| Gordon Bleuler Collection - Advertising Covers & Misc. |
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Lot 1836 |
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CSA Official Business, Inspector General's Office, Trans-Mississippi Department imprint envelope directed to Brig. Gen. James E. Slaighter, Chief of Staff, District Tex. at Houston, carried by military carrier, cover was turned with CSA 10¢ (11c) tied by "Austin Tex. Feb 22 (1865)" c.d.s., addressed back to the Ins. Gen. T.M.D., Shreveport, La., with manuscript "rec'd", backflap replaced and minor ink erosion, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1837 |
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Cattle feed advertising, two covers, one unused, with different all-over advertising for International Foods "3 Feeds for One Cent", multicolor ads on front and back, Very Fine and exceeding attractive pair.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1838 |
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Coffee advertising, group of two covers and two cards comprising The Bour Co., Crescant Mfg. Co., White House Brand Coffee, and The J. Fitch Coffee Co., three are multicolored. F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1839 |
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Elephant advertising, one cover and one card depicting elephants in the advertisement for "Rub-No-More" washing powder, both multicolor and used, one with cover nick repair, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1840 |
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(Expositions) 1899 National Export Exposition, all-over multicolor ad depicting the permanent buildings of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum and Franklin Institute, special "Phil. Expo Sep 27, 1899" machine cancellation on 2¢ carmine, reverse with return address of Estey organs and pianos, reduced slightly at right into stamp, Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 1841 |
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(Expositions) 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, pink multicolor illustrated corner card label "steer for the Iron Mountain Route", 10¢ red brown (327) tied by "Middleboro, K.Y. Oct 19, 1904" c.d.s. to Battle Creek, Mich., blue manuscript "reg. #222", Very Fine and attractive single franking.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1842 |
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Expositions Collection 1892-1933, collection of 104 picture postcards, covers or related items, eight different for each of 13 U.S. Expositions or Celebrations, events comprise the 1892 Columbian Expo, 1898 Trans-Mississippi Expo, 1901 Pan American Expo, 1904 Louisiana Purchase Expo, 1905 Lewis & Clark Celeb., 1907 Jamestown Celeb., 1909 Lincoln Memorial, 1909 Alaska Yukon Celeb., 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celeb., 1915 Panama-Pacific Expo, 1920 Pilgrim Celeb., 1926 Sequi-Centennial, and the 1933 Century of Progress Celeb., excellent starter collection, Very Fine and colorful.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1843 |
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Food related advertising, group of 11 covers and cards, ads include Gulden's mustard, Vande Carr's mustard, Samuset Chocolates, W.S. Ovens Crackers, Eskey's Food, Henkel's Bread Flour, Van Houten's Cocoa, Swiss Milk Chocolate, Cream, Domino Sugar, and Sarsaparilla, six are multicolor. F.-V.F.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1844 |
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Horse related advertising, group of four different covers and a Merchant's Gargling oil multicolor trade card, ads comprise Tomkins' Famous Riders, J. Newton with printed enclosure, D. Bradle Mfg, and Belknap Road Scrapers, Very Fine group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1845 |
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Hotel advertising, group of seven different covers, ads comprise Mt. Washington Summit House with printed enclosure, St. James Hotel, Peabody Hotel, The Armstrong, American House, The Hollenden, and Ford's Hotel, three are multicolored, couple faults. F.-V.F.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1846 |
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Music related advertising, group of six covers and one card depicting various musical instruments including a french horn, phonograph, and piano, companies include the Vibratum Musical Instrument Co., Coleman's American Excelsior, and Wm. Knabe & Co., couple small faults. F.-V.F.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1847 |
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Nursery related cards, group of six Nursery related multicolor advertising cards comprising three depicting flowers, two with grapes and strawberries, and last with garden vegetables, beautiful group. F.-V.F.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1848 |
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Publisher advertising, group of four covers with all-over ads comprising Geo. W. Prouty Co. in Boston, New York Herald, Argus and Patriot in Vermont, and Lippincott's Magazine in Philadelphia. F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1849 |
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Tobacco advertising, group of three covers and one card comprising P. Lorillard Co., A.H. Motley Co., Western Tobacco Co., and Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., two are multicolor. F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1850 |
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1870's to 1880's advertising cover group, group of 29 covers with mostly Banknote issue frankings, nice range of ads that include a large group of manufacturing, a map design, fishing, insurance, and state-related, good variety with several all-over designs and multicolor, F.-V.F.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1851 |
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1890's to 1910's advertising cover group, group of 27 covers and cards with various frankings and a few unused, nice range of ads that include a large group of merchants and manufacturing, better include two typewriters, an African-American design, Schlitz brewing, and state-related, good variety with several all-over designs and multicolor, F.-V.F.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1852 |
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Advertising post cards, group of six used multicolor post cards depicting Fisk Tires, The Wolf play, Fralinfers Taffy in Atlantic City, The Boys' World, Purina Poultry Feeds, and The Elks.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1853 |
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Postage Due covers, group of 16 early United States Postage due covers, mostly between 1879 and 1900, values ranging from 1¢ to 10¢ good variety of auxiliary markings and usages, Very Fine and interesting group.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1854 |
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Early U.S. aviation covers, group of 25 including several experimental flights in the period 1920-1924 and several first issue airmail covers, F.-V.F. group.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1855 |
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Pioneer Airmail Postcards, group of 25 pioneer picture postcards of early aircraft and flights, eight are multicolor, eight are used, several real photographs. F.-V.F.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1856 |
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Byrd Antartic Expedition, group of six covers, two with the Little America cachet, one with the S.S. Eleanor Boling cachet, and three with a return address to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in New Zealand, mixed condition, Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1857 |
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US Navy Battleship Fleet, 1900-1910, group of 50 post cards showing ships of the White Squadron and the Great White Fleet which made an around the world cruise durin 1907-1909, excellent group of cards, used and unused, telling the story of the ships and the men, F.-V.F.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1858 |
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1906 San Francisco Earthquake, selection of 10 different unused multicolor post cards showing various views of the destruction, an excellent group of this popular subject.
Estimate 300 - 400
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1906 San Francisco Earthquake, selection of 18 different used post cards showing various views of the destruction, nine were used in May 1906, the earliest being a May 7 card posted in Oakland, Cal., four are multicolored, an excellent early group of this popular subject, F-VF. The quake and fires took place from April 18 to 20.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1860 |
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Pike's Peak, Colorado, unusual early 20th century group of 50 illustrated postcards and two fold-out souvenirs containing ten different images telling the story of Pike's Peak, 26 unused and 26 used, a number of the cards were mailed from the rock house at the summit of the peak (altitude 14,147 feet), a cog wheel train began carrying tourists to the summit starting around 1892, Very Fine and interesting group.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1861 |
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Valentine cards and envelopes, group of 11 multi-colored comprising 7 envelopes with cards and 4 cards only. F.-V.F. and interesting group.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1862 |
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Valentines Day covers, group of three used on February 14 comprising a 3¢ green (184) from New York to Brooklyn, a 1¢ ultra (212) used locally in Washington Borough, Pa. with card included, and a 1¢ ultra (246) used locally in Goshen, NY with card included. F.-V.F. group.
Estimate 200 - 300
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