Great Britain and British Commonwealth Advertising and Illustrated - Phonography to Trans
Sale No: 74
Lot No:1346
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(Photography) Advertising Cover Collection, 1859-1900s. Large collection of over 170 covers and card including many illustrated designs, starts off with 1859 "From Whitney's Pioneer Photographic Gallery, St. Paul Minnesota" corner card handstamp cover with #26, 1860s S. Alschuler's Photographic Gallery Chicago Ill. bearing #65, 1861 Benjamin French Photographic Material blue all-over advertising cover bearing #68 from Boston Mass. to Cape Breton; 1870s The Graphoscope illustrated ad on New York cover bearing #158 tied by devil's mask fancy cancel; 1880 C.F. Bracy illustrated ad showing camera on green cover bearing #184 from Warren Summit N.H.; 1903 D.F. Barry of West Superior Wis. with illustrated "Photos of Noted Indians" corner card showing Barry and Rain-in-the-Face holding rifle; 1899 E & H T Anthony & Co. fancy corner with #281 New York NY to Ecuador; few foreign uses and trade cancels; some mixed condition, F.-V.F. a wonderful collection with many interesting designs. Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000. Est. $3,000-4,000 (Image)