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Letters that were "for the service of the Commonwealth" were free of charge. [4] Originally all that appeared on letters was the addressee, the word Frank or Free and the signature or seal of the sender. In the eighteenth century special marks started to be used, first in Dublin in 1706, and later in London and Edinburgh.
1840 (UK) Postally franked German Air Mail cover (Berlin-Buenos Aires via D-LZ127 Graf Zeppelin (1934)) "Postage" franking is the physical application and presence of postage stamps, or any other markings recognized and accepted by the postal system or systems providing service, which indicate the payment of sufficient fees for the class of service which the item of mail is to be or had been ...
Free Frank McWorter (c. 1777 – September 7, 1854) was an American born into slavery who bought his freedom in Kentucky and in 1836 founded the town of New Philadelphia in Illinois; he was the first African American to plat and register a town, and establish a planned community in the United States. [1]
Now 73 years old, Cooper, an antiques dealer and artist in Massachusetts, has donated a trove of letters and mementos he received from Frank to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington ...
This letter did not survive. Every bit of information about the time Anne spent in the concentration camp before her death, every photograph--and there are some new ones here--fascinates. However, the bland correspondence, if one can call it that, provides a weak premise for another book about Anne Frank". [2]
The original valuation of the letter took place in 2009. On Monday, Antiques Roadshow experts placed an updated value of $20,000 on the letter. Antiques Roadshow airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on PBS.
Bilhah Abigail Levy Franks (c. 1696–1756) [1] [2] was an English–born Ashkenazi Jewish woman who lived most of her life in the Province of New York, British America.Born in London and raised in New York City, she married a London-born merchant and reared a family of nine children.
A mysterious letter sent to the San Francisco Police Department in 2013 ... "My name is John Anglin. I escape (sic) from Alcatraz in June 1962 with my brother Clarence and Frank Morris," the ...