My copy of the 2010 Scott US Specialized Catalog arrived early in November.  My usual practice on receiving the catalog each year is to turn...

J.  D.  P.  CO. DEC  2  -  1899 K.  C.   MO. Mid-major meat packers Jacob Dold cancelled this stamp in 1899.  Jacob Dold controlled refri...

Woodworth - Hawley Co. DEC 1 1898 Buffalo, N.Y. Woodworth-Hawley was an insurance company located at 7 West Seneca at the Chamber of...

The B. T. R. R. Co. NOV 30 =1898= This company was organized in Ohio on April 4, 1895, and ran its line from Presque Isle, Ohio, to Ro...

FARMER'S STATE BANK. NOV 29 1898 Emerson, Neb. Reverse side of draft Google Farmers State Bank and you'll get a ton o...

This past year I've posted a couple of satirical criticims of stamp grading.  This post will be more direct. As you may know the hobby...

M.  W.  W.  CO. NOV 28 1898 MENASHA Menasha Wooden Ware is now the Menasha Packaging Company.  Turn over a brown corrugated box in t...

Manuscript 11/27/98. M V RY Today the Mahoning Valley Railway is controlled by Genesee & Wyoming Incorporated, which owns and oper...

M.  C.  R.  R. NOV  26  1898 Right side and bottom guidelines with blue handstamp cancel.

L.   D.  K. NOV 25 1899 TOLEDO, O.

Next week some of the greatest rarities from the 1898 revenue series will be put on the block by Robert Siegel in its auction of the Whitpai...

NORWICH PRODUCE CO. NOV 23 1899

F.  T.  &  G. Co. NOV  22  1899

NOV     21      1899 C. L. MILLHOUSE ================ C.L. Millhouse started the firm McHenry-Millhouse, a manufacturer of roofing ...

C. A.  JENNINGS, NOV   20   1900 CHICAGO. C.A. Jennings appears to have been a health and sanitation expert in Chicago. 

DURFEE EMBALMING FLUID CO. NOV 19 1898 ALLEN DURFEE Allen Durfee (deceased), the pioneer funeral director and embalming fluid inv...

Chautauqua Steamboat Co. SUPT'S NOV 19 1900 OFFICE. Operating on Lake Chautauqua in New York State, the Chautauqua Steamboat Co...

DETROIT & CLEV'D NAV. CO. CANCELED NOV 18 1898 DETROIT, MICH. The "D&C" plied a route between Detroit and C...

THE AULTMAN CO. NOV 18 1898 CANTON, O. *** The Aultman Company of Canton Ohio, formerly known as the C. Aultman Company before financ...

C.   &   M. NOV   17  1899 RY.  CO.

L.  S.  &  M.  S.  R'Y  CO. FREIGHT OFFICE NOV  16  1898 Youngstown, Ohio The LS&MS ran a line southeast from Clevelan...

WEIS BROTHERS NOV 15 1898 A dry goods business based in Galveston, Texas, Weis Brothers had an office and factory in New York City a...

PITTSBURGH COAL CO. NOV 14 1900 The Pittsburgh Coal Company was a bituminous coal mining company, controlled by the Mellon family. I...