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Paper and Ephemera For Sale

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1966 Massachusetts Ham Radio vehicle license plate..
White on green background. Both plates as issued to W1BSX (Albert Wentworth of Lexington, now a SK) with the original Registry envelope. Very good + condition with only bolt scrapes around upper two holes. $34.00 (S&H = $5.00)

1964 Massachusetts Ham Radio vehicle license plate..
White on maroon background. Both plates as issued to W1BSX (Albert Wentworth of Lexington, now a SK) with the original Registry envelope and the 1965 registration for his 1963 Oldsmobile. (No 1965 plates were issued; instead, a window sticker was used that year.) Near mint with only light bolt scrapes around upper two holes. $39.00 (S&H = $5.00)

Order of Railroad Telegraphers membership card. "Join up" with an original ORT card from the 1920s. These 2-1/2 x 4 inch cards were all issued to an operator on the B&LE System, Division 51. The second photo shows (left side, top to bottom) 1921 to 24, and (right side, top to bottom, 1925 to 28. Photo 3 shows 1929 at top, and a couple of reverse sides (some stamped B&LE, some not).
AVAILABLE CARDS ARE: 1921, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. Examine the photoc carefully and specify your selection. Second photo. Third photo. Your choice $10.00 each postpaid in USA.

Western Union blank telegram form.. These original, unused forms measure 8-1/4 x 6 inches. The front notes that the president was W.P. Marshall, and identifies (and dates) the form as "1206 (4-55)." The reverse (second photo) lists the terms and the classes of service. Second photo. Ten for $6.00 postpaid in the USA.