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BELMONT CALIFORNIA 1903 COVER TO NORTHFIELD VERMONT Nice, clean early cover. |
$10.00 | |
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BERMUDA - FOUR SETS OF EARLY COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS All stamps are postally used. Scott numbers are 115-117, 131-132, 135-137, 138-141. |
$10.00 | |
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BERMUDA -- 1953 H&G 11 WRAPPER IN PRISTINE CONDITION Fresh as the day it was printed. |
$10.00 | |
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BERMUDA 1935 SILVER JUBILEE ISSUE. SCOTT 105-114 USED. INCLUDES 109 AND 109A Complete set. Lightly postmarked.
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$15.00 | |
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BERMUDA: SCOTT #105-108 AND 110-114 MINT NEVER HINGED STAMP SERIES Very attractuve mint never hinged series. Does not have #109 and 109a varieties of the two-cent value. |
$35.00 | |
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BOSTON & NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY STEREOSCOPE STEREOVIEW OF BOSTON COMMON FRONT SHOWS WINTER SCENE AT BOSTON COMMON. REVERSE HAS HISTORY OF THE AREA INCLUDING THE IRON FENCE, THE OLD ELM, THE FROG POND AND MORE. SHOWS WEAR AT EDGES. |
$10.00 | |
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BOSTON MASSACHUSETT 1848 POSTAL HISTORY STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER. MERCHANTS BANK LOAN DEMAND NOTICE. Preprinted bank notice to D. Pickman, Salem, Massachusetts, that note for $1,200 plus interest is due the middle of the next month. |
$15.00 | |
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BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS -- 4 WESTERN UNION TELEGRAMS FROM OVERSEAS SOLDIER. PERFIN STAMPS + CONTENT Super World War II collectible item. Francis E Fitzpatrick sends brief Western Union telegrams home to assure his mother Emma that he is OK and is receiving parcels. Three telegrams are from 1943, and one from 1944. Fitzpatrick participated in landings in Africa, Italy and D-Day at Normandy. One telegram back is blank, two have the gift orders information and one has the Money in a Hurry legend. All stamps with the exception of th 1-cent Freedom have WU perfins. |
$50.00 | |
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BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1800S PAIR OF 2-CENT BANKNOTES WITH REVERSE NUMBERS 22 CANCELS R. A. Malone was the contractor for the tunnel according to the corner card. Good reverse 22 killer marks. Nice Albany, NY, receiver on the back. Left stamp is damaged and cover is opened roughly at left. |
$15.00 | |
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BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1820 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER FROM JOHN & GEORGE PRATT (INDIA WHARF). The Pratts were merchants and among the founders of Boston's trading center--India Wharf. The letter is to John Kyes, of Concord and provides a reference for William Stearns who served on the brig Warbler under Captain Harvey. "who had a good opinion of his character...and found him upright and honest." Letter is signed by both John and George Pratt, two historic figures in early Boston maritime trade. India Wharf (1804-ca.1962) in Boston, Massachusetts, flourished in the 19th century, when it was one of the largest commercial wharves in the port. The structure began in 1804 to accommodate international trade at a time when several other improvements to the Boston waterfront occurred, such as the creation of Broad Street and India Street. Funders and organizers of the construction of India Wharf in 1803 on the waterfront near Long Wharf included Francis Cabot Lowell, Uriah Cotting, [Henry?] Jackson (d.1806), James Lloyd Jr., and Harrison Gray Otis. Builders completed the wharf in 1804. Architect Charles Bulfinch designed the building atop the wharf, completed in 1807. The long stone building housed 32 stores. Merchants operating from India Wharf included China traders Russell and Company (1824); Samuel Austin, Jr.; James Carter; J.T. Coolidge; Samuel Devens; Thomas Dixon; Francis Ellis; Thomas and Edward Motley; Henry Oxnard; John Pratt & Son; Robert B. Storer; Thwing & Perkins. THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON—1848 PRATT, GEORGE. Son of the late Capt. John Pratt, who followed a successful trade in the Gulf of Mexico, while Spain was at war with England. Retired from sea, and was the first to run regular packets in the New Orleans trade; and after George had had a good training, formed with him, John Pratt & Son—still keeping the New Orleans packet and cotton trade. John bought the large house at the head of Pearl-street, formerly owned by Jonathan Harris, called "Harris's Folly.' George married a daughter of Giles Lodge. Excellent parentage on both sides! His industry and prudence have deserved and secured wealth; and his kind heart and cheerful temper will make him happy. Letter shows considerable wear where it was worn at the bottom resulting in a large tear that runs up through half the letter. However, the signatures, the most valuable part of this communication, are intact and historically significant.
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