Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Early 20th
A Collection of Early 20th Century Paper Commercial Ephemera, Doncaster and Sheffield - A collection of early to mid-20th-century commercial paper ephemera primarily originating from the South Yorkshire region. The lot includes various printed billheads, invoices, receipts, and advertising fragments, many featuring period typography and lithographic illustrations. Notable examples include a decorative Gaymer's Cyder billhead for W. J. Sayles of Doncaster dated 1929, an illustrated building facade for Payne Bros. (Doncaster) Ltd. of Balby Road, and a Broughs Ltd. Wholesale Cash Store billhead with a handwritten reference from 1934. Other businesses represented include Burton Tailors of St. Sepulchregate, D. Warriner Engineers, and F. Avery Parkin Pharmaceutical Chemist. The documents are variously printed on cream and off-white papers, with some bearing handwritten ink entries and filing punch holes. Legible printed text includes W. House & Co Ltd. PLUMBERS MERCHANTS... 50 PORTER STREET, Sheffield and WE STOCK POWER THE ANTI-KNOCK PETROL.