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FRAMINGHAM MASSACHUSETTS 1892 STATE NORMAL SCHOOL CORNERCARD COVER Light but full Framingham Massachusetts postmark. Addressed to Waltham Massachusetts with Waltham receiver on back. |
$5.00 | |
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WILKES-BARRE PENNSYLVANIA 1929 SPECIAL DELIVERY COVER. HOTEL CASEY, SCRANTON, ADVERTISING . Early hotel stationery posted from Wilkes-Barre to Newburyport Massachusetts. 2- and 10-cent regular issues used. NY and Pittsburg RPO mark along with Newburyport receivers on back. |
$15.00 | |
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SALA & CHI 1946 RAILROAD POST OFFICE COVER FROM DECATUR INDIANA TO EVERETT MASSACHUSETTS Good railroad post office cover. |
$5.00 | |
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PEEKSKILL NEW YORK 1898 COVER WITH 5-CENT TRANS-MISSISSIPPI STAMP (SCOTT 288) Covers with the 5-cent blue Trans-Miss stamp are few and far between. Stamp has straight edge on right, double circle cancel. Mailed to King at Arms, London, England. In blue marking crayon, someone has added Queen Vic Sv at bottom. Queen Victoria was the reigning monarch at the time and perhaps this was sent to her. Additional markings on back. Stamp has crease plus nibbled perfs at top right. |
$25.00 | |
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PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA BLOOD'S PENNY POST, WITH DISPATCH MARK AND 3-CENT WASHINGTON STAMP 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. |
$100.00 | |
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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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SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 1915 SPECIAL DELIVERY COVER Nice early cover with full Columbia machine postmark. Special delivery stamp is either E-6 or E-8 and has great margins. Cover shows some age, but California postmark adds to value. Los Angeles same day receiver on the back. |
$20.00 | |
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RUMFORD MAINE MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK ON 1855 COVER TO LAKE VILLAGE NEW HAMPSHIRE Rumford manuscript postmarks are hard to find. Also, Lake Village New Hampshire address is also unusual. Cover is in quite good condition vs. other covers of this era. Looks like it is from someone named Spofford and addressed to Wardwell or Warduell. |
$15.00 | |
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EMBOSSED EAGLE ON FLAP OF CIVIL WAR ERA COVER FROM NEW YORK TO NEW WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS Full flap embossed eagle on this cover with red and blue piping along edges. Unusual patriotic cover. Front of cover has tears upper and lower right side. Stamp is not damaged, but tear goes into postmark and the word MASS at the bottom. Eagle is intact. Super patriotic cover. |
$15.00 | |
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BARNSTABLE MASSACHUSETTS 1887 A. F. SHERMAN REGISTER OF DEEDS COVER WITH HANDSTAMP POSTMARK ADDRESSED TO ACTRESS CORDELIA HOWARD MACDONALD 1887 cover from A. F. Sherman, Register of Deeds to Cordelia Macdonald, Bourne. No content. Notch below stamp and a bit wrinkled at each end, otherwise a clean cover. Cordelia Howard Macdonald was an actress of note, having portrayed Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin first in Boston and then in venues throughout New York and New England and finally nationwide. She came from a theatrical family. She died in 1941 in Bourne.
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$10.00 |
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