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BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1850S COVER WITH SCOTT #25. NICE BLACK PAID KILLER WITH RED BOSTON POSTMARK. - POSTAL-HISTORY BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1850S COVER WITH SCOTT #25. NICE BLACK PAID KILLER WITH RED BOSTON POSTMARK.

Cover in good shape but has vertical wrinkle at right at affects the perfs on the top of the stamp. . Nice Boston combination red postmark and black paid mark. Catalog about $150. Because of the aforementioned perf issue, we'll price this hard-to-find on cover item at $75. There is some aging as is to be expected in covers this old.

 $75.00
ORANGE MASSACHUSETTS POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL BUSINESS 1800S COVER TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND POSTMASTER - POSTAL-HISTORY ORANGE MASSACHUSETTS POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL BUSINESS 1800S COVER TO PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND POSTMASTER

Scarce community for USPO official covers. Nice early cover in good condition. Back is discolored. See scan.

 $10.00
CONCORD MASSACHUSETTS POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL BUSINESS COVER - POSTAL-HISTORY CONCORD MASSACHUSETTS POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL BUSINESS COVER

Pristine condition. Looks like this was stamped with the town name, but never used.

 $5.00
SANFORD MAINE 1893 COVER WITH WELL-CENTERED 2-CT COLUMBIAN SERIES STAMP - POSTAL-HISTORY SANFORD MAINE 1893 COVER WITH WELL-CENTERED 2-CT COLUMBIAN SERIES STAMP

Very clean cover with good postmark. Hard to find well centered copies of this stamp.  See additional scan of entire cover.

 $10.00
WASHINGTON DC POST OFFICE 1902 REGISTRY RETURN RECEIPT - POSTAL-HISTORY WASHINGTON DC POST OFFICE 1902 REGISTRY RETURN RECEIPT

Sent to US Civil Service Commission in Washington with a return to New Jersey.

 $5.00
NEW YORK 1896 REGISTERED COVERWITH SCOTT 273 STAMP. ADDRESSED TO THE CHRISTIAN HERALD - POSTAL-HISTORY NEW YORK 1896 REGISTERED COVER WITH SCOTT 273 STAMP. ADDRESSED TO THE CHRISTIAN HERALD

Couple small tears at top where cover was opened. See additional scan for registration marks on back.

 $15.00
SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA POSTMARK ON WELLS FARGO & CO'S EXPRESS COVER - POSTAL-HISTORY SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA POSTMARK ON WELLS FARGO & CO'S EXPRESS COVER

Wells Fargo San Francisco postmark is light. We have enhanced a closeup of the postmark. Click on the headline of this item to see the additional scans.

 $30.00
U.S. FRIGATE CONSTITUTION CACHET 1934 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA POSTMARK COVER COMMEMORATING WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY - MARITIME-POSTAL-HISTORY U.S. FRIGATE CONSTITUTION CACHET 1934 SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA POSTMARK COVER COMMEMORATING WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY

Clean cover with Arbor Day commemorative stamps and well placed handstamp postmark.

 $5.00
PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA - CHICAGO-DALLAS ROUTE 1927 FIRST FLIGHT COVER WITH C-4 STAMP - AIRMAIL-POSTAL-HISTORY PONCA CITY OKLAHOMA - CHICAGO-DALLAS ROUTE 1927 FIRST FLIGHT COVER WITH C-4 STAMP

Clean first flight cover with double circle postmarks. Unusual for this cover as roller postmarks were used for most covers.

 $25.00
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1868 FANCY CANCEL COVER + 2 LETTERS HENRY HILL (AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY) AND LOVETT MORSE (TAUNTON NATIONAL BANK) - POSTAL-HISTORY BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1868 FANCY CANCEL COVER + 2 LETTERS HENRY HILL (AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY) AND LOVETT MORSE (TAUNTON NATIONAL BANK)

This lot contains three items. First, a pink American Tract Society business envelope with a cachet and Boston postmark with pie wedge cancel on a Scott #65 stamp. It is opened roughly at the top and has no back flap. Second is a letter on ATS stationery from Henry Hill, ATS treasurer offering to pay Taunton Bank director Lovett Morse interest due on a building loan to his son if Morse will forego foreclosure proceedings. Third is the reply from Morse, explaining his position in the matter and setting down reasons for his decision whether or not to accept Hill’s “proposition”. The winner of the lot gets all the details. Very interesting reading.

Lovett Morse was a director of the Taunton National Bank as well as a director of the Taunton Gas-Light Company. Born in Taunton, on February 25, 1810, he married Sally Morse and they had five children.

Henry Hill – 1795-1892 – Born in Newburgh, NY. In 1809 he became clerk for Hill & Smith, 100 Wall Street, New York City. In 1817 he went on business to Chili acting as U. S. Counsel for Valparaiso and Santiago. He was treasurer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1822 to 1854 for 11 years was a member of its Prudential Committee. He was treasurer of the American Tract Society, Boston, for nine years.

The American Tract Society (ATS) is a nonprofit, nonsectarian but evangelical organization founded on May 11, 1825 in New York City for the purpose of publishing and disseminating Christian literature. ATS traces its lineage back through the New York Tract Society (1812) and the New England Tract Society (1814) to the Religious Tract Society of London, begun in 1799. Over the years, ATS has produced and distributed many millions of pieces of literature.

 $25.00

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