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"Historian and Hobbiest" and the Independent Order of Good Templars, 1895
This advertising cover was sent from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Greene, Maine sometime in the spring of 1895. In Figure 1, you can just make...
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1888 Advertising Cover from Rochester "Flower City" New York
This advertising cover was sent on December 17, 1888, from Rochester, New York to Cobbleskill (or Cobleskill), New York, a small town...
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A Patriotic Cover from the Civil War, Sender Unknown
This patriotic cover from the Civil War is franked with a 3-cent US Scott Catalog #65 and was postmarked in Washington, DC on June 30,...
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A Lawyerly Spat from 1840 England
At the same time that Great Britain issued the first ever adhesive postage stamp (the Penny Black - see this post: A Naturalist, A Prize...
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An 1848 Letter from Wisconsin Territory to New York City
The Territory of Wisconsin existed from July 3, 1836, until May 29, 1848, when Wisconsin became the 30th state. This is one of only four...
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