Lot 1075
U.S.; States Postal History, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Whaling Related, 8 folded letters with 3¢ adhesives (1853-56), all mailed from Philadelphia by Wright Brothers & Co., 7 of 8 with blind embossed umbrella Ill. corner card on back flap, letters to J.H. Bartlett & Sons, New Bedford, Mass. ordering whale bone (for the handles), letters compare Polar bone, to Northwest July 5, 1853; letter requests Polar whale bone, clean, thick at 34½¢ per lb. June 9, 1853, their cutter discerns a difference in the bone, interesting insight into whale bone industry, scarce group, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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