clean cover in good condition.

Abraham Thompson Lowe was born on 15 August 1796 in Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1816 from Dartmouth College, with his M.D. degree. He early abandoned the active practice of his profession and entered the wholesale drug business in Boston, which he followed for many years under the firm of Lowe & Reed. 

$25.00
montclair.new.jersey.1911.postal.history.cover.to.mt.vernon.ny 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
charlestown-massachusetts-1848-stampless-folded-letter-postal-history-to-terriffville-connecticut CHARLESTOWN MASSACHUSETTS 1848 STAMPLESS FOLDED POSTAL HISTORY LETTER TO TERIFFVILLE CONNECTICUT

Letter writer H. Bemus badly misspells town letter is addressed to as Tarriffvill.  Letter is to William B. Cowles, whose family had a store in Worthington, Connecticut and whose relatives operated the Cowles Manufacturing Company, East Granby, CT., manufacturer of spoons, and it is claimed was the first to make a practical success of electric plating.  Bemus laments losing his business partner and that a potential investor has no experience in his retail business.  He wants Cowles to become his partner.  Good content.  Letter easy to read and in excellent condition.

$25.00
civil-war-cover-to-capt-w-h-dobie-118th-new -york CIVIL WAR WHITE HALL NEW YORK COVER TO CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. DOBIE 118 REG. NY

Cover has double circle White Hall postmatrk along with target killer.  It is addressed to Capt. W.H. dobie, Co. H, 118 Reg, 18 Corp, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade, Washington, DC.  The 118th was one of the most battle tested regiments in the Civil War.  Troops participated in the following battles: Camden, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, Siege of Suffolk, Cold Harbor, first assault on Petersburg, Chaffin's Ferry, Fair Oaks, Appomattox Courthouse, final assault on Petersburg and was present at the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.

$25.00
CANTON NEW YORK LOCAL DELIVERY COVER WITH 1 CT SCOTT #145 FANCY CANCEL

Clean cover. Tiny portion of Canton postmark at top. However, stamp indicates it was a local delivery.  Pie wedge handstamp cancel.  Stamp is Scott #145.

$25.00
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1854 STAMPLESS COVER WITH INTERESTING CONTENTS - POSTAL HISTORY BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1854 STAMPLESS COVER WITH INTERESTING CONTENTS

Big, full Boston 3cts postmark along with red PAID. But the real story here is the contents of the envelope...a letter from John F. Eliot, Boston pharmacist, affiliated with prominent Boston pharmacy Brewers, Stevens and Cushing (Samuel N. Brewers, James F. Stevens, H. W. Cushing) requesting the recipient, who may have been his son or father, to go to Bruno and Cargill at Maiden Lane to get the product mentioned on a slip of paper which was pinned to the note. The product, N.W. Seat's Electric Negative Fluid, was for the "suppression of fever in every form and stage." We could not find any online reference to this product. According to the note, Eliot wants the fluid for a sea captain who "says it is the very best thing in the world for the purposes named--he is sure of it--for 'somebody told him so.'"

Back of envelope contains an embossed seal of Brewers, Stevens and Cushing. Envelope is fragile, but content is outstanding.

$25.00
new-milford-connecticut-1837-stampless-folded-letter-from-david-sanford-to-roger-sherman CONNECTICUT: NEW-MILFORD 1837 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER FROM D. SANFORD TO ROGER SHERMAN, FAIRFIELD LAWYER

Short letter from D. Sanford (believe first name to be David) asking prominent Fairfield lawyer Roger Sherman to review a deed from a property sale he was involved in to determine what can be built on the property. Roger Minott Sherman (May 22, 1773 – December 30, 1844) was a lawyer and politician from Fairfield County, Connecticut. There is a grammar school in Fairfield named after him. Item in excellent condition with bold brown postmark.

$25.00
gasport-ny-cover-with-scott-179-stamp NEW YORK: EARLY GASPORT POSTMARK WITH SCOTT #179 ON COVER TO NEW YORK CITY

Early hamlet postmark. Stamp is tied with independent postmark.

$25.00

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