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A small mallet bottle c.1735-45, the squat cylindrical body of an olive green tone with tapering neck, applied with a seal of a harnessed oxen within an elaborate scrolled border, a chip to the seal and a few small rim chips, 15.5cm. The previously unrecorded seal on this bottle probably relates to a family rather than a tavern, given the lack of initials for a landlord, but the oxen is a rare symbol in heraldry and the crest has not been identified.
A rare Worcester tea cup and saucer c.1768-70, painted with panels of fancy birds and smaller panels of flying insects reserved on a yellow scale ground, derived from a Meissen original, blue crossed swords and 9 mark, some wear, 13.3cm. Cf. Simon Spero, The Klepser Collection, Col. Pl. 26. Also Bonhams, The Crane Collection of 18th Century English Porcelain, 31st March 2010, lot 262.
A rare Worcester dry mustard pot c.1753-55, printed and hand-coloured with the Red Bull pattern, the eponymous bovine standing beside a black counterpart with three Chinese figures about, 7.1cm. Provenance: purchased from Charnwood Antiques in February 1992. Previously in the Rous Lench collection, no. 89. A very rare example complete with cover was sold at Bonhams as part of the Frank Wheeldon Collection on 23rd January 2008, lot 63.
A rare pair of Worcester octagonal blue and white saucers c.1755, painted with the Romantic Rocks pattern, a figure in a boat before jutting rocks, within a hatched border, workman`s marks, 12cm. (2) The Romantic Rocks design derives from a Jean Pillement drawing of the same name which featured in The Ladies Amusement.
A large and rare Worcester blue and white sauceboat c.1755, the fluted shape moulded with shell motifs, painted with the Fisherman on a Towering Rock pattern, the small figure atop the tall protruding rock beside a two-storeyed pagoda, the interior and reverse with a further figure fishing from a promontory, workman`s mark, 22cm.
A rare pair of Caughley blue and white sauceboats c.1770-80, the moulded bodies painted with the Strap Flute Sauceboat Floral pattern, the interiors with a single flower spray, the rims with cell diaper borders, a repaired rim section to one, 18cm. (2) Provenance: from a private American collection.
A rare Bow blue and white plate c.1765, of silver shape, painted with a central panel of hardwood stands, vases and other auspicious Chinese objects, the panel repeated to the rim with small panels of flying insects, all reserved on a powder blue ground, crossed swords mark, 23.2cm. Provenance: from a private American collection. Paper label for Klaber & Klaber.
HRH Diana - Princess of Wales - fine and rare signed Presentation portrait black and white photograph of Diana, taken on board the Royal Yacht Britannia, on her honeymoon tour around the Mediterranean in 1981. The relaxed and beautiful Princess smiling and holding a bunch of flowers - signed and inscribed in ink - 'Sarah, with many thanks for your kindness from Diana', 25.2cm x 20.1cm
TRH The Prince and Princess of Wales - rare collection of forty-two honeymoon photographs, taken by The Royal Photographer onboard The Royal Yacht Britannia, on their eleven day honeymoon cruise of the Mediterranean in 1981. The relaxed photographs include Prince Charles and Princess Diana on board ship enjoying the onboard crew shows, the crew presenting two glass goblets to the couple, welcoming President Saddat of Egypt on board, the couple watching a flotilla of small ships around the yacht and also visiting film stars on board Britannia, including Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Michael York and Anthony Hopkins. Photographs of the honeymoon tour are very rare and mostly unpublished as there were no press photographers allowed onboard and the Itinerary of the tour was kept secret from the press
Fine and rare mid-18th century Worcester porcelain armorial saucer dish, probably London decorated by James Giles, with finely painted puce floral sprigs, gilt coronet with issuing plumes and armorial shield below with polychrome flowers on moulded basket and floral scroll ground, 20cm diameter CONDITION REPORT Very good original condition - some cracking to gilding
The Duke of Windsor - rare Christmas card sent when, in 1913, he was Prince of Wales to his Great Aunt Queen Charlotte of Württemberg, before the outbreak of the Great War in 1914. The card with Magdalen College Oxford crest to the front (where The Prince was studying), inscribed inside by him - 'Fur Tante Charlotte von David' - David being the name used by his family. In original envelope, handwritten by The Prince
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother - rare typed Spoof Court circular on Birkhall crested notepaper, appointing Miss Minnie Bowes-Lyon Windsor Corgi-in-Waiting to HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and two photographs of the Royal Corgis. Provenance: Sold by these rooms - The William Tallon Collection, Part Lot 119, 5th July 2008
Rare Victorian book - 'The Splendid Procession of Queen Victoria to her Coronation on 28th June 1838', published by Relfe and Fletcher, 17 Cornhill, London, containing twenty-two coloured litho concertina sections backed on canvas, opening to 9cm x 330cm, in original gilt embossed green board binding bound for Hon. Georgina Mustyn, 35 Cadogan Gardens, S.W
Rare 1960s / 1970s Royal internal dictograph telephone from Buckingham Palace, in teak case, with six buttons and various labels for The Queen, Prince of Wales, Mr. R. Fellows (The Queen's Private Secretary) and other courtiers and servants, 24.5cm wide. Provenance: Removed from Buckingham Palace during a re-fit
Rare Victorian silk programme with red silk borders for the State Visit of HM Queen Victoria to St. Paul's Cathedral and The Thanksgiving for the recovery to health of his Royal Highness The Prince of Wales on February 27th 1872, to mark the Prince of Wales' (later King Edward VII) recovery from typhoid. This was a significant event as it was the first official public appearance of The Queen for ten years since the death of Prince Albert also from typhoid - and a similar programme with red silk borders missing (2)
Rare Ancient Egyptian wood sarcophagus for a noble lady, Third Intermediate Period, 24th - 22nd Dynasty 1000 - 700 BC. This anthropoid coffin is typical of Egyptian coffins at this time, with realistic carved face, wearing a headdress, the coffin base with painted hieroglyphics, also with lower half of body wrapping. Provenance: Purchased by the vendor in London some fifty years ago CONDITION REPORT Traces of original paint. Damage to top of both sections, some pieces cracking. Restoration to lower half section of headdress. Back loose. Old wrought iron straps later
Gold Coast1888 (13 Feb.) right half of a blue envelope to London?, bearing 1884-91 4d. rosy mauve (2) sharing a superb strike of the rare "post office/gold coast/elmina" oval intaglio seal h.s. (Type 4) and with "elmina" Code A c.d.s. (Type 2) and two "cape coast" Code C c.d.s. (Type 2, 14.2) alongside, London c.d.s. (17.3) on reverse; an early date of use of this rare mark which is only recorded in 1888 and has been missing, on anything other than loose stamps, from many of the great Gold Coast collections. S.G. 16. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Rhodesia1896-97 Arms IssueDocuments1905 (9 Mar.) Deed of Hypothecation bearing £30 brown and green pair together with Postage Arms £1, £2, £5 and £10 all cancelled by Salisbury Registrar of Claims oval datestamp and perfined "used"; fine with the £30 value rare used on document. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Rhodesia1896-97 Arms Issue— 1925 Northern Rhodesia Agent for Foreign Firm Licence, bearing £30 purple and green tied by Livingstone Magistrate's Office oval datestamp; some creasing with one crossing the £30 though a rare value used on document and a very late usage with BSA Co. values shortly to be replaced by Northern Rhodesia values. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
IndiaEarly Letters and Handstamps1838 (17 Oct.) entire from Calcutta "via Bombay & Egypt" to Bordeaux, rated "1/8" and showing a very fine strike of the oval-framed "Care of/Mr. Waghorn/Suez." cachet, framed "india", boxed "indies orien./par/alexandria" partly overstruck by boxed "paquebots/de la /mediterranée", Alexandria French P.O. c.d.s. and "purifie au lazaret/malte" handstamp and, on reverse, Calcutta Steam Letter datestamp and arrival c.d.s. (24.12); cover with some age marks and Waghorn cachet with small brown stain, otherwise fine. Rare. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
India1854 Issue1a. Die I, "B" Stone strip of five, [68-72], in red, clear to large margins, unused; [68] with tear at top and [70] with vertical crease at centre. A little soiled though a rare multiple. S.G. 12. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Cape of Good HopeRevenue1865 CC ½d., 1d., 6d., 1/-, 10/-, £1, £5 and £10 imperforate plate proofs in issued colour on gummed watermarked paper, the 6d., 10/-, £1 and £5 with stain(s) and the 10/- and £10 with crease; also 1873 CC, perf 15½x15 6d. deep lilac with watermark inverted (perfs cut off in places) and £2 dark purple (the odd lightly stained perf), both unused with part original gum. A rare group. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
India1992 (30 Dec.) Birds of Prey, 2r. Osprey error 1r. instead of 2r., a horizontal strip of three, fresh and fine unmounted mint. A very rare multiple of this unusual modern error. S.G. 1525a, £22,500+. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
IndiaRocket Mail1937 (3 Feb.) All India Jamboree, Delhi Scout postcard bearing blue label tied by dated cachet and with "By, No, 139. Lord Baden-Powell" cachet at left. Rare with only 90 cards flown. Cooper 22. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) India Used AbroadMuscat1878 4a. green Die II cancelled by a large part strike of the rare "309" in diamond of sixteen bars and with small part manuscript notation. B.P.A. Certificate (2014). Photo Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
India Used AbroadPondicherry1839 (17 Oct.) entire letter "pr Steamer Via Marseilles" to France, showing sender's and Bombay firm's cachets together with a fine strike of the rare circular-framed "india/Packet Letter/paid" handstamp in black and boxed "paquebots/de la/mediterranee" in red; minor ink etching though an exceptional despatch of mail via Suez. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
India Used AbroadPondicherry1851 entire from Madras to Pondicherry showing small Receiving House No. 3 boxed handstamp, despatch and receiving "Bearing" datestamps; a little ink etching, not affecting the receipt datestamp. Rare. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Rhodesia and NyasalandIssued Stamps6d. to £5 1st. printing set of nine in imprint blocks of eight, 10/- and £1 2nd. printing imprint blocks of eight and plate blocks of four; fresh and fine unmounted mint. A rare group. Barefoot 1-18, £2,010+ Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
India Used AbroadPondicherry1860 (12 Aug.) entire letter registered to Galle, Ceylon, bearing ½a. blue vertical strip of seven (one wrapped round on to reverse and defective) and a single (on reverse) all cancelled "C/111", showing "india paid" on face and, on reverse, "pondicherry/red" double-arc datestamp, Madras (13.8) and arrival (17.8) c.d.s. A rare and unusual registered franking. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
India Used AbroadPondicherry1874 (c.) ½a. blue envelopes (2), one (small faults) to Coconada cancelled by the rare "6/m-20" duplex, the other (portion at duplex torn away) cancelled by "m-19" duplex, and a further undated ½a. envelope from Karikal to Pondicherry cancelled by "6/m-21" duplex and showing arrival c.d.s. on reverse Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
India Used AbroadPondicherry1880 envelope "Via Brindisi" to Bordeaux, bearing 1a. brown (3) sharing a fine strike of the rare "6/m-20" duplex with sender's cachet and French entry c.d.s. (29.9) alongside, Bombay (11.9), Sea Post Office (11.9) and Paris A Bordeaux (30.9) c.d.s. on reverse. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
India Used AbroadPondicherryMuthialpet1897 and 1898 envelopes to Karaikudi each bearing ½a. cancelled "M" in small circle of bars and with despatch and arrival c.d.s., 1912 card and 1920 envelope both cancelled by single-ring datestamp, 1928-35 covers (3) cancelled by double-ring datestamps; the first with faults though rare and believed to be used as an experimental cancellation Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Indian Feudatory StatesKishangarh1899-1901 pin-perf. 4a. chocolate complete unused sheet of 168 including twelve tête-bêche pairs at centre and embossed control on right-hand tête-bêche pair; a few small imperfections though a rare multiple Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Indian Feudatory StatesKishangarh1904 printed singly, pin-perf. 8a. grey complete unused sheet of 168 including twelve tête-bêche pairs at centre and embossed control on right-hand tête-bêche pair; a few small imperfections though a rare multiple Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Indian Feudatory StatesKishangarh1912 thick white chalk-surfaced paper, "two anna" lilac, just clear to large margins and cancelled by part single-ring datestamp; trace of creasing and a fraction soiled though a presentable example of this very rare stamp. S.G. 52, £1,000. Photo Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Indian Feudatory StatesPoonch1876 (?) 6p. red, large margins, tied by manuscript cancellation on the reverse of ½a. blue postal stationery envelope; fine and rare. S.G. 1. Photo Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) Labuan1894-96 Pictorial, 1c. black and grey-mauve, perf 13½-14, a vertical pair showing variety imperforate between, a few shortish perfs otherwise fine unused with part original gum. Rare. S.G. 62ba, £1200. Photo Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
(x) South AustraliaStamp Duty— £10 green and gold, cancelled by firm's oval cachet in violet and with red ink initials and date, a few shortish perfs otherwise fine. Rare. Barefoot 13. Photo Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Leeward Islands1938-51 10/- deep green and deep vermilion on green, ordinary paper, a lower left corner example showing variety missing pearl, fresh and fine unmounted mint. Rare. S.G. 113ca, £1700. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Leeward Islands— £1 violet and black on scarlet, variety watermark sideways, unmounted mint from the top of the sheet, minor gum wrinkles, fine and very rare. S.G. 114ca, £7,000. Photo Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
MalayaJohore1904-10 $100 green and scarlet, block of fifty (5x10) with Stamp office fiscal cancellations, a few split perfs., colour washed and faults affecting the top row. A rare and spectacular block. S.G. 77 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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