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DERBY CONNECTICUT STAMPLESS COVER WITH PAID 3 RATE MARK Almost complete postmark. Strong rate mark. Address is faded, but readable...Sarah Osborn, Seymour, CT. See scan. |
$10.00 | |
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GREAT FALLS NEW HAMPSHIRE 1848 MARSTON & EASTMAN STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER Legal letter to Gorham W. Hoitt settlement of a lawsuit involving Bruce Bollins. Winthrop A. Marston, son of John Marston of Nottingham, where he was born in 1801; read law in the office of Stephen Mitchell, Esq., at Durham; opened an office in Somersworth in 1830; resided there the rest of his life, except two years spent in Dover. During the later years of his life he was in partnership with Royal R. Eastman, Esq. The firm of Marston & Eastman was a very strong one and had a large practice in and out of the courts in Strafford county and York county, Maine. He died March 30, 1851. Full postmark and red numeral 5 for the rate. |
$20.00 | |
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WINDHAM DEPOT NEW HAMPSHIRE DEAD POST OFFICE 1800S COVER TO NEW MARLBORO MASSACHUSETTS Good DPO cover. 3-cent green Washington banknote stamp. |
$5.00 | |
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CANTERBURY NEW HAMPSHIRE 1875 POSTAL HISTORY COVER TO SHARON MASSACHUSETTS. MISSENT MARKING Clean cover with full Canterbury postmark. Also has light railroad agent mark on face. MISSENT marking . Mailed July 30...still made it to Sharon by July31 according to Sharon backstamp. |
$5.00 | |
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FRENCH OCCIDENTAL AFRICA - 1952 REGISTERED AIRMAIL COVER WITH IVORY COAST SEAL Outstanding cover with Registration sticker and Scott Nos 45, 54 (2) and 53 stamps. Most covers have been soaked for the stamps. Complete covers with registration stickers are hard to come by. Ivory coast handstamp seal on both sides (middle left on front; center seal at reverse). Addressed to Director, American Geographical Society, New York City. New York City receiver on back as well. A rare find. |
$50.00 | |
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ALBANY NEW YORK COVER WITH FRESH SCOTT #11 STAMP ADDRESSED TO MERCHANTS & MECHANICS BANK, TROY NEW YORK Beautiful, fresh Scott #11 stamp on this cover. Portion of top- and right-side stamps indicate wide margins. Clear at bottom. Close at left. Light Albany postmark. Note small tear in cover and that cover flap is missing. However, neither detract from the appearance of the stamp. Merchants & Mechanics Bank was known for issuing its own currency. |
$20.00 | |
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WALPOLE MAINE TO MIDDLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS 1850S COVER. SCOTT #11A. CLARET STAMP Very fresh stamp. Three-margin copy...close at top. Stamp appears to be brown carmine. Pen cancel. |
$15.00 | |
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SCIO, NY, MID-1800S COVER. DESIRABLE TOWN MARK. SCOTT #25 STAMP December 30 postmark. Early Scio postmarks are hard to find. Addressed to M. D. Whitney, West Danby, NY. Cover opened neatly at right. Only fault is that someone mounted it at one time and there are two half-hinge remnants on the back center. These can be removed with a q-tip and water. email if you would like to see a scan of the back. |
$100.00 | |
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ALBANY NEW YORK 1850S COVER TO ROCHESTER NY. SCOTT #26A STAMP Clean cover with full Albany postmark used to cancel stamp. Vertical perfs are fine. Bottom perf holes are complete with small selvedge below perf holes. Top perfs start out whole at left and are trimmed down at right. A very attractive cover. Appears to be addressed to George S. Riley. |
$75.00 | |
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WEST WINSTED CONNECTICUT MID-1800S COVER. SCOTT #26A. RARE DEAD POST OFFICE Perfs on stamp are into at the top and right. Good clearance at the bottom. Left side indicates that this may have been left margin because there is considerable white with no stamp image on the left side. Angle starts close at top and widens considerably by the time it gets to the bottom. West Winsted Connecticut is a rare dead post office. The letter was sent to Cornwall Bridge, a desirable Connecticut address. |
$75.00 |
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