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JOSEPH MANSELL
An elaborately embossed, pierced paperlace valentine card stamp marked Mansell, with silver and hand-coloured details, the centre with two silver doves above an open hand-coloured book with the words 'A Faithful Tribute of Fond Affection', surmounting a garland of flowers revealing hidden messages, and the verse 'Without your love I ne'er can live/And for your heart my own I'll give!', 10 x 7¾in., c. 1840-60; and a contemporary embossed envelope addressed to 'Miss Emma M. Benson, Fayette S.2. house above, Canal St., Baltimore', 10½ x 8½in.
An elaborately embossed, pierced paperlace valentine card stamp marked Mansell, with silver and hand-coloured details, the centre with two silver doves above an open hand-coloured book with the words 'A Faithful Tribute of Fond Affection', surmounting a garland of flowers revealing hidden messages, and the verse 'Without your love I ne'er can live/And for your heart my own I'll give!', 10 x 7¾in., c. 1840-60; and a contemporary embossed envelope addressed to 'Miss Emma M. Benson, Fayette S.2. house above, Canal St., Baltimore', 10½ x 8½in.