Resonant Advertising Cover, Fearless Threshing Machines, Cobleskill NY 1880 Postmark portrait of beauty filled front to back with

filled front to back with striking cut paper works

the foundation of stonemasonry and Freemasonry

with plenty of wear all over

I love that it begins with the fable of the tortoise and the hare

Resonant Advertising Cover, Fearless Threshing Machines, Cobleskill NY 1880 Postmark portrait of beauty filled front to back withJust the name "Fearless Threshing Machine" in bold black lettering sold me on this envelope, feeling especially resonant at the moment, and the graphic, with apparently fearless man sandwiched between horses and machine, is pretty great too plus the just right name of the manufacturer: Minard Harder. With beautiful black ink calligraphy addressing the cover to a M. A Sprice(r?) of Unadilla Forks, NY; postmarked 1880 from Cobbleskill, NY, with a 3 cent