1524400 Foreign Stamps Great Britain. Hand Illustrated Cover by Kate Greenaway.

 

Great Britain, 1879 Hand Illustrated Cover by Kate Greenaway. Legal size cover showing woman walking along path with basket, a bee, and an officer about to part company with his horse, bearing 1d red tied by "Clevedon, JY 8 '79" duplex and addressed to Sherborne, signed "KG" at lower right, F.-V.F., a rare hand illustrated cover from this fine artist.   Catherine Greenaway (1846-1901), known as Kate Greenaway, was an English children's book illustrator and writer.