Auction 56
Collector Series
Advertising/Illustrated Covers
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Lot 142 |
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 [Insurance] Aurora Fire Insurance Co., attractive design in red on an 1887 cover, with letter inside showing a matching ad letterhead, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $50 - 75. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $35 |
Lot 143 |
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[Government] House of Representatives (Scott 158), attractive all-over design in grey on a cover from Washington, D.C., Very Fine. Estimate $120 - 150. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 144 |
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[Machinery] Bird's Patent Coal Elevator, interesting design on a 1¢ Bank Note drop rate cover from New Jersey, Fine to Very Fine, anyone need their coal elevated? Estimate $40 - 60. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $45 |
Lot 145 |
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[Manufacturer] Mineral Ridge Mf'g. Co. (Scott 267), fancy illustrated design with lengthy text describing their work as "manufacturers of mine supplies, mine cars" etc., on a neat and clean cover to Lisbon, Ohio, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 146 |
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[Medical] Anidrosis Sanitarium / The Compound Vapor Bath (Scott W301), elaborate black & white illustration on a 1¢ Plimpton wrapper, addressed to Cincinnati. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo | Unsold |
Lot 147 |
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[Telegraph] New York & New Orleans Telegraph / Only Direct Southern Line (Scott 26), fancy colorless embossed corner card on a cover from Selma, Ala., with 3¢ franking peeking over the edge, Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photo | Realized $100 |
Lot 148 |
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[Tobacco] Wm. Penn / King of Havana 10¢ Cigars (Scott 320), lovely multicolor design on a 1905 Iowa cover. A slight cover stain at the far left, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100 The really interesting thing about this cover is that it was addressed to a lady. A lady smoking cigars in that era! What a scandal! Possibly an early supporter of women's lib . View details and enlarged photo | Realized $80 |
Lot 149 |
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1876, St. Louis Fair (Scott U218), marvelous all-over black & white illustration on the reverse of an 1876 cover to Brighton, Illinois. Slightly reduced at right, Fine to Very Fine overall, ex-Blodgett Family Correspondence. The lot is accompanied by a lengthy article about the fair. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos | Realized $110 |
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