Kansas City, Missouri: Baker & Lockwood Manufacturing Company, 1903. Envelope. An all-over advertising cover (envelope) for the Baker & Lockwood Manufacturing Company. Printed in green. Illustration features a large party tent. Franked with Scott #301 and postmrked with a Barry Postal Supply company machine cancellation dated 26 December 1903. Light..... More
Baltimore: The C. H. Pearson Packing Co., 1905. Envelope. Nice advertising cover for The C. H. Pearson Packing Company, located at the Chesapeake Warf in Baltimore. The cover (envelope) freatures an illustration of a woman holding a large oyster while standing upon a mound of fruits and vegetables in front..... More
Cleveland: The Peerless Motor Car Company, [1918]. Catalog. 10-panel folding brochure still stapled to its original protective card cover. Color title panel plus 4 color illustrations on the text panels; five panels of b/w photographs. The folding brochure is in excellent shape with almost no wear; the protective card cover..... More
St. Louis: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904. Staplebound wraps. The illustrated advertising envelope features an image of the cover of The Woman’s Magazine and a rectangular promotion for the St. Louis World’s Fair. It is franked with a 1-cent green Franklin stamp (Scott #300) and postmarked with a “World’s Fair..... More
Durham, North Carolina: circa 1878. Envelope or Cover. This quack medicine advertising grouping consists of a one-page promotional handbill, an 8-page accordion-fold pamphlet, and an illustrated advertising envelope for “Barham’s Infallible Pile Cure.” The envelope is franked with a cork-canceled 1-cent gray blue stamp (Scott #156) with no town markings..... More
Richmond, Virginia: 1860-1861. Unbound. This unused U. S. postal stationery envelope displays an embossed oval advertisement on the rear flap that reads, "Betts & Gregory / Auctioneers / For the Sale of Negroes / Franklin St. / Richmond, Va." The buff-colored envelope with the double-line POD/US watermark (Scott..... More
New York City to Brooklyn, New York: The Five Points House of Industry, 1892. Envelope or Cover. This letter, written using the illustrated stationery of The Five Points House of Industry, is datelined April 25 1892. The lettersheet features an illustration of the institution along with the names of the..... More
Pittsburgh: Joseph Horne and Co., 1894. Cord-bound. This souvenir advertising booklet is approximately 6.5” x 4.5”. Nine leaves plus cover; eight leaves of light cardstock; one of paper. Heavier card stock cover. Original gold binding cord is present. In excellent shape with only some light war and soiling. This..... More
