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Auction: 16010 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1067

Great Britain
Mulready Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes
1843 the World's first commercially produced Christmas card, commissioned by the Postal Reformer Sir Henry Cole, illustrated by John Callott Horsley and Published at Summerly's Home Treasury Office, 12 Old Bond St. London. The central vignette shows three generations of a family raising a toast to the cards recipient with scenes of charity on either side, delicately hand coloured, addressed to "My Dear Lucy Applegathe" from "Isabel A thompson"; slightly soiled but exceptionally rare and attractive. Photo

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Estimate
£6,000 to £7,000