Please Show Us Your Classic Advertising Covers!

Last one for tonight. Here is another 1920s Sears Roebuck and Company non-mailed catalog return envelope, which is advertising its "fast 24 hour" order processing service on the back of the envelope.

Here is a beautiful 1893 advertising return unmailed envelope that originally came from my great-grandfather's collection. He used to work for the Sears Roebuck and Company starting in 1893, which was originally located in Minneapolis, Minnesota before moving to Chicago, and my great-grandfather was hired as a jeweler and a pocketwatch repairman. I have also attached my great-grandfather's 1893 Sears Roebuck and Company pocketwatch cardboard shipping box with beautiful advertisements that he would ship them after all jewelry or pocketwatch repairs were done. And on the bottom of this cardboard shipping box is where you would affix the postage stamp and the customer's mailing address. And I have also attached an unused 1893 stamp (Scotts #231) that was sitting inside of the 1893 Sears Roebuck and Company mailing return envelope.

Finally, does anyone else collect either RW Sears Watch Company or Sears Roebuck and Company letters or mailing envelopes ?

Thanks to everyone for their replies - Rick Hirsh

Amazing stuff. Thanks for posting. And how great to have the family connection. I don't collect the area but I admire it, since Sears had such a role in my household's upbringing.

Thanks ZebraMan for your reply and comments. I collect anything related to The RW Sears Watch Company and Sears Roebuck & Company materials due to my great-grandfather working for these companies. I am also glad that Sears was part of your and my family life. But I would bet that Sears was probably an important part of most households in America, until Walmart and Amazon came along.

Thanks again for your reply - Rick

Here is another 1940s Sears and Roebuck Company advertising unused 1 cent Jefferson (Scotts UX27) postcard that is in my collection.

Hello Everyone,

I have attached is a 1928 Sears Roebuck and Company catalog return advertising envelope with a 2 cent Washington stamp (Scotts #634) on It that was part of my great-grandfather's collection. 1928 was also a very important year for my great-grandfather, because he was promoted to be the store manager of a brand new Sears Roebuck and Company retail smaller "B" store, which I have attached and he is pictured at the very bottom row kneeling down on the left side that is wearing the full suit.

Thanks Rick

Looking thru my collection I found another Sears Roebuck and Company catalog return unused advertising envelope, which is from 1929 and attached it below.





Rick

Hello Everyone,

Besides my love of collecting anything related to Sears Roebuck and Company, which is due to my great-grandfather, my other passion is collecting beautifully designed vintage U.S. advertising envelopes. Over the next few days, I will post some of them that I have found over the many years of collecting.

Sorry, I forgot to include this information on my previous post that the beautifully designed JM Huber advertising envelope had a postmark date of 1906 and with a cancellation marked 2 cent George Washington stamp (Scotts #301). A lot of the ones that I have found over the many years were originally acquired from ebay.

Ad with servants quarters!

Hello 3193zd,

I love your 1950 advertising envelope with "Reddy Kilowatt" cartoon character, which it was created in 1926 and first appeared in advertisements for the Alabama Power Company to serve as their corporate spokesman for electricity.

Here is another beautifully designed JM Huber advertising envelope, which has a postmark date of 1907 and with a cancellation marked 2 cent George Washington stamp (Scotts #301) on it.

Here is another beautiful 1911 postmarked National Oats advertisement postcard.

heres another back advertising.

Thanks 3193zd,

I also like all the cartoonish graphic advertisement on the back of the mailing envelope.