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Covers (#1)
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 4802 |
#11A, VF 4 margin stamp, crease, tied by
VF blue PHILADELPHIA, Pa. postmark on intact cover to Alexandria, VA
with blue embossed La Pierre House hotel cameo on flap. Minor
foxing on reverse at top. |
$40 |
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| 4753 |
#26, SE, tied by blue LOUISVILLE, KY, MAR
1859 postmark on XF intact green embossed cameo advertising cover
for Todd Tobacco Warehouse, picturing a tobacco barrel, printed
by W. Eaves, NY. Minor damage to stamp at lower left edge and minor
toning to lower right cover point. Very pretty cover. |
SOLD |
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| 4695 |
#11A, F-VF, tied by Boston PAID in grid
and red BOSTON 3cts, 8 JAN postmark on VF intact blue cameo
illustrated advertising cover picturing CAHARTS PATENT MELODEONS.
A beauty! |
$275 |
 |
| 4717 |
#11, F-VF, sound, tied by PHILADELPHIA,
APR 28 postmark on VF hotel advertising cover with blue,
shield-shaped embossed cameo with floral design for La Pierre
House. Middle third of back flap missing and tiny edge fault at
lower right. Still, a very attractive cameo cover. |
$100 |
 |
| 4693 |
#26, fine, tied by VF blue target
killer and matching double ring CHAMBERSBURG, PA, AUG 5, 1861,
postmark on fresh A. R. Hurst's Agricultural Store advertising
cover for wines, gins, brandy and whiskey. Small cover fault
at upper left. |
$35 |
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| 4533 |
#11A, fine, double transfer in 3
rosettes, black grid killer ties to VF intact red cameo
advertising cover for Hayden & Letchworth, Manufactures of
Saddlery & Carriage Hardware, red AUBURN, NY postmark, to
Detroit. |
$175 |
 |
| 4653 |
#11, fine, tied by fair strike of IOWA
CITY, IOWA postmark on XF, fresh and intact embossed cameo cover
for Cook, Sargent & Downey Bankers, contains original NOV 21, 1856
letter with printed letterhead. All cameo
advertisement covers from from Iowa are extremely scarce. |
SOLD |
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| 4524 |
#26, fine, sound, tied by VF CHICAGO,
ILL 1858 postmark on VF intact fancy corner card
advertisement cover for Hodge & Woods Book & Job Printers. |
$35 |
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| 4336 |
#11, fine, tied by lightly struck
Indianapolis, IN rimless postmark on unreduced Bates House hotel
cameo. Cover has small repair just above the cameo, with 1/3 of
flap gone and some toning on reverse not showing through.
Despite the small cover faults, the cameo is clean, well embossed
and attractive. |
SOLD |
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| 4001 |
#11, fine top margin copy tied by VF
BALT & OHIO RAIL Rd. postmark (Remele B2-a) on XF intact Kefauver &
Campbell Baltimore commission merchant cameo (Calvert engraver).
Scarce and attractive combination of advertising and marking. |
$450 |
 |
| 4002 |
#25, fine, blue Cincinnati, OH postmark
ties to XF small, intact cover with beautiful blue embossed cameo
back flap for Patent Kitchener Works. Cover flap opens to
display cameo showing a detailed embossed 3D double oven. |
$250 |
 |
| 4837 |
#65, VF+, bright, fresh and sound, tied by
XF strike of blue Chicago, IL grid killer and NOV 29, 1863
double ring postmark on VF intact tobacco and snuff advertising
cover. Pretty. |
$60 |
 |
| 3952 |
#65, fine, tied by VF strike of New York
City circle of wedges killer on on F-VF all over illustrated
advertising cover for Robert C. Graves & Co., decorative paper
hangings. Cover with tiny reduction at right. |
SOLD |
 |
| 3855 |
#65, fine, Philadelphia, PA target ties
to VF canary cover with black cameo-style advertisement for John
Stroup & Co., Wholesale Dealer in Fish. Cover is neatly opened
at right with only the tiniest reduction. |
$125 |
 |
| 3225 |
#65, fine, target killer and double ring
MOLINE, IL postmark on F-VF unreduced cover with corner advertising for Worden, Ransom & Co., Sewing
Machines. Attractive. |
$30 |
 |
| 3032 |
#64b rose pink, fine, SE, tied by
Boston PAID in grid killer (late use) with red SEP 7 (1861) postmark on
VF all over illustrated American Tract Society advertising cover, "Beautiful Useful Books". Stamp with small edge faults. |
$100 |
 |
| 2920 |
#65, fine, sound, tied by SOTN BOSCOBEL, WIS. Postmark on
XF preprinted address illustrated advertising cover to M.R. Bissell, Grand Rapids, MI, with
wonderful picture of Bissell Carpet Sweeper, Noiseless, Improved.
Cover has tiny reduction at left clear of design. A
beautiful cover. |
$175 |
 |
| 2399 |
#65, fine, tied by blue concentric ring killer with matching
Indianapolis, IN double ring postmard on all over Bates House Hotel advertising cover with illustration of the
hotel. |
$50 |
 |
| 2183 |
#65, on VF circa 1865 advertising cover with a wonderful illustration of a woman's shoe in an ice skate ("Shirley's Patent SKATE, Easily and securely Fastened without Straps of any kind"), Hawkins Manuf'g Co., Derby, CT postmark.
A exceptionally early and desirable example of a scarce topic. |
$250 |
 |
| 1885 |
#94, fine, light cork wedge killer and Virginia postmark tie to an
XF unreduced canary cover with an illustration of an early model Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine from Jas. E. A. Gibbs, Steel's Tavern, VA. Wonderful early advertising. |
$95 |
 |
| 1810 |
#65, fine, tied by by Providence, RI 1866 postmark and duplexed target killer on F-VF small cover advertising the
Musical Institute of Providence, describing faculty and available
programs. Cover neatly opened at right. |
$45 |
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