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Auction Date: December 16th, 2024
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Lot 5808
Great Britain. Literature. 1797 "Papers Relative to the ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1797 "Papers Relative to the Agreement
made by Government with Mr. Palmer, for the Reform and Improvement
of the Posts", printed for "T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies". 65
pages bound in part leather hard back including copies of letters
from Palmer, reports and copious contemporary data, and lengthy
'Questions and Answers' provided by Palmer on aspects of his
proposal; perfect for the postal historian. (Estimate £200 - £300)
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150.00 GBP
(app. 179 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 179 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5809
Great Britain. Literature. 1798-1858, a range of original ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1798-1858, a range of original postal
directories: 1798 "Cary's New Itinerary" with map; 1803 "The
Post-Office Annual Directory for the Year 1803", published by the
Postmaster-General, "Roads in England and Wales, and part of the
Roads of Scotland" by Paterson for the Postmaster-General; 1812 "An
Alphabetical List of Noted Places, Market Towns, Villages,
Gentlemen's Seats, Townlands and Signal Stations in Ireland",
Ambrose Leet for the G.P.O. Ireland in two volumes; 1845 "Postal
Directory. Reprinted from Post Office London Directory" with map;
1857 and 1858 "Principle Streets and Places in London" with map,
produced by the Postmaster-General, two separate volumes; also
"Turnpikes and Toll-Bars", M. Searle in two volumes, Nos. 159 of
500. A wonderful group. (Estimate £600 - £800)
420.00 GBP
(app. 500 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 500 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5810
Great Britain. Literature. 1811 "Facsimiles of Peers & Members ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1811 "Facsimiles of Peers & Members of
Parliament by Robert Watmore, Inspector of Franks" gilt, indexed
A-Z, showing the original, manuscript signatures of numerous
personages, autographs including Lord Byron, George Canning, Duke
of Clarence (later William IV), "Nelson & Bronte", William, Earl
Nelson, Lord Nelson's Brother, Sir Robert Peel, William
Wilberforce, Lord Keith and Spencer Perceval with a blunt updating,
"Shot May 11. 1811". The volume concludes with a "List of State
Officers", and manuscript details of those employed in the G.P.O.
in London, Scotland, and Ireland. Russian calf, 1811. A most
remarkable volume of significant postal and historical importance..
(Estimate £3000 - £3500)
2100.00 GBP
(app. 2499 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 2499 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5811
Great Britain. Literature. 1826-36 Stamp Office "Receiver ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1826-36 Stamp Office "Receiver General's
Order Book", manuscript copy book of board minutes and letters, etc
over 211 pages, plus indexes, bound in contemporary reversed calf,
ink manuscript titles and dates, including detailed information on
stage coaches, stationery, and playing cards, 1828-1836. References
given to the Stamp Office, and Stamp Duty, as well as to
personages, including Charles Pressly, Secretary to the Board of
Stamps. (Estimate £1000 - £1500)
700.00 GBP
(app. 833 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 833 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5812
Great Britain. Literature. 1838 "Third Report from the ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1838 "Third Report from the Select
Committee on Postage, Together with an Abstract of the Evidence,
Directed by the Committee to be Appended to the Report", ordered by
the House of Commons, numbered '708'. A superb research reference
with copious information on routes, rates and expenditure, complete
with fold-out colour maps showing routes and roads. Generally fine
and contained in custom binding. (Estimate £180 - £200)
130.00 GBP
(app. 155 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 155 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5813
Great Britain. Literature. 1840 "Bradshaw's Railway ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1840 "Bradshaw's Railway Companion",
complete with fold-out map of London, and containing timetables,
fares, notes, altitude over sea level diagrams and further regional
maps. Generally fine and a scarce book. (Estimate £150 - £200)
100.00 GBP
(app. 119 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 119 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5814
Great Britain. Literature. 1841 (July) "Quarterly Journal of ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1841 (July) "Quarterly Journal of the
Statistical Society of London, Results of the New Postage
Arrangements. By Rowland Gill, Esq. F.S.S. in small
non-contemporary cloth bound box. Fine and with much useful
information. (Estimate £400 - £600)
350.00 GBP
(app. 417 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 417 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5815
Great Britain. Literature. 1848 "Cheap Postage. Remarks ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1848 "Cheap Postage. Remarks and
Statistics on the Subject of Cheap Postage and Postal Reform in
Great Britain and the United States", 72 pages, by Joshua Leavitt,
published in Boston for the Cheap Postage Association; Page 39 with
illustrations of barred numeral cancellations. Fine and unusual
(Estimate £400 - £500)
400.00 GBP
(app. 476 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 476 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5816
Great Britain. Literature. "Instructions Issued to all Postmasters
in ...more Great Britain. Literature. "Instructions Issued to all Postmasters in the United Kingdom 1856", copies of all seventy-five instructional documents, cloth bound in single volume, instructions include "Accounts of Postage Stamps, Caution Against Falsifying"; "California, Letters For, How Forwarded"; "India, Mail Packets to, by Way of the Cape"; "Natal Book Post, Extended to". A scarce and most useful volume. (Estimate £200 - £300)
in ...more Great Britain. Literature. "Instructions Issued to all Postmasters in the United Kingdom 1856", copies of all seventy-five instructional documents, cloth bound in single volume, instructions include "Accounts of Postage Stamps, Caution Against Falsifying"; "California, Letters For, How Forwarded"; "India, Mail Packets to, by Way of the Cape"; "Natal Book Post, Extended to". A scarce and most useful volume. (Estimate £200 - £300)
100.00 GBP
(app. 119 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 119 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5817
Great Britain. Literature. Mulready Literature: 1886 "The History
of ...more Great Britain. Literature. Mulready Literature: 1886 "The History of the Mulready Envelope", T. Martin Wears; 1891 "The Mulready Envelope and its Caricatures", Major E.B. Evans with his inscription, also 1970 re-printing; 2000 "The Mulready Postal Stationery", Colin Baker; also 1977 (10 May) letter from Robson Lowe to Leslie Fletcher enclosing a list of Mulready Caricature forgeries provided by Charles Hahn. An interesting group. (Estimate £80 - £100)
of ...more Great Britain. Literature. Mulready Literature: 1886 "The History of the Mulready Envelope", T. Martin Wears; 1891 "The Mulready Envelope and its Caricatures", Major E.B. Evans with his inscription, also 1970 re-printing; 2000 "The Mulready Postal Stationery", Colin Baker; also 1977 (10 May) letter from Robson Lowe to Leslie Fletcher enclosing a list of Mulready Caricature forgeries provided by Charles Hahn. An interesting group. (Estimate £80 - £100)
50.00 GBP
(app. 60 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 60 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5818
Great Britain. Literature. A selection of publications relating ...more
Great Britain. Literature. A selection of publications relating to
Sir Rowland Hill and postal reform including "Life of Rowland Hill"
in two volumes, Birkbek Hill; 1907 "Sir Rowland Hill", by his
daughter, signed; 1839 (June & October) "Quarterly Review", John
Murray; three pamphlets on postal reform "1895 "Forty Years of the
Post Office", Baines, in two volumes; 1890 pamphlet "Celebration by
the Corporation of the City of London of the Jubilee Anniversary of
the introduction of Inland Uniform Penny Postage", with four other
publications on Penny Postage. A wonderful group. (Estimate £300 -
£400)
200.00 GBP
(app. 238 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 238 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5819
Great Britain. Literature. James Chalmers: A great number ...more
Great Britain. Literature. James Chalmers: A great number of
contemporary pamphlets relating to the case with much valuable
information for research purposes, many of which with A. Bellamy
Library handstamps. A very rare and valuable group for the
researcher (Estimate £800 - £1000)
650.00 GBP
(app. 774 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 774 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5820
Great Britain. Literature. 1911 "Catalogue of the Philatelic
Library ...more Great Britain. Literature. 1911 "Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford, K.T.", E. D. Bacon; the original edition printed by the Philatelic Literature Society, expertly bound in modern half leather hard back. A rare original printing (Estimate £300 - £400)
Library ...more Great Britain. Literature. 1911 "Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford, K.T.", E. D. Bacon; the original edition printed by the Philatelic Literature Society, expertly bound in modern half leather hard back. A rare original printing (Estimate £300 - £400)
210.00 GBP
(app. 250 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 250 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5821
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Great Britain. Literature. 1922, "The Plating of the Penny ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1922, "The Plating of the Penny Black
Postage Stamp of Great Britain, 1840", Charles Nissen with complete
plate guides; some wear though a scarce and useful publication.
(Estimate £300 - £400)
150.00 GBP
(app. 179 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 179 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5822
Great Britain. Literature. 1923 "The Postage Stamps of ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1923 "The Postage Stamps of Great
Britain", Sidney A.R. Oliver and F. Hugh Vallencey, signed by
Vallencey, offered together with the original manuscript in large
leather bound volume, originally titled "Stamps and Postmarks of
the British Isles", dated 1919, offering copious notes and with a
multitude of pasted in illustrations. Rare. (Estimate £300 - £400)
150.00 GBP
(app. 179 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 179 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5823
Great Britain. Literature. 1932-33, "The H.P. Manus ...more
Great Britain. Literature. 1932-33, "The H.P. Manus Collection",
Plumridge and Co., the complete set of eleven auction catalogues
bound in blue leather hard back volume. A scarce and valuable
reference. (Estimate £300 - £400)
210.00 GBP
(app. 250 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 250 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5824
Great Britain. Literature. c.1949 Three binders and a note book,
all ...more Great Britain. Literature. c.1949 Three binders and a note book, all containing H. Osborne's original notes, drawings, manuscripts and paste-ups for the plating of the one pennies; offered together with the published works "Repaired Impressions", "Two Pence Blue, Studies of Plates 1 to 15" and "Twopence Plate Nine, A Study of the Plate and Its Repairs", the latter signed by the author. (Estimate £300 - £400)
all ...more Great Britain. Literature. c.1949 Three binders and a note book, all containing H. Osborne's original notes, drawings, manuscripts and paste-ups for the plating of the one pennies; offered together with the published works "Repaired Impressions", "Two Pence Blue, Studies of Plates 1 to 15" and "Twopence Plate Nine, A Study of the Plate and Its Repairs", the latter signed by the author. (Estimate £300 - £400)
150.00 GBP
(app. 179 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 179 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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Lot 5825
Great Britain. Literature. "The Postmarks of Great Britain ...more
Great Britain. Literature. "The Postmarks of Great Britain and
Ireland", R. C. Alcock and F. C. Holland, a proof copy, inscribed
and signed by Holland "This copy was used by my colleague the late
Mr. R. D. Warmald, when the proofs were read, and shows his
original corrections", additionally signed "R. C. Alcock". Fine and
unusual. (Estimate £350 - £450)
250.00 GBP
(app. 298 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
(app. 298 EUR) 12/16/2024 09:00 GMT
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