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Auction: 22028 - The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain - Part II
Lot: 62

Great Britain
1840 Mulready
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John van Voorst: 1d. A4 (forme 1) unused; folded and with trivial staining. The advertisement is for "A History of British Ferns, by Edward Newman". Stereo A4 was replaced by A31. Rare. S.G. MA32b. Photo

No examples recorded by Malcolm Lowe. There is a pencil note on the flap, "When the Mulready Envelope was first issued it occured to my grandfather Edward Newman that the inside might be used as a capital medium for advertisement, so he corresponded with the P. Office to ascertain if it would be allowed, and obtaining permission he made use of it as overleaf. Mulready taught his wife drawing and painted their son Bessington's portrait. Edward Newman Merril 1.6.81"

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£750

Starting price
£150