Lot
2620 
(Advertising) 1873, 1¢ Brown on Buff, large U.S.P.O.D. watermark, printed illustrated advertisement of Norris, Hull & Co. in Portland Me. showing Building on reverse, cancelled by circular grad and addressed to Detroit Mich., docketed as received "May 31/73" on top edge, minor edge wear, F.-V.F. Scott No. UX1 Estimate $200 - 300.
ONE OF THE EARLIEST ILLUSTRATED ADVERTISING POSTAL CARDS.
This illustrated card, and the following card, are both pictured in Fricke's "A Contemporary Account of the First United States Postal Card, 1870-1875" on page 62 as the earliest examples of pictorial advertising on cards.
Realized: $170