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Larus Brothers Fancy Advert Cover With Some History

 
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I_Love_Stamps
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Posted 08/17/2014   11:12 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
OK, I know I showed this previously but I never scanned the back..or paid much attention to the dates involved?

Larus Brothers Tobacco advertisement cover:

Dated September 7th 1929 just 1 month & 22 days before the Great Stock market crash of October 29th 1929.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_S...rash_of_1929

Front (with content):




Back(illustrated in color & fine detail):
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I_Love_Stamps
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Posted 08/17/2014   11:27 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This one here is only 14 days before the crash of '29! October 15th! Now of course this don't add any monetary value, but the history is just fascinating and in my mind has far more worth than money. You can't buy history unless you're a stamp collector perhaps?

here is a calendar for 1929 - http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=1929

Henry W. Peabody & Co., Dr.

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Battlestamps
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Posted 08/17/2014   11:52 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Battlestamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Nice early Pitney Bowes meter on first cover as well.
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wt1
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Posted 08/17/2014   1:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
More on Larus & Brother Tobacco is referenced here. They were in business from 1877 through 1974.

http://www.vahistorical.org/collect...vertisements

As for Henry W. Peabody & Co., they at one time did import tobacco products among other things. Interestingly, the company is still in business today, with an office at Lynnfield, Massachusetts, although they now employ only a few staff their focus has changed to jute & woven polypropylene products:

http://www.hwpeabody.com/history.html

http://patch.com/massachusetts/lynn...ness-profile

Incidentally, if you ever want to read an extensive biography of the namesake of the company, Henry Wayland Peabody (1844-1908), it's available online at this link:

http://books.google.com/books?id=pQ...ge&q&f=false



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I_Love_Stamps
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Posted 08/17/2014   3:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
WOW! Blown away but I noticed that no mention of tobacco is mentioned on any of those pages? PR probably Thank you WT1!!
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wt1
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This connects "tobacco" with the Henry W. Peabody Company back in the day. Note they were into importing and exporting all sorts of goods, but were specifically an exporter of tobacco products:

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I_Love_Stamps
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Posted 08/18/2014   02:38 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Wow they was into a lot of stuff! Thank you Bill. :)
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mudhut1000
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Posted 08/19/2014   5:37 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mudhut1000 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Started collecting Tobacco cards just last week, so this post is of interest, delight and wondering what else is out there, reference Tobago envelopes!

Here I go again, Goggling.

Thank you all!!
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I_Love_Stamps
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He he I should scan some of my collection. In fact I think a lot of it is on here if you do a site search. Here you go. Just a few...

https://goscf.com/t/28371&SearchTer...bacco,covers

https://goscf.com/t/29238&SearchTer...bacco,covers

https://goscf.com/t/35671&SearchTer...bacco,covers

https://goscf.com/t/29008&SearchTer...bacco,covers
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mudhut1000
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My hat's off to you I_Love_Stamps! It appears that it took a lot of time to post all those beautiful pictures for us to view. And view I did, each and every one of them and plan on revisiting them again!

Congratulations on a magnificent collection!
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I_Love_Stamps
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Posted 08/26/2014   06:14 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you very much! These post are a bit old and I believe that I may have some more sneaking around here someplace? Maybe I'll get them scanned and put up soon. -Jeff
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