1756/1846: Collection of 25 pre-philatelic stampless covers with a good variety of US Post Offices and handstamps, from a 1756 New York-New Haven letter with "NEW/YORK" two-liner in black to 1844/45 'Washington Railroad' and 'Housatomic Railroad' letters and an 1846 Baltimore-Hagerstown "PAID" letter, with a lot of interesting items like Trans-Atlantic mail (as 1768 letter from Ireland to Williamsburg bearing red "PHILA/DELPHIA" 2-liner), ship mail (as 1796 Portsmouth to Boston letter, or red "Steam-Packet Franklin, Lake Champlain, Capt. R.W. Sherman" circular h/s on 1833 Port Kent-New York letter), an interesting 1795 Salem-Boston letter addressed to the French Consul in Boston, sent by two Frenchmen deported to the isles of Guadeloupe and St. Lucia, and many other interesting letters with various handstamps, charge marks, etc. (M) (Image)