Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded-letter measures 15½ x 9¾” unfolded. It is datelined “Glasgow [Missouri] Dec 16th 1845 and bears a circular postmark dated “Dec 91” (sic) and a manuscript “5” rate mark. It was sent by John [Strother] Harrison to “J. L. [Joshua Lazelle] Tracy” in Boonsville..... More

San Francisco: June 12, 1861. Envelope or Cover. California politics had long been dominated by pro-slavery Democrats until the presidential campaign of 1860 when their party split into two factions, one led by Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas and the other by Vice-President John C. Breckinridge. This schism allowed the..... More

Poughkeepsie to Nile, New York: 1858. Envelope or Cover. This four-page letter was sent by “Mary” is datelined “Po’keepsie Apr 11, 1858” to a friend in Nile, New York. The accompanying envelope bears a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #26) that has been canceled with a circular Poughkeepsie postmark dated April..... More

Quincy, Massachusetts and Exeter, New Hampshire: 1841-1845. Envelope or Cover. This archive consists of nine stampless folded letters between Nathaniel White at Quincy, Massachusetts, and his son, George, who attended Philips Exeter Academy and later Yale. The letters were written between 1841 and 1845; eight were written by Nathaniel and..... More

Washington, DC: 1857. Envelope or Cover. This handbill advertisement measures approximately 8” x 10 and is printed on light blue paper. Its accompanying mailing envelope is addressed “To the Heirs of Mrs. Ruth Bullard.” The envelope is franked with a straddle copy of a one-cent blue Franklin stamp (Scott #24)..... More

1944-1945. Envelope only, no letter. The envelope was addressed to Private First Class Walter Mikucki at the Osaka Yodogawa Bunsho POW Camp in Japan. It has a typed “Prisoner of War Postage Free” free frank in the upper right corner and has received a Chicago “War Savings machine postmark dated..... More

From Posen, Prussia (today Poznan, Poland) to PWE #2 (Prisoner of War Enclosure #2) at [Souilly], France: 20 October 1918. Unbound. This postcard was sent to Unterofficier Friedlaender, who was held captive at the U.S. Prisoner of War Enclosure #2 in Souilly, France, from Posen, Prussia via the American Central..... More

Chevy Chase, Maryland to Shaoyang, Hunan, China: 1946-1947. Envelope or Cover. This lot consists of two items: A United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) form letter, hand stamped April 17, 1946, from Washington DC intended for “Relatives and Friends of UNRRA Employees in China” that was Shaoyang..... More

Boston to London: 1735. This two-page stampless folded letter measures 15” x 11¾” unfolded. It was sent by William Clark in Boston “To Mr Christr: Kilby / Mercht / In London”. The letter was favor carried by a ship’s master, Captain Cary. In nice shape. Transcript will be provided... More