Love/Graves Collection--Stamp Collecting

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Love/Graves Collection--Stamp Collecting

Entry/Object ID

1986.002.0029

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 11 3/4" x 9 5/8" Someone in the family collected stamps. This folder has three envelopes from the 1860s and several pages from an old stamp catalog. No date Small letter envelope carried by the captain of the steamship St. Nicholas. He brought $14.39 in cash to Lewis Graves. No date Small letter envelope with Neale Harris & Co. embossed on the back and a red wax seal No date More modern envelope showing greasy glue and rubber band residue Small letter envelope addressed to Lewis Graves, postmarked Baltimore on September 28 of an unknown year. In the upper left corner was an embossed red oval for Adams, Bowen & Co. There was a small blue 3 cent stamp with a steam engine in the center. Small letter envelope addressed to Lewis Graves, postmarked probably Baltimore on October 4. The envelope has a red embossed oval 3 cent stamp with the head of Washington in the center. Someone has written "1867" in pencil on the envelope. Small letter envelope addressed to Lewis Graves, postmarked Baltimore, Md. on December 19. A reddish brown 3 cent rectangular stamp with a profile of Washington in the center was affixed. There was a "bulls-eye" in each corner of the stamp. Small letter envelope addressed to Lewis Graves, postmarked probably Baltimore on April 12. The envelope has a red embossed oval 3 cent stamp with the head of Washington in the center. Someone has written "1869" in pencil on the envelope. Small letter envelope in a blue heather with a brown 2c stamp with a profile of George Washington. It was postmarked November 6, 1885. Scott's Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue without a date photocopies of p. 1, 2, 4-6, and 56. All the pages are of United States postage, p. 56 being stamped envelopes.

Collection

Love/Graves Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1867 - 1930

Location

Container

Love/Graves Collection, Box 2

Shelf

Rack 13, Shelf 3-Front

Rack

Rack 13

Wall

East wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Graves, Emma

Person or Organization

Graves, Lewis

Person or Organization

Mickum, Anne Love