Three early Brookfields!

By Bob Berry; posted March 23, 2026
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Insulators as follows - actual postage additional:

CD 126 (crown) 6 / (arc) W. BROOKFIELD / 45 CLIFF ST. / N.Y. // (arc) CAUVET / JULY 25 1865 / PAT JAN 1870 / FEB 22 " {MLOD} -- nice readable embossing most similar to EIN [310] but no " between JAN and 1870. -- couple nice milk stringers -- VNM -- $12 plus actual postage

CD 126 (crown) 8 / W. BROOKFIELD / 55 FULTON ST, N.Y. // FEB 22 1870 / JAN 25 1870 / JAN 14 1879 (patent dates a little faint but readable) {MLOD} -- EIN [430] -- nice blue aqua --just a couple small pecks -- $10 plus actual postage

CD 126.3 (crown) "backwards 2" / (arc) W. BROOKFIELD / 45 CLIFF ST / N.Y. // (arc) CAUVET / PAT / JULY 25 1865 / JAN 25 1870 / FEB 22 1870 {MLOD} -- EIN [095]-- great blue shade! VVNM with small open bubble on base -- $15 (SOLD)

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