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Holes in Stamps That Are A-OK

Stamp collectors do not like stamps with imperfections, such as holes, but there is an exception and that is for stamps that purposefully...

Signed First Day Covers from the Wisconsin Tercentenary Issue of 1934

(This post was published in the May-June 2023 issue of First Days (No. 470, pp. 42-49), the journal of the American First Day Cover...

Airmail Cover from Salt Lake City to New York, 1926

Today, first-class mail is often carried by planes, but before 1977, air mail was a distinct service from first-class mail, and a sender...

Chickering & Sons Pianos, 1859

This cover (Figure 1) was postmarked in Conway, New Hampshire on August 15, 1859, and was addressed to Colonel Thomas E. Chickering of...

A Trio of Mini-Covers from the 19th Century

Today, the smallest postcard or envelope that you can mail through the US Postal Service has to measure at least 5 inches long and 3-1/2...