EARLY VALENTINE ENTIRE LETTERS; Pair with Feb. 1806 EL to Harlow ex London, rated '5'(d) with printed coloured flower centrally placed and endorsed 'Accept what your appearance indicates you are not at present in possession of' and Feb. 1843 printed EL depicting romantic scene entitled 'The Lass O'Gowrie' to North Walsham franked 1d Red tied by Black MX and with Norwich d.s. and "Too Late" h.s. on rear. (2 covers) Cross Reference: VALENTINES/GREETINGS CARDS, GREAT BRITAIN, PICTORIALS, PRINTED, LATE FEE/TOO LATE MAIL (Image)

19th CENTURY LARGE-FORMAT VALENTINES; c1840/70 range of paper-lace & fancy embossed Valentines variously decorated with paper & textile pasted-on flowers, some applied in decoupage, butterflies, birds - one with real feathers, paper gauze scenes of courtship & marriage, romantic messages & poems, coloured cut-outs of young ladies etc. Majority fine. (10) Cross Reference: VALENTINES/GREETINGS CARDS (Image)

19th CENTURY VALENTINES INC. MOVING PART 'MECHANICAL' TYPES; c1845/70 range of paper-lace & fancy embossed Valentines variously decorated with paper floral & textile (miniature clothing) humourous images, textile clothing, moving paper cut-outs (one showing rising skirt to reveal a petticoat), courtship & marriage, romantic messages & poems etc. plus two printed types and coloured drawing from Punch. Majority fine. (10) Cross Reference: VALENTINES/GREETINGS CARDS (Image)

EARLY HAND-COLOURED 1d RED COVERS & VALENTINE LETTER-SHEET; c.1845 EL to Falkirk (no postal marks but with 1d Red that does not belong) with fine hand-coloured Soldier's Valentine poem inside; plus 1876/77 pair of 1d Red envs. ex Dartmouth/Rochester with curious hand-coloured picture beside the address (1876 ex Dartmouth) or with contents (1877 ex Rochester) with coloured transfer illustration at the start of the letter of a man smoking a Meerschaum pipe. Scarce colourful trio. (3 covers) Cross Reference: VALENTINES/GREETINGS CARDS, GREAT BRITAIN, SCOTLAND, PICTORIALS, HAND-DRAWN (Image)

VALENTINE WITH ORIGINAL 1d FRANKED COVER; Unusual 1849 local env. (rear flap missing) franked 1d Red tied by "1" b/n of Aberdeen with part Aberdeen d.s. on rear and fancy coloured & printed paper lace Valentine. Uncommon matched pair. (2 items) Cross Reference: GREAT BRITAIN, SCOTLAND, ABERDEEN, VALENTINES/GREETINGS CARDS (Image)

1850's FANCY VALENTINES; Quartet with of paper-lace Valentines decorated with floral and other motifs inc. a female harpist and a mermaid and one mounted on an 1853 Charles Whiting reprinted essay cut from a journal. (4 items) Cross Reference: VALENTINES/GREETINGS CARDS, TREASURY ESSAYS, ETC. (Image)

1d FRANKINGS ON VALENTINE ENVELOPES; Pair with 15 Feb. 1863 large embossed floral env. to Leeds franked 1d Red tied by Liverpool duplex with enclosed paper-card overlaid with various paper motifs inc. 'MY HEART/for/THINE' and 13 Feb. 1870 large embossed env. (produced by Mullard Bros.) to Macclesfield franked 1d Red (2) also tied by Macclesfield duplexes and with paper floral motif affixed in the top corner. (3 items) Cross Reference: VALENTINES/GREETINGS CARDS, GREAT BRITAIN (Image)

1d RED FRANKING WITH MATCHED VALENTINE; 13 Feb. 1868 poetically & romantically locally addressed env. franked 1d Red tied by a London duplex with matched paper-lace Valentine with floral insert & ribbon applique. (2) Cross Reference: VALENTINES/GREETINGS CARDS (Image)