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U.S.A. (1929) Torch. Stars. Fancy cancel from Pacolet Mills, Indiana. Five strikes in black on registered envelope. Has patriotic overtones. Rare!
AVAILABLE AT $200
FRANCE (1937) Head-worn lamp. CCP (Postal checks) free frank envelope with very attractively illustrated advertising for "Pose-Partout" lamps for use in medicine, sports, automobiles, motorcycles, hunting, fishing, winter sports, etc. Scarce and hard to find!
AVAILABLE AT $40
U.S.A. (1937) Light. Red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 55371: "More Light than ever before."
AVAILABLE AT $12
FRANCE (1937) Electric lamp air cleaner. Free frank Postal check cover with illustrated advertising for Lampe Vidal - Assainit L'Atmosphere de Tous Locaux et Vus Fait Respirer un air pur, sain et Parfumé.
AVAILABLE AT $40
U.S.A. (1938) Torch. Light. Blue meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 89286: "Greist Lighting. White Knight --- Polaroid --- Corrected Light Units."
AVAILABLE AT $15
U.S.A. (1939) Electricity. Lightbulb. Red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 81466: "Champion Lamps since 1900."
AVAILABLE AT $20
U.S.A. (1939) Radio microphone. 'The Guiding Light' (famous soap opera). Violet meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 01107: "Tune in on 'The Guiding Light'. 360 Servel Electrolux refrigerators given away free! NBC Network - Weekdays May 22nd to July 2nd.""
AVAILABLE AT $20
U.S.A. (1946) Lightbulb. Red meter cancellation on piece National Postage Meter Company No 7258: "Get a supply of right size bulbs today."
AVAILABLE AT $15
U.S.A. (1950) Lamp. Red meter cancellation on envelope Pitney Bowes No 59084: Buy Certified Lamps at your dealers.
AVAILABLE AT $15
U.S.A. (1950) Lightbulb. Knowledge. Voting. Red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 59100: "Vote but don't vote in the dark."
AVAILABLE AT $20
U.S.A. (1952) Lightbulb. Red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No: "Don't be a Bulbsnatcher. Buy GE Bulbs."
AVAILABLE AT $15
U.S.A. (1952) Electricity. Lamps. Red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes #129328: "Lamp Department, General Electric Company."
AVAILABLE AT $10
U.S.A. (1956) Reddy Kilowatt. Purse. Beautiful violet meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 59879: "Your pennies go further electrically."
AVAILABLE AT $15
GERMANY (1957) Spark gap transmitter. Archive photo (See Note) of unaccepted design for 100th anniversary of birth of Heinrich Hertz. Scott No 762, Yvert No 131.
AVAILABLE AT $75
U.S.A. (1898) Man with wings* holding corn cob* emitting rays of light. Statue of Liberty. Extraordinary used advertising cover for McFaden & Gorman in Walla Walla, Washington. The corn cob represents the lamp held by the Statue of Liberty in New York. Fantastic cover for its symbolic representation of agriculture! Exhibition item!
U.S.A. (1953) Automobile lights. Red meter cancellation on cover Pitney Bowes No 138108: "Guide Autronic-Eye for safe, courteous, pleasant Nite-time driving."
EAST GERMANY (1967) Angel & Miner candle holders. Imperforate margin phase proof in final colors. Scott No 976, Yvert No 1029. Michel catalog 90 Euros.
INDONESIA (1970) Glow worm (firefly). Original artwork for First Day cachet of Social Day series. Watercolor mounted on posterboard framed in ink measuring 16.5 x 9 cm.
U.S.A. (1939) Torch. Red meter cancellation on piece Pitney Bowes No 57048: "50. First in service for fifty years. Standard Oil (Ind).
ETATS UNIS (1954) Lumière* emanant du centre du croix. Empreinte rouge de machine à affranchir sur fragment des Frères Columban Pitney Bowes No 300023.
LAOS (1958) Globe. Goddess* carrying torch. Bi-color die proof in blue and violet signed by the engraver PHEULPIN. Scott No 48, Yvert No 51. Issued to commemorate the opening of UNESCO headquarters in Paris. These early artist proofs are becoming very hard to find!
