Sale 45: The Winter Sale

Lot 648    

(Death Related) Eagle Marble Works. Illustrated design on cover showing Women and Child at Cemetery Monument, franked with 1873, 3¢ green tied by Reading, Pa. cds and target duplex, Very Fine.
Scott No. 158    Estimate $75 - 100.

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Lot 649    

(Death Related) Geo. L. Brownell, Manufacturers of Fine Herses, New Bedford, Mass. Illustrated design on fresh cover showing Herse Coach, franked with 1¢ dull blue tied by cork handstamp, partial cds alongside, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 219    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $95

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Lot 650    

(Death Related) Striker & Jackson, Undertakers and Embalmers. Illustrated design on cover showing Cemetery Monument, franked with 1883, 2¢ red brown tied by Laramie City, Wyo. cds and cork duplex, Very Fine.
Scott No. 210    Estimate $75 - 100.

Realized: $50

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Lot 651    

(Ethnic) Gold Dust Washing Powder. Illustrated design on fresh cover showing Gold Dust Twins in Tub, franked with 2¢ red tied by 1895 Chicago, Ill. machine postmark; small piece of backflap missing, Extremely Fine, a choice ad cover.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $210

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Lot 652    

(Ethnic) Oriole. Red and black design on yellow cover showing Mammy Showing Lady a Bottle of Oriole, franked with 2¢ green tied by 1888 Boston, Mass. machine postmark; cover edge wear and reduction at left, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 213    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $70

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Lot 653    

(Ethnic) R.B. Mitchell, Dealer in Poultry Supplies. Illustrated ad design on blue cover showing Black Boy with Chicks in Hat and humorous verse alongside; franked with 1879, 1¢ dark ultramarine tied by Chicago oval handstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $140

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Lot 654    

(Ethnic) Southern Fertilizer Co. Illustrated design showing Slaves Picking Cotton in Field, franked with 2¢ red tied by 1897 Atlanta, Ga. duplex postmark; cover slightly reduced at right, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $325

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Lot 655    

Ethnic Advertising Covers. Balance of 16 illustrated ad covers, 1880-1890's; an array of products and companies including Gold Dust Washing Powder - Chicago, Ill. showing Gold Dust Twins in Tub, Handy Box Stove Polish Paste, Dobbins' Electric Soap - Camden, N.J., etc.; some flaws, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $475

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Lot 656    

(Fire Related) Champion Fire Extinguisher. Illustrated design showing Man with Fire Extinguisher, franked with 1873, 1¢ ultramarine, strip of three tied by blue Louisville, Ky. cds and target duplexes, reverse with full Champion Chemical Fire Engine illustration, Very Fine.
Scott No. 156    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $160

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Lot 657    

(Fire Related) Clark's Pat. Tackle Fire Escape. Illustrated design on cover showing Man Escaping Burning Building, franked with 2¢ red brown tied by 1885 Harrisburg, Pa. duplex postmark, additional 1886 cover with similar smaller ad design, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $150

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