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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 | ||
FRANCE: RENNES 1811 STAMPLESS FOLDED BUSINESS LETTER TO LILLE Clean business letter with good postal markings. |
$10.00 | ||
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 | ||
CHINA: TSINGTAU GERMANY KIAUTSCHOU 2PF OCCUPATION STAMP ON 1911 POSTCARD TO KIEL GERMANY Sock on the nose postmark on Kiautschou 2pf stamp from China to Germany. See scan. Card in very nice condition. |
$60.00 | ||
INDIANA & OHIO: 1865 NEW ALBANY INDIANA LETTER TO PENNSYLVANIA MISSENT TO YOUNGSTOWN OHIO AND FORWARDED TO YOUNGSVILLE PENNSYLVANIA Letter inside envelope is from New Albany, Indiana, and is addressed to Olds & Brother in Youngsville, Pennsylvania. However, it ended up in Youngstown Ohio where the postal agent postmarked the cover and then wrote missent and fwd by hand on the envelope. The letter is from M. P. Robinson, corner of Water and lower Fouth Streets and includes an order for five pumps and tubing. The writer goes to lengths to request that the order be shipped by train or boat...whichever is cheapest. Good reading. |
$25.00 | ||
ITALY: COMUNE DI FELONICA HANDSTAMP ON 1828 STAMPLESS FOLDED LOCAL PROVINCE OF MANTOVA LETTER Outstanding local postal handstamp on this extremely well preserved 1828 stampless folded local letter. Final image is of handstamp used on back to help seal the letter. |
$25.00 | ||
ITALY: LIVORNO 1817 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO GENOA 200+ year old correspondence that appears to be a business letter. Excellent condition. Note way marking. |
$15.00 | ||
ITALY: PORTO MAURIZIO 1826 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO GENOA Pristine stampless folded letter. Excellent condition for almost 200 years old. |
$15.00 | ||
EARLY POSTAGE DUE STAMPS ON INTERNATIONAL POSTCARDS Two, clean and fresh early 1900s postcards, one from England, one from Italy, with postage due stamps. See images. Nice addition to any postage due collection. |
$15.00 | ||
MASSACHUSETTS: BRIMFIELD 1862 STAMPED LETTER TO VERMONT Good Brimfield postmark on this Civil War era cover. Could not make out name of town in Vermont. If you know what it is, let us know. Long letter between brothers regarding farming and other family affairs. Clean, historic item. |
$15.00 |