The Classic Cancel

Item #	Description	Price
j0123	#156, F-VF sound strip of 3 tied on intact advertising cover postmarked MANCHESTER N.H. JAN 12 [1874] to S. Newbury NH. Cover illustrates Gaskell's Bryant & Stratton New Hampshire Business College in black with red lettering. Contains original correspondence on illustrated letterhead for Gaskell's Complete Compendium of Elegant Writing. Attractive.	SOLD
j0124	#158, F+, sound, NEW YORK FEB 19 [1878] postmark and ellipse killer ties to fresh, unreduced blue all over illustrated advertising cover for Robert Gair picturing his NYC "Paper Bag and Flower Sack Manufactory, Steam Job Printing" property at left and his Ballston Spa NY "Mills Factory" at right. Cover missing back flap. Original illustrated correspondence accompanies.	SOLD
j0125	#158, F+, sound, NEW YORK DEC 30 [1876] postmark and ellipse killer ties to intact blue-green all over illustrated advertising cover for Robert Gair picturing his NYC "Paper Bag and Flower Sack Manufactory, Steam Job Printing" property at left and his Ballston Spa NY "Mills Factory" at right. Original lettterhead correspondence accompanies.	$40
j0126	#158, VF, sound, ST. LOUIS, MO. OCT 28 postmark, on intact Donnell Manufacturing Co. corner advertising envelope with wonderful full back illustrated promotion for 1878 St. Louis Exposition (Sept. 9-Oct. 12) and St. Louis Fair (Oct. 7-Oct. 12). The back pictures a Lion and an Elephant at to Zoological Garden, along with exposition buildings (Mechanical Hall, Art Hall and House of Public Comfort) and declares "Reduced Fare" on all railroads and steamboats. Very attractive exposition advertising cover.	SOLD
j0127	#158, F+, sound, cork killer with light GENEVA, NY DEC 17 [1878] postmark pm all over illustrated advertising cover for Betz & Nester, Malsters, Geneva, N.Y. picturing the company's GENEVA MALT HOUSE. VF illustrated letter head correspondence matching the cover illustration accompanies. Cover reduced 1cm at left. Scarce and attractive early brewery advertising.	$75
j0128	#206, fine, sound, tied by small PHILADELPHIA numeral 14 double oval on VF intact black and green illustrated advertisement for GEO. A. STONE CONTINENTAL NURSERIES, W. PHILADELPHI, PA. Cover pictures an wonderful image of an eagle holding rose branches above a listing of Stone's other offices in multiple cities. Original Christmas-dated printed Weekly Bulletin accompanies. Very nice.	SOLD
j0129	#147, fine, sound, smudge killer and NEW YORK DEC 29 postmark ties to VF intact, all over brown illustrated advertising cover for D. Tynberg Paper Collars & Cuffs manufacture, illustrating same.	$30
j0130	#210, F-VF SE, sound, BOSTON MASS JAN 4 1884 postmark and ellipse killer tie to VF intact red and blue green bicolor illustrated advertising envelope for The Seven Sutherland Sisters, "7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD". The sisters performed as a singing group, including with Barnum and Bailey Circus as a sideshow, having appeared before royalty, as is pictured in the cover illustration. In particular, the sisters were noted for their combined flowing 37½ feet of long, flowing hair. It was this feature that made their fortune. Henry Bailey, husband of sister Naomi and nephew of the circus magnate, saw opportunity there and and began selling a line of hair products, the best known being "The Seven Sutherland Sisters Hair Grower".	$125
j0131	#210, fine, sound, BOSTON MASS MAY 6 1884 postmark and ellipse killer tie to VF fresh, intact red and green bicolor illustrated advertising envelope for The Seven Sutherland Sisters, "7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD". The sisters performed as a singing group, including with Barnum and Bailey Circus as a sideshow, having appeared before royalty, as is pictured in the cover illustration. In particular, the sisters were noted for their combined flowing 37½ feet of long, flowing hair. It was this feature that made their fortune. Henry Bailey, husband of sister Naomi and nephew of the circus magnate, saw opportunity there and and began selling a line of hair products, the best known being "The Seven Sutherland Sisters Hair Grower".	$150
j0132	#213, fine, NEW YORK JAN 28 1889 postmark and ellipse killer tie to intact brown on bluish paper illustrated advertising envelope for The Seven Sutherland Sisters. The sisters performed as a singing group, including with Barnum and Bailey Circus as a sideshow, having appeared before royalty, as is pictured in the cover illustration. In particular, the sisters were noted for their combined flowing 37½ feet of long, flowing hair. It was this feature that made their fortune. Henry Bailey, husband of sister Naomi and nephew of the circus magnate, saw opportunity there and and began selling a line of hair products, the best known being "The Seven Sutherland Sisters Hair Grower". To the cover illustration has been added, "THIS HAIR WAS PRODUCED BY THE 7 SISTERS HAIR GROWER PRICE 50¢ & $1.00". Mended cover tear at left.	$50
j0133	#213, fine, sound, ANDERSON C.H. S.C. APR 3 1890 postmark and cork killer on VF cover, neatly opened at right, bearing an illustrated advertisement for "P.B. Divver, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in CONFEDERATE MONEY, STAMPS and CURIOSITIES". A very attractive and interesting early stamp and collectibles dealer cover. Accompanying this item is a short September 20, 1972 article from National Stamp News by Herman Herst, Jr. discussing the cover.	$50
j0134	#319, fine, faults, tied by HAILEY, IDAHO MAY 15 1908 postmark on intact multicolor advertisement for Alturas Hotel, Hailey. Cover edge wear. The cover offers a beautiful picture of a trout jumping out of a rocky stream after a fisherman's fly. The cover reverse promotes the town of Hailey, including, "One of the best trout fishing streams in the world within five blocks of the hotel." A terrific fishing topic cover.	SOLD
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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