Great Britain and British Commonwealth EARLY LETTERS
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1165
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LOCAL? LONDON LETTER FROM "KNIGHT HARBINGER" SIR "HENRY COBHAM": 28 Apr. 1586 EL (light toning) from Cobham (? at Court) to "Mr. Robert Peters [?], Auditor of her Majesties Receipt" (? also at Court), without endorsements but clearly sent by private servant. It concerns the writer's fees due to him as "Knight Harbinger". A remarkable lot. (Image)
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1166
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UNIQUE(?) 'DOUBLE ADDRESS' COVER EX CALAIS TO LONDON AT RARE RYE(?) 2d RATE - "DEN[ARI]I IJ PORTO"; Fine 11 Dec. 1600 EL (neatly folded to show both address-panels side by side; with typed translation) from “Callais” to London; it was originally folded and addressed with the annotation “porto” [carry this], but it was then opened and re-folded (presumably by the sender?) and again addressed. This time it was endorsed “den[ar]i ij porto” [2d to pay for carriage], which was the rate . Perhaps the sender added a last-minute PS and only then negotiated the postal rate for the carriage of this letter across the Channel. Only 12 Corsini letters with their rates expressed in "denarii" (pence) were recorded, and only 11 of any kind at 2d rates, one of which was sent from Rye in 1586. Exhibition Item. [Ex Mike Scott Archer, 2010.] Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, FRANCE, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1167
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LOCAL LONDON - CROMWELLIAN PERIOD: 1652 EL ex "Whitehall" to "...the Commisioners of the Navy" which was located at the Victualling Office in Tower Hill at this date. Interesting contents referring to the payment of crews of Prize vessels etc. Signed by Col. William Purefoy (c. 1580-1659), John Carew and Henry Vane (1613-62). V. fine and rare; a v. early local London letter. (Image)
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1168
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HEREFORDSHIRE & HAMPSHIRE: 1652 E sent locally in Herefordshire and addressed 'To the much requested home of Mr Bridges at Mintridge' (near Bromyard). Plus June 1673 E sent from “Portsmouth” and addressed 'To Sir Robert Clayton Knight Sherriffe of the City of Lond. at his house in the old Jewry/London' with a faint arrival Bishop mark on the reverse. (2 covers)Cross Reference: HAMPSHIRE, HEREFORDSHIRE (Image)
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1169
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GENERAL POST RECEIVER'S MARKS - V. EARLY USAGES INC. RARE "5" IN CIRCLE: 1673-88 trio inc. 1673 EL to "the Lord Nor[fo]lk at Toslocke", Bury St Edmunds ex "Temple", endorsed "with care + Speed" ms in black, with poor black circled "5" h.s. on left flap; 1688 EL to "Exon" (Exeter) ex London, with faint Bishop Mark and poor (partial & blurred) circled "$" (1 over S) receiver's mark on right flap; and 1695 EL to Mary Tremayne of Heligan, Cornwall ex Somerset House with partial "SE/17" Bishop Mark & circled "S" hs on right flap. A most interesting lot. (3) (Image)
