Hand-addressed and signed mailing envelope, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed by Dickens to “Professor Owen, Sheen Lodge, Richmond Park, S. W.,” and signed in the lower left, “Charles Dickens.” Postmarked in the upper right, London, November 4, 1865. A light overall block of toning, otherwise fine condition. Dickens sent this to his friend Richard Owen, a controversial biologist, comparative anatomist, and paleontologist—he is best remembered today for coining the word ‘Dinosaur.’ It was in the same month of November 1865 that Dickens published the final serialized chapters of his last novel, Our Mutual Friend. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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