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An 1842 letter from Charleston, S. Carolina, to Ireland. Mentions situation in Texas and Mexico, politics, the American relationship with Great Britain and the 'unsettled' situation in America. (Names and addresses removed.)
a vintage blank postcard sent from India in 1900s,  ready for any usage of  historic events background related to mail delievery description.
one penny black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp with red Maltese cross cancellation on entire wrapper
Old postcards with handwritten text
Letter with italian stamp
A blank old vintage 1917 year grunge postcard on white
The Penny Black stamp was the world's first postage stamp first issued in 1840. This one attached to a letter has no perferations
Old torn brown envelope with stamp isolated
An envelope and letter sent from Poland in October, 1930. The postage stamps show Henryk Sienkiewicz, (journalist, novelist and Nobel Prize laureate,1846-1916) and the coat of arms of Poland. (Name and address removed.)
Close-up of the NBP inscription on a Polish banknote isolated cash
a vintage blank postcard sent from Kiev, Russia in 1900s,  ready for any usage of  historic events background related to mail delievery description.
front view closeup of blank old aged vintage closed letter paper postage envelope with torn edges faded stamp print and wrinkled grunge texture isolated on white background
2 Bavarian Kreuzer stamps on envelope
The worlds first postage Stamp. A penny Black in superd condition with part of the envelope left showing a full Red Maltes Cross post mark.
Vintage elements of old paper banknotes.Fragment  banknote for design purpose.Russian Empire 50 kopecks 1917.Kerensky government.
A very old, faded, love message on a postcard, dated 1871, and bearing a stamp of Queen Victoria. The message is written as a puzzle, reading up and down, and says: “I am in love, and that is true, I love but one, and that is you, read up & down & then you’ll see, that I love you, do you love me?” It was sent to a young man and has obscure directions on how to find the sender.
Nuremberg, Germany, October 2018, 29: GERMANY - CIRCA 1850 one kreuzer black, first German postage stamp issued in the Kingdom of Bavaria
Vintage blank postcard sent from Russian Imperial Post Office in Hankow (Hankou), China to Strassburg(Strasbourg), Germany in early 1910s, a very good background for any usage of the historic postcard communications.
Old vintage paper  texture background
French envelope with old stamp.
Plate 8 Penny Black with red Maltese cross and blue Handsworth PYP Box cancellation. It is the world's first adhesive postage stamp.
Index cardboard card, stamped with blank rectangular stamps, isolated on white background.
An old handwritten telegram dated 1906.
A stamp printed in the USSR Soviet Union shows symbols of industry. No perforation. Scott Catalog 250r Carmine, circa 1921
a vintage blank postcard sent from Nice, France in 1900s,  ready for any usage of  historic events background related to mail delievery description.
High angle view Aerial photograph of landscape Beach seaside
Backside of a grungy antique envelope with \
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