Letter from Joseph Farley, a member of the U.S. Water polo team to his mother written aboard the S.S. President Roosevelt while in the Amsterdam harbor during the 1928 Olympic Games. This four page letter (no accompanying envelope) is written on printed Olympic Team stationery and is dated July 23, 1928 and signed "Joe". In nice shape with 1" closed tear to the second leaf Our Price....$300.00
SOLD Very Rare Vintage "Henry" by Carl Anderson tobacco cards issued 1935 in sets of 50. J. WIX & SONS insert tobacco / cigarette cards VF-XF quality set of 50 cards. Our Price.....$325.00
Atlantis Speaks October 11, 1935 cover tied by ATLANTS labels & cancels Our Price....$20.00
1943 FREE soldiers mail from Ft. Custer, MI training center w/ cut out canceled Our Price....$25.00
1932 Olympic Stadium Pass for the Xth Olympiad in Los Angeles. Our Price....$225.00
REVERSE SIDE: 1932 Olympic pass.
Sc. 328 pasted on Sc. 300 & tied w/ 1907 flag cancel to Muscatine, IA & remailed to Davenport, IA. PPC of high school in El Reno, OK Our Price.....$35.00
Brooklyn, NY duplex cancel ties FANTASY Sc. 256 w/ SC.255 picture inserted in frame Our Price....$95.00
Faint ITHACA, NY duplex cancel tied on FANTASY envelope made up of old stamp newspaper and addressed to Dallas, TX & forwarded Our Price....$20.00
1936 Hutchinson Stamp Club illustrated cover w/ "BANQUET" overprint on #776 Our Price....$25.00
QSL card adverting from Seadrift, TX w/ FISH HOOK attached. Card w/ water damage, etc.... Unusual & unique Our Price....$15.00
1943 Soldier patriotic RE USED envelope w/ defense bond slogan meter cancel & patriotic labels tied. Interestomg multi-use & dual franking Our Price....$45.00
1929 Greensboro, NC "bisect" w/ auxiliary HELD FOR POSTAGE & UNCLAIMED Includes newspaper clipping Our Price......$225.00
Faint Feb 14, 1887 Marietta, GA cancel on cover w/ Fancy Greeting Card Insert Our Price....$35.00
Boston, MA dial cancel w/ cork killer cancel tied on Fancy embossed cover w/ GREETING CARD enclosure Our Price....$95.00
1891 St. Joseph, MO DOG LICENSE Our Price....$10.00
1957 colorful franking on air mail cover to Israel w/ Israeli Censor Marking & label on reverse Our Price...$15.00
Reverse side air mail cover w/ Israeli Censor Markings & label
1933 NEW YORK SUN 100th anniversary reproduction of newspaper which was insert in September 2, 1933 Cacheted cover. Our Price....$25.00
Photograph of a gambling den in a small Kansas town shows men sitting at tables and standing at the bar inside a Hutchinson, Kansas, "Recreation Center" Writing on the reverse side of photograph reads Wallace Utterbacks Recreation Pool Hall in Hutinshin (sic) Kans. Hutchinson News reported on March 14, 1951 that "For the second time in two weeks, police raided a a downtown poker Tuesday....and arrested....eight.....Police had previously moved in on a poker game in the adjacent taven..........casual check of local joints. Wallace Lloyd Utterback was charged with maintaining a place where gambling is allowed (and) Evertt Joe Bard was charged with opeating the game. Our Price....$185.00
1947-1948 ADAM K. BERT Stamp Dealer price list (40 page) . Foldout showing front / back. Our Price.....$15.00
Seasons Greetings card w/ the reverse side of Sc. 908 privately printed w. The Lord's Prayer and attached to the card. One of 163 stamps dealers who occupied 116 Nassau Street Our Price.....$25.00
Greeting card shows the sc. 908
Mint Post Office Department postal card w/ "Wanted" advertisement on reverse w/ photograph of the individual Our Price....$85.00
"Fake" coil tied on Portlalnd Rose Festival cover w/ Olympic label tied on flap Our Price....$35.00
Unusual usage of GREEN trading stamps from Oklahoma City w/ 3 labels tied (4th stamp removed) includes RETURNED FOR POSTAGE auxiliary Our Price.....$55.00
1941 Grand Rapids, MI dial cancel w/BUY DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS label Our Price....$45.00
WW I War Declared FORGERY purple April 6, 1917 Victory, VT on 2 cent pink w/ black Wilson cachet Our Price....$35.00
Sc. 656 tied w/ Trinity Station, NY on envelope RESURECTION OF JESUS CHRIST ( ex. Clyde Jennings) Our Price....$50.00
1940 request from Mexico to individual in USA regarding a Mexican buried treasure HOAX. Interesting message and a unique scheme from a prisoner in jail. Our Price.....$35.00
1939 Rock Island, IL postmaster signed cover w/ COMPLAINT regarding theft of pens at the post office. Our Price....$15.00
24 - 1/2 cent (12 cent) tied on Andover, MA cover. Interesting usage Our Price....$55.00
1951 Borger, TX machine cancel ties #850 single & pair w/ leader on first flight w/ Tulsa,OK b.s. Our Price.....$50.00
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