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lee.massachusetts.trumbull.1846.stampless.folded.letter.to.norwich.connecticut.unlisted.rate LEE MASSACHUSETTS 1846 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO NORWICH CONNECTICUT. UNLISTED RATE

Rate of 5 in a circle is unlisted for Lee Massachusetts postmarks. Clean.

$15.00
LEE MASSACHUSETTS 1846 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO HARTFORD CONNECTICUT - POSTAL-HISTORY LEE MASSACHUSETTS 1846 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO HARTFORD CONNECTICUT RE: AETNA INSURANCE LOSSES IN FIRE

Dear Brother,

I drop you this line to have you inform me the exact amount of your mortgages on Brodums place with the date of the notes, in order that I may make my return to the Judge of Probate Had I have known the trouble of settling the estate by law I should not have consented to have gone into it.

The weather here is very fine. I am cutting my hay now. Why wont you come up with your family & we will spend a little time at Lebanon Springs – or if you say Saratoga. Let me hear from you immediately.

Please write me how much the Aetna lost at St John’s fire. I should have thought that eastern Offices would have refused to insure where they are known to burn up periodically. Your brother in haste, Leonard Church

Along the side, he also mentions he supposes a bill by Senator McBay (?) will pass in the Senate “a prominent secy from Tory said yesterday that it will destroy their party, but what shall we say when we see the Ohio results—chewing their own words.

Interesting letter between brothers.  Very light postmark.  The content provides the value.

 

$5.00
LE ROY (LEROY) NEW YORK 1850S COVER WITH FULL POSTMARK AND SCOTT #11 STAMP, GRILL POSTMARK - POSTAL-HISTORY LE ROY (LEROY) NEW YORK 1850S COVER WITH FULL POSTMARK AND SCOTT #11 STAMP, GRILL POSTMARK

Excellent full and large postmark and grill killer handstamps on this small cover.

$10.00
LAWRENCE KANSAS 1800S COVER. A H FOOTE, ATTORNEY, TO WELLESLEY MASSACHUSETTS - POSTAL-HISTORY LAWRENCE KANSAS 1800S COVER. A. H. FOOTE, ATTORNEY, TO WELLESLEY MASSACHUSETTS

Interesting to see how the paper on this cover has aged...sort of a mottled effect. Foote was a prominent attorney in Lawrence. Also believe he was a judge and a Civil War hero.

$10.00
LANCASTER, NH, STAMPLESS+FOLDED+LETTER+POSTAL+HISTORY LANCASTER NEW HAMPSHIRE 1846 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO GENERAL SULLIVAN HUTCHINS, BATH NEW HAMPSHIRE

1846 letter from John Mills, Lancaster, New Hampshire, to General Sullivan Hutchins in Bath, NH, states: “I have got in my timber. There is 60 or 70 thousand of excellent quality. I wish to sell it as soon as possible. Should be glad to sell it to you if you will give me its value. It lays on my meadow & should finish downing tomorrow.  Light Lancaster January 29 red postmark. Letter in excellent condition.

$25.00
seoul-korea-1955-trading-company-cover-and-letter KOREA: SEOUL 1955 COVER WITH MEICHANG TRADING CO LETTER. GOOD AIRMAIL STAMP

Letter sent to customer in Seattle Washington. 

$5.00
andong-korea-1939-japanese-occupation-stamp-on-postal-history-cover-to-caney-kansas KOREA - ANDONG - 1939 JAPANESE OCCUPATION STAMP ON POSTAL HISTORY COVER TO CANEY, KANSAS

Clean cover with Andong, Korea, postmark on Japanese stamp used during the occupation of Korea in 1939.  Cover is from H. T. Baugh, possibly a missionary, to Bertie Burns, Caney, Kansas.  Cover has small tear upper left side and small portion of lower right corner is missing.

$50.00
KINGSTON RHODE ISLAND 1852 COVER AND LETTER FROM AMOS WELLS TO JOHN VERNON, PROVIDENCE RI REGARDING HUNTING WITH MUSKETS - POSTAL-HISTORY KINGSTON RHODE ISLAND 1852 COVER AND LETTER FROM AMOS WELLS TO JOHN VERNON, PROVIDENCE RI REGARDING HUNTING WITH MUSKETS

Neat cover and letter from Amos Wells to his hunting friend John Vernon. Excerpts from his missive are below. Stamp is Scott 11A.

Dear John,

I shouldered my musket yesterday for the first time since I returned home for a sally among the quail and found them contrary to my expectations after what I had heard in Prov quite plenty. If our old friend Sport had been with me, I should have brought home quite a bunch of birds. As it was, with the assistance of old “buck” I bagged three quail and one woodcock in about two hours and knocked down two more quail which I could not find for want of a decent dog. Besides missing a very respectable number of fair shots and had also marked down a fine bevy of quail before me when on accidently shoving my hand into my pocket I discovered the bank keys which I had by mistake carried with me and was in consequence obliged to hasten home with all due speed.

You may wonder what my long prelude is driving at. It is simply that I am very anxious for your company next week and hope to see you here armed and equipped for a renewal of your acquaintance with our No. Kingston quail on Monday next…bring Sport or his substitute if possible and I think I can promise you a good time…

Yours Truly, Amos Wells

There is more content in the letter regarding the usual welfare of family and friends.

Records show that Amos Wells was cashier at the Landholders’ Bank, Kingston.

$50.00
lexington-ky-1900-national-trotting-asso-special-delivery-cover KENTUCKY: LEXINGTON 1900 NATIONAL TROTTING ASSO. SPECIAL DELIVERY COVER.

Major Philip Preston Johnston, CSA. He served under J.E.B. Stuart in Major John Pelham’s Horse Artillery. Born in Shiloh, Va. in 1840. After the war, he moved to Fayette County and read law under Colonel W.C.P. Breckinridge. In 1868, Johnston graduated from Transylvania University with a law degree. He served in both houses of Ky. legislature and was appointed adj. gen. during the Tobacco Wars. He bred fine trotters & Thoroughbred horses and was president of the National Trotting Association from 1888-1916. Major Johnston died in 1925.
Cover features full Lexington flag cancel along with very well centered early special delivery stamp.  Cannot determine catalog number without removing stamp to look for watermark.

$25.00
coal-run-kentucky-1897-1898-postal-history-covers-to-philadelphia KENTUCKY: COAL RUN 1897-8 THREE COVERS ADDRESSED TO PHILADELPHIA

Coal Run, also known as Coal Run Village, is a western Pike county town on the northwestern edge of Pikeville. There was a Coal Run Station nearby on the C & O Railroad. Coal Run was established officially in 1863 and Coal Run Village was incorporated in 1963. The Coal Run post office opened in 1866, became a branch of the Pikeville post office in 1959, and closed in 1974. The population in 2010 was 1,706.

$15.00

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