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Up for sale is a master historical archive consisting of 48 vintage commercial envelopes, primarily dating from 1958 through 1987.PLEASE NOTE: This collection is an organized genealogical research file. Some of the commercial envelopes are empty and serve as standalone pieces of Texas postal history (including the rare, empty Lee Harvey Oswald/Kennedy campaign cover). The remaining envelopes contain their original, matching regional Texas newspaper obituaries and historical clippings. Only the specific clippings documented below are included.This lot is an incredible turn-key collection for family historians, regional genealogists, and collectors of Texas postal history. The envelopes feature classic local agribusiness advertising, mid-century meters, vintage cancellations (including Southern Pacific Railroad, Chessie System Railroad, local cattle/feed mills, and funeral home covers), and distinctive thematic stamps like the 1960s \"Pray For Peace\" cancellations.All included clippings are confirmed present, intact, flat, and fully legible. They feature rich, multi-generational biographical information, listing maiden names, military honors, surviving relatives, and pioneer family lineages.
Up for sale is a master historical archive consisting of 48 vintage commercial envelopes paired with their original contents—complete regional Texas newspaper obituary and historical clippings dating primarily from 1958 through 1987.This meticulously kept lot is an incredible turn-key collection for family historians, regional genealogists, and collectors of Texas postal history. The envelopes feature classic local agribusiness advertising, mid-century meters, vintage cancellations (including Southern Pacific Railroad, Chessie System Railroad, local cattle/feed mills, and funeral home covers), and distinctive thematic stamps like the 1960s \"Pray For Peace\" cancellations.All clippings are confirmed present, intact, flat, and fully legible. They feature rich, multi-generational biographical information, listing maiden names, military honors, surviving relatives, and pioneer family lineages.### 🌟 ARCHIVE HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
• BATTERY \"D\" WWI UNIT ROSTER (1974 Print) — Full printed veteran military discharge roster including hundreds of local Texas family surnames from Floresville, Poth, Stockdale, Lavernia, and Seguin.
• TIVY, Captain Joseph A. (1982 Historical Feature) — Incredible complete biography detailing his time surveying with \"Big Foot\" Wallace, Texas Rangers service, California Gold Rush legislature career, Confederate Army Captaincy, and his unique mountaintop burial site on Tivy Mountain in Kerrville, Texas.
• DOLEZAL, Anton J. (1978) — Lifetime Shiner, Texas resident with detailed employment records at the historic Shiner Brewery.
• PETRU, William (1978) — Shiner/Flatonia WWI Veteran, Texas Horse Breeding & Racing History, detailed American Legion military graveside rites feature.
• CHAMBERS TRAIL CENTENNIAL RECORD (1958 Photo) — Original Houston Post photo clipping featuring centennial trail ride organizers.
• SOMMERS, Mrs. Elsie Pickett (1984 Obituary with Photo) — Prominent San Antonio educator (Brackenridge & Harlandale High Schools), Columbia University Alumna, with unique handwritten notation tracking her former Floresville student, E.F. Smith Sr.
• RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL COVER (1979) — Unique out-of-state mailer from the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.### 🔍 COMPLETE SURNAME SEARCH INDEX (For Genealogists):
To aid researchers looking for specific ancestors, here is the index of prominent family lines fully documented in this archive:• BECK (nee Fertsch) — Hallettsville / Waelder / Houston
• BELL — San Antonio / Wilson County / San Angelo / Edna (WWII Veteran)
• DAVIS (nee George / Kinsman) — Smithville / Muldoon / Flatonia
• DENNING — Stockdale / San Antonio (WWII Veteran)
• DOLEZAL — Shiner / Sweet Home / Hallettsville (Shiner Brewery)
• DANCY — Hallettsville / Lavaca County
• EDWARDS — Cordele / Edna / Port Lavaca
• EVERETT — Llano / Marlin / San Antonio
• FOJT (nee Roznovjak / Kubos) — Hallettsville / Vsetin / Victoria (SPJST Lodge)
• HUEBNER — Yoakum / Shiner / Victoria (Czech-German Heritage)
• HUGHES (nee Anastasia / Ertl) — Williamsburg, Virginia / New Jersey
• JACKSON (nee Crockett) — Seaford, Virginia / Rochester, New York
• KLOSS — Sheridan / Weimar / Nordheim (Tragic Propane Explosion Record)
• KONVICKA — Gonzales / Lavaca County
• KRHOVJAK (nee Mladenka) — El Campo / Moravia / Lavaca County
• LANE — Waco / San Antonio / California
• LAWRENCE — Houston / Anahuac (Centennial Trail Riders)
• MARTIN — Stockdale / Troup / San Antonio (WWI Overseas Veteran)
• MCKELVAIN — Agua Dulce / Ranger / Floresville / Barksdale
• PETRASH — Ganado / Wallis / Hallettsville (Retired Banker & Reporter)
• PETRU — Hallettsville / Lavaca County
• PREWITT — Yoakum / Gonzales / Cuero / Nixon / Concrete Cemetery
• PULLIN (nee Cook / Eilert / Sells) — Stockdale / Bauerville / G
