Step Back in Time: One 19th-Century Maine Merchant's Ephemera, Plus a Large Postcard Selection

Something special for collectors of ephemera, postal history, advertising, and Americana.

Hundreds of lots, with more being added.

At its heart is an extensive group of original ephemera that all belonged to a single 19th-century Maine merchant and his family in Newburgh, Maine which starts with lot 675 and runs to lot 750. Spanning the late 1800s into the early 1900s, it reads like the contents of one businessman's desk: letters and business correspondence, billheads and invoices, advertising circulars and trade cards, stamped and postmarked covers, pamphlets, and documents. Addressed again and again to the family, it features Bangor wholesale druggists, Knights Templar sword makers, newspapers, pension agents, and soap and seed dealers. It is exceedingly rare to find ephemera like this still grouped together from a single source, a true treat for the postal history and Americana collector.

Also featured is a large and entirely separate selection of antique and vintage postcards (not connected to the Maine material): holiday and greeting cards, scenic American and foreign views, amusement parks, hotels, and street scenes, including many real photo and chromolithograph examples.

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