5¢ Red Brown (1), large margins to just touched at top right, tied by blue grid cancel with matching "West Chester Pa. Feb. 13" circular datestamp lightly struck at left on Valentine envelope with bronze floral and ornamental lithographed design on front and back, addressed to Miss E. Everhart at Geiger's Mills, Pennsylvania, with original Valentine enclosure (confirmed by impression of circular rim from postmark)--a magnificent design with lace panel over pink silk, pink ribbon, paste-outs including enamel flower, gilt figures, verse on enamel card, and at top an extraordinary gold-leaf ribbon and medallion containing profile of female figure, one backflap removed, Very Fine and spectacular use of the 1847 Issue on a bronze lithographed Valentine cover, ex Haas, Garrett and Boker, with 1983 P.F. certificate

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