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"Earnest Request" from 1833 for a Minister at Fort Winnebago
I am a philatelist – a stamp collector. I like all aspects of philately, but I particularly enjoy acquiring old envelopes and letters not...
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A Missionary's Report from Green Bay to Philadelphia, 1826
This is how the catalog for the HR Harmer auction held October 26-27, 2022, described the item pictured in Figure 1: Green Bay M Ty 4...
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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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Sheriff, Former Farmer, Dies of Pistol Shot Wound! News at 11!
This cover from 1894 is beat up, but it has a neat train car-themed ad and a recipient who died of a pistol shot! It was mailed from...
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E-COM: An Early Form of Electronic Mail from the Post Office, 1984
This cover will not be found in the Scott catalog (if it were, it would definitely be a "back of book" item), but it was a step in the...
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