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JOSEPH MANSELL
An embossed and pierced paperlace valentine card stamp marked Mossman, with two layer paperlace centre, the first with a satin centre applied with a pink ribbon and a silver Cupid, the next centre applied with a silver harp, and finally a hand-coloured floral centre with the applied words 'I Live For Thee Alone/Thine and Thine Only!!!', with the hand-written inscription below 'Dear Mary-Ann/For Ever and Ever Amen', laid down on paper, 10 x 8in., c. 1860's; together with another card, stamp marked Mansell with a pierced paperlace centre, chromolithographic border and a hand-coloured centre, the interior with a hand-written poem, laid down on paper, 10 x 8in., c. 1860's. (2)
An embossed and pierced paperlace valentine card stamp marked Mossman, with two layer paperlace centre, the first with a satin centre applied with a pink ribbon and a silver Cupid, the next centre applied with a silver harp, and finally a hand-coloured floral centre with the applied words 'I Live For Thee Alone/Thine and Thine Only!!!', with the hand-written inscription below 'Dear Mary-Ann/For Ever and Ever Amen', laid down on paper, 10 x 8in., c. 1860's; together with another card, stamp marked Mansell with a pierced paperlace centre, chromolithographic border and a hand-coloured centre, the interior with a hand-written poem, laid down on paper, 10 x 8in., c. 1860's. (2)