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Auction: 20026 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 1840

Great Britain
Illustrated Envelopes
1872 (16 Feb.) envelope with a superb pen and ink illustration of a Mother with her four children, addressed to Mrs. Harding 25 Toriano Avenue Camden Town N W, franked 1d. Plate 136 with barred oval cancellation. The envelope illustrated by Edmund Hubert Walker, a lithographic artist and sent to his daughter to arrive on her Birthday; some very minor peripheral staining. A delightful envelope which is rightly considered to be one of the finest illustrated envelopes in existence. Offered with an accompanying article from the London Philatelist (Jan.-Feb. 1988) giving details of the artist and subjects, also four photographs of the daughters in later years. Photo

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Sold for
£4,500

Starting price
£2100

Sale 20026 Notices
The envelope is described in the Philatelist P.J.G.B., not the London Philatelist.