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                    Lot: 2091
                
                    
                        Great Britain  Postal History  Valentines  1850 (c) George Meek´s "thou art my life/and only love" multi-layered, circular valentine,  adorned with real lace and ribbon, together with floral scraps and dried fern wrapped in muslin; colourful and most attractive. In frame. Photo  Estimate £   250-300    provenance: A.R. Alcock Collection  literature: Illustrated in "The Valentine and its origins", Frank Staff, 1969                        
                                            
                
                    
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                        £170