Auction 29

Stamps and Postal History


Advertising/Illustrated Covers


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Lot Photo Description Realized
Lot 267

[Alcohol] Anheuser-Busch / St. Louis Lager Beer, 1899 2¢ stationery envelope sent to Germany, Fine to Very Fine, quite attractive.
Estimate $40 - 60.
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Unsold
Lot 268

[Alcohol] Pabst Beer, Milwaukee, 1909 domestic usage of 1¢ Jefferson postal card, showing Milwaukee flag cancel on front, and multi-colored advertisement on reverse. A beautiful and scarce advertising card, Very Fine. Scott UX14.
Estimate $50 - 75.
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Unsold
Lot 269

[Coins] Various silver / gold / brass coin values issued 1853-1904, showing contemporary equivalent values in 7 different currencies. Printed in Germany, showing M.H. Berlin, Oranienburg-Eden, immaculate, Very Fine.
Estimate $50 - 75.
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Unsold
Lot 270

[Commission Merchants] Estel & Lange, St. Louis, c. 1880 ca 1¢ stationery envelope, uncanceled but used, Very Fine.
Estimate $50 - 75.
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Lot 271

[Home Products] Julius Ives & Co. / Kerosene Lamps and Fixtures / New York (Scott 113), attractive design on a c.1860 cover franked with 1869 2¢ Pictorial. A great advertising cover with attractive franking, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $75 - 100.
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Unsold
Lot 272

[Hotel] Adams House, Chicago, all-over design on a neat 1859 cover, Fine to Very Fine. Scott 26.
Estimate $40 - 60.
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Unsold
Lot 273

[Hotel] Esbitt House, a beautiful 1873 cover, with full contents, Very Fine. Scott 146.
Estimate $50 - 75.
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Lot 274

[Hotel] Palmer House, Chicago, the only fire-proof house in the United States, an intricate overall design on the reverse of an 1879 cover franked on front with a 1¢ Bank Note, Fine to Very Fine. Scott 182.
Estimate $40 - 60.
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Lot 275

[Hotel] Schlitz Hotel, lovely multicolor design on a post card to Germany, Very Fine.
Estimate $40 - 60.
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Lot 276

[Hotel] Sherman House, Chicago, 1867 cover bearing 3¢ tied by Chicago c.d.s. - one of the last Chicago postmarks to show a year date, Fine to Very Fine. Scott 65.
Estimate $40 - 60.
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Lot 277

[Indian] Ga-wan-ka Indian, with sound Fine-Very Fine #496 line pair and 492 (x2 singles, originally forming a line pair but separated prior to adhesion), tied to oversized illustrated advertising cover (9.5 x 6.25 in.); neat illustration of "indian warrior" inside of arrowhead; some staining and edge faults, Fine, a #496 line pair on cover usage is VERY SCARCE! .
Estimate $50 - 75.
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Realized
$80
Lot 278

[Merchant] Williams Brothers "Perfection" Patent, plus 2 others, on an 1892 1¢ stationery envelope sent from Boston, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $50 - 75.
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Lot 279

1893 Columbian Exposition, a scarce and seldom seen 1892 Goldsmith postal card wrapper (UPSS EX24Wa, rarity "c" - not the more common 1893 design), an important and very scarce item for the Columbian postal card specialist; front and back halves completely separated, significant chipping at the edge and other edge faults including tears, etc, Very Good to Fine, most of the handful that still exist are generally in very poor condition.
Estimate $150 - 200.
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Realized
$120
Lot 280

1893 Columbian Exposition, postal card (UPSS EX53), Goldsmith set 6 (12 deigns), Agricultural Building, with address incorrectly written on the message side and message on the address side. Straight line auxiliary marking "UNMAILABLE" in violet on reverse along with a fair-related message…"and at night the illuminations completely turn my head", Fine to Very Fine, a nice example of this auxiliary marking.
Estimate $40 - 60.
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Realized
$34
Lot 281

1895 Cotton States Exposition, Hotel Aragon, Atlanta, GA to Hamilton (Ontario) Canada, address side with a #231 tied by Atlanta, GA May 28, 1894 duplex marking and due 2 handstamp; reverse all over "Cotton States and International Exposition with Hamilton ONT receiving postmark, an attractive and displayable example, quite unusual to a foreign destination; edge faults and reduced at right, Fine overall.
Estimate $50 - 75.
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Realized
$36




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