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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.
PH7014



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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PH7005



UX5 postal card from1875, with Lawrence, MA postmark

This postal card (Scott catalog number UX5 has a Lawrence postmark and a bullseye cancelation. It has a postmark of the Roxbury station postmark...

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PH7003



1880 Fancy Cancel on Jackson Banknote Dorchester to Boston Cover

This is a postal cover mailed on June 10 in the 1880s, mailed from Dorchester to Roxbury, parts of Boston. The cover dates to around 1880. It is torn...

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