St. Louis, Missouri: 1896. Envelope or Cover. This lot consists of a colorful advertising cover and dunning letter sent to a customer, Horace King of Crawfordsville, Indiana, by the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company of St. Louis, Missouri. The letter is datelined “St. Louis, Dec. 21, 1896.” The “all-over” multi-color..... More

St. Louis, Missouri: 1911. Envelope or Cover. This two-page letter from Samuel Quinn, the fiscal officer of the International Gradolph Electric Company, a newly formed long distance telephone company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri is datelined “February Fourteenth / Nineteen Eleven.” It is contained in an illustrated advertising cover postmarked..... More

New York: 1882. Envelope or Cover. This 1882 advertising packet directed toward retail merchants and addressed to Creasy & Brown of Mifflinville, Pennsylvania, that consists of an An illustrated broadsheet featuring a bottle of Cashmere Bouquet Perfume, A 20-page pricelist listing over 200 perfumes, soaps, and scented..... More

New York City: 1897. Unbound. This example of the first U.S. paid-reply postal card set (Scott #UY1) is unsevered; the postal message card (Scott #PM1) remains attached to its postal reply card (Scott #PR1). The indicia on both one-cent cards feature a portrait of Ulysses S. Grant as President. The..... More

Nashville, Tennessee: Vanderbilt University, 1886. Envelope or Cover. This Vanderbilt University report card for G. D. Hicks measures 5” x 9½“. It was sent to Hicks, who resided in Nashville on College Street. The report card, for the term ending January 31, 1886, is enclosed in its original illustrated mailing..... More

St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Independent Packing Co., 1917. Envelope or Cover. An attractive advertising cover featuring a large illustration of the St. Louis Independent Packing Company with two enclosed invoices. The illustrated envelope is franked with a two-cent red Washington stamp (Scott #487) and posted with a 1917 machine..... More

Envelope or Cover. One cover, illustrated with a running buffalo, is for Buffalo Bill’s Combination. It was sent from New York to Newark, New Jersey in January 1883. The text reads, “Eleventh Consecutive Season / Season of 1882 to 1883 / Bill Combination / Hon. W. F. Cody, proprietor and..... More