P.  R.  R. NOV    3   1898 During the early 20th century the PRR was the most highly valued corporation in the world.  By the 1970s...

C.  H.  &  D. RY NOV  2   1899 The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway was based in the Ohio and was incorporated in 1846.  It...

ST. ANTHONY FALLS BANK NOV 2 1898 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN The stamp was likely used on a bank check. St. Anthony Falls Bank was taken over ...

ERIE RAILROAD CO. NOV 1 1900 NEW YORK The Erie Railroad operated in New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, ...

B.  &  G. OCT 31 1898 Denver

Circular Date Stamp: C. M. & ST. P. RY. CO. OCT 30 1900 Printed Cancel: C. M. & ST. P. RY. Stamp above has hyphen-hole ...

H. W. POWER OCT 29 1898 CLEVELAND, O.

E.  & T.  H.  R.  R. OCT 28 1899 XXX Route map for the Evansville and Terre Haute that includes routing for the L&N and the...

While I can't make out the entire cancel, there is enough here to determine the company that placed the cancel on the stamp. Especiall...

Indianapolis Abattoir Co. OCT 27 1900 Indnpls, Ind. *** A mid-major meat packing firm from "The Jungle" days of the dress...

R. S. & CO. *   OCT   * *     26     * *   1898   * *   *    *   * Need some help identifying this firm

L. Van Cleef, OCT 26 1898 Insurance. ----------- Mr. Van Cleef and his business are so far untraceable to me. This block of four likely...

THE TURNERS OF PHILADELPHIA. -1898- OCT 25 1898 ---- Cancelled 50 years after the founding of The Turners organization. US commemora...

J.  G.  OCT  21  1898

NATIONAL SURETY CO. OCT 19 1900 NEW YORK. *** On June 9, 1897, the Superintendent of Insurance in New York, Louis Payn authorized the...

W. N, Y,  &  P. Ry. OCT 18 1899 XXX The Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway was first named in 1895 after a reorganization...

KETCHAM XXX BANK, OCT 17 1898 TOLEDO, O. *** The Ketcham National Bank was originally organized in 1888 with John Ketcham as its President...

Hartford Fire Ins. Co. Oct 16 1900 CHICAGO. Oval Date Stamp from 1900 for the Hartford Fire Insurance office in Chicago, just a few years...

B. & M. OCT 15 1898 Chicago

J.   B.   M. OCT 11 1898 CHICAGO.

U.       N.       B. OCT   10   1898 OAKLAND, CAL. *** The Union National Bank of Oakland was organized in 1875 and closed in 1909.

Auditor's Office, A. W. BROOKE OCT  9  1899 X2 Century Building St. Louis,  xxx Auditor's cancel from American Refrigerator...

L.  D.  K. OCT 8 1898 TOLEDO, O.

The firm of Chauncey Brothers & Co. were stock brokers and were located at 96 Broadway in New York City. There is not much material ava...

H. K. MULFORD CO. PHILA. Undated circular handstamp for the pharmaceutical firm of H.K. Mulford Co., an antecedent company to the current ...

A.T. VAN HEUSEN & SON, OCT 5 1900 AMSTERDAM, N.Y. A.T. Van Heusen & Son were general insurance agents for Fire, Life, Acciden...

S. S. & T . OCT      4   1899 Scofield, Shurmer and Teagle were featured on this blog back on August 6.  The company was a major co...

Circular date stamp from East End Savings Bank in Cleveland, Ohio from 1899. The East End Savings Bank was merged with the Cleveland Trust ...

PHOENIX DEC 1 HARTFORD Another Phoenix Insurance cancel.  A peculiar factoid about this company is that when it was first started in...

Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut circular date stamp from October 1, 1898. I like the way the o and the e are ...

WM. LINN, ALLEN & CO. SEP 30 1898 I know nothing about this company.

Mountain Copper SEP 30 1898 Company, Limited. ------- A holder of mines in the western United States, California-based Mountain Copper ...

GEORGE BANCROFT & CO. SEP 30 1898 *** Circular date stamp from George Bancroft and Company with a neat little four point diamond at the...

As of today I've been blogging here for 6 months.  I started the blog so that I could keep active with parts of my collection, even thou...