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Thomson (William, First Baron Kelvin of Largs, 1824-1907). Two autograph letters signed, ‘William Thomson’, The Athanaeum, 10 May 1871, & The University, Glasgow, 11 February 1875, both to Mrs [Archibald] Smith, the first glad to hear that Archie continues to improve, suggesting that June would be the best time for a cruise, the remainder of the letter largely giving details of a boating expedition, including Holy Isle, The Bristol Channel and Plymouth, ‘. on getting out I found the Blue Bell (schooner, 170 tonnes, belonging to an old Glasgow college class fellow of mine, James Stevenson (which had left the Clyde two days after me and was bound for Spain & the Mediterranean). As I passed within short hailing distance they told us they were on the point of sailing for Cadiz. My nephew, Bottomley, and his father were with me and I wished to show them something before sailing for Portsmouth we stood out for the Eddystone [lighthouse] and weathered it very nicely on one long tack sailing quite close to it, and weaving round to the South to return to Plymouth Sound.’, 12 pp., the second beginning, ‘I have had the enclosed proofs for a few days but until today I have not been able to go through them as I wished to do before sending them to you. You will see that I have made two or three slight changes in the manuscript slip you sent me.’, continuing with further information and questions concerning the print run, etc., 4 pp., both 8vo. (2).

Britanny - Church Architecture. A manuscript plan for a church in Brest, to hold 2,500 people, drawn in February 1686 by [Simeon de] Garengeau, pen and ink on paper, signed lower right, sheet size 61 x 46cm, several splits along centrefolds, a little wear with loss at head and to right centrefold and lower left corner, without loss of image, a little soiling and creasing, docketed. The plan refers to the construction of the church Saint-Louis de Brest, conceived and directed by the architect Garengeau (1647-1741). (1).

Cleveland (Grover, 1837-1908). Document signed, ‘Grover Cleveland’, Washington, 4th August 1886, pre-printed document on vellum with embossed presidential seal, completed in manuscript and appointing Robert Charles Clipperton as ‘Consul of Her Britannic Majesty, for the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, to Reside at Philadelphia’, signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard, minor marks, 48 x 58cm, together with a pamphlet titled England and America. Speech of Hon. M. Russell Thayer at the Dinner Given May 27, 1898, by Citizens of Philadelphia to Captain Robert C. Clipperton, British Consul at Philadelphia, on the Occasion of His Retirement from Office, Printed by Request, [1898], 12 pp., related news cutting pasted to final blank, orig. printed wrappers, sewn as issued, somewhat soiled and heavy vertical crease throughout, covers detached, slim 8vo. Captain Robert Charles Clipperton (1830-1913) entered the Austrian army as a cadet in April 1848 and served in the 10th and 21st Battalions of Rifles. He fought with them during the campaign in Italy in 1848-9 and was present at the battle of Novara at the siege of Venice. He also served with the 12th Hussars and the 1st Hussars of the British German Legion. His diplomatic career began when he was nominated Vice-Consul at Theodosia, in the Crimea, in February 1858. He held various other posts before moving to America in October 1879, finally retiring on a pension in 1898. (2).

Cookery and Lotteries. An unusual scrap album, 18th century and later, the album originally used for accounts plus Irish and English lotteries, late 18th and early 19th century, giving dates, names and sums paid, the album later reused with some of the ‘less interesting’ entries pasted over and including manuscript and printed cookery receipts from the late 19th and early 20th century, a total of approx. 150 pp. including manuscript index of recipes, some spotting and soiling, contemp. reversed calf, broken and worn with contents loose, remains of the label ‘Private Accounts’ to spine and upper cover, folio. The original compiler may have been from the family of Robert Shaw (1749-1796), founder of the Royal Bank of Ireland and MP. There are handwritten references to members of this family including Edward Briscoe, William Shaw (brother), Bernard Shaw and Mary Shaw (son and daughter?). The sums of money listed as loans and debentures for the Irish lottery are huge, one totalling over 544,000 pounds (30 million pounds today). The recipes were possibly added by Lady Eleanor Hester Shaw, wife of Sir Frederick Shaw of Bushey Park. Several letters containing recipes and a postcard are addressed to Lady Shaw at Bushey Park, Terenure. A note signed by E. Shaw in 1897 on the second leaf states ‘The receipts in this book are stuck over those pages only, of which the entries are quite uninteresting’. (1).

Crimea Diary. Manuscript or Diary of a Soldier, George Page, No. 7 Company, 3rd Regiment of Infantry, The Buffs [so titled], a total of seventy-five leaves of neatly written manuscript on light blue paper, the purpose that the account is written up for his sister, then beginning with his enlistment into the 3rd Buffs at Leamington on 28th June 1854 at the age of 16 years and 6 months, from there the Regiment goes to Ireland where George is taken ill and undergoes an operation under chloroform, in February 1855 setting sail for the Crimea aboard a steamer and then into fighting in the siege of Sebastopol, ‘I heard a gun shot and looking up saw something flying through the air. I stepped smartly two or three paces to my left. If I had stood still it would have cut me to pieces’, at the end of the summer and the end of the siege George’s Regiment sails for Corfu where they experience an earthquake, two years later they move on to India, from there and by now a Corporal, the Buffs went on to China, George working in the kitchens preparing meat, but also seeing action when some 200 were killed fighting off a charge of Chinese cavalry, returning to England in 1860 via Hong Kong and Capetown, the whole written up in 1863, final leaf detached, later gift inscription to Fred Hughes from C.A.N., dated 1910, contemp. vellum, sl. soiled, 4to. (1).

Eliot (George, 1819-1880). A series of five pen and ink drawings of Eliot’s childhood home, Griff House, and related scenes in Warwickshire by Herbert Gilchrist, c. 1880s, the first two drawings signed, the third, fourth and fifth drawings with some bodycolour, all with pencil captions, the first showing the old kitchen garden of Griff House, the second the garden of the Hall Farm, the third the old farm entrance to Griff House, the fourth ‘The Hall Farm - the exterior only of which served as a model in “Adam Bede”‘ and the fifth of ‘The Canal near Griff Hollows, the red deeps - a very familiar spot to George Eliot in her youth’, some browning, each drawing approx. 16 x 25cm and sl. smaller, sellotape marks and further annotations to versos, plus a later fragment of a manuscript note stating that these are five scenes in Warwickshire associated with George Eliot. George Eliot and her husband G.H. Lewes rented Brookbank from Mrs Anne Gilchrist [widow of the Blake biographer Alexander Gilchrist] where they lived from May until August 1871. Here Eliot was able to concentrate on Middlemarch away from the noise and bustle of London. The contact between the two families was sustained up until George Eliot’s death. The biography by her second husband John Walter Cross, ‘George Eliot’s Life Related in her Letters and Journals’ was published in 1885 and it is for this book that Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist (1857-1914) hoped to provide illustrations. In 1884 he sent a selection of drawings of Griff House to Blackwood with an accompanying letter (NLS MS 4456, f212). Gilchrist visited Nuneaton and met Isaac Evans, George Eliot’s brother who had lived at Griff House since George Eliot left to live in Coventry in 1841. Blackwood seems not to have used Gilchrist’s drawings of Eliot’s childhood home which featured in her description of the fictional Dorlcote Mill in ‘The Mill on the Floss’. Today Griff House is a hotel, retaining many of the original features of Eliot’s time. Included with this lot is related paperwork from the National Library of Scotland and the George Eliot Fellowship (1999 & 2006 respectively). (5).

Manuscript Accounts. A manuscript accounts day book, c. 1720s/1816, a total of approx. 250 pp., the earlier part of the book relating to one Mr. Collins and accounts relating to the family, a jump from the year 1748 to 1815, name index at rear, contemp. vellum, some soiling and wear, tall narrow folio, together with eleven misc. deeds and documents, 17th/19th century, all but one vellum (12).

Turks and Caicos Islands : (SG 176-7) 1930 (c) ½d and 1d (pair) on cover to Washington DC, Turks Islands cds`s typed address, roughly opened comtemporaneous manuscript ink figures on reverse

India : (SG 2/10) 1854-55 ½a blue, 25 examples, several are extremely fine, margins vary and a handful with additional manuscript cancels, unchecked for Dies, used. Nice lot for the specialist.

Gibraltar : (SG H+G2a) 1886 POSTAL CARD ovptd on St.Vincent 1d rose, on creamy white card, small ink manuscript numberal in NW corner, good unused. VERY SCARCE INDEED.

Great Britain - QV (surface printed) : (SG 63) 1855-57 medium Garter 4d carmine on thick blue paper, short perf at top, light blue manuscript marks on reverse, g.u. Scarce. Cat £525

Canada - Prince Edward Island : (SG 6) 1862-69 perf 11 1d brown-orange, old manuscript writing on reverse, traces of o.g., unused. Cat £100

Ceylon : 1847 Entire to Edinburgh, with good strike of KANDY/STEAMER LETTER unframed cds of 9 June on reverse across join, on obverse is manuscript "1s paid" in red, crossed out and replaced by "1s" in black, London transit. Seal on reverse cut out, hinge remains on front.

Ceylon : (SG 163) 1885 10c on 36c blue, with FORGED SURCHARGE, centred to SW, small blemishes, possible cleaned manuscript, apparantly unused. Good reference. Genuine world Cat £450

German States - Bavaria : (SG 19) 1850 18k orange-yellow 4 close to v large margins with 237 (?) numeral & manuscript cancels Cat £250

A SET OF FIVE FACSIMILE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, WITH 23 KARAT GOLD LEAF HIGHLIGHTS. Including Adam and Eve, 6.3 inches x 4.25 inches (16.2 x 10.8 cm); an allegory of Lust, 5.5 inches x 3.6 inches (14 x 9.5 cm); a psalter page, 10.25 inches x 6.7 inches (26 x 17 cm); a Hebrew manuscript, 12 inches x 8 inches (30 x 20 cm); and a mask with the initial A, 12.75 inches x 8.1 inches (32 x 20.5 cm). Contained in matching glazed silver leaf frames with custom mats. Outside dimension of frames 17 inches x 12.5 inches (43 x 32 cm).

A selection of militaria to include WWII metal helmet, RAF attache or manuscript bag, two cylindrical gas mask containers with contents etc.

Favine ( Favyn ) A. : The Theater of Honour and Knighthood 1623. Two volumes in one. Folio, contemp. calf binding, ribbed spine, maroon gilt label. Engraved plates. Relatively scarce. First published in France. An important early reference work for the study of foreign Heraldry. This volume also has the additional significance in that the printing and binding techniques involved in its production are also some of those adopted in the production of the first Shakespeare folios printed contemporaneously. ( Interesting contemporary manuscript note on the front paste-down : " Sold unto Mr. Cook 3rd. Aprill 1629, first book ..... warrant it to be paid for" remaining script indecipherable. ) CONDITION REPORT: Condition : Binding remarkably sound but showing some wear. Text block and plates remarkable clean and tight.

Flight Engineer's Notes for 'Lancaster' Aircraft January 1945. 8vo. Maroon card covers, 'holder's' name in manuscript on title page. Textual notes, folding charts,diagrams and illustrations. CONDITION REPORT: Condition : Very good near f. This copy had a protective paper covering.

Substantial quantity of 19th. & 20th. Century Documents, printed and manuscript, relating mainly to wide ranging Foreign and Overseas Investment and Development. A large number relating to Mining and Drilling. Items include Contracts, Plans, Share Certificates, Deeds of Gift, Letters, Receipts, Agreements, Memoranda, Maps, Mortgages and Indentures. CONDITION REPORT: Condition : Detailed list available for inspection.

Quantity of 19th. & 20th. Century Documents, printed and manuscript, relating to Engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial and Commercial Development. Items include Plans/Drawings,Brochures, Maintenance Handbooks, Receipts, Partnership Agreements, Booklets/Dis-bound Extracts, Memoranda, Papers relating to Steam Boilers, Electrical Generators, Cotton Carding machines, Gas Engines, Nest Gearing, Microscopes etc., Photographs, Licences and Deeds. CONDITION REPORT: Condition : Detailed list available for inspection.

Bedfordshire Ephemera Miscellany. A quantity of printed and manuscript documents relating to various locations in Bedfordshire including Kempston, Biggleswade, Willhamstead, Ampthill and Houghton Regis. Items include vellum deeds ( Indentures, Conveyances, Extracts etc. ); Bills of Sale, Letters, Plans, Dis-bound extracts from Parliamentary Acts and Brochures.

Mount Everest & Changabang. Large framed and glazed monochrome photograph of the West Face of Changabang signed with a dedication by Joe Tasker and dated 15th.October 1976. Together with an original manuscript letter and a postcard from the British Everest Expedition, South West Face Base Camp, 1975. CONDITION REPORT: Condition : Writing on the letter is faded and difficult to decipher, o/w vg.

A framed double sheet of manuscript music, in red and black, 'In Festo Sacri Cordis', 45 by 58cm, together with a similar single sheet of music, double sided, framed, 56 by 34.5cm. Provenance: The Estate of the Late Carlo Curley.

A Collection of Cat and Poultry Memorabilia, including six hallmarked silver `BPCS` shield shaped awards, circa 1911 & 1913, four `Scottish Cat Club` bronze medals, four bronze `Poultry Club` medals, cat breeders manuscript note book, cat show catalogues 1913 and 1914, photographs and `Fur & Feather` magazines

BOUNDS BOOKS. "An Account of Bounds in the Parishes in Camborne and Illogan belonging to Sam. Percivall Esq. and Grace his Wife". Five manuscript folio pages, 1741, good. (See illustration)

CHANCERY DEPOSITION. Manuscript 3pp foolscap, Richard Bawden of Illogan v. Zacchous Eva, William Tollam and others re disputed Adit, good detail, his Majesty's High Court of Chancery, 30 June 1747.

LAMMAS AND ASSIZES. Detailed manuscript dep. "Action of Trespass" J. Rogers and J. Henkin between Francis Blewett, a case relative to the Water in Entrall Moor, Lammas Assizes 1740, good detail.

ADIT WATERS. Six manuscript notes and letters 1740-1764 Tehidy Mill etc; plus Lammas Assizes 1748 re Entrall Water (poor condition).

NORTH ROSKEAR. Tin and Copper Dues. 45 manuscript and prints, 1856-1871.

MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK. Interesting 53pp volume "Miscellaneous Receipts." plus 11pp index, all potions and notions, dates noticed 1709 and 1727, names notes incl Edw. Luttrell, nice orig vellum binding, sm 4to. (See illustration)

MANUSCRIPT VERSES. Small volume verses and essary by William Wynne titled "Liber, Gulielmi Wynne 1709", Latin incl. 4pp cont account Duke of Marlborough "In Victoriam a Gallis partam ad Audenarde duce malburio 1708." 100 plus pp, cont calf, 12mo.

MANUSCRIPT VOLUME. "A Tretise of Estates and Conveyances by W,. Lowndes Esq, late Secretary of Ye Treasury, never printed but Lent me to Copy. AD1712...Ends pag 49." 70pp in all, compiled W.L. (Luttrell?) 1704. cont mor gilt, sm 4to. estimate??

POLSUE. Documents relating to seizure of lands re debts of Sir John Kyllygrew 1583-1680; 16pp of manuscript in total.

TREGANETHA, TRESLOTHAN, TRESAWLES, document 1594Polkinhorne, Robarts; plus nine other 17th century manuscript surveys etc.

MANUSCRIPT TITHE APPORTIONMENT, CAMBORNE. Titled "Camborne Reference." well filled fl ledger no covers 1840.

Disraeli (Isaac) and Disraeli (Benjamin) (ed.) Curiosities of Literature, 3 vols, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, three engraved frontispieces, facsimile of Pope's Manuscript tipped-in, 1858; Leslie (Charles Robert) and (Tom Taylor) (ed.) Autobiographical Recollections, 2 vols, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, engraved frontispiece 1860; Gordon (Mrs.) Christopher North: A Memoir of John Wilson, 2 vols, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, engraved frontispiece, Edinburgh 1862; and other volumes. (10)

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT COOKERY BOOK. 74 written sides which includes index; cookery and cordial recipes and potions in approx. equal measure, noted of interest:- "to bake venison to keep a 12 month."; "To Make Merthgling." potions include "For Convulsions, Fitts, and ye Ricketts..wth never fails.", "Modiund for ye Plague approved by Dr Grimsted." cont. vellum, sm 4to, inscr. "A Receipt Booke for money disburst for my Aunt Ashe...John Jollife, Beginning in November 1661.", another inscr. "Francis Penruddocke her Book wch was her Mother Laws."

TIN MINING. "Rare manuscript notebook listing tin bounds, "John Pendarvis Basset Esq, his Tyn Bounds in the Parrish of Wendron." 11pp cont sheep, 8vo, manu note "The Foregoing Description of Tinbounds was copied from Mr Reed's Book Aug: 5, 1754.".

An interesting album of 1930's photographs of military service of the North West frontier, images 4 x 6 cm to/w a WWI period manuscript recipe book (2)

Home Guard, quantity of paper ephemera, printed, typed and manuscript relating to the Civil Defence and Home Guard of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire, some marked "secret" predominantly dated 1943/44

**A SPANISH CHOIR BOOK (GRADUAL), IN LATIN, DECORATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, SPAIN, PROBABALY 17TH CENTURY136 leaves, 815 x 603mm, five lines of text per page with accompanying music on five line red stave, 98 large decorated initials, with ornamental post renaissance designs, binding contemporary or near contemporary of brown leather over heavy wooden boards with brass fittings (leave with some splashes and stains, binding with areas of wear)This colossal choir book was made for a Praemonstratension Monastic house.ProvenanceSr. D. Raimundo Ruiz, MadridAmerican Art Association, New York, 8th December 1927JWHA Inv. No. 409

(Sciences, Botanique) - DODOENS, Rembert.- Histoire des plantes, en laquelle est contenue la description entière des herbes [...], traduite du bas allemand en françois par Charles de l`Écluse.Anvers, de l`imprimerie de Jean Loë, 1557.Pet. in-f° : [24]-584-[36] pp. (lég. bruni, certaines pp. plus fortement, titre rogné et remargé, court de marges, qqs déch. marg. ou dans le texte sans manque, certaines renforcées comme au titre avec remplacement ms. du texte manquant à la dédicace au verso, qqs mouill., qqs coins restaurés, pet. perforations marg. à 3 ff. de F, moitié sup. de Viiii manquante).Rel. du 17e s. : plein veau, dos fleuronné doré à nerfs, tr. marbrées (coiffes manquantes, mors part. fendus, pet. manque de cuir au coin inf. du plat sup., pet. mouill. sur les plats).Exemplaire de travail. Édition originale de la traduction par de l`Escluse (ou Clusius) basée sur le manuscrit de l`auteur, fortement augmentée par rapport à l`originale de 1554, soit 1291 descriptions corrigées d`espèces botaniques (1060 en 1554) et c. 800 bois (715 en 1554) par Antonius Sylvius d`après Pieter vander Borcht. Dodoens y corrigea aussi sa classification des plantes. Le "Petit recueil [...] d`aucunes gommes et liqueurs [...]" de Charles de L`Escluse occupe les pp. 549-584 et est illustré de 7 bois (camphre, cannelle, gingembre...).# BB III-208/210; # Adams D-718; # STC Dutch 63; # Machiels D-267; # Matagne D-73; # BT I-958; # Nissen BBI 510; # Pritzel 2345. Work copy of the first edition of the translation by Charles de l`Escluse (or Clusius), based on the manuscript of the "Cruijde Boeck" by Dodoens and substantially enlarged by himself compared to the 1st edition of 1554.

* Iranian Modern School, mid 20th century- Solomon and Sheba; gouache and mixed technique on Islamic manuscript page, 36.5x21.5cm. VAT charged on the hammer price.

18th/19th CENTURY PERSIAN HAND PAINTED MANUSCRIPTAntique Persian manuscript leaf depicting a palace scene with dignitary and court hands surrounding him. Verso holds handwriting and seal. 18th/19th century. Measures 6 1/4" height x 8 1/2" width + 2 5/8" mat & frame (15.8cm x 21.6cm + 6.6cm).

18th/19th CENTURY PERSIAN HAND PAINTED MANUSCRIPTAntique Persian manuscript leaf depicting a palace scene with prince or dignitary surrounded by court hands as he watches a dancing maiden. Verso has calligraphy writing. 18th/19th century. Measures 6 1/4" height x 9 1/2" width + 2 5/8" mat & frame (15.8cm x 23.4cm + 6.6cm).

19th/20th CENTURY PERSIAN HAND PAINTED MANUSCRIPTAntique Persian hand painted manuscript depicting a woman in landscape scene with three deer. Qajar to Pahlavi dynasty period. Mounted in gilded frame behind glass screen. Measures 10" height x 7 1/4" width + 2 5/8" mat & frame (25.4cm x 18.4cm + 6.6cm).

19th/20th C PERSIAN HAND PAINTED MANUSCRIPTAntique Persian hand painted manuscript depicting a woman with cobras. Qajar to Pahlavi dynasty period. Mounted in gilded frame behind glass screen. Measures 10" height x 7 1/4" width + 2 5/8" mat & frame (25.4cm x 18.4cm + 6.6cm).

CEYLON - 1868 envelope to Cheltenham franked 1863 P.12½ 1d deep blue & 6d sepia (2), 1/1d rate cancelled upright oval numeral `6` or `9` for Kalutara also manuscript `Stamped,` and alongside `Galle/Paid` c.d.s. in red, reverse bears Bombay & Liverpool transit & Cheltenham receiver c.d.s`s. Also s/line `TOO LATE` (Galle?), most attractive cover. (1)

IRELAND - Revenues & Fiscals various mainly legal documents etc. bearing revenues or postage stamps with appropriate cancels. manuscript marks etc. also a number of revenue stamps incl. Petty session, Stamp types & Embossed types, Registration of Deeds, Court FU etc. also M or SPECIMEN examples of County Courts, Land Commission, Judicature 1d to £5 (14 vals) & more to view mixed condition but interesting material.

An Antique Indian palm leaf manuscript, circa 40 pages, approx 36 x 6cm.

A French 15th century illuminated double sided leaf from a Horae or Book of Hours, 9cm x 13cm professionally mounted in card; together with a 15th century Islamic illuminated manuscript, with polychrome and gilt decoration. Provenance: formerly with Artemission, sold with photocopied Certificates of Authenticity

1905 November 7 1d + 1d red unsevered postal stationery reply card to USA cancelled by "FALKLAND / ISLANDS" cds with oval London transit ds (December 8) alongside, intended to be sent registered but no registration fee paid as per manuscript notation "The absence of the registration fee has been duly noted and a V.N. sent in respect thereof.", backstamped with oval London transit ds in red (erased in red ink), New York transit ds (December 16) and Newark arrival cds (December 18), reply card unused, an unusual card with message "The only Queen`s head stamps we have in stock are the 9d and the Half Crown values..."Country: FALKLAND ISLANDS

1898 January 2 registered wrapper to New York endorsed "Per Book Post" and "A.R." in manuscript with oval "R" handstamp, franked with 1896-97 1s black and green tied by "FREETOWN / SIERRA LEONE" cds with oval "REGISTERED / FREETOWN SIERRA LEONE" datestamp in red at left, the adhesive additionally tied (just) by oval "REGISTERED / 11 FE 98 / LONDON" transit datestamp in red with New York arrival datestamp (February 20) in violet on reverse, a few faults to wrapper incl hinge reinforcements but a very rare coverCountry: SIERRA LEONE

Shanghai: 1867 September 18 cover to London endorsed "per French Mail Str" bearing twelve (block of six and two strips of three) France 1862 20c blue cancelled by "5104" lozenge of dots handstamps, the upper right pair of the block tete-beche, with despatch cds and boxed "PD" handstamp alongside, backstamped with London S.W. (November 5) arrival c.d.s., the block of six folded over the top edge of the envelope as well as minor corner creasing and manuscript notation at lower right still a spectacular and rare frankingCountry: CHINA FRENCH PO

1874 March 13 folded notice (demand for rent from the manor of the Earl of Litchfield) addressed to Aston, franked by 1870 ½d plate 4 tied by "STAFFORD / 730" duplex with semi-circle "CONTAINS / UNAUTHORISED / WRITING / R.L.O." instructional handstamp in red below and manuscript "1d" alongside, backstamped with Stone cds (March 14) with additional strike (March 15) on front, minor signs of ageing to edges otherwise fine, a most unusual markingCountry: POSTAL HISTORY

Railway Letter Stamps: Extensive and valuable collection on pages with some covers incl 1894 Pembroke & Tenby Railway 2d from Narberth to London,1899 London & North Western 2d from Eccles to Arbroath,1905 Great Northern 2d from Wood Green to Norwood, 1906 Highland Railway 2d Dunphail to London, 1906 Metropolitan Railway 2d Winslow Road (Bucks) to Newark, 1906 Midland Railway 2d used from Tinsley Road (Yorks) to Stoke on Trent, 1909 Great Western 2d from Handsworth to Cardiff, 1920 Great Western & Staffordshire 4d on 3d from Bollington to Manchester, 1920 Portpatrick & Wigtownshire 3d Portpatrick to Manchester, 1921 London Brighton & SC 4d on 3d Brighton to Ponder`s End, 1923 Southwold Railway 4d to Manchester, several later to 1930s incl newspaper stamps, single stamps are arranged geographically, mostly 2d values but incl some later surchs incl a few in manuscript or handstamped, an excellent assemblage and ideal for further expansion (Few Hundreds)Country: RAILWAYS

1902-10 Watermark Crown CA, original photographic Composite Essay comprising photographic head and Crown, the frame hand drawn in black and Chinese white with simulated perforations, mounted on sunken card. The essay was returned by the Governor with manuscript notations ``Shell defective. Design of Conch Shell forwarded`` and ``(X) shell & ellipse only`` dated ``OCT 4 1901``. A unique item, Ex Hoey (2004)Country: BAHAMAS

Shanghai: 1867 September 20 cover to London endorsed "Via Marseilles" bearing 8c orange and 24c green each cancelled by "B62" type B handstamp with manuscript "1/4" in red crayon below, backstamped with Shanghai code C despatch, Hong Kong code C (September 25) transit and London S.W. (November 16) arrival c.d.s., trivial creasing and manuscript notation at lower leftCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA

Shanghai: 1868 January 8 cover to London endorsed "Via Marseilles" bearing 4c slate (2) and 24c green each cancelled by "B62" type B handstamp in black with manuscript "1/4" in red crayon below, backstamped with Shanghai code C despatch, Hong Kong (January 12) transit and London S.W. (February 26) arrival c.d.s., envelope with minor creasing and soiling, manuscript notation at upper left and one 4c creased still fine appearance, an unusual frankingCountry: HK BRIT PO IN CHINA