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KENTUCKY: LEXINGTON 1900 NATIONAL TROTTING ASSO. SPECIAL DELIVERY COVER. Major Philip Preston Johnston, CSA. He served under J.E.B. Stuart in Major John Pelham’s Horse Artillery. Born in Shiloh, Va. in 1840. After the war, he moved to Fayette County and read law under Colonel W.C.P. Breckinridge. In 1868, Johnston graduated from Transylvania University with a law degree. He served in both houses of Ky. legislature and was appointed adj. gen. during the Tobacco Wars. He bred fine trotters & Thoroughbred horses and was president of the National Trotting Association from 1888-1916. Major Johnston died in 1925. |
$25.00 | |
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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 1986 STANLEY MORGAN & RONNIE LIPPITT AUTOGRAPHED COVERS Clean cachet postal envelope covers signed at autograph show. Morgan has oval authenticity burst on cover and certificate inside. Lippitt cover looks to have been signed at the same time and place, but without authenticity burst or certificate. |
$25.00 | |
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HOLLAND - 1808 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO BORDEAUX FRANCE Very clean and attractive stampless folded letter from Amsterdam Holland to Bordeaux France. Full straightline postmark. |
$25.00 | |
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HARTFORD CONNECTICUT 1849 STAMPLESS FOLDED POINTING HAND POSTMARK IOOF LETTER TO MIDDLETOWN CONNECTICUT Interesting preprinted form from Charter Oak Lodge No. 2 of the International Order of Odd Fellows regarding the expulstion of Joseph Goodrich for misconduct. Signed E H Bowers, secretary. Note Charter Oak preprinted seal at lower left. Clean and fresh. Usual hole where seal was broken. |
$25.00 | |
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GERMANY - BAD KISSINGEN 1936 ADVERTISING COVER FOR GEORG ANTON BOXBERGER PHARMACIST SENT TO PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Interesting cover sent from Germany to Philippine Islands in 1936. Addressed to US Warrant Officer Emil Bergdahl at Ft. William McKinley, Manila City and forwarded to Fort George Meade in Maryland. Nice advertising cover for Georg Anton Boxberger pharmacy. Georg Anton Boxberger (1679 to 1765) was a German pharmacist and ancestor of the important pharmacy family in Bad Kissingen. Nice Bad Kissingen postmark. Appears some of the postage is missing. Still worthwhile item. |
$25.00 | |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE: MARLBORO STAMPLESS COVER TO FITZWILLIAM Light but full Marlboro red postmark along with FREE in a box at upper right. |
$25.00 | |
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VERMONT: JACKSONVILLE STAMPLESS COVER TO TOWNSEND HARBOR MASSACHUSETTS FORWARDED TO WINCHENDON MA Double Jacksonville Vermont postmark along with rate 5 numeral in black. Cover has manuscript Townsend Harbor forwarding mark and postmark along with assessment of additional five cents for forwarding. |
$25.00 | |
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CANTON NEW YORK LOCAL DELIVERY COVER WITH 1 CT SCOTT #145 FANCY CANCEL Clean cover. Tiny portion of Canton postmark at top. However, stamp indicates it was a local delivery. Pie wedge handstamp cancel. Stamp is Scott #145. |
$25.00 | |
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VINCENNES INDIANA 1837 STAMPLESS FOLDED COVER RECEIPT TO INDIANAPOLIS BANK BRANCH Light but full postmark. 12 1/2 rate. *I* type state mark in postmark. |
$25.00 | |
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GERMANY - 1933 DUSSELDORF TO BRUSSELS BELGIUM SHIPPING COUPON Plenty of ancillary markings on this shipping way bill from Dusseldorf to Brussels. Scott #328x2, #372, #392 stamps provide a good mix to pay fee. Very clean condition considering age and use of most of these items. |
$25.00 |
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We are offering for sale a wide variety of covers—from stampless covers to First Day Covers, from the very old, to contemporary. While we primarily sell covers, you will also find stamps, other postal items and interesting ephemera for sale. We hope you enjoy the site and visit often. We welcome your comments.
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I am a life member of the American Philatelic Society and am a member of the Society’s estate advisory service. I am also a member and volunteer at the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum in Weston, Massachusetts. In addition, I am a licensed, bonded auctioneer in Massachusetts.
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