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New York Postmaster Provisional Covers, 1845-46


"My Darling Leila": A Confederate Civil War Cover from 1863


Chickering & Sons Pianos, 1859

A Trio of Mini-Covers from the 19th Century

The Royal E. House Collection


“Our Dear Ella”: A Civil War Soldier's Letter from 1863


A Civil War Patriotic Cover from 1862 Addressed to a Future Wisconsin US Senator

The Inventor of the Clay Pigeon, 1887


A Mystery Item Postmarked Rome, California Circa 1870s


Registered Mail from 1873


An Early Usage of a Stamped Envelope Circa 1854


A Cover Sent from New Orleans to Germany, 1868


A Letter to the Founder of Rockford University, 1860


A "Blood's Dispatch" Item from Philadelphia Circa 1850


Sheriff, Former Farmer, Dies of Pistol Shot Wound! News at 11!


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


An Attractive Columbian Cover from 1896


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


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