Keep The Contents?

I love that cover/enclosure littleriverphil.

Yes that is cool littleriverphil thanks for posting it.

On findagrave for Mr. Kingsley it lists his occupations as miner and Wells Fargo agent, sheep business and glove manufacturer.


-MV

More specifically:

G L Kingsley's glove business must have used Deerskin. Even in this day and age, Mendocino County ( Covolo )is famous for their large black tail deer, and is mentioned in the Boone and Crockett record books as have the most record entries for Black Tail deer. While I'm on the subject, Mendocino is also the location of the record Pope and Young Black Bear.

To add a slightly different perspective to this thread: Just as stampless folded letters tend to be loaded with historical content and 19th century covers with enclosures are equally as fascinating, keep in mind that more modern-day items should be evaluated for content and retained together. Covers and content that are recent will some day too become old and will provide historical context to collectors a few generations down the line creating the same buzz that old covers do for us now.

That's a great point docgfd! Thank you.

I certainly do! If nothing else it's an interesting read. I bought a pile of unsorted covers years back and one was an average looking cover from Israel in the early 60's, nothing special on the outside and just a common commemorative. On the inside there was a letter from a woman who had tracked down her birth mother and was talking about how she heard her birth mother was a concentration camp survivor. And by the way, you have two new granddaughters. It was an amazing find. I did eventually sell it to a Judaica specialist because he just liked it so much. Even tho I don't own it anymore it was a treat to have discovered and shared the oments inside.