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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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1881 UX5 Postal Card Manhattan Paper Company Lee Webb Sugar Hill
This 1881 USPS postal card was mailed in September 1881 from the Manhattan Paper Company of New York City to (Rev?) Lee B. Webb of Sugar Hill...
$3.29
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1910 Christmas Seal Tied on Postcard Red Cross WX6 Providence RI
This is a nice example of the WX6 Red Cross stamp, tied to the embossed Christmas postcard (marked 519) with the cancel. It was mailed in Providence...
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1909 Christmas seal (SC WX5) tied to postcard, Hartford CT
This 1909 Christmas seal, Scott catalog #WX5, is tied with the cancel to a nice Christmas postcard. The 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm) color...
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1901 U362 Envelope Syracuse Chilled Plow Frank Webb Letter
This March 20, 1901 postmarked USPS envelope (U362?) and letter and envelope may be of genealogical, historica, or philatelic interest. The letter is...
$6.49
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Paterson Turnverein Gymnastic Union Turners Cachet Envelope 1921
This July 1921 postmarked letter was sent from the Paterson New Jersey Turnverein (Turners) Gymnastic Club to William Lauber. It is in very fine...
$3.79
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1901 Pan American Expo Cancel Stadium Probst Lawrenceville NJ
This Official Pan American Exposition Mailing Card was mailed from Buffalo, NY to A. M. Probst in Lawrenceville, New Jersey in 1901. It features the...
$3.99
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