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Milgram Consignment: Advertising Covers
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| j0119 |
#213, fine, sound, POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. JUL 26
1889 postmark and ellipse killer tie to VF intact SMITH BROTHER'S
S. B. COUGH DROPS advertising cover illustrated by its trade
mark portraits of its founders. Contains
original letter with company's illustrated letterhead.
Very nice. |
SOLD |
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| j0120 |
#156, average, perf faults at bottom, tied on VF
intact all over illustrated unsealed circular mail envelope for
California Military Academy, Oakland, Cal., picturing the
academy's building and a horse-pulled trolley. Reverse bears a VF
strike of blue oval "CALIFORNIA MILITARY ACADEMY OCT 16 1878
OAKLAND, CAL." hand stamp. |
$45 |
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| j0121 |
#187, #207, "NEW YORK REG" double oval killers,
stamps paying registry of intact purple ink advertising cover
for F. G. Smith, successor to Wm. B. Bradbury, picturing
portraits of the two men and claiming at top, "The Sweetest and Best
Toned Piano Made is the [??? ???]". Cover
reverse bears several printed piano product endorsements from
notables, including one from the White House.
Original MAR 1 1882 letter in company
letterhead enclosed. Cover toned around the edges. |
SOLD |
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| j0122 |
#147, faulty, on essentially intact all over
advertising cover for F. G. Smith & Co. Bradbury Piano Fortes,
with corner illustration of one. Original
NOV 23 1871 letter on illustrated company letterhead
accompanies. |
SOLD |
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| j0080 |
#213, fine, on XF, essentially intact (small
part of flap missing) all-over green illustrated shaded
advertising cover for Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghampton N.Y., JAN 18
1888 postmark. Cover shows Dr. Kilmer and Standard Herbal
Remedies medicine bottles. The cover also contains a
wonderful, 2-sided illustrated flyer. Its
front shows an advertising sign for
"Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the Great Kidney Specific" along
with images of "Hiawatha Island, Dr. Kilmer & Co.'s Stock Farm and
Summer Home". The back displays
music and lyrics for "MUSICA-MEDICUS, SONG AND CHORUS." A
similar 1885 cover without content, bearing a #210, both stamp and
cover described with small faults, realized $1500 hammer price in
the APS 2024 GASS auction. An absolutely magnificent medical
advertising cover. |
SOLD |
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| j0081 |
#145, fine, perf faults from close placement at top,
tied by red cork killer and AUBURN, N.Y. MAR 13 postmark on
VF
intact (flap tears) drop rate cover with all over advertisement for
Joseph Osborn, Chemist & Druggist, picturing at left the chemist
serving a customer. Contains the original 1873 customer bill from
Osborn's "Family and Dispensing Druggist". A very nice medical
advertising cover. |
$75 |
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| j0082 |
#158, VF, sound, tied by VF strike of NEW YORK APR 29
postmark and 9-bar numeral 25 ellipse killer on VF intact (flap
tear) all over pink advertising cover for Jeremiah Curtis & Sons,
Proprietors of Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for Children Teething,
sent to Hampden ME. A terrific medical advertising cover. |
$95 |
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| j0083 |
#158, fine, perf toning at right, tied by an XF strike
of scarce 11-bar numeral 6 ellipse (used for just 3 months in 1877)
and NEW YORK SEP 3 postmark on VF intact (small sealed tear at top)
all over green advertising envelope for RADWAY & CO., for "READY
RELIEF" "RENOVATING RESOLVENT" "REGULATING PILLS". An advertisement
apparently for the treatment of constipation. A wonderful medical
advertisement cover. |
$95 |
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| j0084 |
#158, erroded perfs at top, POUGHKEEPSIE N.Y. MAY 27
[1879 docketing) postmark, wedges killer, on VF intact (minor toning
at bottom) advertising cover for SMITH BROTHERS' S. B. COUGH DROPS,
illustrated with the company's trade mark images of the brothers.
Cover contains short note on company letterhead ("SMITH BROTHERS,
CONFECTIONERS AND CATERERS, PARTIES, SUPPERS, DINNERS, FAIRS,
EXCURSIONS, &C." Interesting medical related advertising. |
SOLD |
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| j0073 |
#158, VF sound SE stamp, black cork killer,
with XF TWIN MOUNTAIN HOUSE N.H. AUG 24 1877 simpex postmark
(located in Twin Mountain, Coos County, 1869-, the hotel's post
office not listed in Helbock) on illustrated Twin Mountain
House, White Mountains, N.H. hotel advertising cover, tiny edge
faults, neatly opened at left. Twin Mountain House was a grand hotel
in Twin Mountain, New Hampshire that was built in 1868 and torn down
in 1960. Apparently the hotel had its own postmark for mail
service from the hotel, obviously quite a scarce New Hampshire
marking. |
SOLD |
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| j0065 |
#146, fine, sound, just tied by SOTN strike
of 6 segment striated wedge around NYCM killer on essentially
intact illustrated advertising for Moore's Rural New-Yorker
circular mail cover, minor edge faults, to Poughquag NY. |
SOLD |
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