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Jan 31, 1873 registered cover from Bellows Falls, VT. to Chesterfield, N.H. Double 3 cents per half oz, domestic mail rate, plus 15 cents registry fee. Note the absence of any other registered mail postal markings except for the manuscript "Reg. No. 14" accountability notation. The 1c stamp and cover with stains.

The pair tied by "PORTCHESTER, N.Y. MAY 14" grid duplex cancel, with red "NEW YORK MAY 16 12" integral transit mark, and "JUNE 7, 1872" docketing. The cover with sealed tears at top and pieces of the back missing.

Stamp tied by "NEW YORK NOV. 22 (1870)" postmark on inbound folded letter from St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, to New York, aboard the U.S. and Brazil Mail Steamship Company packet North America, The stamp with a vertical crease ending in a piece missing at top.

"West Meriden, DE. Mar. 21 1873" " segmented duplex cancel, via packet "Henry Chauncey", and black "N. YORK STEAMSHIP MAR. 22" handstamp.

The letter is part of an extensive correspondence addressed to Lieutenant Frederick G. Hyde, then assigned aboard the U.S.S. Kansas, a steam and sail gunboat cruiser then on a survey expedition of the eastern Central American coast.

Matching "SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. APR. 28 (1871)" postmark on cover to Veray, Switzerland, with red "NEW YORK PAID ALL" transit mark. Single rate 10 cents per half oz, Swiss closed mail via England. The stamp with a diagonal crease at bottom right.

July 13, 1872 double rate cover from New York to Zurich, Switzerland, via England and Belgium.

This 10-segment circular grid cancel is one of only two recorded examples of Weiss type TR-G28 and is illustrated in his book on page 342. About 25mm in diameter, it may have begun as a 12-segment circular grid cancel and deteriorated through use to this state.

"CHICAGO, ILL. MAR. 20, 1871" circular datestamp with red Bremen transit mark. The stamp with soiling.

Black cork cancel and red "PHILAD. PAID ALL JUN 24 (1873)" on cover to Paris, France, with red London and black French transit marks, and red "PD" in oval. The stamp with small perf faults at right.

The printed address and blue double oval handstamp of Drexel, Harjes & Co. is that of a well-known forwarding agent that travelers and businessmen used for recipient services for letters from the U.S.

Stamps tied by quartered cork cancels with matching "RUTLAND, VT. OCT. 9" postmark, via steamer "Silesia". The 10c stamp with perf erosion due to placement over the cover edge.

The cover is part of the well-known correspondence to Rev. George Washburn.

Single tied by "NEW YORK MAR. 12, (1878)" duplex cancel, forwarded by U.S. Despatch Agent B.F. Stevens. The stamp with a corner crease at top left.

NYFM cancel on May 29, 1875 folded letter to Italy via England, red New York paid all transit mark. The stamp with gum stained perfs at right.

This letter was addressed to a naval lieutenant aboard the USS Gettysburg, a survey steamer operating in the Mediterranean Sea from 1877 through 1879.

"OXFORD, MASS. APR. 1, (1878) datestamp with red London transit mark.

This letter is part of a well-known numbered correspondence to an American naval officer, F.G. Hyde.

"SAN FRANCISCO CAL. JAN. 19, (1875)" datestamp. The cover roughly opened at right.

Matching "NEW ORLEANS, LA. FEB. 24, 1875" postmark with red "NEW YORK PAID ALL" transit mark. Both stamps with perf tip gum stains.

Stamp tied by blue target cancel with matching "STOCKTON, ME. AUG. 2, (1875)" on cover to Cuba via New York on steamer "City of Merion", black "NA1" in oval.

The Havana post office applied this large oval NA1 marking which denotes the single rate 1 real (equivalent to 12.5 US cents) internal postage due. The postage rate only paid for carriage to the Cuban frontier, with internal Cuban postage to be paid by addressee upon delivery. The overpayment of U.S. postage by the sender was likely a consequence of the previous month’s rate reduction for American packet mail service to Cuba from 10 cents to 5 cents per half oz, with this letter being franked for the old higher rate.

Advertising corner card for Alfred P. Sawyer Attorney and Counselor At Law in Lowell, Mass.

10c single tied by "SPRINGFIELD MASS. JUN. 21" circle of wedges duplex cancel on locally addressed cover addressed to the U.S. Armory, with "DUE 2" in circle handstamp. Postage due paid by 2c with manuscript cancel, and manuscript "PROPOSALS FOR ORDINANCE SUPPLIES". The 10c stamp damaged at top left, the 2c stamp oxidized, the cover stained and with spindle holes.

Stamps tied by "BOSTON, MASS. MAR. 7, 1882" duplex cancels on large "The Youth's Companion" corner cover to Tonawanda, Penn., paying 9x the 3c rate. The 2c stamp with perfs clipped at bottom the cover with wrinkles.

Both stamps tied by cork cancels with matching "BOSTON, MASS. REG. OCT 6" rimless registry cancel on Union Pacific Railway Co. envelope to McAlisterville, Penn. The 10c stamp with a corner crease at top left, the 3c stamp with a scuff at right center.

Stamps tied by "MARBLEHEAD, MASS. MAY 3,1881" quartered cork duplex cancels on registered illustrated advertising cover to Windham Center, Maine.

Stamps all tied by cork cancels with matching "FREEPORT, ILL JUN 25, 1880" on registered "Stover Wind Engine Company" advertising cover to Greencastle, PA.

Stamps tied by "NEW YORK MAR. 14, 1881" duplex cancel. The cover with . "VIA SAN FRANCISCO" and "TO BE FORWARDED" manuscript. Both stamps with faults.

Stamps tied by Philadelphia double oval registry cancels on May 4, 1926 cover to philatelic expert Dr. Emilio Diena in Rome, Italy.
This cover shows a very late usage of the 10 cent Jefferson of the Issue of 1879 both without and with secret mark.

Single tied by "SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL N.Y. MAR 24, 1880 PAID" duplex cancel.

Matching "WALPOLE, N.H. JUL 20 (1874)" postmark on cover to France, with red "PD" in oval, and New York and London transit marks, plus black French transit mark. The left stamp with faults at top due to placement over the cover edge.