MGJ Postal History

Stampless Covers, Stampless Folded Letters, Stamped Covers, Postal History, Stamps, Philatelic Literature and Ephemera, United States and Worldwide for sale

Hello and Welcome to MGJ Postal History

We are offering for sale a wide variety of covers—from stampless covers to First Day Covers, from the very old, to contemporary. While we primarily sell covers, you will also find stamps, other postal items and interesting ephemera for sale. We hope you enjoy the site and visit often. We welcome your comments.

Posted are just some of the items in our inventory. Feel free to email us with requests from your want list.

I am a life member of the American Philatelic Society and am a member of the Society’s estate advisory service. I am also a member and volunteer at the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum in Weston, Massachusetts. In addition, I am a licensed, bonded auctioneer in Massachusetts.

Thank you,
Marc Jasmin

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FIRST DAY COVERS

WE HAVE LISTED SOME FIRST DAY COVERS INDIVIDUALLY ON THE SITE. HOWEVER, WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE STOCK OF FIRST DAY COVERS -- FROM EARLY TO THE 1990S. MOST EARLY COVERS HAVE CACHETS. OUR STOCK INCLUDES REGULAR ISSUES, COMMEMORATIVES, AIR MAILS, SPECIAL DELIVERY COVERS AND MORE. PLEASE EMAIL YOUR WANT LISTS TO MGJPOSTALHISTORY@POST.COM AND WE WILL SEND IMAGES AND INFORMATION OF ITEMS WE HAVE THAT MATCH YOUR NEEDS.

SEARCHING THE SITE

The site has been created to be very user friendly. Just go to the search box and enter information about what you are looking for. A general term like “stampless covers" or "stampless folded letter” will bring up our entire stock of stampless covers and letters. Entering a community name, or a state, will bring up only those items with those words in the headline.

CLICK ON AN ITEM HEADLINE AND OPEN THAT SPECIFIC ITEM. IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SCANS INCLUDED WITH THE ITEM, THEY WILL OPEN AT THAT TIME. We encourage you to investigate the site and find hidden treasures for your collection or investment.

	Description	Price
	AUSTRIA: OFFICES IN TURKEY EARLY OVERPRINTS ON CONSTANTINOPLE REGISTERED COVER Scott #34 and #35 stamps on this cover. Note that one stamp is missing. Registered cover to Boston MA from P deAndria & Co. The company motto was "A splendid collection of Turkish carpets, excellent in style and quality”. Note seal on the back.	$50.00
	IRELAND: 1986 STATESMEN SERIES UNADDRESSED FIRST DAY CACHET COVER Clean unaddressed first day cover.	$5.00
	MONGOLIA 1980 SOUVENIR COVER WITH TWO GOOD STAMPS. SEE SCANS. Clean cachet cover.	$5.00
	RYUKYU ISLANDS: 3 FIRST DAY COVERS - 1969 AND 1971. SEE SCANS. Fresh and clean.	$10.00
	CANADA: SCOTT UX3 POSTAL CARDS MINT AND USED. SEE SCANS Two very fine examples of this historic postal card.	$15.00
	FRANCE: MONTS INDRE et LOIRE 1937 DUKE OF WINDSOR WEDDING FIRST DAY COVER In addition to being an attractive cover, it is franked by a desirable Scott #B46 semipostal stamp.	$15.00
	GERMANY: AMERICAN ZONE CENSOR COVER TO NEW YORK CITY. SCOTT #556 1 MARK STAMP Light postmark along with censor mark and appropriate tape.	$10.00
	MASSACHUSETTS: GREENFIELD 1942 BOSTON & MAIN RAILROAD COVER WITH PERFIN STAMPS 10ct Prexy pair and Liberty Defense single all with B&M railroad perfins on official railroad cover with corner card. In addition, registered mail cover. Cover addressed to Belmont, MA. No content.	$10.00
	NEW HAMPSHIRE: HANOVER 1830 CHAS. HADDOCK TO BOSWELL STEVENS STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER This stampless folded letter is addressed to Boswell Stevens. A prominent member of the Pembroke, NH, community, he was a lawyer and one of the founding fathers of Pembroke Academy (still in operation today). He was a friend of, and corresponded with Daniel Webster. The sfl was sent by Charles B. Haddock. See bio below. Significant historic postal history item. No content in sfl. Charles Brickett Haddock was a New Hampshire educator, author, politician and civil servant. Fresh and clean cover with excellent, full Hanover postmark. Haddock's mother Abigail was a sister of Daniel Webster. Haddock graduated from Dartmouth College in 1816 and at Andover Seminary in 1819. He returned to Dartmouth, where he was professor of rhetoric and belles lettres from 1819 until 1838, when he became professor of intellectual philosophy and political economy until 1854. He was chargé d'affaires for the United States in Portugal from 1850 until 1854. Except for his time in Portugal, he served as a Congregationalist minister in Windsor, White River, Norwich, West Lebanon, and Quechee.[1] Thoroughly versed in public law, he represented Hanover[2] for four years as a Whig in the New Hampshire legislature. There he introduced and carried the present common-school system of the state, and was the first school commissioner under that system. He was a promoter of railroad construction in New Hampshire.	$100.00
	MASSACHUSETTS: 1873 CAPE ANN FISH STORE RECEIPT - DRY & PICKLED FISH + POSTCARD Historic document from Cape Ann Fish Storem George F. Brown Agent. Item is excellent condition. Bonus: contemporary Cape Ann postcard included.	$25.00