Lot
1115 
Great Britain, (Mulready Caricature) J.W. Southgate Envelope, No. 4, "Blarney Stone", allover design on cover to Salisbury, manuscript "1" rate and red "Oxford, Ju 11, 1840" origin cds, Very Fine, the earliest recorded example of this rare caricature envelope, with only fourteen recorded, illustrated in Bodily et al British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century (page 47), ex R. Bodily. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $2,200