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Postal History and Covers
Postal history is the study of the postal system changes over the years. While most non-philatelists are aware of the collection of the first day cover commemorating the first use of a stamp (often with an artistic cachet on the cover), there are many other postal history interests. A popular collecting area is images of post offices, which are most often found on post cards. A special sub area of this is the collection of postmarks from "dead" post offices (DPOs), that is postmarks on letters and postcards from offices that have closed. Another popular collecting area is cancellation marks. These include the fancy cancellations, most often found on 19th century covers, Doane cancels (a particular machine) and flag cacels of the early 20th century. Some collectors look for cover with special marks, delivery notifications, and forwards. Finally old covers sometimes have aesthetic value beyond the value of the postmark, so the piece as a whole has to be judged.
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Postal History Cover 1904 Dubuque to Boston forward So. Carver
for sale is this envelope mailed from Dubuque, Iowa on Feb 23, 1904, arriving in Boston, Feb. 25, then forwarded to So. Carver mass. (only partial...
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Old Baldy Livingston, MT 1905 postcard to Brockton missent
This October 1905 postcard of Old Baldy Mountain in Livingston, Montana was sent to Miss Louise Thorndike of Brockton, MA. Given that this city was...
$2.29
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Boston Postal Station T Cover 2 cent Washington Bureau issue
This is an envelope with an 1896 Boston Station T Barlow Machine Cancel. The envelope is unusually small at 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches. It was written from...
$2.42
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1875 UX167 Envelope Cover Fawn Fancy Cancel Middletown, CT
The pinkish gray postal envelope with a Scotts catalogue U46 Die II design I believe is characterized as "fawn" color, making this the somewhat...
$2.49
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1890 dated UX9 Postal Card credit for returned patent medicine
This is a Postal Card mailed from a New York City business, Lyman Brown, to Blake Briggs in Port Byron New York. The card notes Mr. Briggs received a...
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First Flight Cover Hobbs New Mex May 1,1940 7AM Scotts C23 to Newton, MA
This is a first flight cover from the Hobbs NM airport postmarked 7AM May 1,1940 with a 6 cents US Airmail stamp Scott's C23. The letter was sent to...
$3.19
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