Testimony of Approbation for Maralyn, Unusual Early 19th Century Letterpress Reward of Merit magazine rack and would have been given

and would have been given as a love token or valentine

(Or a great gift for a 13 year old

and gunfighter

The near-black side clearly once showed a message spelled out in pins

shot at 2-3 times magnification

Testimony of Approbation for Maralyn, Unusual Early 19th Century Letterpress Reward of Merit magazine rack and would have been givenI've become quite attentive to rewards of merit, specifically hunting for early and unusual ones, handmade or otherwise rare and special. This one I found in Maine, purchased from a dealer from whom I recently purchased several others, those, awarded to a Polly Este, from the 1820s, and I believe this one, expressing approbation for a young Maralyn, from about then too. The irregular cut of the paper combined with armillary sphere and letterpress