From The Queen Breeder, 1921 Postmarked Cover, Bellevue Ohio brushes box all of which enhances the

all of which enhances the sense that this was crafted with mystical aspirations

15 1/4" x 11 1/16" and in very good condition

this one has a wonderfully warm patina

but then to my delight there were more and more and more

with a little splitting at upper left

From The Queen Breeder, 1921 Postmarked Cover, Bellevue Ohio brushes box all of which enhances theI am not sure if this envelope once contained a queen bee in a small queen bee box or just some correspondence, but what en envelop! A little research seems to indicate that H. G Quirin was at it breeding queens for quite a long time, with a notation (of an advertisement in a bee keeping journal) as early as 1861, but with this envelop postmarked 1921! (I think perhaps the the former notation is incorrect, but who knows?) The envelop itself looks c.