SGT. PRESTON ULTIMATE "KLONDIKE BIG INCH LAND DEED" LOT WITH DEED SIGNED BY RICHARD SIMMONS.
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$115.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction #208 - Part II
Item numbers 1278 through 3040 in auction 208
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Item Description
Wonderful premium issued by Quaker Cereals 1955 in conjunction w/the "Sgt. Preston Of The Yukon" TV program. 6x9" rare mailer w/"Deed" return address has "Authentic Deed To One Sq. Inch Of Land In Yukon Gold Rush Country!" text. Envelope is heavily worn w/creasing/tears around edges. Just Fair. Contains 4x6" two-sided information sheet titled "Now You Are A Real Sourdough!" w/prospector image at top. Text includes "Just Sign Your Name To This Authentic Deed And You Automatically Become An Owner Of 1 Square Inch Of Land In The Yukon Gold Rush Country." Reverse side offers more deeds for one cereal box top. NM. This and envelope are rarely seen. Lot includes three 5.5x8" two-sided deeds w/design similar to stock certificate or bank note and are individually numbered. Each has printed date of Jan. 4, 1955. Each deed has lt. vertical and horizontal folds through center as mailed, and one had black felt tip pen signature of TV's Sgt. Preston, Richard Simmons, who signs both his character's name and his own. Deeds show lt. wear along fold lines but are VF-Exc. overall. Also included are two different clipped newspaper ads for this premium w/map and images of Sgt. Preston and Quaker cereals. Fine-VF. Lot also comes w/7.25x9.5" color Sgt. Preston "Map Of The Yukon Territory" 1955 Quaker premium which is folded and has four tiny holes along left edge that blend somewhat. Fine/VF.
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