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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...
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Cover Postmarked on D-Day, June 6, 1944
This cover was postmarked in Augusta, Georgia on June 6, 1944. That was the date Allied forces landed at Normandy, a day known as...
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Cover Sent from the USS Iowa Anchored in Tokyo Bay at the End of World War II
(This article was published in the Airpost Journal, April 2024, Vol. 95, No. 4, Whole No. 1126, pp. 144-146. A PDF of the published...
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"Rail Road Car" Stampless Letter from a Husband to His Wife, 1841
In the early 1840s, railroads were a very new form of transportation in the US. The first common carrier railroad in the US was the...
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The Royal E. House Collection
Early in 2023, I purchased at auction a box full of covers. I don't know the exact number, but it was certainly more than a couple of...
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