1890s U.S. NAVY UNIFORMS Ad Card RAPHAEL TUCK Design LIEUTENANT COMMANDER Rare

Description

This rare card  was issu
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by the KROEGER PIANO Company of New York City,  New York to advertise their brands of Pianos   It is from a series of what I believe to be U.S. Naval Unforms.  I have seen two other card from this series and they both feature different Unforms of the U.S. Navy, so I am making this assumption.  I have not found the series listed in any guide that I am aware of (Burdick’s America Card Catalogue, Non-Sports Bible ect.).  I can find no information with regards to date of issue either However, based on the style of the uniform,  I speculate  it to have been late 1890’s early 1900’s.   The front of the card features a fairly detail
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portrait of the uniform for the given rank featured. It also says in the fine print at the bottom front “Design Copyrighted by RAPHAEL TUCK and SONS CO. LTD.  Printed in Germany”   The back has advertising for various Kroeger Pianos Products, and a description of the Featured uniform, as well as an overstamp of the retailer who sold the Kroeger products   This card features the uniform of  LIEUTENANT COMMANDER OF THE U.S. NAVY   The Card measures 2 5/8  inches by 4 ¼  inches  approximately. The card does have some small spots of print loss to the back, however the rest of the card is from creases and features a nice  image   I have scann
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the card fairly large for you to be able to judge condition for yourself   This is a RARE CARD that has huge cross over collect-ability.  Covet
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by both Non-Sports Card collectors and those interest
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in AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY.
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I  will be trying to list several  EARLY TRADE & TYPE CARDS over the next few days (spread across different categories),
including one or two that are unrecorded in any guide, that were put given away with Tobacco, Caramel, Candy, Gum, Chocolate, Bread Coffee Tea Cereal and other products, covering such diverse subjects as Native American Indians , Baseball , Football, Boy Scouts, Ice Hockey, Golf, Presidents of the United States, NCAA and IVY League Colleges and Universities and Circus themes.  To view the other cards I have up on ebay please click  on the “View Sellers other Items” Icon located on this page. It will take you directly to them.
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Due to my work schedule and distance to the post office I am only able to ship  Monday Mornings
.  If I haven’t received payment for an item the EVENING BEFORE Monday  the item will have to wait until the next Monday  to go out. Its unfortunate but unavoidable.  If this doesn’t work for you I respectfully ask that you do not bid or buy. Thanks again.
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