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Guardhouse glassines are made of a PH neutral, semitransparent paper with no harmful chemicals. Safe for stamps and coins, they are also commonly used to protect photos, negatives, invitations, artwork, gift packets, seeds, crafts and more because of their water, air and grease resistant properties. Guardhouse glassines are carefully constructed with flaps folded on the exterior of the envelope, leaving only a smooth interior pocket surface that will not catch on stamps or other contents. Our glassine envelopes contain un-gummed flaps and are ideal for all of your philatelic materials. Guardhouse Glassines are made with 55 gsm (38#) paper. This...

Laura Ingles Wilder (1867-1957) was born in rural Pepin, Wisconsin - a town with a population of around 2,300. Laura Wilder was a descendant of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and has ancestral roots from Lincolnshire, England that emigrated to Massachusetts during the pioneer settlements of the 1600s.  Laura Wilder was known for her iconic Little House on the Prairie children’s series that was based on her childhood experiences living a pioneer life on the Western frontier. She started writing the children's series when she was sixty-five years old and published her first book, Little House in the Big Woods, in 1932....

Guardhouse Display Boxes#: CAP TRAY M. Size: 10 5/8x9 1/8x5/8 Color: Mahagony. To be used with item 23820, 23840, this tray holds 20 capsules and allows you to make a custom display box for all coin sizes in your collection. This tray fits Model T Air-Tite holders and other similar sized coin capsules. Price is for ONE (1) tray.

It was February 3rd, 1959 when three young, promising Rock and Roll music stars - Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Jiles Richardson - all died in a tragic plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa. Buddy Holly and Jiles Richardson were in their 20's while Ritchie Valens was just 17 years old at the time of their passing. All three singers were considered to be the trailblazers of an era where Rock and Roll music was the antithesis to the good-natured, easy listening styles of Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and others. 1950s Rock and Roll was an era believed to belong...