Cincinnati, Ohio: 1947. Envelope or Cover. The elder Rabbi Brickner, the long-serving rabbi of Anshe Chesed Congregation in Cleveland was a well-known educator, orator and Zionist leader. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, often simply referred to as the Joint, was initially founded in 1914 to provide assistance to Jews..... More

Boston: 186. This very attractive billhead is 5.5” x 8.5” and printed in black. The terrific illustration features two men in a downpour. One very unhappy man is dressed in street clothes and top-hat getting drenched by rain as the wind rips apart his umbrella. The other man remains content..... More

Alaska and Washington DC: 2001. Unbound. This NPR-A (National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska) Update newsletter was sent from Alaska to the Department of Energy in Washington, DC. It has a meter postmark dated "11-30-01" and bears a two-line, blue "MAIL SANITIZED" handstamp located between the postmark and mailing address. The newsletter and..... More

Mineral Point, Wisconsin to New York City: 1850. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter measures 16” x 10” unfolded. It is datelined “Wyoming Valley Iowa County April 1st 1850” and bears an “X” rate handstamp and circular “Mineral Point / Wis.T.” postmark dated April 2, both in blue..... More

Middletown, Connecticut: 1852. Envelope or Cover. Four-page letter with its mailing envelope. The cover bears a circular Middletown, Con. Postmark with black “PAID” and circled “3” handstamps; three cents being the cost to mail a prepaid letter up to 3,000 miles. Both are in nice shape. In this..... More

Norfolk, Virginia via the ship Trisnifor to Funchal, Madeira: 15 August 1828. Unbound. This one-page stampless folded letter was carried to Funchal, Madeira off the coast of northwest Africa at a privately-determined rate by ship’s captain. It measures 16” x 10” unfolded and bears a manuscript annotation reading “via Azores..... More

Elkhorn, Oregon (now a dead post office): 1911 – 1920. Unbound. This lot of consists multiple items: One canceled check from the Silver King Mining Company, one application and contract to purchase Silber King Mining Company stock, two Silver King Mining Company employment agreements accepting shares of capital stock in..... More

Boston: Stewart Gold Mining Company of Colorado, May 28, 1864. Envelope or Cover. This one-page shareholder list measures approximately 5” x 8”. It was printed on 28 May 1864 and mailed three-days later to the “Assessors of Bridgewater, Massachusetts.” It is franked with a 2-cent black Jackson stamp (Scott #73)..... More

New York: Charles Gulden, 1908. Envelope or Cover. This colorful letter from Gulden’s Mustard contains a mimeographed notice (signed in print by Charles Gulden) informing stores the company has obtained a temporary injunction against a rival firm to prevent the sale of Chance & Son’s “Don Caesar” olives, whose name..... More

Detroit: John C. Goodrich, circa 1895. Envelope or Cover. This advertising cover incorporates nine small drawings: five of the toy top and four of Palmer Cox’s Brownies playing with the toy top. The envelope is franked with a one-cent blue Franklin stamp (Scott Type A87) that is tied to the..... More

San Francisco to Shikoku Island, Japan via New York City: 1945. Envelope or Cover. This legal-size envelope is addressed to “Frank Perry, American Civilian Internee Held by Japan / in Zentsuzi War Prison Camp / Zentsuzi, Skikoku Island, Japan / Via: New York, N.Y.” The return address on reverse is..... More

Prisoner of War Enclosure Number 1, St. Pierre des Corps, France via APO 717]. Undated but circa 1918-1919. Envelope or Cover. This partially-printed legal-size envelope from Remki was sent from Prisoner of War Enclosure Number 1 (PWE #1) at St. Pierre des Corps, France which was controlled by the A.E.F.’s..... More

New York City to West Point, New York: 1848. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 16” x 9.75”. It was sent by John Moorhead in New York City, to Captain Brewerson, an engineer stationed at West Point. The letter bears a manuscript annotation “Post Paid,” a...... More