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CD-735.3 - U.S. Tel Chester Blue Aqua Sold For: $220 Item: #139
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********************* Auction Date October, 2020 ************************** |
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CD-735.3 - U.S.TEL.CO. Sold For: $688 Color: Blue Aqua
| Produced in the 1860's for the telegraph supply company operated by Charles and John Chester of New York. Some chipping/flaking on 2/3 of the base, dings and pings here and there. Likely dug up and lightly tumble cleaned. The insulators were used by the United States Telegraph Company on the transcontinental line. A great piece of telegraph history! |
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********************* Auction Date October, 2014 ************************** |
Bill & Jill Insulators - Next Auction: Coming Soon |
CD-735.3 - U.S.TEL.CO. Sold For: $1,375 Color: Blue Aqua
| A little roughness on the base and wire ridge; great condition for a threadless insulator! There was a slip of paper inside the pinhole that read: "This insulator was dug from the fill area of old Sacramento, CA near the old telegraph station where the backwaters of the Sacramento River was "reclaimed." Traded from Chet Handley summer 1969. He came to Eureka when he learned that I had some SCA Calif. helmets. Marvin Collins 3/13/2010" (#0483) |
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