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Aerated Bread Co., New York, 1c Blue (EP1). Stamp with fresh color, slight mica wrinkling and lamination at left

VERY FINE. AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THE VERY RARE AERATED BREAD COMPANY ONE-CENT ENCASED POSTAGE.

The Aerated Bread Co. was located on the corner of Lafayette Place and 4th Street in New York City. The firm was based on the novel "aerated" bread process, but it folded after two years. Aerated Bread Co. produced only two denominations of encased postage -- 1c and 5c -- but the 5c is believed to be unique; therefore, the only practical way to represent this firm is with one of the 11-15 examples of the 1c value.

 

Ayer's Cathartic Pills, Lowell Mass., 12c Black, Long Arrows (EP6). Stamp well-positioned, some mica faults and small dent in rim nick about eleven o'clock on reverse

VERY FINE. A CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE AYER'S 12-CENT "LONG ARROWS" VARIETY

Fewer than ten examples of the Ayer's Cathartic Pill's 12c are reported. The Ford sale catalogue (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 346) reported as few as two or three of the Long Arrows variety. Ex "Summit" and Drs. Dauer.

 

G. G. Evans, Philadelphia, 1c Blue (EP84). Stamp with rich color, few mica flaws, otherwise Very Fine and rare, George G. Evans was a Philadelphia publisher, bookseller and, briefly, a marketer of California wines. He also authored the Illustrated History of the United States Mint, published in 1885. Evans ordered 10,000 encased postage stamps for his new business selling California wine, but the crop failure in 1862 brought a swift end to this venture. Evans' encasements are unusual in that the Gault patent line is omitted, which has led some researchers to attribute manufacture to a firm other than Scovill.

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