RS31P4 W. T. Blow, Dr. T. L. Stephens Medicine Stamp Plate Proof

$75.00

In 1851, Joseph Charless and William T. Blow were operating as whole­sale druggists in St. Louis under the firm name of Charless & Blow. In 1863 the firm was transferred to William T. Blow who was then manufactur­ing Dr. T. L. Stephen’s Celebrated Chemical Eye Salve—said to closely resemble Roman Eye Balsam manufactured by A. B. & D. Sands, and later by the Wright Indian vegetable Pill Co. Blow’s eye salve, like the others, was composed of calamine, red oxide of mercury, camphor, almond oil and white wax. The firm ceased business soon after 1883.

(Holcombe, Henry W., Weekly Philatelic Gossip, 23: 295, Nov. 14, 1936)

Additional information

Catalog Number

RS31P4

Condition

XF

Denomination

1c

Paper

card

Number Issued

Issued

Die approved March 24, 1863

Catalog Value

100.00

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