October 31, 2025 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
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Guy Heilenman & The Rare & Early Newspapers Team
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October 17, 2025 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
| Welcome to the October newsletter from Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers. Shown below are links to a “heads-up” (which could be worth thousands to a few lucky collectors), an expanded set of new listings (another 25+ within the past 24 hours), more than 100 items added to last month’s discounted issues (at 50% off), several of our most recent posts on the History’s Newsstand blog, and a link to a special find. We hope you enjoy.
Newly Added Catalog Items – a list which includes the capture of Ethan Allen, a great foldout map of Boston & vicinity (w/ early reports on the Revolutionary War), a terrific issue on the Jefferson/Callender situation, Frederick Douglass’s “Colored Men’s Rights in This Republic” speech, a dramatic front page on Germany’s invasion of Poland (WWII begins), a great issue containing: a rebuttal to ‘Common Sense’, General Howe’s letter to Ben Franklin concerning peace, and Franklin’s lengthy response, and more.
October’s Discounted Newspapers – a set which includes a naturalization document from 1810, a review of the new work ‘Death of a Salesman’, Michael Jordan wins the NBA 1987 slam dunk contest (w/ photo), the “God is Dead” debate, President Garfield is shot, Italy surrenders unconditionally (WWII), the execution of John Dillinger’s fellow gangster, the first airplane death (a passenger with Orville Wright), and more.
ALERT – Hidden Treasures Await!
As we often share on our History’s Newsstand blog, one of the great joys of collecting rare newspapers is discovering “golden nuggets” of history hidden within the pages. Many collectors buy an issue for one reason, only to find additional remarkable content that wasn’t listed in the description.
Despite our best efforts, it’s impossible to read every line of every issue we offer—and that’s part of the adventure! Recently, with help from AI and reacquired titles, we’ve uncovered reports so significant that some issues once sold for under $25 are actually worth thousands.
Case in point: the London Chronicle, October 7, 1773. We sold this issue in the past (perhaps as many as three times) as either part of an inexpensive set or as a “generic” stand alone “period” item from the 1700’s – only to recently learn it contained a rare article containing one of Phillis Wheatley’s 1st poems. Ouch for us; awesome for a few collectors (assuming they’ve discovered what we missed). This and similar “misses” are not uncommon in this hobby/collectible.
So when your next newspaper arrives, take time to explore every page. You never know what hidden treasure(s) might be waiting for you!

PS You may also want to revisit the issues you already have. 🙂
Recent Posts on the History’s Newsstand Blog
A Special Find – Whereas we typically highlight newspapers from the 1600’s through the Civil War era, we recently uncovered a report of what is considered the very first professional football title game (known as “the De Facto Championship”). It may be viewed at: The Chicago Staleys vs. the Akron Pros. Additionally, the report is in a Chicago Newspaper!
Links to the October Catalog (#359)
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Guy Heilenman & The Rare & Early Newspapers Team
RareNewspapers.com
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September 30, 2025 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
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Guy Heilenman & The Rare & Early Newspapers Team
RareNewspapers.com
570-326-1045 |
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Filed under: Announcements, Catalog Release Announcements, Civil War, Collecting Newspapers, Colonial, Confederate, Death Reports, Great Headlines, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Noteworthy Issues, Old West Era, Post Civil War, Pre Civil War, Revolutionary War, Sports, The 1500's, The 1500's - 1700's, The 1600's, The 1700's, The 19th Century, The 20th & 21st Centuries, The Hobby, The War of 1812, Yankee
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August 29, 2025 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
September’s catalog (#358) is now available. The links shown below will take you to various segments of the new catalog, the History’s Newsstand Blog, two “bonus” catalog items, and the current list of discounted issues. Enjoy!
Catalog #358 (for September): This latest offering of authentic newspapers is comprised of over 300 new items, a selection which includes the following noteworthy issues: the famous ‘tombstone edition’ of the Pennsylvania Journal from 1765, a terrific broadside on Lincoln’s assassination, ‘The Newes’ newsbook from 1663, the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War, coverage of the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Emancipation Proclamation (in a Washington, D.C. paper), and more.
The following links are designed to help you explore all available items from this latest edition of our catalog:
Priced under $50
Priced at $50-$99
Priced at $100-$299
Priced at $300 and up (the best of the best)
Dated from 1600-1799
Dated from 1800-1899
Dated from 1900-Present
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DISCOUNTED ISSUES – What remains of last month’s discounted issues may be viewed at: Discount (select items at 50% off)
HISTORY’S NEWSSTAND – Recent Posts on the History’s Newsstand Blog may be accessed at: History’s Newsstand
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Guy Heilenman & The Rare & Early Newspapers Team
RareNewspapers.com
570-326-1045 |
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Filed under: Announcements, Catalog Release Announcements, Civil War, Collecting Newspapers, Colonial, Confederate, Death Reports, Great Headlines, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Noteworthy Issues, Old West Era, Post Civil War, Pre Civil War, Revolutionary War, Sports, The 1500's, The 1500's - 1700's, The 1600's, The 1700's, The 19th Century, The 20th & 21st Centuries, The Hobby, The War of 1812, Yankee
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August 1, 2025 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
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Guy Heilenman & The Rare & Early Newspapers Team
RareNewspapers.com
570-326-1045 |
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Filed under: Announcements, Catalog Release Announcements, Civil War, Collecting Newspapers, Colonial, Confederate, Death Reports, Great Headlines, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Noteworthy Issues, Old West Era, Post Civil War, Pre Civil War, Revolutionary War, Sports, The 1500's, The 1500's - 1700's, The 1600's, The 1700's, The 19th Century, The 20th & 21st Centuries, The Hobby, The War of 1812, Yankee
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July 19, 2025 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
As always, thanks for collecting with us!
Sincerely,
Guy Heilenman & The Rare & Early Newspapers Team
570-326-1045
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June 27, 2025 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
| July’s catalog (#356) is now available. The links shown below will take you to various segments of the new catalog, new posts on the History’s Newsstand Blog, and discounted issue. Please enjoy!
Catalog #356 (for July): Our latest offering of authentic newspapers contains over 300 new items. Among them are the Constitution of the United States, the “Causes & Necessity of Taking Up Arms” on the front page, Hawaii’s first English language newspaper, an early newsbook from 1643, the Boston Massacre, a British review of “Common Sense”, a rare printing of Alexander Hamilton’s greatest work (“Report on Manufactures”), the British reaction to Washington being named commander-in-chief, perhaps the best Marilyn Monroe death newspaper to be had, synagogues hold memorial services in honor of Abraham Lincoln, along with a number of additional highly sought after titles, historic reports, and unique issues. These newspapers we often refer to as “The Best of The Best” may be viewed at: noteworthy issues.
The following links are designed to help you explore all available items from this latest edition of our catalog:
1500-1799 (full view OR quick-scan/compact view)
1800-1899 (full view OR quick-scan/compact” view)
1900-Present (full view OR quick-scan/compact” view)
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DISCOUNTED ISSUES – What remains of last month’s discounted issues may be viewed at: Discount (select items at 50% off)
HISTORY’S NEWSSTAND – Recent Posts on the History’s Newsstand Blog may be accessed at: History’s Newsstand
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Sincerely,
Guy Heilenman & The Rare & Early Newspapers Team
RareNewspapers.com
570-326-1045 |
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Filed under: Announcements, Catalog Release Announcements, Civil War, Collecting Newspapers, Colonial, Confederate, Death Reports, Great Headlines, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Noteworthy Issues, Old West Era, Post Civil War, Pre Civil War, Revolutionary War, Sports, The 1500's, The 1500's - 1700's, The 1600's, The 1700's, The 19th Century, The 20th & 21st Centuries, The Hobby, The War of 1812, Yankee
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June 13, 2025 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
| Welcome to the June, 2025 edition of our monthly newsletter. Thanks to everyone who responded to our question concerning the unrecorded issue of “The People“. While on-line information is still elusive, the likelihood of its connection to a publication of the same title which began several years later appears likely. Again… thanks.
As for this month’s newsletter is concerned, below please find links to: new posts on the History’s Newsstand blog, newly discounted items (at 50% off), “bonus items” which were added to this month’s catalog (#355), and our entire June catalog. There is also an invitation regarding the History’s Newsstand. Enjoy!
The History’s Newsstand Blog (new posts)
New Items Added to Catalog 355
Since Catalog 355 went to print we’ve added more than 50 additional issues (including 30+ within the past few days). A few of the highlights include: Adolph Eichmann found guilty (one of the best), Reconciliation rejected (1776), a dramatic issue on the bombing of Pearl Harbor, “First Fleet” about to sail for Botany Bay, trial of Lincoln Conspirators in a racist newspaper, a rare newspaper from Deadwood (Dakota Territory), the Lewis & Clark Expedition, Microsoft reveals “Windows” to the world, and more. The entire list of new items are viewable at:
Catalog 355’s “Newly Listed Items”
This Month’s Set of Discounted Newspapers – 50% Off
Some of the content found within this month’s set of discounted newspapers includes: pre-release color ad for “12 Years a Slave”, review & premiere for “The Color Purple” & “Out of Africa”, review & premiere of “The Help”, creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is found, Adolf Hitler opens the 1936 Summer Olympics, Omaha wins Belmont Stakes for the Triple Crown, mob boss Vito Genovese’s death in 1969, the “opening” of Red China (1978), Bible reading is banned in public schools, etc.. The entire group may be viewed at:
Discounted Newspapers – 50% Off
Catalog 355 (in case you missed it):
The entire Catalog
Key Issues from Catalog 355
Catalog 355 (in “quick scan” format)
Catalog 355 – Priced under $50
INVITATION (revisited)
One of the regular series found on our blog is “SNAPSHOT – YYYY”, where the “Y’s” represent a specific year. The concept is to highlight unusual, unknown, or highly significant events from a particular year. If after perusing the already posted entries you are inspired to share one or more of your own newspapers which you believe would fit in this series, please send a photo and a brief description to me at guy@rarenewspapers.com. Also include whether you would like to be identified (we include your initials, town, and state). Thanks. |
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As always, thanks for collecting with us!
Sincerely,
Guy Heilenman & The Rare & Early Newspapers Team
570-326-1045
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May 30, 2025 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
The June catalog (#355) is now available. Shown below are links to various segments of the catalog, our currently discounted newspapers, and recent posts to the History’s Newsstand Blog. Please enjoy.
CATALOG #355 – This latest offering of authentic newspapers is comprised of more than 300 new items, a selection which includes the following noteworthy issues: The Northwest Ordinance, a Paul Revere engraving (Royal American Magazine), Washington’s Farewell Address, Lincoln’s assassination (in his hometown newspaper), the first newspaper printed in North Dakota, Thomas Paine’s “American Crisis” essay, and more.
Helpful Links to the Catalog:
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Guy Heilenman & The Rare & Early Newspapers Team
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[The links above will redirect to the latest catalog in approx. 30 days
upon which time it will update to the most recent catalog.]
Filed under: Announcements, Catalog Release Announcements, Civil War, Collecting Newspapers, Colonial, Confederate, Death Reports, Great Headlines, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Noteworthy Issues, Old West Era, Post Civil War, Pre Civil War, Revolutionary War, Sports, The 1500's, The 1500's - 1700's, The 1600's, The 1700's, The 19th Century, The 20th & 21st Centuries, The Hobby, The War of 1812, Yankee
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May 2, 2025 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
The May catalog (#354) is now available. Shown below are links to various segments of the catalog, our currently discounted newspapers, and recent posts to the History’s Newsstand Blog. Please enjoy.
CATALOG #354 – This latest offering of authentic newspapers is comprised of more than 300 new items, a selection which includes the following noteworthy issues: an extremely rare title: “Frederick Douglass’ Paper”, a quartet of issues with the historic “Funding Act”, a Philadelphia newspaper dated 1736, an issue with a Paul Revere engraving in the masthead, the Gettysburg Address (from just 102 miles away), an issue on the “Thomas Jefferson – Sally Hemings” affair, and more.
Helpful Links to the Catalog:
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Thanks for collecting with us.
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Guy Heilenman & The Rare & Early Newspapers Team
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[The links above will redirect to the latest catalog in approx. 30 days
upon which time it will update to the most recent catalog.]
Filed under: Announcements, Catalog Release Announcements, Civil War, Collecting Newspapers, Colonial, Confederate, Death Reports, Great Headlines, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Noteworthy Issues, Old West Era, Post Civil War, Pre Civil War, Revolutionary War, Sports, The 1500's, The 1500's - 1700's, The 1600's, The 1700's, The 19th Century, The 20th & 21st Centuries, The Hobby, The War of 1812, Yankee
Tagged: catalog, Catalog announcements, rare newspapers
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