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Auction: 22013 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1109

(x) Great Britain
Mulready Caricatures and Illustrated Envelopes
1897 (30 Nov.) envelope addressed to His Honour C.A. King Harman, C.M.G. Governor of Sta. Lucia, West Indies, franked 1887 2½d. purple on blue (2) and depicting a beautiful hand painted illustration of a bird sitting in twigs with a knife and axe alongside, arrival datestamp on reverse; another magnificent cover painted by Hugh Rose

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Sold for
£1,500

Starting price
£400