MGJ Postal History

Full penny post seal with acid tie.  Full Blood's Dispatch mark.  Blue Philadelphia postmark over damaged 3-cent Washington stamp. Color of stamp indicates it's a #10.  However, condition of stamp does not permit confirmation.  Small cover with in good condition with slight soiling. Catalog: $375. 

Excellent lot of 1930s stamps from Iraq.  See all scans.  Almost all are used. Did see a few mint stamps. Duplication.  Great lot for treasure hunters.  Note postmarks. Some blocks.  Each scan shows different stamps.  No scan shows stamps that are also in another scan.  

This stampless folded letter is addressed to Boswell Stevens. A prominent member of the Pembroke, NH, community, he was a lawyer and one of the founding fathers of Pembroke Academy (still in operation today). He was a friend of, and corresponded with Daniel Webster.  The sfl was sent by Charles B. Haddock. See bio below. Significant historic postal history item.  No content in sfl.
Charles Brickett Haddock was a New Hampshire educator, author, politician and civil servant. Fresh and clean cover with excellent, full Hanover postmark.
Haddock's mother Abigail was a sister of Daniel Webster. Haddock graduated from Dartmouth College in 1816 and at Andover Seminary in 1819. He returned to Dartmouth, where he was professor of rhetoric and belles lettres from 1819 until 1838, when he became professor of intellectual philosophy and political economy until 1854. He was chargé d'affaires for the United States in Portugal from 1850 until 1854. Except for his time in Portugal, he served as a Congregationalist minister in Windsor, White River, Norwich, West Lebanon, and Quechee.[1]
Thoroughly versed in public law, he represented Hanover[2] for four years as a Whig in the New Hampshire legislature. There he introduced and carried the present common-school system of the state, and was the first school commissioner under that system. He was a promoter of railroad construction in New Hampshire.

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.