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Two Letters to Charles Earl Carpenter, Ice Baron, 1844 and Circa 1863
We take ice for granted. As Amy Brady writes in Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks - A Cool History of a Hot Commodity, "Ice is...
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A Civil War-era Fancy Cancel - Oh Yeah, and a Heartfelt Letter from a Union Soldier
When it comes to Civil War postal history, I would describe myself as a dabbler. I don’t specialize in this period, but occasionally I...
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First Transcontinental Airmail Involving Night Flying
Update: This article was published in the American Air Mail Society's Air Post Journal for June-July 2024. A copy of this article is...
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Hugh Nelson McAllister - A Pennsylvanian Who Deserves to be Remembered
On the surface, the folded letter in Figure 1 is not all that remarkable. There are, of course, only about 11,500 covers and folded...
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"First Air Mail to Arrive in New York from the East": Close But No Cigar
The cover shown in Figures 1 and 2 caught my attention when it was offered at auction in July 2023. I had heard of the recipient Edward...
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