Camp Nelson, Kentucky to Worcester, Massachusetts: December 28, 1863. Unbound. This two-page letter is dated “Dec. 28th/1863”. Its envelope is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65) tied to the cover with a circular, black “Camp Nelson, KY.” postmark dated “DEC 29” and a neat slash of black ink..... More about A risqué letter to a married woman from a white Union soldier (presumably from her husband), who...

Providence, RI: Livermore and Knight (possibly), 1903. Postcard. A very scarce fold-over novelty postcard, possibly published by Livermore and Knight. (If not, then it is certainly in the Livermore and Knight style.) Light wear including the bull's tail and farmer's hand. Franked with Scott #300 with a 1905 Buffalo, NY... More about Masonic Fold-Over Novelty Postcard

Reading, PA: City of Reading, 1908. Envelope. Ornate advertising cover promoting Reading, Pennsylvania, features the city seal, a muscular worker, mechanical products, factories, railroad trains, etc. Franked with Scott #301, postmarked at Reading, and addressed to Ithaca, New York. More about Advertising Envelope for the City of Reading, Pennsylvania

Kansas City, Missouri: Baker & Lockwood Manufacturing Company, 1903. Envelope. An all-over advertising cover (envelope) for the Baker & Lockwood Manufacturing Company. Printed in green. Illustration features a large party tent. Franked with Scott #301 and postmrked with a Barry Postal Supply company machine cancellation dated 26 December 1903. Light... More about Baker & Lockwood Tent Advertising Envelope

Binghamton, New York: G.M.T. Johnson, 1884. Envelope. Cartoon advertising cover for G.M.T. Johnson's Practical Poultry Keeping features chickens, peacocks, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry marching around a large flag titled "Johnsons Poultry Book." All of the birds carry pennants, many bearing the initials, "JPB." Text from reviews of the..... More about Johnson's Poultry Book Advertising Envelope

1860. Greeting Card. Approximately 5" x 7". The embossed card features a foral diecut with the legend "Souvenir, Love & Truth." With its original envelope. Franked with Scott #11. Manuscript cancellation. Clean with light wear. More about Ornate, Embossed Valentine with Gilt and Multi-Color Floral Diecut, With Orignial Envelope

Buffalo, New York: Niagra Envelope Manufacturing Co., 1902. Envelope. Multi-color Pan American Exposition cover (envelope) addressed to Hermannstadt, Transylvania, Austria-Hungary (Nagyszeben in Hungarian, and today Sibiu in Romania). Nagy Szeben backstamp on reverse. Manuscript annotations in German and Hungarian. Franked with Scott #279 and a pair of Scott #279B; indistinct... More about Pan American Exposition Cover

New York: Foster-Hilson Company, 1892. Envelope. Blue-green cover features a blue-green advertising collar that surrounds the postage stamp and all-over text advertising on the reverse. The cover is franked with Scott #220, postmarked at New York, and addressed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. More about Reliance Cigar Factory Advertising Envelope

Newark, New Jersey: The Whitehead & Hoag Company, 1893. Envelope. The cover (envelope) features illustrations of several ribbons. Franked with a blue 1-cent Franklin stamp (Scott #219 and cancelled with a New York machine postmark dated May 6, 1893. Whitehead & Hoag was founded in 1892 and before the end... More about Whitehead & Hoag Badges, Flags, and Banners Advertising Envelope

Various locations: 1817-1854. Unbound. This archive consists of 30 different stampless letters, some with enclosures. All the correspondence pertains to Oliver’s shipping business (ship conditions, repairs, cargo, business opportunities, invoices, pricing, illustrated bills of lading, weather, etc.) which was headquartered in Portsmouth-New Castle, New Hampshire. The letters were... More about Five-decade archive of letters and documents pertaining to the shipping business of Captain...

Edmeston, [New York]: 1 May and 27 September 1863. Unbound. Two letters: one two-page letter and one four-page letter. Both have mailing and storage folds. Clean and legible. Centerfold of one has a split mended with what appears to be archival repair tape. Both letters were written by Waterman Burlingham... More about Letters to a Civil War deserter who escaped to Canada

Algeria, Morocco, Morocco Agency, Spanish Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, and Greece: : Round-the World Society, 1925-1926. Loose-leaf binder. This collection of 57 pieces of correspondence (41 mimeographed letters numbered XLIII through LXXXIII and 16 post cards) and six half-tone photographic enclosures is housed in a 6.75” x 9.5”... More about Letters from a Globetrotter: Written for members of the Round-the-World Society

Deposit, New York: 1849. Unbound. This two-page letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It was sent by Judge Nelson Knox Wheeler from Deposit, New York to an associate, H. Ballard, at Cortlandville. It is franked with a well-margined (one just a little narrow), red-brown 5-cent Franklin postage stamp (Scott #1)... More about Folded letter from by an important New York jurist—who had tried and sentenced many men during...