Early pair of CD 126 Brookfield blobtops

By Bob Berry; posted April 8, 2026
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Insulators as follows -- $8 each plus postage:

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

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

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