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Posted 09/07/2012 6:03 pm

Couldn't resist this.

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Posted 09/08/2012 09:41 am

Trying to break my arm in an attempt to resisit the temptetation to buy borrow or steal this cover from you.

but then I be behing the

or

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Posted 09/08/2012 10:42 am

Very nice cover! Just checked Jim Forte's Postal History Website to learn that Athol Depot, Mass., is a discontinued post office that was only in operation for a mere 24 years, from 1849-1873, which should make that postmark relatively scarce.

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Posted 09/08/2012 4:28 pm

MUST HAVE! I love it

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Posted 09/09/2012 1:41 pm

A very nice cover indeed.

This type of cover was favoured by mostly women at the time and in the years following, they have been given the name amongst philatelists as "Ladies Envelopes". They are a specialty.

Chimo

Bujutsu

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Posted 09/09/2012 5:23 pm

Very nice.
Judging from the date, I would guess it is Christmas related. ???
Anything inside?
Any sign of the year on the cover?

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Posted 09/09/2012 7:22 pm

Thanks, Bujutsu. When I first saw it, I envisioned someone of Martha Washington's ilk sending it.

Ratio411, nothing inside. I can't find the plastic sleeve it came in, so I just emailed the seller for the date.

Also, it's small. Four and a quarter inches wide, and two and a half inches tall.

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