Lot
664 
Aetna Dynamite. Wonderful multicolor design on 1908 cover showing Farmer with Box of Dynamite, franked on reverse with 1903 2¢ tied by Louisville, Ky. machine cancel, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, a rare & attractive design, not included in the Biddle or Beals collections. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $600
Lot
665
Aetna Dynamite, postcards. Lot of 4 unused postcards showing Diff Factory Views in Mount Union, Pa., Very Fine. Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $40
Lot
666
American Powder Co. Design on 1880 cover showing Hunter Shooting Deer & Distributer's Building, franked with 3¢ Bank Note cancelled by cork with St. Louis, Mo. cds alongside, original matching illustrated letterhead included, Very Fine, ex-Beals. Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $75
Lot
667
American Powder Mills. Two covers (1905 & '06) with multicolor design on showing Marsh Scene with Hunters in Boat & Mallard, "Dead Shot", franked with 1903 2¢ tied by Louisville, Ky. machine cancels, designs with minor differences, both reduced at right just affecting stamp, 1906 cover with light aging, Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $75
Lot
668
American Powder Mills. Multicolor design on 1915 cover showing Mallard, "Dead Shot", franked with 2¢ Washington-Franklin tied by Evansville, Ind. machine cancel, flap missing, cover wrinkle & small tear at top, Fine. Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $42
Lot
669
The American Wood Powder. Gray design on 1883 cover showing Powder Cannisters, franked with 3¢ Bank Note tied by New York duplex cancel, Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $145
Lot
670
The Atlantic Dynamite Co. of N.J. Spectacular multicolor design on 1901 cover showing Cyclops with Lighting Bolts, franked with pair of 1901 1¢ Pan-Americans tied by Indianapolis, Ind. machine cancel, reverse with all over multicolor text ad, small edge tear at right & one 1¢ defective, Very Fine, a very rare design, ex-Beals, which sold for $660 in 1987, the highest price for any post 1869 cover with the exception of one Laflin & Rand cover which also sold for $660. Estimate $400 - 600.
After Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866, DuPont's conservative head, Henry DuPont, had resisted entering the new business. However, Henry's progressive nephew Lammot expressed a keen interest and in 1880, with the assistance of Laflin & Rand, Lammot formed the Repauno Chemical Company to produce and sell dynamite.
This joint venture proved extremely successful, and two years later Lammot expanded operations to Cleveland to supply the booming western dynamite market. Four years after Lammot's death in an accidental explosion in 1884, a young coal-mining executive, J. Amory Haskell, was elected president of Repauno. Determined to enlarge and consolidate Repauno's extensive holdings, Haskell acquired the Atlantic Dynamite Company, which held Nobel's American patents. In 1895 he established the Eastern Dynamite Company, which incorporated Atlantic Dynamite as a wholly owned subsidiary.
In 1902 DuPont purchased Laflin & Rand's interest in Eastern, thereby assuming control over 72 percent of the nationwide dynamite industry. In 1911 a Federal court ruled DuPont in violation of antitrust laws, and as a result DuPont's explosives businesses were split off into two newly created, separate firms, the Atlas Powder Company and the Hercules Powder Company.
Realized: $700
Lot
671
The Atlantic Dynamite Co. of N.J. Spectacular multicolor design on 1901 cover showing Cyclops with Lighting Bolts, franked with pair of 1901 1¢ Pan-Americans tied by Indianapolis, Ind. machine cancel, reverse with all over multicolor text ad, slightly reduced at right with corner nick at top right, Very Fine, a very rare design, ex-Biddle, which sold for $550 in 1982, the highest price for any Gun cover in the Biddle sale. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $850
Lot
672
The Atlantic Dynamite Co. of N.J. Multicolor design on 1905 cover showing Roman Wrestling Lion, franked with 1903 2¢ tied by Birmingham, Ala. machine cancel, reverse with all over multicolor text ad, couple tiny cover abrasions, probably from cancelling machine, Extremely Fine, a very rare design, not included in the Biddle or Beals collections. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $1,200
Lot
673
Atlas Powder. Wonderful multicolor design on 1900 cover showing Trademark of Atlas & Globe, franked with 2¢ Bureau tied by Bangor, Me. machine cancel, reverse with all over multicolor text advertising, unnoticeable cover tear affecting reverse only, still Extremely Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $300