Kentucky |
Louisville |
1865 |
New York Central Railroad |
Allen Butler, General Western Passenger Agent |
Receipt |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/23t.jpg) |
Cancel is Tolman N-11NN. |
Maryland |
Baltimore |
1868 |
Frank F. Horner & Co. |
Wholesale Dealers in Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, &c. |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/3t.jpg) |
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Maryland |
Baltimore |
1865 |
The New Line, Baltimore and Richmond Steamers |
|
Bill of Lading |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/16t.jpg) |
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Massachusetts |
Boston |
1870 |
A. M. Davenport & Co. |
Upholsterers and dealers in all kinds of furniture, mirrors, drapery, curtains, window shades, mattresses and feathers |
Receipt |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/26t.jpg) |
Variant of T15 major double transfer. |
Massachusetts |
Boston |
1867 |
Ames Plow Company |
Successors to Nourse, Mason & Co. Manufacturers of agricultural implements and machines, dealers in grass, field, garden and flower seeds, fertilizer &c. |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/32t.jpg) |
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Massachusetts |
Boston |
1866 |
Jones & Farley |
Dealers in Foreign Fruits |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/7t.jpg) |
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Massachusetts |
Boston |
1866 |
Pecker, Brickett & Page |
Importers of wine, brandies, gins, cigars, &c. |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/36t.jpg) |
Attractive illegal use of 3-cent George Washington (Scott #65) postage stamp with a socked-on-the-nose handstamp cancel. |
Massachusetts |
Boston |
1866 |
Providence Railroad Corporation |
|
Bill of Lading |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/17t.jpg) |
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Massachusetts |
Boston |
1868 |
Ware & Bundy |
Importers and wholesale dealers of Straits, Bank, Shore, Neatsfoot, and Sod Oils |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/4t.jpg) |
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Massachusetts |
Boston |
1869 |
Weed Sewing Machine Co. |
|
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/14t.jpg) |
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Massachusetts |
Chicopee |
1871 |
Matoon & Blaisdell (Successors to George Matoon) |
Dealers in All Kinds of Cotton, Cotton Waste, and Paper Stock |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/18t.jpg) |
Purchased by Boston & Providence Railroad. |
Massachusetts |
Leicester |
1868 |
A. White & Son |
Manufacturers of Machine, Stripping, and Diamond Point Card Clothing, of Every Description, for Cotton and Woolen Machinery |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/15t.jpg) |
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Massachusetts |
Winchendon |
1866 |
E. Murdock & Co. |
Manufacturers of Wooden Ware |
Bill of Lading |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/10t.jpg) |
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Missouri |
St. Louis |
1866 |
The Collier White Lead and Oil Co. |
Manufacturers of White Lead, Litharge, Red Lead, Castor and Linseed Oils. |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/22t.jpg) |
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New Jersey |
Newark |
1866 |
Newark Ice Company |
|
Receipt |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/6t.jpg) |
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New Jersey |
Paterson |
1869 |
Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works |
|
Receipt |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/11t.jpg) |
Receipt for locomotive engine cylinders. |
New York |
Albany |
1864 |
National Varnish & Oil Co. |
Manufacturers of coach varnishes and lubricating oils, fine oils for locomotives and engines, always on hand |
Bill of Lading |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/30t.jpg) |
|
New York |
Albany |
1868 |
New York Central Railroad |
Railroad |
Receipt |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/24t.jpg) |
Cancel is Tolman N-11C. |
New York |
Brooklyn |
1869 |
Dayton & Carter |
Dealers in House-Fusnishing Goods, Furnaces, Ranges, Stoves and Heaters. Manufacturers of Tin, Sheet-Iron and Copper Ware |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/21t.jpg) |
Attractive rendering of a stove in red on the reverse. |
New York |
New York |
1869 |
Brunjes, Ockershausen & Co. |
Sugar Refiners |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/19t.jpg) |
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New York |
New York |
1865 |
H. D. Stover |
Army and Naval Stores, Machinists' and Railroad Supplies |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/35t.jpg) |
Receipt for payment for a wood lathe. |
New York |
New York |
1868 |
Hudson River Railroad Company |
Railroad |
Other |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/25t.jpg) |
Statement of claim. Cancel is Tolman H-8D. |
New York |
New York |
1865 |
John T. Wilson |
Ship Bread and Cracker Baker |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/5t.jpg) |
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New York |
New York |
1868 |
L. G. Tillotson & Co. |
Manufacturers and Dealers in Railway and Telegraph Machinery and Supplies |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/8t.jpg) |
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New York |
New York |
1863 |
Merritt & Walcott |
Railroad Supplies and every article used in constructing and operating railroads; Steamship Supplies, engineers stores & tools, Telegraph Materials |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/34t.jpg) |
Unusual dual-purpose billhead with separate vignettes. |
New York |
New York |
1865 |
Neptune Steamship Company |
|
Bill of Lading |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/9t.jpg) |
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New York |
New York |
1866 |
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. |
Railroad |
Bill of Lading |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/29t.jpg) |
|
New York |
New York |
1869 |
The Wilkes-Barre Coal & Iron Co. |
|
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/20t.jpg) |
Stamp shows extreme sulphurization, presumably from having been stored in close proximity to sulphur coal. |
New York |
Troy |
1868 |
G. V. S. Quackenbush & Co. |
Dealers in all kinds of fancy and staple dry goods, carpetings, oil cloths, rugs, &c. |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/27t.jpg) |
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New York |
Troy |
1869 |
Torrance & Merriam |
Manufacturers of Malleable Iron Castings |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/2t.jpg) |
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New York |
Yonkers |
1868 |
A. S. Radcliff |
Dealer in beef, pork, mutton, lamb, veal, hams, poultry, game, lard... |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/13t.jpg) |
|
Ohio |
Uncertain |
1866 |
Cleveland & Toledo Railroad Co. |
Railroad |
Other |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/28t.jpg) |
Wood roll (payment for wood). |
Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia |
1867 |
Jacob B. Ritter |
Importer of bolting cloths |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/33t.jpg) |
This may very well be the largest ornate handstamp cancel I have ever seen, on a billhead from Jacob Ritter, 'importer of bolting cloths'. The branding in the cancel text matches the branding at upper left on the billhead, although interestingly the spelling is different. Gorgeous! |
Pennsylvania |
Pittsburgh |
1870 |
Coleman, Rahm & Co. |
Duquesne Iron and Steel Works |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/1t.jpg) |
Meticulous manuscript monogram cancel. |
Rhode Island |
Providence |
1866 |
Knight, Cutler & Co. |
Millers and Dealers in Flour and Grain |
Billhead |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/12t.jpg) |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
1865 |
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway |
Railroad |
Bill of Lading |
![document image](/BHthumbsmall/31t.jpg) |
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