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Auction: 14022 - Specialised Great Britain Stamps and Postal history
Lot: 151

(x) Great Britain
Mulready Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes
Intemperance Envelope (J. Valentine): 1869 (28 Dec.) envelope to Plymouth bearing 1864 1d. plate 110, FH, tied by Launceston "430" duplex (error of date reading 96 for 69), with Plymouth arrival on the reverse; a little roughly opened but still good to fine. These envelopes are scarce used. Photo

The envelope titled, "Intoxicating Drinks are the Vane & Curse of Society" depict Hogarth's Gin Lane at left and prosperity through temperance and savings at right

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