MEARS Auction #36, Ends March 31st, 2012, 9:00 CST w/ 15-Minute Rule

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Lot #774:

1910 Circa Felt Tobacco Cigar Blanket Blanket - Flags and US Universities

These felt tobacco flag premiums were used to create blankets in the early 1900s. Offered are two sizes 8" x 5 3/4" and 11 1/2" x 8 3/4".

(5) 11 1/2" x 8 3/4" sizes include: (4) American flag and another symbol.

(4) 10 1/2" x 7 3/4": American, Scotland, Great Britain and Russia.

8" x 5 3/4": Leland Stanford Junior University, (2) Mexico, Cuba, New Zealand, Liberia, University of California, Belgium, University of Pennsylvania, St. Louis University, Cornell University, (2) Greece, Cuba, Denmark, Burmah, Ireland and Norway.

There are a few other which do not identify a university or country.

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