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[POSTAL HISTORY]

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[POSTAL HISTORY]
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>[POSTAL HISTORY] </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>A collection of eight early postal collectibles. 1) ALS “<i>Walter Stewart</i>,” 3pp with address leaf stamped “6 MR” and manual postal amount, 4to, Philadelphia, Mar. 6, 1792. To Major Wm. Alexander, Carlisle [PA]. 2) ALS “<i>R. Bells</i>”, 3pp with integral address panel with place, date and postal amount, 4to, Jun. 28, 1832. To his sister, Emily Bells, Johnston, OH. 3) ALS, 1p with integral address panel, 4to, Rockville, MD, Aug. 28, 1830. To William and David Hough, Lewiston, PA. 4) ALS, “<i>W. N. Lyster</i>”, 3pp with integral leaf address panel with several English postmarks, 4to, Liverpool and Wexford, May 29 and Jun 5, 1849. To Miss Trowbridge, Detroit. Contains poem “The Ship on Fire” and a missive from the Reverend to a former parishioner. 5) ALS, “<i>Peter Augustus Jay</i>,” son of Chief Justice John Jay, ½p memorandum with integral leaf address panel with date and postal marks, 4to, NY, Jan. 6, 1823. To H. Bleecher, Albany. 6) Envelope addressed to “<i>Rebecca M Haines care of Samuel Haines Bomery Savings Bank NY,</i>” 4¼"x2½", Philadelphia, hand stamped “<i>Blood’s Penny Post May 25, 1860.</i>” Colorful “<i>Blood’s Penny Post Philada.</i>” stamp affixed in left corner, with postmarked three cent US Postage stamp. 7) ALS “<i>Mother Miller,</i>” 1p with integral address panel, 4to, Salem, Jun. 30, 1850. With “<i>Blood’s One Cent Despatch</i>” [sic] stamp affixed, to her son Samuel Allen, Philadelphia. And lastly, 8) An “<i>American Letter Mail Co, 20 For A Dollar</i>” green eagle stamp.</span></p>