Stalag IIB (Hammerstein, Germany): 17 June 1944. Unbound. This German Kriegsfangenenpost Postkarte (prisoner of war mail postcard) is addressed to Jodice’s girlfriend in Watertown, Massachusetts. It bears an indistinct German town postmark and purple handstamp from Stalag IIB. A U.S. censor’s handstamp that was applied before delivery is in the..... More
U.S. Army Rhodes General Convalescent Hospital at Utica, New York: 1945. This large 12" x 14" album contains 38 pages filled with text and photographs. Ten pages contain Bourgeois's densely filled, pencil-written memoir-journal describing in detail his combat and prisoner experience Europe during World War Two. Three pages contain military-related..... More
Alexandria, Virginia: 1862. Unbound. This two-page letter is datelined “Near Alexander va Nov 13th 1862.” It is complete with an inch of toning along the top edge. Short .5” splits starting at the ends of one mailing fold. A transcript will be included. Aldrich was a member of the..... More
Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Tool Company Armory, 1860-1863. Unbound. This archive contains over 300 records documenting business conducted by the Providence Tool Company Armory between the years 1860-1863 including both manuscript (the majority) and partially-printed purchase orders, bills, letters inventory lists, sales records, and other documents. The documents are sorted..... More
U. S. Steamer State of Georgia off the Carolina Coast. Unbound. This six-page letter is datelined, “U.S.St’r State of Georgia / Feb. 20th 1864”. It was sent by Richard H. Green, an African-American Ship’s Surgeon, to his fiancé, Lottie [Charlotte A. Caldwell] of Bennington, Vermont. There is no mailing envelope..... More
Wilmington, Delaware: “Scientific Hall” [probably at The Hilles Boarding School for Young Ladies], 1829. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 16” x 10” unfolded. It bears a manuscript “6” rate mark indicating the cost to send a letter up to thirty miles. It is datelined “Scientific..... More
San Francisco, California to Liverpool, England: April 23, 1869. Envelope or Cover. This one-page folded letter is franked with a 12-cent black Washington stamp embossed with an E-grill for postal security (Scott # 90). The stamp is canceled by a fancy radial cork handstamp. It bears a magenta San Francisco..... More
London to New York for delivery to Washington, DC: 1819. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded cover is datelined “London 24 Sept. 1819’, signed by J. Adams Smith, and addressed to David Gelson. It was carried on the ship Criterion, as noted in the low er left corner, and..... More
Pennsylvania, California and Japan: 1968. Unbound. This collection of 20 b/w and color photographs ranges in size from 4.25” x 3” to 9” x 7.5”. 11 snapshots picture the dealer and his wife interacting with their hosts in Japan. One large b/w image shows all of..... More
New York: Pudney & Russell, 1860. First Edition. 1/4 leather. Approximately 5” x 7.5”. Complete with iii introductory pages including the half-title, tissue-protected frontispiece portrait of Sam Houston, and 100 text pages. Marbled paper covered boards with later half-cloth spine covering. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition. Sound..... 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
New York City to Warwick, Rhode Island via Providence: 1802. This stampless folded letter has no rate marking but bears a relatively scarce New York City “clamshell” postmark dated “OCT/11”. There is a stain at the top center of the letter, however, the address and text are quite legible. A...... More
Ship Burgundy to Middletown, Connecticut: August 14, 1837. Envelope or Cover. This two-page folded letter measures 16” x 10” unfolded. It bears a circular red New York “Ship” postmark dated August 16 and is in nice shape. The ship Burgundy regularly brought immigrants from Europe to the United States..... More
Paris: Jodocus Badius Ascensius (Josse Badius), 1505. Leaf. The leaf is approximately 5.25" x 8". Each woodcut is approximately 85 x 115 mm. The woodcuts have dark, crisp impressions. The leaf has some minor marginal toning. It is a very nice example of one of Dürer's earliest woodcut..... More
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. This disbound leaf from Munsters "Cosmographia" measures 8" x 13.5". It contains six woodcuts showing unusual men and animals from the Indian subcontinent. The leaf is in nice shape with some marginal toning. One wood cut shows a pigmy conversing with a man from Dondun..... More
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. This disbound leaf from Munsters "Cosmographia" measures 8" x 13.5". it contains two woodcuts, one showing the Monster of Krakow and the other the Lithuanian coat of arms. The leaf is in nice shape with some marginal toning. The Monster of Krakow was a horribly..... More
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. This disbound leaf from Munster's "Cosmographia" measures 8" x 13.5". It contains two woodcuts showing episodes from Alexander the Great's conquest of Central Asia. The leaf is in nice shape with some marginal toning. One woodcut shows the torturous execution of Bessus (Artaxerxes VV), who..... More
New York: 1895. Unbound. This postally used envelope features two nicely drawn pencil sketches. One is of a braying donkey in evening dress with a caption that reads, “1 A.M. – Just in from the Box Social. Very tired and sleepy.” The other is of a court jester holding a...... 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
Naples: 1810. Unbound. This two-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 14.5" x 10" unfolded. It was sent by Olphert Tittle in Naples to Olphert Tittle (his father) in Beverly, Massachusetts. The letter is dated "March 11th 1810," and its salutation begins "Honor'd Mother." It bears a weak red strike of..... More
Saratoga Springs to Clinton, New York: March 1868. Envelope or Cover. This two-page handbill measures 6” x 9.75” and is illustrated with an image of the Congress and Columbian Springs in Saratoga Springs, New York. An addendum identifying the “Discounts for 1869” is attached to the reverse. The handbill is..... 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
Boston: The G. A. Shuler Photographic Company, circa 1900. Unbound. Bifolium broadsheet. Approximately 15.5” x 19” unfolded. Minor wear: tiny tear on the rear leaf and rubbing along a horizontal storage fold. This attractive large broadsheet catalog features a two-page display of 58 different buttons, pins, cufflinks, chatelains (sic), stick-pins..... More
New York City: 1863. Unbound. These checks measure approximately 8” x 3.75”. Both are printed in blue and have official red overprints reading, “Riot Damages.” Both were drawn on the County Treasury account at the Broadway Bank, one for $25 and one for $914. Both were signed by Opdyke with..... More
Niagara Falls, N.Y. to Hamburg, Germany: 1903. Card. This postal card (Scott UX7) is postmarked with a Niagara Falls flag cancellation and also bears a circular Hamburg receiving handstamp. It features an attractive black ink drawing of Niagara Falls. More
