April 4, 2024: Spring Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/4/2024
This is a truly extraordinary array of elegant Nebo Cigarettes Non-Sport Silks found here affixed to large 12-by-19-inch album pages and representing spectacular examples of many of the most coveted non-sport silks of the period. While the predominance of Nebo Cigarettes remains, there are also examples from Zira, Egyptienne and Sovereign Cigarettes as well. The various silks are neatly affixed to the large album pages, most revealing minimal wear or fraying. Here’s the breakdown: 1) Nebo Cigarettes S30 Oversized Flags (a few are Zira Cigarettes) – (11) – 9-by-7 inches, including Bulgaria, Switzerland, Egypt, Portugal, Servia, Austria, China, Japan, Denmark, Norway and Germany; 2) S79 Royalty, 3 ¼-by-5 inches (7), including Queen Elizabeth of Servia, Queen Elinore of Bulgaria, Queen Olga of Greece, King Peter of Servia, King Nicholas of Montenegro, King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and King Victor Emmanuel of Italy; 3) S59 Medium Flags and Girls, 3 ¼-by-4 ¾-inches (14) including England, Mexico, Germany, Ireland, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Egypt, Sweden, Russia, Cuba, Spain, Scotland and Denmark; 4) S40 Type 3 Medium Flags and Anthems (19) 5-by-3-inches, including Ireland, Norway, Italy (2), France (3), England (2), China, Egypt, Mexico, Poland and Cuba; 5) S38 Flags and Coats of Arms, 2 ½-by-3 ¼ inches (15), including Holland, France, Germany, Austria/Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Switzerland, Egypt, Denmark, Ireland, Poland, Sweden, Mexico and Spain; 6) S35 Flags and Coats of Arms, 3-by-5 inches (35), including Scotland, Liberia, France, Holland, Austria/Hungary, Egypt, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Brazil, Sweden, China, Siam, Denmark, Canada, Norway, Montenegro, Portugal, Bulgaria, Servia, Mexico, Russia, Zion, Germany, Albania, Japan, Ecuador, Venezuela, Italy (2), Peru, Belgium, Cuba, Greece and Ireland; 7) S42 Oversized Flags, 6-by-4 ¾ inches (5), Egyptienne and Sovereign – Germany, Servia, Poland, Romania and Greece; 8) Second large group of Egyptienne and Sovereign Flags, 3 1/4-by-2 ¼ inches (124); and a miscellaneous group of varying sizes and subjects, including colleges, flowers and dogs (30).
Early 1900s Nebo Cigarettes Silks of Flags, Royals, Coats of Arms and More (260)
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