Historical Envelopes and Letters

A collection of vintage envelopes, including postal covers from various countries, illustrating historical correspondence and postal features.

Envelope addressed to Rev. Wm. Banks, Chaplain 4th S.C. Cavalry, (care of Col. Rutledge), Pocotaligo, S.C.; postmarked Charleston, S.C. | Library of Congress

Civil War envelope showing General Winfield Scott holding an American flag with message "Brave in the field - wise in council - a true patriot - loyal to the Constitution and Union" | Library of Congress

Civil War envelope showing Liberty holding a flag. Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Mr. Jno. W. Cole, Logansville, Logan Co, Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127), pp/liljmem. Liberty, Symbolic representation, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

A postcard sent by Dr. Robert Scheu to Egon Schiele on June 21, 1918, written in black ink on paper, showing handwriting, sender and recipient addresses, and postal format.

Mozart-Brunnen, Leclerc, publishing house

Postcard inside stamped envelope, 1920, Auckland, by Frank Duncan and Co., Frederick George Radcliffe. Gift of Betty McFadgen on behalf of Margaret Hall, 2004.

Envelope addressed to Brig. Gen. Taliaferro, Commanding Forces on James Island, Charleston, S.C.; postmarked Charleston, S.C. | Library of Congress

Civil War envelope showing portrait of George Washington framed by American flags, cannon and cannonballs, drums, bayonets, and an eagle | Library of Congress

Unidentified nurse on the staff of Chesapeake Hospital, Hampton, Virginia / Davis Brothers, 17 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, N.H.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper, pp/liljwoch. Chesapeake Hospital (Hampton, Va.), People, 1860-1870, United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Women, Military service, 1860-1870, Nurses, Union, 1860-1870, Military personnel, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women.

Moulin, Laure (n.1892-D.1974-12-31), Laure Moulin mail envelope addressed to Mr. Edouard Brottes (title awarded), 1944-01-19. Paper, ink, pencil. Museum of the Liberation of Paris - General Leclerc Museum - Jean Moulin Museum.

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to Mary Louisa DeSaussure | Library of Congress

Civil War envelope folded from wallpaper to John W. Paivice Esq.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljmem. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Civil War envelope showing caricatures of Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis as dogs and Washington, D.C., as a cut of meat, with message "Why don't you take it". Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Mr. David F. Gorham, Mount Kisco, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127), pp/liljmem. Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, Military service, Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, Military service, Dogs, 1860-1870, Meat, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Philatelic 'cover' envelope, WWI envelopes

Postcard from Charles C. Perkins to Francis H. Jenks, 1888 November 11 , Concerts, Art clubs

Group of President Lincoln, General McClellan, and suite, at headquarters Army of Potomac, previous to reviewing the troops and the battle-field of Antietam, 3d Oct., 1862. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 605, Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Alexander Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia, Title from item, Meserve #47, Additional information from Frassanito, William A, Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978, Digitized, 2014. Funding from The Center for Civil War Photography, Copy neg. of another print: LC-B8184-4530, LC-DIG-ppmsca-38279. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Public appearances, Maryland, Antietam, McClellan, George B, (George Brinton), 1826-1885, Military service, Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, Maryland, Antietam, United States, Maryland, Anti

Civil War envelope addressed to M. Doub, Bethania, Forsyth County, North Carolina. | Library of Congress

Saurashtra post junagadh, postage stamps, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Womens Christian Temperance Union (W. C. T. U.) of Leominster. Womens Christian Temperance Union (W. C. T. U.) of Leominster

Vintage russian envelope with meter stamps, old yellowed paper, isolated on white. Russian inscription: "Attention! Sample of filling zip-code"

1916 US postcard and Franklin 1 cent stamp

EIGHTENTH ANNUAL BANQUET held by NATIONAL PAINT OIL () AND VARNISH ASSOCIATION at "THE AUDITORIAUM, CHICAGO IL" (HOTEL;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1905. Rare Book Division

Envelope from Peyton Gray, Baltimore, Maryland to Jack Miller, Roxbury, Mass., 1946 September 8 ,. Jack Miller Collection

Philatelic 'cover' envelope Visual and Verbal Communication, envelopes

Philatelic 'cover' envelope, WWI Visual and Verbal Communication, envelopes

Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag bearing message "For the Union" and state seal of Maryland. Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Mrs. Ruthann Smith, Northridgeway, Orleans, C.C, N.Y.; postmarked; bears 3 cent stamp, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105), pp/liljmem. Columbia (Symbolic character), 1860-1870, State seals, Maryland, 1860-1870, Flags, American, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Kager Mays, African American soldier, half-length portrait, facing front / Shepherd & Smith, post artists, Camp McClellan, Iowa; Rock Island Barracks, Ill.. Kager Mays, African American soldier, half-length portrait, facing front / Shepherd & Smith, post artists, Camp McClellan, Iowa; Rock Island Barracks, Ill.

Civil War envelope showing Columbia with eagle, American flag, and cornucopia with lines from John Savage's poem, "The starry flag". Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Mr. Thos. Van Sichin, Metuchin i.e. Metuchen, New Jersey; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Washington, D.C, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127), pp/liljmem. Columbia (Symbolic character), 1860-1870, Flags, American, 1860-1870, Eagles, 1860-1870, Cornucopias, 1860-1870, Symbols, 1860-1870, Poetry, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Letter, WWII letters

Postcard to Jan Veth, Willem Kloos, 1886 Amsterdam cardboard. ink writing (processes) / pen the graphic arts

Anna Maria Ross, Civil War nurse and Lady Principal at Cooper Shop Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Ross, Anna Maria, 1813-1863, Nurses, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union.

Lissel Paul (1851-1887), State Committee in Strasbourg (1886): Address of the architect in a sealed envelope. Ink on cardboard, 19.9 x 13.5 cm (including scan edges)

4th Division, 9th Army Corps flag in green / Magee, 316 Chestnut Street, Philada.. 4th Division, 9th Army Corps flag in green / Magee, 316 Chestnut Street, Philada.

Receipts, WWII envelopes, receipts

Souvenir Card, The Fisheries Building, Official Souvenir Postal, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; chromolithograph on paper

Civil War envelope showing eagle atop shield with message "Love one another" and border of stars with state names | Library of Congress

Letter from Clara Schumann to Anton Fulda

Civil War envelope showing Corporal Francis Brownell killing James Jackson after he murdered Colonel Elmer Ellsworth with message from Brownell, "Father--Colonel Ellsworth was shot this morning. I killed his murderer. Frank". Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Wharton Gray, Amenia Terminal?, Amenia, Dutchess, N.Y.; postmarked New York; bears 3 cent stamp, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105), pp/liljmem. Brownell, Francis E, (Francis Edwin), 1840-1894, Ellsworth, E. E, (Elmer Ephraim), 1837-1861, Jackson, James W, -1861, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties.

An envelope addressed to His Highness Mahatma Gandhi, 1940, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Postcard to Philip Zilcken, Vittorio Pica, After Alfredo Baruffi, 1906 Brussels cardboard. ink writing (processes) / pen / printing exhibition ~ art. the graphic arts. painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting) The Hague

Hofors ironwork chronology.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

Frances L. Clatin i.e., Clayton, 4 mo. heavy artillery, Co. I 13 mo., Cavalry Co. A. 22 months / S. Masury, photographic artist, 289 Washington St., Boston.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , Exhibited as a digital copy in: "Not an Ostrich: And Other Images from America's Library" at the Annenberg Space for Photography, 2018; Portrait section, pp/liljpaper, pp/liljwoch. Clayton, Frances Clalin, Women, Military service, 1860-1870, Impersonation, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Lettering for the print of Dirk tulip. .

Lieutenant Colonel and Surgeon John Benjamin Lewis, 5th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and Medical Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform / Ewing & Co., Baltimore St., Cumberland, Md.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Lewis, John B, (John Benjamin), 1832-1914, United States, Army, Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Physicians, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union.

Mrs. Tynan, nurse at General Hospital, Camp Butler, Illinois. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Kellogg, M. J. Amanda, Friends & associates, Nurses, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women, Camp Butler (Ill.), 1860-1870.

Civil War envelope showing fugitive slaves working as sappers and miners with General Benjamin Butler, bearing message "Contraband of war". Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Miss Nancy Corss, East Smithfield, Pa.; bears 3 cent stamp, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127), pp/liljmem. Butler, Benjamin F, (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893, Military service, African Americans, Military service, 1860-1870, Fugitive slaves, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Civil War envelope addressed to Miss M.L. Trimmier, Spartanburg Court House, South Carolina, from Frank Trimmier, Co. J, 13th South Carolina Volunteers. | Library of Congress

Moultrie gun bearing on Sumter. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, South Carolina, Fort Moultrie.

bake Pedestrian regiment of the Crown Hunt; Military Commission of both nations; 18th century (1700-00-00-1799-00-00);

Kingston, Canada, 1891: Blanked Canadian historical Post Card with blue text in vignette, Imprinted One Cent Queen Victoria Stamp, Fancy cancel

Postcard, 'Field Service Post Card', WWI Visual and Verbal Communication, postcards

Bliżej Kultury Rzewuski, Walery (1837 1888)

Bliżej Kultury unknown

Philatelic 'cover' envelope, WWII envelopes

Letter from Elisabeth Schnorr from Carolsfeld to Veit Hans Schnorr, Schneeberg, 08.04.1907

Good for 5 soils, commune of Uz�s. Anonymous. Good for 5 soils, commune of Uz�s. Typography, ink.

Black ink letter from Helene Heine to Egon Schiele dated July 29, 1917, showing handwritten correspondence on paper with visible penmanship.

Philatelic 'cover' envelope, WWI Visual and Verbal Communication, envelopes

Civil War envelope showing Columbia with American flag, laurel wreath, eagle, and cannon with message "Liberty and Union". Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Annis G. Ames, Temple Mills, Franklin Co, Maine.; postmarked Ship Island, Miss.; bears 3 cent stamp, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105), pp/liljmem. Columbia (Symbolic character), 1860-1870, Flags, American, 1860-1870, Eagles, 1860-1870, Cannons, 1860-1870, Wreaths, 1860-1870, Symbols, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

U.S.S. Osage with sailors on board / photographed by McPherson & Oliver, No. 132 Canal Street, New Orleans. | Library of Congress

Civil War envelope showing eagle with American flags and shield above sailing ship, cannon, tent, and drum with message "Onward to Victory". Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Mr. Cyrus Willson, Slatelick i.e. Slate Lick P.O, Armstrong Co, Penna.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked at Washington D.C, On verso: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 186? by J. Magee, 316 Chestnut Street, Phila, in the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Penn'a, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127), pp/liljmem. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects, Flags, American, 1860-1870, Eagles, 1860-1870, Symbols, 1860-1870.

Envelope - Envelope addressed to Harry Houdini

Civil War envelope showing portrait of Lieutenant General Winfield Scott in front of eagle and American flag banner with message "The right man in the right place!". Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to David Weir, 33 Gansevoort Street, New York City, New York; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Baltimore, Jul. 30?, Entered according to act of Congress by Bloom & Smith, in 1861, in the Clerks office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127), pp/liljmem. Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, Eagles, 1860-1870, Symbols, 1860-1870, Flags, American, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Photograph envelope - Studio Dollard - The only photographer doing amateur photography in Montreal and across Canada

The reverse side of a postage stamp The reverse side of a postage stamp on a black background Copyright: xZoonar.com/OlgaxPopovax 4706776

Niagara Falls, Summer 5, Rock of Ages, Sister Islands | Library of Congress

An envelope addressed to Mahatma Gandhi, Farmer and Weaver, 1944, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Civil War envelope showing portrait of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth framed by American flag shield topped with eagle | Library of Congress

Great group of ex-Union prisoners. Civil War Photograph Collection . Grand Army of the Republic, National Encampment, 1880-1890, Veterans, Union, 1880-1890, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Prisoners of war, Union, Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Commemoration, Union, Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Unidentified nurse on the staff of Seminary Hospital, Washington, D.C. / Photographed by B.F. Reimer, No. 624 Arch Street, Philada.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper, pp/liljwoch. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Women, Military service, 1860-1870, Nurses, Union, 1860-1870, Military personnel, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women.

Nurse Annie M. Strout, who served at Portsmouth Grove Hospital, Rhode Island during the Civil War / Fowler, 77 Genesee Street, Auburn, New York ; S.L. Upham, artist.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljwoch, pp/liljpaper. Strout, Annie M, approximately 1832-1918, Nurses, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women.

Air Mail to London - Christmas mail for overseas by air. - The special envelope used for mail matter by the Southern Sun, which has reached Hobart on its flight to England with an all-Australian mail. November 30, 1931.

Portrait of Juliette Darcourt (or Harcourt) (1860-1920), (Actress) Portrait of Juliette Darcourt (or Harcourt) (1860-1920), Actress. Business card (verso). Photograph of Cyrus Anatole Pougnet (Active from 1873). Draw on albuminum paper. 1877.

Civil war envelope. Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Mr. Phinehas Hager, Otsego, Allegan Co, Michigan; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Old Point Comfort, Va, On verso: embossed shield and eagle design with message "Union And Constitution.", Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105), pp/liljmem. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Schetsboek met 34 bladen.Sketchbook consisting of 34 sheets with mainly designs for the Reformed Church in Vreeland, including for the interior, exterior and furniture. Also a few cups.

View on the top of Lookout Mountain, Tenn.. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-3654. Trees, Tennessee, Lookout Mountain, 1860-1870, Boulders, Tennessee, Lookout Mountain, 1860-1870, Lookout Mountain (Tenn.), 1860-1870.

This envelope is worth £32 The stamp is of the first airmail to Australia. August 25, 1940.

Handwritten letter from Anton M. Viditz-Ward to Egon Schiele dated April 10, 1918, in black ink on paper, showing epistolary format and clear penmanship.

Telegram, WWII telegrams

Bliżej Kultury

Letter posted in a suburban box and addressed to Marrickville arrived ***** recently after being seven-and-a-half years in the post. On the face of it is stamped: "Keep Australia Safe - Enlist Now." On the left is the direction: "If not claimed within seven days, please return to Box 3931TT, GPO, Sydney." As a clear stamp shows, it was posted at 7 pm on January 19, 1939. It was received last Monday, as shown by another stamp on the back. The envelope, containing a business receipt, was addressed: "U. A. Pascoe, Esq., 34 Smidmore St., Marrickville. There was no writing or mark to suggest that the address had been queried, or to indicate cause of the delay. July 28, 1946.

OLD-FASHIONED RHODE ISLAND CLAM BAKE held by OLYMPIC CLUB OF NEW YORK at "BAY SHORE, NY" (OTHER PRIVATE;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1906. Rare Book Division

Don't buy a hat without a label, and see that it is sewed in. Don't patronize a dealer who has loose labels on hand and offers to put one in your hat. Loose labels in retail stores are counterfeits.. Don't buy a hat without a label, and see that it is sewed in. Don't patronize a dealer who has loose labels on hand and offers to put one in your hat. Loose labels in retail stores are counterfeits.

England, Essex, Southend-on-Sea. An old English post box sign from the reign of George VI. The Royal Mail letter box was introduced following the 1840 postal reform, which provided for a universal affordable postage rate.

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