Bell & Company Package
Label. "Bell-ans" tablets for a variety of symptoms and malaise,
"harmless, pleasant to take and very effective", made only by Bell &
Company Inc. Orangeburg, New York, this label was affixed to packages
of the samples mailed inside covers franked with the 3c Orangeburg coils --
an outstanding collateral item for an Orangeburg coil stamp or cover (Image)
3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg
Coil (389). Well-centered with wide margins, deep rich color,
wavy-lines Orangeburg machine cancel, faint and truly negligible corner
crease at bottom rightEXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE ORANGEBURG COIL.
With 1943 A.P.S. and 1980 P.F. certificates. (Image)
3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg
Coil (389). Centered to top, rich color, light wavy-lines Orangeburg
machine cancel, few light wrinkles as are often found on the Orangeburg
coilsVERY FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE ORANGEBURG COIL.
With 1942 American Board of Experts (signed Bartels and Klemann) and 1985 P.F. certificates. (Image)
3c Deep Violet, Orangeburg
Coil (389). Centered to top right, deep rich color, tied by "Orangeburg
N.Y. Apr. 27 5PM 1911" machine postmark on light gray clasped envelope with
"Bell & Company Incorporated Manufacturing Chemists" corner card, usual
cover edge creasing that affects stamp (creases and tiny breaks in
fibers)A FINE APPEARING EXAMPLE OF THE RARE ORANGEBURG COIL ON COVER. ONLY TWELVE ORANGEBURG COIL COVERS HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED AS GENUINE BY THE PHILATELIC FOUNDATION.
This April 27, 1911, date is very early for the Orangeburg coil. (Image)