Lot 990
ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPE: 1882 illustrated...

Stamps and Postal History of the World | 5930
Auction: 29 March 2022 at 01:00 BST
£230
Description
ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPE: 1882 illustrated envelope titled 'Light Infantry, Hayti, "Grande Tenue"', i.e. Haiti Light Infantry in full dress. The soldier is rather threadbare in the illustration thus the caption is poking fun at this. Sent to a known book publisher and collector, Elliott Stock, with a 1d QV lilac tied by a London duplEx Roughly opened with a small marginal tear at the top, interesting subject matter

