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| 617. A Second Lot of Envelopes and Valentines
1) Valentine has intricate embossed lace patterned paper with a hand written love poem. Cut lace paper envelope features a post mark from V.T. and a broken wax seal. Card features a collectors stamp. 2) Lace cut paper card has a pretty cover hand-colored scrap of a flower basket and a handwritten poem on interior. Lace paper envelope is stamped and post marked Mass.. 3) Valentine features a cover image of a young man reading a letter; interior bears a poem in careful blue script and on the back a foil crest reading "Mull a la Suisse". Envelope has a Rococo pattern in gilt and no post mark... 4) Valentine features hand colored image of flowers and a hand written poem surrounded by a lace-cut boarder. Tiny envelope stamped, postmarked and sealed with red wax. 5) Lace cut paper cover backed with light pink tissue paper features a scrap of a bird, a basket of fruit and a veil that reads "Friendship". Embossed envelope features a stamp and New Jersey post-mark. 6) Valentine features a hand colored image of a young man and a short poem, and is dated 1856 Buffalo. Interior has hand written poem. Lace paper envelope has a red post-mark. 7) Embossed Valentine is decorated with small gilt scraps; interior is blank. Embossed envelope is stamped and postmarked from M.E. 8) Lace embossed paper Valentine features a scraps of a gilt star, and "fidelity" encircled by a wreath of pink flowers. Envelope stamped and postmarked. 9) Elegantly written Valentine's poem comes with an unusually narrow envelope, postmarked from C.A. 10) Valentine poem written in graceful scrip in purple ink, dated Feb. 14 1883. Envelope stamped and postmarked from C.A. 50/75 Sold $109.25 back to catalog |
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