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finland-lot-of-11-early-1900s-postal-mailing-documents-some-with-stamps FINLAND: LOT OF 11 EARLY 1900s POSTAL MAILING DOCUMENTS. SOME WITH STAMPS.

Highly collectable.

$20.00
turku-finland-1915-cover-to-california-with-russia-stamp-and-censor-seal FINLAND - TURKU 1915 CENSOR COVER TO DEL MAR CALIFORNIA WITH RUSSIA STAMP AND CENSOR SEAL

Russian stamp (Scott #79) on this World War I era cover from Finland to California along with Russian censor strip. 

$10.00
1930s-pan-american-airways-postcard-from-fiji-to-usa-good-stamps FIJI: SCOTT #122 X 4 STAMPS ON 1930S PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS PICTURE POSTCARD

Pan-Am clipper featured on this postcard from Fiji to USA.  Scott #122 x 4 stamps make up postage.

$5.00
falkland-islands-1964-and-1969-first-day-covers FALKLAND ISLANDS 1964 AND 1969 FIRST DAY COVERS

Scott #150-153 and #180-183 complete set first day covers. First set commemorates the battle of the Falkland Islands and the second set commemorates the anniversary of the government air service.

$10.00
FAIR HAVEN Mas. 1845 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER. J.B. MASSE TO LEVI SNOW, HARWICH, MASSACHUSETTS. UNLISTED POSTMARK - POSTAL-HISTORY FAIR HAVEN Mas. 1845 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER. J.B. MASSE TO LEVI SNOW, HARWICH, MASSACHUSETTS. UNLISTED POSTMARK

Snow has requested a new order of merchandise and Masse has agreed to send it "as soon as you can send me the balance of your account." The full, red Fair Haven postmark is not listed in ASCC with the state identification as Mas. Note soiling at lower left. No tears or separations. Snow was a prominent citizen of Wychmere Harbor. See information below.

Wychmere Harbor

Wychmere Harbor used to have no opening to the sea. In the early times it was called Salt Water Pond. The fisherman of Harwich tried to dig by hand a passage for their boats where a trickle of water flowed between the sea and the pond. When this did not work, they plugged the little stream and built a 3/4 mile race track all-around the pond and raced their horses there.

In 1889 the state dredged a proper channel. It measured about 100 feed wide with jetties on each side and fishermen then had a safe anchorage. Fifty years later the big outer harbor was dredged.

Around 1891, Levi Edric Snow paid about $250 for land at the end of the dirt road on the west side of Salt Water Pond. He built an eight room seaside cottage and had so many relatives visiting the following summer that he built a 20 room addition and began charging rent.

In 1913 when Levi’s grandson Biddle was married, the hotel became a year round business. Biddie and his wife had three sons–The Clam Bar’s “Thompson Brothers.” The boys, all over six feet tall, grew up at the Inn and a place was built for them by the dock. They called it Hangover Inn or Spit ‘n Whittle. After World War II, the family began another business. Line Trawlers tied up at the dock and the fish was packed and shipped to Boston and New York. The new wholesale business had begun! Fish, clams and lobsters were unloaded on the dock. This brought many onlookers, whom all wanted to eat and purchase seafood. Thus from the top of a fish box or a barrel head, freshly opened clams were served. People started buying lobster retail, then wanted them cooked and opened. The family responded; away went the Spit ‘n Whittle and up went The Clam Bar. The fish you serve are probably direct descendants of the first ones unloaded here over forty years ago.

Over the years the dirt road was paved, the salt water pond become Wychmere Harbor, a long jetty curved out into the Old Inn and Channelside Restaurant grew yearly and became known far and beyond the small village of Harwich.

Thompson clam bar later was established at the Inn by Levi’s daughter, Clementine. In 1983 a developer purchased the inn, and closed it after 100 seasons in 1991.

Letter is from J. B. Masse. There are several Masse’s listed in Fair Haven (now condensed to Fairhaven) historic records.

$25.00
london-chancery-lane-1844-stampless-folded-letter-to-paris ENGLAND: LONDON CHANCERY LANE 1844 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO PARIS

Excellent postmarks. Note Great Britain paid mark upper right corner along with Chancery Lane handstamp. Paris receiver.

$15.00
POSTAL HISTORY - CIVIL WAR ERA COVER FROM NEW YORK TO NEW WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS EMBOSSED EAGLE ON FLAP OF CIVIL WAR ERA COVER FROM NEW YORK TO NEW WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS

Full flap embossed eagle on this cover with red and blue piping along edges.  Unusual patriotic cover. Front of cover has tears upper and lower right side. Stamp is not damaged, but tear goes into postmark and the word MASS at the bottom.  Eagle is intact.  Super patriotic cover.

$15.00
port-said-egypt-two-early-postcards-for-sale EGYPT: POST SAID TWO EARLY UNUSED POSTCARDS

Unused and clean.

$10.00
edwardsville-illinois-1843-stampless-folded-letter-to-saint-louis-missouri EDWARDSVILLE ILLINOIS 1843 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO ST. LOUIS MISSOURI

Outstanding stampless folded letter.  Fresh and clean.  Full red postmark. Great addition to your collection.

$50.00
 east.livermore.maine.deacon.jonathan.snow.brunswick.stampless.folded.letter.postal.history EAST LIVERMORE MAINE MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK STAMPLESS COVER TO WIFE OF DEACON JONATHAN SNOW, BRUNSWICK MAINE

Manuscript postmark on this stampless cover to Mrs. Jonathan Snow, Brunswick Maine. She is wife of Deacon Jonathan Snow. Deacon Snow was born in Brunswick, Maine, USA on 1792 to Ambrose Snow and Elizabeth. He passed away on 29 Jan 1866 in Brunswick, Maine, USA.

$20.00

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