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A Civil War Patriotic Cover from 1862 Addressed to a Future Wisconsin US Senator
(This was published in the Badger Postal History , Volume 64, Number 2, November 2024. A PDF is attached.) Many covers with patriotic...
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Airmail, Registered, Special Delivery First Day Washington Bicentennial Cover, 1932
This first day cover from 1932 has a lot going on. Let's start with the stamps. On January 1, 1932, in celebration of George Washington's...
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"Hitler is a Schickelgruber!", 1943
In addition to fighting on the land, in the air, and on the sea during World War 2, the combatants also were engaged in a propaganda war...
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Stampless "Steam Boat" Letter to New York State Comptroller from the Future Bank of America, 1836
The steamboat was the invention of Robert Fulton, an American engineer. In 1807, his steamboat, the North River Steamboat or the...
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Bankers' Correspondence London-Edinburgh, 1791
This is the oldest item in my collection: A stampless folded letter - probably better described as a self-made envelope - from 1791. As...
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