4.17.5
Envelope
1887
DeGraff Lake Elysian Stock Farm Business Envelope. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/2" x 6". Description: white envelope with cancelled 2 cent George Washington stamp in upper right hand corner; cancellation hand stamped "Janesville, Minn. Feb 2 1887"; return address graphic of thoroughbred horse, Alexander, of Lake Elysian Stock Farm; return address: De Graff, Janesville, Minn.; hand addressed to Frank E. Milland c/o Deuel County, Gary, Dakota; reverse side has shadow graphics of other stock: a sheep, Duke of Elysian; a cow, Duchess of Oxford St.; a bull, 7th Duke of Hillhurst, and a hog, Lord of the Lake.