AETNA LIFE INS. CO. JAN 21 1899 Aetna is one of America's largest health insurers. 

AUSTIN NAT'L BANK, JAN 19 1899 AUSTIN, MINN. What's up with this stamp?  Worn out plate?  Pale ink?  Stamp left in the sun or under...

L. R. & M. R. R. JAN  19  1899 In September 1898, the Choctaw, Oklahoma &amp Gulf Railroad  (see a certificate of this railroad in...

MOXIE SEP 24 1898 NEW YORK Clear and nearly complete Moxie bottle-shaped handstamped cancel.  This stamp just arrived in the mail and I lik...

Yesterday's post of two examples of the HH14 variety is today complemented by an example on the 1/4c proprietary presently for auction o...

This site first considered the hyphen hole 14 variety on September 19, 2010.   Today are two examples sent in by David Thompson, the first a...

HORNBLOWER & WEEKS JAN  14  1902 BOSTON Note 1902 use of rouletted stamps The investment banking and brokerage firm Hornblower & ...

Chris Harmer emailed to alert us to their upcoming end of January auction and several lots of 1898 proprietary material.  You can find the w...

THE CIN. NOR. R.R. COMPANY JAN 12 1901 The year of this cancel, the Cincinnati Northern was acquired by the "Big 4" or Cleveland,...

I've already posted checks and merchant's drafts written by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The following examples ...

R163 Bisect Sean Roberts sent this scan in yesterday of 49 1/2 cents worth of 1898 stamps used on a document fragment.  The highlight is th...

W. H. GOADBY  & CO. JAN 10 1901 NEW YORK Located at 8 Wall Street in New York, Goadby & Co., was a securities firm.  From a rather...

"Every mile is picturesque." That was the slogan of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western in 1901. This well-kept and financially...

The Pittsburgh and Western Railway ran as a self-controlled entity from its founding in 1873 until the B&O took it over in 1902, having ...

Will we ever escape Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway cancelled stamps?  Here are three more, cancelled over a 10 month period from...