1821 George IV Coronation admission ticket to Westminster Abbey numbered 4422, plain portion below inscribed "North Door Upper Boxes" with printed "Howard of Effingham" signature, this portion separated from the printed ticket; also Pass Tickets for Westminster Abbey and Westminster Hall, all three superbly printed by Whiting in three colours using the Congreve method, embossed borders by Dobbs with the embossed seal of the Earl Marshall below. Scarce early examples of Congreve printing by Whiting, similar examples illustrated in the recent book on Postal Reforms by J. Grimwood-Taylor. (3).
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c.1870 Hand delivered covers addressed to Queen Victoria (16), the majority signed or initialled in the corner, including "A.E" (2, Prince of Wales), Princess Christian, Cambridge (2), Feodora, "N" (Emperor Napoleon), etc., also a few other covers with stamps cut out, and a few autographs on piece. (16+).
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1897-1911 Covers all with a royal origin, all addressed to the sculptor Emil Fuchs, who sculpted the head of King Edward VII used for the postage stamps. Comprising covers franked 1d lilac posted at London S.W (2, one with crown on flap, the other initialled "AE", by the future Edward VII?), Windsor (initialled, "Windsor Castle" flap), Cowes or Kings Lynn (2, both with "York Cottage, Sandringham" flaps), a cover franked KEVII 1d ("Buckingham Palace" flap) and stampless Official Paid covers with E.R Cypher ("Sandringham" flap), Privy Purse Buckingham Palace cachets (2) or Lord Chamberlain St. James's Palace cachet. (11).