Chickering & Sons Advertising Cover ca. 1857 to 1861
A Chickering & Sons advertising cover in my collection is from ca. 1857 to 1861 and an early example of this type of advertising for pianos. In 1854, the company's…
Stampless Letter to Mr. Meredith (1797)
This article is about a small slip of paper that I refer to as a stampless letter to Mr. Meredith. I am not sure if, strictly speaking, it is in…
Breitkopf & Härtel Stampless Cover 1845
Breitkopf & Härtel is the oldest existing music publisher in the world. Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf began publishing in 1719 in Leipzig and the company continues today. This stampless cover to…
Musical Cancellations
My main collecting focus is music-themed stamps, hence the name of this blog. Because of that, I have also put together quite a number of covers with musical stamps and…