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Click here to subscribeWaterloo 1815 (John Oatly, Royal Artill. Drivers.) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine or better £800-£1,000 --- John Oatly/Oatley served at Waterloo as a Driver in Captain W. H. Humphrey’s “H” Troop, Royal Artillery Drivers. Sold with a calling card of ‘His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G.’ signed in ink ‘Woburn Abbey, Woburn’, with red postal? stamp ‘FREE 1829’.
The important Indian campaign pair awarded to Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 7th (later 4th) Madras Light Cavalry, one of India’s most important early amateur photographers who left a legacy of images of international importance; his harrowing images of the Madras famines are considered some of his finest works, whilst as Provost Marshal, during the Third Burma Campaign, this gallant officer carried his camera under fire at the battle of Minhla, making him one of the first ever recorded war photo-journalists Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Cornet W. W. Hooper, 7th Madras Cavalry.) officially impressed naming; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Ltt. Coll. W. W. Hooper 4th Madras Cavy.) officially re-engraved naming, nearly extremely fine (2) £900-£1,200 --- Willoughby Wallace Hooper was born on 4 February 1837, at St John's Grove, North Brixton, London, son of William Thomas Hooper, Secretary to the East India Company College, Haileybury. Educated at Ramsgate under Thomas Whitehead, he was accepted for employment as a Writer in the Secretary's Department of East India House in November 1853, a position he held until being commissioned Cornet into the 7th Regiment Madras Light Cavalry, arriving in India via the overland route on 20 April 1858; Lieutenant, 21 December 1859; Captain, 27 December 1872; Major, 1 January 1883; Lieutenant-Colonel, 20 April 1884; Colonel, 20 Aprilo 1896. During the Mutiny Hooper served with the 2nd squadron, 7th Light Cavalry from November 1858 to April 1859, at Kamptee in the Deccan under Colonels Roberts and Orr. On 28 February 1859, they marched miles without a halt in pursuit of the enemy and defeated them the same day, taking several prisoners. From 1 October 1861, he was doing duty with the 4th Regiment Madras Light Cavalry, at the disposal of the Commissioner of Nagpore, for the purpose of taking “Photographic Likenesses” illustrative of the different races in that Province. A letter written by Hooper to the Chief Commissioner's Office, Central Provinces, dated 3 November 1863, states that he has submitted 20 plates of a series of photographs of the tribes of the Nagpore Province but explained that he had the greatest difficulty in procuring the photographs as the inhabitants had never seen a European before. He travelled through the jungles of the province getting images of the Bringewars, Dunwhars, Bhoomias and Gonds. Each photograph annotated as to location, diet, culture, religion and disposition. From Hooper's efforts and the collaboration of 12 other photographers from around India came the publication of ‘The People of India’ in 8 volumes, containing 470 albumen photo prints compiled and assembled by John Forbes Watson and John William Kaye, a record of national importance to India. The article ‘A Craze about Photography’, by John Falconer, Curator of Photographs, India Office Collection at the British Library, is unsure how Hooper became interested in photography but, by 1860, while serving with the 4th Madras Light Cavalry at Secunderabad, he was active. Later, Hooper took an interest in the life of the British in India so, between his military duties, he turned his camera to Anglo-Indian domestic and cantonment life before collaborating with Veterinary Surgeon George Western of the Madras Army to the pursuit of big game hunting and the Shikar. In 1872 Hooper and Western produced the successful series of a twelve 9 x 7 inch photomontages entitled ‘Tiger Shooting’. However, alongside his tranquil domestic, life Hooper's photography began to express an increasingly more morbid strain in which there became a desire to capture humanity at moments of extreme suffering. His harrowing and haunting series of photographs of the Madras famines of 1876-78 are among Hooper's best known images. All were ‘posed’ and the emaciated subjects and macabre postures can still shock today. It was said of Hooper that he was a steadfast Christian of undisputed courage who had the reputation of being a good officer although perhaps inflexible and over-zealous for the moral welfare of the troops in his attempts to stamp out vice. In 1886 his desire to photograph the Burmese at the moment of death is attributed not to any inhumanity but a passion to secure for posterity that indelible record of human expression at the supreme moment. When back in Madras it is related that on one occasion a sepoy went on the rampage running amok and shooting at his fellow officers and comrades. Hooper gathered up his photographic apparatus and brought it to bear on the sepoy, who was in the act of taking aim at Hooper, when the homicidal sepoy was shot dead by another sepoy. Hooper seemed unconcerned as he had obtained his negative. Hooper departed Madras aboard the Tenasserim on 1 November 1885 for Rangoon, to take up the position of Provost Marshal of the Burma Expeditionary Force, arriving Rangoon on 8 November. On the 15th November he joined the main body of the force and sailed on the Thambyadine towards Mandalay. Grattan Geary describes at the battle of Minhla how ‘this gallant officer carried his camera under fire so that it might be available for the record of any exceptional incident’. Once the military objective was achieved Hooper set about curbing the looting and drunkenness that broke out both by the local inhabitants and soldiery. Dacoits proliferated the countryside and Hooper joined a force of the Hampshire Regiment led by Colonel Baker to apprehend a renegade pretender. In his stockade they found the body of a European who had been brutally murdered and decapitated. During their march back they were fired upon from the dense jungle resulting in 2 Hampshire's killed and eight or ten wounded including Lieutenant Lloyd. The Times, January 21st 1886 – Special correspondent in Burma Edward Kyran Moylan: ‘The Rev'd Mr Colbeck, the representative in Mandalay of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, has addressed a public protest to the Chief Commissioner against a recent attempt by the Provost Marshal to procure testimony against other persons from a Burmese while he was covered by the presented rifles of a firing party. Mr Colbeck who has been a long resident in Burma, declares that such proceedings cannot fail to bring shame and discredit upon our name, nation and religion. The ghastly scenes which constantly recur in executions carried out by the Provost Marshal constitute grave public scandals. The Provost Marshal, who is an ardent amateur photographer is desirous of securing views of the persons being executed at the precise moment when they are struck by the bullet. To secure this result, after the orders “ready, “present” have been given to the firing party, the Provost Marshal fixed his camera on the prisoners, who at times are kept waiting several minutes in that position. The officer commanding the firing party is then directed by the Provost Marshal to give the order to fire at the moment when he exposes his plates. So far no satisfactory negative has been obtained and the experiments are likely to continue. These proceedings take place before a crowd of mixed nationalities and cannot fail to have a demoralising effect on both soldiers and spectators.’ The article produced instant outrage. Prime Minister Gladstone and the Houses of Parliament were incensed and Lord Randolph Churchill was instructed to telegraph Lord Dufferin to have Hooper, together with Lieutenant G. V. Burrows, 25th Madras Infantry, the officer in charge of the firing party, removed from Burma. However, in Burma and India opinions differed. It was known that Moylan had a grudge against the army and was only too keen to to use the views of the Rev'd Colbeck to exace...
A pair of 19th Century Chinese famille jaune figures of recumbent horses, 15.8 cm long x 10.7 cm high approx, on bespoke hardwood standsCondition ReportFirst horse is damaged and repaired. Firing crack to the left fore leg and glaze build up at join. Some mottling to the glaze and small firing cracks beneath.Second horse - ears damaged and not repaired. Some firing cracks and mottling as per the first horse.Stands basically sound though later and made for the horses. Stamped to underside "China". One bearing part label and stamp. See images for further detail.
A box containing a collection of ten albums of Chinese stamps, mainly issued by The China National Philatelic Corporation, four albums issued for "The 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China",2009, another marking "The Awarding Ceremony of the Greeting Card of China Post", 2007, another "1999 Postage Stamps of the People's Republic of China", another "Picturesque and Supernatural Guangxi", a "Precious Scenery" stamp album, another "Zou Jin An Hui" and others various
A Spode white glazed and gilt decorated part dinner service with gadrooned rim, design No. 1/4223, bears green printed stamp "Spode Bone China England", comprising eight two-handled soup bowls, lidded sucrier and cream jug, two sauceboats and stands, six small plates, eight side plates, fifteen dessert plates and seven main plates, together with five Royal Worcester gilt floral decorated main plates and side plates
AFTER MICHAEL POTTER "Temple roof", limited edition colour print No'd. 73/75, signed and titled in pencil, bears blind studio stamp lower right, image size 37 cm x 49.5 cm, together with three others similar and AFTER ANTHONY "#12", limited edition colour print No'd. 1/1, signed and titled in pencil, image size 22.5 cm x 21.5 cm, together with a gilt framed mirror, four "Flower fairy" prints and a black and white engraving titled "In Avla Constantiniana", size including frame 80 cm x 100 cm
THE STANLEY GIBBONS ?NEW AGE STAMP ALBUM? X 4 FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH 11 ISSUES . THERE ARE 31 EARLY DEFINITIVE , MINT SETS FROM : ADEN , ANTIGUA , ASCENSION , AUSTRALIA ?59 , BAHAMAS , BASUTOLAND , BERMUDA , BRITISH GUIANA , BRITISH HONDURAS , CAYMAN IS EX £1 , CEYLON , COOK IS , FID EX 10/- & £1 BUT INCL FDC COMPLETE , GIBRALTAR , GB INCL WATERLOW CASTLE SET , GRENADA , JAMAICA , KUT , MALTA ?65 , MONTSERRAT , NZ ?60/2 , NIGERIA , PENANG , RHODESIA & NYASALAND X 2 , ST HELENA , ST LUCIA ?64 , ST VINCENT , SAMOA , SIERRA LEONE , SINGAPORE + FDC , STH AFRICA , SWAZILAND , TRINIDAD , TRISTAN DA CUNHA + FDC . THE ALBUMS THEMSELVES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION PLUS THERE ARE OTHER STAMPS TO THOSE MENTIONED . THE PERIOD SPANS 1953 ? 1970 , AND THERE IS POSSIBILITY FOR FURTHER EXPANSION .
THREE BELLEEK TEAPOTS, ONE MISSING LID, TOGETHER WITH A BELLEEK VASE, ALL WITH BLACK STAMP TO BASE Condition Report: One teapot is missing the lid and also has a small hairline crack to the inner rim and slight rubbing to the gilding. The teapot with the green handle has slight rubbing to the gilding but no obvious visual damage or restoration
A COLLECTION OF BELLEEK, TO INCLUDE A PART TEA SET, WITH BROWN STAMP TO BASE, TWO BELLEEK SIGNS, WITH BLACK AND BROWN STAMPS TO BASE, TEA POT STAND, WITH BLUE STAMP, A BELL WITH RED STAMP, AND A COLLECTION OF PLATES, ONE DONEGALCondition Report: There is rubbing to the gilding on most pieces and various dirt marks and spotting in particular. Otherwise no obvious damage or restoration.
Captain E. W. Bush DSO DSC RN and Lieut Comdr C. J. D. Malcolm RN signed 65th Anniversary of the Re-Occupation of Kut-Al-Amara 24 February 1917 FDC. Date stamp 24 Feb 82. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Germany 1938 3rd Reich Sudatenland Postcard Ein Volk Ein Reich Ein Führer Reschenau b Gablonz Postmark on Czechoslovakian 5h stamp and 3 12 1938 Berlin Postmark on 3rd Reich Stamp. ein volk ein reich - ein fuhrer. The slogan Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer (One People, One Country, One Leader) was one of the central slogans used by Hitler and the Nazi Party. Nazi propaganda portrayed their leader (Fuhrer) as the living embodiment of the German nation and people. From March 1938, pro-Nazis in the Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia with a large German population, started pressing for autonomy and closer ties with Germany. Desperate to avert a crisis, Britain and France decided to mediate. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
RAF. A Christmas dinner Menu from 1947 at Dishforth, North Yorkshire. Message from station commander on main page printed. Rough Proof stamp on rear. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
WW2. A Multi-Signed Battle of Britain Memorial in Capel, Kent, print. An 8x6 colour print. Signed by Richard Jones, John Keatings, Trevor Gray, Peter Ayerst, Tony Pakerery, , Ken Williams and other. Official RAF Manston Stamp. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Victoria Cross collection. Card signed Rambahadur Limbu VC, G Norton VC signed picture card with VC stamp, Navy cover 150th ann VC signed by Ian Fraser VC and four Navy Admirals and VIPS plus nine on back, a little creased. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
A paper blueprint for HM submarines "Thrasher" "Thorn" & "Tempest"; general arrangement as fitted, sheet 1 of 2, port elevation, plan view and sections, scale - 1/4 inch = 1 foot, modified in red for HMS "Thorn"; with stamp - Principal Ship Overbearer 25 MAR 1942 Birkenhead; approximately 262cm x 88.6cm
A collection of QV to QEII postage stamps, GB, Commonwealth and world, mint and used, to include an 1840 1d black, four margin with red Maltese cross cancel, a 2d blue with margin faults but with full perforations, an 1887 Jubilee set (mint), an SG176 5/- rose (damaged), George V Bermuda 2/6 to £1 (mint), Edward VII 1903 and 1907 Southern Nigeria 10/- (mint), George V Bahamas set to £1 (10/- missing), George V 1935 Silver Jubilee 1/2d to 2 1/2d (mint) George VI St Vincent set to £1 (mint), Canada 1930 SG 310 block of four 5c Airmail (mint), two Italian 1933 Air SG 378/79, Balbo Trans-Atlantic Mass Formation Flight set of 2 triptychs (mint) and others, all on stock card pages within a blue Britannia ring binder stamp album.
A framed series of six Blum and Degan postcards, scenes of London, with a letter addressed to Miss E.H. Gamble of Londonderry written across the six cards from Godfrey Lay of St Johns Road London, each card bearing a halfpenny stamp and with black London E.C cancel, 6-00pm January 25th 1900, the frame measuring 49cm x 60cm.
A collection of Great British postage stamps in four albums, QV to QEII, mint and used, contained within four maroon Stanley Gibbons Oriel stamp albums, to include two SG2 three margin 1d blacks with black and red Maltese Cross cancellations, SG126 5/- used, SG212 1891 £1 green O-C, used, QV and KE VII officials, high value definitives including 1913 Seahorses 2/6 to 10/- mint and SG404 £1 with Guernsey CDS, SG 438 1929 Postal Union Congress £1 with London cancellation, QEII commemoratives and definitives including regional examples. (4)
Three stamp albums, 'The Ideal Postage Stamp Album' together with 'The New Ideal Album for the postage stamps of the world from 1840 to mid 1936', both volume II, Foreign Countries and Foreign Countries Abyssinia to Jugoslavia, used, well filled in places, mainly low values, together with 'The Illustrated Postage Stamp Album' by Richard Senf, fourth edition (this latter album empty). (3)
A collection of The Who LPs, to include A Quick One, Reaction 593 002, Mono, laminated sleeve, blue/silver label, Live At Leeds, Track 2406 001, 1st press with black stamp on front, (missing inserts), Live At Leeds (blue stamp), Track 2406 001, (missing inserts) and Direct Hits Track 613 006, Stereo, S/D. (4)
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