First mailed from Connelly Springs, Burke County, North Carolina, July 27, 1912 posted with a Type 7, 4-Bar handstamp to Newton, NC. This pig farm advertising cover was unclaimed and returned from Newton where a Type E-121 Time-Cummins Machine cancel was applied. The Type 2 cancel was used from November1909 to Jun 1914.

Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, December 9, 1898. The industrial Age brought about change in the postal system in North Carolina. Machine Cancels were introduced in the early 1890s in the United States. This Barry Machine Cancel is the earliest recorded in North Carolina. The cancel was used until November 1899. The machine received its patent in June 1897. In the Pioneer Era 1898-1925, a total of 221 different machine cancels are recorded for North Carolina.

Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad, August 9, 1851. The railroad was first proposed in 1833 but was not supported by the state legislature. In 1840, the line was completed from Wilmington to Weldon, NC. This cover has an 1851 issue Scott #10 tied by a six-bar grid cancel. The postmark is a Towle 305-I-1. The cover originated in Charleston, SC where it was carried by steamship to Wilmington, NC and placed on the RR to New York.

Chapel Hill, Orange County, February 2, (1857), all over advertising cover in pink. Postage Paid with 1851 issue 3- cent stamp tied to cover with a grid cancel and a Type 4 31 mm cancel in black. The postmark was used in black from 1851 until 1864. The UNC-Chapel Hill ad covers came in two sizes, this being the smaller of the two and in several colors, including purple, gray, green, and pink.

Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, October 12, ca. 1848. George W. Davis operated a mail forwarding business in Wilmington from 1840 until 1860. This ship cover was forwarded by him. The Type 8 postmark in blue was used from 1845 until 1851. The twelve- cent postage due included two cents for the ship captain.