Great Britain continued...
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| 5388 |
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 Prime Ministers 1832/57: Small group (4 items) with 1832 cover to Pall Mall signed "Robert Peel" with fine "♚ / FREE" datestamp in red (April 5) and reverse with FAZELEY undated circle of despatch in black; 1835
and 1838 covers both from the Duke of Wellington at Stratfield Saye, each endorsed "Hartford Bridge" and "Free Wellington" with "♚ / FREE" datestamps in red and 1857 cover mailed during Lord Palmerston's first tenure as PM to Norfolk, signed at lower
left "Palmerston" with fine "♚ / FREE" datestamp in red (May 18) (Image 1)
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| 5389 |
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 Prime Minister's 1841/82: Covers (3) from William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) with 1841 cover prior to Offfice mailed to J. Stuart Wortley MP in Sheffield with "♚ / Paid" in red; mourning envelope and contents to
Earl Fitzwilliam in Grosvenor Square, 17 July 1880 signed on envelope from 10 Downing Street by Prime Minister with long contents relating to the Irish Land Act and signed again at base of letter; together with 1882 cover to the MP for Cambridge
countersigned by Gladstone at lower left, struck with "Official Paid" cds (April 4) in red (Image 1)
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| 5390 |
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 1655c.: Letter from "J. Jones" to the Attorney-General, Sir Richard Nagle, with directions for the safe sending of letters, to and from Charles II, currently in exile in France; "I omitted to give you a Direction for the Kings
letters to England, which I send by this, viz. For Mrs. Mary Jones at Mr. Bonveys, near Billetreclane in Franchurch Street, London, either by a Post or a Bearer....", endorsed at base "Superscription for Mr. Richard Nagle". A rare document (Image 1)
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| 5391 |
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 1673 (Nov 22): Entire letter from King Charles II to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland written and signed at base by King Charles II's commissioner, the Duke of Lauderdale "Given at our Court...the 22 day of November
1673 and of our reign the 25th year" with "Charles R" signature at top. The letter with address panel "To our singly and wellbeloved the Lord Provost....of our good town of Edinburgh" would have been carried by the Royal Messenger Service to
Scotland. Rare and very fine (Image 1)
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| 5392 |
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 Royal Family Mail 1797/1941c.: Collection on leaves with entire letters/covers/documents/ephemera (18 items) incl. 1797 cover under the Free Frank system sent from the Duke of Gloucester (brother of George III) to
Cambridge with "TUNBRIDGE / WELLS" despatch in black and red circular Free marking, 1813 and 1815 two letters written in the third person from the Duke of Kent each written from the Lodge at Windsor Castle, 1832 Free Frank cover from the Duke of
Gloucester in Bagshot with "♚ / FREE" cds endorsed "William Frederick" at lower left, 1840 letter from Windsor to Minstead, Lyndhurst apparently without charge reading "Colonel Grey and Lord Torrington go to Coburg for Prince Albert the Duke and come
over with him"; 1843 signed card from Queen Adelaide following the death of her husband King William IV; 1877 cover with crest of the "Royal Yacht Osborne" franked 1 d. red tied by "Cowes / 225" duplex; 1888 imprinted cover from the Treasurer to the
Prince of Wales with ½ d. vermilion and 1 d. lilac used to Ireland, 1892 rare cover from Queen Victoria's private secretary to Portsmouth with 1 d. lilac tied by hooded "LONDON / V.R." datestamp (23 Sept 1892); Notice with black border dated 22
January 1901 stating "The Queen died peacefully at six thirty" signed by Arthur Balfour on "Board of Green Cloth, Buckingham Palace" notepaper and Notice (circa 1941) placed outside Marlborough House stating "His Royal Highness Prince George's
progress is in every way satisfactory" (Image 1)
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| 5393 |
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 King George III 1809 (Jan 26): King George III signatures: letter datelined at top "Windsor Castle, Jany 26, 1809" regarding British Naval Forces at Lisbon and Cadiz: "The King entirely approves of the arrangements which are
proposed in Lord Mulgrave's letter for completing the Naval Force at Lisbon and Cadiz so as to render it adequate to the services which may be required" and signed at base "George"; sold together with a large part of a Military commission with
embossed crest, clearly and more boldly signed "George" and thus probably signed some years earlier. George IV was appointed Regent on behalf of his father in 1811 due to the decline of the King's health through Porphyria (Image 1)
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| 5394 |
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 H.R.H. Prince Albert 1850c.: Envelope written in the hand of Prince Albert, addressed to the Marquis of Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) and signed at lower left "Albert". Prince Albert's royal wax seal on reverse, complete in
red; probably sent during the time of the Duke's failing health. Rare (Image 1)
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| 5395 |
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 Duke of Wellington 1830/50: Collection on leaves (4 items) with 1830 Free Frank cover to Edward St. Aubyn in Devonport endorsed "Free Wellington" with "♚ / FREE" cds in red (Oct 23), 1834 Free Frank cover and
contents from Walmer Castle, Deal to London endorsed "Free Wellington" with "♚ / FREE" cds (Sept 25) in red; 1850 signed letter from Walmer Castle (with handwriting now getting worse due to age) to Guy Pierrepont; and printed Invitation to the
Funeral of Lord Wellington in St. Paul's Cathedral with intaglio seal of the Earl Marshall of England, the Duke of Norfolk. A scarce group (Image
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| 5396 |
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 Prince Albert 1857: 2 d. blue, plate 6, perf. 14, a used example on 1859 cover written from Osborne House and addressed in the hand of H.R.H. Prince Albert to "His Royal Highness, the Duke de Nemours, Claremont" tied by Cowes
"285" obliterator with Cowes cds (Dec 8), London transit and Esher arrival cds of the same day. Sold together with a piece addressed to "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester" signed "Albert" at base. A rare pair. Note: The Duke de Nemours,
second son of King Louis Philippe, was staying at Claremont House, which was owned by King Leopold of the Belgians who had loaned it to the French Royal family during the period of the 2nd Empire (Image 1)
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| 5397 |
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 King Edward VII / R.H. Official 1902: R.H. Official 1 d. scarlet, a used example on 1903 envelope endorsed "Immediate", addressed all in the hand of King Edward VII, to Messrs. S. J. Waring of 175 Oxford Street, London tied by
"BUXTON / 2" cds (Sept 3) in black. London arrival cds on reverse of the following day. Reverse with flap imprint "Lord Chamberlain's Office / St. James's Palace" and the lower left corner of the envelope showing the King's "AE" cypher (Albert
Edward). The ultimate Royal Household cover, wonderful and of great rarity Gi = £ 1'000++. Note: S.J. Waring was a store on Oxford Street specialising in Furniture and Interior Decorating (Image 1)
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| 5398 |
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 King Edward VII 1904: Postcard to Norfolk, England franked by Germania 10 pf. carmine tied by bold strike of circular "KIEL / P.A. / f.a.k. BRITISCHE / GESCHWADER / 29. 6. 04" datestamp in black. Rare and very fine, this
cancellation was provided for use on mail sent by staff of the British Naval Squadron when King Edward VII, accompanied by the Kaiser, reviewed the German Fleet at Kiel. Superb (Image 1)
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 1902: 1 d. scarlet and 6 d. pale dull purple, used on 1906 registered mourning envelope to "Her Majesty the Queen, The Palace, Christiania, Norway" tied by "BUCKINGHAM PALACE" cds's (April 18) with King Edward VII's Royal
Cypher "ER/VII" in violet and initialled by the King at lower left corner of the envelope. A fine and rare cover addressed to Princess Maud, Edward's youngest daughter who had married Prince Charles of Denmark. In 1905 Charles accepted the Crown of
Norway and became King Haakon VII. Note: At the time of this letter King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra were setting off to cruise Greece and Italy. The envelope bears the embossed "♚ / H.M. Yacht Victoria & Albert" on reverse (Image 1)
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 Stamp Collecting / King Geoge V 1909 (Oct 16): Letter from H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, written on Marlborough House embossed notepaper, complete with envelope addressed to the great philatelist J. A. Tilleard, stating "I have
just received the enclosed most interesting proofs of Great Britain from Lord Crawford (I have thanked him). I also send you his letter from which you will see that he wishes me to select any of them I want for my collection, after you have chosen
the ones you wish to keep, you might send him back the remainder if there are any. They will be a very valuable addition to my collection. I am just leaving for Sandringham. In haste, very sincerely yours, George". The envelope bears a 1902 1 d.
scarlet tied by blurred London SW cds (Oct 17) with George's Cypher in ink "G" at the lower left corner of the envelope. An extremely rare and wonderful item of philatelic history (Image 1)
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 King Edward VIII 1937 (June 17): Envelope from King Edward VIII mailed after his abdication, franked by Austria 60 gr. blue tied by "Nöstsch / Im Galital" datestamp and addressed to Colonel Guy E.C. Rasch CVO, DSO; at the HQ
of the Grenadier Guards in London; intialled by Edward's "E" in ink at lower left corner of the envelope and with the Duke of Windsor's seal on reverse flap of the envelope. Rasch and the Duke had served in the Grenadier Guards during the First World
War. At this date the Duke was staying, courtesy of the Baron & Baroness Eugene de Rothschild at Schloss Enzesfeld, whilst awaiting Wallis Simpson's divorce to become absolute. Edward later stated (Daily Telegraph, March 5, 1967) "Wallis was in
Cannes. The two of us were under stern warning from our lawyers to avoid even the most casual contact". Rare (Image 1)
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 Stamp Collecting 1856/61: 1 d. red star, perf. 14, used on 1863 cover to Miss E. Wood in St. John's Wood, London tied by "Rugby / 659" duplex (Oct 4). Fine letter from the addressee's brother at private school in Rugby: "I
have had an offer of 1 s. 6 d. for the yellow Lübeck and I think I shall take it and buy some stamps we have not got for the money...." and later continues "I have just sold the yellow Lübeck for 2 shillings and some crests and shall buy some others
for the money". Note: A fine and very early 'stamp collecting' letter - the "Yellow Lübeck" refers to the 1859 1 schilling adhesive (Mi. 2) catalogued unused at € 3'000 and used at € 2'500 (Image 1)
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 Stamp Collecting 1882: 1 d. pink envelope with embossed advertising ring in brown for "OFFICE OF THE PHILATELIC QUARTERLY / BRIGHTON", used to St. Leonards on Sea tied by neat "Brighton / 132" duplex (Oct 10) in black. Reverse
with "Preston Rd. / Brighton" despatch cds and Hastings cds of arrival (Oct 11). Scarce and fine (Image 1)
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 Stamp Collecting 1891: 1 d. pink envelope with embossed advertising ring in brown for "PUBLISHERS OF THE PERMANENT STAMP ALBUM / BRIGHTON", used to St. Leonards on Sea tied by "Brighton / 132" duplex (March 9) in black.
Reverse with "St. Leonards on Sea Station Office" cds of arrival (March 10). Scarce (Image 1)
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| 5405 |
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 Stamp Collecting 1901 (Aug 27): Mourning envelope and letter written from "HMS Ophir" headed "Cape Town to St. Vincent", written by B. Godfrey-Faussee, ADC to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York (later George V),
the cover presumably carried back by a Naval vessel to London where mailed by 1881 1 d. lilac to J.A. Tilleard in London. The long contents dictated by George update the Curator of the Royal Philatelic Collection on stamps received or purchased for
the collection during the 1901 Tour of the British Empire: "All through Australia and New Zealand we obtained three stamps of each value of the Current Issue, but at Mauritius, Natal and the Cape ... we got blocks of four....at the Cape of Good Hope
we got four of the 5 s. orange Crown CA watermark... At Mauritius we got a few good ones, tho' not the old "Post Office" one - the last we heard of was sold recently in London for £ 900!" (Image 1)
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| 5406 |
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 Valentine 1841: 1 d. red-brown on blued, a single example with shaved to good margins, used on delightful full page Printed Valentine entire from Edinburgh to London, tied by "131" numeral obliterator with despatch (Feb 11)
and arrival (Feb 13) datestamps on reverse. Exceptional and early Valentine with an eight line printed poem beneath the illustration. Rare (Image 1)
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| 5407 |
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 Valentine 1864/79: 1 d. red, plate 153, used on 1872 cover from London to Maidstone tied by "E1" obliterator with London cds (Feb 13) alongside, with delightful Valentine enclosure showing flowers, birds and gold decorative
filigree webbing. Envelope with slight closed tear at top, but generally fine and scarce (Image 1)
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