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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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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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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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GINN Perfin 1913 Cover Chelsea Flag Cancel
This cover features a Ginn & Company Book Publisher Perforated Initialed stamp mailed from Chelsea April 28, 1913 with a flag with lanyard cancel....
$5.49
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