Beschreibung:

cover A fabulous collection of mourning envelopes and cards, the earliest dating back to the 18th. century, the latest being from the 1980's including Great Britain - an interesting selection of frankings and destinations including 1869 cover to Napa, California bearing 6d., 1895 envelope addressed to the Duchess of Teck and written in the hand of Queen Victoria (countersigned "The Queen" ) and other items of Royal interest, Antigua 1848 cover, Argentina, Austria and Levant, Belgium, Canada 1867 and 1868 envelopes bearing 12½c. and 10c. respectively, a good selection of Large and Small Queens on envelopes, Colombia 1886 cover registered to London bearing 10c. orange together with 10c. registration stamp, Cuba, El Salvador, France and Colonies - India, Indo-China, Morocco, New Caledonia, Reunion, Syria, Germany with States - Hannover 1851 envelope bearing 1/30th., Colonies include New Guinea 1909 cover bearing 20pf. from Herbertshöhe, Greece, Haiti, Hawaii with 1868 envelope to San Francisco bearing 5c., Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Italy, Lagos 1878 cover to England bearing 6d., Luxembourg, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands 1853 entire bearing 1852 10c., Newfoundland 1861 cover to England bearing 12½c., New South Wales, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Portugal and Colonies - India, Russia, St. Helena 1877 cover to U.S.A. bearing 2d. on 6d. and 1/- on 6d., Serbia, Siam, Slovenia, South Australia, Spain and Colonies - Fernando Po 1903 envelope to U.S.A. bearing 50c., Switzerland, Tonga 1891 cover to England bearing 2d. strip of four, U.S.A. 1865 envelope bearing 2c. "Black Jack" , 1867 envelope to Brussels bearing 3c. and 24c., and several interesting pieces of official stationery, Venezuela, Victoria. The majority are mounted onto album sheets and carefully annotated for exhibition. An oustanding opportunity to acquire a collection which has taken many years to compile. (approx. 690)