A Heartfelt Letter from a Civil War Soldier - Oh Yeah, and a Fancy CancelA popular collecting area are stamps cancelled with "fancy cancels." These are stamps from the 19th century that were hand cancelled with...
Hugh Nelson McAllister - A Pennsylvanian Who Deserves to be RememberedOn the surface, the folded letter in Figure 1 is not all that remarkable. There are, of course, only about 11,500 covers and folded...
"First Air Mail to Arrive in New York from the East": Close But No CigarThe 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...