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Advertising/Illustrated Covers

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

196

Candles/Soap W. & H. Walker

[Candles/Soap] W. & H. Walker, Soap & Candle Makers, Pittsburgh, a gorgeous group of five items, comprising two multicolor illustrated advertising covers (one with matching letterhead featuring the company's manufacturing plant with an exotic red & black [Malay?] chicken as part of their trademarked logo), plus matching Invoice and Sight Draft, the latter bearing a 2¢ Battleship Documentary; each cover franked with a ¢ red (#279B) tied by a Pittsburgh machine cancel; the letter is a promotional piece for "Saponfield Red Oil"; also includes two 1908 picture postcards of the Incline Railway to Mt. Washington with a pictorial billboard at the base featuring Walker's Soap plus another from a different angle without the billboard; covers slightly reduced at right, one repaired at bottom left, the other toned at the bottom edge and slightly on the stamp, the letter is pristine. A Very Fine and framable lot. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate $300-400
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197

Hotel Monongahela House

[Hotel] Monongahela House, group of four embossed cameo corner card covers, in blue (2, 1 on white, one on buff), green, and brown; two franked with 3¢ dull red (#11A), one by 3¢ rose (#65); each tied by a Pittsburgh c.d.s. or cork cancel with Pittsburgh postmark alongside; one blue with very tiny repair at top, the brown with a vertical toning streak from a drying rubber band, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Ex-Telep. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Estimate $300-400
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198

Music Dinsmore Pianos

[Music] Dinsmore Pianos #73 tied by a solid 5-point Star on a gorgeous illustrated advertising cover for T.H. Dinsmore, Skowhegan, Me, selling Pianos & Melodians, Fire & Life Insurances and California & Western Tickets, and featuring a larger Eagle & Shield logo; to Carmel Me.; includes an original Dinsmore circular (not illustrated) as a U.S. Claims Agent, Very Fine, a beautiful Black Jack illustrated cover, with 2003 P.F. certificate, Very Fine. A marvelous illustrated Black Jack advertising cover, with a 2003 P.F. certificate. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

199

Ocean Penny Post

1850 (Feb. 5), Ocean Penny Postage, Myers & Co. Design, from Worcester, MA, to Dundee, Scotland, State 1 without any imprint on back, mailed by famed 19th-century social activist Elihu Burritt (whose idea this was) in the United States to prominent theologian and social reformer Reverend Thomas Dick in Dundee, Scotland, with manuscript receipt docketing "Mr. Elihu Burritt, Worcester U.S., Feb. 5th 1850"; red handstamps "Paid" (2) and "19" credit handstamps, plus matching "America/Paid/FE 17/+50D/Liverpool" transit, along with pencil "24" rate all on front; reverse with blue Dundee FE 18 1850 receiver (a bit smudged); a few toned spots at top, but an attractive and appealing cover nonetheless-and an unusual American usage of this English cover, Very Fine, with 2022 P.F. certificate. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

200

Tobacco/Cigars Pittsburg Stogies

[Tobacco/Cigars] Pittsburg Stogies, pretty pair of matching covers (one with slightly more red than the other): one with 1900 Pittsburgh machine cancel tying a 2¢ carmine (#301) on cover to Swissvale, Pa.; the other with 1900 Cleveland, O. machine cancel tying a 1¢ green (#279) on a locally addressed cover; both clean and attractive, with trivial mounting flaws on the reverse, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate $350-500
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