Striking Black and Red Cut Paper Design on Perfectly Shaped Envelope antique cancellation and it's pretty beautiful

and it's pretty beautiful

Just six pages plus cover

which suggest a sort of fortress

and hard to argue with the loveliness of these two gentle creatures

late 19th or very early 20th c

Striking Black and Red Cut Paper Design on Perfectly Shaped Envelope antique cancellation and it's pretty beautifulAn excellent envelop if I ever saw one. The red and black design is composed of two pieces of colored paper, cutouts in the black revealing the red underneath. With the crisp angled flap completing it just right formally when turned up. C. 1920s or so so I believe, really quite satisfying. 7 1 8" x 5 5 8" with flap up. Great condition.