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Sale 97: The Westpex Sale

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Advertising & Illustrated Covers

Lots 2413-2419

Lot 2413    

Advertising and Illustrated Covers, group of 20 covers including illustrated designs like 1870s New York Leather Hose Mfg. Co. ad showing fire carriage; Augusta Me. "Pension Business" 2¢ #73 legal-size cover with printed circular; 1878 Foxborough Mass. Centennial cover and patriotic enclosures; 1864 State of Maine Adjt. General's Office cover and printed notice; 1882 Dr. A.B. Dobson "Magnetic Healer" Maquoketa Ia. cover and printed enclosures; three multicolor floral post cards, three 1904 all-over multicolor illustrated covers; etc.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $500

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Lot 2414    

Advertising Cover Stock, approximately 2,000 covers priced and sleeved in 4 cover stockboxes, mostly turn-of-the-century to the 1940's with a fair showing of 19th century including some early, priced in the $5-$20 range from standard corner cards to illustrated ads including some allover; arranged by topic including Agriculture/Animals with many illustrated animal designs, Appliances, Transportation including some interesting petroliana and early express advertising enclosures, small section of stamp dealer covers with several facsimile stamp designs, Clothing, Food, Fraternal, Hotels, Manufacturing, Music, Tools, and much more; condition mixed and some modest to moderate duplication on occasion, please inspect.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $4,250

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Lot 2415 /o   

Advertising Postal Card Group, of approximately 330 mostly used cards; mostly 1880-1930's usages with wide range of businesses throughout, transportation includes railroad freight notice cards, 1875 White Star Line sailing notice card, 1908 American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. sailing notice, etc., assortment of clothing related including a 1909 hand-drawn sock knitting caricature ad, good showing of illustrated ads including 1915 Crown Pottery (Evansville, Ind.) showing allover factory design and 1905 Pacific Electric Works (Los Angeles, Cal.) showing women holding flashlight and electric candle, few better items-colored cards, etc.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $600

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Lot 2416    

Illustrated Advertising Cover Balance, 1850-1910's, of over 150 covers and three postal cards with multicolored ads, a nice array of designs with many allover and multicolored; includes several carriage ads, multicolored including "3 Feeds" International Stock Food Co., cards including the Templin's Seeds & Plants, couple Expo ads, early 1850's saddle design cameo franked with #25, typewriter ads, map, etc.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $1,600

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Lot 2417    

(Agricultural) Washburn & Co., Seed & Horticultural Warehouse, Boston, group of 16 covers; includes a couple 1860's agricultural covers, four later map ads, some multicolored ads including Winchester gun and the Gold Dust Twins, etc.; condition varies.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $450

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Lot 2418    

Illustrated Cover Accumulation, of approximately 175 turn of the century covers; an array of companies and designs including many Fruits & Vegetables ads, Foods, Oil Products, children products including Carriages and Rocking Horse, number of Locomotive ads, Animals, etc., few bicolored ads; condition a little mixed, inspect.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,500

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Lot 2419    

Tuck's Halloween Post Cards, group of 15 unused cards (9 different), all with gold bordering and "Halloween", finely embossed designs; some duplication, Very Fine, a scarce group.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $350

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