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Lot 1095
1942 Landfall £1 ordinary paper corner block of eight from left pane with sheet number 019, R2/6 with the rare variety from late in the printing, broken 'OF' (we believe that the state with broken 'US' does not occur on the £1). Unmounted o.g. with some toning on reverse, which barely affects the variety stamp. Slight marginal separation but a very rare block, recorded sheet numbers running from 014-029, cat £1160
Lot 1154
1943 airmail envelope (9½" x 4") to Cuba bearing 1/- and November 41 5/- bronze-green and carmine-red on pale yellow paper, tied by HAMILTON CDSs of 20 SEP. Censor label Type CL6b at left, where the corners are also reinforced with brown tape. The 2oz rate is correctly paid. The envelope slightly damaged at right. Havana arrival of 29 SEP on reverse. A splendid item with the November 41 5/- rare on any sort of cover, let alone a commercial use to a good destination, rated $2000 by BSC; illustrated on page 111 of Eric Yendall's book
Lot 1156
1953 flown manilla envelope to Cape Town with 6d, 1/- x 2 and April 52 5/- paying 1½oz rate to South Africa, HAMILTON CDSs of 12 JUN 53. Some creasing, affecting the 5/-, which also has some marks at top left; part of backflap missing. Nonetheless a very good rate cover, featuring this final printing of the 5/-, a rare stamp on cover; illustrated on page 121 of Eric Yendall's book
Lot 1419
1981 Public Housing 20c, variety watermark inverted (SG 402w) upper left corner block of 4 with '1A' cylinder numbers and colour dots, u/m, rare and attractive in this positional form. [N.B. Pairs or larger multiples are required to demonstrate that examples emanate from sheets of the 20c value rather than miniature sheets which were issued with inverted watermark]
Lot 1439
Incoming Mail:1855 (Jan-Feb) stampless cover from Durham to Bombay, "via Southampton", addressed to "Lt Col Henry Drummond, 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry, Bombay, East Indies", re-addressed on arrival to Almorah with addition of 1854-55 1a red and 2a green (SG 12, 31) tied by barred diamonds, reverse bears a range of marks including Durham 2.1), London (3.1), Bombay Paid (9.2, overstruck by RITCHIE STEUART & Co forwarding agent's mark) and Almorah (18.2), also framed 'PM', some edge creasing and small tears but a rare item, with 2017 BPA cert
Lot 1545
1897 July 28 Locally addressed philatelic cover bearing Diamond Jubilee 4d dull mauve and orange to 5s green and blue (SG 12/16) tied by three strikes light St Kitts A12 duplex, perf toning and 5s also slightly affected by moisture, however very rare as no more than six examples of the 5s are believed to exist on cover, RPS cert (1968)
Lot 1702
1907 (May-June) Brisbane "Papua" overprint, 6d black and myrtle-green, watermark vertical, thin paper, error overprint double (SG 43a),m one shortish perf at upper left, lightly hinged with virtually full o.g., a rare stamp of which only one sheet of 30 existed, cat £7000, with 2000 BPA cert
Lot 1764
1855-63 Perkins Bacon printing, 1d brick-red/cream toned paper (SG 5), filled pinhole just above Hope's knee (visible from face), however with good to very large margins except just touched at right, small part o.g., cat £5000, with 1998 Brandon cert, a good representative spacefiller of this rare stamp
Lot 1801
1875 (5 June) entire letter from Nantes, France addressed to Carupano (Venezuela) via Port of Spain, Trinidad with fine three line cachet 'FORWARDED BY/J.N. HARRIMAN & Co/TRINIDAD. W.I.' IN BLUE (rare) franked by Ceres 30c. (2), 40c., routed via St. Nazaire, with fine strike of Ligne A paquebot (7.6) c.d.s. and Trinidad (23.6) transit; horizontal filing crease not detracting from fine appearance
Lot 1149
A Mulberry smooth leather shopper handbag, this rare coral prototype, not released to the general public, has an exterior pocket with classic silver-tone postman's front fastening, dual top handle, silver hardware, and a red fabric lining with sectioned interior and zip pocket, identification number 337848, with dust bag
Lot 1162
A Mulberry soft tumbled leather tote handbag,a rare cream prototype not released to the general public, it has silver-tone hardware with zip detailing to the sides, brown leather dual handles with matching shoulder straps, a brass lobster-claw detachable fob and green canvas lining with zip pocket, identification number 387296, with dust bag
Lot 480
White Star Line; a rare Spode Copelands gilt edge plate with cobalt blue ground, gilt monogrammed white reserve, marked verso 'Spode Copelands China England White Star Line Stonier & Co Ltd Liverpool', diameter 23cm. CONDITION REPORT Some surface scratches throughout, visible when tilted in daylight, slight rubbing to the gilt rim.
Lot 119
Natural History. Two folio albums of natural history prints, botanical plates, and some watercolours, mostly late 18th century and early 19th century, containing approximately 250 prints and engravings (85 hand-coloured), including 12 early 19th century original watercolours of animals and flowers, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates from The Works of John Fothergill, 1784, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates of birds from Saverio Manetti, Ornithologia Methodice Digesta (1767-76), 4 hand-coloured engraved plates from the rare publication Speculum Linnaeanum, by George Shaw, 1788 (being the first part of two published, with plates including the Barbary Ape, the Maimon, the Grey Baboon and the White Eye-lid Monkey), a set of 12 small engravings titled A Book of Lions after Picart (an English reissue of the plates first published by Picart in 1729), a large etched plate of the Rana Piscatrix, the Toad-fish or Fishing Frogg (from Walter Charleton, Onomasticon Zoicon, 1668), etc., all mounted to album leaves (watermarked Curteis & Sons, C Taylor and other later 18th century watermarks), marbled boards with recent calf rebacks, folio (38 x 24 cm, 15 x 9.5 ins) The four plates from George Shaw's Speculum Linnaeanum, which are accompanied by the printed title, preliminary leaves and descriptive leaf for each plate, appears to be the first of the two parts published by Shaw, with the illustrations by James Sowerby, which is all that was published. The two parts contain a total of 8 plates of Apes, Monkeys and two of Bats. See Nissen ZBI 3836 and BM (Natural History) IV, page 1911. (2)
![Kuznetsov (Yakov Pavlovich). Uchebniy atlas Rossiyskoy imperii ['Educational Atlas of the Russian Empire'], [St Petersburg]:](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/3690c511-8e71-437a-8bbb-a96100bdb491/6914267c-efea-45c5-869c-953da70a8e73/468x382.jpg)
Lot 35
Kuznetsov (Yakov Pavlovich). Uchebniy atlas Rossiyskoy imperii ['Educational Atlas of the Russian Empire'], [St Petersburg]: Military Topographic Depot, 1852, lithographic title page, contents leaf, 22 hand-coloured lithographic maps, 1 leaf of city plans not listed in the contents, offsetting, occasional light spotting, white moir‚ silk endpapers, ink-stamp of the Russian imperial library at the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo ('Tsarskoselskaya dvortsovaya biblioteka') to initial blank and related shelf-mark labels to front free endpaper verso (see note), all edges gilt, original green moir‚ silk binding, titles and decoration in embossed gilt, fraying to spine and extremities, mild cockling and wear to sides, oblong folio (38.5 x 49.5 cm) Rare Russian atlas producing during the reign of Nicholas I. One copy of the fourth edition of 1860 traced in the Presidential Library, St Petersburg; no copy of any iteration traced on OCLC. There are also maps of the Caucasus and the Bering Strait, and a map titled 'Western Siberia and the Kyrgyz Steppe' which includes parts of modern-day Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Provenance: from the library of the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo, St Petersburg, the summer residence of the Russian tsars, with ink-stamp and associated shelf-mark labels. (1)
Lot 594
Cigarette Cards, Mixed, sets by a variety of Manufacturers to include Anstie Windsor Castle and Clifton Suspension Bridge, Ardath Stamps Rare & Interesting, CWS Famous Buildings, Churchmans British Film Stars, Interesting Door Knockers, Pipes of the World, Landmarks in Railway Progress, Curious Signs, Dexters Borough Arms, Highnett Greetings of the World, Common Objects of the Sea Shore, Lea Miniatures (gold border) and Miniatures First Series (1-100), Millhoff In The Public Eye, Mitchells Wonderful Century, Famous Scots, Sandorides Cinema Celebrities, (gen gd)(qty)
Lot 237
λ Jacobite interest. A rare wax portrait bust of James II in the manner of David Le Marchand, probably after a portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, finely carved depicting the King wearing armour and a lace cravat, titled 'JAMES the 2nd', early 18th century, 13cm high, later mounted in a 19th century gilt and composition glazed box frame, 35.9 x 32cm. click here to view the page turning catalogue
Lot 238
Queen Caroline interest. A very rare George IV printed cotton / calico handkerchief, after the drawing by I. Slack, 'A FAITHFUL REPRESENTATION OF THE TRIAL OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY CAROLINE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS 1820', with an explanation to the famous personages present, embroidered initials 'E T', 44.7 x 57.5cm. Other examples can be found in the Museum of London and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. click here to view the page turning catalogue
Lot 238A
Railway interest. A rare Victorian printed silk handkerchief, depicting the 'RAILWAY MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES SHEWING THE ACTUAL & PROPOSED LINES ALSO THE DISTANCES TO THE PRINCIPAL SEAPORTS OF FOREIGN STATES', published by W. Reed London, c.1845 embroidered initials 'C B', 83 x 87.6cm. A similar example can be found in the National Library of Wales.click here to view the page turning catalogue
Lot 93
A rare primitive treen carved oak lever action nutcracker, in the form of a man with a flat face, late 17th / early 18th century, 29.3cm long. See Woolley & Wallis, Furniture and Works of Art, 6th July 2016, lots 51, 54 and 55 and 4th July 2018 lot 66 for similar examples. click here to view the page turning catalogue
Lot 102
A rare pair of embroidered silk pictures, worked with coloured silks and gold and silver metal thread, with French knots on an ivory silk ground, one depicting an aristocratic North African black lady in mid-17th century costume and wearing shoes with red heels, being shaded with a parasol by a blackamoor attendant before a pomegranate tree, the other with a figure tending a caparisoned camel, with a palm tree, flowers and a rocky outcrop, possibly French or Italian, late 17th / early 18th century, originally from a bed hanging, 55.8 x 44.1cm (max), later glazed and framed. (2)Provenance: By repute the Collection of Lady Lebus. By the 18th century depictions of black people in the arts were becoming more commonplace but depictions of wealthy or aristocratic black people were still a rare occurrence. This present lot is unusual as it depicts an aristocratic black lady possibly in a North African setting. She wears sumptuous clothes, red heeled shoes and is attended to by a well-dressed servant. During the 17th century and 18th century red heels denoted wealth and privilege and within the French court of Louis XIV red heeled shoes also denoted favour with the King. click here to view the page turning catalogue
Lot 414
WALKER, GEORGEXX VIEWS IN SCOTLAND. DRAWN BY G. WALKER, F.S.A.E. and engraved by W. Byrne, F.S.A.. [London: Cadell & Davies for Fr Cririe's Tour through Scotland, imprint from plate captions, [n.d.] Oblong folio, engraved title and 20 numbered plates, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, spine gilt, some spotting, mainly marginalProvenance: From the collection of Larry HutchisonNote: Rare, not traced on COPAC.
Lot 75
FREEMASONRY, 4 VOLUMES, INCLUDINGPAINE, T.O. SOLOMON'S TEMPLE AND CAPITOL, ARK OF THE FLOOD AND TABERNACLE. BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN, 1885. Large folio, 42 plates, contemporary brown half morocco, t.e.g., rubbed, repairs to joints; Calcott, Wellins A Candid Disquisition of the Principles and Practices of the most Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons. London, 1769. First edition, 8vo in 4s, contemporary sheep, worn, [ESTC T136738], bookplate of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons of Scotland, with Cancelled stamp to title verso; Robison, John Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe, carried on in the Secret Meetings of Free Masons, Illuminati and Rading Society. Edinburgh: W. Creech & T. Cadell, 1797. First edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf, Bookplate of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland with neat stamps to front free endpaper and title, and cancelled stamp to title verso; Vibert, L. The Rare Books of Freemasonry. 1923. 8vo, original cloth (4)Provenance: From the collection of Larry Hutchison
Lot 83
MILITARY AND NAVAL UNIFORMS - JONES, WILLIAM, AND COMPANYILLUSTRATED REGULATIONS, STANDARD UNIFORMS AND PATTERNS OF THE ARMY, NAVY, MILITIA, VOLUNTEERS, CIVIL SERVICE, COURT DRESS &C. London: Jones & Co., [c.1886], large folio, chromolithographed advertisement leaf, 27 chromolithographed plates, 4 tinted lithographed plates and 15 lithographed outline plates by A.B. Court, with details, accoutrements and outline patterns for uniforms, one uncoloured plate repaired in margin, publisher's blue cloth gilt, [Colas 3076], neatly rebacked retaining original spineProvenance: From the collection of Larry HutchisonNote: Rare. William Jones & Co. were the leading suppliers of military uniforms, buttons, helmets, belts, caps, badges and swords to the British army at the height of the British Empire.
![SCOTTISH ANTIQUARIANA COLLECTION OF 10 VOLUMES COMPRISING [DUNCOMBE, G.] Scutum Regale, the Royal Buckler, or Vox Legis, a Le](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/77b295eb-b82e-4d92-8058-a95900b01334/fe8e5704-9767-4d16-ab4c-8360c5aca4eb/468x382.jpg)
Lot 91
SCOTTISH ANTIQUARIANA COLLECTION OF 10 VOLUMES COMPRISING [DUNCOMBE, G.] Scutum Regale, the Royal Buckler, or Vox Legis, a Lecture to Traytors. London, 1660. 8vo, engraved frontispiece (caption cropped) and 2 plates, 1 folding, contemporary sheep, P1-8 slightly wormed, rubbed, [ESTC R17723]; Mackenzie, Sir George Jus Regium, or the Just and Solid Foundations of Monarchy. London, 1684. 8vo, modern quarter calf, title repaired in inner margin, lacks frontispiece portrait, [ESTC R945]; Creech, William An Account of the the Trial of William Brodie and George Smith. Edinburgh, 1788. First edition, 8vo, 2 plates, original boards, uncut, rebacked; Criminal Trials illustrative of the tale entitled "The Heart of Mid-Lothian". Edinburgh, 1818. 12mo, frontispiece, modern quarter calf gilt; [Glencoe] Authentic Narrative of the Massacre of Glencoe. Glasgow, 1818. 12mo, modern cloth' [Glencoe] The Massacre of Glencoe. Edinburgh, 1819. 12mo, modern boards; Chalmers, George The Poetic Remains of some of the Scotish Kings. London, 1824. 8vo, engraved frontispiece and folding facsimile, contemporary salmon morocco gilt, g.e., joints rubbed; [Edinburgh] An Historical Sketch of the Municipal Constitution of the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1826. 8vo, folding tables neatly mounted on vellum, contemporary black morocco gilt, g.e.; Historical Reprints taken from the Free-Holder. 12mo, 7 items, each limited to 200 copies, later blue cloth;; Richardson, M.A., publisher. Newcastle Reprints of Rare Tracts. Chiefly illustrative of the History of the Northern Counties. Newcastle, 1847, 8 tracts in one volume, each limited to 100 copies, 19th century maroon half morocco, rubbed, very slight dampstaining to extreme outer edge of some leavesProvenance: From the collection of Larry Hutchison
Lot 169
1888 '10 CENTS' (type 2) on 4d mauve (SG 28), block of eighteen (6 x 3) being the upper three rows of the sheet with full margins showing plate number '1' (x 2), fresh u/m (except the last stamp with hinge used to re-enforce the perfs to margin), the top margin clearly shows six impressions of an albino blanked out '20 CENTS' surcharge, demonstrating the adjustment of the previous 6 x 6 setting used to surcharge the 6d yellow, folded central vertical perfs, and some gum wrinkling, but a fascinating and desirable showpiece, rare
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