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CLINTON MASSACHUSETTS STAMPLESS COVER UNLISTED RATE MARK Postmark is light. However, rate mark is a strong curved PAID over a fancy 3. This rate marking is unlisted in ASCC. |
$20.00 | |
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SOUTH GLASTENBURY CONNECTICUT 1850-54 STAMPLESS COVER Full red postmark and PAID mark. Cover is in fragile condition...open on three sides. Addressed to Cleveland, Ohio. |
$25.00 | |
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WASHINGTON DC 1847 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO FAMED COPPERSMITHS JOSEPH OAT & SON, PHILADELPHIA Full postmark and red numeral 5 rate mark on this stampless folded letter from D. B. Clarke to Philadelphia. No content in letter. Joseph Oat & Son, coppersmiths, No. 12 Quarry Street Philadelphia made to order on the most approved principle, and of the best materials, all kinds of copper work, for locomotive and stationery engines, sugar houses on the old or vacuum plan, distilleries, manufactories, soda water apparatus, and generally every description of copper work; also sheet iron sugar moulds of all sizes. One of the leading coppersmiths of the time. |
$40.00 | |
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NEW YORK TO PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS VIA MARSIELLES FRANCE 1861 TRANSATLANTIC STAMPLESS COVER - RARE RATE AND ROUTE Very interesting 1861 transatlantic stampless cover (no contents) originally mailed in New York City with a pen notation that it was to go to Plymouth Massachusetts via Marsielles France. See second scan of backside markings for Calais and Paris. Note additional French marking on front of cover. The New York 30 marking is rare. |
$125.00 | |
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NEW YORK TO COGNAC FRANCE 1858 TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIP COVER Folded lettersheet in French to Cognac, France February 23, 1858. Paid 15 cents in cash for 15 cents French mail treaty rate and carried on Cunard's "Niagara" from Boston to England. "New Paid York 12" credit, Calais transit and Cognac backstamp. Ex-Pullin. |
$60.00 | |
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NEW YORK TO LONDON TRANSATLANTIC COVER WITH JANUARY 1, 1858 5 RATE POSTMARK NUMERAL 1 IS INVERTED Cover (no contents) New York to London, England January 1, 1856 at unpaid 24 cents treaty rate & carried on Cunard's "Asia" from Boston. Very strong "5 N York Br Pkt" postmark with inverted "1" date plug and manuscript 1 shilling due of Liverpool and London backstamp. Ex-Pullin. |
$45.00 | |
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PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS STAMPLESS COVER WITH "V" RATE MARK Light but complete postmark and rate mark. Hole on back side where wax seal was taken out. Does not affect appearance of the front of the cover. |
$15.00 | |
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DOVER, EXETER NEW HAMPSHIRE -- 2 USPO REGISTERY RETURN RECEIPTS 1904 AND 1905 Dover flag cancels on both receipts. Item originated in Exeter and has Exeter straightline origination stamp on address side. |
$10.00 | |
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STOCKTON CALIFORNIA 1916 COVER WITH PANAMA CALIFORNIA INTERNATIONAL EXPO AT SAN DIEGO POSTMARK Nice full strike of this Universal postmark. Listed by Hanmer as unusual. |
$5.00 | |
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BUFFALO NEW YORK 1900 COVER WITH PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION POSTMARK Nice full Barry postmark on this cover. |
$5.00 |
Selling Stampless Covers and Stamped Covers, Stamps, Philatelic Postal History and Ephemera
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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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