Lot
2744 
Advertising Covers, 1860's-1940's. Accumulation of several hundred covers, generally California related, all with illustrated advertising or interesting corner cards, the range of subjects including automobiles, petroleum & gasoline, railroads, hotels, wine growing, photography, newspapers and publishing, farming implements & machinery, telephones, bicycles, groceries, nurseries, cigars & tobacco, and much much more; also note some Wells Fargo covers with company franks, ephemera including nice illustrated letterheads, 1870's Lake County bonds, some real photo postcards, California town cancels, etc; worth careful evaluation by the "eBayer" and bourse dealer, condition generally F-VF or better. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $1,800
Lot
2745
Advertising/Illustrated Covers. Small group of 9 covers; mostly early cameo corner cards including several 1880's usages, allover shaded ad, etc. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $220
Lot
2746
Illustrated Advertising Covers, 1852-1937. Terrific group of 23 covers, all featuring attractive advertising, including Hullers, saddlery hardware, coach & harness trimmings, flour, agricultural tools, Victor bicycles," Japanole" black leather dye; canned corn, Vaughan's Seed Store, cotton machinery allover; tea merchant allover; hand bone mill; oysters; Monarch Foods; and lots more; generally VF or better, excellent retail potential, please inspect. Estimate $350 - 500.
Realized: $475
Lot
2747
Music Advertising Covers, 1851-1912. Very attractive group of 12 items, including cameo types for 1851 Carhart's Patent Melodeons; 1860 Alvinza Andrews & Son Organ Builders; also 1851 S.A. Ladd Melodeons; several different Piano including elaborate Martin Snyder & Co; 1895 Blasius & Son; Knabe of Baltimore; lovely S. Wells & Son Drums; terrific Dobson Banjos; 1902 Silver, Burdett & Co Music Publishers; well worth inspection. Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $300
Lot
2748
Fancy Cancel Cover Collection, 1860-90's. Over 90 cover and cards in cover stockbook; strong emphasis on star cancels, others including near full strike of 1860''s Greenfield, Ms. "Masonic trowel" cancel, 1870's Chicago blue Gin Barrel, 1880's wheel-of-fortune cancels, other fancies including geometrics, Maltese cross, letters, Lewisburg, Pa. grid and star (precancel?), 1860's Ulster, Pa. star, etc. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $850
Lot
2750
Fancy Cancels on Bank Note Covers, 1870-1890. Assortment of 50 or so covers, all with some sort of fancy cancel, including geometrics, stars, numbers, letters, segmented cork, crossroads, and much more; condition somewhat mixed, needs careful evaluation, please inspect. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $450
Lot
2751
Fancy Cancels on Cover, 1865-67. Selection of 85 covers with a wide variety of cancels, many geometrics, stars of every description, scarce "Bow Tie" of Newberne,N.C.; nice Cambridge, Mass. "shield"; Elmira quartered ring; Boston "preacher in pulpit"; clover leaf; "US in shield"; Covington, Ky. negative "PO"; and many more, a few colored cancels including green; generally F-VF, please inspect. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,800