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WHY HAVE YOUR STAMPS EXPERTIZED??
by wrw1943( 5788)
The reason for expert certification is simple; it is to have an independent third party confirm and insure that the stamps you buy are genuine and "as described". Expert committees indentify stamps and...
Tags: expertization | stamps | certification | services
164 of 176 people found this guide helpful
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COLLECTING CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVERS
by wrw1943( 5788)
BACKGROUND; From the earliest days of the war between the States, designs began to appear on envelopes sold to the public which expressed various kinds of sentiments of patriotism and/or negative...
Tags: Civil War | Correspondence | Mail | Patriotic | Envelopes
104 of 106 people found this guide helpful
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20TH CENTURY FANCY CANCELLATIONS
by wrw1943( 5788)
INTRODUCTION; Possibly as many as 2,000 different fancy cancellations exist from the period between the early 1920s to the mid 1930s, but this area of fancy cancel collecting is often misunderstood. It is the...
Tags: fancy | cancellations | postal history | covers | cancels
86 of 90 people found this guide helpful
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COLLECTING ZEPPELIN COVERS
by wrw1943( 5788)
INTRODUCTION; The carraige of mail by airship began almost immediately with the earliest flights after the turn of the 20th century. The Zeppelin company soon realized that carrying mail, which appealed...
Tags: zeppelin | airship | postal history | flown | mail
57 of 60 people found this guide helpful
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NEW YORK FOREIGN MAIL CANCELS
by wrw1943( 5788)
INTRODUCTION; Some postmasters and clerks in 19th century U.S. post offices carved fancy designs to "cancel" stamps on mail they processed. Although the New York City post office had, by 1870, a long history...
Tags: Fancy Cancel | Postal History | Covers | Cancellations | United States
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CIVIL WAR SONG LETTERSHEETS
by wrw1943( 5788)
The Charles Magnus firm was the most prolific publisher of illustrated stationery during the Civil War, making envelopes, letterpaper, songsheets, maps, prints, games, playing cards and other items. The...
Tags: Civil War | Songsheets | Letterpaper | Patriotic | Covers
20 of 22 people found this guide helpful
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ADVERTISING AND ILLUSTRATED COVERS
by wrw1943( 5788)
INTRODUCTION; In 1845 an Act of Congress abolished postage rates based on the number of sheets used in forming a letter, thus began the widespead use of envelopes to send letters. Until that time envelopes...
Tags: Advertising | Illustrated | Postal History | Covers | Envelopes
18 of 20 people found this guide helpful
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ROSENTHAL REGIMENTAL CIVIL WAR COVERS
by wrw1943( 5788)
A series of oversize envelopes with Regimental designs were produced by the L.N. Rosenthal Lithographic Company of Philadelphia, with designs of various Army Camps depicted on the backs of the covers. These...
Tags: Civil War | Correspondence | Mail | Patriotic | Envelopes
14 of 16 people found this guide helpful
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PATRIOTIC SONG/POEM COVERS
by wrw1943( 5788)
The song/poem envelopes produced by J.A. Howells of Jefferson, Ohio during the 1860-1866 period are, because they often were used by soldiers writing home, extensively collected as an important area of Civil...
Tags: Civil War | Patriotic | Song | Poem | Covers
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