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VERY FINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE FORES'S COURTING ENVELOPE NO. 1. ONLY NINE CONTEMPORANEOUS COVERS ARE KNOWN, WITH THIS THE SECOND EARLIEST KNOWN EXAMPLE. A PICTORIAL ENVELOPE RARITY IN FAR BETTER CONDITION THAN MOST.
The British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century book and further research by Dr. Richard Hobbs and Robin Cassell lists seventeen examples. Of those, five are fronts, one has possibly had the adhesive removed, one is not a contemporary use (1898) and no details are known about two others. This leaves very few examples in better condition. (Image)
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VERY FINE AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE FORES'S MUSICAL ENVELOPE NO. 2, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1840. ONLY SIX CONTEMPORANEOUS COVERS ARE KNOWN WITH THIS AS THE EARLIEST RECORDED. A WONDERFUL RARITY.
The British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century book plus further research by Dr. Richard Hobbs and Robin Cassell lists thirteen examples. Of those, six are fronts and one is not contemporaneous (used in 1906), making only six contemporaneous covers known. (Image)
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VERY FINE. A RARE AND HANDSOME EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-PENNY MULREADY ENVELOPE USED WITH A PENNY BLACK.
With 2015 B.P.A. certificate. SG £15,000 (Image)