Lot 202
GB 1881 1d lilac on hand-illustrated cover




Stamps & Covers of The World Including Great Britain, 30th-31st July | S25013
Auction: 30 July 2025 at 11:00 BST
£384
Description
1881 hand-illustrated cover, depicting the stamp caught in a spider's web with a rather threatening spider crawling towards the stamp and two flies also caught in the web, bearing 1d lilac (Die I) showing Belvedere duplex for OC 23, backstamped by London arrivals in red, envelope with some tears (reinforced by hinges) and peripheral stains, otherwise fine, still an attractive cover. SG 170




