3 USA CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS LETTERS 1861-1864, all better including an unpaid 1861 "US CHRISTIAN COMMISSION" stationery cover from Chaplin A. Roe of the 102nd New York Volunteers Regiment, written for a soldier and addressed to Sarah at LANGFORD-MASS with 3¢ single deficiency postage due, also an 1862 unpaid letter written for a soldier by a Colonel in the New Jersey Volunteers Regiment, posted at WASHINGTON-DC and addressed to BLOOMFIELD-NJ with a single deficiency 3¢ postage due, plus an 1864 cover from soldier Albert Patter located at the PATERSBURG-VA Army Camp then posted at WASHINGTON-DC, a copy of the letter is enclosed (the soldier related consignor kept the original), it describes building a fort near the enemy lines with daily incoming shells, soldiers dying from the poor sulfur contaminated water and the heat, rebel raids into Maryland with General Grant dispatching troops to counter ++, scarce items all sleeved, described in detail, and priced conservatively to over $410 US ($550 CDN), F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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97 USA COVERS & EPHEMERA 1878-1990's, includes lots of registered, special delivery, sea mail, Official parcel post, 20 different US Navy Submarine covers, sailors letters from the USS ANEIDA and USS BEAVER, 18 WWII USA pilot letters from APO-879 in China + Burma + India, a hand tinted real photo card showing the fire at CLE-ELUM-WASH, 2 Presidential Inauguration 1933 covers for Roosevelt and on 1971 cover for Eisenhower, a number of post office receipts, 1878-1901 cheques with war tax revenues, ship cancels noting A 1957 RMS CANADA during the Eastern Arctic Patrol, a 1935 MV FELTRE, 1949 MV SATURNIA ++, good lot retailing over $1300 US ($1750 CDN), F-VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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9 USA BUREAU ISSUE ADVERTISING COVERS 1912-1920, all with illustrated advertising and unchecked Washington-Franklin frankings, includes the AMERICAN SUGAR REFINERY at Boston, DIEM TOBACCO at Buffalo, LORILLARD CIGAR COMPANY at Jersey-City, WEINHARD HOTEL at Astoria (Oregon), HOTEL UTAH at Salt Lake City, HOTEL HAYWARD at Los Angeles, STOVER ENGINE COMPANY at Freeport (Illinois), KLEIN ELECTRIC MOTORS New York, DOCTOR GUILD ASTHMA & KIDNEY CURE at Rupert (Vermont), all are described and priced to over $525 US ($700 CDN), VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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