Shawnee, Oklahoma: 1963. Unbound. The noveltydollar bill is approximately 7.5” x 3” and features a portrait of Cooper on the reverse along with the state seal of Oklahoma and an image of the earth overprinted with “22” and 22 orbital circles. The reverse has two circular images, one of a.... More about Novelty dollar bill commemorating the Mercury space flight of Leroy Gordon Cooper, one of the...

Providence, RI: Livermore and Knight (possibly), 1903. Postcard. A very scarce fold-over novelty postcard, possibly published by Livermore and Knight. (If not, then it is certainly in the Livermore and Knight style.) Light wear including the bull's tail and farmer's hand. Franked with Scott #300 with a 1905 Buffalo, NY... More about Masonic Fold-Over Novelty Postcard

Reading, PA: City of Reading, 1908. Envelope. Ornate advertising cover promoting Reading, Pennsylvania, features the city seal, a muscular worker, mechanical products, factories, railroad trains, etc. Franked with Scott #301, postmarked at Reading, and addressed to Ithaca, New York. More about Advertising Envelope for the City of Reading, Pennsylvania

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 about Baker & Lockwood Tent Advertising Envelope

Binghamton, New York: G.M.T. Johnson, 1884. Envelope. Cartoon advertising cover for G.M.T. Johnson's Practical Poultry Keeping features chickens, peacocks, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry marching around a large flag titled "Johnsons Poultry Book." All of the birds carry pennants, many bearing the initials, "JPB." Text from reviews of the..... More about Johnson's Poultry Book Advertising Envelope

Portland, Oregon: Lewis & Clark Exposition Company, 1905. Envelope. Multicolor advertising cover for the exposition features America with her arms resting on the shoulders of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark as all three gaze at a Pacific Ocean sunset. This cover is franked with Scott #319 and postmarked at Colfax... More about Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Advertising Envelope

1860. Greeting Card. Very attrractive valentine in the style of Esther Howland, however one of her price codes does not appear on the reverse. Approximately 3.75" x 5.5". The card features lacework, gold embossing, green and red background papers, and embossed die-cut figures of a woman holding a giant flower... More about Ornate Valentine with a Young Woman Holding a Giant Flower. With Original Envelope

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 about Oyster Packing Company Advertising Envelope

Hanover, NH: The Dartmouth Press, 1901. First Printing. Printed Wrapper. 8vo. This is an actual program from the ceremonies, which were held on 14-15 September 1901; it as not the reprinted monograph of 1902 nor a modern copy. 8 pages including the cover; bound with golden-brown thread at the spine... More about Program of The Webster Centennial of Dartmouth College Celebrating the One Hundredth Anniversary...

New York: Foster-Hilson Company, 1892. Envelope. Blue-green cover features a blue-green advertising collar that surrounds the postage stamp and all-over text advertising on the reverse. The cover is franked with Scott #220, postmarked at New York, and addressed to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. More about Reliance Cigar Factory Advertising Envelope

Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 1905. Envelope. Scarce illustrated advertising cover (envelope) for Winchester Repeating Rifles, Shot Guns, and Single shot Rifles. Illustration features a Mountain man with a Winchester lever-action rifle in the background. From a dealer, H. C. Pigott, in Philadelphia to The "American Ornithology" in Worcester Massachusetts. Franked... More about Winchester Repeating Rifles Advertising Envelope

Boston: Jordan Marsh & Co., 1882. Printed Wrapper. 4to Complete with 32 pages. Full-page cover illustration of Santa Claus climbing through a window. Product illustrations throughout. Clean pages; first four leaves have some light edge-wear. Light soiling and edge-wear to the cover. No doubt this is one of the earliest... More about Holiday Catalogue: Compliments of Jordan, Marsh & Co. with a Hearty Welcome and a Merry...

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 about Advertising Booklet and Illustrated Envelope for The Woman’s Magazine and the Louisiana...