Lot 70045 – 1870, 1/2d postal stationery card with advertising illustration of a lady in a gown

1870, 1/2d postal stationery card with advertising illustration of a lady in a gown inscribed « DERRY & TOM’S / HIGH STREET KENSINGTON / THE KENSINGTON COSTUME IN ALL COLOURS », sent on 18 OCT 70 (17 days after issue) with crisp London « W / 13 » duplex cancel, a superb item, and given the date could well be the earliest illustrated stationery (sold in Warwick & Warwick 1998 for £425).