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Advertising Covers (#3)

Item # Description Price Picture
4944 #156, fine, SE, Rochester, NY grid killer ties to illustrated advertising cover for Sargent & Greenleaf Time Locks. Contains terrific illustrated fliers (1, 2, 3) dated June 3, 1876. Nice collateral item for collectors of safes and bank vaults. $30
4588 #210, F-VF, Boston ellipse killer and 1885 Wesson TOB postmark on VF advertising cover for billiard tables and furnishings, picturing gold award medals, mailed to Nashua, NH. $60
4296 #206, fine, precanceled with single horizontal pen stroke on VF illustrated advertising cover picturing Manchester Strawberry for C. E. Allen's Circular of Pot-Grown Strawberry Plants, Brattleboro, VT. Great example of an early precancel. SOLD
4036 #157, VF+, sound, Philadelphia, PA cork killer ties to VF all over illustrated advertising cover for Sawyers Improved Observatory Co., picturing an apparent example of the observatory tower being promoted. Interesting and unusual. SOLD
3785 $147, fine, tied by Chicago, IL black geometric killer on VF illustrated advertising cover for Vant, Cook & Co. picturing a centrifugal corn shelling machine. Attractive farm implement topical. $30
3734 #207, avg, cancelled by HORICON, WI cork killer on VF illustrated advertising cover for Monitor Force-Feed Seeder and Grain Drill. Sterling,IL receiving stamp on reverse. Attractive farm implement cover. $40
3615 #158, VF, barely tied by Philadelphia, PA cork killer on VF cameo style advertising cover for Lewis Thompson, & Co., Mahogany & Marble Steam Saw Mill & Turning Shop and Albany Lumber yards. Cover neatly opened at left. $50
3561 #210, fine, tied by Rochester, MN 1884 postmark on fine bicolor advertising cover for Rochester Nursery, with a terrific large illustration of a red strawberry, cover neatly opened at right. SOLD n3561.jpg (73925 bytes)
3133 #210, VF, Chicago, IL 1885 postmark, on VF advertising cover for Tansill's Punch, the Havana-filled 5c Cigar, picturing a billboard on front and a large crowing rooster on back, along with a long testimonial for selling the cigars. SOLD n3133.jpg (52831 bytes)
3018 #210, F-VF, CORRY, PA cork 1886 killer ties to VF bicolor advertising cover for Clark & Warren, Refiners of PETROLEUM, Improved Filtered Cyclinder Oils. Cover is fresh, 5 mm reduction at right. Desirable topic. $100 n3018.jpg (36271 bytes)
2995 #156, fine, tied by scarce New York City numeral 15 in double oval killer on fine, unreduced advertising circular for leather belting, picturing an elephant.

SOLD

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2983 #213, fine, cancelled by CHICAGO, ILL. N. DIV. STA. Postmark on F-VF illustrated advertising cover for Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co. manufacturer of bicycles, tricycles and sundries, picturing high wheeler bicycle. $40 n2983.jpg (26584 bytes)
2919 #206, #183, fine, tied by two VF strikes of NYC Station R ellipse killers, APR 14, 1883 usage, on VF unreduced yellow insurance advertising cover with bold negative ARE YOU INSURED across front. Very attractive advertising cover.

SOLD

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2639 #147, fine, cancelled by light BATTLE CREEK, MI killer and postmark on fine advertising cover for Excelsior Organ, manufactured by Jefts & Co. Cover is fine and neatly opened at right. Nice musical instruments, Michigan advertising. $25 n2639.jpg (27843 bytes)
2424 #182, fine, tied by NYC CR ellipse killer on VF all over illustrated advertising circular for Marie, Todd & Bard, Gold Pens, Pencils, &c. Cover shows a gowned women holding a large fan picturing a pen point. Attractive.

SOLD

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2236 #279b, fine, tied by a VF strike of scarce CHI. & MINN. R.P.O. FAST MAIL postmark, NOV 1894 usage, on fine unreduced cover advertising the West Hotel, Minneapolis, MN. Cover missing small part of back flap, small tears. $45 n2236.jpg (32422 bytes)
653 #319, fine on VF unreduced cover with multi-color (red, gold and black) illustration of paint can advertising Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co. Prepared Paint, Chicago. 1906 date stamp. $25 n653.jpg (24141 bytes)
       
       
       

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