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| Lot |
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Lot Description |
CV or Estimate |
| 2040 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Letter Sheets and Envelopes, SG ME4, 1840 2d
Blue Envelope, a195, black "498" (Manchester) oval grid cancel, backstamped partial red 18 DE 18 1845 and black Brighton DE __ 1845, backflap and left side flap torn plus portion backflap missing from opening, some light wrinkling/ creasing,
Fine appearance, only a handful of the unplaced a195 stereo are known used (SG Spec -ú2,300) (Image 1)
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200
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:41 AM |
| 2041 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Letter Sheets and Envelopes, SG ME3-4, 1840
2d Letter Sheet and Envelope, group of Mint letter sheets (5), envelopes (1 plus one front), Used letter sheets (1 plus two fronts), envelopes (7 plus one front), the used include envelope 1848 use from Scotland ("155" grid cancel of
Galashiels), envelope 1886 use with a "2d" (due) marking which has been obliterated by a bold black oval grid also used to cancel Britannia, very mixed condition with faults to varying degrees, VG-Fine (SG -ú22,000+) (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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2,500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:42 AM |
| 2042 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, Rudolph Ackerman, No. 1, "The
Print Mill," unused envelope, fresh and Very Fine; design shows Daniel O'Connell feeding Irish peasants into a print mill, transposing them into coinage for "Poor Dan's Wallet"; Foreign Secretary, Lord rnPalmerston shown at lower right (Image 1)
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150
SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:43 AM |
| 2043 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, Rudolph Ackerman, No. 1, "The
Print Mill", unused envelope, colorized, small faults, Fine appearance (Image
1)
(Image 2)
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75
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:45 AM |
| 2044 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, John Doyle,
lithographic illustration (342x260mm) showing Lord Palmeston on the central pedestal, Lord Monteagle being read the poor figures of his last financial scheme (the adoption of the uniform penny postage), Father Matthew administering his
temperance pledge to a crowd of Irish peasants, and Mr O'Connell shouting ''Hurrah for Repeal'', "Published May 26th 1840 by Thos McLean, 26, Haymarket'' imprint at bottom left, some minor faults incl a few tiny edge breaks plus a central vertical
fold, Fine and scarce (Image 1)
|
200
SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:47 AM |
| 2045 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, "Hodgson's Rejected Design For
An Envelope" broadside on thick paper, 376x273mm (design 318x226mm), "Published by C. Hodgson" imprint at bottom, various humorous elements including Britannia playing the piano and singing "I want money", some edge faults incl some small
tears and light overall aging, still Fine and rare, Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn find reference to only two of these prints in existence, both of them being hand-colored (and they mention that these two examples may be one and the same) (Image 1)
|
500
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:49 AM |
| 2046 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, John Leech, Design for ther New
Postage Envelopes", broadsheet caricature, 378x271mm (design 335x224mm), "Published by Messrs Fores...May 6, 1840" imprint at bottom, couple of the design elements are postboys in the lower corners which The Times lamented were not in the
final design plus leech's trademark "leech in a bottle" at bottom center, edge faults top and left, quarter-sized age stain lower left, VG-Fine, the earliest of the pictorial satires (Image 1)
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100
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:52 AM |
| 2047 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, John Leech, "Fores's Comic
Envelopes No. 1", an unused example in letter sheet format, some small imperfections primarily on the side and back flaps, Very Fine appearance (Image 1)
(Image 2)
|
100
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:53 AM |
| 2048 |
|
 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, Fores, Envelope No. 1-7,
hand-colored unused envelopes (presumably contemporary but some may have been done at a later date), No. 6 small corner fault lower left, otherwise fresh and Very Fine, a lovely selection of these (Image 1)
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250
SOLD for $2,750.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:55 AM |
| 2049 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, Fores, Envelope No. 1-10,
the complete set of unused envelopes, No. 9-10 some minor faults on the backs side, overall an attractive and Very Fine set of these (Image 1)
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250
SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:57 AM |
| 2050 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, W.H. Mason, "Assessed Taxes 10
Per Cent" unused letter sheet, a few small tone spots on the back side, still Very Fine and attractive design; the letter sheet bears pessimistic references to an anticipated increase in general taxation to make good the loss to the revenue
of the reduction in postal charges of the 1840 reforms. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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200
SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:58 AM |
| 2051 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, John Menzies,
caricature envelope with Menzies imprint at bottom, unused, a few minor faults, still Fine and attractive (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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100
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:58 AM |
| 2052 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, Hablot Knight Browne ("Phiz")
Broadside Design. on thick paper, 390x280mm (design 363x256mm), shows various scenes of the period mimicking a Mulready, humorous design in each section including the elephant at top right wearing a top hat, main central figure as an
overweight lady with a poodle below reading a newspaper and two hills in the background labeled "Rowland Hill" and "Lesser Hill", bottom imprint "Published by Chapman & Hall, 186 Strand, 1840", some small faults primarily along the edges incl bottom
left corner clipped and some aging stains, Fine appearance, only twelve have been recorded by Dr. Richard Hobbs and Robin Cassell, about half of which are hand-colored (Image 1)
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250
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 10:59 AM |
| 2053 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, J.W. Southgate, Envelopes No.
1-6, the complete set of six unused envelopes plus a Dereademaeker reproduction of no. 1, a few tiny tone spots or very light wrinkling, No.3 with couple light vertical folds at left, a Fine group of these popular envelopes (Image 1)
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200
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 11:00 AM |
| 2054 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, J.W. Southgate, Envelopes No.
2-6, hand-colored and unused envelopes, No. 4 even aging, No. 3, 6 some minor back faults, otherwise fresh and Very Fine (Image 1)
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200
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 11:02 AM |
| 2055 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, William Spooner "A Sketch of the
New Postage Envelopes", broadsheet caricature on thick wove paper, some edge faults incl scuff and puncture marks at right, still a Fine example of this large and rare design (Image 1)
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250
SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 11:03 AM |
| 2056 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, William Spooner, Envelopes No.
1-4, 6-14, unused envelopes (No. 3 a front only), most with minor back side faults, generally fresh and Fine group of these (Image 1)
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250
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 11:05 AM |
| 2057 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, William Spooner, Envelopes No.
1-6, 9, 11, 13, 14, attractive hand-colored unused envelopes (No. 11, 13, 14 fronts only), No. 6 light horiz bend at bottom, fresh and Very Fine, scarce so nice (Image 1)
|
750
SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 11:06 AM |
| 2058 |
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 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, Thackeray Lithograph,
from the original plate on india paper mounted on card, 257x230mm (design 125x108mm), minor imperfections incl some tone spots, Fine and attractivernAccording to Bodily, Jarvis, and Hahn, the origin of Thackery's is more anecdotal than fact
and legend has it that that he drew the original design on the back of a menu. Mr. Tregaskis of Holborn produced a line block and either 100 or 120 copies were printed onto india paper. The block was later defaced and examples were printed on laid
paper. (Image 1)
|
100
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 11:07 AM |
| 2059 |
|
 GREAT BRITAIN, Mulready Caricatures, Thomas White, "The New Post
Office Envelope," unused, 237x193mm and folded into an entire, Very Fine, interesting contemporary comments on the recently issued envelope (Image 1)
(Image 2)
|
100
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jun-21, 11:08 AM |
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