"____ 190  / Gentlemen: / Without committing myself I will be pleased to / have you submit for my approval your latest Disability / Policy, ... " unused form on postal card pre-addressed to the Casualty Company of American at 52-54 William Street in New York City, bottom corners with long creases, stress marks elsewhere, numerals on address side may encode the source. The address is in the Financial District of Manhattan, which is now part of the Cub Quarters Downtown Hotel (sometimes called the Schiff Estate Building). Apparently the company was short-lived, because paper collectibles from it are seldom offered. $15.00 in(m)

    "1963 NATIONAL RESERVE LIFE BLDG., TOPEKA, KANSAS" white-border era postcard in monochromatic blue, unused, a little writing on back, 2 tiny corner creases not into image, light toning at the upper left front edge, trivial edge wear. The 1963 is not a date; it is the number of the postcard. $3.00 (ki)

30TH ANNUAL CONVENTION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIFE UNDERWRITERS/BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 21st-23rd, 1920. "R. D. ANDREWS - WM. CHAPMAN - R. C. STURGIS, ARCHITECTS/ 72068  STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS." Phostint post card with red convention printing on back, used there 1920, corner crease, toned top front edge. $4.25 eimd

    "2-M-11-90 / North British & Mercantile Insurance Co. / No. 54 William Street / New York, 13 JUL 1894 ..." government postal card with form over the handstamp of H. E. Bowers (successor to Sam P. Bladgen as Manager there), stating that agent H. Lyman in Westfield Massachusetts had an account current through June, handstamped signature of J. N. F. Levick. A little cancel ink & light toning on the front; back is fine. The address was in the Financial district of Manhattan. $4.00 in(m)g(b)g(l) NEW / NOVÝ / NUOVO

    "ABRAHAM LINCOLN STATUE IN PLAZA OF LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INS. CO'S. COME OFFICE BUILDING / FORT WAYNE, INDIANA  5A-2504" showing the Paul Manship sculpture portraying him as a Hoosier youth, linen postcard printed in 1935, numeral written in stamp box is heavy but may erase, tiny upper corner crease, soft corners. The company has since evolved into the Lincoln Financial Group. $2.50 liis NEW / NOVÝ / NUOVO

    "DODGE COUPE / Reward for information leading to recovery / DESCRIPTION / 1920 model, painted black ... / Owner, Robert Guinther, Akron, Ohio ..." postal card mailed 1921 to the Chief of Police at Noblesville Indiana from American Automobile Insurance Company in Cleveland, light toning at one back corner & along lower front edge. $10.00 ialo(a)g(g)

"Home Office Bui8lding, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Springfield, Mass." showing its exterior, postcard mailed 1949 by the company with a preprinted message refusing politely to send their wall calendar to Ohio. minor corner wear. $2.75 mic

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"HOME OF WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY / INSURANCE BUILDING, OMAHA, NEB." corner view with pedestrian & auto traffic, unused white-border era post card printed by the Max Rigot Selling Agency, trivial corner wear, otherwise fresh. (2 available) $4.00 each. ni

"IOWA FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPNAY / PROXY / ... " dated December 1945; unused legal form on government postal card pre-addressed to D. B. Groves Secretary at Valley Bank Building in Des Moines, a little cancel ink on front, minor edge wear. The company now does business under the name Far Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company, now located in West Des Moines. $3.75 aig(g)i(d) NEW / NOVÝ / NUOVO

   "ITALIAN CRUISER 'VARESE'" side view, flag shown in sky; unused color post card published by The Prudential Insurance Company of America, browning paper with age, album marks at corners both sides, corner wear & rounding, corner crease, 3 small scrapes in address area. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 s(m)ii

    "John F. Stratton & CO. / No 55 MAIDEN LANE, / NEW YORK, .... 1877." receipt on postal card mailed September 25 1877 crediting John McElroy of Chapinville CT, firm's almost complete double-ring violet handstamp mimics a postal marking, long & heavy corner crease, minor toning both sides. Mr. Stratton's partner Charles H. Parsons is also mentioned on the front. This address & its neighbors in the financial district of Manhattan is long gone, making way for the Home Insurance Plaza. $20.00 n(m)n(n)ig(s)

    "MAKE  1928 Ford Coach / Owner  P. H. Harmon / STOLEN  Canal Fulton, Ohio  4-3-31 / $50 REWARD / ... / THE MERCER CASUALTY CO. / ... Celina, Ohio ..." postal card mailed APR 10 1931 to the County Sherriff at Lima Ohio, very light toning on back & along left front edge. $10.00 lag(h)o(c)i

    "Metropolitan Life Insur- / ance Co.'s Home Office / Bldg., N. Y. City. Card / cabinets for Ordinary / Department, containing / the records of more than / $400,000,000 of Ordi- / nary insurance" including many female clerks; unused post card with undivided back, back heavily toned from album contact, small bottom corner crease misses the image. $7.50 in(n)i(m)

    "Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.'s Home Office Bldg., N. Y. City. Corner of Engine Room. Electrical and elevator equipment the largest of any office building in the world." Undivided back postcard mailed 1907, album marks on back, corner wear & rounding, corner crease. $4.75 (nie)

    "Metropolitan Life Insur- / ance Co.'s Home Office / Bldg., N. Y. City. Part of / the Actuarial Division. / Nearly all records here / are kept on cards, ..." including many female clerks; unused post card with undivided back, back heavily toned from album contact, tiny ding in the top edge, trivial corner rounding. $7.50 in(n)i(m)

ROCHESTER & RONDOUT. "MUTUAL RELIEF SOCIETY" assessment No. 10 for 1884, 2-color printing on government postal card, mailed from Syracuse by their secretary pro tem H. J. McCormick. Deceased were: G. M. Hauck of Rondout NY (lung hemorrhage), C. H. Dill of Elmira NY (diabetes), E. M. Thomas of Hoosick Falls NY (typhoid), Moses Wells of Schaughticoke NY (consumption), Hiram Stevens of Liberty Corners PA (stomach ulcer), & E. H. Shedd or Rochester (hydropericordiam). $5.00 n(r)im NEW / NOUVEAU / NUEVO NEW / NOVÝ / NUOVO

"MUTUAL RELIEF SOCIETY" assessment No. 4 for 1883, 2-color printing on government postal card, mailed from Syracuse. Citing J. G. Hiefner who died of pneumonia. $5.00 n(r)i

Mutual Relief Society notice on government postal card noting the passing of Henry J. Moore by typhoid fever in Amsterdam NY, James Verina by typhoid pneumonia in Yonkers NY & John B. Stevens by apoplexy in Schenectady NY--all in March or April of 1881; yellowish paper, long heavy crease, mild corner wear. $4.75 n(a)i NEW / NOVÝ / NUOVO

    "NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, NEW YORK.  10820" with red call-outs in the sky pointing out their Annex, Lafayette Street, Leonard Street, Broadway & the Bradstreet Mercantile Agency; made in Germany for Bosselman, this postcard saw very late usage at Stephentown Center NY, noticeable corner & edge wear, lightly toned back. $4.00 bin(n)

"NO PHYSICAL EXAM NEEDED; / ... / SENIORS 40-85 / UP TO / $10,000.00 / OF LIFE INSURANCE / TO HELP PAY FOR FINAL EXPENSES / ..." unused business reply card (Permit Number 1 of Calumet City Illinois) to Guarantee Reserve Life Insurance Company. $1.00 i(c)I

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    "Pennsylvania R. R. Station, New York." white-border era imprinted with greetings from the 60th anniversary business conference of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the US in New York, August 25-30, 1919. light toning on back, light edge wear along bottom, vertical crease. $3.00 nri

    "Rose Building, Cleveland, O.  44-7" post card mailed there 1911, 2 corners creased, light toning both sides. Long headquarters for pioneering Medical Mutual of Ohio, one of the biggest employers in the downtown area. $3.00 o(c)i NEW / NOVÝ / NUOVO

"Royal Insurance Company, Limited / MARINE DEPARTMENT / 84 WILLIAM STREET / New York ..." acknowledgment form on government postal card used to inform a registered mail insurance policy holder (W. L. Gund of Marcus Iowa) that his declaration was received & effective, mailed 3/29/30. A little toning at the bottom front edge & near one address-side corner. $3.00 n(m)i-u(p). Similar but mailed 3/3/30 with more toning address side & light fingerprint toning at top back. The sender's address is in the Financial District of Manhattan. $2.75 n(m)i-u(p)

"SOUVENIR POST CARD CO., NEW YORK.  3893--Aetna Life Building, Hartford, Conn." a corner view with streetcar tracks intersecting in the foreground; monochromatic yellow-green postcard with undivided back, mailed circa 1907 to Ohio, 3 corners creased (1 is long), a little cancel ink in the sky, edge wear, as is. This view is the old building they occupied 1853 to 1930. $1.75 ic

    "The American Insurance Building, Newark, N. J.  19" showing its exterior in vertical format, unused linen post card with fresh color. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 ni\

    "THE LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. / DAYTON, O. // REWARD / AUTOMOBILE / STOLEN // INFORMATION / ON / OTHER SIDE" describing a 1921 Dodge Roadster stolen at Portsmouth Ohio on the other side, postcard mailed June 22 1921 to the Chief of Police at Nobelsville Indiana; 2 corners creased, other corners with minor wear. Sent when J. R. Jones was Secretary of the Company. The company still operates, headquartered in Boston. $10.00 io(d)la

    "THE MARKET PLACE, 1928 / ... depicting the growing inter- / dependence of people / on display in the home-office / ... of the Farm Bureau Insurance Companies, Co- / lumbus, O. Artists: Andrew Karoly and Louis Szonto" on an unsent postcard with printed message on back announcing the company's name change to Nationwide Insurance (the name it bears today). $10.00 io(c) NEW / NOVÝ / NUOVO

UnitedHealthCare Insurance Company advertising coasters about their Nurse HealthLine service for AARP members, pristine & complete set of 6 (not yet punched out of their protective borders). $1.75 i

    "U. S. BATTLE-SHIP 'VIRGINIA'" showing a side view with the American flag in the sky; color postcard from the Prudential Insurance company of America, detailed ship statistics printed in back message area, mailed March 1909, browning paper on back, used as an insurance receipt so writing on front is consistent with issuing company, mild corner rounding, small ding in top edge closes well. This ship sailed round the world with the Great White Fleet. $5.00 s(m)i

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"Veterans Administration / Domiciliary Form 5515 / ... / DISCHARGE / Facility Dayton, Ohio / Date Admitted Oct. 18, 1943 / Joseph Burgoon / is hereby discharged from this Facility. Reason for discharge / Maximum hospital benefit 1/24/44 / B. C. Cockrell / Manager / CLINICAL DIRECTOR" card on brown stock, size of a regular postcard but blank back. A sad piece of social history & the only example of its kind we could find when we searched the Internet. $5.00 o(d)g(b)g(c)si NEW / NOVÝ / NUOVO

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WOMAN'S LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY

"'WESTHAVEN' GARDENS ON THE ST. CLAIR RIVER, PORT HURON, MICH., HOME OF MISS BINA M. WEST" black & white with sky ting, white-border era from Curt Teich, unused, lightly toned back. Founder in 1892 of one of the first fraternal benefit societies established for and managed by women, & an outspoken supporter of women's suffrage, she represented the National Council of Women of the US at the International Council of Women in Geneva in 1908. Undoubtedly this card was issued on the occasion of the dedication of the Society's new home office in 1917. Many people could not tell you who she was, but the fact that women can get life insurance these days is a tribute to her legacy!

"SLEEPING BARRACKS AT LAKE HURON CAMP, WOMAN'S BENEFIT ASSOCIATION 113473" black & white with sky tint, white-border era from Curt Teich & Co, unused, light toning near one front corner. Most unusual subject matter--a little known aspect of this fraternal organization's history. Both of the above:  $50.00 fwmsgi

"Yours of JUN 5 1905... / in payment of claim under Policy... / S. D. Stockton / Agent" form on government postal card mailed to Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company from Poughkeepsie New York, apparently due to the demise of William E. Scott there; light browning of paper with age. $3.50 ngi

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