From The Queen Breeder, 1921 Postmarked Cover, Bellevue Ohio brushes box another holding a fan

another holding a fan

Mounted to a black painted solid wood board

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

this one has a wonderfully warm patina

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

From The Queen Breeder, 1921 Postmarked Cover, Bellevue Ohio brushes box another holding a fanI 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.