N175 Goodwin and Company Gypsy Queen packs, cartons, cards etc....

[Jacker_ Cracks]

Very nice Leon!

[Joe_G.]

Based on the packs I have studied, I believe your overprint reads as follows:

Manufr No. 40
Third District N.Y.
Nov I 1887

Although it almost looks like yours might say No 42 and your "I" should be a "1" after November. All other Goodwin & Co. packs I've studied list the month followed by a 1. I know baseball cards were distributed in packs at least into the month of October in 1888 (one of my packs has a baseball card notice stamped on the side) so this could have contained a card as well (late 1887 card).

[steve B]

There's an online image modifier designed specifically for bringing up images of cancels. Retroreveal if I remember the name right. The demos I've seen are pretty impressive but I haven't tried it myself. It would probably do a good job on hard to read handstamps on cards too.

I read the cancel essentially the same way Joe does. The "I" should be a "1". Tax stamps were usually required to be cancelled with the date of use, but in practice were only done once a month (Or used the same cancel for the whole month )

Steve B

[jerrys]

My understanding is that the GQ cigarette packs that were contained in box on the left did not have insert cards. The GQ packs shown were held in the box on the right and carried N162 cards.

[canjond]

Here's my countertop display, which is similar to Leon's. I had a second (similar) carton at one time, too, but ended up selling it a while back.

[1880nonsports]

pretty clean shown below. Wish I had a pack to go with it....
I agree that the ancillary peripherals like packs and cartons and advertising pieces are more scarce and elusive. What makes the GQ cartons so special is the graphics.
Along the same lines - what was in the OJ carton as far as cards? I have a "show card" (often called a store card) featuring the box and an 1880's copyright.

[kkkkandp]

I am very jealous of all your counter display owners. They are spectacular.

All I have (other than my Old Judge cards) is one cigarette pack, an advertising head, and an ornate, letter-sized Old Judge envelope.

[rjackson44]

Very pretty leon

[E93]

Been away for a few days. Leon and others, those are phenomenal!
JimB