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!
AVAILABLE AT $75
U.S.A. (1899) Timothy. Clover. Straw. Corn. Postal card (O) with printed price list for various crops of different grades. Pitt Bros & Co General Commission Merchants. Not easy to find!
AVAILABLE AT $15
U.S.A. (1900) Hay. Postal card (O) with printed ad on back showing grades and prices of hay, also gives estimate of the hay crop in the US. N. A. Fuller Co, Commission Merchants. Some light toning on one edge. Hard to find!
AVAILABLE AT $15
U.S.A. (1902) Corn. Oats. Bran. Hominy. Cottonseed meal. Hay. Postal card (O) with printed price list for various agricultural products on reverse. Vertical crease.
AVAILABLE AT $20
U.S.A. (1910) Plow*. Seeds. Postal card (N) with printed ad on reverse for Joesph Breck & Sons Seeds, Agricultural Warehouse, Woodenware.
AVAILABLE AT $15
U.S.A. (1912) Corn. Oats. Wheat. Postal card (O) with market prices printed on reverse for different types and grades of corn, wheat and oats. Interesting use of terminology, for example, "Turkey grades" of wheat. Vanderslice-Lynds Company. Hard to find!
AVAILABLE AT $15
U.S.A. (1895) Boxes of popcorn*. Clover. Timothy. Postal card (O) with detailed ad for various types of seed, peas, flax, beans, etc. Albert Dickerson Co.
AVAILABLE AT $15
U.S.A. (1892) Plow*. One cent postal card (O) with illustrated ad for Chattanooga Plow Co.
AVAILABLE AT $30
U.S.A. (1904) Sack of hard wheat* illustrated with globe*. 2 cent bicolor postal stationery (O) with advertising. "B. Stern & Sons." Attractive cover!
AVAILABLE AT $50
U.S.A. (1925) Wheelbarrow*. Illustrated 1 cent postal card (O). "Lansing Company, New York City."
AVAILABLE AT $40
RUSSIA (1930) Farmers bringing grain to grain elevator*. Postal card (O) with illustrated advertising "Peasants! Bring Grain to the Collective!"
AVAILABLE AT $50
RUSSIA (1931) Man carrying sacks followed by huge tractor*. Postal card (O) with illustrated advertising "Successful spring sowing comes to all by means of continuous collectivization. That will be enough to eliminate the Kulaks as aclass!""
AVAILABLE AT $50
RUSSIA (1931) Wheat*. Numeral "5"*. Recycling. Postal card (O) with illustrated advertising "Gather and collect for the State all sorts of old and useless things: books, papers and cardboard to aid in completing the Five Year Plan in four years!""
AVAILABLE AT $50
U.S.A. (1864) Farmland. Postal stationery envelope (N) with corner advertisement for farm land near Philadelphia. "Good loam soil, highly productive for Wheat, Corn, Grass, Fruits and Vegetables." Prices are $25 to $35 an acre. Fascinating bit of agricultural history.
AVAILABLE AT $25
U.S.A. (1874) Hoe. Interesting postal stationery envelope (N) with advertisement for some type of mechanical hoe, it reads: "The teeth of this machine drop in outward curves. It can be run much closer than any other, fairly hoeing any properly planted crop, and 10 acres a day, Then the ad just ends. Looks like only part of the entire ad was printed on the envelope. Perhaps there was supposed to be a picture also. Interesting!""
AVAILABLE AT $15
RUSSIA (1930) Farmer standing over fields. Illustrated postal propaganda card (O). Boosting Productivity!
AVAILABLE AT $50
U.S.A. (1935) Plow*. Seeder*. Sled*. Postal card with illustrated ad printed on back for agricultural implements. Scarce!
AVAILABLE AT $25
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AVAILABLE AT $40
AUSTRALIA (1915) Harvesting, West Australia*. Illustrated lettercard (used). LC16-60.
AVAILABLE AT $50
AUSTRALIA (1918) Agricultural College Queensland*. Illustrated lettercard (used). LC18-2.
AVAILABLE AT $40