1951 – Three hand-illustrated humorous orders submitted by W. G. Williams of San Francisco to Stanely D. Harris, a prominent stamp dealer who operated out of New York and Vermont in the mid-twentieth-century
- Unbound
- San Francisco, California , 1951
San Francisco, California, 1951. Unbound. Very good.
Two of the three letters feature several colorful small vignettes, one showing Harris as "El Rey del Timbres" (The King of Stamps) standing atop a tower of stamp journals and almanacs.
The third contains an illustration in blue and black depicting Harris as a business mogul seated behind a large desk, surveying a huge stamp distribution warehouse and fleet of delivery trucks.
All are enclosed in one of Harris's shipping envelopes.
Harris was apparently also recognized as an expert with regard to valuable "grilled" U.S. stamps, as examples bearing his pencil signature occasionally appear in prominent philatelic auctions today.
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Title
1951 – Three hand-illustrated humorous orders submitted by W. G. Williams of San Francisco to Stanely D. Harris, a prominent stamp dealer who operated out of New York and Vermont in the mid-twentieth-century
Author
W. G. Williams
Binding
Unbound
Condition
Very Good
Publisher
San Francisco, California
Date
1951