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RUMFORD MAINE MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK ON 1855 COVER TO LAKE VILLAGE NEW HAMPSHIRE Rumford manuscript postmarks are hard to find. Also, Lake Village New Hampshire address is also unusual. Cover is in quite good condition vs. other covers of this era. Looks like it is from someone named Spofford and addressed to Wardwell or Warduell. |
$15.00 | |
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EMBOSSED EAGLE ON FLAP OF CIVIL WAR ERA COVER FROM NEW YORK TO NEW WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS Full flap embossed eagle on this cover with red and blue piping along edges. Unusual patriotic cover. Front of cover has tears upper and lower right side. Stamp is not damaged, but tear goes into postmark and the word MASS at the bottom. Eagle is intact. Super patriotic cover. |
$15.00 | |
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BARNSTABLE MASSACHUSETTS 1887 A. F. SHERMAN REGISTER OF DEEDS COVER WITH HANDSTAMP POSTMARK ADDRESSED TO ACTRESS CORDELIA HOWARD MACDONALD 1887 cover from A. F. Sherman, Register of Deeds to Cordelia Macdonald, Bourne. No content. Notch below stamp and a bit wrinkled at each end, otherwise a clean cover. Cordelia Howard Macdonald was an actress of note, having portrayed Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin first in Boston and then in venues throughout New York and New England and finally nationwide. She came from a theatrical family. She died in 1941 in Bourne.
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$10.00 | |
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BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1838 SHAWMUT BANK LETTERHEAD STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER Early Shawmut Bank letterhead acknowledging receipt of a check drawn on the main bank. Nice Boston history item. Some separations at folds. |
$15.00 | |
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CRISTOBAL CANAL ZONE TO MIAMI FLORIDA TO RAHWAY NEW JERSEY FIRST FLIGHT CACHET COVER Blue cachet. Note that overprinted stamp is missing piece at top right. Proper Miami and Rahway receivers on back. |
$10.00 | |
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NEW YORK CITY 1859 FOLDED LETTER WITH SCOTT 26. LARGE, FULL DATE POSTMARK. Nice looking brownish stamp. Note is to Cannon Brothers of Philadelphia, placing an order for 5 cases of liquorice paste. There is some aging as is to be expected in items this old. |
$10.00 | |
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OSBOURNE BRIDGE NEW YORK DEAD POST OFFICE CIVIL WAR ERA COVER & LETTER. FATHER ILL Four-page letter from Maud Shutt to her children asking them to come home due to their father's severe illness. It also addresses a problem her son is having with his thumb. Osbourne Bridge is located in the middle of Great Sacandaga Lake in New York State. Doubt there is a lot of correspondence from this location. The letter reads in part: "Your father is worse than he has ever been since I knew him. His leg is so helpless that he cant get off nor on the bed nor off his chair without help. So you may tell Dick and Phebe that you have made up your minds to come home and help take care of him." "I am sorry Miles that you have got a sore thumb. If it is bellon I am afraid you will have a bard time. Dont let it be to long before you have it cut open. If you dont (it) will affect the bone to much. Have it cut open as soon as it will worsen. Now if you are coming home you had better get ready and come as soon as you can. If you have any good tools, you had better fetch them along. Perhaps you may get some work here this winter if you want." The letter continues telling the children to sell their store and most of their possessions, but pack up a set of dishes if they have them. The letter concludes: "I dont want to schare you but your father is growing worse all the time. He is very weak and feels bad. Our love to you..." Excellent view into lifestyle and vernacular of the time.
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$25.00 | |
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SANDY BRIDGE TENNESSEE MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK ON 1850S COVER + INSPIRATIONAL MOTTOS Bold manuscript postmark carries into the stamp. Addressed to South Carolina. Written on the cover is the date July 11, 1859. Three of the four quadrants of the flap side carry a religious message. The are: When in this veile of sorrows I travail on in pain. we owe to God above Duty, fear & love. A man can gain nothing in the company of the vicious. Seal is intact. Letter was opened neatly at left.
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$20.00 | |
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PITTSFIELD NEW HAMPSHIRE CIVIL WAR ERA COVER TO WEST TOWNSEND MASSACHUSETTS Excellent, full Pittsfield New Hampshire January 8 postmark. Cover a lighter shade of yellow than shows in the scan. Opened a bit roughly at right.
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$5.00 | |
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NEW YORK CITY 1894 COVER WITH 1-CENT COLUMBIAN EXPO STAMP. BERNARD MEYER PAPER BOXES Nice, well-centered stamp on commercial cover. |
$5.00 |
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