Lot
2494 
J.P. Johnson & Co., Wholesale Grocers, Peoria, Ill., multicolored "Will Call" representative trade card, reverse addressed to Atlanta, Ill., franked with 1881, 1¢ gray blue tied by purple cork handstamp, with Black Swan Creek, Ill. cds alongside, Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot
2495 
Gem City Business College, Postal Card (Quincy, Ill.), blue, red and gold formula card with stamp collar and ad corner card at left, reverse with printed 1870's college dateline and "D.L. Musselman, Principle" at lower left, Extremely Fine.Estimate $300 - 400.
The Gem City Business College started in 1870 with only three students with attendance steadily increasing to an enrollment of some 1,400 students by September of 1892.
Realized: $350
Lot
2496
Lockwood's Gallery, Ripon, Wis., Aug 5, 1866, circular date stamp on carte-de-viste used as locally addressed post card franked with 1863, 2¢ black tied by fancy radial in circle handstamp (S-E GE R-5), partial Ripon, Wis, cds, front with manuscript "Yours truly, J.H. Maxwell"; cert. mentions flaws we find no evidence of, Very Fine, a remarkably early pioneer post card made from a carte-de-viste; with 2013 Weiss certificate.Scott No. 73 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $750
Lot
2497
Calvary Church Fair, Postal Card (Wilmington, Del.), red and green bordered card with corner card for the December 1872 fair, locally addressed, franked with 1870, 1¢ ultramarine affixed on stamp collar and canceled by wedge cancel, matching light Wilmington, Del cds alongside, reverse with announcement from the Art Committee Chairman extolling fair including arrangements with L. Prang & Co. of Boston (known for their illustrated ad cover and Civil War patriotic designs); some light card tone spots, otherwise Very Fine.Scott No. 145 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $375
Lot
2498
"Mansard Cook" Postal Card (Troy, N.Y.), green card with illustrated red and black design and humorous notation starting…This is our new Postal Card, got up by the "Mansard" government., franked with 1873, 1¢ ultramarine tied by grid handstamp, to West Townshend, Vt., with allover ad text on reverse; stamp with a few nibbed perfs at right and light tone spots on reverse, otherwise Very Fine.Scott No. 156 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $525
Lot
2499
"Good News" Horse & Rider (Philadelphia, Pa.), dark red surfaced card (front and reverse) with black illustration between two telegraph poles, addressed to Postmaster of Hegarty's Cross Roads, Pa., 1873, 1¢ ultramarine affixed on stamp collar with cork handstamp canceling, reverse with ad for "Dr. Bond's System - Cancer Can Be Cured" with Philadelphia address; some edge wear, Very Fine.Scott No. 156 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $280
Lot
2500
Stewart's Ready Roofing (New York, N.Y.), illustrated working roofers advertisement on blue green card addressed to Steinsburg, Pa., franked with 1881, 1¢ gray blue tied by neat New York oval handstamp, allover ad text on reverse, Very Fine.Scott No. 206 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $425
Lot
2501
U.S. Buffalo Scale Co. (Buffalo, N.Y.), illustrated advertising card showing Ambiguous Potato Head Portrait (turned 90 degrees to the left shows a sleeping puppy), to Suffield, Ct., franked with 1881, 1¢ gray blue tied by cork handstamp, with allover ad text on reverse; card crease, otherwise Very Fine.Scott No. 206 Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
2502
Samuel Stephens's Postal Card (Boston, Mass.), brown design similar to the 1887 Jefferson postal card design with Franklin vignette, locally addressed and franked with 1881, 1¢ gray blue tied by bold "Boston, Mass." oval handstamp, reverse with ad for printer's supplies, Extremely Fine.Scott No. 206 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $375