Corinphila Auction 291-297 Day 2

1863/86: Mulready 2 d. facsimile envelopes (2), one used in 1863 by Stafford H. Smith stamp dealer from Bath, franked by 1 d. red star tied by "Bath / 53" duplex addressed to Dr. C.W. Viner - a founder of the Royal Philatelic Society - in Pimlico, London, the stamp creased (very rare, just five similiar recorded in Karl Louis Card Index); and an 1886 usage in the USA with 1883 2 c. brown tied by San Francisco duplex mailed to Virginia with E.F. Gambs / Stamp Dealer cachet on reverse. An unusual pair.rnNote: Dr. C.W. Viner (1813-1907) was a pioneer collector beginning his collection in 1860. He was honorary secretary of London Philatelic Society from 1871-1874 and created RDP posthumously.rnReference: Illustrated in British Pictorial Envelopes pages 286 & 292.rnProvenance for the Stafford H. Smith envelope: Bodily Collection, Phillips (14 March 1991), lot 154