Please Show Us Your Classic Advertising Covers!

I don't have a corner card from the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, but I do have a preprinted postal card used by the institution.

Apparently the network of these institutions share information about operations and the like, and this post card acknowledges receipt of a report from the asylum in New Hampshire.



Mike

Edited to change "post card" to "postal card".

A cover I 'found' last week while visiting the Charing Cross collector's market in London. This is held every Saturday, year round. If you are in London it's a worth while visit. (for stamp collector's that is:)

It's quite a long cover from a Chevrolet dealer with a great backside picture of a Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Sedan. Cover is from 1958. What a car!

A few transportation-related covers I collect...



Don

Two more from the Driskill in Austin, 100 years apart.

On February 11-20, 2021, Winter Storm Uri affected Austin and much of Texas, with a series of ice storms and historically low temperatures that resulted in 1/2" or more of ice on all roads, making them impassable. I flew in to Austin from California on February 12 on a long-planned house-hunting trip prior to moving, and things didn't seem that bad, although one open house had lost gas service and the interior temperature was around 50. I could see my breath as we were looking at the living room and kitchen. We continued our house hunting on February 12-13 as conditions declined. On the upside, we were the only buyers looking in an otherwise "hot" market, and later had an offer accepted because everyone else had stayed home. By the time we walked to a Valentine's Day dinner on February 14, downtown was paralyzed and all the restaurants started closing. We could not get traction while walking on the sidewalk and had to call an Uber to drive us just two blocks to the Driskill. Then the airport closed and we could not get a flight until the 18th, so we spent 3 unplanned nights at the Driskill, which gradually ran out of food for the few remaining guests.The cooks improvised and rationed food, serving one meal per person per day. On the 15th and 16th, they had nothing, so our dinner consisted of beef jerky, snack mix, cookies, and screw-top red wine from a CVS drug store which was the only place open downtown. On the 17th, the government issued a boil water order. Fortunately the day before I had cleaned two empty red wine bottles and refilled them with water from the bathtub spout. That was our drinking water for two days.

I acquired the earlier cover purposefully to compare with the later one. Ironically, the earlier cover advertises "The American Plan"--three square meals per day included in your room rate. It wasn't in effect in 2021! After returning home, I prepared a contemporary cover and mailed it to the Austin postmaster with a request for hand cancels--she obliged. I should have used stamps more appropriate to the theme; we had started packing everything in our house and I could only find random stamps. We eventually moved to Austin in April 2021 and have not looked back ...

Another Milwaukee advertising cover - Rare (or at least unusual) illustrated ad cover on Nesbitt entire (Scott U10), probably dating to the late 1850's. Lansing Bonnell was a dealer in safes, scales, and stoves from the late 1850's until 1872 when he became proprietor of the ill-fated Newhall House hotel which burned down in 1883. Printed by Milwaukee lithographer L. Samuel.

1908 roofing material supplier. Definitely not a classic cover, but fun nonetheless.

Here is a Spanish American War patriotic Milwaukee advertising cover I just picked up. You may have noticed that I collect Milwaukee advertising coverss

Here is a fun 1876 Milwaukee ad Cover I just picked up from ebay.

Here's a few from my Hawaii cover collection.
I like the prominent "Too Late" postmark on the 1st cover, from Connecticut to Hawaii (formerly known as the Sandwich Islands".

Hello Sears Stamps, yes, I still have it, a preprinted envelope addressed to the Express Agent Mendocino. Ask away, might take some time for an answer, that scan is on another computer. And I know which drawer the cover will be in, just may take a while to find it.


Edit: Here we are, page 7 of my previous uploads, 13 images of Sears watch.

Thank You littleriverphil for your reply and sorry for the L-O-N-G delay, but I finally managed to purchase a scanner so I could scan and upload some of my materials. I also think that you meant to say that your Sears items is posted on page 3, instead of stating on page 7.

My great-grandfather had worked for the RW Sears Watch Company in 1887 when they were originally located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and he later worked for the Sears Roebuck and Co. starting in 1893, which was again was originally located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, before moving to Chicago. And my grandfather and father were both large U.S. stamp collectors. And I mostly collect old vintage advertising envelopes and anything related to the RW Sears Watch Company or Sears Roebuck and Company, because of my great-grandfather.

Finally, I have attached a 1903 Sears Roebuck and Company envelope with a lightly cancelled George Washington carmine 2 cent stamp (Scott #302) on it that is in my collection. Some expert stamp collectors states that this particular stamp is from 1902, while others states that it is from 1903 ? Can anyone tell me when this particular stamp was first issued by the U.S. Post Office ?

Jan. 22, 1903 according to the Scott Specialized.

Thanks revcollector for your reply. I must admit that I am a little confused ? At the bottom of this particular stamp (Scotts No. 301) it says "Series 1902" ? Could you or someone explain why some expert collects states this particular stamp was originally issued in 1902 and others says 1903 ?

"Edit: Here we are, page 7 of my previous uploads, 13 images of Sears watch."

I was referring to the location of the uploads in my 12 pages of previous uploads. Now that you've uploaded an image, you also have a previous upload page. You'll find it the next time you click Reply to Topic.

Thanks littleriverphil for your reply, which I know understand. I have also attached a better view of the Scotts #301 stamp where you could clearing see it says "Series 1902" at bottom. Again, was this stamp issued in 1902 as some experts will often say or in 1903 as some other people will often say ?