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Public Auction #462

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Bids updated February 14, 2025 at 6:23pm (New York time)

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LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
Please see lot 93 for a misplaced cover lot.
Image #1 of auction lot #477: The Postal History of Sears, Roebuck and Company. Sophisticated multi-...Image #2 of auction lot #477: The Postal History of Sears, Roebuck and Company. Sophisticated multi-...Image #3 of auction lot #477: The Postal History of Sears, Roebuck and Company. Sophisticated multi-...Image #4 of auction lot #477: The Postal History of Sears, Roebuck and Company. Sophisticated multi-...
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477CVThe Postal History of Sears, Roebuck and Company. Sophisticated multi-part treatment of the commercial giant’s use of mail services here and abroad to conduct its business. Features a ready-made exhibit examining the growth of Sears, the largest user of the U.S. mail of its time, from the forerunner period to just prior to World War II, including hundreds of examples of covers, business postcards, picture postcards, early meter cancels, and precancels. Also contains selected archival material and strong additional representation of U.S. postal stationery used for Sears communication, magazine and newspaper advertisements, company memorabilia, labels, postmarks, slogan meter cancels, and letterhead stationery, nineteenth century to the 1960s. Impeccable condition. A true treasure trove of historical documents, pictures, and information. Purchased in the early 1990's from the exhibitor and just now coming on the market, intact.Cat. Value: S.B. 3750.00
Price Realized: $2,300.00