Charles Dickens Handwritten and Signed Letter 1857

Charles Dickens Handwritten and Signed Letter 1857A fascinating 1857 handwritten and signed letter from Charles Dickens measuring approx. size 25. 5cm x 20. 5cm. Folds and slight wear in evidence. Very good for its age. The letter is headed 'Gallery of Illustration', a performance venue on London's Regent Street. Dickens writes in reference to benefit performances he is arranging for the widow of his friend and fellow writer, Douglas Jerrold. Dickens and friends are performing the Dickens play 'The

receiving a gift from Sinatra in return as thanks

Lovely fresh unmounted mint pair with full original gum (upper stamp with minor gum disturbance)

They stand out perfectly against the album cover

Bonita Granville

A brilliant quality mint block with large part original gum and much fresher than usually found for this issue

fine unused and scarce in this condition

It was written to his father Monsieur Touss at the Chalet Beaujour

Hartley Coleridge (1796-1849)

In March 1908 Baldwin made history when he became the first Canadian and British subject to pilot an aeroplane

000 were printed (50 impressions)

Napoleon signs on the reverse of the letter to confirm he has received the letter

To the bottom right is a very fine signature in blue pen