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Daily Archives: 7 January 2012
The Fancy Pontil and Fancy Cancel
Tom Doligale posted this picture over at the Bottle Collectors Facebook Page of an ornately patterned pontil mark. The pontil pattern reminded me of cork carved fancy cancellation on an early United States postage stamps, an area of high interest … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Architecture, Ephemera, History, Tax Stamps
Tagged cork, Fancy Cancel, pontil, postal, Tom Doligale, United States, US Postage Stamps
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Bromine – Union Salt Works – Gorgeous Allegheny City Bottle
“Allegheny City (1788–1907) was a Pennsylvania municipality located on the north side of the junction of the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, across from downtown Pittsburgh” Sitting on one of my bottle shelves is this gorgeous Bromine – Union Salt Works bottle … Continue reading
Posted in Collectors & Collections, History, Utility Bottles
Tagged Allegheny City, Bromide, Haller Beck & Co., Meyer Collection, Pittsburgh, salt
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