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FORT PLAIN NEW YORK 1837 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO ALBANY Interesting legal letter regarding the death of a plaintiff in a legal case. Excellent penmanship and easy to read text. Good Fort Plain New York postmark along with red PAID and manuscript 10 rate. Nice item in very good condition. |
$15.00 | |
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NEW YORK CITY 1861 TRASK & LEEDS MERCHANTS ADVERTISING 1861 COVER TO ROXBURY NY. 2 SCOTT#26 Two distinctly different Scott #26 stamps on this cover. Right stamp is sharp and clear. Left stamp indicates overinked press. Both adorn a roughly opened all-over advertising cover for Jas. W. Trask & Co. (Jas. H. Leeds) produce commission merchants butter, cheese, lard and provisions, 236 Front Street, New York. |
$15.00 | |
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WEST KILLINGLY CONNECTICUT 1845 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER FROM DANIELSONVILLE TO NORWICH CONNECTICUT Placing an order for American Glass. Carroll & Crosby were paint merchants in Norwich. |
$15.00 | |
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CANADA: SCOTT #53 JUBILEE 3CT MINT NEVER HINGED STAMP. CATALOG: $80 #2 Classic stamp. |
$15.00 | |
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NASHUA NEW HAMPSHIRE 1851/2 STAMPLESS COVER TO WOODBURY VERMONT Full postmark with PAID 3 in circle. Excellent condition. |
$15.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS: BOSTON 1868 COVER WITH TWO AT-SEA LETTERS. SEE TEXT The two letters were written by different people and given to a seaman on the ship Palmyra to mail when it arrived in Boston. The first letter was started when the writer was in Cowden England and discusses farming and an apple crop along with grapes. They had water problems and had sent someone to Parliment to ask for help. Four page of interesting reading. Signed by William and Charles Chesson. The second letter is from John Brown while on the Palmyra and he is concerned he won't be paid because he is not wanted in the ship. He continues with a long four-page letter containing many names to be researched. |
$15.00 | |
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US EARLY COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS ON COVER: LOT OF 10 Nice lot 10 of early US commemoratives on cover. Some corner cards. Note a couple interesting addresses. |
$15.00 | |
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GERMANY - MINT CIRCA 1910 GOOD LUCK POSTAL CARD Gold and red printing of four-leaf clovers and young child. 8 pfenning postage printed on card. Minor toning. |
$15.00 | |
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BALTIMORE MARYLAND 1846 & 1847 MERCHANTS' BANK CORRESPONDENCE TO NORWICH CONNECTICUT Merchants' Bank letterhead used on the 1847 stampless folded letter. Full postmarks and rates. 1847 piece addressed to L. C. Morgan, president. |
$15.00 | |
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GERMANY - BAVARIA - 1918 CENSOR COVER TO PARIS Nice pair of Scott #261 on this World War I era cover with censor tape. Opened somewhat roughly at top. |
$15.00 |
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We are offering for sale a wide variety of covers—from stampless covers to First Day Covers, from the very old, to contemporary. While we primarily sell covers, you will also find stamps, other postal items and interesting ephemera for sale. We hope you enjoy the site and visit often. We welcome your comments.
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