1858 (August 6th) An Exceptional Hand-Illustrated Envelope to the Countess of Mayo: Delightful and remarkably elaborate pen-and-ink illustrated envelope, addressed to the Countess of Mayo at Hayes, Navan, the face charmingly depicting children playing with dolls. Ingeniously, the 1d red adhesive has been carefully reduced and incorporated into the composition to form the side of a doll’s bed, tied by a London Inland numeral cancellation. Reverse with a fair strike of the unframed sans-serif HAYES handstamp. A stunningly executed and highly imaginative example of Victorian illustrated mail.
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