Vintage Envelope Collection

A variety of historical envelopes and letters from the 18th to 19th century, featuring different postal marks and stylish handwriting.

bake Rzesowy commission; Rzesowo; 1831 (1831-00-00-1831-00-00);

Ten Reals, No. 530. Anonymous. Diez Reales, No. 530. Blue pads, ink.

Civil War envelope showing eagle holding olive branch atop shield, with message "Liberty and union". Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Mr. Patrick Kernan, Esq, Camp Chace, care of Capt. Pike, Columbus, Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127), pp/liljmem. Eagles, 1860-1870, Olive branches, 1860-1870, Symbols, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Philatelic stamped cover Visual and Verbal Communication, envelopes, letters

A. W. R. autograph note signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Brooklyn, 3 June 1884 ,

Civil War envelope showing Vermont state seal with message "Loyal". Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to C.C. Jones, Middlesex, Vermont; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Washington, D.C, 186, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127), pp/liljmem. State seals, Vermont, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Russia, 1875-1880. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Russia

Surgeon Finn in Union uniform / Brady, Washington ; Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Broadway & Tenth Street, New York & No. 352 Pennsylvania Av., Washington, D.C.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Physicians, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union.

Surgeon Benjamin Franklin Thrall in uniform, contract surgeon at General Hospital, Camp Butler, Illinois / F.W. Ingmire, City Gallery, West Side of the Square, Springfield, Ill.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Thrall, Benjamin Franklin, 1805-1870, Kellogg, M. J. Amanda, Friends & associates, United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Physicians, 1860-1870, Camp Butler (Ill.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Envelope sent by Heinrich Böhler to Egon Schiele on May 31, 1915, in green ink on paper, showing address, sender, recipient, and postal format.

Civil War envelope showing General Nathaniel Lyon on horseback with message "Killed at the battle of Springfield, Mo., August 10th, 1861, while in the act of waving his hat, and cheering his men on to victory" | Library of Congress

Civil War envelope showing American flag shield with message "Sherman's Brigade, 65th Reg't., C.S. Harker, Col." | Library of Congress

Postcard from Charles C. Perkins to Francis H. Jenks, 1883 November 12 , Concerts, Art clubs

Civil War envelope printed Confederate States of America, Office of Orders and Detail, Navy Department | Library of Congress

Civil War envelope showing American flag, cannon, and ships with message "The Star Spangled Banner". Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Mrs. Tirza A. Ingerson, Sycamore, Wyandot Co, Ohio; postmarked Feb. 8, Louisville; bears 3 cent stamp. Notation on verso: Sycomore sic Feb. the 16, 1862, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105), pp/liljmem. Flags, American, 1860-1870, Cannons, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Sketchbook XLIII with 61 pages. Sketchbook no. XLIII consisting of 61 pages with women's heads and variety artists

Civil War envelope showing Columbia with bundle of wheat pointing to Union flag and floating above a globe. Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Mr. Frederick Kemp ?, Rome, Oneida Co, N.Y.; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked Jan. 4, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127), pp/liljmem. Wheat, 1860-1870, Symbols, 1860-1870, Columbia (Symbolic character), 1860-1870, Flags, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Unidentified nurse on the staff of Seminary Hospital, Washington, D.C. / Critcherson & Leland, (Successors to H.J. Reed), cor. Main & Front Streets, Worcester, Mass.. 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.

Entire letter, WWII letters

Dr. Marbary, probably of Mansion House Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, in uniform / photographed by H.C. Phillips, N.W. cor., Ninth and Chesnut Sts., Philadelphia.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Physicians, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Indian Creek, scenic mountainous section of Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | Library of Congress

Postcard from Museum Folkwang to Egon Schiele dated January 25, 1916, by Fritz Meyer-Schönbrunn, using black ink and pencil on paper.

Letter written by Lilly and Hugo Steiner to Josepha Harms, dated July 23, 1918, in black ink on paper, containing handwritten correspondence.

Civil War envelope showing an eagle carrying an American flag in its claw and a serpent in its beak with motto "The early bird catches the worm" below. Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Mrs. Sarah Ann Prall, Christianna, Lancaster County, Pa.; hand-canceled; bears 3 cent stamp, Notation: Post master, please forward soon, 1?th Penna. Regt, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105), pp/liljmem. Eagles, 1860-1870, Serpents, 1860-1870, Symbols, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Letter to Maria Mickiewiczówna, with an envelope. Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932), author

Civil War envelope showing American flag atop globe floating in water with message "United we stand - divided we fall" | Library of Congress

Two Koppen, Johannes Taventrate, 1868 drawing Two heads. Signed on a part of an envelope addressed to J. Taventrate with post stamp 19 Jan. 1868. paper. ink pen caricatures (human types)

Sri lanka, colombo, stamp, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Civil War envelope addressed to Morrison Gaither & Co,, Eagle Mills, Iredell County, North Carolina. | Library of Congress

Unidentified nurse, probably related to Mansion House Hospital (General Hospital), Alexandria, Virginia, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front / Draper & Husted, photographers, Ridge Avenue & Wallace Street, Philad'a. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper, pp/liljwoch. Women, 1860-1870, Nurses, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Women, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union.

Civil War envelope showing Confederate dragoon on horseback with patriotic verse | Library of Congress

back view Postcard, Wolverhampton and Birmingham Slow Train at Great Barr Station Maker: Henry L. Salmon From the, Topographical Views, England, Midlands

Postcard sent by Erwin Dominik Osen from Munich to Egon Schiele on January 22, 1914, drawn with pencil on paper, showing correspondence, handwriting, and postal markings.

Vintage handwritten postcard letter with unreadable undefined text. Used paper texture background

SIXTH ANNUAL DINNER held by QUARTER CENTURY CLUB at "GELB'S PARLORS, PROVIDENCE, RI" (OTHER (CLUB);). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1901. Rare Book Division

Envelope of a letter to Maria Mickiewiczówna. Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932), author

Unaccepted designs for 1935 pictorial stamps design drawings

Civil War envelope showing flag. Title devised by Library staff, Addressed to Miss Lide? Houskins, Clayton, Adams Co, Ill.; bears 3 cent stamp, Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127), pp/liljmem. Flags, American, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Philatelic 'cover' envelope, WWI envelopes

Bake with text: Central Aid Committee in Warsaw; Central Aid Committee in Warsaw; around 1920 (1915-00-00-1925-00-00);

Kworin gwafu.Handwritten title and year, in Western script, including handwritten Japanese text with stamp. Not the original title page of the book Korin Gafu.

Washington. 3. Pennsylvania Avenue; White House; Freedom's Memorial | Library of Congress

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

Envelope of a letter to Maria Mickiewiczówna. Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932), author

View in Fern Room, Conservatory; Entrance to the Phipp's Conservatory, Schenley Pk., Pittsburg | Library of Congress

An envelope addressed to Mahatma Gandhi, 1942, India NO MR Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox

Envelope of the letter to Maria Mickiewiczówna; Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932); 23.08.1926 (1926-00-00-1926-00-00);Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932), Mickiewicz (family), Mickiewicz, Maria (1868-1952), Mickiewicz, Maria (1868-1952)-addressee, purchase (provenance)

Negro quarters on Fripp Place, St. Helena Is. i.e. Island, South Carolina. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. African Americans, Children, South Carolina, Saint Helena Island, 1860-1870, Freedmen, South Carolina, Saint Helena Island, 1860-1870, Slave quarters, South Carolina, Saint Helena Island, 1860-1870, Saint Helena Island (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, South Carolina, Saint Helena Island, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans.

Kworin gwafu, anonymous, 1826 - 1950 Handwritten title and year, in Western script, in addition to handwritten Japanese text with stamp. Not the original title page of the book Korin Geatu. paper. ink writing (processes)

Helen M. (Sargent) Vickery, wife of First Sergeant George W. Vickery / A.W. Kimball, photograph artist, 176 Elm Street, Manchester, N.H.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Vickery, Helen M, 1844-1885.

National Sanitary Cake, sold at a fair in Aracata, California, to raise money for the U.S. Sanitary Commission / Photographed by H. Anderson, Eureka, Humboldt Co., Cal.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States Sanitary Commission, Public relations, California, 1860-1870, Fund raising, 1860-1870, Cakes, 1860-1870, War relief, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Economic & industrial aspects.

African American man, full-length portrait, facing right / photographic artist. B. Moses, Cor. Camp and Canal Sts., New Orleans.. African American man, full-length portrait, facing right / photographic artist. B. Moses, Cor. Camp and Canal Sts., New Orleans.

Fashion white maids, tips, embroidery confection Zum butterfly, Vienna I, Bognergasse , Atelier Friedrich Kuranda, producer

Reward of Merit , Schools. Messenger Collection

First day cover of international congress of orientalises, delhi, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Civil War envelope showing eagle and American flags atop an arch listing Union states with Pennsylvania in the keystone and bearing the message "One nation.--One government.". Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljmem. Flags, American, 1860-1870, Eagles, 1860-1870, Symbols, American, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.

Original photos from Utrecht Cityscapes in many shapes/ internal. Housing in gold and silver/ Kon. Factory founded 1809

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

Governor Richard Yates of Illinois / W.B.M. Colt, South Side Square, Springfield, Ill.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Yates, Richard, 1815-1873, Governors, Illinois, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

LUNCH; 18 ANNUAL CONVENTION held by H.M.M.B.A. at "SAMOSET HOUSE,PLYMOUTH,MA". Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1897. Rare Book Division

Old red french stamp on envelop - 50 cent

Philatelic 'cover' envelope, WWII envelopes

Reb works across plank road, 1/3 mile west of cemetery no. 1 (Wilderness). The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Wilderness, Battle of the, Va, 1864 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns, Virginia.

First day cover of jawahar jyoti, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Servia, 1873-1900. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Serbia

Beer duty stamp, five gallons (specimen), 1878, New Zealand, by William Bock, Government Printer (N.Z.).

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