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TWO SCOTT #26 COVERS TO CHICAGO ILLINOIS AND RICHMOND OHIO Good stamps for the issue. Postmarks are unreadable. |
$20.00 | ||
TROY NEW HAMPSHIRE STAMPLESS COVER PAID 3 IN CIRCLE Full and dark town mark and PAID 3 mark. |
$35.00 | ||
THREE EARLY 1900S CHRISTMAS POSTCARDS. FEATURING SANTA CLAUS Attractive selection of early Christmas postcards all with images of Santa. See the images for front and back of the cards. |
$25.00 | ||
TEXAS: COTULLA 1906 POSTCARD OF ONION HARVEST WORKERS CARD HAS CREASE JUST LEFT OF CENTER AS VIEWED FROM THE FRONT. HISTORIC VALUE. |
$15.00 | ||
TEXAS: CORPUS CHRISTI 1928 GRANDE COURTS THREE-FOLD POSTCARD Used postcard in clean condition. |
$5.00 | ||
TEMPLETON MASSACHUSETTS STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY COVER TO CLINTON MASSACHUSETTS Solid and complete postmark along with PAID 3 in circle on this well-worn cover. |
$15.00 | ||
TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS 1847 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND - WONDERFUL LETTER Absolutely wonderful letter from Sarah, of Taunton, MA, to Miss Emilie Carpenter, Providence RI. Here's a sample of what it contained: "I was sitting at the window, and as it stormed violently, I was much surprised to have a cab stop at the door and a New Bedford gentleman (a Mr. Parker) was announced. He is a friend of mine. He brought three letters, all saying I was expected back with him in the next train. The emergency was the great annual ball to be held there that evening..." It goes on to describe her Cinderella-like evening including: "My dress was a straw colored lace, over a white satin". Four pages of easy to read writing. Envelope has an unlisted rimless Taunton postmark (light blue) with manuscript 5. The back flap of the envelope is missing. |
$50.00 | ||
SYRIA - SCOTT #331 AND #333 ON COVER Revenue stamps used for postage on this cover from Damascus to Springfield Massachusetts. UPU does not recognize revenues used for international mail. No damage to stamps but envelope shows considerable wear. |
$15.00 | ||
SWITZERLAND: GENEVA 1846 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER FROM US BANKER GERARD HOLSMAN COSTER Gerard Holsman Coster was the son of John Gerard Coster. Apparently he carried on the family banking tradition for the letter discusses major financial transactions in the planning. Coster lived in Europe, principally in Paris. Historic item. John Gerard Coster (August 1762 – August 8, 1844) was a Dutch-American merchant who served as president of the Bank of the Manhattan Company. Coster was born in August 1762 in Haarlem, Holland. Coster came to the United States from Haarlem in the Netherlands shortly after the Revolutionary War and founded the family fortune with his brother through the mercantile firm, "Henry A. & John G. Coster". They became owners of numerous vessels and traded with the East and West Indies, and exported American commodities to Europe. In 1813, he was made a director of Bank of the Manhattan Company, which had been founded by Aaron Burr in 1799. In 1825, Coster was made president of the Manhattan Company, succeeding Henry Remsen upon his death. Coster was also a director of the Phoenix Insurance Company for many years. |
$500.00 | ||
SWITZERLAND: CHUR STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER Strong postmarks. Clean stampless folded letter. |
$10.00 |