| Lot | | | Description | | 157 |  | | | J.R. Barrett & Co. Manchester, New Hampshire
Scott R22c
1862-71 4c Proprietary, purple
three different dates, black oval handstamps, F small faults
J.R. Barrett & Co. of Manchester, New Hampshire, was a 19th-century patent medicine preparation business best known for manufacturing Barrett’s Vegetable Hair Restorative. |
| | | Item Status  | | | | | 158 |  | | | Bach & Nostrand. New York, N.Y.
Scott R22c
1862-71 4c Proprietary, purple
black SON cds, F
Bach & Nostrand was a 19th-century New York business partnership—consisting of partners John C. Bach and Elbert B. Nostrand—best known as manufacturers and dealers of medicinal goods, notably Townsend's Sarsaparilla |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 159 |  | | | P.W. Bedford, Pharmaceutist. New York, N.Y.
Scott R22c
1862-71 4c Proprietary, purple
black SON oval handstamp, F-VF light stain on back
Professor P.W. Bedford was a prominent 19th-century American pharmacist, educator, and publisher based in New York City. |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 160 |  | | | Blunt & Moseley. Richmond, Virginia
Scott R22c
1862-71 4c Proprietary, purple
horizontal pair, black SON cds, two strikes, F
Blunt & Moseley was a druggists firm in Richmond, Virginia. |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 161 |  | | | John I. Brown & Son. Boston, Massachusetts
Scott R22c
1862-71 4c Proprietary, purple
blue SON cds, F pulled perf and small thin
John I. Brown & Son was a 19th-century Boston apothecary business famous for manufacturing and marketing Brown's Bronchial Troches, a popular soothing lozenge for throat irritations. The firm used Private Die Medicine stamps, Scott RS39, RS40 and RS41. |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 162 |  | | | O.P. Brown. Jersey City, New Jersey
Scott R22c
1862-71 4c Proprietary, purple
black SON cds, F-VF few short perfs
Dr. O. Phelps Brown (Oliver Phelps Brown) was a 19th-century herbalist, writer, and practitioner of alternative medicine best known for authoring the influential 1875 guide The Complete Herbalist; or, The People Their Own Physicians by the Use of Nature's Remedies. |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 163 |  | | | Bryan & Co. New York, N.Y.
Scott R22c
1862-71 4c Proprietary, purple
three different with black handstamps, F small faults
Bryan & Co. was a distributor or merchant dealing in chemical and pharmaceutical preparations, patent medicines, and related goods. |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 164 |  | | | J. Burnett & Co. Boston, Massachusetts
Scott R22c
1862-71 4c Proprietary, purple
black boxed handstamp, VF small thin
J. Burnett & Co. was a prominent Boston-based manufacturing apothecary and chemical company founded in the mid-19th century by chemist and entrepreneur Joseph Burnett. They used Private Die Medicine stamp Scott RS46. |
| | | Item Status | | | | | 165 |  | | | Walker & Taylor. Chicago, Illinois
Scott R3c
1862-71 1c Proprietary, red
W.B. Sloan's Condition Powders, Horse Ointment, Family Ointment, Instant Relief, P. & B.'s Magic Oil, Irving's Pain Curer. 1866. Ten line black printed cancels, 10 examples, one with an inverted cancel. F some with clipped perfs, all have a pinhole |
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