1861 Cover with Poignant Cancellation and Upside Down Year: New York to Stoughton, MA Elizabeth Arden mask box It seems possible this was

It seems possible this was cut down from a large one

) moving easily allowing him to sit and stand in all sorts of positions

with the tiniest interior egg very tiny indeed

but it can roll along on the other three

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 It seems possible this wasI 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