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MASSACHUSETTS: 1916 JAMAICA PLAIN TRUST COMPANY STOCK CERTIFICATE WITH TAX STAMPS Clean stock certificate. Has two vertical folds. Tax stamps on back have June 2, 1916 unusual cancellations. See copy of incorporation document below -- An Act to incorporate the Jamaica plain trust company, Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1. Joseph Stedman,. George Faulkner, Mark R. Wendell, John R. Alley, Henry R. Reed, Thomas P Proctor, Thomas L. Livermore, Charles B. Cummings, .John M. Call and E. Peabody Gerry, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Jamaica Plain Trust Company, with authority to establish and maintain a safe deposit, loan and trust company, in that part of the city of Boston called Jamaica Plain ; with all the powers and privileges and subject to 874 Acts, 1893. — Chaps. 230, 231, 232. all the duties, liabilities and restrictions set forth in all general laws which now are or may hereafter be in force relating to such corporations. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved April 20, 1893. |
$50.00 | |
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NEW YORK TO LONDON TRANSATLANTIC COVER WITH JANUARY 1, 1858 5 RATE POSTMARK NUMERAL 1 IS INVERTED Cover (no contents) New York to London, England January 1, 1856 at unpaid 24 cents treaty rate & carried on Cunard's "Asia" from Boston. Very strong "5 N York Br Pkt" postmark with inverted "1" date plug and manuscript 1 shilling due of Liverpool and London backstamp. Ex-Pullin. |
$45.00 | |
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Riverton Virginia 1894 cover with E2 Special Delivery stamp & Riverton Democratic Club letterhead + RPO mark Fresh copy of this early Special Delivery stamp from Riverton Virginia to Winchester. There is a nice Balt. & Roanoke RPO postmark on the back. Postal stationery is clipped at right. Stamp is straight edge and missing a perf lower right corner. Catalog: $135. |
$45.00 | |
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WINCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE 1832 BLACK POSTMARK STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO ASHBURNHAM MASSACHUSETTS LIGHT BUT FULL AND EASY TO READ WINCHESTER POSTMARK. HARD TO FIND FOR THIS YEAR. |
$45.00 | |
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CHARLESTOWN OHIO 1845 MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO SUFFIELD CONNECTICUT Content talks of payment of a debt and, as noted by the clipped top portion of the letter, also included a bank draft. No rips or tears...not even where seal was broken. |
$45.00 | |
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ROCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE 1852 STAMPLESS COVER WITH NOTE ENCLOSURE Nice full black postmark with printed PAID 3 (Paid 3 also appears in manuscript at lower left of cover). Sent by J. D. Sturtevant, agent, to A. D. Lockwood in Danielsville Connecticut. Note comments that they received 11 bags of waste and no bill and asks Lockwood to send a bill. |
$45.00 | |
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WOODSTOCK VERMONT MARCH 32 (!!!) 1854 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER RE: WOODSTOCK BANK STOCK Light Woodstock Vermont postmark, but full and easy to read that it was stamped March 32. Note is to the Town Clerk of Strafford Vermont listing two Baldwin family members as stockholders in the Bank of Woodstock. S Morrill, Town Clerk of Strafford signed receipt. Nice historic item, plus an oddity regarding the date. |
$40.00 | |
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SCOTT 576 AND 577 IMPERF PLATE BLOCKS OF 6 576 has hinge mark. 577 has extremely light hinge mark...takes a while to find it. Will sell either one for $25. |
$40.00 | |
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PEKIN ILLINOIS 1841 FULL POSTMARK ON STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO MT. VERNON OHIO Full Pekin Il postmark on this stampless folded letter. Letterwriter has written Land Prairie IL above salutation. Easy to read letter discusses crop yield. Crease down center of letter. |
$40.00 | |
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JACKSON MICHIGAN STAMPLESS POSTAL HISTORY COVER TO MIDDLEBURY VERMONT Good postmark. Black circle 5 rate mark indicates 1840-53 usage. Two small smudges at right. |
$40.00 |
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