USA Poster Stamp - Lyon & Healy Piano - "Style M $350"

Description: [zipedit] USA Product Advertising Poster Stamp Published by the Lyon & Healy Piano Company in 1915, this stamp is advertising their Style M (upright) piano, at a price of $350. The stamp depicts a man playing the piano. Text at the bottom left of the stamp reads: Pure in Tone. The Lyon & Healy Company is still in business today, as a manufacturer of harps.According to the company's website: George W. Lyon and Patrick J. Healy had been dispatched to Chicago by Boston music publisher Oliver Ditson to start a sheet music shop as an outlet for his publications. On October 14, 1864, the partners opened their doors in a little shop with a stock of music at the corner of Washington and Clark Streets. Ditson had warned the two young men that, with extreme luck, they might hope to do a business of $100,000 a year in ten years – the partners exceeded that in less than 12 months. Only six days after opening the store, they ran their first advertisement in the Chicago Tribune, alongside an account of General Sherman’s dramatic march to sea. It did not take long for Lyon & Healy to expand into instrument selling and manufacturing. Lyon & Healy survived the Great Fire of 1871 merely because they had purchased enough insurance to rebuild themselves (they had suffered another devastating fire just the year before). While re-building they also acquired the piano business of another firm and became the sole representative in the Chicago territory of Steinway & Sons pianos. This would become an important relationship for the company for many years – in fact, Charles H. Steinway was an honorary pallbearer at Mr.Healy’s funeral in 1905 and Henry Z. Steinway presented Lyon & Healy with a painting for its Centennial in 1964. In the early 1900s, mechanically reproduced music and musical instruments began to leave an impression on the music business. Edison’s first gramophone, hand-wound, with wax cylindrical records, sang some of its first songs at Lyon & Healy. By the turn of the century, Lyon & Healy was the largest music house in the world; there was sheet music in its files from every recognized publisher; a diversified line of fine pianos and organs; bands marched to the rhythm of music played on Lyon & Healy built instruments; celebrated violinists purchased rare old instruments from its treasure-house; the gold-crowned Lyon & Healy harp stood in every symphony and operatic orchestra from Chicago to Tokyo and Victrolas were fast becoming music necessities of the home. In 1964 the company introduced a graceful, new, contemporary-styled harp, the Centennial model 100, in commemoration of the company’s 100th anniversary and the 75th anniversary of the Lyon & Healy harp. By the 1970s, Lyon & Healy’s harp division continued to flourish, but it perceived that it could no longer maintain a full range of products and services. The company decided to concentrate solely on the manufacturing and sale of harps. These stamps were printed in panes of 15 (5x3) with no printing in margins, and stapled into booklets. Stamp is listed in Robert Bradbury's "United States Advertising Poster Stamps 1912-1915" as #C3363. It is F/VF, OG, NH. Approximate Image Size: 47 x 38 mm. * STOCK IMAGE Shipping to US addresses will be via USPS First Class Mail. Shipping to non-US addresses will be via USPS First Class Mail International. No tracking will be provided for shipments unless requested by buyer. If extra mailing services (registered, etc) are desired, there is an extra charge. Buyer MUST request before making payment to ensure additional coverage. If no additional coverage is purchased eBay will not cover this under their Buyer Protection program. After 35+ years I decided to retire from being an active Cinderella Stamp dealer. Most of my working inventory plus backup stock was sold at public auction. However, I have retained some material that I will be offering for sale. In addition, I have some "new" material that was mixed into lots I have bought for my own collections. I will be listing some of the material in my eBay store at fixed prices. I will also be offering some material at auction, either as single items or mixed lots. There will be many bargains available. There will be large and small lots, some containing similar material, some containing a random mixture, and some containing only one or a few items. The condition will be mixed, but none of the lots will be just accumulations of damaged or faulty stamps (unless specifically listed as such). Items in stockpage or larger lots may be removed and repackaged into glassines to save on shipping costs. A Note about Poster Stamps and Gum: Because many poster stamp collectors are primarily interested in the image on the stamp, the absence or presence of gum on the back is of little concern. If no mention of gum is made, then there may or may not be gum present. If you are only interested in poster stamps with original gum, please inquire before bidding. Actual condition issues (that are not apparent from the scan) WILL be described. A Note about "Stock Images": Occasionally I will have more than one example of an item in inventory. Rather than scan each one individually, I may use the same image for multiple examples of the item. If that is the case, the item supplied will be in substantially the same, or better, condition than the image. Any such items will have the words: "STOCK IMAGE" at the end of the description. Keywords: cinderella poster stamps vignettes vineta reklamemarke samlermærke advertising exhibition exposition seal label erinnofilo mærkat chiudilettera templette

Price: 4.25 USD

Location: West Hartford, Connecticut

End Time: 2023-09-23T19:55:04.000Z

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