Lot
1001 
(Connecticut) Bristol, Ct., Feb 14, blue "Valentine's Day" cds with matching "V" in circle rate and straight line "Advertised 2ct." handstamps, manuscript St. Valentine endorsement at bottom left on cover to Utica, N.Y. with blue bordered backflaps, with original Valentine page enclosure with hand written 8-line poem datelined "Feb 14/1851" and pencil Doves in "Love" Tree illustration above; cover with light edge stains and small tear at top, Very Fine, illustrated in February 2019 edition of The American Philatelist (page 150). Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $160