Lot 274
Great Britain, 1840 Caricature "Fores's Comic" Broadsheet N.1, SG #2, Caricature inspired by a Mulready Letter Sheet, bearing tied copy 1840 1d by blurred red strike Maltese Cross with double split ring dispatch of Liverpool October 10, 1840 with transit of October 12 to Dumfriesshire in Scotland, partially reinforcing small edge tears. Illustrated page 26 of British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century by Ritchie Bodily, Ex Robson Lowe 1967 auction. 2017 Sismondo cert.
Scott #1, British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century book records a total of 20 used examples of the Fores's Comic Envelope, at least 5 are fronts, another 5 have adhesives missing or replaced), most existing copies have some repairs or small faults .
Estimate $1,500-2,000.
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