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A Famous and Not-So-Famous Drug Company from 1894

These two covers were sent from Baltimore, Maryland to the same address in Lowell, Massachusetts - "J.C. Ayer Co." - just one week apart...

An Attractive Columbian Cover from 1896

This is a nice cover to highlight even though I have no clue who sent it. The cover has 2-cents worth of postage, which was the letter...

Is It "Soda" or Is It "Pop"? A Milwaukee ("Soda") to Iowa ("Pop") Business Cover from 1893

On January 1, 1893, the US Postal Service released its first-ever commemorative stamps, i.e., stamps issued to celebrate a specific event...

"Historian and Hobbiest" and the Independent Order of Good Templars, 1895

This advertising cover was sent from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Greene, Maine sometime in the spring of 1895. In Figure 1, you can just make...

1888 Advertising Cover from Rochester "Flower City" New York

This advertising cover was sent on December 17, 1888, from Rochester, New York to Cobbleskill (or Cobleskill), New York, a small town...