Liverpool to Richmond via the Black Ball Line: 1830-1831. Envelope or Cover. These stampless folded letters both measure 16” x 10” unfolded. The 1830 letter discusses the market for American tobacco in Liverpool, and the 1831 letter discusses the market for other products, specifically butter, oats, flour and cotton. One..... More
Canon City, Colorado: 1916. Letter. The letter is written on United States Post Office stationery from a man named Allen, probably a post worker, and addressed to a friend named Lewis. Although no envelope accompanies the letter, its first page is postmarked, Canon City Colo. / M.O.B (Money Order Business)..... More
Richmond, Virginia: 26 July 1861. Envelope or Cover. This 5.5” x 3.25” envelope has two Richmond, Virginia postal markings: a circular city postmark dated “Jul 26 1861” and a circular “Paid 10” handstamp indicating Confederate postage was paid at the time of mailing. There is also a bold strike of..... More
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
Portland, Oregon: Lewis & Clark Exposition Company, 1905. Envelope. Multicolor advertising cover for the exposition features America with her arms resting on the shoulders of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as all three gaze at a Pacific Ocean sunset. This cover is franked with Scott #319 and postmarked at Colfax..... More
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
Baltimore: The C. H. Pearson Packing Co., 1905. Envelope. Nice advertising cover for The C. H. Pearson Packing Company, located at the Chesapeake Warf in Baltimore. The cover (envelope) freatures an illustration of a woman holding a large oyster while standing upon a mound of fruits and vegetables in front..... More
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
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
Various locations: mostly 1865. Unbound. Nine letters written to Stephen H. Gregory, a member of D Company, 39th New York Volunteer Infantry. Eight were written during April and May of 1865 while Gregory was recovering from wounds at the Homewood Hospital in Washington D. C. The ninth letter is pre-war..... More
Liverpool, England to Petersburg, Virginia: 1825. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless letter was written in Liverpool on January 15, 1825 and carried to the Black Ball Line’s agent. It was dispatched on the packet ship, James Cropper, which departed on January 22 and arrived in New York City on..... More
Philadelphia: circa 1875. Envelope or Cover. This advertising envelope features an illustration of the Leary second hand book store in Philadelphia on the front and a list of “Books Bought” on the reverse. It is franked with a green 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #147). In nice shape. William A. Leary..... More
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
Jeffersonville, Indiana to St. Louis, Missouri: 1905. Both postal cards (Scott UX18), which Hedgcock sent to his cousin Johnson, bear Jeffersonville, Indiana postmarks. On also has a St. Louis receiving handstamp. One is in nice shape; the other has some soiling and is worn at the lover right corner. The..... More
Halls Hill, Virginia: 186? Envelope or Cover. Three-page letter with envelope. The letter is dated “Halls Hill Nov 29th”, and the envelope bears a circular Washington, DC postmark dated Nov 20, 186?. The envelope is endorsed (censored?) along the top edge in a different hand, “J. E. Newgan . M.C.”..... More
Flushing, New York to Edinburg, Scotland: 1846. Envelope or Cover. This stampless folded invoice-letter was prepared on January 20, 1846. It was privately carried on the Ship Gondola to the Scottish port at Greenock, and it bears a scarce “Greenock / Ship Letter” receiving hand stamp and a May 10th..... More
Washington, DC to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania: 1838. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless folded letter measures 16” x 10” unfolded. It is datelined “Washington 10th Janry 1838. It bears a red circular “Washington City D.C.” postmark dated January 10 and a manuscript “Free” signed by “W. W. Potter”. The letter is..... More
Yokohama to New York: 1905. Envelope or Cover. This train wreck cover was salvaged from the mail car of the Twentieth Century Limited that occurred on June 21, 1905 at Mentor, Ohio. It shows water, fire, and smoke damage along its edges and bears a label reading “Post Office, New..... More
Gonzales, Texas: 1851. Envelope or Cover. This two-page folded letter was written on September 18, 1851. It was franked with a three-cent orange-brown Washington stamp (Scott #10A) and received a manuscript postmark that reads, “Gonzales / Sept 20th”. The letter was missent to Bristol, Pennsylvania where it received a circular..... More
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
Mars-sur-Allier, France: 22 November 1918. This two-page letter is written on American Red Cross stationery and enclosed in an A.R.C. envelope with a double-ring Military Postal Express Service postmark (Type A4101) dated 16 Nov 1918 from Army Post Office 780 at Mars-sur-Aller. The letter and envelope are in nice shape..... More
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
Memphis, Tennessee to South Hanover, Indiana: 1849. Envelope or Cover. This four-page stampless folded letter measures 15” x 9.5” unfolded. Sent from Memphis to South Hanover, Indiana and bearing a circular Memphis postmark in blue, a manuscript “10” rate marking, and the annotation “via river mail.” It has a 1.5”..... More
Sacramento City: 1852. Envelope or Cover. The mailing envelope for this two-page letter is franked with a pair of nice-margined, dull-red 3-cent Washington stamps (Scott #11) cancelled with a circular Sacramento City postmark. The envelope is annotated “To be Lefte to the fisherville Poste office”. Both letter and envelope are..... More
