Lot
2379 
Great Britain, 1881 Hand-illustrated cover, featuring a Steamboat at Sea with a Happy Captain and Three Seasick Passengers, franked with an 1880 1d tied by a Wokingham squared circle, Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $65
Lot
2380
Great Britain, 1881 Hand-illustrated covers, pair of covers from the same correspondence & by the same artist featuring Riders on Horseback, one with a single horse and rider, the other with three, each franked with a 1d lilac tied by Southampton squared circles, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $325
Lot
2381 ()
Great Britain, 1882 Hand-illustrated cover fronts, two, each with a very skillfully executed pen & ink Caricature Portrait, initialled "THR" and franked with a 1d lilac tied by a London "49" duplex; mounted on card backing, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $230
Lot
2382
Great Britain, 1883 Hand-illustrated cover, featuring A Gentleman with an Axe, Wearing a Top Hat and Sitting on a Tree Stump, franked with a 1d lilac tied by a London duplex; minor toning, F.-V.F. Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $55
Lot
2383
Great Britain, 1884 Hand-illustrated cover, featuring Two Gentlemen Offering a Humorous Explanation of a Statue of Hercules with a Discus, franked with a 1d lilac tied by a Clifton duplex, Very Fine and attractive, includes a three-page letter mentioning the drawing as well as local goings-on including "Oscar Wildisms". Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $325
Lot
2384
Great Britain, 1884 Hand-illustrated covers, group of ten covers by the same artist featuring a number of subjects portrayed in skillfully rendered pen & ink drawings, all addressed in a humorous fashion to one Jack Archbold of Fratton, Portsmouth; all but one (a 1d stamped envelope) are franked with a 1d lilac tied by various London S.W. duplexes between March and November of 1884, some minor toning or edge wear, a F.-V.F. and very attractive group. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
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Realized: $1,500
Lot
2385
Great Britain, 1886 Hand-illustrated cover, featuring a watercolor painting showing artist painting the address on an easel which also bears the stamp, franked with a 1d lilac tied by a Hampstead duplex; minor edge toning, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $220
Lot
2386
Great Britain, 1886 Hand-illustrated cover, featuring a basset hound with a litter of five puppies holding a sign with the address and the caption, "1st Prize Pups" in pen & ink, franked with a 1d lilac tied by a York duplex; includes original enclosure, a note beginning with "I suppose I should put something inside this valuable cover…", Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $220
Lot
2387 ()
Great Britain, 1889-92, Group of five illustrated cover fronts, all by the same artist to the same addressee featuring various subjects in pen & ink included two floral designs, a puppy in a basket and a butterfly; all franked with a 1d lilac tied by a Birmingham datestamp; one slightly repaired, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $190
Lot
2388
Great Britain, 1890 Hand-illustrated cover, featuring a watercolor painting of Gentleman with a Suitcase, the suitcase bears two ½d Jubilees adhered only on the outer edges and revealing, when lifted in the center, a portrait, presumably of the sender, "a precious, tho' rather slippery old treasure"; the stamps are tied by a South Kensington duplex and the original letter is included with instructions for opening the stamps to reveal ortrait, An Extremely Fine and most unusual 3-D pictorial envelope. Estimate $400 - 600.