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A Personally Special George Washington FDC from 1982
First Day Covers (FDCs) are a popular collecting item. Some collectors focus on a single stamp and acquire as many different cachets as...
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The Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee, 1908
The Pfister Hotel is a luxury hotel in Milwaukee. The vision of businessman Guido Pfister and his son, Charles, the Pfister was dubbed...
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A 1928 Airmail Cover from One Sporting Goods Dealer to Another
The Post Office began to transport mail via plane, i.e., "airmail," as early as 1911, but official airmail service didn't commence until...
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A Cover from the Ghost of Philatelist Gustave B. Calman, 1901
As a stamp collector, it's fun to come upon correspondence between renown philatelists of the past. One such cover in my collection was...
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A Famous Philatelist's Letter from 1909
The Schuyler J. Rumsey Philatelic Auction on August 26, 2022, had the following lot for sale: 1909, 2¢ Alaska-Yukon, imperf. Tied, along...
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Anyone for a Pabst Blue Ribbon?
Someone at Pabst Brewing sent this envelope to William J. Langson, Secretary of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce on April 17, 1900. The...
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Allis Chalmers Factory Circa 1911
Both my father and grandfather worked their entire careers on the assembly line and as inspectors at the Allis Chalmers factory in West...
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