SB MAIL TRIBUNE, MtdforJ, Or., Sunday, SapfamW 21, 19S8
m.
Buried Treasure
Surcharged Penny Post
Cards Bring High Price
Since history does repeat the surcharge order came, !
itself, through postal rates
have just gone up, they will
come down again
And when they do, the post
office will undoubtedly sur
charge unused special values
to stamp collectors.
An example is when post-
age rates were cut in 1920-21.
On that occasion the govern-
ment lowered the rate on two-
cent postal cards to one cent,
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In the interests oi economy
the post office surcharged
their two-cent postal card
stocks with the lower rate,
thereby creating some extra
ordinary values.
One of the biggest is that
of the surcharged two-cent
card issued in 1911 and carry-
ing a portrait of President
Grant. The card is cream-col-
ored. the printing, in red ink.
How many of them were
left in post office stocks when mand a still higher price.
EARLY SILVER COMMUNION CUPS IN ANTIQUE SHOPS
Metal cups that look like An example of how this
communion cups, whether may PV off is that of an
. . j. acquaintance who found a
covered or not, and regardless meM cup f the communion
of how badly they may be type in a secondhand store. It
tarnished or, dented, should was about eight inches high,
always be examined with heavily tarnished, filthy and
care. badly dented on one side.
In fact, If they are priced He paid $2 for it. When he
at only a dollar or so as got it cleaned, he was de
they usually are in salvage lighted to find a small oblong
shops-it is probably a safe mark on the base containing
rule to go ahead and buy the initials ,'I.T."
them anyway. Once thorough- A little research showed
ly cleaned they are always .them as probably belonging
ornamental enough to be Ho John Targee, a New York
worth more than the price,
and besides, in many cases, it
is impossible to tell how valu-
able one may be until it is
thoroughly cleaned.
The reason is that without
cleaning you may not be able
to see the maker's mark.
Of course, not 'every piece
that is valuable has a maker's
mark, but most of them do,
and since many of the larger
libraries in the country have
books listing the various
known marks of silversmiths,
right back to the days of Paul
Revere and beyond, it isn't
too difficult to run one down,
HISTORY OF 1840s PRESERVED IN ASHBURTON GLASS
One of the oldest designs in
pressed glass and one that was
popular for around 40 years
in the mid-1800s is what is
known as the Ashburton or
colonial design.
Whatever the name, it
doesn't matter. The design is
so simple almost any other
designation would do. What
it consists of is a series of
ovals like thumbprints ex
cept that they are perfectly
plain and a series of loops
below the ovals.
In addition to its simplicity
the design also has a certain
crudity. In part that is prob
ably due to the fact that this
type of glassware was pro
duced by various companies
each of which was evidently
in a hurry to beat the others
in filling the popular demand.
Not only did the companies
compete in producing the tra
ditional objects, but they also
vied with each other in think-,
ing up new kinds of objects
in which pressed glass of this
design would sell.
For example, as the Cali
fornia gold rush of the 1850s
got into high gear, there was
scarcely a drink that a miner
Cannery Workers
Oust Bargain Agent
Portland - 1TD - Employees
at the Libby McNeill & Libby
cannery here Thursday ousted
their bargaining agent of the
past 21 years in favor of a
Teamsters union local.
Vote in the election con
ducted by the National Labor
Relations Board was 400 to
236 in favor of the Teamsters
over the International Wood
workers of America which has
acted as bargaining agent at
the plant for the past two
decades.
Automatic refill!
don t know, but there were
enough of them so that they
were in fairly common use for
a while.
One man I know found one
two or three years ago. It was
unused. He' figured it might
not go through the mails since
It was overprinted "1 tfent."
A stamp dealer gave him
$40 for it, but its retail value
today, as listed in the Scott's
1 . 1 6rj B
aiaioue, is
Such a card, bearing a can
cellation mark of the early
1920s, has a value today of
$150.
As for those that carry ad-
vertising matter,
cards then were
and postal
often used
in direct mail advertising
campaigns, they are so rare
as to be unlisted in the cata-
logues I've seen. Hence one
that is cancelled should corn-
silversmith of the early 1800s.
A return to the shop and
and an hour or so spent in
hunting through boxes of odds
and ends resulted in the dis
covery of a cover that fitted
the cup and obviously had
originally gone with it.
Restoration of the piece re
quired a good 15 hours of con
centrated labor, but it was
worth it. Whether or not the
piece had been a communion
cup cannot be determined, but
it is a thing of beauty, an ex
ample of the silversmith's art
that would easily command a
price of $200.
could think of that didn't
have a special type of glass
for it in the Ashburton de
sign. In fact, as the records
of the time indicate, eastern
manufacturers must have re
lied heavily on orders from
California.
But those from the rest of
the country were important,
too, and what has brought all
this to mind is a friend's pur
chase of a celery vase in this
old design.
Usually the celery vase is
found in clear glass, and in
that case it generally sells for
a price from $15 to $30.
But this one, bought for
$40, was of a gold color. Since
much of the glassware in this
design that was shipped to
California in the early 1850s
was of that color, it is quite
possible that the celery vase
made the trip around the horn
or across the Isthmus of Pan
ama. In any event, the price
was not unreasonable.
The piece is also known in
several other colors, the rarest
being a deep violet.
(Released by McClure
Newspaper Syndicate)
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DISTRICT COURT
Charles H. Johnson, no operator's
license. S10.
Gay Anderson, parking in a re
stricted zone, S6.
John M. Bauer, no clearance
lights, $10.
Barbara Oakes, inadequate muf
fler, $15.
Jack Lee Haring. shooting on
public highway, $30.
George Holbertson, following too
closely, $15.
Jack Herbert McCandliss, follow
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Taft Florey, failure to make
a traffic stop. $10.'
Chauncy Robert Beck, over
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Dwight L. Edwards, overwidth,
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Chester W. Bennett, overload,
$125.
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