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Click here to subscribeElaborate wearable hand crafted paper mache mask in gold, red and black coloration with six vertical panels decorated with gold bells on tips. Playing card accents throughout. Original Venice stamp inside. Dimensions: 14"L x 7"W x 4.75"DManufacturer: Original VeniceCountry of Origin: ItalyCondition: Age related wear.
Norman Thelwell (1923-2004) - "Give Fred A Shout As You Go By - He's Doing The Traffic Census"; a cartoon, possibly intended as a book illustration, signed thelwell in the lower-right margin, the base of the sheet titled in pencil, contemporary mount also titled by the same hand, pen-and-ink on Winsor & Newton paper, their blind-stamp to upper-right corner, the sheet 34 x 28cm Good condition. The margin somewhat browned from mounting, the mount of which is now loose. Signs of former backing to verso. The Winsor & Newton blind-stamp not affecting image.
Shaftesbury (Anthony, Earl of), Characteristicks (sic), volumes I & II only (of 3), sixth edition, s.l. [London], s.n. [Printed by James Purser in Bartholomew-Close], 1737, volume I with portrait frontispiece, title-page and other vignettes, all engraved by Simon Gribelin, contemporary calf gilt, worn, red-speckled edges, 8vo, Anon., The Sportman's Dictionary, volume II only, first edition, London: Printed for C. Hitch, and C. Davis, 1735, folding plates, contemporary panelled calf, 8vo, Pluche (Abbé [Noël-Antoine]) & De Freval (J.B., translator), The History of the Heavens, volume II only, first English edition, London: J. Osborn, et al., 1740, frontispiece, contemporary speckled calf, red-speckled edges, 8vo, [Royalty] The Trial of Queen Caroline [...], Dobson and Co.'s Verbatim Edition, London, n.d. [1820] engraved frontispiece, fold and full-page plates, 19th c quarter-calf, title-page with later owner's blind-stamp: IVEAGH/1899 [Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927)], 8vo, [Scotland] Jones (Thomas Snell, DD), The Life of The Right Honourable Willielma [Campbell], Viscountess Glenorchy, Edinburgh, 1822, 19th tan quarter-calf gilt over cloth, marbled edges and endpapers, 8vo, an incomplete edition of The Copper Plate Magazine and further loose gatherings, 1778, 4to, bindings, including four volumes of Ainsworth's novels, n.d. [19th c], contemporary crimson quarter-morocco gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, etc., (14) Sold as an uncollated collection of bindings and prints, and as such not liable for return.
Admiral Lord Nelson. School Atlas; or, Key to Goldsmith's Geographical Copy-Books [...], London:Printed for Richard Phillips, n.d. [inscription dated 1814], 15 engraved maps as called for, original publisher's papered boards, printed with catalogue to verso, split spine with slight lifting and losses, bumped corners, water stains to covers, 8vo (22 x 14.2cm) Though there are several Horatio Nelsons listed within the rolls of the peerage we have consulted, none of their dates correspond to the one inscribed in this atlas. Provenance: Horatio Nelson, almost certainly a kinsmen of Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805); ffep with contemporary ink MS ownership inscription: Horatio/Nelson/April 26/1814, below which is the contemporary owner's stamp: H*NELSON
Egan (Pierce, the Younger), The Flower of the Flock, three-decker novel, sole edition, London: Published by W.S. Johnson & Co., n.d. [1858], very occasional and minor toning in places, otherwise fresh and clean, the odd stable split, yet holding, original publisher's blue cloth bindings as issued, upper-covers blocked and picked-out in black with decorative arabesques, lower-covers conforming in blind, spines lettered in gilt, very minor wear, gently sunned spines with varying staining in places, the boards generally clean, uncut, volume I ffep with W.H. Smith & Sons Library blind-stamp, 8vo, [Sadleir 811; Wolff 2045], (3)
India. H[ogarth] (T.B., RA), The Griffinage of the Hon. Newman Strange. An Indian Story, In Twenty-one Episodes [...] Photographed from the Original Drawings by J. Hogarth, Jun. London: J. Hogarth, Dec. 20, 1862, half-title, 21 letterpress leaves with accompanying mounted albumen print photographs of pen-and-ink drawings, each 16 x 22cm, of which No. XXI's leaf has a stable lower-margin 3cm vertical tear and certainly not affecting the image, a few extant tissue-guards, some light marginal soiling, an occasional foxed spot, recto gutter split with some light movement, original publisher's cloth, upper-cover lettered in gilt, the binding worn, stained, and with some losses, recto and verso upper-joints starting to split, minor mildew to pastedowns, fragmentary ffep, the margin of the recto pastedown and the corresponding, and a trifle tatty, half-title with very minor worm trails, oblong folio (26.5 x 37.5cm) Provenance: Captain Alfred Sackville Cresswell (1878-1915), of Beacon Hall, Benenden, Kent; verso of frontispiece with his ink stamp.
Fine Bindings. Gell (Sir William, MA, FRS & FSA), Pompeiiana: The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the Result of Excavations Since 1819, two-volume set, London: Lewis A. Lewis, 1835, illustrated with 84 full-page engraved plates, of which 2 are hand-coloured, volume II frontispiece damps-stained, finely bound by Currie & Bowman in contemporary green morocco gilt, their stamp to each ffep, slightly rubbed in places, one joint begining to split but holding, all edges gilt, yellow endpapers, split at each recto and verso gutter but holding, contemporaneous bookseller's blind-stamps: Kaye, Booksellers of Newcastle, 8vo, (2) Provenance: George Fenwick, 19th c crested bookplates to each pastedown.
Miscellaneous. [Scott (Sir Walter)], Harold the Dauntless; a Poem, first edition, Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., et al., 1817, rear pastedown inscribed in pencil: Todd & Bowden 100A/(state 2 of 1st edn -/p. 47 line 6 'maid,'), original publisher's boards, disbound, perished spine, pastedown and endpapers with ownership inscription dated 1866, 8vo, [&] [Scripture] Certain Sermons or Homilies Appointed to be Read in Church in the Time of the late Queen Elizabeth of Famous Memory [...], Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1822, contemporary calf gilt, chips to spine and joints, but holding, marbled edges, 8vo, (2) Provenance: 2nd: The Right Reverend William Hart Coleridge (1789-1849), the first colonial Bishop of Barbados (1824-1842) and nephew of the great Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge; his crested ink ownership stamp to pastedown, surmounted by a mitre. Given the dates of Coleridge's life and the imprint, as well as the mitre, there is every reason to believe that this book was taken by him to the Caribbean.
Medical. Guthrie (G.J., F.R.S.), On the Diseases and Injuries of Arteries, inscribed presentation copy, first edition, London: Burgess and Hill, 1830, publisher's catalogue, original publisher's boards, rebacked to style, uncut, The Long Island Historical Society's copy, their bookplates and title-page with one ink stamp, 8vo, Cooper (Sir Astley, Bart, F.R.S.) & Tyrrell (Frederick, Esq., Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and the London Ophthalmic Infirmary), The Lectures, volume III only, first edition, London: W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1827, disbound, original boards, perished spine, 8vo, & Sharp (William), Description of a new invented Instrument for fractured Legs [...], extracted from the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions, 1767, engraved folding plate, marbled wrappers, 4to, (3) Provenance: The library of Roger Tilston Austin, consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon; later Honorary Librarian of the Leicester Medical Society and its President (2002).
Travel. Younghusband (Sir Francis, KCSI, KCIE), Wonders of the Himalaya, signed presentation copy from the author to the Officers Mess of the King's Dragoon Guards, first edition, London: John Murray, 1924, foxed in places, original publisher's cloth, rebacked, some further wear, the King's Dragoon Guards library stamp and numbering, 8vo, idem., Among the Celestials. A Narrative of Travels in Manchuria, across the Gobi Desert, through the Himalayas to India [...], first edition thus, London: John Murray, 1898, plates and folding map, original publisher's pictorial cloth, recto pastedown and ffep with neat prize inscription and associated labels and tipped-in ephemera, 8vo, two further non-travel Younghusband first editions, including Vital Religion, 1940, cloth only, 8vo, (4)
Ephemera. [Postal history & horology]: 2pp letter from George Stacey, clock maker of Worksop, to Thomas Hallam Junior, Watch Maker, of Bridle Smith Gate, Nottingham, dated 1852, envelope with Penny Red stamp, other 19th c manuscripts, various, an 18th c wash and pencil landscape attributed to Thomas Hearne, 10.5 x 18cm, 9 early 20th c colour postcards, including World War One and humour, 10 b/w photographs of Japan and native domestic real life, Taisho/Showa period, a medieval inspired illuminated vellum picture, clipped autograph signature of General Sir Redvers Henry Buller VC, GCB, GCMG (1839 –1908), dinner invitation from Robert Arkwright of Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Derbyshire, as High Sheriff of the aforementioned county, printed on card, 1830 & 1831 manuscript account for Thomas Harrison of Tibthorpe, Yorkshire, an 1862 furnishing bill, mid-20th c manuscript accounts notebook along with a list of relations and present, 18th c family genealogical notes, Hebrew printing, etc
Quaker. Pitt (George), Some Observations in America, first edition thus, Glasgow: Robert Smeal, 1882, 29pp, original wrappers, chipped, 8vo, Shillitoe (Thomas), Journal of [...], two-volume set, London: Harvey and Darton, 1839, half-titles, original publisher's cloth, some wear, 8vo, Jordan (Richard), A Journal [...], Philadelphia Printed: London: Harvey and Darton, 1829, 19th c cloth, uncut, 12mo, Barclay's Apology, thirteenth edition, Manchester: William Irwin, 1869, original publisher's cloth by Hatton & Thomas of Manchester, their ticket, 8vo, Walton (Joseph), Incidents Illustrating the Doctrines and History of the Society of Friends, Philadelphia: Friends' Book Store, 1897, original cloth, 8vo, Perry (Charles), A Brief Exposition and Vindication of [...] Society Friends, Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1885, original cloth, 8vo, others, George Fox, Elizabeth Ashbridge and Raistrick's Quakers in Science and Industry, 1968, dj, hb, 8vo, (11) Provenance: 2nd: 1) Martha Walpole, 19th c ink MS inscription to ffep of vol. I. 2) Henry Bell, Sommerville, Waterford, [Ireland], MS inscription to recto pastedown of vol. I. 3rd: Thomas Pye, Swainshead, MS inscription. 4th: William H. Joad, 1918, stamp.
Drama & the Theatre. [Vanbrugh (John)], A Short Vindication of the Relapse and the Provok'd Wife, From immorality and Prophaneness (sic), first edition, London: Printed for H. Walwyn, at the Three Legs in the Poultrey (sic), against Stocks-Market, 1698, black-ruled title-page, half-title, [ii], 79pp, clean and crisp copy, later 20th c institutional buckram, their markings and plates to pastedown only, but for a discreet title blind-stamp, 8vo, [Wing V59] Vanbrugh's scarce contribution to the pamphlet war provoked by Jeremy Collier's Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage, published the same year. Provenance: Anne Howard, contemporary early female ownership inscription to title.
Spain. Watson (Robert, LL.D.), The History of the Reign of Philip the Second, two-volume set, second edition, London: Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell, et al., 17778, complete with half-titles, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered morocco labels, some wear, red-speckled edges, marbled endpapers, 4to, (2) Provenance: 1) Philip Eyre Gell (1723-1795), of Hopton Hall, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire; each title with his ink library stamp: P: GELL Hopton. 2) Presumably sold by Sotheby's at the Gell's country house sale, September 1989.
Medical. Bell (Benjamin, Member of The Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland, et al), A System of Surgery, seven-volume set, seventh edition, Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute, and C. Dickson, et al., 1801, volume I with portrait frontispiece somewhat stained, 113 engraved full-page plates as called for, Plate VII bound upside-down, otherwise just somewhat browned, uniformly bound in 20th c brown cloth, 8vo, (7) Provenance: 1) The British Medical Association Library, their 19th c library stamp to each title-page. 2) The library of Roger Tilston Austin, consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon; later Honorary Librarian of the Leicester Medical Society and its President (2002).
Waugh (Evelyn) & Hale (Kathleen, illustrator), Basil Seal Rides Again, or, The Rake's Regress, signed and numbered by the author, copy no. 278/1,000, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963, original publisher's blue cloth, top-edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, idem., PRB: An Essay on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 1847-54, copy no. 447/475, Dalrymple Press, 1982, original publisher's cloth, 4to, idem., Rossetti, 1991, hb, jb, 8vo, (3) Provenance: 1st: Private Library of Robert D. Herschey, ffep stamp.
Female Novelists. Austen (Jane) & Brock (Charles E., illustrator), Pride and Prejudice, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1903, half-title, frontispiece and plates, some prelims with minor markings and occasional creasing, first leaf of introduction with Leeming Men's Improvement Society library stamp, minor splitting and minor movement, but stable, original publisher's red cloth, some light wear, uncut, 8vo
Dryden (John), Fables, Ancient and Modern, London: Printed for Jacon Tonson, 1721, engraved frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, worn spine, split but holding, 12mo, [&] Higgons (Bevil), A Short View of the English History, second edition, London: Printed for James Mead, 1734, black-ruled title-page, disbound, 8vo, (2) Provenance: 2nd: Lord Adam Gordon (c.1726-1801), a younger son of Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon, a Scottish career army officer (later achieving the rank of general) and an failed land investor in the then American Colonies, West Indies and Canada; his ownership stamp to title-page fore-edge.
Crime & Punishment. [Carter (Samuel)], The Law of Executions, first edition, London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins Esqs; for Robert Battersby, 1706, black-ruled title-page, occasional Gothic Black Letter, [xvi], 323, [1] (blank), [18] (index), [2] (publisher's advert), toned, broad lower-margin unevenly cropped, contemporary calf boards, rebacked, now split with some rubbed losses, the Law Library of Los Angeles County's copy, title and two text leaves with their perforated stamp, pastedown with their labels and endpapers with their ink stamp, 8vo, [provincial printing] The Genuine Account of the Trial of Eugene Aram, For the Murder of Daniel Clark, Late of Knaresborough, in the County of York [...], third edition, York: Printed by A. Ward, for C. Etherington, Newcastle upon Tyne: Re-printed by Order for the Proprietor, 1759, [ii], 42pp, foxed, occasional chipped or uneven edges, but without any loss of text, with [7]pp of later manuscript and periodical clippings, c. 1830, early 19th c calf over papered boards, perished and disbound, verso of title with manuscript ownership inscription: J. Campbell Burroughs/Southampton, title-page verso and last leaf (i.e. F1) with small, ?private Selbourne Library stamps, 8vo, [provincial printing] Paul (Sir George Onesiphorus), Proceedings of the Grand Juries, Magistrates, and other Noblemen and Gentlemen, of the County of Gloucester, on Designing & Executing a General Reform in the Construction and Regulation of the Prisons of the Said County, third edition, Gloucester: Printed by D. Walker, et al., 1808, [iii]-viii, [9]-87, lacking half-title, in-keeping 20th c quarter-calf over marbled boards, title lower-margin with former library stamp, not affecting letters, 8vo, [&] Townsend (William C), Modern State Trials, volume I only, 1850, 20th c morocco over cloth, some wear, etc., 8vo, (4)
Americana, Quakers. Some Account of the Conduct of the Religious Society of Friends Towards the Indian Tribes in the Settlement of the Colonies of East and West Jersey and Pennsylvania: with a Brief Narrative of their Labours for the Civilization and Christian Instruction of the Indians, from the time of their settlement in America, to the year 1843. Published by the Aborigines' Committee of The Meeting for Sufferings, first edition, London: Edward Marsh, 1844, pp: [iv], x, 11-247, most gatherings unopened, map frontispiece (Aboriginal America, East of the Mississippi) and folding map (A Map of North America, denoting the boundaries of the Yearly Meeting of Friends and the locations of the various Indian Tribes), lithographed by H. Clark after James Bowden, hand-coloured &/or delineated in watercolour, the folding map crudely repaired, original publisher's brown cloth, slight wear, chipped spine, 8vo Provenance: 1) John Alderson, contemporary ink MS ownership inscription to ffep; presumably a member of the well-established Quaker family. 2) William H. Joad, 1919, dated ink stamp to same leaf.
Black Davo specialised Australia stamp album of mint & used KGV to late 1990s including ‘Roos’ and ‘Kings head’ with inverted seen. Mostly definitives and commemoratives with Antarctic territories included. Good sets, highest values to £2 and blocks, mini sheets, se-tenant and sheetlets seen.
Rackham, Arthur "Cinderella", William Heinemann 1919, ex-library with library stamp on verso to tp, frontis and tp are loose, small piece missing from second ffep, black and white illustrations throughout, colour frontis with tissue guard, front board separating, pictorial boards which are bumped and rubbed Seccombe, Lieut Col "Cinderella Retold in Rhyme", with 70 illustrations by the author, Frederick Warne & Co, colour plates and other illustrations, sellotape repairs, pictorial boards but the text and pages in poor condition Lang, Andrew (ed) "The Animal Storybook", Longmans Green & Co 1903, numerous illustrations by H J Ford, frontis with tissue guard, vignette on tp, black and white plates, illustrations throughout text, blue pictorial cloth with gilt roaring lion and sunset to the front board, gilt titles and decorations to the backstrip, corners bumped, the whole book is cocked, a.e.g. Collection of other early 19th century children's books to include: Theaker, Harry G "The Arabian Nights", Rackham, Arthur (ills) "The Ingoldsby Legends ...", J M Dent & Co 1905, colour plates and illustrations throughout, gilt pictorial cloth "Gulliver's Travels", J M Dent & Sons, n.d., small 8vo, gilt decorated blue cloth with small pictorial pastedown in uniform with "The Greek Heroes", Cassell & Co and various other volumes (1 box)
Potter, Beatrix "The Story of Miss Moppet", Frederick Warne & Co, 1906, Frederick Warne & Co London and New York imprint on rear cover, 14 colour illustrations with corresponding text leaves, bound concertina style, original wallet style cloth binding with dark blue lettering, upper cover with pictorial pastedown, colour illustration of Miss Moppet, tab fastening is lost, pictorial pastedown has small loss at the top of the image (please see photograph), some fraying and toning to the backstrip and edges "Ginger and Pickles", Frederick Warne & Co [1909], stamp date 1st January 1965 inside front board, repair of sellotape to the lower end of the backstrip, hinges cracked, there is some soiling/finger marks, backstrip been repaired, pictorial boards buff colour "The Tale of Little Pig Robinson", Frederick Warne & Co, colour plates and illustrations, colour frontis, pictorial ep, blue cloth, small 8vo, gilt and black titles and illustrations "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", Frederick Warne, Deluxe edition, published in 1993 to mark the centenary of the writing of the original Peter Rabbit in 1893, blue boards with gilt titles and decorations, a.e.g., with matching slip case, gilt decorations and titles, colour pastedown to the front cover of the slip case "The Tale of Mr Todd", Frederick Warne & Co (1912), sellotape repair to dust wrapper Two HMV records for the Junior Record Club, Beatrix Potter 'The Tale of Mrs Tiggywinkle' read by Vivienne Leigh and 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' read by Vivienne Leigh, 45rpm within their original record sleeves (7)
Beresford, Elisabeth "The Wombles", illustrated by Margaret Gordon, Ernest Benn Limited 1968, signed by the author on tp and also on ffep, Ravensbank First School stamp on ffep and some signs of label being removed on inside front board, green/yellow mottled cloth, dust wrapper not price clipped, slight chips to the dust wrapper, binding tight, overall good
New Zealand Victoria Land stamp: Official British Antarctic Expedition certificate with NZ 1d carmine stamp of the period with postmark showing the year, day and hour when S.Y. “Terra Nova” arrived at the post office at Cape Evan’s, Victoria Land. A piece of early Antarctic philatelic history. SG A3 on p508, 2024 British Commonwealth & Empire Catalogue and catalogued at £140 as used stamp off paper. Scarce on certificate.
Stamps of France: From 1948 to early 2000s most issues, both mint and used in black or navy blue “Popular” loose-leaf albums. Includes blocks, covers, mini-sheets. Mainly definitives and commemoratives but also Red Cross, air, pre-cancels etc, many in complete sets, with scarcer 1940s/1950s issues amongst them including highest values and National Relief Fund issues. CITEX and Stamp centenary se-tenant strip seen. Needs to be seen to be fully appreciated.
A pair of 20th century Hungarian Zsolnay Pecs vase. Of ceramic construction with circular top, two tear drop pierced holes, into a bulbous body on a circular base. With hand painted decoration of floral and foliate design with gilt outlines. With makers mark and impressed stamp to base. One AF. Measures approx. 36cm tall.
A collection of 19th & 20th century first day covers, presentation packs, franked and unfranked British and foreign stamps. To include penny reds, commemorative and definitive stamps from countries such as Ethiopia, Aden, British Guiana, Ceylon, China, Cameroon, Singapore, Leeward Islands amongst many others. Includes 2 albums of mint unfranked stamps of Great Britain and 120 x Great Britain 1968. 4d Queen Elizabeth - Used SG 771 Sc 568 stamp sheets. All housed in ten Stanley Gibbons albums, along with a number of loose boxed stamps.
A vintage 20th century Carlton Ware Guinness hand painted advertising Tortoise figure, alongside an early Beswick Gold stamp Beatrix Potter Benjamin Bunny figure. The Carlton Ware figure featuring a walking tortoise with a pint of Guinness sat atop its shell, raised on a rounded pedestal with decoration to edge reading 'My Goodness - My GUINNESS'. The Beswick figure depicting Beatrix Potter's Benjamin Bunny with large green hat, being marked to base.
A 1977 Queen's silver jubilee anniversary commemorative edition enlarged proof quality sterling silver stamp / ingot depicting a portrait of the Queen issued by Danbury Mint. With certificate and Royal Mail first day cover depicting the silver Jubilee of the Queen's accession. Cased. Measures 20.5cm x 13cm.
A 20th century Beswick Walt Disney gold stamp Jiminy Cricket figurine together with a Wade of England Mabel Lucie Attwell figure. The Beswick figure being in the form of Disney character Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio, being a cricket in a suit and hat. The Mabel Lucie Attwell figure depicting a young girl chasing a running spotted dog.
A collection of 19th and 20th century UK and foreign stamps. The majority of the stamps housed hinged within two stamp albums, alongside some loose examples. Included within the collection four penny red stamps, alongside examples from France, the Netherlands, India, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Brazil, the United States, amongst other examples.
Churchiliana - A rare 1941 porcelain ceramic Avon ware face of 'Sir Winston Churchill' Toby jug by the 'Avon Company, England. Unusually large cigar, badged cap of an Admiral of the Royal Navy. The handle to back simulates a rope in continuation of the nautical theme. Illegible stamp to base reads Avon and indentation “England”. Measures 11.5cm (height).
A collection of 19th and early 20th century British and foreign stamps held within a period album. The stamps hinged in the album, featuring stamps from regions including Britain, Belgium, France, Denmark, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Sweden, Egypt, China, Tasmania, Orange Free Colony & The Transvaal (Now South Africa), Jamaica, British Guiana, and Bechuanaland (Now Botswana). Examples including approximately 71 penny red stamps and a two pence blue stamp.
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First issue, an Edward VI, Second period, second issue [6oz. 2 dwt.], Shilling, mdl, mm. swan (obscured on obv.), bust 5, obv. countermarked with portcullis [to revalue it at Fourpence-Halfpenny], 4.77g/8h (N 1989; S 2546). Coin holed and with a few light marks, otherwise good fine, dark toned and with a clear portrait; the countermark very fine and very rare £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: C.E. Blunt Collection [Shirley-Fox Bequest 1939]; Lord Stewartby Collection, Part IV, Spink Auction 243, 28 March 2017, lot 1742 The question of recoining the large amount of debased currency in circulation in the first two years of Elizabeth's reign led a committee of the Privy Council to recommend the city of London provide magistrates to check the coin in circulation in market places, and to stamp Edward VI shillings of 8:2 and 6:2 fineness with a portcullis, enabling them to be current for fourpence-halfpenny, and those of 3:2 fineness with a greyhound, thus current for twopence-farthing. The stamping began on 10 October 1560 (i.e. almost at the end of the lis-marked first coinage, which ceased on 8 November 1560) and was undertaken country-wide, with the die-sinker John Lawrence providing sufficient punches to the corporations of 42 towns. These counterstamped coins were allowed to circulate until the early spring of 1561.
William Wyon signed 1995 royal mail/mint coin cover Bicentenary Medal. No 17613. 1 stamp 1 postmark. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
John Hounslow signed GLC Thames Barrier protecting London FDC. 1 Stamp and 1 postmark 25th May 83. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
FDCX4 Presenter, Jennie Bond signed FDC collection commemorating the 90th Birthday of the Queen Mother. These four lovely Benham covers have a clear signature from Bond on each in blue ink inscribed- Best Wishes. Each cover has a postmark dating August 1980 and an official stamp. Covers included are BS34, BS35, BS36 and BS37. Bond (born 19 August 1950) is an English journalist and television presenter. Bond worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent. She has most recently hosted Cash in the Attic and narrated the programme Great British Menu. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Post Office stamp picture card series collection of 6 cards. Photos of David Niven, Vivien Leigh and Charlie Chaplin. Issued by post office on 8th October 1985. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Virginia McKenna, Lesley Manville and Fleur Adcock signed Votes for Women FDC. 1 Stamp and 1 Postmark 15/2/2018. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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