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Cover #29510
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1890-06-03
Origin: Northville, New York, USA
Destination: Johnstown, New York, USA
Description: June 3, 1890 – earliest known use of a Special Delivery stamp on a wrapper? Fayette Mayer of Johnstown, New York, was a member of the Jewish ...
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Cover #29509
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Aug 8, 22
by rkmatta
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1885-11-12
Origin: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Destination: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Description: Scott E1 special delivery stamp on cover with Frick Coal Company corner card.
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Cover #29508
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Aug 8, 22
by rkmatta
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Cover Type: USA domestic stampless
Postmark: 1895-01-30
Origin: Hammondton, New Jersey, USA
Destination: Haddonfield, New Jersey, USA
Description: Hammondton, NJ Jan. 30, 1895 cds on postal card (UX7) with pre-printed address to New Orleans crossed out. “Philadelphia City” RPO cds on r...
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Cover #29507
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Aug 8, 22
by rkmatta
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Cover Type: Foreign origin, inbound to USA with foreign stamp(s)
Postmark: 1951-10-29
Origin: Naha, Ryukyu Islands, Rhode Island, JAPAN
Destination: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Description: 1st issue airmail stamps under US administration, handstamped "Special Delivery".
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Cover #29506
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Aug 8, 22
by rkmatta
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: c.1955
Origin: USA
Destination: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Description: 5c postage due paying special 3rd class postage for return of hotel key.
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Cover #29505
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Aug 8, 22
by rkmatta
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Cover Type: Foreign origin, inbound to USA with foreign stamp(s)
Postmark: 1881-10-14
Origin: MALTA
Destination: NewYork, New York, USA
Description: Great Britain 2 1/2 pence with Malta "A25" cancel. 10c US postage due.
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Cover #29504
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Aug 8, 22
by rkmatta
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1880-04-24
Origin: Hope, Indiana, USA
Destination: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Description: Allover advertising cover for the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies, short-paid by 3c with postage due. Fancy "Anchor" cancel.
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Cover #29503
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Aug 8, 22
by rkmatta
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1897-02-01
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Destination: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Description: Short-paid cover with Detroit White Lead Works corner card and collar.
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Cover #29502
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Aug 8, 22
by rkmatta
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1906-09-11
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Description: 2c regular issue used to forward cover from US (New York) to China back to the US (Boston), a round trip that took approximately 2 months. “U...
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Cover #29501
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Aug 8, 22
by rkmatta
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Cover Type: Foreign origin, inbound to USA with foreign stamp(s)
Postmark: 1926-01-02
Origin: San Jose, COSTA RICA
Destination: Gatun, USA
Description: A special flight was made from Cristobal, CZ to San Jose, Costa Rica on Dec. 29, 1925 via U.S. Army Air Service plane No. 41. A return trip was...
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Cover #29500
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Aug 8, 22
by rkmatta
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1894-02-14
Origin: Utica, New York, USA
Destination: Utica, New York, USA
Description: Large Valentine's Day envelope short-paid for double-weight.
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Cover #29499
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Aug 4, 22
by paulorgantech
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: c.1863-06-28
Origin: Stratford, Connecticut, USA
Destination: New York City, New York, USA
Description: US Scott 63 and 76 pay double the regular domestic rate on an interstate cover.
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Cover #29498
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Aug 2, 22
by tankcurator
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Cover Type: USA domestic stampless
Postmark: 1850-02-04
Origin: San Francisco, California, USA
Destination: Newburgh, New York, USA
Description: Manila envelope marked with two black strikes of "40" inside a rounded rectangle, paying the 1st class fee from California to New York state. S...
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Cover #29497
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Jul 11, 22
by frajola
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Cover Type: Foreign (other)
Postmark: 1891-10-14
Origin: USPO Shanghai, USA
Destination: Shanghai, CHINA
Description: [Shanghai Local Post Subscriber's Card, lilac on cream, Livingston #SC5] preprinted text for United States Postal Agency for delivery of short p...
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Cover #29496
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Jun 26, 22
by thebugdoc
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1989-04-19
Origin: U.S. Navy (USS Taylor, USA
Destination: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Description: Certified Official Mail from the USS Taylor (FFG-50), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, with postage paid with two $1 Official mail stamps (...
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Cover #29494
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Jun 26, 22
by thebugdoc
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1992-06-08
Origin: U.S. Navy (USS Kirk), USA
Destination: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Description: U.S. Navy Registered Mail letter from the USS Kirk, with postage paid by the $5 modern official mail stamp. Registry Service rate at the time wa...
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Cover #29493
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Jun 25, 22
by paulorgantech
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1857-05
Origin: USA
Destination: Iowa Hill, California, USA
Description: US Scott 26, 24 uprate U9 to pay the trans Rocky Mountain rate to California.
Iowa Hill was founded as a mining town in the 1850's and has remai...
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Cover #29492
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Jun 17, 22
by nomad55
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Cover Type: Foreign origin, inbound to USA stampless
Postmark: 1863-12-02
Origin: Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM
Destination: Hamilton, Missouri, USA
Description: England to a Confederate Officer in Missouri. Small registered cover with mourning border from Manchester, England, routed via Liverpool and add...
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Cover #29491
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Jun 28, 22
by frajola
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1862-03-18
Origin: Camp Van Buren, Murfreesborough, Tennessee, USA
Destination: Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Description: Patriotic cover and lettersheet used by a Corporal in the 44th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, John A. McKee, serving in Tennessee, entered the mails w...
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Cover #29490
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Jun 12, 22
by kimberlee
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1910-01-24
Origin: Buffalo, New York, USA
Destination: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Description: Hotel Statler Advertising Cover sent from Buffalo, NY on January 24, 1910 with a duplex handstamp CDS 3:30 PM addressed to Sporting Editor, Scra...
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Cover #29489
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Jun 12, 22
by paulorgantech
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: c.1863-09-07
Origin: Keene, New Hampshire, USA
Destination: Walpole, New Hampshire, USA
Description: US Scott U50 is uprated with Scott 63 to pay the standard 3 cent rate on this intrastate cover. Despite the overlap of the stamp on the edge, it...
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Cover #29488
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Jun 12, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1892-04-04
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: Berlin, GERMANY
Description: 1887 4c carmine on oriental buff postal entire (U326) with 1890 3c purple (221) and 6c brown red strip-of-three (224) Small Bank Notes tied by N...
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Cover #29487
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Jun 12, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1894-01-23
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: Postau, Bavaria, GERMANY
Description: 1890 15c indigo (227) and 30c black (228) Small Bank Notes with 3c green (232) and 10c black brown (237) Columbians tied by New York oval cancel...
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Cover #29486
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Jun 11, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1895-05-03
Origin: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Destination: Funchal, MADIERA ISLANDS
Description: 1875 Taylor 5c blue, die 2, on white postal entire (U177) with 1893 8c lilac Small Bank Note (225) tied by "Baltimore Md. Reg." oval cancel, New...
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Cover #29485
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Jun 11, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1892-03-19
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: London, UNITED KINGDOM
Description: 1887 5c blue on white postal entire (U330) with 1890 15c indigo Small Bank Note (227) tied by New York Reg oval cancels, "New York, N.Y. Reg'y D...
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Cover #29484
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Jun 11, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1891-06-13
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: London, UNITED KINGDOM
Description: 1890 90c orange Small Bank Note (229) tied by New York registry ovals, "New York N.Y. Reg'y. Div. 6-13 1891" double-oval datestamp on blue lin...
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Cover #29483
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Jun 5, 22
by paulorgantech
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1861-01-17
Origin: New York City, New York, USA
Destination: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Description: US Scott U9 pays the regular mail rate, with US Scott 24 added to pay the carrier rate to the mails.
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Cover #29482
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Jun 4, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1890-12-10
Origin: San Francisco, California, USA
Destination: Bruxelles (Brussels), BELGIUM
Description: 1890 6c brown red Small Bank Note (224), 3c purple (221) and 4c dark brown (222), tied by cork cancels on 1884 2c brown postal entire (U277) to ...
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Cover #29481
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Jun 4, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1893-01-10
Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Destination: Husi, ROMANIA
Description: 1890 4c dark brown Small Bank Note pair (222) tied by Philadelphia ovals on registered cover to Husi, Romania, purple "Philadelphia, Pa. Regis...
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Cover #29480
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Jun 4, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1891-05-08
Origin: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Destination: Wien (Vienna), AUSTRIA
Description: 1890 10c Green (226). horizontal pair, used with horizontal pair of 3c Purple (221)and 4c Dark Brown (222), tied by registry ovals, purple "Regi...
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Cover #29479
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Jun 4, 22
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1890-10-04
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: Berlin, GERMANY
Description: 1890 90c orange Small Bank Note (229) horizontal strip-of-three, used with 15c indigo (227) and 30c black (228), tied by New York registry oval...
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Cover #29478
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Jun 4, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1892-09-02
Origin: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Destination: Himmelpforten, GERMANY
Description: 1890 6c brown red Small Bank Note (224), horizontal pair, used with 1c dul blue (219), tied by Cincinnati registry ovals on 2c green Grant Lette...
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Cover #29477
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Jun 4, 22
by paulorgantech
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: c.1863-01-07
Origin: Forsyth, Georgia, USA
Destination: Griffin, Georgia, USA
Description: CSA Scott 12 pays the Standard Confederate States rate for an intrastate cover. Turned cover, inside use of CSA Scott 12 from VA to Georgia. Hu...
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Cover #29476
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Jun 4, 22
by paulorgantech
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: c.1861
Origin: New York City, New York, USA
Destination: Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Description: Four copies of US Scott 63 pay the standard letter rate, plus NY City carrier rate on this interstate cover.
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Cover #29475
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Jun 4, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1890-05-08
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: Hamburg, GERMANY
Description: 1890 6c brown red Small Bank Note (224). Horizontal pair, tied by New York registry ovals and used with 1c dull blue (219) on 2c green on orient...
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Cover #29474
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Jun 4, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1890-07-16
Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Destination: Narbonne, FRANCE
Description: 1890 4c Dark Brown Small Bank Note (222). Used with 5c Chocolate (223), 6c Brown Red (224) and 10c Green (226), tied by registry oval cancels, ...
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Cover #29473
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Jun 4, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1891-03-06
Origin: Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
Destination: Seoul, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Description: 1890 5c Chocolate Small Bank Note (223) tied by quartered cork, "Fort Leavenworth Kan. Mar. 6" (1891) circular datestamp on 3c Green entire to...
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Cover #29472
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May 29, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1893
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: New York, New York, USA
Description: 1893 1c deep blue Columbian postal entire (U348) "New York, N.Y. 1893" machine cancel, locally addressed. Third class printed matter rate, evide...
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Cover #29471
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May 22, 22
by longbert
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Cover Type: USA domestic stampless
Postmark: 1864
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: New York, New York, USA
Description: Good morning (in Italy).
I don't have the United States Postal Stationery catalog so I ask my friends on the forum to help me identify this cove...
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Cover #29470
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May 20, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1892-11-28
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
Description: 1886 2c green Grant letter sheet (U293) with 1890 3c purple Small Bank Note (221) tied by "New York Nov 28 92" duplex postmark, addressed to Lau...
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Cover #29469
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May 19, 22
by tankcurator
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1878-08-08
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Destination: London ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Description: Pair of Scott's US #158 3-cent Green tied to commercial cover with black killer. Single strike of Chicago IL cds dated AUG 8. Upper right corne...
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Cover #29468
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May 17, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1892-03-03
Origin: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Destination: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Description: 1890 2c carmine Small Bank Note (220) tied by "Boston, Mass. Mar 3 1892" machine cancel on cover to Wilkes Barre, Pa. Corner card of American Le...
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Cover #29467
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May 16, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1894-07-10
Origin: San Francisco, California, USA
Destination: Fresno, California, USA
Description: Bicycle Mail Route, 1894, 25c green, retouched die (12L2) tied by purple double bar cancel on cover to Fresno, additionally franked by 1890 2c c...
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Cover #29466
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May 15, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1892-09-17
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: Annonay, FRANCE
Description: 1890 15c indigo Small Bank Note (227) tied by New York Reg oval cancel on registered cover to Annonay, France. "New York, N.Y. Reg'y Div. 9-17 1...
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Cover #29465
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May 15, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1892-02-18
Origin: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Destination: Pirna, GERMANY
Description: 1890 15c indigo Small Bank Note (227) tied by Baltimore MD oval cancel on registered cover to Pirna, near Dresden, Germany. Red "Registered Feb ...
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Cover #29464
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May 15, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1895-03-11
Origin: New York, New York, USA
Destination: Floral Park, Queens County, New York, USA
Description: 1893 8c lilac Small Bank Note (225) and Columbian 2c brown violet (231) tied by New York Reg oval cancels on registered cover to Floral Park, Qu...
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Cover #29463
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May 15, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1898-03-08
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Destination: Concord, New Hampshire, USA
Description: 1894 5c blue postal entire (U334) with 6c brown red Small Bank Note (224) and 1c blue (264) tied by smudge cancels with "Registered. Mar 8 1898,...
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Cover #29462
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May 15, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1894-02-23
Origin: Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Destination: Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Description: 1890 5c chocolate Small Bank Note (223) tied by "Hartford, Conn. Feb 23 1894" machine cancel on cover to Sao Paulo, Brazil. "Rio De Janeiro 28 M...
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Cover #29461
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May 15, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Postmark: 1891-09-28
Origin: National Stock Yards, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
Destination: Lebanon, Illinois, USA
Description: "National Stock Yards Ill. Sep 28 1891" duplex postmark tying 1890 2c carmine Small Bank Note (220) on cover to Lebanon, Ills., with backstamp.
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Cover #29460
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May 8, 22
by dwsnow
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Cover Type: USA outbound stampless
Postmark: 1859-12-09
Origin: San Francisco, California, USA
Destination: Vergt, Dordogne Department, FRANCE
Description: "San Francisco Cal. Paid Dec 9, 1859" red circular datestamp on buff cover addressed to Vergt, France. Endorsed "Overland Mail", Paid 15c single...
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