Lot 169
Stevens & Co. Manufacturers of Pocket Rifles, Breech Loading Pocket Pistols, Superior Spring Callipers and Dividers, printed corner card on 1869 cover franked with 1869 3¢ tied by "Chicopee Falls, Mass." cds with cork cancel, included is a wonderful illustrated lettersheet showing Breech Loading Pocket Rifle & similar illustrated price list, cover roughly opened at left, Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $270
Lot 170
Henry B. stockwell. Inventor and Manufacturer of The Celebrated Repeating Percussion Goods, illustrated design on cover showing Canon, Pistol, Self-Lighting Torches, Cigar Lighter, etc., franked with 3¢ Bank Note tied by "New York" duplex cancel, mended flap tear which extends on to font at top, slightly reduced at right, Fine, a wonderful & unusual design.Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $85
Lot 171
Syracuse Hollenbeck Hammerless Guns. Identical cover as the previous lot, but with different type machine cancel, Extremely Fine.Estimate $50 - 75.
Realized: $40
Lot 172
Edwin Want. Rose all over design on cover Importer and Manufacturer of Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Etc. in New Bern, N.C., franked with 1861 3¢ (stained) tied by town cancel with New Haven, Conn. double circle postmark alongside, reduced at left, a Fine early cover.Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $80