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ALASKA - SELDOVIA RARE 1925 REGISTERED COVER TO BOKENAS, SWEDEN Rare cover from a sparsely populated alaskan village. Strip of four Scott #557 stamps used to frank cover. Backstamps indicated it went through New York Foreign mail route. Includes Bokenas receiver.The town's original Russian name, Seldevoy, translates to "Herring Bay", as there was a significant herring population prior to rampant overfishing early in the 20th century. Until the development of a more complete road system in Alaska, Seldovia was an important "first stop" for ships sailing from Seward, Kodiak and other points outside Cook Inlet. At one time Seldovia was home to over 2,000 residents, but today fewer than 300 persons reside year round. |
$100.00 | |
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RHODE ISLAND - PROVIDENCE 1933 COSTELLO BROTHERS 1933 PETER SCHUYLER CIGAR ADVERTISING COVER Nice early cigar advertising cover with advertisement covering most of flap side of envelope. Opened cleanly at top. |
$15.00 | |
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GREENLAND - 1963 NARSSAQ NIELS BOHR FIRST DAY COVER - SCOTT #66-67 Clean first day cover from Narssaq, Greenland to Halmstad, Sweden. Cachet postmark. |
$10.00 | |
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NORWAY - SCOTT #279-289 POSTAL HISTORY SET + #290 ON COVER Attractive registered cover sent from Oslo, Norway to Stockholm, Sweden. |
$15.00 | |
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PEKIN ILLINOIS 1841 FULL POSTMARK ON STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO MT. VERNON OHIO Full Pekin Il postmark on this stampless folded letter. Letterwriter has written Land Prairie IL above salutation. Easy to read letter discusses crop yield. Crease down center of letter. |
$40.00 | |
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PORTAGE CITY AND WATERTOWN WISCONSIN POSTMARKS ON MISSENT 1850s STAMPLESS COVER Two postmarks on one missent 1850s cover. Cover was addressed to Watertown New York and mailed from Portage City. Manuscript "missent" along with Watertown, Wis, postmark. |
$50.00 | |
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GERMANY - BAD KISSINGEN 1948 AMERICAN ZONE COVER TO CHICAGO ILLINOIS SCOTT #584-5 STAMPS Clean cover with attractive franking. Reverse of cover notes Bad Kissingen as located in the American Zone in Bavaria. |
$10.00 | |
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GERMANY - HAMBORN 1947 COVER ADDRESSED TO USA FOOD RELIEF COMMITTEE IN NEW YORK The Council of Relief Agencies Licensed to Operate in Germany (CRALOG) was a non governmental organization created in 1946 by the American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service and included 11 major relief agencies such as the International Red Cross. Food relief shipments to Germany had been prohibited by the U.S. until December 1945. CRALOG was created after the American Council had dispatched a survey team to occupied Germany, which had reported back on the situation in February 1946. CRALOG was then on February 19, 1946, established and designated by the Truman administration in a directive on relief contributions to Germany as the only channel through which aid to the U.S. occupation zone could go. This cover is addressed to the organization with the contents (not included) most likely seeking food, clothing or other aid. Historic cover. Hamborn postmarks. Inexpensive paper used to make envelope so it has discolored. Also opened somewhat roughly at left. |
$15.00 | |
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GERMANY - TWO POST-WORLD WAR II COVERS TO USA WITH CENSOR TAPE AND GOOD STAMPS Censor tape and American and British censor marks on all four covers along with good franking. Addressed to New York, Connecticut and Ohio. |
$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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