Insurance Agent Cancels: Mills & Burton of Gloversville, New York

M. & B.

AUG 15 1899

Gloversville, N. Y.

 The Gloversville City Directory of 1898:

Insurance Company Cancels: Security Insurance Company of New Haven, Connecticut

SECURITY

JUL 27 1899

INS. CO.

SECURITY

APR 5 1899

INS. CO.

Cyclopedia of Insurance, 1918:

Insurance Agent Cancels: H. W. Brown & Company of Philadelphia

H. W. BROWN & CO.

APR 11 1901

PHILADELPHIA.

H. W. BROWN & CO.

JAN 5 1901

PHILADELPHIA.

The Eastern Underwriter, August 22, 1912:

 

Insurance Agent Cancels: Dullnig & McAllister of San Antonio

Dullnig & McAllister,

NOV

1898

Insurance Company Cancels: Manhattan Fire Insurance Company of New York

MANHATTAN

AUG 10 1898

FIRE INS. CO.

The Insurance Yearbook, 1881:

Insurance Agent Cancels: S. C. Smith

It is clear that Mr. Smith sold insurance throughout the 1898 tax period based on the dates and the prominent "INSURANCE" on the cancels below.  But I've yet to discover his full name and the city where he was doing business.

S. C. SMITH

MAR 15 1901

INSURANCE

S. C. SMITH

JUL 8 1899

INSURANCE

S. C. SMITH

DEC 10 1898

INSURANCE

 

Insurance Agent Cancels: W. H. Meeker of Newark, New Jersey

W. H. MEEKER.

MAR

16

1899

W. H. Meeker was the manager of the branch office of The Merchants Insurance Company of Newark, N. J.:

Insurance Agent Cancels: John E. Shepherd of Chicago

J. E. SHEPHERD.

JAN 11 1899

CHICAGO.

From The Argus, June 1903:

Insurance Agent Cancels: William L. Bradway of Philadelphia

WM. L. BRADWAY.

APR

18

1900

PHILA.

from The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Delaware Insurance Directory, 1912:

Insurance Agent Cancels: Frank T. Lusk of Pittsburgh

Cancelled.

??  1899

F. T. LUSK.

F. T. Lusk was a state agent for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company:

Insurance Agent Cancels: Edward C. Roth & Company of Buffalo, New York

Buffalo City Directory, 1903

 

Insurance Agent Cancels: Frank B. Eldredge of Mansfield, Massachusetts

FRANK. B. ELDREDGE. MANSFIELD

OCT. 10. 98.

Frank B. Eldredge was in the insurance business but was also an active philatelist, helping to explain the artful manuscript cancel above. 

From Mekeels Weekly Stamp News, Jan 11, 1913:

Insurance Agent Cancels: J. L. Drake of Decatur, Illinois

J. L. DRAKE

AUG 18 1899

DECATUR

ILLS.

J. L. DRAKE

FEB 1 1900.

DECATUR

ILLS.

J. L. Drake:

From the Decatur Herald and Review, November 3, 1925:

Insurance Agent Cancels: E. Eichhorn & Sons of Minneapolis, Minnesota

E. EICHHORN & SONS.

APR

10

1899

MINNEAPOLIS.

From The National Real Estate Journal, June 15, 1910:

Insurance Agent Cancels: R. B. Hatch of Peterborough, New Hampshire

R. B. Hatch

APR

17

1901

Peterboro N H

From the Peterborough Transcript, August 23, 1923:

From the Fitchburg, Massachussets Directory of 1877:

Insurance Agent Cancels: H. B. Sly & Company of Elmira, New York

 

H. B. SLY & CO.

APR 20 1900

ELMIRA, N. Y.

The Insurance Field, May 15, 1930:

Insurance Company Cancels: German American Fire Insurance Company of Washington, DC

G. A. F. Ins. Co.

DEC 12 1898

Washington, D. C.

from Views, a Washington DC Insurance Journal, February 1897:

Insurance Company Cancels: Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Company of New York

W. C. F. I. CO.

?? 4 1899

NEW YORK.

W. C. F. I. CO.

JUN 19 1899

NEW YORK.

from The New York Insurance Journal, January 23, 1901:

Insurance Agent Cancels: Harold E. Foster of Winthrop, Maine

 

H. E. FOSTER

APR

?

1899

WINTHROP, MAINE

Insurance Company Cancels: Windham County Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn, Connecticut

W. C. M. F. I. CO.

MAR

9

1899

Brooklyn, Conn.

From The Standard, December 1, 1906: