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 Brown's Bronchial Troches, Boston Mass., 10c Green
(EP34). Stamp with rich color and detailed impression and attractively placed so denomination is clearly visible, large part of original silvering on reverse, mica with one or two small spots of laminatingEXTREMELY FINE. A CHOICE
EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES WITH NICE SILVERING ON REVERSE. RARE IN SUCH PRISTINE CONDITION. John I. Brown & Son was a Boston-based patent medicine manufacturer and marketer. Brown's Bronchial Troches was advertised as a
tonic for the throat and breathing passages with endorsements from singers, teachers, ministers and others. They also sold Brown's Vermifuge Comfits or Worm Lozenges and other preparations. The firm was later associated with the sale of the notorious
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," a morphine and alcohol-based concoction that caused the deaths of hundreds of children through overdoses.
Ex Lilly and Ford. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
1,000.00
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Brown's Bronchial Troches, Boston Mass., 12c Black
(EP35). Stamp with detailed impression and attractively placed to show denomination at both bottom and top, case with nice golden brown color, mica with trivial crazing at topEXTREMELY FINE. THE 12-CENT BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES ENCASED
POSTAGE IS EXCEEDINGLY RARE. John I. Brown & Son was a Boston-based patent medicine manufacturer and marketer. Brown's Bronchial Troches was advertised as a tonic for the throat and breathing passages with endorsements from singers, teachers,
ministers and others. They also sold Brown's Vermifuge Comfits or Worm Lozenges and other preparations. The firm was later associated with the sale of the notorious "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," a morphine and alcohol-based concoction that caused
the deaths of hundreds of children through overdoses.
The Ford sale catalogue (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 418) states "We have no recent records of a Brown's 12 Cents encasement and none seems to have been auctioned in decades." The Reed census
reports 2-4 known. We are aware of three, as follows: 1) ex Ford, the example offered here, 2) ex Mayer, some silvering remaining, small lamination at top, and 3) ex Summit, mica faults and stamp slightly soiled.
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2,750.00
SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
