1890s Steam FIRE ENGINE Die Cut PAPER TOY Lion COFFEE K31 Die Cut FIREFIGHTER
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:4661417 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Tobacco Cards: Antique Firetruck |
This fantastic PAPER TOY (also referred to as a Paper Doll or Card ) was issuedby the WOOLSON SPICE CO. of Toledo Ohioas an insert premium in their brand of LION COFFEE. This series is listed asK31 in the American Card Catalogue. Thetoy has been die-cut and folded along the lines indicated on the card so thatthe collector could stand them up and use them as toys. The back of the card indicates that therewere 30 different toys in the series. A FIRE ENGINE A steam... pumper drawn by twoHorses. The piecemeasures 3 inches by 6 ½ inches approximately at its tallest and widestpoints. The piece does have some light creases alongthe bottom fold down flap. Other than that it is crease free with strongcolor. Most importantly the bottom stand up flap isattached. This is usually not the casewith these toys as they were usually torn off after heavy use. Finding one with the bottom flap attached istough. This one is fully intact with nomissing pieces. I have scanned the cardboth front and back fairly large for you to be able to judge condition foryourself. Thisis a rare and highly desirable cross over collectable. It is covetedby paper doll and toy collectors and coffee advertising collectors and those thatcollect Vintage fire department and Firefighter collectables , Because of the fact that it was issued as a toy to be playedwith, and that it is fairly fragile to begin with, not many have survived over the 124 years (a true AmericanAntique). They are very prone to beingtorn apart at the seams, and finding one intact is toughI will be trying to listseveral EARLY TYPE CARDS overthe next few days (spread across different categories), including one or twothat are unrecorded in any guide, that were put given away with Tobacco Cigarettes Caramel Candy Gum Chocolate Bread Coffee Soda Cereal and other products. To view the other cards I have up for auctionplease click on the “View Sellers otherItems” Icon located on this page. Itwill take you directly to them. . Winner Pay shipping of $3.00 towards regularletter postage in the USA, $4.50 overseas (If you want tracking please requestit as it will be significantly more). I can combine postage on items of similarsize that end within 3 days of each other.. PLEASE DONOT SEND PAYMENT UNTIL I HAVE SENT YOU AN INVOICE WITH YOUR COMBINED POSTAGE TOTAL. If you do not wait for the invoice i will send you through ebay, icannot combine your postage and you will not get a combined postage rate. If you are ready to check out immediatelyafter winning an item, and are not going to bid on any of my other auctions, please send me a invoice request through ebayand I will send you an invoice. Ebay does not allow me to adjust the postagerate once you have already paid so please wait for my invoice. I will send youa winning invoice within three days of the auctions end, or immediately uponreceiving a invoice request from you. (generally my auctions end within 3 days of each other). Please do notsend payment until you have received and read the invoice. Thanks and Good luck
