New York, New York. Thea-Nectar / Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Eight OClock Breakfast Coffee. B

New York, New York. Thea-Nectar / Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Eight OClock Breakfast Coffee. Bowers NY-7920. Gilt brass. 38 mm. Choice Mint State.，Obverse: Egyptian figure holding a clock at center, EIGHT OCLOCK BREAKFAST / Trade Mark / COFFEE around. Reverse: GT. ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO." / [Logotype with the letter T, "THEA-NECTAR" at top, "PURE CHINESE TEA" at center over cornucopia. TRADE MARK" below] / At the bottom border in tiny letters, "PATD JUNE 16 68. A superb card with fully gilt surfaces on both sides, and a brilliant satin finish. Noted as the only one seen and plated in the Bowers reference.<p>The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company was founded as the Great American Tea Company in New York City in 1859, by George Huntington Hartford and George Gilman. Early operations were conducted from a storefront on Vesey Street in New York City. In 1871 the firms address was 8 Church Street, New York City. Later it became the large A&P grocery chain. A couple of generations ago A&P stores were everywhere, right along with Montgomery Ward and F.W. Woolworth. Nothing left now but nostalgia.<p>，Ex B. Aquilino, May 1985; Steve Tanenbaum, 2011; Q. David Bowers Collection.，