Auction: 166 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 163
Insurance company advertising cover and related ephemera extensive collection of several thousand items on plastic pages arranged in alphabetical order housed in six large binders and loose, 19th century including stampless period and 20th century to around the 1960s, including many illustrated advertising covers with some all-over designs and several cameos, many of these with the original enclosures, numerous corner card covers as well as postal cards and picture post cards and a few foreign frankings, all these numbering well over 700 pieces, then there is a great deal of ephemera including stock certificates, documents, some with revenue stamps affixed, policies, advertising cards, matchbook covers with insurance company ads and other ephemera, typical mixed condition, many fine-very fine; an interesting piece of Americana. Cat. value $4,000
Estimate
$2,100