Lot
1068 
Great Britain, 1906 Hand Illustrated and Colored Cover, skillfully executed allover watercolor design by artist George Henry Edwards to his sister for her birthday, showing Portrait of Sister in Fashionable Hat, on mourning border cover franked with 1d red brown tied by "London, Sp 19, 06" cds, Extremely Fine, a magnificent illustration and cover. Estimate $500 - 750.
George Henry Edwards (1854-1918) exhibited his art at the Royal Academy and the Royal Institute. Of the 45 cover covers believed to exist from this artist, very few are known with a mourning border frame.
Realized: $900