R154 plate strip with red "kiss" in margin Another image courtesy of Dave Thompson in Nevada.  The I.R. overprint plate was the so...

Scott R182 carmine used 2009 Scott value: 55 cents C. T. I. & T. Co. APR   20     1901 The initials are long enough for this company...

U. S. & PAC. EX. CO. APR 19 1899 J. D. Chamberlin I have found a listing for this company in Springfield, Illinois in 1881 but the trai...

D ' C & D perf initials for De'Coppet & Doremus R170p blue lilac documentary On November 11th this site featured a pair o...

NATIONAL APR   17   1899 FIRE INS. CO. Yet another Hartford-based insurance company.  National Fire Insurance Company Letter Folder

Joyce lists 9 different 1899 cancels for the 1 cent proprietary with the type 3 printed cancelation, from February through December. Below ...

RB31p 5 cent proprietary hyphen-hole block of 12 with plate block and bureau imprint Siegel Opening:  $1,125 Sold for: $1,900 A high reali...

CONCORDIA FIRE INS. CO. APR 15 1901 MILWAUKEE, WISC. George Brumder, President of Concordia Fire Insurance Company from 1897 to 1909.  B...

As explained in the post from April 6, the Mumm type 2 cancel was a transition cancel from a year date only format to a year, month and day ...

J.&St. L. Ry. APR   13  1900 The Jacksonville and St. Louis ran from 1896 to 1905 and was taken over in 1905 by the Chicago, Burlingto...

This is part one of a breakdown of the Joyce G.H. Mumm cancel list.   See the post from April 6  to read the background on this list.  Below...

ST. P. & D. R.R. APR  11  1899 Treasurer         box cancel with pennants on R164 documentary The St. Paul and Duluth Railroad was c...

H.D. & CO. APR  10  1900 Company unknown, but a great, clear wavy line box cancel

R175 $5 Documentary S. S. & CO. APR 10 1899 Company unknown.  As usual, probably a New York securities firm.  Any ideas?

TIPPETT & BAKER APR 8 1899 DOVER, N.J. *** Located at the corner of Blackwell and Warren Streets in Dover, F.H. Tippett and Thomas Ba...

CHAUT.  CO.  TRUST  CO. APR 7 1898 The Chautauqua County Trust Company was opened for business in 1896. April 7, 1898?  This date is befor...

Three weeks ago Dave Thompson emailed the images of two proprietary stamps with cancels from a G. H. M. & Co. to confirm that these canc...

THE LORAIN STEEL COMPANY APRIL 5 1900 Thanks to Don Schilling for his post about this blog on his blog, The Stamp Collecting Round-up , and...

A. E.  BARROWS, APR 5 1901 CONNERSVILLE, IND. From the "History of Fayette Counties, Indiana" Published by B. F. Bowen & Co...

Until the past few weeks I have never really spent time to understand the differences between re-entries, double or triple transfers, and sh...

OK, it is small I know.  But today an article on a non-philatelic website has been posted about this blog.  You can find it at NJ.com .   On...