Auction 263 of 11 Aug 10

Paper Ephemera (2103-2140)
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Lot Photo Cond. Description Value type Value US$
2103 2103.jpg na 1882. The Princess Hoop Manufacturing Co, letterhead with illus boy and girl with hoops in red, with original envelope with matching illus, also in red EST 100-125
2104 2104.jpg na FREE FRANK, J(ames) M(urray) Mason, on small cover as Postmaster from Winchester, Va to Germantown, Pa, pre-civil war, Mason was a US Senator from Va, 1847-1861, and Confederate Minister to Great Britain and France EST 40-50
2105 2105.jpg na FREE FRANK, Charles Faulkner, (1806-1884), Representative from VA, on small pre civil war cover from Martinsburg Va with fullback illus of Browns Hotel, Wash DC; was Stonewall Jackson's ADC; when Jackson was shot, Faulkner rode up beside him and Jackson fell into his arms. EST 50-75
2106 2106.jpg na 1814, nice document re payment for slaves, New Orleans, 23 March 1814 EST 50-75
2107 2107.jpg na Stereo Card, early 1900 Sitka, Alaska, Looking up Lincoln Street, with long informational history text on reverse, VF EST 30-40
2108 na na KINEMA cards, 62 small cards featuring silent screen film stars ca 1910's, mostly all different, some a bit worn, most FVF; also 4 tobacco cards & 1 cigarette card from the same era, note Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Blanch Sweet, Elsie Ferguson, Charles Ray, Peggy Hyland, etc EST 75-100
2109 2109.jpg na Prof D M BRISTOL'S Eques-Curriculum, multicolored 3x5 card , ca 1900, LL corner damaged o/w fine, text adv on back EST 25-35
2110 2110.jpg na MEEHAN'S Dogs, illus portrait & doges on unused UX18, ca 1902 EST 30-40
2111 2111.jpg na 1911, personalized portrait in blue on UX22 postal card mailed from Three Oaks, Mich, light vertical file fold. o/w fine EST 15-25
2112 2112.jpg na 1899 Boston and Bangor Steamship Co illus shipping receipt EST 25-35
2113 2113.jpg ** WELLS, FARGO & COMPANY, two unused travelers checks, $10 reed, $20 blue, issued 19??, printed by American Bank Note Co, VF EST 40-50
2114 2114.jpg ** Lot of 4 different 19th century trade cards, all from Bangor, Maine: BS Kalish, jeweler; J S Ricker, glassware; Penobscot Exchange hotel; P.H.Vose, crockery & china; VF EST 20-30
2115 2115.jpg na 1963, Coos Mutual Insurance Co, illus policy franked with 25¢ imperf Power of Attorney revenue, VF EST 35-45
2116 2116.jpg ** Maine 1934 Beer Excise Tax stamps for 1 pint, dark blue, rouletted 9, block of 18, VF NH, with original envelope EST 30-40
2117 na na Railroad related: 1896 Boston & Maine RR sight draft;1901 Kingfield & Dead River Railway Co receipt; Portland & Rumford Falls Railroad unused dividend check, ca 1910 EST 15-25
2118 na na 1866/1897, lot of 12 bank drafts with various revenue stamps affixed from: The Hampden National Bank, Westfield, Mass (5), the National Bank of Auburn, NY (6), The Valley National Bank, Lebanon, Pa EST 25-35
2119 2119.jpg na 1902 Dexter, Maine receipt with illus deer head; 1903 Seattle, National Bank of Commerce check with illus ship EST 40-50
2120 2120.jpg na Two illus sight drafts: 1959 Natchez (Tenn), child & dog; 1870 Boston, horse (ratty left end o/w fine) EST 20-30
2121 2121.jpg na Lot of 3 illus promissory notes: 1885 Bangor, Maine; 1897 & 1904 Oakland, Maine, Somerset Railroad EST 30-40
2122 2122.jpg na 1860 EASTERN EXPRESS COMPANY, Boston, receipt, illus with train & ship EST 30-40
2123 2123.jpg na 1866/1941, lot of 7 illustrated bank checks, 6 diff + 1 dup, from Maine, Florida, Virginia, & west Virginia EST 40-50
2124 na na 1866/1922, lot of 10 small documents franked with revenues, receipts, statements, promissory note, etc EST 20-30
2125 2125.jpg na Football: 1937, Univ of Illinois Scouting Expense application, Press Box ticket & game ticket for Oct 30, for John J Watt, friend of Harold 'Red' Grange EST 30-40

Presidential and Campaign Items

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Lot Photo Cond. Description Value type Value US$
2126 2126.jpg ** Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet ca 1863, photo on small card, a bit toned o/w fine EST 40-50

Civil War Correspondence

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2127 2127.jpg na 1961, Camp Griffin, Jan 3, 1861, illus letter, writer from Co J, 3rd Brigade, Vt Vols, talks of camp comfort and the war, EST 35-45
2128 2128.jpg na 1862, letter dated Camp Parapet, Jul 10, , writer states 'I have been on the sick list and have tendered my resignation', talks of the death of another soldier, posted from New Orleans Jul 11, to Wolfborough, NH, letter writing a bit faded EST 20-30
2129 2129.jpg na 1863, Cover posted from Santa Rosa, Fl, during occupation, March 8, 1863, brief letter to parents in Brandon, VT EST 25-35
2130 2130.jpg na 1864, Official Business, U.S.A. Med Department cnr cd, cover posted from Washington DC Jan 29, 64, two-page letter from brother to sister in Lockport, NY headed Fairfax Station, Jan 28th, writer mentions 'recovering from collapsed lung..now free of disease.. EST 50-60
2131 2131.jpg na 1865, small cover franked with 3¢ #65 tied by fancy cancel with Peru, Ind July 4 1864 cds at left, addr to William C H Reeder, 20th In Regt Camp, near Petersburg, VA, via Washington, DC, no content EST 25-35
2132 2132.jpg na P.O.W, Mail, small cover endorsed "Per Flag of Truce", posted from Old Point Comfort, Va to St Paul, MN EST 40-50
2133 2133.jpg na SOLDIER'S LETTER / 24th REG't MASS VOL / N.E.G., scarce h/s on cover to Canistea, NY, blue circle DUE 3 EST 50-75
2134 2134.jpg na Soldier's Letter, small cover pmk Washington DC, circle DUE 3, colorless embossed flag cachet, to Mill Brook, Conn EST 40-50
2135 2135.jpg na Small buff cover endorsed 'Roanoke Island N.C., Feb 16, 1862, franked with #65 tied by blue Baltimore Md Feb 27 cds, to Westminster, Mass, EST 40-50
2136 2136.jpg na Lot of two Civil War Soldier's Money Envelopes used to send home part of their pay, carried by Admas Express, as noted by the embossed wax seal on the back of one of the covers, both covers have red & blue borders on the back flap, one also has a colorless embossed Union & Constitution eagle & flag cachet on back flap, EST 100-125
2137 2137.jpg na Camp Douglas, P.O.W. cover with oval censor h/s, endorsed 'per flag of truce', docketed at left : M. Cash, Co F 55th Ga Regt, letter enclosed discussed several other prisoners, some deceased, attached to the letter is an unused 3¢ rose #65, EST 250-300
2138 2138.jpg na 1862, small cover to Detroit, Mich endorsed 'Soldiers letter', Alexandria VA Feb 5 1862 dc cds, oval DUE 3 h/s, letter headed 'Camp Michigan, Va Feb 2 '62, to brother, discusses friends in the service EST 40-50
2139 2139.jpg na 1862, Soldier's letter, S Beknap, Col, 85 NY Vols, oval DUE 3, pmk Alexandria VA Oct 14, 1862, letter enclosed from Alexandria Post Hospital from James G Hill, Co I, 17 Reg NY , with hand drawn 'stamp' at top of letter EST 40-50
2140 2140.jpg na 1864, Due 3, on small cover from Norfolk, Va to Bristol, Conn, endorsed 'Soldier's letter / Charles Dixon / Chaplin 16th C(onn) V(olunteers)' EST 30-40