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BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1841 POSTAL HISTORY STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER FROM PROMINENT MERCHANT ABRAHAM LOWE TO FOXCROFT MAINE Interesting note from Abraham Lowe. Charles Chandler, of Foxcroft has collected $60 for Lowe and is unable to send a check because of surcharges. Lowe suggests he send cash...$50 and $10 bills...and to enclose them in front of the local postmaster. He also encourages him to "collect the balance as soon as you can". Foxcroft is now a dead post office. Clean cover in good condition. Abraham Thompson Lowe was born on 15 August 1796 in Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1816 from Dartmouth College, with his M.D. degree. He early abandoned the active practice of his profession and entered the wholesale drug business in Boston, which he followed for many years under the firm of Lowe & Reed. |
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CIVIL WAR WHITE HALL NEW YORK COVER TO CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. DOBIE 118 REG. NY Cover has double circle White Hall postmatrk along with target killer. It is addressed to Capt. W.H. dobie, Co. H, 118 Reg, 18 Corp, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade, Washington, DC. The 118th was one of the most battle tested regiments in the Civil War. Troops participated in the following battles: Camden, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, Siege of Suffolk, Cold Harbor, first assault on Petersburg, Chaffin's Ferry, Fair Oaks, Appomattox Courthouse, final assault on Petersburg and was present at the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. |
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MONTCLAIR NEW JERSEY WIDE MARGIN E8 SPECIAL DELIVERY STAMP ON 1911 COVER TO MT. VERNON, NEW YORK Very nice covfer with tied E8 special delivery stamp. Stamp has wide margins on three sides and is clear at top. Note Hudson Terminal and Mt. Vernon receiver markings on reverse. Upper right corner of reverse is torn away, not affecting front of cover. |
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US EARLY 1900S POSTAGE DUE STAMPS ON 4 COVERS. AUXILIARY MARKS. SEE TEXT Four clean covers with good stamps/postal stationery, and early deep-claret postage due stamps. Good catalog value with premium for on-cover. Note auxiliary marks and RARE New York College postmerk on 1906 cover. |
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CONNECTICUT: NEW-MILFORD 1837 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER FROM D. SANFORD TO ROGER SHERMAN, FAIRFIELD LAWYER Short letter from D. Sanford (believe first name to be David) asking prominent Fairfield lawyer Roger Sherman to review a deed from a property sale he was involved in to determine what can be built on the property. Roger Minott Sherman (May 22, 1773 – December 30, 1844) was a lawyer and politician from Fairfield County, Connecticut. There is a grammar school in Fairfield named after him. Item in excellent condition with bold brown postmark. |
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NEW YORK: EARLY GASPORT POSTMARK WITH SCOTT #179 ON COVER TO NEW YORK CITY Early hamlet postmark. Stamp is tied with independent postmark. |
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CHINA: 1949 5 YUAN NANKING AND SHANGHAI LIBERATION STAMP UNUSED NO GUM Printed in South China region where it went under the control of Communist Party before People's Republic of China had been established. Not listed in Scott's. |
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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. |
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MASSACHUSETTS: BOSTON 1892 ALCOHOLIC BEVEVERAGES CO. FORWARDED COVER TO WHITE RIVER JCT VT Super item in many respects. Cover was forwarded (with appropriate markings) from West Randolph to White River Junction, Vermont. West Randolph is a dead post office. Full West Randophy circular postmark. Correspondence is from H. K. Wing Company seller of alcoholic beverages. Content includes sales brochure, order form and reply envelope. Nice collectible. |
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HOLLAND - 1808 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO BORDEAUX FRANCE Very clean and attractive stampless folded letter from Amsterdam Holland to Bordeaux France. Full straightline postmark. |
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