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NEW MATERIAL JUST IN...  


THE WISCONSIN RIVER VALLEY COLLECTION
The beautiful block below is just one of the many stamp and postal history items from this fabulous collection just purchased by us. CLICK NOW to see the full array of this material.


 
NEW PUBLICATIONS...
3 Great New Books!
 

United States Patriotic
Envelopes of World War II

By Lawrence Sherman $75.00

Chicago Postal Markings
and Postal History

By Leonard Piszkiewicz $75.00

Passed By Army Censor
By Richard W. Helbock $45.00
Click to see full information on the above three new books from our own press.


News & Specials 




63-E11c to 72-E7e Complete set of Premiere
Gravure (First Design) India plate proofs

A complete set of the eight values as listed in Scott. Rich color, nice even margins, a fault free perfect set. Would take years to build this set one item at a time. Both the 24c and 30c values have PF certificates. (EP49-11) $3,250.00 
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We pay very competitive prices for U.S. essays, proofs, fancy cancels, 19th century covers & stamps, plus philatelic literature! Call us at (847) 462-9130 or E-Mail Us Now. We'll respond immediately.
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Special Announcement:

We are gradually uploading to our site our entire essay and proof stock. The project is 65% complete. Those pages that are complete will give you a "page-last-updated" date in the upper left corner in green.

New Pages!

    See the new dies added to the American Bank Note Company Essays & Proofs page.
    Also, our new South Carolina Postal History page.

Click at left to read our latest Special Weekly E-Mail Newsletter, a bulletin sent to all of our clients and friends.


The links below will take you to the pages that make up part of our Weekly E-Mail Newsletter...
Postal History Page Essays & Proofs Page
Recent Literature Releases

 

Unsold One-of-a-Kind
from past weeks
 

Announcing:
Our Own Publications now have
a special page on our site.

Click here to see our growing list of books published under our own imprint---plus the wonderful selection of works written by Richard W. Helbock.

KENT WILSON'S FIRST BUREAU ISSUE POSTAL HISTORY. A broad selection of wonderful postal history from this issue.

CHICAGO POSTAL HISTORY
See our nice stock from the famed Seymour Stiss collection of great Chicago covers.


Beauft’ s c 21 Jnr 1815 –
typeset straight-line



FLS with Beaufort, SC typeset straight-line cancel, rated at 12 ½ and going to Lt. Col. Robert Hayne in Charleston. Letter refers to a financial transaction. The letteer is datelined January 21, 1815 which is 15 days earlier than the listing in the American Stampless Cover Catalog.  This letter is in a marvelous state of preservation considering that it is almost 200 years old. (PH50-01) $1,000.00
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Unique (and amazing) Die Essays and Proofs
of the Jamestown and Lexington-Concord Issues!




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The latest issue of our unique bi-monthly newsletter is now available online. It contains lots of special philatelic news...plus some very important offers from our huge stock.
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