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NEW HAMPSHIRE: LOUDEN 1878 DEAD POST OFFICE POSTMARK COVER TO NEW MARKET. LETTER DPO 2 rating for this postmark. Unusual preprinted envelope contains private letter. Stamp not tied tocover. |
$5.00 | |
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NEW YORK CITY: INTERNATIONAL NEWS COMPANY CORNER CARD COVER. DOUBLE OVAL CANCEL Nice early news service cover. International News Service merged with United Press to form United Press International. |
$15.00 | |
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MINNESOTA: ST. PAUL 1898 SPECIAL DELIVERY COVER. SCOTT E5 STAMP. A+ CENTERING Special delivery stamp has large margins and is A+ for centering. Cover has some wear, but still a good item. |
$25.00 | |
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MARYLAND: BALTIMORE 1902 SPECIAL DELIVERY COVER. SCOTT E5 STAMP Very dark blue special delivery stamp on this cover. Clean cover. |
$15.00 | |
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NEW YORK CITY: SPECIAL DELIVERY COVER. SCOTT E5. STAMP. DODDS EXPRESS Dodds Express forwarding cover with regular mail special delivery stamp. Note partial auxiliary mark in violet at top left. Attractive E5 special delivery stamp. Roughly opened at left. Dodd' s Express carried parcels and luggage between Brooklyn and New York City, and Long Branch, New Jersey. The company ran from the 1860s into the 1910s . The express was founded by Amzi S. Dodd and C. J . Studley as Dodd's Express and Coach Company in the late 1850s. For a brief period in the late 1860s, The New York and Brooklyn Passenger and Baggage Company served as proprietor. Then in 1870 , the company was incorporated as the New York Transfer Company . Dodd acted as secretary and general manager under the New York Transfer Company until his death in 1890. |
$15.00 | |
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MINNESOTA: ST. PAUL 1898 SPECIAL DELIVERY COVER. SCOTT E5 STAMP. BARRY POSTMARK Attractive, clean cover with desirable postmark. |
$15.00 | |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE: LAKE WINNEPESAUKEE 1915 KIMBALL'S CASTLE POTCARD WITH LAKE WINNEPESAUKEE RPO POSTMARK Very clean postcard with desirable RPO postmark. |
$15.00 | |
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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. |
$25.00 | |
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MAINE: PORTLAND 1895 MAIL DELAYED TRAIN LATE AUXILIARY MARK ON CHASE FLOUR, GRAIN AND FEED ADVERTISING COVER Full and large mail delayed train late auxiliary mark on this cover along with W. P. Chase merchant corner card. Very desirable item. |
$25.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS: BOSTON 1905 STREET COMISSIONER'S OFFICE SURVEYORS COVER Clean cover with City of Boston corner card seal along with department information. |
$5.00 |
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