Hand-addressed and signed envelope by Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), British statesman and author of Jewish ancestry, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and later Earl of Beaconsfield. The envelope is addressed in Disraeli’s hand to Henry Beloe Esq., Board of Trade, Whitehall, and bears his signature “Disraeli” at the lower left. Postmarked London, July 23, 1871, and bearing a Queen Victoria One Penny postage stamp. The reverse features a circular embossed impression on the closing flap. An appealing autograph and postal-history item combining Disraeli’s handwriting and signature with Victorian postal history.
Auction 01: Auction 01 – Historical Letters, Documents & Autographs — Melis Antiques & Art