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STAMPS - STAMPS - STAMPS - UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE MIINT AND USED STAMPS FOR SALE We have a vast inventory of United States and Worldwide mint and used stamps for sale at BARGAIN PRICES. From early to modern including regular issues, commemoratives, souvenir sheets, booklets and booklet panes, back of book. Also offering fancy cancels, Cinderellas, Christmas Seals and more. Send us your want lists. We will send images and full descriptions of stamps available. All purchases fully guaranteed. We also have two British Colonies collections and a spectacular Switzer collection available (mint and used). Of course, we have a plethora of US and worldwide covers in stock. The images on this listing a are a small sampling of what we have. Look forward to hearing from you. |
$1.00 | |
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STOCKTON CALIFORNIA 1916 COVER WITH PANAMA CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL EXPO AT SAN DIEGO POSTMARK Nice full strike of this Universal postmark. Listed by Hanmer as unusual. |
$5.00 | |
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SWITZERLAND - 1870 POSTAL HISTORY COVER FROM LAUSANNE TO LONDON Nice old cover. Seal intact. Opened a bit roughly at top. 30-frank Scott #56 stamp. London receiver on reverse. |
$25.00 | |
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SWITZERLAND - 1884 POSTAL HISTORY COVER FROM LUCERNE TO NEUCHATEL Postal stationery cover with supplemental postage stamp. Shows edge wear. Full Neuchatel receiver on reverse. |
$10.00 | |
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SWITZERLAND - 1916 CENSOR EXPRESS COVER TO TOSCANA ITALY VIA MILAN Nice World War I cover from Switzerland to Italy via express mail. Censor tape and censor #99 marks along with Milan route mark on front and additional route marks on reverse. Express sticker. Very attractive cover. |
$15.00 | |
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SWITZERLAND - ZURICH 1843 STAMPED CUSTOMS INSPECTION FORM FOR GOODS GOING TO WOHLEN Oval customs inspection mark on this document from Zurich to Wohlen. |
$25.00 | |
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SWITZERLAND: CHUR STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER Strong postmarks. Clean stampless folded letter. |
$10.00 | |
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SWITZERLAND: GENEVA 1846 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER FROM US BANKER GERARD HOLSMAN COSTER Gerard Holsman Coster was the son of John Gerard Coster. Apparently he carried on the family banking tradition for the letter discusses major financial transactions in the planning. Coster lived in Europe, principally in Paris. Historic item. John Gerard Coster (August 1762 – August 8, 1844) was a Dutch-American merchant who served as president of the Bank of the Manhattan Company. Coster was born in August 1762 in Haarlem, Holland. Coster came to the United States from Haarlem in the Netherlands shortly after the Revolutionary War and founded the family fortune with his brother through the mercantile firm, "Henry A. & John G. Coster". They became owners of numerous vessels and traded with the East and West Indies, and exported American commodities to Europe. In 1813, he was made a director of Bank of the Manhattan Company, which had been founded by Aaron Burr in 1799. In 1825, Coster was made president of the Manhattan Company, succeeding Henry Remsen upon his death. Coster was also a director of the Phoenix Insurance Company for many years. |
$500.00 | |
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SYRIA - SCOTT #331 AND #333 ON COVER Revenue stamps used for postage on this cover from Damascus to Springfield Massachusetts. UPU does not recognize revenues used for international mail. No damage to stamps but envelope shows considerable wear. |
$15.00 | |
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TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS 1847 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND - WONDERFUL LETTER Absolutely wonderful letter from Sarah, of Taunton, MA, to Miss Emilie Carpenter, Providence RI. Here's a sample of what it contained: "I was sitting at the window, and as it stormed violently, I was much surprised to have a cab stop at the door and a New Bedford gentleman (a Mr. Parker) was announced. He is a friend of mine. He brought three letters, all saying I was expected back with him in the next train. The emergency was the great annual ball to be held there that evening..." It goes on to describe her Cinderella-like evening including: "My dress was a straw colored lace, over a white satin". Four pages of easy to read writing. Envelope has an unlisted rimless Taunton postmark (light blue) with manuscript 5. The back flap of the envelope is missing. |
$50.00 |
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Stampless Covers, Stampless Folded Letters, Stamped Covers, Postal History, Stamps, Philatelic Literature and Ephemera, United States and Worldwide for sale
Hello and Welcome to MGJ Postal History
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.
Posted are just some of the items in our inventory. Feel free to email us with requests from your want list.
I am a life member of the American Philatelic Society and am a member of the Society’s estate advisory service. I am also a member and volunteer at the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum in Weston, Massachusetts. In addition, I am a licensed, bonded auctioneer in Massachusetts.
Thank you,
Marc Jasmin
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FIRST DAY COVERS
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