This 1960 New Mexico
road map was issued by the Humble Oil & Refining Company. The map was
published by the General Drafting Map Company and came from their archives. This
map is in excellent original condition as shown in the photo.
I bought part of
this archival collection about 6 years ago and the rest of it recently. I saw
some on eBay and bought them. The seller then explained that she had a few more
boxes of these from the General Drafting archives and I was able to buy the
lot. Her husband and another guy were in charge of donating the maps to the
Newberry Library when their company bought General Drafting. One pallet of maps
would not fit into the two semi-trucks filled with the maps. They made several
attempts to contact the library to make alternative arrangement for shipping
the maps but got no response. So they split them up and took them home. She
told the other guy of my interest in these maps and he recently contacted me
and I was able to buy them also. There is a variety of maps and all are stored
in dated envelopes with 1 or 2 maps in each. Most are stamped and/or dated on
the cover, but a few are not. Over the next few years, I will be offering many
of these here on eBay.
Shipping within the
United States will be by First Class Postage. If you purchase multiple fixed
price items from my store, I will send a refund through eBay for all excess
postage paid when I ship the items. If you win multiple items on regular
auctions, just wait for an updated invoice with combined shipping.
Please contact me if
you have any specific questions about this item. Check out my other auctions
for additional maps. I also have many listed in my eBay store “Vintage Maps and
More”.