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SAUDI ARABIA - MID-1950S COVER FROM ARABIAN AMERICAN OIL CO. TO BOSTON Clean cover with Scott #s 161, 163 and 168 regular issues and RA8 postal tax stamp. |
$10.00 | |
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SAUDI ARABIA -- EARLY POSTAL HISTORY COVER TO GLENBROOK CONNECTICUT WITH GOOD STAMPS Cover includes Scott #163, #C4 and postal tax stamp #RA6 combination. Small tear lower left side. |
$5.00 | |
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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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SCOTT 113 USED 2-CENT BROWN 1869 ISSUE Nicely centered for an issue renowned for poor centering. Missing perf, lower left corner. Stamps from this series are becoming increasingly hard to find. |
$20.00 | |
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SCOTT 115 ON CROSS BORDER COVER FROM MAINE TO HALLS HARBOR, NOVA SCOTIA Maine postmark is light, but believe it is Portland Maine. Extremely rare cross border usage. Scissor-cut open at left. Stamp has minor age stains; common on issues of this era. |
$500.00 | |
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SCOTT 15 ON COVER. EARLY SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA COVER TO PORTSMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE Early cross country cover from San Francisco to Portsmouth New Hampshire. Stamp has three large margins and is close at top. Note age stains on envelope and portion missing from flap. |
$300.00 | |
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SCOTT 576 AND 577 IMPERF PLATE BLOCKS OF 6 576 has hinge mark. 577 has extremely light hinge mark...takes a while to find it. Will sell either one for $25. |
$40.00 | |
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SCOTT 68A 10-CENT GREEN ON COVER TO BLUEHILL MAINE Early cover to Bluehill Maine. Cannot make out point of origin in postmark. Addressed to Charles Clough. Quality condition considering its age. Stamp clear on three sides, just touching at left. THE DANIEL CLOUGH HOUSE AND PLACE Daniel Clough was the first child of Asa and Abigail (Tecker) Clough born April 11,1790; married Polly, eldest daughter of Dr. Nathan and Mary (Carleton) Tenney, May 24, i818. She was born April ll, 1797; died Dec 8,1858; he died April 2,1867, aged 77. He was a sea captain in his younger years and commanded among other vessels the three-masted schooner ''Magnolia" built at Bluehill in 1833, the second vessel of that rig known. After sea life he gave attention to the management of his farm. The house he lived in was built by him about the time of his marriage, say about 1820, and is still standing, in good repair, and occupied by his youngest son, Charles Carroll Clough and family, who also own the farm of his grandfather, Asa Clough. The children of Capt. Daniel and Polly (Tenney) Clough were: , 1. Caroline, born Nov; 30,1818; married Capt. William Walker, half brother of the writer, June 24,1836. 2. Mary Tenney, born Nov. 1, 1820; married George W. Brown Jan. 11, 1840 and died at Ellsworth in 1852. 3. David Daniel, born Feb. 26,1826; removed to Portland where p he was twice married, his two wives dying, leaving no children; he died a few years ago. 4. Augustine Washington, born Oct. 9, 1831; was a captain in the War of the Rebellion; married at Portland in 1865; had two daughters; he and wife died a few years since at Everett, Mass. Charles Carroll, born July 7,1837; married Emeline S.,daughter of Johnson Wood, May 24, 1859; they had three children born to. them, viz:—Harriet Gertrude, Feb. 28, 1861; Bessie Carroll, Sept. 2, 1872; Daisey Lou, Dec. 22,1878. |
$125.00 | |
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SCOTT 96 WAY OFF CENTER 10-CENT GREEN (USED) F Grill. So far off center, this stamp probably qualifies as a freak. Large portion of adjacent stamp showing at left. Stamp is sound. |
$50.00 | |
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SENEGAL - MINT POSTAL STATIONERY HIGGINS & GAGE #3a Pristine small cover. Quality addition to any collection. |
$35.00 |
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