Show old letters sometimes carry valuable stamps one frequently hears stories of rare stamp finds in old eions of mail usually the stories are not very well authenticated there must be some interesting items still hidden away but most old desks and trunks of letters have been pretty well ransacked by juvenile collectors still if you are so fortunate as to have an attic in the family it would be interesting to have a lwok look at the old letters it might possibly pay should you find a five cent brown stamp of the year 1861 ach wih the head of jefferson on it which someone forgot to use you will never again again scold aunt emma for saving old papers the stamp is cata loguen at 2250 A one cent indigo of the same vintage head of franklin is worth while an unused 12 cent black head of washington calls for but they must be the first i issue assue of this series which was on very thin paper later ones are on thick paper and are low in value maybe there is a new haven conn stamped envelope of 1845 a five cent blue stamp on a buff envelope one of those tiresome letters of advice great great aunt hetty used to write to her nephews tier her advice was valuable that stamped envelope is worth commentator |