Auction #39: Worldwide Stamps, Postal History, Worldwide Coins & Worldwide Banknotes

GREAT BRITAIN 1860, This mechanical valentine has a woodem bling-roller, with a printed verse on the blind, A bedroom scene in colour is behind the blind: the whole is surrounded by embossed paper. The original envelope franked by a 1d red "stars" is shown it is dated 1860. 'A vision of the future" has.....the lisp of children and ther earlist words' The photograph of the bedroom scene shows a child being fed whilst its mother is ill.