5c Red Brown, Strip of 3, tied by grids and red New York Paid 12 cds on small cover to Paris with Lancaster PA Dec 21 1863 cds. Straightline "PAID" wtih manuscript "15" and manuscript "Steamer from Boston for Liverpool" Boxed red PD. Calais receipt cds. Backflap missing.

"F." grill, single tied by blue segmented cork cancel with matching "Fishersville, N.H. Mar. 9" postmark on cover to Controcoville, N.H.

A Depot was a place where shipped goods were stored, often co-located with a railroad station. If a town grew up around it, that would then be the origin of the name.

Some railroad depots served as post offices. They accepted and cancelled mail and delivered it to the trains.

With a PF Certificate which states, "SINGLE, FANCY KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CROSS CANCELLATION, ON COVER FROM PHILADELPHIA TO WEST CHESTER, PA. AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT: IT IS A GENUINE USAGE."

1870 1c Ultramarine, tied by oval PORTLAND, ME with ornament in center negative cancel, on all over orange embossed advertising cover for GEORGE STINSON & CO PUBLISHERS, to Binghampton NY. Backflap unsealed, complete, stained. Corners bumped.

1870 1c Ultramarine, tied by negative AUGUSTA fancy cancel, on all over advertising cover for True & Co Publishers Augusta, Maine. Addressed to Sam'l May, Shohola Pike Co, Pennsylvania. Edge wear. Stains and small hole at right. Backflap open, complete.

1870 1c Ultramarine, tied by oval Portland, ME ornament in center negative fancy cancel, on all over green advertising cover for H. HALLETT & CO, PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS & ENGRAVERS. Addressed to Char. W. Davis, Chelsea, VT Box 233. Rcvd. 6 OCT 1880 on reverse.

Portland, Maine large negative fancy cancel, obliterates 1c Plimpton U116. Addressed to Chas A Carleton, Cumberland Mills.

THE FAST MAIL NY & CHIC R.P.P. CDS on Temperance Hotel, Syracuse, N.Y advertising cover

"CHICAGO ILL. AM PKT PAID" on reverse.

"New Orleans La. Ex. Sta. Mar 2" cds on illustrated cover for the North, Central & South American Exposition and addressed to A. W. Billie.

#R24 tied with manuscript cancel on yellow cover with manuscript "Livermore Ny/May 1864" postmark.

The “Due 6.” manuscript indicates that this cover was likely caught, held for postage, and then sent on to Waddington, NY.

Used during war time.

Ex Newman

Canceled by pen grid o Bradford, Ct with manuscript "196"

1852, 1¢ blue, type IV. Horizontal pair used with 3¢ dull red (11), tied by black grid cancels on folded letter sheet from New Orleans to France. Rated 5 cents for the Br. Packet Open Mail Rate. Manuscript "British Royal Mail" Horizontal fold goes through the 1c pair.

Weiss Certificate

Red Philadelphia,Pa/Paid/Jan 27, 1859 cds.
10 Feve 60/11 Feve 60/16 Feb 60 arrival stamps.

Manuscript “Poste restante”, which is a term used by the post office where the mail was kept and held for an agreed period until collected by the addressee.

Unlikely that it took a year in transit, with Phil cds Likely in error.

Louisville, KY and New York CDS. 26 UL corner off.

 Weiss Certificate

Datelined New Orleans 2 January 1861. Red Jan 8 New York 12 cds and black 22 Jan 1861 arrival handstamp with red framed "P.D." Manuscript "Steam Ship"

Red Jan 12 Boston paid 12 cds with oange Calias 25 Jan 64 arrival handstamp and red framed "P.D." Manuscript No 36"

Red Jan 12 Boston Paid 12 cds with manuscript "Via Liverpool Steamship." Black Boston Packet handstamp on reverse.

Red August New York 12 cds. Calais 27 Oct 1861 arrival datestamp with matching framed "P.D."

10c Type III, Strip of 3, on folded cover to Germany with red
Red N. York cds, and blue Prern & Co New Orleans oval handstamp. Various handstamps. Very rare.

Red Chicago AM.PKT.3 PAID and PAID AM MR 2660 LONDON.

Manuscript "via New York" and "Per Steamer Oct 20"
Boston Br. Pkt cds
London paid cds
Liverpool cds

24c Gray Lilac on cover to England. Black Rhode Island Feb 11 1861 cds with a clear strike of a red "19" credit handstamp.

38 vg to Berlin w/New York Am Pkt Paid 7 cds Aachen Franco (box). To Berlin, Prussia. Faults