UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold sovereign, 1957. Royal Mint. First, laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right; ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +. Design by Mary Gillick. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC MS 65, certification number 6692938-018. Coin Value Index (CVI): £623.63 on 2024-01-26.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.NGC Census in this grade: 149.NGC Census in higher grade: 49Total NGC Census: 559Reference: S-4124; KM-908; F-271Mintage: 2,072,000.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Thickness: 1.52 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
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UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold sovereign, 1965. Royal Mint. First, laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right; ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +. Design by Mary Gillick. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC MS 66, certification number 6613691-006. Coin Value Index (CVI): £4717.17 on 2024-01-27.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.NGC Census in this grade: 16, equal-finest graded.Total NGC Census: 205Reference: S-4125; KM-908Mintage: 3,800,000.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Thickness: 1.52 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold half-sovereign, 2002. Royal Mint. Proof. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. This was the first time since 1893 the shield of arms was used on the reverse of a coin.Fourth crowned head of Elizabeth II facing right; IRB below; ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · FID · DEF. Design by Ian Rank-Broadley. / Crowned Royal Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom, laurel wreaths around, date below. Design by Timothy Noad. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 2751146-012. Coin Value Index (CVI): £383.72 on 2024-01-31.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.NGC Census in this grade: 288, equal-finest graded.Total NGC Census: 372Reference: S-SB5 (was 4441); KM-1025Mintage: 10,000.Diameter: 19.3 mm.Thickness: 0.99 mm.Weight: 3.994 g. (AGW=0.1178 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold sovereign, 1957. Royal Mint. First, laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right; ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +. Design by Mary Gillick. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC MS 65, certification number 6692938-012. Coin Value Index (CVI): £623.63 on 2024-01-26.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.NGC Census in this grade: 149.NGC Census in higher grade: 49Total NGC Census: 559Reference: S-4124; KM-908; F-271Mintage: 2,072,000.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Thickness: 1.52 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold sovereign, 1957. Royal Mint. First, laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right; ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +. Design by Mary Gillick. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS MS66 , certification number 48796283. Coin Value Index (CVI): £2772.25 on 2024-02-06.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.PCGS population in this grade: 6.PCGS population in higher grade: 1.Reference: S-4124; KM-908; F-271Mintage: 2,072,000.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Thickness: 1.52 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold sovereign, 1965. Royal Mint. First, laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right; ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +. Design by Mary Gillick. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS MS65 , certification number 48796295. Coin Value Index (CVI): £684.31 on 2024-02-06.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.PCGS population in this grade: 41.PCGS population in higher grade: 1.Reference: S-4125; KM-908Mintage: 3,800,000.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Thickness: 1.52 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold sovereign, 1958. Royal Mint. First, laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right; ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRATIA · REGINA · F : D : +. Design by Mary Gillick. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC MS 66, certification number 6320086-017. NGC Census in this grade: 80.NGC Census in higher grade: 8Total NGC Census: 677Reference: S-4125; KM-908; F-271Mintage: 8,700,000.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Thickness: 1.52 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. CuproNickel sixpence, . Royal Mint. Obverse Brockage. First, laureate bust of Elizabeth II facing right; M.G. on truncation; ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA BRITT: OMN: REGINA Design by Mary Gillick. / Obverse brockage. Edge milled.Reference: S-4141; KM-889Diameter: 19.5 mm.Weight: 2.83 g.Composition: CuproNickel.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold sovereign, 1966. Royal Mint. First, laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right; ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +. Design by Mary Gillick. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC MS 66, certification number 6613691-016. Coin Value Index (CVI): £4157.59 on 2024-01-26.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.NGC Census in this grade: 25, equal-finest graded.Total NGC Census: 493Reference: S-4125; KM-908Mintage: 7,050,000.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Thickness: 1.52 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold half-sovereign, 1853. London. First small young head of Victoria facing left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation; VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. / Crowned embellished shield-of-arms; BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS MS64 , certification number 36046546. PCGS population in this grade: 2, equal-finest graded.Reference: Fr-389b; KM-735.1; Marsh-427; S-3859Mintage: 2,708,796.Diameter: 19.3 mm.Weight: 3.99 g. (AGW=0.1176 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold half-sovereign, 1859. London. First small young head of Victoria facing left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation; VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. / Crowned embellished shield-of-arms; BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS MS64 , certification number 34116653. PCGS population in this grade: 2.PCGS population in higher grade: 1.Reference: Fr-389b; KM-735.1; Marsh-433; S-3859AMintage: 2,203,813.Diameter: 19.3 mm.Weight: 3.99 g. (AGW=0.1176 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold sovereign, 1965. Royal Mint. First, laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right; ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +. Design by Mary Gillick. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS MS64 , certification number 48796299. Coin Value Index (CVI): £429.03 on 2024-02-06.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.PCGS population in this grade: 25.PCGS population in higher grade: 44.Reference: S-4125; KM-908Mintage: 3,800,000.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Thickness: 1.52 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold half-sovereign, 1989. Royal Mint. Proof. Commemorating the 500 years anniversary of the sovereign 1489-1989, this is the first special design issued under Queen Elizabeth II, often held to be the most beautiful coin design during her reign.Facing full length portrait of Elizabeth II seated in King Edward's Chair as at her coronation, all within beaded border; legend around in Medieval typeface, ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REG · FID · DEF ·. Design by Bernard Sindall. / Crowned Royal Shield of Arms set in a double Tudor rose, within beaded circle; inscription around in medieval typeface, 'ANNIVERSARY · OF · THE · GOLD · SOVEREIGN · 1489 · 1989'. Design by Bernard R. Sindall. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 3479470-003. Coin Value Index (CVI): £567.42 on 2024-01-31.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.NGC Census in this grade: 74.NGC Census in higher grade: 597Total NGC Census: 734Reference: S-SB3 (was 4277); KM-955Mintage: 21,824.Diameter: 19.3 mm.Thickness: 0.99 mm.Weight: 3.994 g. (AGW=0.1178 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold sovereign, 1964. Royal Mint. First, laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right; ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +. Design by Mary Gillick. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS MS65 , certification number 48796294. Coin Value Index (CVI): £725.59 on 2024-02-06.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.PCGS population in this grade: 36.PCGS population in higher grade: 4.Reference: S-4125; KM-908; F-271Mintage: 3,000,000.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Thickness: 1.52 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Elizabeth II, 1952-2022. Gold sovereign, 1966. Royal Mint. First, laureate head of Elizabeth II facing right; ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +. Design by Mary Gillick. / St. George on horseback rearing right, dragon below, date and B.P. in exergue. Design by Benedetto Pistrucci. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS MS65 , certification number 48796300. Coin Value Index (CVI): £661.70 on 2024-02-06.Click here to read about the Coin Value Index.PCGS population in this grade: 21.PCGS population in higher grade: 2.Reference: S-4125; KM-908Mintage: 7,050,000.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Thickness: 1.52 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold sovereign, 1842. London. Closed 2. First young head of Victoria facing left, hair tied in fillet; date below truncation, with closed 2; VICTORIA DEI GRATIA. / Crowned shield within wreath; thistle, rose and shamrock below; BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS MS62 , certification number 48796274. PCGS population in this grade: 8.PCGS population in higher grade: 10.Reference: Fr-387e; KM-736.1; Marsh-25; S-3852Mintage: 4,865,375.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Weight: 7.9881 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 917.0/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
UNITED KINGDOM. Victoria, 1837-1901. Silver sixpence, 1839. Royal Mint. Proof. First young head of Queen Victoria facing left; VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D:. Design by William Wyon. / Crowned denomination within a oak and olive wreath; date below. Design by Jean Baptiste Merlen. Edge smooth.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 61, certification number 6768278-001. NGC Census in this grade: 3.NGC Census in higher grade: 34Total NGC Census: 37Reference: S-3908; KM-733.1Mintage: 3,310,560.Weight: 2.8276 g.Composition: 925.0/1000 Silver.PLEASE NOTE: 18% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Delivery cost will be added to your order.
David Shrigley (British 1968-) "I Loved You From the First Moment I Saw You" 2020, from a collaboration with London-based spectacle maker Cubitts to create a glasses cloth, the cloth was sold to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, textile made from recycled plastic.21.5 x 13cm (framed 35 x 26cm)The cloth is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The cloth appears to be laid down. The cloth is framed and glazed.
Technology History - Satellite Communication and Television - a mid-20th century silver plated desk model, of Telstar 1, the ebonised base with plaque inscribed Telstar ABC - EBU "Worldvision", New York 1962, 14.5cm wideNote: Part of a multi-national agreement, Telstar 1 was launched on July 10th 1962, and that year relayed the World's first live television pictures
Golf, course histories – Walsh (John H., OBE), Seaford Golf Club: a History, Seaford, Lindel 1986, royal 8vo, 234pp, some monochrome illus., fold out aerial view of course to front pastedown, printed endpapers, bound green bevelled leatherette gilt printed boards & spine; Chellen (Alan), Seaford Head Golf Course & Club Centenary Handbook, 1887-1987, Lewes D. C., Leisure Services, 1987, 8vo, unpaginated, illus., paper covers; Salmond (J. B.), foreword by Bernard Darwin, The Story of the R. & A., being the History of the first two hundred Years of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club St. Andrews, London, Macmillan, 1956 8vo, xvi + 256pp, coloured frontis of HM Queen Elizabeth II, 3 col. plates, 167 monochrome, 2 plans, bound blue boards, gilt badge to front board, gilt titles to spine, d. w. in plastic cover; Robertson (James K.), St. Andrew’s Home of Golf, St. Andrews, Citizen Office, 1967, 8vo, 173pp, illus with plans, course plans to pastedowns, blue boards, gilt spine titles, d. .w; Anon., Hayling Golf Club Centenary 1883-1983, 8vo, 26pp, illus., with plans and decorated card covers; Pennick (Frank), Homes of Sport: Golf, London, Peter Garnett, 1952, 12mo, 209pp, illus with plans, green boards, white spine titles, d. w. (lacking portions at lower edge and top; Anon., Bramley Golf Club, Official Handbook, Corsham (Wilts.,) Golf Marketing, n. d. small 8vo, 16pp, coloured illus., decorated card covers; Anon., Belmont Golf Club, Hereford 1983, 4to, unpaginated, colour illus. and decorated card covers; Anon., Churston Golf Club, Official Handbook, Centenary year 1990, 4to, 20pp., coloured illus., card covers (9)
King Penguins – all colour printed with hard covers, some with dust wrappers, first editions unless indicated: A Book of Roses 1939 reprint 1941, 30pp 16 plates; A Book of Toys, Owen White, 1946, 63pp; British Early Railways, Christian Barman, 1956, 40pp, 16 plates; British Military Uniforms, James Laver, 1948, 24pp 37 plates; British Wild Flowers, Brian Vesey-FitzGerald, 1957 50pp; Cricket, John Arlott, 1955, 30pp, 16plates; English Clocks, R. W. Symonds, 1947, 80pp, 72pp, spine repaired with tape; Heraldry in England, (Sir) Anthony R Wagner (Garter), 1946, 36pp 15 plates; Mosses, Paul Richards, 1950, 34pp 16 plates; Poisonous Fungi, John Ramsbottom, 1945, 32pp 16 plates; Scripts, Alfred Fairbank, revised edn., 1955, 38pp, 64 plates; Wood Engravings by Thomas Bewick, John Rayner, 1947, 56pp & Woodland Birds, Phyllis Barclay-Smith, 1955, 32pp 16 plates (13)
Gertrude Massey née Seth (1868-1957) a Victorian pocket sketch book, "Mother's First Sketch Book", containing pencil sketches of figures, portraits, family pets, landscapes, some dated '86, 13.5cm wide; another later pocket sketch/watercolour book, HG Massey and G Massey 1924, with illustrations of travels in London and on the continent, titled and annotated, 14cm (2)
Gill, Eric, (1882 -1940). Gill Hebrew typeface. a printed, promotional, pamphlet, 'designed by the distinguished British artist Eric Gill', Jerusalem Type Foundry, Romema, Israel, n.d. (c. 1959). a 4pp. printed pamphlet, issued by the foundry to proudly introduce a new Hebrew typeface to be called Gill Hebrew, INSCRIBED to the front page by the artist's younger brother Eric Robertson Gill, 'For Leo Levy / from / Eric R. Gill / February 1959', within original brown envelope, postmarked South Kensington, 14 Jan, 1959, and further ink stamped 'if undelivered please return to Beauchamp Bookshop, 15a Harrington Road, SW7'. Eric Gill was an English sculptor, essayist, printmaker and typeface designer associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. In 1937, whilst living and studying in Jerusalem, he became attracted to Hebrew lettering, the Gill Hebrew font was derived from a Hebrew alphabet Gill had cut in stone, introducing unusual serifs unprecedented in the history of Hebrew lettering. Jerusalem Foundry was the first type foundry in Israel, founded in 1954 by Moshe Spitzer and Heinz van Cleef. (2)
LEATHER BOUND BIBLES and OTHER RELIGIOUS BOOKS. All are to some extent A/F, but interesting. The largest is 'The most Superb Folio and Self-Interpreting Bible...(etc.) by Revd. John Brown, Minister of the Gospel at Haddington. Brightly & Kennersley (pub.), May 26th 1812. Then a smaller one printed by Thomas Newcomb, 1712 it seems (ms note). A third is Wright and Gill, Oxford, Printers to the university, 1777. Then, the oldest item: 'Twenty-five Sermons by the Rt. Rev Father in God Ralph BROWNRIG, Lord Bishop of Exeter; the first vol. dated 1685. With another 'Brown' Bible and remains of two smaller C18th and C19th books.
VINYL LPS: 1960s/70s compilations: to include 'The First Great Rock Festivals of the Seventies' (superb) with Hendrix, Miles Davis, Bromberg etc.; 'Handle With Care', 'Super Groups Vols. 1 and 2'; 'The Age of Atlantic' (Yes, Zeppelin, etc.); thirteen in all. All excellent discs and mostly similar sleeves.
BOOKS, BOTANY, NATURAL HISTORY etc. Two New Naturalists with jackets largely present: 'Mushrooms and Toadstools' and 'Insect Natural History' (not first eds.); Keble Martin, 'Over the Hills...' (later imp.); 'English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants' (illus. Sowerby); King Penguin 'Ducks', and other largely botanical books.
Brewin, Robert (1842 - 1914), The Martyrs of Golbanti; or, Missionary Heroism Illustrated in the Lives of Rev. John and Mrs. Houghton, of East Africa. London: Andrew Crombie, n.d. (c. 1886). single volume, first edition, small 8vo., (181x 128mm), original blue cloth, decorated and lettered in brown, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 19 illustrations, 127pp.Brewin's biography of Reverend John Houghton and his wife Annie follows their religious upbringings in Lancashire, their work as missionaries in East Africa, and their deaths at the hands of Masai warriors.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, Hong Kong, watermarked paper for part of the issue of 1930-56, comprising $5, $10, $50, $100 (second issue), and $500 (first issue), all glued into individual black card frames, ink annotations on frames and paper, as produced, very rare (5 papers) BNB B332-B335, B337-B339, Pick 53-59 £240-£300 --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper Archive
Institute d’Emission des Departments d’Outre-Mer, French Antilles, 50 Nouveaux Francs, ND (1962), serial number J.1 00805, Postel-Vinay and Calvet signatures, also 100 Francs, ND (1964), serial number Y.1 64160, first original good fine, second with multiple pinholes, otherwise very good to fine (2 notes) BNB B106a, B110a, Pick 6a, 10a £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Commonwealth of Australia, watermarked paper for the first King George VI issue of 1938-52, comprising 10 Shillings, £1, £5, £10 as well as the unissued £50 and £100, all glued into two large format frames of thick blue card, ink annotations on paper, extremely rare and in fact likely to be unique in the case of the 10 Shilling, £50 and £100 papers, as these are the only examples in the Portals archive (6 papers, 2 frames) BNB B131-136, Pick 25-28, 28A, 28B £400-£500 --- Provenance: These items are directly from the Portals Paper Archive The paper for the £50 and £100 notes in this lot come from an issue of 1939 that was printed, but never issued. The entire run of each was destroyed in 1958, wit the exception of a few specimens held in institutions, meaning that this watermarked paper is likely to be the closest collectors will get to either of the notes.
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