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GREENWICH CONNECTICUT 1851 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO STAFFORD NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH UNLISTED PAID IN A BOX Stampless folded letter from Harriett Bacon to Jedediah Harris in Stafford, New Hampshire, inquiring about funds due her from the estate of her father. She notes that the person she retained in Stafford to collect her funds...Samuel McMaster...has left the area and will no longer be able to assist her. There is a pencil notation on the side...possibly by Harris with her name and $300 next to it. Nice postal history item. Significant is the use of a boxed PAID. This postmark is only listed with a PAID 5 in a circle. Condition is very nice; well above similar items from this era. |
$25.00 | |
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BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1850S COVER WITH BROWNISH CARMINE SCOTT #25 STAMP Superior condition for this cover with Scott #25 brownish carmine stamp. Scan does not do the deep color of this stamp justice. Red Boston postmark and black PAID circle grill killer tie stamp to cover. Addressed to E. B. Mason in Beverly. |
$325.00 | |
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LOWELL MASSACHUSETTS 1857 COVER WITH SCOTT 25A. OUTSTANDING IN ALL RESPECTS A rare find. Cover is in excellent condition and has full Lowell Massachusetts date postmark cancel of rare Scott 25A stamp. Full backflap. Cover was opened cleanly at right. No contents. |
$200.00 | |
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PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND 1846 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO REV. BADGER, NEW YORK The letter is addressed to the Rev. Milton Badger, secretary of A.H.M.S., New York. The initials stand for the American Home Missionary Society. Rev. Badger was Associate Secretary of the Society and received field reports from missionaries on a regular basis. There is no content to this SFL. However a note on the side indicates it came from Miss E. A. Alwood, Providence on behalf of Rev. H. Foote. |
$10.00 | |
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ROCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE 1852 STAMPLESS COVER WITH NOTE ENCLOSURE Nice full black postmark with printed PAID 3 (Paid 3 also appears in manuscript at lower left of cover). Sent by J. D. Sturtevant, agent, to A. D. Lockwood in Danielsville Connecticut. Note comments that they received 11 bags of waste and no bill and asks Lockwood to send a bill. |
$45.00 | |
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WISCASSETT MAINE 1853 STAMPLESS FOLDED PRINTED NOTICE TO THE CONSABLES OF THE TOWN OF BOOTHBAY MAINE. NOTE POSTMARK ERROR...TWO "Ts" IN WISCASSETT Extremely clean printed notice from the Wiscasset clerk (E. B. Bowman) to the constables of the Town of Warren directing them to notify "freeholders and other inhabitants to vote in the choice of Representatives, and particularly the Selectmen and Town Clerk, to assemble, six days, at least, and not more than twenty days before the time for holding the Court hereafter mentioned, at a certain place, there by you made known, to appoint as the law directs, by drawng out of the box one good and lawful man of the said Town of Warren of like qualification and good moral character to serve as Traverse Juror at the Supreme Judicial Court of this state..." See scans for entire document. Signatures include Bowman; George Reed, Traverse Juror; and C. B Fisher, constable of Boothbay. The postmark is an error postmark listed in ASCC. Strong blue Wiscassett postmark along with lighter large numeral 5 rate mark. |
$50.00 | |
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CREAGERSTOWN MARYLAND TO LEITERSBURY MARYLAND MANUSCRIPT STAMPLESS COVER - UNLISTED IN ASCC Clear May 9 manuscript postmark on this letter to Rev. George W Anderson, Leitersburg, Maryland. Manuscript postmark for Creagerstown is unlisted in American Stampless Cover Catalog. |
$100.00 | |
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BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT 1848 STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO VERGENNES VERMONT Very interesting 2 1/2-page letter from Emma Curtis to her Aunt Alsow Roscoe. Emma seems to have a family business because she says she read a letter from her aunt while she was sitting at the stand between her husband Mark and a cousin. She talks of a sick grandmother a visit from her father and discusses visiting and/or moving to Vermont. She inquires about Aunt Nancy. Nice long letter, easy to read. Condition very good for this era; having only a hole where the seal was broken. |
$20.00 | |
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RUTLAND VERMONT 1849 STAMPLESS FOLDED LEGAL LETTER TO WEST POULTNEY VERMONT Lengthy and very interesting lawyer letter containing transcripts of four court events involving William P. Noyes, of Rutland and his claim against the estate of John Shumway, late of South Poultney. James Wenchel, South Poultney administrator, "ought not to have or maintain in such capacity his aforesaid action thereof against him because he says that the said William P. Noyes was not guilty of the several supposed trespasses and convessions (sic) in the said declaration mentioned". Apparently Noyes appropriated some land that was part of the Shumway estate. The letter is addressed to J. B. Beamon, who is the attorney for Wenchel. Other names mentioned include: G. Hanes, Ralph Taylor and Edgerton. Missive is dated April 4, 1849. Excellent historical item. |
$30.00 | |
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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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