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Revenue - Private Die Match continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 1942 |
o |
RO136a |
 N.Y. Match Co., 1¢ blue, old paper. Bold color; thins, about Fine appearance, only 34 are recorded in the Aldrich census.
Scott No. RO136a; $1,000. (Image1)
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Scott $1,000
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1943 |
o |
RO137e |
 N.Y. Match Co., 1¢ vermilion, experimental silk paper. Showing a couple blue silk fibers on reverse, rich color; thinned, Fine appearance.
Scott No. RO137e; $500. (Image1)
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Scott $500
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1944 |
o |
RO156a |
 Richardson, D.M., 3¢ vermilion, old paper. Manuscript cancel, rich color; thin and a couple small perf flaws, Fine appearance.
Scott No. RO156a; $190. (Image1)
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Scott $190
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1945 |
o |
RO165b |
 San Francisco Match Co., 12¢ blue, silk paper. Strong color and well centered; small flaws including a few nibbed perfs at right, Very Fine appearance, a lovely example of this popular private
die issue, only 71 are recorded in the Aldrich census.
Scott No. RO165b; $550. (Image1)
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Scott $550
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1946 |
o |
RO182e |
 Wilmington Parlor Match Co., 1¢ black, experimental silk paper. Showing a couple blue silk fibers on reverse, bright and fresh; thin and a couple nibbed perfs, F.-V.F. appearance.
Scott No.
RO182e; $500. (Image1)
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Scott $500
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Revenue - Private Die Medicine (Ephemera)
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 1947 |
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 Private Die Medicine Trade Cards. A collection of 159 cards plus 4 blotters from over 40 companies; includes 38 Ayer's cards, 5 Wm. Clarke including three scarce cards, 11 Comstock, other companies with
Curtis, Perry Davis, Dalley's, Fleming Bros., G.G. Green, Dr. Jayne, Merchant's Gargling Oil, Tarrant's and Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills just to name a few; condition a little varied but the vast majority in very good condition, Very Fine
overall.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1948 |
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 Proprietary Medicine Collection. Of 21 packages from 12 companies that issued private die proprietary tax stamps; includes some scarce items such as wood oval pill boxes from Brandreth's, Dr. Hoofland's
Pills (with facsimile stamp on back of wrapper), Schenck's Mandrake Pills (with facsimile stamp over wrapper), two different A. Littlefield Court Plasters one with R3 stamp on back, Dr. M.A. Simmons tin and many others, generally F.-V.F. or better
(list of companies available upon request).
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1)
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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1949 |
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 Almanacs Issued by Private Die Proprietary Medicine Companies. Collection of 93 different almanacs arranged in four large binders; many with great graphic covers and contents, many with multicolored
lithograph covers, companies includes Ayers, B. Brandreth, The Centaur Co., W.H. Comstock, Perry Davis & Son, P.H. Drake & Co., G.G. Green, Dr. Harter, Merchant Gargling Oil Co., etc., a wealth of information on over 40 companies, good to better
condition (list of companies available upon request).
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1950 |
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 Almanacs & Booklets Issued by Private Die Proprietary Medicine Companies. Collection of 109 different almanacs arranged in four binders; with great graphic covers and contents, many with multicolored
lithograph covers, companies includes Ayers, B. Brandreth, The Centaur Co., Jeremiah Curtis & Sons, Perry Davis & Son, G.G. Green, Dr. Harter, a run of Hazeltine's Pocket-Book Almanacs, Merchant Gargling Oil Co., etc., a wealth of information on over
38 companies, good to better condition (list of companies available upon request).
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1951 |
|
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 Proprietary Medicine Collection. Of 33 packages, tins and bottles, etc., many with original contents, 22 are from the companies that issued private die proprietary revenue stamps, 7 have battleship tax
stamps and 4 have early proprietary stamps; companies include Ayer's, B. Brandreth Allcock Mfg. Co., J.S. Burdsal & Co., Dr. A.W. Chase, W.H. Comstock, A.H. Flanders, Dr. Herrick Family Medicine Co., Dr. D. Jayne, I.S. Johnson & Co., The Dr. J.H.
McLean Medicine Co., Dr. J.H. Schenck & Son, The Charles Vogeler Co., World's Dispensary Medical Association, Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Co., Dr. Kilmer & Co., Murray & Lanman, and others; condition varies with many intact items (detail list
available upon request), generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. (Image1)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1952 |
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 Almanacs & Booklets Issued by Private Die Proprietary Medicine Companies. Collection of 116 different publications arranged in three binders; with great graphic covers and contents, many with multicolored
lithograph covers, companies includes Ayers, B. Brandreth, Joseph Burnett & Co., The Centaur Co., Jeremiah Curtis & Sons, rare C. N. Crittenton, Hales Honey & Glenn's Sulphur Soap 1879 Almanac, Perry Davis & Son, G.G. Green, Dr. Harter, a run of
Hazeltine's, C.C. Moore, Moore's Pilules, Sure Cure for Chills Booklet, etc., a wealth of information on over 45 companies, good to better condition (list of companies available upon request).
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1953 |
|
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 Proprietary Medicine with Battleship Revenue Stamps. Collection of 24 items (20 packages, 2 small bottles and 2 plasters) each with a complete battleship tax stamp, some of the stamps have printed cancels
(including Dr. Kilmer's Prompt Parilla Liver pills intact with contents), others are hand cancelled (including Dr. Tyler's Pepsin Stomach Pills with contents), generally F.-V.F. or better, It would be difficult to obtain these items in today's
market (list of companies available upon request).
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. (Image1)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1954 |
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 Medicine Company Collateral Balance. Of 91 items from the companies that issued proprietary die revenue stamps: 4 advertising calendars; 4 trade cards and die-cuts; 64 billheads, letterheads, receipts,
etc.; 9 postal cards; 1 advertising facsimile banknote, 1 advertising blotter, 5 labels and wrappers, 3 plasters (including scarce Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plaster with wrappers) and 21 flyers, circulars, broadsides, etc., includes a series of 5
letters from Demas Barnes, John Henry & Curran and John Henry that shows the progression of company ownership over time; a diverse collection that would be hard to duplicate today, list of companies available upon request. also includes 24 revenue
stamped checks (20 of which seem to be different examples from Lanman and Kemp) and one check with R5b dated 1865, total of 116 items.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1955 |
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 Proprietary Medicine with Early Revenue Stamps. Group of 13 medicine packages (many with contents); one with R3 (Parisian Aroma and Bouquet Alaska, two bottles in slide-top box), three with RB1 (including
Hankins' Celebrated Pectoral Lozenges, oval cardboard box), seven with RB11, and two with RB12, generally F.-V.F. or better, It would be difficult to obtain these items in today's market (list of companies available upon request).
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1956 |
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 Private Medicine Tokens. Group of 11 advertising tokens; includes 4 different Dr. Bennett's Medicines with "Dr. Bennett's Medicines Cure Sickness and Pain" with shield on reverse, similar with "200,000
Families Now Use" on reverse, "Use Dr. Bennett's Medicines" with "500,000 Persons Annually Cured" on reverse, and Indian Head Liberty 1863 with "500,000 Persons Annually Cured By Dr. Bennett's Medicines" on reverse, others include two Steinfeld
French Cognac Bitters (the same), Buffum's Mineral Water Pittsburg, E.W. Hall, Atherton's Wild Cherry Syrup, Magnetic Powder and Pills for Insects and Rats, Miller's Hair Invigorator 25c, Miller's Hair Dye 50c and Pulmonales for Cough and Colds,
Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1957 |
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 Dr. Mott's Vegetable Liver Pills Medicine Group. Three wood ovals, two with tax stamps, one with facsimile; three examples of wood oval for Dr. Mott's Vegetable Liver Pills each with the same wrapper but
two with different tax stamps and one with a facsimile stamp, one has John Henry RS114 stamp, another has a Bennett RS30 stamp (some wax over stamp), and a third with a John Henry facsimile stamp, Fine, a rare opportunity to
obtain stamps used on the package as the product was produced by different companies.
Estimate; $250 - 350. (Image1)
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Est. $250-350
SOLD for $270.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1958 |
|
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 Dr. McLean's Plaster with RS170. Dr. J.H. McLean's Wonderful Healing Plaster cylinder product inside wrapper, McLean, Dr. J.H., 1¢ black, old paper (RS170) stamp covers one end of the cylinder,
F.-V.F., rare to see a completely originally sealed product with a tax stamp.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
|
Est. $200-300
SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1959 |
|
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 Dr. Harter's Bottle and Wrapper with RS98. 5¾" tall bottle embossed Dr. Harter's Fever & Ague Specific with complete front and back labels and contents, wrapper has a vertical pair of RS98 tax
stamps, flyer inside the wrapper, F.-V.F., rare.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1960 |
|
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 Medicine Labels and Wrappers. Group of 12 labels and wrappers from 9 companies that issued proprietary die medicine stamps; includes engraved Brandreth box wrapper, Wright Indian Vegetable Pill Co. "One
Dozen Boxes" label with specimen overprint, B.A. Fahnstocks Vermifuge label, Jayne's Expectorant, etc., Very Fine, list of the companies for the labels and wrappers is available upon request.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1961 |
|
RS75b |
 Perry Davis Wrapper & Flyer with Medicine Stamp. 11½" x 6¼" wrapper & flyer inserted with bottle with Davis & Son, 1¢ blue, silk paper used to seal the flyer around the bottle;
stamp torn in half when removed from around the bottle with half of the stamp remaining on each end of the flyer, F.-V.F.
Scott No. RS75b; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
|
Est. $150-200
SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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