Lot 669
Graham, Andrew, Glace at Standard Phonography - The Best Shorthand, all-over advertising lettersheet with Various Ads and Articles on Phonography (inside & out) to Woodville, N.J. with "Andrew Graham" imprint at bottom left, franked with 1861 1¢ blue + 3¢ rose tied by New York cds's; trivial nick at bottom, Very Fine.Scott No. 63+65 Estimate $500 - 750.
A VERY RARE FOLDOUT PHONOGRAPHY AD SHEET, PARTICULARLY WITH THE 1¢ CARRIER RATE, THE ONLY EXAMPLE WE HAVE EVER OFFERED.
Andrew Graham developed the shorthand system known as "Graham's Shorthand." It was the standard shorthand system in the United States in the last half of the 19th century until it was supplanted by the Gregg Shorthand system.