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Auction: 22013 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1074

Great Britain
Postal History
1877 (21 June) envelope to Cheltenham franked 1d. Plate 179 with Rochester "650" duplex cancellation, with enclosure from Restoration House in Rochester (with applied transfers of two heads, one smoking a pipe, also a further transfer on the reverse of the envelope) with a charming message from a son to his mother describing Lord Darnley's Rhododendrons as "awfully pretty and lovely"; some small faults but attractive


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Estimate
£100 to £120

Starting price
£55