1908 - 1920 Washington - Franklin Issue Postal History



 


The 1908 - 1922 Washington / Franklin Issues
(Cellared Selections of Postal History)

December 15, 2025 Sale has Ended.
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Part 1. Advertising Covers

A Net Price Sale Offered by Richard Frajola, LLC
Sale has Ended December 15, 2025

 

This sale - I am pleased to offer the first part a an important group of Washington - Franklin issue uses on cover. This part features the multicolor advertising covers. Additional black and white ad covers are being offered by Mark Bardell ("Cobbie10") on ebay (all covers from this collection are additionally coded "FP" in header. If you have any special interests, please advise as additional parts will feature rare stamps on cover, rare coils as well as foreign origins and destinations.

November - December 2025 Postal History Net Price Sales:

1908-1922 Washington - Franklin Issues collection

Part 1.  Page here.

Advertising covers - features a cellared selection of 171 multicolor advertising covers.

Part 2. Page here 

Better Stamps on Cover - with several rarities including finest Orangeburg coil on clasp envelope

Part 3. Page here

Postal History Uses - Unusual and scarce uses including US occupation, R-34 flown cover, foreign combinations and miscellaneous weird and wonderful

 


Ordering Information - These items will be sold at the listed price on a first come, first served, basis. Lots that have been sold will be marked. Please email me to confirm availability and order by stock number in column at left. All lots will be shipped to domestic U.S. addresses only, by Fedex only (signature required) - this entails an additional charge of $45. All lots must be paid for in advance unless previous credit has been established.


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Multicolor Advertising Covers
 
#101

 

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(Alcohol) Eagle Liqueur Distilleries Rheinstrom Bros, multicolor ad cover with logo, reverse images of maraschino cherries and liqueur bottle, Cincinnati, Ohio 1914 postmark, very fine (reverse image

#102

 

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(Alcohol) Fred Krug Brewing Co., multicolor ad cover with logo, beer, hops and grain illustration, 2c carmine imperf (#344) tied with Omaha, Nebraska 1911 postmark, very fine

#103

 

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(Alcohol) The People's Brewing Co, multicolor ad cover, eagle, hops and grain illustration, Terre Haute, Indiana 1916 postmark, very fine

#104

 

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(Alcohol) Weisbrod & Hess Brewing Company, multicolor ad cover with company logo, Philadelphia, 1920, very fine

#105

 

 

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(Animal) exotic and domestic animals illustration, Chester A. Lamb, multicolor all over ad cover, 2c carmine (#406), postmarked Grand Rapids. Michigan 1914, including a clip of a 1914 Newspaper ad from the sender advertising the sale of poultry, pet stock etc., very fine, PF cert

#106

 

 

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(Artist) Charles M. Russell "Have one on Me" multicolored illustration on cover produced for The Board of Trade, Frazier & Griffiss, Great Falls, Montana postmark 1914, the only reported example, very fine

#107

 

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(Automobile) C & J Tire, purple all over ad cover with car silhouette, 3c used from Winger, Minnesota 1918 postmark, very fine (reverse image

#108

 

 

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(Automobile) Firestone Tires, multicolor corner card ad cover, Hartford, Connecticut 1911 postmark, missing back flap, fine

#109

 

 

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(Automobile) Hartford Tires, brown all over ad cover of touring car, 3c used from Hensel, Pennsylvania, fine (reverse image

#110

 

 

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(Automobile) Revere Tires, green all over ad cover with touring car in mountains, 3c with Perry, New York 1918 duplex postmark, mended tear barely impinges design at top, very fine design (reverse image

#111

 

 

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(Automobile) Savage Tires, "Heap big mileage!" two tone ad cover, Native American driving race car, Santa Ana, California 1921 postmark, very fine

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(Automobile) Shaw Taxis, multicolor all over ad cover, illustration of vehicles lined up against a skyline, 2c carmine coil (#491, type II), Chicago, IL 1917 postmark, very fine (reverse image

#113

 

 

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(Automobile) The Lambert, Buckeye Manufacturing Co, multicolor all over ad cover, illustrating several Lambert cars, imprint on reverse, Anderson, Indiana 1913 postmark, fine (reverse image

#114

 

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(Automobile) United States Tires, blue and black all over ad cover, various types of tires illustrated, 3c stamp, Pahokee, Florida 1918 postmark, fine (reverse image

#115

 

 

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(Circus) The Hermits in Africa Company, multicolor all over ad cover with Elephant and handlers illustration, promoting their show at the Opera House, Cleveland, Ohio 1909 postmark, very fine

#116

 

 

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(Clothing) C.D. Osborn, Manufacturers of Gloves, window envelope with glove illustration, all over ad on reverse with gloves and building, Chicago, IL 1916 postmark, very fine (reverse image

#117

 

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(Clothing) Marx & Haas Clothing Co., multicolor ad cover featuring a group of men aghast about the new "Waist-band" fashion, logo and further written ads on reverse, St. Louis, Missouri 1916 postmark, very fine (reverse image

#118

 

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(Clothing) Sherman Overall Mfg. Co, two color ad cover with man and trolley, Sherman, Texas 1920 postmark, very fine

#119

 

 

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(Exposition) Detroit Industrial Exposition 1910, multicolor ad cover illustration with image of an exposition building with ships on the water, Detroit, Michigan 1910 postmark to Lyme, CT, very fine (reverse image

#120

 

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(Fairs & Celebration) San Jose 4th of July Celebration, multicolor ad cover with celebratory illustration, San Jose, California 1909 postmark, very fine

#121

 

 

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(Fairs & Shows) Watsonville Apple Annual 1910, multicolor ad cover with an illustration featuring a map of California, apples, and a representative building with flags and people walking on the streets, advertising "an apple show in the largest apple district of the west", Watsonville, California 1910 postmark, very fine (reverse image) 

#122

 

 

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(Fairs) Rose Festival Portland, Oregon, multicolor ad cover with illustration of roses and figures, Portland, Oregon 1914 postmark, very fine 

#123

 

 

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(Fairs) Ben Lomond Midsummer Street Fair, multicolor ad cover, illustration of woman and lampions, 1c plus 2c postage tied, cover with old repaired tears, fine appearance

#124

 

 

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(Fairs) Brockton Fair 1909, multicolor all over ad cover with illustration of horse race and rider, Brockton, Massachusetts 1909 postmark, edge flaws at top

#125

 

 

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(Fairs) Brockton Fair 1911, multicolor ad cover with a woman giving a horse a sugar cube treat, Brockton, Massachusetts Campello Station 1911 postmark, minor corner wrinkles not affecting the stamp

#126

 

 

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(Fairs) Brockton Fair 1913, multicolor all over ad cover with livestock, birds, two biplanes, and harness racer, Brockton, Massachusetts 1913 postmark, very fine

#127

 

 

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(Fairs) Brockton Fair 1915, multicolor ad cover with an illustration of a female judge holding a ribbon looking at five horses with a look of contemplation, Brockton, MassachusettsA 1915 postmark, very fine 

#128

 

 

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(Fairs) Brockton Fair 1916, multicolor ad cover with rider and horse "Aristocrat" illustration, Brockton, Massachusetts 1916 postmark, very fine

#129

 

 

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(Fairs) Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909, multicolor ad cover with official advertisement illustrated by the Hudson-Fulten Celebration Commission, Hudson Terminal Station, New York 1910 postmark, very fine

#130

 

 

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(Fairs) Ka-Noo-No Karnival and State Fair, red and blue all over ad cover, with George Washington portrait, reverse with listing of events, original letter, Syracuse, New York 1912 postmark, very fine (reverse image) 

#131

 

 

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(Fairs) Kentucky State Fair 1919, mixed multicolor motives of livestock, airplanes, automobiles, harvest and circus illustrations, all over design ad cover, Louisville, Kentucky 1919 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#132

 

 

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(Fairs) Minneapolis Civic Celebration, Street Pageant and Water Carnival, red and green all over ad cover, illustration of river bridge and map connecting lakes, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1911 postmark, edge wear, fine (reverse image)

#133

 

 

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(Fairs) Portola Festival 1909 San Francisco poster, multicolor illustration, additional imprint of Pauson & Company (men's wear store), San Francisco 1909 postmark dated 2 weeks prior to the fair, very fine

#135

 

 

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(Fairs) Portola Festival, red and yellow illustrated cover, "Miss San Francisco" shown at left, with a setting sun, San Francisco, California 1909 postmark, very fine

#136

 

 

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(Fairs) Portola, red and yellow ad cover with illustration of a woman with roses in her hair, San Francisco, California 1909 postmark, very fine

#137

 

 

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(Fairs) Roundup in Stockton Frontier Day Celebration, brown all over ad cover with horse and rider busting through paper wall on reverse, female rider with lasso and cows on front, Stockton, California 1913 postmark, minor edge wear, fine (reverse image)

#138

 

 

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(Fairs) Santa Clara County Rose Carnival 1910, red and green ad cover with rose, San Jose, California 1910 postmark, very fine 

#139

 

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(Fairs) South Dakota State Fair, red and black ad cover with illustration of horses on fair ground, Huron, South Dakota 1913 postmark, very fine

#140

 

 

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(Fairs) Walla Walla County Fair 1922, multicolor ad cover with horse and woman holding reins ("Woman's Rein" written below image), Walla Walla, Washington 1922 postmark, very fine

#141

 

 

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(Farm equipment) Planet Jr, Plows, multicolor ad cover with farmer steering a plow, reverse illustration of men plowing a field, 1c pair, East Williston, New York 1916 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#142

 

 

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(Farm equipment) Planet Jr, Plows, multicolor ad cover with man steering a plow, reverse illustration of men plowing a field, 1c coil, San Francisco, California 1915 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#143

 

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(Farm equipment) Planet Jr, Plows, multicolor ad cover with man steering a plow, reverse illustration of men plowing a field, 2c coil, San Francisco, California 1914 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#144

 

 

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(Farm) Dr. Hess & Clark, black and yellow ad cover, with horse and livestock illustration, Ashland, Ohio 1917 postmark, very fine 

#145


 

 

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(Farm) E.M. Lyman & Son Seedsmen, bicolor ad cover with illustration of two gourds, Springfield, Massachusetts 1912 postmark, very fine 

#146

 

 

 

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(Farm) G.E. Patteson & Co, Manufacturers Stock Feed, multicolor ad cover with cow and horse illustration, reverse with image of building in green, Memphis, Tennessee 1916 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#147

 

 

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(Farm) J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co, multicolor corner card, bald eagle perched on globe, Racine, Wisconsin 1918 postmark, very fine

#148

 

 

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(Farm) John A. Salzer Seed Co, bicolor post card, illustration of company building, order confirmation on reverse, 2c perfin tied, Lacrosse, Wisconsin 1918 postmark, light overall soilingn (reverse image)

#149

 

 

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(Farm) LeRoy Plow Co., multicolor, unsealed ad cover with horse drawn plow illustration, text on reverse, 1c Washington tied by LeRoy, New York postmark, tiny edge tear, still very fine (reverse image)

#150

 

 

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(Farm) National Livestock Commission Co, multicolor ad cover with bald eagle illustration, Chicago, Illinois 1910 postmark, purple missent Woodbine, Ill. Handstamp, fine

#151

 

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(Farm) Swift's Fertilizers, multicolor ad cover with illustration of a red steer, text on reverse, 3c from booklet pane used from Baltimore, Maryland 1918 postmark, two mended tears at top (reverse image)

#152

 

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(Farm) Swift's Fertilizers, multicolor ad cover with illustration of a red steer, text on reverse, two 1c stamps, Baltimore, Maryland 1919 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

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(Farm) Yellow Hammer Fertilizers, Alabama Cotton Oil Co, multicolor ad cover, bird sitting on a hammer, Montgomery, Alabama 1909, fine

#154

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Acorn Brand Coffee, multicolor ad cover with a product illustration, with enclosure, Toledo, Ohio 1911 postmark, fine 

#155

 

 

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(Food & Drink) American Spawn Co., illustrated cover with mushrooms in olive green, St Paul, Minnesota 1911 postmark, very fine

#156

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Better Bread Bakery, multicolor cover sent registered from Turlock, CA to Ulriksdal, Sweden, arrival backstamp, 12c plus 3c stamps tied, cover minor edge stain, fine use

#157

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Brer Rabbit Molasses, multicolor all over ad on reverse with Brer Rabbit and Velva Molasses, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1915 postmark, very fine (image)

#158

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Case & Martin Co. "Connecticut Pie Bakery," multicolor all over ad cover, building illustration, Chicago, Illinois 1917 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#159

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Cleveland Fruit Juice Co, multicolor ad cover with logo and cherries, "Buckeye Rootbeer" ad on reverse, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1909 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#160

 

 

(Food & Drink) Cream of Rye, multicolored all over ad cover with product image, reverse multicolor ad, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1912 postmark, trimmed at side not affecting stamp (reverse image)

#161

 

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(Food & Drink) Henkel's Bread Flour Commercial Milling Co., multicolor ad cover with a sack of flour, Proctorsville, Vermont 1910 postmark tying a pair of 1c, very fine

#162

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Jacob Bold Packing Co., multicolor ad on post card, man in Niagara Falls holding ham and bacon, Buffalo, NY 1912 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#163

 

(Food & Drink) Kellogg's, multicolor all over ad cover with storybook style illustration promoting "the genuine toasted corn flakes," more ads on reverse, Monroeville, New Jersey 1911 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#164

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Keystone Fruit Products Co., multicolor ad cover with company logo and fruit illustration, reverse with images of products, Cincinnati, Ohio 1921 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#165

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Occident Flour, multicolor all over ad cover with billboard "Occident Flour makes better bread," logo on reverse, Milton, Iowa 1920 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#166

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Pluto concentrated spring water, multicolor ad cover with a red devil next to a water bottle, French Lick, Indiana 1917 postmark, very fine

#167

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Slade's, multicolor ad cover for pure vanilla extract, mustard, pepper, baking powder, with illustration of knight holding shield, reverse with additional ads, with enclosure, Bridgeport, Connecticut 1910 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#168

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Smith's True Fruit Soda Fountain Requisites, multicolor ad cover of fruit on countertop, Dayton, Ohio 1911 postmark, very fine

#169

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Smith's True Fruit Soda Fountain Requisites, multicolor ad cover, fruit on countertop illustration, Toledo, Ohio 1910 postmark, very fine

#170

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Smith's True Fruit Soda Fountain Requisites, multicolor all over ad cover, illustration of woman drinking and fruits, "True Fruit" on reverse, Terre Haute, Indiana 1913 postmark, edge faults at right, very fine design (reverse image)

#171

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Stickney & Poor's Spiced Poultry Seasoning, multicolored ad cover, text also on reverse, Portland, Maine 1910, very fine (reverse image)

#172

 

 

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(Food & Drink) The Cincinnati Abattoir Co., multicolor ad cover with illustration of meat provisions, Richmond, Virginia 1920 postmark, very fine

#173

 

 

(Food & Drink) The Northwestern Consolidated Milling Co, multicolor all over ad cover, illustration of boy cutting a loaf of bread and written promotion of "Ceresota Flour…, " logo on reverse, Slatington, Pennsylvania 1909 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#174

 

 

(Food & Drink) Valley City Milling Co. / Lily White, red & black all over ad cover, illustration of a sack of flour, imprint on reverse, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1916 postmark, cover trimmed at top affecting stamp (reverse image)

#175

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Washburn-Crosby Co. Flour, orange and green ad cover with company logo on a branch of holly, Philadelphia, PA 1913 postmark, very fine

#176

 

 

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(Food & Drink) Workman Packaging Co., multicolor ad cover, illustration of "Be-No" served on a plate, San Francisco, CA 1914 postmark, small edge tear otherwise fine

#177

 

 

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(Food & Seed) D. Landreth Seed Co., multicolored ad cover, illustration of man carrying two baskets of vegetables, Bristol, Pennsylvania 1919 postmark, very fine

#178

 

 

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(Food & Seed) Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., multicolor all over ad cover with vegetables on front and a gardener picking a human sized cabbage on reverse, Cambridge, New York duplex postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#179

 

 

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(Food) American Chicle Company, multicolor all over ad cover advertising peppermint flavored "Chew White's Yucatan Gum," company imprint on reverse, San Francisco, CA 1916 postmark, very fine (image)

#180

 

 

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(Food) Dannemiller Grocery Co, multicolor corner ad cover with illustration of building, product packages on reverse, 2c coil, Canton, Ohio 1917 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#181

 

 

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(Food) Hauser Packing Company, multicolor all over reverse ad cover with illustration of Abattoir, Lard Refinery and buildings, 2c coil, Los Angeles, CA 1914 postmark, very fine (image)

#182

 

 

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(Food) Pleasant Valley Fruit Orchard, apple illustrated cover, Wenatchee, Washington 1917 postmark, very fine 

#183

 

 

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(Food) Valley City Milling Company, multicolor all over ad cover, "Three Big Sellers" illustration of sacks of flour and meal, imprint on reverse, 2c coil, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1916, very fine (reverse image)

#184

 

 

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(Food) White House Brand Tea and Coffee, multicolor ad cover with coffee jar and tea jar, tea and coffee images on reverse, Elmira, New York 1915 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#185

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) American Powder Mills "Dead Shot," "Black," "Smokeless" powder, multicolor ad cover with a wounded duck and hunters, Louisville, Kentucky 1910 postmark, very fine

#186

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Du Pont Explosives, multicolor ad cover with man lifting boxes of powder, reverse with text and logo, San Francisco, CA 1911 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#187

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Du Pont Shoot Powders, reverse image of "Joe Cumming" English Setter, Osthaus illustration, Louisville, Kentucky 1917 postmark on front, very fine (image)

#188

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Du Pont Shoot Powders, reverse image of "Manitoba Rap" Pointer, Osthaus illustration, Louisville, Kentucky 1917 postmark, very fine (image)

#189

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Du Pont Sporting Powders, multicolor ad cover with bird, logo and ads for smokeless sporting powders on reverse, Arkansas City, Kansas 1914 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#190

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Du Pont, multicolor ad cover with illustration of a bay holding a gun and the days kill, Leavenworth, Kansas 1919 postmark, very fine

#191

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Du Pont, multicolor ad cover with marksmen on a shooting range, multicolor image with bird on reverse, Hudson Terminal Station, New York postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#192

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Du Pont, two tone ad cover with English Setter "Monora-Champion 1910," illustration, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1923 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#193

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Hercules Powder logo on back flap of multicolor all over design ad cover for "Infallible Smokeless Shotgun Powder", a delicate illustration of flying ducks, Mystic, Connecticut 1920 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#194

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Hunter Arms Co., multicolor ad cover with a hunting dog holding a bird in mouth, reverse with ad of gun, Fulton, New York 1912 postmark, ex Litle, very fine (reverse image)

#195

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Hunter Arms Co., multicolor ad cover with hunting dog, on reverse gun illustration ad, Fulton, New York 1920 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#196

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Ithaca Gun Company, orange and black all over ad cover, illustration of men on shooting range, 2c coil, Ithaca, New York 1917 postmark, very fine 

#197

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Marlin Firearms Co., multicolor ad cover with a sassy woman holding a Shotgun illustration, New Haven, Connecticut 1915 postmark to Ashville, NY, ex Litle, very fine

#198

 

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(Gun & Powder) Parker Gun, multicolor ad cover with fowl and gun illustration, Meriden, Connecticut postmark, very fine

#199

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Peters Shells and Cartridges, multicolor ad cover with English Setters and a hunter in a Fall landscape, logo and further ads on reverse, McPherson, Kansas 1920 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#200

 

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(Gun & Powder) Remington Autoloading Rifle, two tone ad cover with an illustration of a hunter, ad "The rapid fire rifle - loads itself / big enough for the biggest game," illustrations on reverse include rifle, shell and penetration tests, Alder, Washington 1919 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#201

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Remington Guns & Rifles, multicolor ad cover with well dressed man holding a shotgun, "Solid Breech Hammerless Bottom Ejection", reverse with image of shotgun, Jacksonville, Florida 1909 postmark, minor edge tears, fine and rare design (reverse image)

#202

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Remington UMC, multicolor ad cover featuring "Steel Lined Shells" landscape, dog and birds, 3c use from Malvern, Arkansas 1917, very fine

#203

 

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(Gun & Powder) Remington UMC, multicolor ad cover illustration with a hunter holding a gun in a Fall landscape, Royal, Iowa 1920 postmark, very fine

#204

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Remington UMC, multicolor ad cover illustration with a hunter, 3c use from Unadilla, New York 1918 postmark, very fine

#205

 

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(Gun & Powder) US Ammunition, multicolor ad cover with a man and dog, a black shotgun shell on reverse, Middletown, Connecticut 1914 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#206

 

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(Gun & Powder) US Ammunition "The Black Shells," gold and red cover ad with three types of shotgun shells and logo, Tilton, New Hampshire 1915 postmark, very fine

#207

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Winchester "Self-Loading Shotguns," multicolor ad cover of a hunter holding shotgun and carrying ducks, logo and further ads on reverse, Seneca Falls, New York 1915 postmark to Syracuse, very fine (reverse image)

#208

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Winchester "Shotguns and Loaded Shells," multicolor ad cover for guns of "All Desirable Gauges and Loads" with an illustration of a female holding a shotgun, logo and written ads on reverse, Windsor, Vermont postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#209

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Winchester Rifles and Cartridges, multicolor ad cover with rifleman and spotter preparing to shoot, written ads and logo on reverse, Kennett Square, Pennslvania 1917 postmark, very fine and rare design (reverse image)

#210

 

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(Gun & Powder) Winchester Rifles and Shotguns, multicolor ad cover with illustration of a man in snowshoes hunting, logo and written ads on reverse, Lancaster, New York postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#211

 

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(Gun & Powder) Winchester Rifles and Shotguns, multicolor ad cover with man in snowshoes hunting in the winter woods, logo and written ads on reverse, Bangor, Maine postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#212

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Winchester, multicolor ad cover with man holding a shotgun, logo and further ads on reverse, Port Byron, NY 1915 postmark to Syracuse, NY, very fine (reverse image)

#213

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Winchester, multicolor ad cover with two hunters and English Setters "Model 1912 Hammerless Repeating Shotguns," logo and written ads on reverse, Hazard, Kentucky 1915 postmark to Massachusetts, very fine (reverse image)

#214

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Winchester, multicolor ad cover with two men hiking in the mountains with a dog, logo and written ads on reverse, 3c from Burlington, Vermont 1918 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#215

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Winchester, rare multicolor ad cover with illustration of men at campsite, logo and written ads on reverse, 3c coil perf 10 vertically, Las Vegas, New Mexico 1918 postmark, small edge tear on top right, very fine appearance (reverse image)

#216

 

 

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(Gun & Powder) Winchester, shotgun, game and shell vest multicolor ad cover illustration, bicolor word ad on reverse, 1911 Spokane, Washington postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#217

 

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(Holiday) Santa Claus (Christmas), red and black all over greeting envelope, unsealed, 1c tied to cover, Philadelphia, PA 1912 postmark, very fine

#218

 

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(Holiday) Thanksgiving greeting card, multicolor cover with turkey illustration, Fall images on reverse, with enclosed matching card, Wapakoneta, Ohio postmark, very fine (reverse image) (enclosure)

#219

 

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(Home) Alabastine "The Sanitary Wall Coating," red and green corner ad, illustration of packaging, company logo and written text on reverse, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1917 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#220

 

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(Home) Noxall, Enterprise Paint Mfg. Co, bicolor ad cover with illustration, Ottumwa, Iowa 1913 postmark, very fine

#221

 

 

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(Hotel) Hotel Gayoso, Memphis, multicolor ad cover with bellboy carrying luggage, reverse written text, Memphis, Tennessee 1910 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#222

 

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(Hotel) Hotel Sheldon, multicolor all over ad cover, building and bullfighters illustrations, El Paso, Texas 1916 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#223

 

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(Hotel) Peabody Hotel Memphis, two-tone illustrated all over ad cover with guest and dog, printed ad and forwarding address on reverse, Memphis, Tennessee 1911 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#224

 

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(Hotel) Post Tavern, multicolor all over ad cover with hotel and tavern illustration, Battle Creek, Michigan 1917 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#225

 

 

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(Hotel) Siloam Spring, Mineral Waters for many ills, pavillion illustrated multicolor ad cover, Excelsior Springs, Missouri 1915 postmark, missing back flap, very fine

#226

 

 

(Hotel) St. Charles, multicolor all over ad cover, illustration of the hotel, 2c coil, New Orleans, Louisiana 1914 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#227

 

 

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(Hotel) The Sinton, multicolor all over add cover, delicate illustration of hotel building, Cincinnati, Ohio 1911 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#228

 

 

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(Machinery / Merchant) American Cash Registers Co., black and gold all over ad cover with a cash register illustration, Saginaw, Michigan 1918 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#229

 

 

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(Machinery) De Laval Cream Separators, red and black illustrated cover, illustration of woman using the separator, written ad and images of machines on reverse, Mohawk, New York postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#230

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) American Thermos Bottle Co., illustrated cover with devil and frosty figure pooring drinks out of a thermos, San Francisco, CA 1916 postmark, very fine

#231

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Berry Brothers Varnishes, multicolor corner card with illustration of varnish can, Detroit, MI 1915 postmark, minor aging

#232

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Brainerd and Armstrong, multicolored ad cover, illustration of sewing silks and linings, front and back multicolored illustrations, New London, Connecticut 1913 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#233

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Common Sense MFG. Co., multicolor ad cover with rodent reading "Common Sense exterminator kills rats, mice, roaches, and bed bugs," Buffalo, NY 1911 postmark, very fine

#234

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Deshler Broom Factory, multicolor ad cover, illustration of globe, gateway map on reverse, Deshler, Nebraska 1922 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#235

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Diamond Paste Company, bicolor ad cover illustrating "Days White Paste," Albany, NY 1910 postmark, very fine

#236

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Eberhard Faber pencils, multicolor ad cover, company trade mark symbol on reverse, 3c used from Brooklyn, NY 1918, very fine (reverse image)

#237

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) H.W. Knight & Son, ad cover illustration of metallic fonts, Seneca Falls, NY 1914 postmark, fine

#238

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Hamilton Watch, red and gold ad cover, illustration with watch and train, San Francisco, CA 1912 postmark, very fine

#239

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) J.F. Kurfees Paint Co, multicolor ad cover with illustration of paint can on front and reverse, Louisville, Kentucky 1914 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#240

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Joseph Dixon Crucible Co, multicolor ad cover with illustration of a man and pencils, reverse all over multicolor text and image, Jersey City, NJ 1909 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#241

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Massachusetts Saw Works, unsealed ad cover with "Victor" Hack Saw blades illustration, 1c Franklin tied by Springfield, Massachusetts postmark, very fine

#242

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Peninsular Furnaces, Stoves and Ranges, multicolor all over ad cover, logo and ad on front, reverse listing of products, Chicago, IL 1910 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#243

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Pine Incense, Louis Lucas Company Inc., multicolor all over ad cover with pinecones and pine tree illustration, Jamestown, New York 1919, 3c used to Los Angeles, CA, very fine

#244

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Punxsutawney Hardware Co., red ad cover with a groundhog (Punxsutawney Phil) illustration advertising Heavy & Shelf Hardware, Stoves, Etc. / Plumbing and Roofing, Miners' Supplies, Punxsutawney, PA 1909 postmark to Patton, Pennsylvania, very fine

#245

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) The Foster-Munger Co. / Sash, Doors & Blinds, multicolor ad cover featuring an illustration of the manufacturing building with trains entering the building and automobiles driving, illustration of boxes, mantel & grills on reverse, Chicago, IL 1913 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#246

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) The Mills of Larabee, multicolor ad on post card with man wearing a hat, Hutchinson, Kansas postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#247

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) The Seamless Rubber Company, red and yellow ad for "Kantleek Water Bottle," Hudson Terminal Station, NY 1909 postmark, minor edge tears at top

#248

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Village Blacksmith "Hand made butcher knives & tools," multicolor ad cover with illustration of a smithy, on reverse illustration of blacksmith, anvil and knives, Watertown, Wisconsin 1909 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#249

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Walnut Creek Milling Co., multicolor all over ad cover with illustration of the Sunlight Mill, 3c used from Great Bend, Kansas 1918 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#250

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Weeks Photo Engraving Co., "Art - In - Engraving," bi-color all over ad cover with an art nouveau style illustration of a woman, Philadelphia, PA 1912 postmark, very fine

#251

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Western Stoneware Co, bicolor corner ad cover with illustration of a maple leaf, company name and leaf image on reverse, 2c coil, Monmouth, Illinois 1922 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#252

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) White Mountain Refrigerators, multicolor all over ad cover, illustration of girl freezing in front of open refrigerator door, Golden Gate and Maine's Coast vignettes on reverse, Panama Pacific Expo 1913 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#253

 

 

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(Manufacturer & Merchant) Cyclone Fence Company, multicolor all over ad cover, illustration of factory surrounded by fencing, 3c coil 10 perf vertically, Waukegan, Illinois 1919 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#254

 

 

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(Newspaper) "The Billboard", multicolor ad cover with birds and text, Cincinnati, Ohio 1916 postmark, very fine 

#255

 

 

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(Printing & Publishing) Calhoun Show Print, bicolor ad cover, Hartford, CT 1915 postmark, minor stains

#256

 

 

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(Printing & Publishing) The Leighton-Taylor Printing Co, multicolor corner card with company emblem, "Akron the City of Opportunity" on reverse, Akron, Ohio 1911 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#257

 

 

(Soap & Cleaners) Climax Cleaner Mfg. Co. Inc, multicolor all over ad cover, illustration of woman cleaning wall paper, imprint on reverse, 2c coil, Cleveland, Ohio 1914 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#258

 

 

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(Soap) Rub-No-More Naptha Soap Chips, multicolor ad cover, illustration of product package, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1916 postmark, very fine

#259

 

 

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(Sport) Hildebrandt Company, multicolor ad cover with fish and lure illustration, Erie, Pennsylvania 1916 postmark, very fine

#260

 

 

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(Sport) Pasadena Tournament of Roses, multicolor ad cover with chariot race illustration (as there was no 1911 Rose Bowl Game; the tournament was replaced with chariot races, football returned to the Rose Bowl in 1916), postmarked 1910 Pasadena, California, very fine

#261

 

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(Sport) Ray Thompson Equestrian, multicolor ad cover with man riding horse, Bridgeport, Connecticut 1911 postmark, very fine

#262

 

 

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(Sport) Tennis match, illustration for Goodrich Championship 1909, green & black all over ad cover, "WM. McCallister & Sons" imprint on reverse, postmarked Baltimore, Maryland 1909, very fine (reverse image)

#263

 

 

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(Steamship) Fall River Line, "New Steamer Commonwealth" illustrated ad cover in colors, Hudson Terminal Station, NY 1912 postmark, minor edge fault at top, fine (reverse image)

#264

 

 

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(Tobacco) Flor De Franklin, multicolor ad cover with man holding a rope, reverse image of Judge Day and Havana Cigars, Portland, Maine 1912 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#265

 

 

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(Tobacco) Royal Lancer Cuban Cigars, multicolor ad cover, illustration of man, reverse multicolor text, New Haven, Connecticut 1909 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#266

 

 

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(Tobacco) San Felice Cigar, multicolor ad cover, reverse illustration of several factories, 3c used from Rutland, Vermont 1919 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#267

 

 

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(Tools) Coes Genuine Wrenches, multicolor ad cover, illustration of man using wrench on bridge above a river, reverse written ad in red and yellow, 2c coil, San Francisco, CA Panama-Pacific Expo 1911 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#268

 

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(Transportation) Canadian Pacific Railway Company, "A Pacific Empress" ship multicolor all over ad cover delicate illustration (a fleet of ships operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway company, including routes on the Pacific Ocean), New York City 1913 postmark, very fine (reverse image)

#269

 

 

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(Transportation) Fabre Steamship Company, ad cover with red illustration of steamship, New York, NY 1910 postmark, very fine

#270

 

 

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(Transportation) Fortune Transfer Co. Inc, ad cover with delivery truck illustration, Seattle, Washington 1920 postmark very fine

#271

 

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(Transportation) The Atlantic Refining Co. / Arco Co. Auto Oil is Best, multicolor all over ad cover with airplane and automobile race track illustration, Cleveland, Ohio 1912 postmark, slight vertical tear barely noticeable 




Richard Frajola (Dec 15, 2025)