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A 20-cent commemorative stamp honoring American author Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was issued August 1, 1984, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, the setting for his novel Moby Dick.
The stamp was designed by Bradbury Thompson of Riverside, Connecticut, and modeled by Frank J. Waslick, based upon the portrait by J. O. Easton.
Don Winslow of the Navy #17 Mile High Pedigree (Fawcett Publications, 1944) War Stamps cover.
postage stamp - Pilot; the world's first steam-powered icebreaker (Russian) used between 1864-1890 for navigation in the Gulf of Finland between Kronstadt and Oranienbaum
Forever shall it wave, our Nation's Emblem, bidding defiance to Rebels and Traitors! This patriotic cover has an Oct 11 [1862] manuscript cancel from West Goshen, a discontinued post office (DPO) in Litchfield County, Connecticut, which operated from 1849 to 1972.
Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: 1870(c.), the front of a large envelope sent to Ramsgate, hand painted with very finely executed with a lady chastising a top-hatted gentleman 'Where's my daughter' and showing the same gentleman in a small sailing boat, sent to Ramsgate with the adhesive (1858–76 2d. plate 13) cut to form the sail of of a ship
US 1934 Maryland Tercentenary “The Ark & The Dove”
The Ark – a 17th century English ship which carried emigrants bound for the new Maryland colony during the pioneering expedition of 1634. The settlers began a permanent settlement named St. Mary’s.
The Ark eventually returned to England, leaving the Dove behind to provide transportation for goods to be traded up and down the Atlantic seacoast. The following year, the Dove headed back to England but never arrived and was presumed lost at sea.
Souvenir Poster Stamps issued by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in Aid of the British Sailors’ Society; 1955