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"How Many Hides Has a Cow?" A DuPont Ad Cover from 1918
Not many American companies can trace back their roots more than 200 years. DuPont is one of those. Organized in 1802 in Delaware - where...
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Unusual Use of "Parcel Post Postage Due" Stamps from 1913
(This article was published in The United States Specialist, March 2024, Vol. 95, No. 3, Whole Number 1129, pp. 113-114. A PDF is...
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“Our Dear Ella”: A Civil War Soldier's Letter from 1863
This is a Civil War-era cover that includes the original letter from a Union solider to his wife. The cover (Figures 1 and 2) has a...
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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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