1816 USA TRIPLE WAR RATE, a prepaid SFL from New-York on JAN29-1816 to Albany-NY with the War of 1812 triple tax rate of 76½¢ still in effect (3 x 25½¢ per ½ oz), sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $200, VF est ($75+ US) (Image)

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1899 BOER WAR "MAIL SUSPENDED", a USA 5¢ UPU rated cover from Bennett-PA on OCT2-1899 and addressed to the Simmer-Jack Mining Company in Boer controlled Germantown (South-Africa Republic), redirected to Cape-Town on FEB13-1900 with a purple MAIL SERVICE SUSPENDED handstamp was applied and returned to sender via the Washington-DC Foreign-Division-DLO on APR 21st, arrived back in Bennett on APR 23rd, a rare 200 day routing sleeved and priced 20 years ago at $300, VF est ($100+ US) (Image)

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1950 USA NAVAL BATTLE PAINTING FOLIO (x26), fabulous 16" x 20" color reproductions of the famous naval battles from the 1876 War of Independence, the War of 1812, the 1862 Civil War, 1898 Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, and the Korean War, reproductions from the US Maritime Museum, US Naval Academy, Department of the Navy, the Roosevelt Collection, US Navy Combat Art Collection ++, a lovely frame-able group in extra-fine condition, in the original mailing package, retails over $300, VF est ($50+ US) (Image)

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