A full sheet of Piso Company 5/8 cent private die stamps is currently up for auction on Ebay.  The opening bid price is $159.99.  By the de...

Depew was President of the NYC&HRR at the beginning of 1898.  He would hand the Presidency to Samuel Callaway in April 1898, but by mi...

MANHATTAN MAR 2 1899 TRUST CO. Langlois scan ANDREWS & CRISS.  broker cancel SALES BILL WITH PROPER STAMPS ATTACHED HAS BEEN EXHIBI...

Two handstamps are present on this pair: the brokerage company and a trust company: Broker: ANDREWS & CRISS. Trust Company: SALES BIL...

This 1899 Chicago Board of Trade contract shown sold on Sunday, December 11 on Ebay for $32.88.  Compare this with the stamps used as examp...

A reader of this site, Sally, emailed to ask the value of some battleship stamps she discovered in an old photo album.  Expectations are alw...

Right stamp: KESSLER & CO. JAN  24  1901 --NEW YORK.-- Dave Thompson scan  

KISSAM, WHITNEY & CO. SEPT   18  1899 NEW YORK. Dave Thompson scan Benjamin Kissam, father of Samuel Kissam, and progenitor of ...

Above and below: For sale:  Ebay listed 5 cent proprietary hyphen hole plate block.  Starting bid:  $1,295 Buy it now:  $2,795 Unlisted...

HERZFELD & STERN N.  Y. Dave Thompson scan

HUNTER, COOPER & CO. NOV 15 1898 New York Dave Thompson scan HUNTER, COOPER & CO. XX X 1898 New York. Dave Thompson scan The...

KOHN & CO. AUG 8 1898 Dave Thompson scan Otto Kohn never had the chance to develop much of a history; he died in 1900 from typhoid ...

Historically the S. C. & Co. printed cancel has been attributed to the Strong Cobb Company of Cleveland, Ohio.  Morton Dean Joyce, in...