U.S.A. (1893) Hardware store. 2c postal stationery envelope with illustrated ad for Clemens Vonnegut Hardware and Tools, Indianapolis, IN. Roughly opened at right.
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U.S.A. (1896) Anvil. 1 cent Postal Card with illustrated ad on back for hardware store offering Guns, Fishing tackle, Bicycles, Sporting goods, etc.
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U.S.A. (1904) Ladder. One cent McKinley postal card (O) with illustrated ad for Miller Ladder Co.
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U.S.A. (1905) Paint brushes. One cent McKinley postal card (N) with illustrated ad for Gerts, Lumbard & Co - brush makers.
GERMANY (1939) Glass of wine. Bells. Clock. Baby in crib. Soldier. Blacksmith at anvil. Fruit tree. Sheaves of grain and harvesting equipment. Lovely illustrated telegram (O) number C 187,LX 3.
ETATS UNIS (1954) Enfant* cassant une montre* avec un marteau. Empreinte rouge de machine à affranchir sur fragment Pitney Bowes No 307278: "Protégez votre montre. Demandez un verre de montre Flexo. Fixé [sur votre montre] par n'importe quel bijoutier pendant que vous attendez."" "" MERRI""
GERMANY (1939) Shovel. 6 pf postal card with special event cancel for National Garden Exhibit in Stuttgart.
U.S.A. (1953) Hand* grasping socket wrench. Red meter cancellation on piece Commercial Controls Corporation No 6261. Nicely detailed!
U.S.A. (1953) Hands* tightening tool part connection. Red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 114748: "Grinding wheel dressers."
U.S.A. (1952) Pick axe. Test tube. Red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 184890: "Foote Mineral Company, a step ahead in industrial ores and chemicals."
U.S.A. (1958) Pick ax. Shovel. Pan. Attractive red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 187317: "Coming Oregon's Centennial Exposition, 1859 - 1959."
U.S.A. (1862) Southerners cutting off branch they are sitting on. Unused Civil War patriotic cover with illustration and motto "Secessionists leaving the Union."
