1861 Cover with Poignant Cancellation and Upside Down Year: New York to Stoughton, MA Elizabeth Arden mask box with general wear to the

with general wear to the case as documented

that there are a good number of Japanese cast iron owls out there

but it can roll along on the other three

definitely with a good amount of age

It measures approximately 52 1/2" x 35 1/2" without fringe

1861 Cover with Poignant Cancellation and Upside Down Year: New York to Stoughton, MA Elizabeth Arden mask box with general wear to theI was recently reminded, coming upon this and a couple of other covers envelopes listed today, of the beauty of fancy old cancellation marks and also how they bring a certain drama to whole face of an envelop, formally and informationally. Here I love the vertical stripes of the cancellation, blacking out the profile portrait of George Washington (like placing him behind bars), with this nice intersection of the red ring around him and the black ring