Lot 60075 – 1870 (Jun 30) Mulready caricature advertising the famous French stamp dealer Arthur Maury
Lot 60075 – 1870 (Jun 30) Mulready caricature advertising the famous French stamp dealer Arthur Maury
Great Britain » 1840 Mulreadys & Caricatures
Price realised
1’500 GBP
Estimate
1’500 – 3’000 GBP
Auction date
ven. 17 juin 2022 at 12:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1870 (Jun 30) Mulready caricature advertising the famous French stamp dealer Arthur Maury (house founded in 1860), showing the dealer himself as Britannia, sending letters around the world at top and women and children collecting stamps in the lower two images, sent registered from Paris to Munich (only a few months before the Franco-Prussian war) with registration cachet, “CHARGÉ” and “P.D.” hs in red, Paris despatch adjacent, reverse with transits and Munich arrival, the postage could have been paid by stamps that have fallen off or by cash, some imperfections, a highly attractive and extremely rare early stamp dealers mail. Auction
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