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Lot 8679
The Royal Mint United Kingdom 2000 'Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Centenary Year' silver proof piedfort five pound coin, 2003 'Coronation Jubilee' silver proof five pounds and 2005 '200th Anniversary Nelson Trafalgar 21 October 1805' silver proof two five pound coin set, all cased with certificates (3)
Lot 8681
The British Virgin Islands 1973 six coin proof set, Cook Islands 1973 two dollars coin, Trinidad and Tobago 1975 eight coin proof set, Isle of Man 1975 sterling silver crown, Republic of the Gambia 1975 crown, Great British 1977 silver proof crown coin, mostly cased with certificates and other coins
Lot 8685
Coins including King George V 1933 halfcrown, King George VI 1945 two shillings, Queen Elizabeth II 1953 unofficial ten coin set housed in a plastic display, various commemorative crowns, United Kingdom pre-decimal coin collection of Queen Elizabeth II in card folder, The Royal Mint United Kingdom 1998 fifty pence commemorative coin set, The Royal Mint 2000 time capsule containing nine coins 2005 brilliant uncirculated two pound coin in card folder, four silver proof one pound coin, Bank of England one pound and ten shilling notes etc, in one box
Lot 8686
Coins and miscellaneous items including five pound and other coin covers, World coins from France, Bermuda, Ireland, India, Portugal, Switzerland etc, Atocha coin replica, railway Centenary medal 1825-1925 'Stockton & Darlington Railway - Included in London & North Eastern Railway' in card box, small number of World banknotes etc
![[MOROCCO]: MATRA JAMES: (1746-1806) American Sailor and Diplomat who had accompanied James Cook on his voyage to Botany Bay i](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce7d8d81-6c8c-4c2c-99d1-ae5800fe9415/58e3e2ba-44a8-446e-addf-ae5b00daf0ff/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1252
[MOROCCO]: MATRA JAMES: (1746-1806) American Sailor and Diplomat who had accompanied James Cook on his voyage to Botany Bay in 1770. Matra served as His Majesty's Consul General at Tangier from 1786-1806. Small archive of seven contemporary manuscript drafts of letters from Matra, unsigned, twenty seven pages (total), mainly folio, n.p. (Tangier), 1803-04, to Charles Yorke. Matra writes on various diplomatic issues, stating, in part, 'I had the honour to transmit an account of the proceedings here in consequence of the capture of the Moorish Frigate by the Americans…….no directions were given to use force, this order was evaded, but was followed by one to send him [Mr. Simpson, the American Consul] off immediately by force if necessary, they went so far as to threaten to violate the privileges of the Swedish House where Mr. Simpson then was; the dispute was finished by placing a guard on the American House until an answer arrived from the Emperor……H.I.M. disapproved of the treatment he had received & assured him of his protexions & friendship; the Orders to the Moorish Commanders were doubted or attributed to mistake…..In the midst of this African shuffle the mask was torn off by the arrival of a courier on the night of the 16 from Mogodore, to inform us that on the 1st inst., Orders from the Emperor arrived there to seize on all Americans & their Property, in consequence of which a Brig then unloading & her crew were taken. The consul found means next day to acquaint the Commodore with this; as in this case there would be no misspelling, nor blunders of the Governor of Tangier he left the Bay immediately……shortly after the Guard was removed from the American House. By the same courier came a private letter for the American Consul from the Minister in which he told him that if the Frigate were not here when the Emperor arrived, he did not know what would happen. I have no doubt….but that this negotiation will terminate agreeably to the Emperor's wishes…..& to recover his Frigate he will be all gentleness……a Letter was given to one of my servants in the street by a stranger who did not know as he said whence he had it, it was……unsigned, but by a known mark I saw it was from the Minister. He seemed something ashamed of what was going on, assured me that the Emperor would march direct for this place……& promised that whatever I pointed my finger to, either for myself or the nation, would be granted immediately' (20th September 1803; accompanied by a contemporary manuscript translation of a letter from Sultan Mulay Suleiman to Consuls in Tangier), 'H.I.M. did not lodge in the Castle as usual, but encamped on a mountain…..during the whole of his stay here it was one continual gale of wind & shower of rain…..we were called to our first audiences separately, they were as usual very short, being merely complimentary & for the sole purpose of giving a Present, business never being mentioned on such occasions…..Shortly after all the Consuls were dispatched the American Commodore…..had an audience of the Emperor…….The Emperor gave an Order to deliver up the American Brig seized in Mogadore & was promised in return his Frigate taken by them…..No satisfaction was given, nor none demanded for the sudden & unprovoked hostility of the Moors, nor for the violent treatment of the American Consul. Had the War continued it was the American plan to declare the whole coast blockaded, except the export of live stock for Gibraltar, Spain & Portugal; had it gone to that extremity there would have been a complete revolution in this Country' (17th October 1803), '…..there has been communicated to me by authority, but as a Secret, a proposal of the Catholick King to cede to the Emperor the three places Spain holds on the coast in the Mediterranean…..to be paid for in Corn, to be shipped free from Duty. As the Houses in these Provinces are private property being built by the Inhabitants, the King considers it as just that his Subjects should receive some compensation for abandoning them which he proposes to pay by the Money which otherwise would go to the Emperor for Duties. This plan does not exactly meet the Emperor's ideas…….Spain has been so often deceived, & both Parties are so suspicious of each other that it will be very difficult to close the agreement……To the Emperor it is the greatest acquisition he can make, it would considerably increase his influence with the secondary Powers of Europe, particularly those of the Mediterranean' (18th October 1803), '……a Courier was sent to the Emperor with what I understood to be the final resolution of the Catholick King……I yet know nothing more of the answer he brought than that is not satisfactory……The Spaniards seem persuaded that they will succeed, but upon what grounds I cannot conjecture……During the negotiation…..it has been roundly asserted that the Court of Madrid did actually promise to……the late Emperor's Ambassador to give up the three settlements in dispute for nothing……That has been checked: nothing can be more incorrect…..I have before this mentioned the variations that have been made here in the value of the current coin: it had gone so far that the Spanish Dollar was coined into thirteen & a half ounces & occasionally fourteen, although each ounce should of right be worth eight pence English……were soon out of circulation as most of what were not absorbed in the Treasury were buried & rather than take the wretched copper coin, all publick payment to the Treasury which hitherto was made in Spanish money was now paid in ounces' (3rd February 1804), 'This part of the country has been held in a state of the greatest anxiety for near a month past respecting the fate of the Emperor…….H.I.M. was for more than three weeks dangerously ill: reports were for some time spread in the neighbourhood of Morocco that he was dead, to avoid the ill consequences of which he was obliged to appear in publick before he was in a proper state to do so……The long promised Present from the States of America has been delivered: one hundred Land Gun Carriages……they are remarkably well finished, of Oak, with Iron Axletrees. They were ordered at Washington so soon as it was known that the Emperor had attacked their commerce but the vessel which was freighted to bring them out had a long passage by stopping at a French Port with Dispatches for their Ambassador was embargoed for three months……The Spanish negotiation lingers without the least prospect of a favourable termination…..The Emperor is still at Morocco, but having no person of business about him little attention is paid to foreign affairs…..' (17th March 1804), 'For some time past we were all under much uncertainty respecting the fate of the Emperor…..A Moor came in privately from the South to assure me that Mulay Suleiman was dead……which was strengthened by some obscure whispers among the Chief Moors. I had sufficient reason for supposing that if it had been true, I should have received a speedy account of the event from a much more interesting quarter, yet there were some circumstances that gave an air of probability to it.' (23rd April 1804). An archive of letters containing interesting content relating to various Moroccan issues. Some light overall age wear, otherwise VG, 7 Charles Philip Yorke (1764-1834) British Politician who served as Home Secretary 1803-04.
![[NAPOLEON] BERTRAND HENRI GATIEN & MONTHOLON CHARLES TRISTAN: An exceptional archive of seven letters of historical content,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ce7d8d81-6c8c-4c2c-99d1-ae5800fe9415/cfc7a100-8996-4dc3-824c-ae5b00d9826d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 988
[NAPOLEON] BERTRAND HENRI GATIEN & MONTHOLON CHARLES TRISTAN: An exceptional archive of seven letters of historical content, being original manuscript copies of the letters written to Empress Marie Louise of Austria and to Prince Metternich, in Vienna, by Generals Bertrand and Montholon in their capacity as executors of Napoleon´s will. All the letters are written in the months following Napoleon´s death at Saint Helena and report on the Emperor´s last will and his last instructions to his loyal Generals. The archive comprises one A.L., by Montholon, two pages, folio, London, 7th July 1821, to Empress Marie Louise; one A.L.S. by Bertrand `Le C.te Bertrand´, also signed by Montholon `Le Cte de Montholon´, one page, 4to, Paris, 10th February 1822, to Empress Marie Louise; one L.S. by Bertrand, two pages, folio, 12th May 1822, to Empress Marie Louise; one A.L., by General Bertrand, two pages, folio, to Prince Metternich; one A.L., by General Bertrand, one page, folio, Paris, 16th May 1822, to Empress Marie Louise; one A.L., by General Bertrand, two pages, folio, Paris, 18th May 1822, to Empress Marie Louise; and one A.L., by General Bertrand, three pages, Paris 18th May 1822, to Prince Metternich, also adding at the base of the letter an eight lines autograph note, dated Paris, 24th May 1822, addressed to an Ambassador. Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773-1844) French General. Count Bertrand and Grand Marshal of the Palace. Bertrand was aide-de-camp to Napoleon I and the closest officer to the Emperor who had full confidence in him. He served during the expedition to Egypt and the Battles of Austerlitz, Wagram, Leipzig and Waterloo and accompanied Napoleon I to Elba in 1814 and to Saint Helena in 1815. Bertrand was condemned to death in 1816 but did not return to France until Napoleon´s death when King Louis XVIII granted his amnesty. In 1840 Bertrand went to Saint Helena to bring Napoleon´s remains to France; & Charles Tristan, Marquis de Montholon (1783-1853) French General during the Napoleonic Wars. He chose to go into exile on Saint Helena with Napoleon I after the Emperor´s second abdication. Napoleon dictated to Montholon the notes on his career, a trustworthy commentary on the events of the first part of his life. 1-To the first letter in the hand of Montholon, he states in part `Doctor Antommarchi qui aura l´honneur de remettre cette letter à V.M. a soigné l´Empereur V. auguste époux dans la maladie à laquelle il a succombé. Dans les derniers moments l´Empereur nous a chargé de faire connaitre a V.M. qu´il la priait de faire payer Mr. Antommarchi une pension de 6000 fr comme recompense de ses services a St. Hélene´ ("Doctor Antommarchi who will have the honour to deliver this letter to Y.M. has looked after the Emperor Y. August husband in the disease to which he succumbed. In his last moments the Emperor asked us to inform Y.M., asking you to make pay to Mr. Antommarchi a pension of 6000 fr as a reward for his services to St. Helene.") further referring to another pension in favour of Abbot Vignali. 2-To the autograph letter signed by Bertrand and also signed by Montholon, they state in part `Madame, Chargés par l´Empereur Napoleon de l´Execution de ses dernieres volontés. Nous avons l´honneur de vous transmettre un extrait de ses dernieres dispositions. Jusqu´à present nous n´avons pas pu en donner commission a Votre Majesté, parce que nous n´avions pas de moyen certain de lui faire parvenir une lettre. Nous sommes chargés de remettre au Prince votre fils à Sa majorité divers objets qui ont été à l´Empereur.´ ("Madam, Charged by the Emperor Napoleon with the task of Execution of his last will, we have the honour to send you an extract of his last provisions. So far we have not been able to give these letters to Your Majesty, because we did not have a secure way to do so. We are responsible for handing over to the Prince your son when he will become adult various objects of the Emperor.") 3-To the third letter, Bertrand explains few important matters to the Empress, stating in part `D´apres le Code Civil des Lois Françaises, un pere ne peut disposer que de la moitié de ses biens lorsqu´en mourant il laisse un fils; mais ces lois qui régissent les particuliers, ne furent point applicables au Souverain don't les domaines étaient gouvernés par des lois spéciales. Ce n´est pas a la Veuve et au fils de l´Empereur Napoleon qu´il est nécessaire de dire que pour avoir perdu son trone il n´était pas cependant devenu un simple particulier; il y a dans la pourpre et dans l´onction sainte et sacrée, des caractères qui ne s´éffacent jamais´ ("According to the Civil Code of French Laws, a father can only dispose of half of his property when he dies and leaves a son; but these laws which govern individuals, were not applicable to the Sovereign since the domains were governed by special laws. It is not to the Widow and to the son of the Emperor Napoleon that it is necessary to say that for having lost his throne he had not, however, become a private individual; there are in the purple and in the holy and sacred unction, characters that never fade") further pointing out the real situation and value of the legacy, stating in part `V.M. pensera sans doute comme feu l´Empereur son époux qu´après avoir commandé à l´univers et dispose de tant de trésors, ce n´était pas un heritage de quelques millions, qui fut bien précieux pour son fils… Supplier V.M. d´observer que la somme que feu l´Empereur a légué excedent beaucoup celles qui se trouvent disponibles..´ ("Y.M. will undoubtedly think like the late Emperor Your husband that after having commanded the universe and having obtained so many treasures, it was not an inheritance of a few million, which was very precious for his son… We beg you to observe that the sum that the late Emperor bequeathed greatly exceeds what is available…") 4-To the fourth letter, Bertrand kindly requests Prince Metternich´s help to deliver a letter to the Empress and expects his support to facilitate the execution of Napoleon´s will. 5-To the fifth letter, Bertrand states `Le plus illustre des captifs don't l´histoire puisse jamais faire mention, le genie immortel qui joignit a la gloire d´imposer silence a l´Europe pendant un quart de siècle….. exprima dans les derniers jours de sa vie le désir que sa dépouille mortelle fut transportée dans un coin de la France; Ses exécuteurs testamentaires avant de quitter Londres addresserent au Roi Georges IV une requête a l´effet d´obtenir l´accomplissement de ces voeux de feu L´empereur Napoleon…´ ("The most illustrious of the captives that history can ever mention, the immortal genius who joined the glory of imposing silence on Europe for a quarter of a century… expressed in the last days of his life the desire that his remains were taken to France; His will executors before leaving London addressed to King George IV a request for the fulfilment of these wishes of the late Emperor Napoleon...") 6-To the sixth letter, Bertrand reminds and claims his family rights on a Duchy according to the Emperor´s decisions, referring to the Treaty of Fontainebleau and to Napoleon´s last will and codicil.OWING TO LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED HERE. 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Lot 767
ROYAL DOULTON FLAMBE VASE the flambe vase with a depiction of a shepherd holding a crook within a landscape scene, 13cms high. With an inscribed Doulton Lambeth tankard, possibly a Christening tankard with the name William Frederick Norton, with a 1903 coin attached to the handle (9.5cms high), and also with a Royal Doulton Winston Churchill jug (22.5cms high). (3)
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