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 about Oyster Packing Company Advertising 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
Hyco, Virginia: R. L. Ragland, 1893. Envelope. Illustrated advertising cover (envelope) from R. L. Ragland. The illustration depicts a tobacco plant in full bloom. Text reads, "R. L. Ragland / Tobacco-Seed Grower, / Hyco, Halifax Co, VA. / The Largest Stock of / Select Varieties / In the World to... More about Ragland Tobacco Advertising Envelope
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
Chicago: R. W. Tansill and Company, Circa 1890. Envelope. Nice advertising cover (envelope) for Punch Cigars with an illustration of the famous Punch head logo. Light wear. Franked with Scott #212. Indistinct Chicago handstamp cancellation. There is a short 1/4" closed tear at the top of the envelope. Tansill opened... More about Tansill's Punch Cigars 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
Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 1905. Envelope. Scarce illustrated advertising cover (envelope) for Winchester Repeating Rifles, Shot Guns, and Single shot Rifles. Illustration features a Mountain man with a Winchester lever-action rifle in the background. From a dealer, H. C. Pigott, in Philadelphia to The "American Ornithology" in Worcester Massachusetts. Franked... More about Winchester Repeating Rifles 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...
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 about SMALL ARCHIVE OF CIVIL WAR LETTERS WRITTEN TO A WOUNDED MEMBER OF THE 39TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER...
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 about Letter discussing the prospect of selling tobacco in England from a business colleague in...
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
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 about Letter from a very angry soldier who had reached his limit dealing with his Lieutenant Colonel,...
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 about Three-page letter and invoice for trees and bushes from the first commercial nursery in America...
Rio de Janeiro: 1826. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter is dated November 8th, 1826 and annotated, “Single” and “Ship”. It was addressed to the author’s mother in Philadelphia in “care of S. B. Pawle Esq. / Merchant / S. Front St”. The letter was carried by the..... More about Letter from a new Surgeon’s Mate describing in detail Brazil and the politics of South America
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 about Business mail from Japan to New York that was salvaged from one of the most infamous train wrecks...
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 about Letter from the son of a Texas pioneer sent to a sister in Rhode Island which includes...
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
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 about World War I letter from a soldier hospitalized as the result of a gas attack immediately before...
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...
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 about Letter from a young lawyer and recent graduate of Hanover College to a friend who was still...
