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MASSACHUSETTS: BOSTON 1892 ALCOHOLIC BEVEVERAGES CO. FORWARDED COVER TO WHITE RIVER JCT VT Super item in many respects. Cover was forwarded (with appropriate markings) from West Randolph to White River Junction, Vermont. West Randolph is a dead post office. Full West Randophy circular postmark. Correspondence is from H. K. Wing Company seller of alcoholic beverages. Content includes sales brochure, order form and reply envelope. Nice collectible. |
$25.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS: BOSTON 1890 NUMISMATIC BANK CORNER CARD ADVERTISING COVER Interesting cover with Scott 212 on cover |
$5.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS: BOSTON 1886 LETTERSHEET FRONT USED AS POSTCARD. RARE! Sender removed the balance of the letter sheet and just used the imprint panel as a postcard to send his message. |
$10.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS: BOSTON 1868 COVER WITH TWO AT-SEA LETTERS. SEE TEXT The two letters were written by different people and given to a seaman on the ship Palmyra to mail when it arrived in Boston. The first letter was started when the writer was in Cowden England and discusses farming and an apple crop along with grapes. They had water problems and had sent someone to Parliment to ask for help. Four page of interesting reading. Signed by William and Charles Chesson. The second letter is from John Brown while on the Palmyra and he is concerned he won't be paid because he is not wanted in the ship. He continues with a long four-page letter containing many names to be researched. |
$15.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS: BOSTON 1843 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO PHILADELPHIA MERCHANT REGARDING MOLASSES Light postmark. Letter discusses discount for purchase of molasses. |
$10.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS: 1916 JAMAICA PLAIN TRUST COMPANY STOCK CERTIFICATE WITH TAX STAMPS Clean stock certificate. Has two vertical folds. Tax stamps on back have June 2, 1916 unusual cancellations. See copy of incorporation document below -- An Act to incorporate the Jamaica plain trust company, Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1. Joseph Stedman,. George Faulkner, Mark R. Wendell, John R. Alley, Henry R. Reed, Thomas P Proctor, Thomas L. Livermore, Charles B. Cummings, .John M. Call and E. Peabody Gerry, their associates and successors, are hereby made a corporation by the name of the Jamaica Plain Trust Company, with authority to establish and maintain a safe deposit, loan and trust company, in that part of the city of Boston called Jamaica Plain ; with all the powers and privileges and subject to 874 Acts, 1893. — Chaps. 230, 231, 232. all the duties, liabilities and restrictions set forth in all general laws which now are or may hereafter be in force relating to such corporations. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Approved April 20, 1893. |
$50.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS: 1873 CAPE ANN FISH STORE RECEIPT - DRY & PICKLED FISH + POSTCARD Historic document from Cape Ann Fish Storem George F. Brown Agent. Item is excellent condition. Bonus: contemporary Cape Ann postcard included. |
$25.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS/OHIO: 1938 SOUVENIR COVER REINACTMENT OF WAGON TRAIN EAST TO WEST Cover posted in Ipswich MA and carried by oxen-team in covered wagon to Marietta OH in celebration of opening of Northwest Territory. Excellent cachet. |
$5.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS - NORTH DANVERS STAMPLESS COVER WITH CONTENT TO GUILFORD NEW HAMPSHIRE Long letter from a resident of Topsfield Massachusetts asking about purchasing a farm in Guilford. Plans to move his family there. John J. Morrill was owner of a general store and a prominent citizen of Guilford, NH. This is one of four letters to him we are offering asking his advice or placing an order for merchandise. |
$15.00 | |
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MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON 1843 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO NORTH SPRINGFIELD VERMONT Letter from George Lewis to Joel Griswold, a home builder in Vermont, informing him there is no work around Boston for his son. The building trades are slow with lots of young men use hanging around. Letter is in good condition with no tears except for small spot where seal was broken with is on a blank page. |
$10.00 |
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