Posts: 4
From: port coquitlam bc canada
Registered: Jan 2006

posted 01-30-2006 02:17 PM            

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Hi I have a collective esso plate or maybe ashtray im not sure, it has 3 sets of grooves that could have been for an ashtray, it has never been used it says

ESSO (in the oval)
HENRY W. EBEN
Your Esso Agent
Slave Lake, ALTA.
PHONE BUS. 8; RES. 6

on the back it says

GEORGIAN CHINA (in a circle with a picture of a person on a horse and some other decoritive markings on the sides)
USA ORIGIN
22 KT. GOLD

the plate is about 5.5 inches in diameter
cream colored with gold rim and 3 gold pine cone displays the writing is all in gold as well

any information to help me find out how old it is would be great, thanks in advance for your help

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From: port coquitlam bc canada
Registered: Jan 2006

posted 01-30-2006 02:21 PM            

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Oh and if any one knows what the value of it would be that would be very helpful as i am planning on listing it on ebay, again thanks for your help

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From: Decatur, IL
Registered: Apr 2005

posted 01-30-2006 09:10 PM            

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Probably teens or 20s by the phone number. If it were in the uS, the phone number would have likely become six digits by the late 20s to 1930. (ALTA 6 is a 5-digit type). I have no idea how it worked in Canada though...

Wes

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From: Kelowna British Columbia Canada
Registered: Jan 2003

posted 01-31-2006 12:02 AM            

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If it was before about 1948 it would say Imperial and have 3 stars.

Usually it goes for whatever you can get for it, make sure you put town in the listing. I always search for Kelowna stuff ( and buy a lot of carp I really do not need!!)

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From: Near Tracy Rock
Registered: Nov 2001

posted 02-01-2006 12:12 AM            

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Hey dodo...... I think if you've seen one "carp" you've seen them all.....
bob

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