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3001 1454 (9 March) indenture in Latin on vellum being a grant by William Rotheley of“Derteford” (Dartford), Kent, to William Custaunce of “South darrent” (South Darenth)in the parish of “Hilles Sancte Margarete” (St. Margaret Hills). The grant of 13 acres 3roods of land in “Horton” (Horton Kirby, Kent) of which 7 acres 1 rood are in the fieldcalled Bockie, bounded by the King’s highway from the church of St. Margaret Hilles toSouth Darenth, north; land of William Custaunce south; land of John Chyld, east. Also 6and a half acres are in Staplefield, bounded by land of John Chyld north and south, theKing’s highway from Dartford to Horton, west; land of William Custance, east. Whichlands (and others) the grantor had by settlement of Thomas Baker, citizen and draper ofLondon. On condition that Custaunce pays William Rotheley, at his capital messuage inDartford, £4. 6s. 8d. in quarterly payments of 3s. 4d. (i.e. for a period of six and a halfyears). Witnessed by Thomas Hilles, John Chyld, Richard Bodeman, Walter Letecote andJohn Lese. Horizontal folding creases and light soiling but still good to fine. Also someassorted binding fragments. Photo £650-800

St. Margaret Hills lies 1 mile south-east of Darenth, now a hamletWilliam Rotheley was a merchant of Dartford (d. 1464). He owned property in severalparishes in Kent, as evident by this and other deeds. His will, dated 28 July 1464 is interestingas it is in English and full of detail. He left money to a number of churches in West Kent,including Dartford, Sutton, Wilminon, ‘Bexhill’, Stone, Darenth and Swanscombe. Hewanted 13 poor men and women clothed “all newe .. in sherts, breches, smokkes, hosyn, shoous,gownes, kirtell and hoodes in such clothe as is most profitable to them”The mention of ‘Bexhill’ among the bequests to a number of churches in the vicinity ofDartford is interesting. There is no evidence that Rotheley had land at Bexhill in Sussex, butthere is no evidence that ‘Bexhill’ was an early form for Bexley. On the other hand, ‘Bixle’ isknown as an early form of Bexhill in Sussex

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3002 1454 (12 November) indenture in Latin on vellum being a grant (300x135mm) by RalphCouper and William Couper of Hawstead (just south of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk).To Thomas Coke of Great Welnetham, Roger Drury of Hawstead, Nicholas Helpston ofRushbrook, John Smyth of Stansfield, Robert Coket of Bury St. Edmunds and GeoffreyGyppes of Hawstead. The grant is of a messuage and a piece of pasture of six acres and apiece of arable land in Hawstead; the messuage and pasture at “haustedgrene”, abuttingeast on the common pasture called “halstedgrene” and the piece of arable land (one acre)in the field called Jelyonsfeld, with the land of the rector east, and the aforesaid pasturenorth. Witnessed by Thomas Rede, Alan Legat, William Wyffyn, John Makeroo, JohnSpark and John Medwe. With two seals, one complete and one largely so, featuring thecapital letters “R” and “T”. There is a minor stain but in a good state of preservation.Photo £500-600

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Henry Courtenay, First Marquis of Exeter

3003 1534 (29 December) a neat indenture signed at foot, “H Exetar” by Henry Courtenay,the first marquis of Exeter. The indenture, written in a highly mannered ‘common-law’hand, confirms one John Edlyn as a tenant of the manor of Lowthtys and dated on thefeast of St. Thomas the Martyr, 26 Henry VIII (the feast day of the martyrdom of ThomasBecket was 29th December). There is a slit along the bottom of the document where theseal would have been attached. There is some creasing but still quite fresh with very littlesoiling. Photo £400-500

Henry Courtenay, first Marquis of Exeter, c.1496-1539, was the son of Henry VII’s friendSir William Courtenay and Princess Catherine, Edward IV’s youngest daughter. He wasHenry VIII’s first cousin through his mother, and could have held a Plantagenet claim to thethrone. At first he was high in the King’s favor and attended him at the Field of the Cloth ofGold (This is the name given to a place in France, near Calais, that was the site of a meetingthat took place from 7 June to 24 June 1520, between King Henry VIII of England and KingFrancis I of France). Henry came to resent Courtenay’s extensive power base in the West ofEngland, where it was occasionally said that he was the ‘true heir’ to the throne. At the endof 1538 he was charged with treason, found guilty on the flimsiest of evidence, and beheadedon Tower Hill


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William Powlett, Marquis of Winchester

3004 1558 (16 July) letter with address panel to “to my dearye good L: the Lord Northe and tomy lovynge friends the Sherefs & other Justyees of peace of the Counteys of Camb.” A longletter in a difficult hand to read, some soiling and staining. Also woodcut of WilliamPowlett. Photo £400-500

William Paulet, 3rd Marquess of Winchester (1532-98). An English nobleman, the son ofJohn Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and his first wife, Elizabeth Willoughby. He wasmade a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Mary I, 30 November 1553. He also servedas Lord High Treasurer to both Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth


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3005 1608 (25 June) large indenture in Latin on vellum featuring a large and elaborate initial“J”, to John Weston from William Cole and Richard Cole. An exemplification of commonrecovery of one messuage, one garden, 40 acres of land, 10 meadow, 16 pasture, 2 woodand 6 moor in the hamlet of Colliton (near Cullompton) in Devon. With a part of thelarge seal of the Court of Common Pleas. From the reign of James I. Fine. Photo £300-400


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3006 1631 (23 May) large and elaborate indenture being an exeplification of common recoveryby John Paule from John Allen of a messuage (dwelling house with adjoining buildingsand lands), toft (site of a house of farm), 3 gardens, 40 acres of land, 10 meadow, 30pasture and 30 woodland in Sturry (near Canterbury), Kent. Issued in the reign of CharlesI and with handwritten heading with large initial capital, an unusual decoration of tulip-type flowers. There is some soiling around one of the folding creases. Photo £300-400

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Sir Thomas Fairfax

3007 1647, a small bound volume of printed letters from Sir Thomas Fairfax with “Anotherletter to the Speaker of the House of Commons; New Propositions from the souldieryunder the Command of His Excellency Sit Thomas Fairfax; A Narration of severallpassages betwixt His Majesty and Master B. Reymes, Newmarket concerning the Army;Two Letters ... to both Houses of Parliament”. Very interesting accounts and in finecondition. Photo £300-400

Sir Thomas, Lord Fairfax (1612-1671) was the leadingParliamentarian general of the First and Second CivilWars and Lord-General of the New Model Army

Engraving of Sir Thomas Fairfax in 1650.Engraving by C H Jeens published in C R Markham, 1870


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Sir Thomas Fairfax

3008 1648 (16 November) A remonstrance of this Excellency, Thomas Lord Fairfax, LordGenerall of the Parliaments Forces and of the Generall Councell of Officers Held at StAlbans... A complete 71 page publication regarding an important meeting of the seniorofficers in the Parliamentary Army including Thomas Fairfax, Ireton, Oliver Cromwelland others at St Albans. Published by John Partridge & George Whittington at the BlueAnchor, Cornhill in 1648. Size 6 x 73⁄4 inches. Some peripheral wear and soiling, the pagesuncut at top. Photo £250-300

The General Council convened in St Albans Abbey on 7 November 1648. After discussion ofthe petitions and general grievances of the soldiers, Ireton presented the draft of the ArmyRemonstrance on 10 November. It was initially rejected by Fairfax and the moderate officersbut their opposition evaporated after 15 November when the House of Commons voted toallow the King to return to London on completion of the Newport Treaty and to restore hislands and revenues. Fearing that Parliament intended to grant an unconditionalrestoration, the Army united behind Ireton’s Remonstrance. After some last-minuteamendments to ensure the support of the Levellers, the Remonstrance was adopted by theGeneral Council on 18 November 1648.Under the maxim salus populi suprema lex (“the safety of the people is the supreme law”), theRemonstrance proclaimed the sovereignty of the people under a representative government.Divine providence would prove the righteousness or otherwise of the government’s actions, andwould also thwart unjustified rebellion against authority. Thus, the defeat of King Charlesin the Second Civil War vindicated the actions of the Army as the defenders of the people. Itwas argued that the King should be brought to account because he had broken the sacredcovenant with his people and attempted to place himself above the law. This sealed the fate ofthe King

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x3009 1653 (28 July) An Act for Constituting Commissioners for Ordering and Managing theAffairs of the Admiralty and Navy; a four sheet pamphlet with some light soiling but stillin a good state of preservation. This act was to set up a committee to oversee the runningand organisation of the Navy, “ ... a true and perfect Survey and accompt of all the Ships,Frigots, Pinnaces and Vessels, of or belonging to the Navy; and of all the Ammunition,Tackle, Furniture, Cordage, Timber and Stores belonging to them or any of them; or in theDocks, Yards, Storehouses or other places belonging to the Common-wealth of all sorts; andalso of all Courses now held in the managing, ordering or Governing of the Navy; and todeliver the same so made and taken in writing, unto the Parliament ...”. Photo £100-120



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The Painted Chamber around 1799

3010 1654 (September) printed pamphlet of His Highness the Lord Protector’s Speeches tothe Parliament in the painted chamber. The speeches were made on 4th and 12thSeptember and the notes were “Taken by one who stood very near him, and Published toprevent mistakes”. 34 pages and in good condition. Photo £150-200

The Painted Chamber was built by the King as a private apartment on foundations inparallel to the present-day St Stephen’s Hall, and it is said that St Edward the Confessor haddied in a room which previously occupied the siteThe room was as grand and as colourful as the King and his craftsmen could make it. It waslong and narrow, and housed a canopied state bed at one end


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3011 1657 “AN ACT FOR THE SETLING OF THE POSTAGE OF ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND IRELAND atthe Parliament at Westminster the 17th Day of September, Anno Domini 1656”, printedin London by Henry Hills and John Field. This is the first act of parliament relating tothe erecting and setling of one General Post Office for the speedy conveying, carrying andre-carrying of letters by post to and from all places within England, Scotland and Irelandand into several parts beyond the seas. Be it enacted by His Highness the Lord Protectorand the Parliament, that from henceforth there be one General Office, to be called, andknown by the name of the Post-Office of England: and one officer under the name andstile of Postmaster General of England, and Comptroller of the Post-Office. Also settingout the rates of postage. This document had been bound in a book and is virtuallyseparated into single pages, there is a worm hole towards the upper right which runsthrough all pages, and some minor buckling at right. A rare and important documentwhich established the Post Office for the carriage of mails. Photo £1,000-1,200

The origins of the Post Office date from 1635 when King Charles I opened the Royal Post tothe public. This was conceived as a way of generating extra revenue for a service which wasalready in operation. However, the civil war between the royalists and the parliamentarianseffectively closed the post for the public. It was not until 1652, after the battle of Worcester hadended and Charles II had fled to the continent, that parliament felt able to reopen the postto the general public. This, the first postage act, confirmed the right of the new position ofPostmaster General to carry letters, establish rates and supply horses on the post roads. This actalso established the Post Office monopoly for the carriage of letters


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3012 1662, 1663 and 1683 indentures in Latin on vellum, exemplifications of commonrecovery from the reign of Charles II

1662 (18 June) by Francis Oldfield and John Crowth(er) from Edward Godfrey of themanor of Great Grandsen (or Gransden magna) and 6 messauges, 2 windmills, 1dovecote, 6 gardens, 400 acres land, 40 meadow, 60 pasture, 20 wood and 200 heath andscrub in and around Great and Little Gransden, Caxton, Abbotsley, Hardwick and‘Lycott’, villages between Huntingdon and Cambridge. Features a fancy initial capitalwith coat of arms in centre and various heraldic devices

1663 (28 November) by John Freman and Louis Mountgomery from Sir Henry Capelland his wife Dorothy of the manor of Perry (alias Perry Court), 3 messauges, 2 tofts, 2gardens, 150 acres land, 20 acres pasture in Preston, Ospringe, Faversham andLuddenham in Kent. (Perry Court still exists and is just south of Faversham.) With largeinitial capital featuring royal coat of arms in centre and other heraldic devices

1683 (12 February) by Matthew Young from Richard Harvey of 7 acres of marsh in WestHam, Essex with a portrait of King Charles II in large initial capital with heraldic devicesalongside

All are good to fine and make a very appealing group. Photo £600-800

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3014 1689 (19 June) large indenture in Latin being exemplification of common recovery bySamuel Dodd from Bernard Whalley of the manor of Billesley, with one messauge, onedovecote, 6 gardens, 500 acres of land, 100 meadow, 600 pasture, 20 wood in Billesley,Atherstone on Stour, Ullenhall and ‘Walls Wotton’ in Warwickshire. Large initial capitalfeatures illustrations of William and Mary (engraved head and shoulders) with nauticalallegorical figures and armorial devices. Usual folding creases and some minor soiling.Photo £400-600


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x3013 1668 (9 May) A Proclamation Against those Rebels that have not accepted the Act ofIndempnity; Edinburgh, printed by Evan Tyleer, printer to the King’s most ExcellentMajesty. A broadside with royal coat of arms at top with “C R” for Charles II andinstructs all officials of the law “ ... immedaitely after notice hereof, to seize upon, andapprehend the persons and rebels underwritte.” followed by a long list of the wanted men.Folding creases, some peripheral wrinkling at foot and some worm damage, otherwisevery fresh on laid paper. Also 1667 (1 Oct.) broadside, His Majesties Gracious Pardonand Indempnity to those in the late Rebellion, with similar coat of arms at top andelaborate initial capital; usual creasing and some peripheral faults. A good pair ofdocuments. Photo £200-250


Speaker of the House of Commons

3015 1693 (28 February) entire letter with full address panel to The High Sheriff of the Countyof Devon from the Speaker of the House, John Trevor, complaining about the absenceof members and stating the the House, “ ... will proceed with all severity against all such ofthose Members as shall then neglect their attendance.”, with bold signature at foot, “J TrevorSpeaker”. The address panel includes the Speaker’s signature with “free J Trevor Speaker”and a note in the margin, “The Speaker of the House of Commons order to Christopher SaveryEsq. Sheriff of Devon for summoning the members to a call of the house”. Vertical foldingcrease and two punch holes at one side; a fine and interesting parliamentary letter. Photo £500-600

Sir John Trevor (1637-1717) was a Welsh lawyer and politician. He was Speaker of theEnglish House of Commons from 1685 to 1687 and a second term from 1689 to 1695. Hissecond term as Speaker came to an end when he was expelled from the House of Commons foraccepting a substantial bribe. He remained the most recent Speaker to be forced out of officeuntil Michael Martin resigned in 2009


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3017 1700 (28 November) large indenture in Latin being an exemplification of commonrecovery by George Buckley from William Chase and Roger Poston of a messuage in theparish of St. Dunstans in the east, London. Large initial capital featuring a differentengraved head of William III with new coat of arms at top with other allegorical figuresat top. A pair of V shilling blue revenue stamps. Folding creases. Photo £350-450

3016 1697 (29 November) large indenture in Latin being an exemplification of commonrecovery by William Davy from Sir Thomas Lee Bart. and Nicholas Pottenger of themanors of Watlington, Gawsells, West Dearham in Watlington and Totenhall (aliasTotnill), with 20 messuages, 1 dovecote, 20 gardens, 520 acres of land, 150 meadow, 800pasture, 1200 heath and scrub, 70 fresh marsh and 300 salt marsh in Watlington,Totenhill, Wormegay, Upwell, Outwell, Welney, West Lynn, South Lynn and severalother named locations in Norfolk. Large initial capital with engraved upper body ofWilliam III and with the same nautical allegorical figures at top. V shillings blue revenuestamp at left. Usual folding creases and some soiling. Photo £350-450


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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

3019 1703 (1 February) warrant signed “Marlborough” employing Alexander Fforts to be ajoiner and countersigned by “Ja Craggs”; with wafer seal, fragment missing from foot,worn and soiled. Also a selection of other documents relating to the Marlborough familyincluding a copy of the 1856 Blenhein Estate Act, some picture postcards of MarlboroughHouse London (4) and an engraving of Marlborough by J. Posselwhite. Photo £120-150

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, Prince of Mellenburg,(1650-1722). An English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of fivemonarchsJames Craggs (1657-1721), of Jermyn Street, Westminster and Charlton, Lewisham, Kentwas Secretary to master-general of the Ordnance 1702-11

‘History of England’ & the ‘Continuation’

3020 Plan map of the Plan of the Lines of Brabant in 1705, showing the armies commandedby the Duke of Marlborough and Field-Marshal D’Averqueque, 181⁄2 x 151⁄2 inches;folding creases, good to fine £60-80

Nicolas Tindal (1687-1774) was the translator and continuer of the History of England byPaul de Rapin. Very few comprehensive histories existed at the time and Tindal wrote a three-volume ‘Continuation’


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x3018 1702 (12 June) Act For a National Fast, extracted from the records of Parliament by Jo.Mackenzie. Also an Act Of the Commission of the General Assembly, anent a SolemnNational Fast and Humiliation (3 June), extracted by Dav. Dundas; the act was toimprove the lawfulness of the people who, it was felt, were falling into bad ways, “ ... Letus therefore humble our selves before the Lord, and amend our ways and doing, and turn untothe Lord with Fasting and with Weeping, and with Mourning, and to return to the Lord ourGod with all our heart ...”. Also 1706 (27 Dec.) A Proclamation DischargingUnwarrantable and Seditius Convocations and Meetings, extracted from the Records ofParliament by Ja. Murray. All are soiled and tatty £80-100


Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

3021 1706 (17 April) Exchequer receipt being a receipt for interest on a loan of £7000 fromthe Earl to the government, made in 1704 on the security of duties on wines, etc.; signed“Sunderland” and witnessed. On watermarked paper. Some minor soiling. Photo £100-120

Sir Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland (1675-1722). Known as Lord Spencer from1688 to 1702, was an English statesman from the Spencer family. He served as LordLieutenant of Ireland (1714-17), Lord Privy Seal (1715-16), Lord President of the Council(1717-19) and First Lord of the Treasury (1718-21)

The Scottish Act of Union

3022 1706 (6 December) a printed letter from the Commission of the General Assembly to thePresbytery of Hamilton, telling them all will be well with discussions for the union withEngland. But reply from the people in Hamilton states that are not at all happy with thisintended Union stating “As to the Disposition of the People, the plain Truth is, That they aregenerally most adverse from the Union; and many have expressed themselves broadly againstit, as what they fear may prove an irremediable Evil”. In the end, England was able to swaythe mood by throwing a lot of money into the pot. Black letter press printing, size 73⁄4 x121⁄2 inches; some aging and paper splitting. A very topical document. Photo £250-300

x3023 1708 (20 July) By the Queen, A Proclamation For a General Thanksgiving, with large andelaborate initial capital featuring two rather suspicious cherubs; to commemorate thevictory by the Duke of Marlborough at the Battle of Oudenarde in Flanders. Printed inLondon by Charles Bill, and the executrix of Thomas Newroth, deceas’d, printers to theQueen. Folding creases and some soiling. Photo £100-120

The Battle of Oudenarde (or Oudenaarde) was a key battle in the War of the SpanishSuccession. Fought on 11 July 1708 between the forces of Great Britain, the Dutch Republicand the Holy Roman Empire on the one side and those of France on the other. It took placeat Oudenaarde (now in Belgium) and was a decisive victory for the allies


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Queen Anne

3024 1710 exemplification of common recovery, indenture in Latin with engraved “Hona Deigratia magnar Britannia” with a fine portrait of Queen Anne without crown, with Royalarms and national emblems. Apparently for land near West Ichenor near Chichester.Usual folds, one quite heavy through the Queen’s portrait. Photo £300-400


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King George I

3025 1714 (15 January) a broadside poster being a Proclamation by King George I stating thatall men in Office of Government shall continue till his Majesties further direction. Withtwo fine wood blocks and black letter press printing, size 15 x 111⁄2 inches and printed byJohn Baskett. Repaired folds and some other age related faults. Scarce. Photo £300-350


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Jacobite Uprising, 1715

3027 1715 (15 September) hand delivered letter to Hugh Saphons in Buckland ... fromColonel Samuel Rolfe requiring lists to be made of able men for service and what armsthey may have. Some folding and other creases but still quite fresh. Written three weeksafter the Jacobites had captured Perth. Photo £400-500

In 1715 the different Devon militias were required to make returns so that a good assessmentof military capability could be made

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3026 1714 (12 February) large indenture in Latin on vellum being an exemplification ofcommon recovery by George Alington from Marmaduke Alington of two messauges inthe parish of St. Dunstans in the west, London. Features an impressive engraved head ofQueen Anne engraved by J. Nutting within the large initial capital, Royal arms in centrewith lions, dragon and allegorical figures printed at top. With pair of V shillings bluerevenue stamps. Usual folds but in a good state of preservation. Photo £400-600


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Field Marshal George Wade

3028 1742 (16 September) letter to the Office of Ordnance for supplies to H.M.S. RoyalCaroline with Captain Charles Molloy commanding. Signed “George Wade”, “Tho.Lascelles” and “W.R. Earle”; some splitting along folds, otherwise in a good state ofpreservation. Ex. Rawlins Collection. Photo £250-300

Field Marshal George Wade (1673-1748) Master General of the Ordnance. He fought theJacobites in 1715 and was C. in C. of the forces in the 1745 rebellion. A major builder ofroads and bridges in Scotland to enable the government forces to move aboutThomas Lascelles (1670-1715) Surveyor General of the Ordnance. He served in severalcampaigns and was chief engineer of the army. W.R. Earle was Clerk of the Ordnance


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King George II

3029 1749 (6 March) warrant appointing Edward Horea as second lieutenant and otherappointments, “To our Right Trusty and Wellbeloved Councellour William Pitt PaymasterGeneral of our Guards, Garrison and Land Forces in Great Britain and Forces abroad, andto the Paymaster General of Our said Forces for the time being” and signed “H. Fox”. Boldsignature “George R” at top. Some splitting along some fold lines; fresh. Photo £450-500

Henry Fox (1705-74) First Baron Holland, was Secretary of State for War

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Channel Islands Ship’s License

3030 1753 (25 August) printed pass for a vessel travelling between Jersey and Guernsey forLouis Malovin, the master of the ‘Le Conde’ and signed “William Deane” with red waxseal of the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey at Castle Elizabeth. Usual folding and with afew age faults. Photo £120-150


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Ralph Allen

3031 1754 (18 July) autograph letter signed “W. Warburton”, to Mr. Nourse, Bookseller at theLamb in the Strand, asking him to forward a letter “to the Genl Post office by the penny postadd. to Christopher Robinson Esq at the Genl post office, who has directions abt. it.”Single page (71⁄2 x 6 inches), filing hole, centre fold split, light rust soiling to letter, withthe integral address leaf written and signed as “free R.Allen” (Ralph Allen, Postmaster atBath) with straight-line “BATH” postal marking and “20/JY” Bishop mark. The lettercloses with the initials “P.P.” (Prior Park, Ralph Allen’s mansion outside Bath). Anunusual letter with the address written by the man who devised the Cross Post system forEngland and Wales. Photo £350-400

William Warburton (1698-1779), bishop and scholar, defender of Alexander Pope’s Essay onMan, a controversialist who tackled Hume, the Deists, Voltaire and WesleyRalph Allen (1693-1764), entrepreneur and philanthropist, friend of Pope and Fielding,notable for his reforms to the British postal system. In his youth he worked at the Post Office.He moved to Bath in 1710, where he became a post office clerk, and at the age of 19, in 1712,became the Postmaster of Bath. In 1742 was elected Mayor of Bath. He was the Member ofParliament for Bath between 1757 and 1764. He devised a system of cross-posts for Englandand Wales. Allen’s friendship with Alexander Pope led to Pope bringing Warburton to PriorPark. This resulted in Warburton’s marriage to Gertude Tucker, Allen’s favourite niece, andhis appointment, through Pitt’s influence, to the bishopric of Gloucester


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Admiral Lord George Anson

3032 1758 (30 August) a sheet of “Additional Fighting Instructions” and signed “Anson” onboard His Majesty’s Ship Royal George at Sea, addressed to Captain Deane of HisMajesty’s Fireship Vesuvius. The message reads, “If upon coming to action with the enemyI should think proper to hawl down the signal for the Line of Battle, every ship in the Fleet isthen to use his utmost endeavours to take or destroy such ships of the enemy as they may beopposed to, by engaging them as close as possible and pursuing them if they are driven out oftheir Line, without having any regard to the situation which was prescribed to themselves bythe Line of Battle before the signal was hawled down.” Countersigned at foot by PhilipStephens (Anson’s secretary). Affixed to backing sheet, some soiling. Photo £150-180

Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762). A wealthy aristocrat,noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role overseeing the Royal Navy during theSeven Years’ War. During his time in office Anson instituted a series of reforms to the RoyalNavySir Philip Stephens, 1st Baronet (1723-1809) After his return from his voyage round theworld, Rear-admiral George Anson took notice of young Stephens, and had him moved to theadmiralty. Stephens afterwards served as Anson’s secretary. Later he became First Secretaryof the Admiralty and later a Lord Commissioner of the British Admiralty between 1795 and1806. A friend of Captain James Cook, the Pacific atoll of Caroline Island is named for hisdaughterH.M.S. Royal George was launched in 1756, a 100-gun ship of the line and, at the time, wasthe largest warship in the worldH.M.S. Vesuvius was an 8-gun fireship (purchased in 1756)


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3033 1759 (26 May) Royal warrant appointing John Clerk as chaplain to the ColdstreamRegiment of Foot, signed at top “George R”, also signed “W. Pitt” (later Prime Minister),the Secretary at War. With wafer seal and three blue revenue stamps, each of 2/6d.;folding creases. Photo £200-250


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Thomas Townshend, First Viscount Sydney

3034 1765 (10 December) Treasury Order for payments to Francis Earl of Hertford, “One ofthe Gentlemen of his Majesty’s Bedchamber”, signed by Thomas Townshend, J.Cavendishand William Dowdeswell, Lords of the Treasury. Single page (131⁄2 x 9 inches), cancelledwith a broad pen stroke as is customary with these Exchequer documents, integral blankleaf, a few minor marginal tears only. Marked at foot as paid on 31st December 1765 andsigned “Lincoln”. Photo £250-300

Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (1733-1800) was brought back into office byRockingham as a Lord of the Treasury on 12 July 1765. He became Secretary of State for theHome Office in July 1782, after a few months as secretary at war under Rockingham. Inthose days the home department included responsibility for the colonies. He is famous for hissupport of the plans for a convict settlement in New South Wales. On 26 January 1788Arthur Philip named Sydney in New South Wales in his honour


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Jonas Hanway

3035 1773 (30 August) certificate of account that the purser of H.M.S. Pallas, “ ... appears tobe Creditor in this Office for Victualing the said ship’s Company ...”, from the VictuallingOffice, London and signed “Jonas Hanway”. Light paper ageing. Photo £80-100

Jonas Hanway (1712-1786), an English traveller and philanthropist, was born atPortsmouth. He was the first Londoner, it is said, to carry an umbrella, and he lived totriumph over all the hackney coachmen who tried to hoot and hustle him down. Thiscontemporary caricature attempts to show some of the reactions he provokedHMS Pallas was one of the three 36-gun Venus-class fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. Shewas launched in 1757 and served until her loss in 1783


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Survey Plan

3036 1784, “A Survey of an Estate in Stonham Aspell belonging to the Rev. C. Jeaffreson”,surveyed by John Spurling the Younger. The title in pen and wash with rococo cartouche,table of contents (121 acres) and elaborate scale of perches topped by large dividers.House and field margins are in colour wash. Map frame 425x565mm. Folding creases,fresh and very scarce. Photo £500-700

John Spurling the Younger, surveyor of this attractive plan of an estate at Stonham Aspal,near Stowmarket, worked from Grundisburgh, north east of Ipswich. All his work is recordedas being of Suffolk and dating, until the discovery of the present plan, between 1775 and1777; with four examples in the Suffolk Record Office (two at Ipswich and two at Lowestoft)and one in the British Library


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Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings

x3037 1793 (28 November) A.L.S. written in Portsmouth to Augustus Rogers, he is requestingthat the guns and howitzers which he ordered be obtained from other stores (these notbeing available in Portsmouth), “Sir Charles Grey has left some of the sixteen Light Six-pounders attached to the Regiments with their amunition. He has also made over to me two51⁄2 inch howitzers ...” and concludes, “Admiral Macbride is at Spithead. If, when I canconverse with him on the subject I find that I must not reckon of the assistance of heavycannon from the ship ...” and is signed “Moira”. Included with this letter is a reply fromthe Office of Ordnance to The Earl of Moira on the subject of the revised and agreedordnance for the expedition and lists the guns, howitzers and mortars which are to besupplied from Portsmouth and from Woolwich. Fine documents dealing with theExpedition to Ostende during the French Revolutionary Wars. Photo £100-150

On the death of the first Earl, he became The Earl of Moira from June 1793 to 1816. He wasa British soldier and colonial administrator. He served as Governor-General of India from1813 to 1823. He had also served with British forces for years during the AmericanRevolutionary War and in 1794 during the French Revolutionary Wars. He took theadditional surname ‘Hastings’ in 1790 in compliance with the will of his maternal uncle,Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon Following the declaration of war in 1793 ofFrance upon Great Britain, Rawdon-Hastings (as he was now known) was appointed majorgeneral, on 12 October 1793. Sent by the Pitt ministry, Rawdon-Hastings launched anexpedition into Ostend, France, in 1794. He marched to join with the army of the Duke ofYork, at Alost. The French general Pichegru, with superior numbers, forced the British backtoward their base at Antwerp. Rawdon-Hastings left the expedition, feeling Pitt had brokenpromises


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James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier

3038 1799 (2 August) commission document on vellum, appointing John Chambers White ascaptain of H.M.S. Windsor Castle, signed “J Gambier” and others, with wafer seal of theAdmiralty and blue 2/6d. revenue stamp. Good to fine. Photo £120-150

James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier (1756 -1833) was an admiral of the Royal Navy, whoserved as Governor of Newfoundland, and as a Lord of the Admiralty. He gained publicdistinction for his part in the Glorious First of June in 1794


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King George III

3039 1801 (31 July) Royal warrant for the appointment of a legation secretary at Naples, “ ...to our good Brother the King of the Two Sicilies”. Hand signed by King George III top leftabove the Royal Seal. Also signed by Hawkesbury as Foreign Secretary. An 8 pagedocument tied with silk appointing William à Court, as Legation Secretary, being of textin English and 3 pages translated into Latin. Plus 2 blanks and cover. Size 73⁄4 x 12 inches;good to fine. Photo £300-350

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770-1828) was a British politician andPrime Minister of the United Kingdom (1812-27) since the Union with Ireland in 1801. Hewas 42 years old when he became premier in 1812, which made him younger than all of hissuccessors. Hawkesbury became Lord Liverpool after the death of his father in December 1808William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury (1779-1860) appointed Legation Secretary, (he wentback there as Envoy Extraordinary in 1814, later was Ambassador to Russia)Interesting date as there is a Lord Nelson connection. At that time Lord Hamilton wasBritish Ambassador at Naples with Lady Hamilton, so Lord Nelson at every opportunity wasfrequently in port refitting his ships


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General Sir George Beckwith

3040 1803 (16 August) an autograph letter signed, as Major-General sent from “DanburyCamp” to Colonel Stanley of the 1st Royal Lancashire Regiment about the disposition ofregimental officers; some paper loss at seal opening, clear of signature, (9 x 7 inches) andaffixed to old album page, light stains. An elusive Revolutionary War signature. Photo £350-400

General Sir George Beckwith (1753-1823). Beckwith was commissioned into the 37thRegiment of Foot in 1771. He distinguished himself as a regimental officer in the AmericanRevolutionary War. He fought with distinction in the New York and New Jersey campaignsin 1776, leading the British advance into Elizabethtown and Brunswick. In 1780 he tookcharge of British military intelligence in New York. After the war he worked for Sir GuyCarleton in Canada. His efforts were aimed at stirring up trouble in Vermont, Florida,Kentucky and Tennessee. At the time Britain thought the weak American government mightask for British help. He was then appointed Governor of Bermuda in 1797, Governor of SaintVincent in 1806 and Governor of Barbados in 1810. He was made a K.B. for his Capture ofMartinique in 1809 and also led a successful expedition against Guadeloupe, the last Frenchpossession in the area, in 1810. He attained the full rank of General in 1814. Sir GeorgeBeckwith was Commander-in-Chief, Ireland from 1816 to 1820. He has an entry in Spies,Wiretaps, and Secret Operations: An Encyclopaedia of American Espionage


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Napoleon’s Planned Invasion

3041 1803 (26 October) General Defence and Security of the Realm. A printed notice of themeeting “Held at the Tiger Inn in Beverley, on Wednesday 26th October 1803 ...Resolved, That as many Waggons as are necessary be provided for the purpose ofremoving the Sick, Infirm Persons and others not capable of removing themselves; and allsuch Waggons shall take a Northern Direction, for the Bridge at Frodingham”. Also“That the Waggons marked and numbered in Holderness and Dickering for Militarypurposes, shall have four Horses each”; as well detailing, “places of General Assembly ofWaggons for conveyance of Troops from the West-Riding to the East” and movement fordefence of Hull and others plus instructions for procuring signal rockets at the eachBeacon. Mentioning “for the Drains in this County to be filled with fresh Water in orderthat the County be Inundated on the approach of the Enemy”. Printed by M. Turner,Beverley, size 91⁄4 x 151⁄4 inches and in a magnificent state of preservation. Photo £500-600


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Major-General Henry MacKinnon

3042 1805 (17 December) entire letter from Saxony to Bracknell, rated at “1/11” and withLondon arrival datestamp on the flap. An original campaign letter, written while servingwith his regiment under Lord Cathcart in Germany, from Henry MacKinnon to his wifeKate at Bracknell, Berkshire, with good military content, referring to the Battle ofAusterlitz, reporting the entry of the Prussians into Wurtzburg, warning thatcommunication with England might be cut off by the freezing of the Elbe. Endorsed “viaCuxhaven” (a German town situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of theElbe River). Postage due 1/11d (1/6d Germany to London + 5d London to Bracknell);lightly toned. Photo £350-400

The contents of the letter include, “Monday 16th, ... We still remain here, nor do I as yet seeany appearance of our moving, there certainly has been a great Battle in which the ThreeEmperors were present and we have had many contradictory reports.”Major-General Henry MacKinnon (1773-1812) entered the Coldstream Guards, servedunder the Duke of York in Holland, in the expedition to Egypt, in Germany in 1805, and atthe taking of Copenhagen in 1807. Mackinnon commanded the 45th, 74th, and 88thregiments in the Peninsular War under the Duke of Wellington. He was killed by theexplosion of an enemy magazine during the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo on January 19, 1812.Prior to the Napoleonic wars, MacKinnon had a cordial acquaintance with NapoleonBonaparte while the former’s father resided in the French Province of Dauphiny whenNapoleon was a frequent visitor to the region. The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as theBattle of the Three Emperors, was one of Napoleon’s greatest victories, where the FrenchEmpire effectively crushed the Third Coalition. On 2 December 1805 a French army,commanded by Emperor Napoleon I, decisively defeated a Russo-Austrian army,commanded by Tsar Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, after nearly ninehours of difficult fighting. “Tuesday 17th. Still in doubt as to the fate of this great battle,which will be of so much consequence to our fate and that of the world.”


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3043 1807 (24 December), “Most Humbly Submitted to His Majesty” for Major Drigue Morganto be appointed Inspecting Field Officer and Captain William Plenderleath be appointedDeputy Assistant Adjutant General to the Troops destined to Foreign Service under thecommand of Brigadier General Beresford. The King has written, “Approved GR”. Thewriting is characteristic of his becoming blind from cataracts. Photo £180-200


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William Huskisson, the First Man to Die on the Railway

3044 1808 (21 June) letter from Downing Street to John Maitland, requesting his attendanceat the House to vote on a bill proposed by Spencer Percival concerning compensation tobe paid to John Palmer, the originator of mail coaches. Signed “W. Huskisson” and therecipient’s name. Fine. Photo £200-250

William Huskisson (1770-1830), President of the Board of Trade. In 1808 he was Secretaryto the TreasuryThe Chancellor of the Exchequer, Spencer Percival, was trying to get through the annual Actfor various grants (heads of government expenditure). The House of Lords had the power toreject the whole but not to amended parts, and Percival feared that their opposition to aproposed grant to John Palmer would lead to the entire Act being rejected. He thereforeproposed to deal with the Palmer grant separatelyJohn Palmer (1742-1818) devised the system of mail coaches and, for a time, was comptrollergeneral of the Post Office. Dismissed in 1794 he campaigned strongly for a proper reward forhis work. Percival’s instincts were correct as three Acts were rejected before Palmer wasawarded £13,000 in 1813The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M) took place on 15 September1830. The opening day was a major public event. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, thePrime Minister, rode on one of the eight inaugural trains, as did many other dignitaries andnotable figures of the day. Huge crowds lined the track at Liverpool to watch the trains departfor Manchester. William Huskisson, former cabinet minister and Member of Parliament forLiverpool was a highly influential figure in the creation of the British Empire and anarchitect of the doctrine of free trade, but fell out with Wellington in 1828 over the issue ofparliamentary reform and resigned from the cabinet. Hoping to be reconciled withWellington, he approached the Duke’s railway carriage and shook his hand. Distracted by theDuke, he did not notice an approaching locomotive on the adjacent track, Rocket. Onrealising it was approaching he panicked and tried to clamber into the Duke’s carriage, butthe door of the carriage swung open leaving him hanging directly in the path of the oncomingRocket. He fell onto the tracks in front of the train, suffering serious leg injuries, dying laterthat night


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The Peninsular Wars - Battle of Salamanca

3045 1812 hand-drawn map of the allied and French forces showing the areas of high groundand includes “Two hills called the two Arapiles. The one to the North formed the centre of theBritish Position - that to the South was the centre of the French Position” with and extensiveand detailed key to the map. Also 1812 (2 June) letter from William Mordaunt in Lisbonto Sir Charles Stuart asking for help after he was imprisoned as a French spy and a laterletter to Sir Charles Stuart. Other items include a long letter written in Portuguese writtenon 24 December 1812 which makes mention of Lord Wellington and Marshal Beresford(serving in the Portuguese army). An official letter in Portuguese from the secretariat ofthe junta. A letter in French referring to Marquis de Wellington. A very interesting group.Photo £300-400

The Battle of Salamanca saw the Anglo-Portuguese army under the Duke of Wellingtondefeat Marshal Auguste Marmont’s French forces among the hills around Arapiles, south ofSalamanca, Spain on 22 July 1812Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1779-1845). A British diplomat, between1812 and 1828 he was known as Sir Charles Stuart. He served as Envoy Extraordinary andMinister Plenipotentiary to Portugal and Brazil between 1810 and 1814


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3046 1812 (25 July) entire letter from Charles de Havilland, a prisoner of war, to his father,the Grand Bailli de l’Isle de Guernsey. Sent from Verdun with “1/1” rate mark andLondon transit on the flap. Long and interesting contents include describing in detail hisfinancial difficulties as a prisoner of war in France, with his debts listed as “the immensesum of 7095 francs, God knows when I can pay you...” and “I had an argument the other daywith an officer & a lawyer about this question. Can an Englishman be tried by the law ofEngland if he defames the Character of another Englishman or tries to extort from him whilea prisoner of war in France? ... we have a small wager depending on it”. Vertical foldingcrease otherwise fresh and fine with most unusual and interesting contents. Photo £250-300


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King George IV as Prince Regent

3047 1812 (22 October) commission document to James Boath to serve as cornet in the 22ndRegiment of Dragoon Guards and signed “George PR” in the top corner. Manuscriptamendments to the document include, “In the Name and on Behalf of His Majesty” and“By the Command of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent in the Name and on Behalf ofHis Majesty”. With wafer seal and blue £1.10 revenue stamp; some creasing and soiling.Photo £150-200

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3048 1821 King George IV Coronation, Pass Ticket for the Procession with central illustrationfeaturing the King riding on a chariot with classical maidens as escort, printed in red andpale blue. Fancy embossed surround by Dobbs featuring the Crown, King’s emblems andnational flowers and foliage. Unused and in a superb state of preservation. A fine exampleof the Congreve method of bicolour security printing. Photo £180-200

3049 –– Westminster Abbey Pass Ticket with central illustration featuring the abbey, printed inpale blue and black. Fancy embossed surround by Dobbs featuring the Crown, King’semblems and national flowers. Unused, minor corner crease, otherwise in a superb stateof preservation. A fine example of the Congreve method of bicolour security printing.Photo £180-200

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(George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough)

3050 1821 (24 November) “Conveyance of the Steeple Barton Estate Subject to the IndemnityDeed as to the Tithes of the Holdenby Estate - The Devices in trust under the late Duke ofMarlborough’s Will to Viscount Clifden”. A group of related documents and indentureslegally bound together, eight pages on vellum signed by “Shaftsbury”, “Robt. Spencer”, “J.Blackstone” and “Clifden”. The reverse of this document with, “Received the day and yearfirst within written of and from the within named Henry Welbore Ellis ... Viscount Clifdenthe sum of One hundred pounds being the consideration money within mentioned to be paidby him to us - I say received the same By us” and signed by Shaftsbury, Robert Spencer andJ Blackstone with witnesses to each signature. The first seven pages, dated 1796 and 1804are an exemplification of common recovery relate to land in “Wescott Barton and withinthe Liberty and Proximity of Middle Barton in the parish of Steeple Barton in the county ofOxford”, and describes over two hundred acres near Clympton from George, late Dukeof Marlborough to Cropley Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftsbury, Lord Robert Spencer andJames Blackstone plus lands of Henry Welbore Ellis, Viscount Clifden. The final page isan indenture dated 24 November 1821 between Cropley Ashley Cooper, Earl ofShaftsbury, the Right Honorable Robert Spencer, James Blackstone and Henry WelboreEllis, Viscount Clifden, referring back to the two earlier leases but here the reference is tothe Manor of Holdenby in Northamptonshire, subject to a mortgage of £20,000 andadds, “ ... in consideration of sixty thousand five hundred and twenty six pounds six shillingsand 2 pence ...” Each of the first seven pages with blue £1 revenue stamps, the final pagewith blue £100 and £10 revenue stamps. Some soiling to the outer cover, otherwise fine.A very unusual document. Photo £200-250


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George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766-1840), styled Marquess ofBlandford until 1817. A British peer and collector of antiquities and books. Although theMarquess was born and baptised with the name of George Spencer, soon after succeeding tothe Dukedom of Marlborough, he had it legally changed to George Spencer-Churchill. Thisillustrious name did not, however, save him from his mounting debts and his estates wereseized and his collections sold. He retired to Blenheim Palace where he lived the remainder ofhis life off a small annuity granted to the first Duke by Queen AnneHenry Welbore Agar - Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden (1761-1836) Lord Clifden married LadyCaroline, daughter of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough, in 1792. His only sonGeorge became a successful politician and was created Baron Dover in his father’s lifetime,but predeceased his father. Lady Clifden died at Blenheim Palace in November 1813, aged50. Lord Clifden remained a widower until his death at Hanover Square, Mayfair, London,in July 1836, aged 75. He was succeeded in his titles by his grandson Henry, the eldest son ofLord DoverLord Robert Spencer (1737-1841) was the youngest son of the second Duke of MarlboroughWilliam Seymour Blackstone (1809-1881) was an English MP in the Parliament of theUnited Kingdom. He lived at Castle Priory, Wallingford, built for his grandfather, butdecided to build a still-grander house, Howbery Park, across the Thames in CrowmarshGifford. However, he fell into debt, largely because of the costs of building this new home, andspent time in the debtors’ prison at Oxford. His debt problems also contributed to the end ofhis political career. He died in Brighton, never having lived at Howbery Park

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Reward Poster for Forged One Pound Notes

3051 1827 (17 September) “£100 Reward. Whereas a Forgery of the One Pound Notes ofGaltons & James, Bankers, Birmingham has been committed”. Then giving detailsregarding the differences between the forgery and the genuine banknote. Printed onwatermarked paper 71⁄2 x 91⁄2 inches. Fine. Photo £160-200


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3053 1834 (26 February) “The Atrocious Murder of Mr. John Richardson”. With largewoodblock illustration showing the robbery in progress. Extensively detailing this murderof Mr. John Richardson who was Steward to John Perkins of Bletchley. He travelled toEpsom Corn-Market, received £23.3s mostly in Bank of England notes from Mr. Stokesof Ewell that day, upon traveling back to Bletchley was attacked by two men at Purchell’sGap on Epsom Downs. He fired a pistol at one but missed. One of the robbers then firedat him and killed him. A £100 Reward was offered that evening which was increased to£300 the next day. There is an eye witness account and a Coroner’s report. But this posterends with the words “But not withstanding the great reward of £300 and the exertionsof the Police, it is generally supposed the perpetrators will not be discovered, unless oneof the accomplices should split”. Printed by G. Smeeton, 74, Tooley St. Southwark.Advertising they print these Broadsides of Executions & Murders etc. Also they offerHawkers of these advantageous terms. Size 10 x 141⁄2 inches. Repair at upper left corner,very scarce. Photo £400-500

Highway robbery with murder was becoming quite rare by the 1830s, so this event createdquite a sensation, the Home Secretary Lord Melbourne was informed the next day, thus theGovernment added £100 to the Reward. Over 1,000 people attended the funeral of Mr.Richardson at Ashtead Church. Upwards of 30 people were taken into custody andquestioned. One of the Bank of England notes was recovered in Brighton. Several monthspassed then in August one John Young confessed to the murder while awaiting execution atWinchester for violent Burglary


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3054 1836 (19 December) advertising poster of the “public ascent of this celebrated balloon”.A delightful poster in English in black on pale yellow and featuring several type fountsincluding some which would have been quite avant guard at the time. Small fragment ofupper corner missing, otherwise in a very good state of preservation. 10 x 141⁄4 inches.Photo £500-600

This ascent took place from The Barracks in the Rue de Faubourg in Paris with eight persons.Admission was 5 Francs. Tickets for ascent in the car (gondola) was 600 francs (some £28).The Balloon was in Europe because this was directly after the famous journey it made fromVauxhall Gardens in London crossing the channel and descending at Weilburg in Nassau,Germany, having travelled some 500 miles in 18 hours, a record that stood for another 70yearsCharles Green (1785-1870) was the United Kingdom’s most famous balloonist of the 19thcentury. He experimented with coal gas as a cheaper and more readily available alternativeto hydrogen for lifting power. His first ascent was in a coal gas balloon on 19 July 1821. Hebecame a professional balloonist and had made 200 ascents by 1835. In 1836, he set the longdistance record in the balloon “Royal Vauxhall”, flying overnight from Vauxhall Gardens inLondon to Weilburg, Duchy of Nassau (Germany) a distance of 480 miles (770 km). By thetime he retired in 1852, he had flown in a balloon more than 500 times


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3055 1838 (4 September) pictorial handbill announcing Royal Gardens, Vauxhall Doubleascent & Night Entertainment with the Royal Nassau Balloon and the CoronationBalloon. Both Balloons are well illustrated particularly the car of the Great Nassauballoon. Also stating a full afternoons and evenings programme of Concert, Exhibition,Panorama and Fireworks, “There will be seats for Ten Persons in the car of the NassauBalloon”. Black printing on olive paper, size 9 x 51⁄4 inches, minor peripheral ageing butin clean condition. Photo £400-500

3056 1837 (18 October) an entire letter to Thomas Peacock at Kensington Palace. The letterincludes, “The day after the races the Duke of Wellington dropped by on his return fromNewcastle and Sunderland & was met by the affairs of the North York Militia with their fineband & staff & by the Richmond Cavalry which he reviewed ... to see the Great Heroattracted many hundreds that his reception was by no means very flattering. When he visitedStockton, small loaves of bread were handed to him on forks to remind him ... of the part hetook in the late discussion on the Corn Laws on the House of Lords. I was surprised to see himappear so old. He bore the marks of fatigue in his countenance ...”. With faint boxedGuildford St. handstamp and a fine handstruck “3” with oval London backstamps. Somesoiling and paper split £80-100

3057 1839 sales catalogue for MECHI, 4, Leadenhall Street, London. Very early catalogue of18 pages featuring British and German silver plate cutlery, tea & coffee pots; the mostexpensive being a splendid tea urn on silver mountings for £14.2s. 0d. Also Billiard Tablescomplete with cues and balls etc., for £10. Various Writing and Dressing cases etc. Thefront cover with attractive illustration of the shop front with security printing border byWhiting who printed Banknotes and Lottery tickets. Size 31⁄4 x 41⁄2 inches. Superbcondition. Photo £200-250

John Joseph Mechi was an Alderman of the City of London, he started the business in 1826

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The Duke of Wellington

3058 1840 (1 January) A.L.S. entire to W. Booth, Ordnance Office, Dublin, written fromStratford Saye, “My Dear Sir, I have received and am much obliged to you for yourmemorandum of the 27th. As you are aware I have long been advisor of the state of things inIreland. I read every syllable that O’Connell writes or that as related as having been spokenby him. I didn’t think that he can be so fooled as to believe that he can bully Mr Robert Peelor me that there may be some moderate Whigs, who do not much like what he is doing. LordMelbourne certainly thinks that there are. I think that his language is directed to these classes.It is certainly much more plain than it ever was! I shall be glad to hear from you wheneveryou can send me a line”. Signed on the address panel “Free Wellington” withHartfordbridge despatch c.d.s. on reverse (1.1), Crowned London “FREE” (2.1) andDublin arrival (3.1) on flap. Some minor soiling. Photo £400-500


Queen Adelaide

3059 1840 (3 January) autograph letter written from Funchal, “ ... I am much better than I waslast winter in England - tho’ I still have my cough.”. Also a second letter, dated 14thSeptember to the same addressee, “ ... It seems a very good plan to pass the winter inFunchal ....” Both letters with initial signatures. Photo £200-250

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849). At the time of their marriage, William was notheir-presumptive to the throne, but became so when his brother Frederick, Duke of York, diedchildless in 1827. Given the small likelihood of his older brothers producing heirs, andWilliam’s relative youth and good health, it had long been considered extremely likely that hewould become King in due course. In 1830, on the death of his elder brother, George IV,William acceded to the throne. She had a tragic childbirth history and the couple remainedwithout heirs. Their niece, Victoria, ascended the throne. Adelaide, the capital city of SouthAustralia, is named after her

Stage Coach Waybills

3060 1840’s (16 June) printed waybill for the coach “L’hirondelle” from the Crown HotelWorcester to the Lion Hotel Shrewsbury showing the Royal coat of arms at top and withmanuscript details of the passengers and stops with other annotation; also 1839 (13October) large waybill for Independent Coach to and from Brampton and Carlisle withdetails of items carried, printed by H. Scott of Carlisle; very fine £160-200

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3061 1841 (31 March) parcel front (170 x 125mm)addressed by Sir Walter Scott, addressed to RobertCadell Esq., Bookseller, Saint Andrews Square,Edinburgh. Large manuscript “10d” in ink andendorsed by the recipient, “Edinburgh 31 March 1841.I hereby Certify that the address to me on this piece ofCartridge Paper is the hand-writing of Sir WalterScott.”. Photo £150-180

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish novelist and poetRobert Cadell (1788-1849) was a bookseller andpublisher closely associated with Sir Walter Scott. Cadelltook care of Scott in the writer’s last years, profitinghandsomely from arrangements made with Scott’s familyafter his death such that they were absolved from debt inreturn for Cadell’s exclusive right to republish Scott’snovels and biographical material

(The Duke of Wellington)

3062 1843(c.), letter from John Watts, “I have much pleasure in forwarding you an envelope ofthe Dukes writing and the bit of hair which you requested me to get. I can warrant them bothgenuine. Many thanks for the tickets for the Haymarket just received - I shall have more ofthe Dukes writing very shortly, yours obediently, John Watts”. There is also a blue envelopemarked “The Duke of Wellingtons Hair” and two folded pieces of paper, one containingthe pieces of hair, the contents of the second packet have degenerated to dust. Unusualmemorabilia £150-200

Captain John Watts was the aide de campe to the Duke of Wellington, Captain of WalmerCastle, where the Duke died, and Governor of the Cinqe Ports. He accompanied the Duke’scoffin at the funeral


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3064 1850 (3 Aug.) Paper Tax Label in red and black, printed by the Congreve securityprinting and affixed to a large piece of soft blue paper (outer wrapping). From millnumber “242” for twenty-two pounds of paper and signed by the inspecting officer. Thelabel is tied by the crowned Paper Duty handstamp. Some creases and repaired split at left.These labels are quite scarce, especially on such a large fragment of the outer wrapping.Photo £250-300

Queen Victoria Proclamation

3063 1849 (13 July) a large poster announcing the introduction of the new florin coin withdetails of design, weight etc. Royal Arms at top and impressive letter press printing bySpottiswoode Printers to the Queen, size 17 x 22 inches; folding creases with some papersplitting. Photo £100-120


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(Sir George Everest)

3065 1850 (c.), a glass figurine of the god Vishnu, given by Sir George Everest, on hisretirement, to Mrs Mary Legh of High Legh, Cheshire. The figurine was originallywrapped in a piece of Whatman paper with the note, “Penates from Nepaul. Mrs Legh ofHigh Legh gave it to me who received 3 from Capt Everest on his return from thence”. It isthought that the recipient was Eleanor Avena Blackburne £100-150

Sir George Everest (1790-1866), Surveyor-General of India, after whom Mount Everest isnamed. He retired to England in 1843Mrs Legh is Mary (1785-1856), daughter of John Blackburne of Hale Hall, and the widowof George John Legh, High Sheriff of Cheshire. He served with Sir George Everest’s uncle, JohnCole Everest

Crystal Palace Exhibition

3066 1851 (in Hyde Park), a “SEASON TICKET” in black on white featuring detailed printingwith security engine turned border in the style of the first postage stamps of the period.Also 1854, a Family Season Ticket, the first Year at Sydenham in black on blue. Both aremade out to William Bagshaw and signed by him and both have been affixed in periodleather backed folder. Unusual and appealing. Photo £300-350


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Charge of the Light Brigade

3067 1857 (28 January) A.L.S. without year date, written from Hartrow Manor in Somerset.“My dear Mr Hankey, Enclosed is a letter from Colonel Douglas which I received thismorning in which he states that unless I ‘pay the sums demanded I must immediately returnto Canterbury’. To return now would be very inconvenient and entails some expense. I fancythat what is required of me, will turn out correct, though at present I cannot see it quite clearbut if you would kindly advance me the requisite sum ... making a total of £95.5.91⁄2d of whichI hope to refund the greater part, and as soon as I do, I will give you both a clear account ofthe whole matter, and also the money received. I intend leaving Hartrow on the 10th of themonth when I will go down to Canterbury ... and as soon as I return I will call upon you inMincing Lane after this I intend paying Sir Walter Trevelyan a visit at Wallington, &Remain about a week or ten days, and then return to Hartrow to the end of my leave”. Filingpin hole, fresh. Photo £250-300

Colonel Harrington Astley Trevelyan (1835-1900). Colonel Trevelyan was the last but onesurvivor of this famous charge. He was 19 years old when he took part in the famous battle ofBalaklava. He was then a lieutenant in the Eleventh Hussars. When Lord Raglan,commander-in-chief of the British army, gave the order to the Six Hundred to charge andendeavour to retake the guns that had been captured by the Russians, there were 20,000 of theenemy posted at the end of the narrow valley, with mountains back of them and batteries ofguns in their front. But the Six Hundred, since immortalized by Tennyson’s thrilling lyric,boldly rode “Into the Jaws of death, into the mouth of hell,” the Lancers shaking their weaponsin the air, the young Earl of Cadogan at the front as cool and Intrepid as if going to a huntwith the hounds.Colonel Trevelyan, whenever he spoke of the “charge of the Six Hundred,” modestly referredvery little to himself. In his opinion had the Seventeenth Lancers and the Eleventh Hussarsbeen ordered to advance when a disorganized force of Russian cavalry crossed the plain toreach the shelter of their forts, the Russians would have been routed and the disaster that befellthe British army would have been averted. “At the opportune moment,” so related ColonelTrevelyan a few years before his death, “the officer in command of the Seventeenth Lancers,said to the young Earl of Cadogan, ‘There, my Lord, Is an opportunity never likely to return’”When Captain Nolan came from Lord Raglan with the order to charge there were noRussians in sight. But off we went around the end of the valley and charged half a leaguestraight through the batteries of guns in front, with guns on both flanks and riflemen liningthe hills. Captain Nolan, who brought the order to charge, had not gone far when he gave afearful yell and dropped dead. The grapeshot was tearing holes in us. One of our seniors wasliterally blown up, and we found no trace of him afterward”This is the substance of Colonel Trevelyan’s version. When the survivors rode back ColonelTrevelyan was congratulating himself upon not being dead, when a bullet struck hisheaddress. That night he went to the hospital with a bullet wound in the calf of his left leg, asword cut on his right wrist and several minor cuts and wounds to attest to the fierceness ofthe fray


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Sir Benjamin Pine

3068 1859 (28 November) duplicate contract of marriage between Sir Benjamin Pine Knight,Lieutenant Governor of the Islands of St. Christopher and Anguilla and Marguretta AnnaSimpson. A long and elaborate, thirteen page document. With Scotland Crowndatestamps, 5/- embossed revenue and embossed duplicate stamp. Unusual £100-120

Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine (1809-1891). In 1848 he acted temporarily asgovernor of Sierra Leone, and displayed much military capacity. He was present at theexpedition to the Sherbro River, and helped to destroy a strong stockaded fort, whence thenatives had harried the neighbourhood. In the following year his vigorous policy put an endto the civil war in the same districtThis success led to his appointment in 1849 as second governor of the infant colony of Natal.During the Kaffir war in the south-west he preserved peace within his territory, and receivedthe thanks of the home government. In 1855 he led a force of volunteers against the Amabacasand enforced their submission. In 1856 Pine returned to the west coast as governor of the GoldCoast Colony, and was knighted. In May 1859 he went to the less trying climate of St.Christopher, West Indies, as lieutenant governorAt that time each of the Leeward Islands, of which St. Christopher’s formed part, wasgoverned practically as a separate colony in a loose confederation, with a governor-in-chief atAntigua. Pine recommended that the government should be made federal, with a centralauthority at Antigua. In 1866 he was temporarily acting as governor of Antigua, and helpedto persuade the legislature to reform the constitution. He did the same in his own island of St.Christopher. The home government adopted his views, and in February 1869 he wasappointed governor-in-chief of the Leeward Isles, with a mandate to carry out his scheme. On23 June 1870, in an exhaustive address, he laid his project before the council of Antigua, andin the course of the year carried it in all the islands. He was thus the first governor under thefederal constitution of the Leeward Islands. He was made a K.C.M.G. in June 1871 for hisservices. In 1873, before he had finished his term as governor-in-chief at Antigua, he was sentback to his old colony of Natal. He retired on a pension in 1875He was twice married: first, in 1841, to Elizabeth, daughter of John Campbell, who died in1847; secondly, in 1859, to Margaretta Anne, daughter of Colonel John Simpson of theBengal army

1862 International Exhibition

3069 1862 silk panel souvenir of the Exhibition featuring a coloured coat of arms and “LONDONInternational Exhibition 1862”; woven by Wahl & Socin, Machinists, Basel; a couple ofminor tone spots. Fine. Photo £100-120

3070 1864 (25 April) a Power of Attorney drawn up between William Forbes Gibbon andThomas Mitchell Gibbon by Watkins and Stokoe of Calcutta with the appropriate revenueand other embossed stamps. William Forbes Gibbon was a clerk at Coults Merchants inShanghai and the document signed and sealed in Hankow by the British Consul with agood strike of the great seal of the consulate in red. In extremely fine condition. Photo £120-150

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The Anglo-Boer War

3071 1881 (16 May) A.L.S. from General P.J. Joubert, Boer General and politician, written onnotepaper with the Royal Arms, from Heidelberg, then capital of the Transvaal, to Major(Redvers) Buller, V.C., advising, “The Carthorses having given up, we are obliged to proceedon horseback. - Will you kindly be ready in an hours time?”. Written in the aftermath of theFirst Boer War, following the signing of a peace treaty in March 1881. A rare letterbetween former adversaries. Photo £120-150


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Queen Victoria

x3072 1893 (2 January) official document appointing Charles Louis St. John as Consul for theStates of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Signed at top “VictoriaR”, signed at foot “Rosebery”, with a fine wafer seal. Usual folding creases. A fine andimportant American document. Photo £200-250

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847-1929) BritishLiberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and thedeath of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of LordDalmeny


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King George V

3073 1895 autograph letter from Prince George as the Duke of York on mourning letterheadand envelope from York House, St. James’s Palace to his uncle, Prince Edward of SaxeWeimar at Portland Place. “Saturday, Dear Uncle Edward, It would give both Mary and Igreat pleasure if you and Princess Edward would dine with us at 8.15 tomorrow evening tomeet Papa, quite a small party. Believe me yr affecte cousin, George” the envelope isstampless and marked “Express Delivery” with faint “ExPRESS” cachet in large oval and withSt. James St. (12.1) datestamp on the reverse. Letters between members of the Royalfamily are scarce. Photo £300-350

Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar (1823-1902) was a senior Army Officer and nephew ofQueen Adelaide


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The Chitral Campaign, North India

3074 An album of ten photographs of activities in Chitral in 1896, after the 1895 relief, andfeatures the officers and men of the 2/3rd Goorhars including the huts at Kila Drosh,clearing snow off the road over Lowari Pass (damaged), Chitral River from Camp KilaDrosh, Camp Ziarat (2), and an informal group of officers. Also a collection of old U.S.A.stamps at the other end of the album. Most photographs are 61⁄4 x 41⁄2 inches. Photo £150-200


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Mary of Teck

3074A 1896 photograph 31⁄4 x 51⁄2 inches by J. Thomson, signed “Victoria Mary 1896” in ink. Ina silver frame with cloth covered wood backing; some light ageing from light exposure.Photo £250-300

Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 1867-1953)Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wifeof King George V

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

3074B 1896 photograph 7 x 111⁄2 inches signed “Arthur 1896” on the mount; in a printedwooden frame. Good to fine. Photo £150-200

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Arthur William Patrick Albert;1850-1942). The seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria.


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Queen Victoria

3075 1899 (29 July) commission promoting Archibald George Smith to second lieutenant inthe Royal Artillery; fine detailed black printing with manuscript annotations andsignatures; signed “Victoria RI” at top with wafer seal and Edward Stanhope at foot; usualfolding creases. Photo £200-250


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Colonel Baden Powell

3076 1900 (13 October) short A.L.S. from Pretoria, signed, “R Baden Powell”, the note reads,“Dear Miss Buckley, I will do what I can for Corpl. Hillier. Yours try.”; heavily folded andwith some paper splits and re-enforcement. Also a double-sided silver locket containing aphotograph of Robert Baden-Powell, the reverse with a photograph of John French.Photo £150-180

The Anglo-Boer War

3077 A small group including 1903 A.L.S. signed “Roberts” with an associated letter to himfrom the War Office, photograph of Lord Roberts in full military dress signed “RobertsF.M.”, fragment signed “RSS Baden Powell, Xmas 1901” and photo card of GeneralHorace Smith-Dorrien, signed by him in 1917. Photo £150-180

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King Edward VIII and King George VI

3078 1901 (27 December) autograph letter (in the hand of the young Prince Edward), signedby both ‘Edward & Albert’ (aged 71⁄2 and 6 years respectively), to Mrs. Colman in Leeds,thanking her for the Christmas presents. The letter (8 x 8 inches) is written in pencil,folded, in good clean condition. With the original envelope with York Cottage,Sandringham on the flap, addressed in an adult hand, postmarked Sandringham, (27.12).The message reads, “Dear Mrs. Colman, We thank you very much for the books. Mary thanksyou for the doll. We wish you a Happy New Year. From Edward & Albert.”. Photo £450-500

Edward VIII (1894-1972) reigned 1936. George VI (1895-1952) reigned from 1936For a 1938 letter from King George VI to King Farouk, please see lot 3127

(King Edward VII) and Queen Alexandra

3079 1902 (c.) photograph of the King and Queen, on the occasion of the opening ofparliament after their accession, signed below the picture “Edward VII, Alexandra”, bothby the Queen. Framed with a label on the reverse, “This photograph of King Edward VIIand Queen Alexandra was presented to me in memory of the late King just before HerMajesty left Buckingham Palace ... Walter Thomas Ivimey - Gentleman of H.M. ChapelRoyal” £300-400


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3080 1915 (25 August) menu from the Preysing-Palais restaurant, Munich signed by RogerCasement, the Consul-General, Maude Fay and others; water stain in one corner. Photo £300-500

Roger David Casement (1864-1916) – known as Sir Roger Casement Kt. CMG between1911 and shortly before his execution for treason, when he was stripped of his knighthood – wasan Irish nationalist, activist, patriot and poet. He spent some time in Germany during theFirst World War organising support for the Irish causeMaude Fay (1878-1964) was an American operatic soprano


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King George V and Queen Mary

3080A 1922 two portrait, full length photographs,7 x 111⁄2 inches, by W. & D. Downey, mountedon boards and signed “George R.I. 1922” and“Mary R 1922” at foot of each; some silveringaround the edges, otherwise fine. Photo £500-600

King George V

3080B 1926 studio portrait in naval uniform, 71⁄2 x 111⁄2inches, by W. & D. Downey, signed onthe mount “George R.I. 1926”; framed. Fine.Photo £350-400

For a King George V Bestowal document, please seelot 3123

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The Munich Agreement

3081 1938 (28 September) the British Airways Ltd. flight ticket for, “The Rt. Hon. NevilleChamberlain”, completed in pencil capitals for the flights London to Munich and return.The first flight was scheduled to take off at 08.30 from Heston and the box for the priceis marked “SPECIAL FLIGHT”. On landing back at Heston, the Prime Minister was met bya large contingent of the press. This is the top copy of ticket BA/WS “18249” which isself-carbonated. Included with this is a manila envelope marked “The Prime Minister’sticket on his last visit to Munich at which an agreement with Hitler was reached. 29.9.38”.This was in the papers of George William Denny, one of the founders of British Airways.There were only two pages to these tickets (the under half was sold by Christie’s in 1992).This was one of the most significant and iconic moments in twentieth century British andEuropean history. Photo £12,000-15,000

The Munich Agreement was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany’s annexation of portionsof Czechoslovakia along the country’s borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, whichwas called the SudetenlandAdolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British PrimeMinister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact, which sealed the fate ofCzechoslovakia, virtually handing it over to Germany in the name of peace. Upon return toBritain, Chamberlain would declare that the meeting had achieved “peace in our time”Although the agreement was to give into Hitler’s hands only the Sudentenland, that part ofCzechoslovakia where 3 million ethnic Germans lived, it also handed over to the Nazi warmachine significant percentages of Czechoslovakia’s coal, iron and steel and electric power. Italso left the Czech nation open to complete domination by Germany. In short, the MunichPact sacrificed the autonomy of Czechoslovakia on the altar of short-term peace. The Czechgovernment was eventually forced to surrender the western provinces of Bohemia andMoravia and finally Slovakia and the Carpathian Ukraine. By the time of the invasion ofPoland in September 1939, the nation of Czechoslovakia no longer existed.Neville Chamberlain would be best remembered as the champion of the Munich Pact, havingmet privately with Hitler at Berchtesgaden, the dictator’s mountaintop retreat, before theMunich conference. Chamberlain, convinced that Hitler’s territorial demands were notunreasonable (and that Hitler was a “gentleman”), persuaded the French to join him inpressuring Czechoslovakia to submit to the Fuhrer’s demands. Upon Hitler’s invasion ofPoland a year later, Chamberlain was put in the embarrassing situation of announcing thata “state of war” existed between Germany and Britain. By the time Hitler occupied Norwayand Denmark, Chamberlain had lost much credibility

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Neville Chamberlain delivering his “Peace in our Time” speech at Croydon on 29September 1938, having just returned from his meeting with Hitler in Munich aboard G-AFGN. These Lockheed 14s, (with G-AFGO in the background) were two of six operatedby British Airways Ltd on their longer stage European flights (Berlin, Warsaw, Zurich, etc.),G-AFGN was written off in a crash on 11 August 1939 near Saint Sauveur, Luxeuil, France(just before the war that Chamberlain’s “piece of paper” was supposed to allay). The aircraftwas on lease to Imperial Airways at the time and suffered an engine fire en route fromSwitzerland to London. The aircraft was completely destroyed in the resultant crash landingalthough fortunately there was no loss of life


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Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark

3081A 1944 photograph with her children, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandraand Prince Michael of Kent, 9 x 61⁄4 inches, signed on the mount, “Marina 1944”.Endorsed on the reverse, “Given to Madam Croft for Christmas 1944”. Fine. Photo £250-300

Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968). The wife of Prince George, Duke of Kent, thefourth son of King George V of the United Kingdom and Mary of Teck

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Field Marshal Montgomery

3082 1961 (30 December) A.L.S. on letter head to Miss Baird, secretary of the South AfricaClub, concerning his speech at a dinner in his honour at the Savoy. The letter includesthe names and addressed of others who he would like invited the dinner, his brother Brianand his wife and a fellow officer and his wife. Written in turquoise ink and signed, “Yrssincerely, Montgomery of Alamein”. Included with this lot is the carbon copy of the letterfrom Miss Baird to Lord Montgomery. Filing pin holes in upper left corners. Photo £200-250

The letter head is from Isington Mill, Alton. This ruined watermill on the River Wey inHampshire was bought by Bernard Law 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in 1947. Helived there until his death on 24 March 1976


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A BOOK OF SIGNATURES OF RECIPIENTS OF MEDALS

3083 A leather bound ledger with its original leather case,created by Lt. Col Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker.Each medal, whether for honour, gallantry or acampaign is identified with a piece of the medalribbon, details or illustrations of each medal and asmany signatures of the recipients as could be acquired.It appears that this book was carried to suitable eventsor was sent to different recipients to be signed,representing a long and dedicated passion for thissubject. Although those who have signed this booktend to be from the higher ranks of the army and navy,with countless generals and many field marshals andadmirals, there are also several members of the Royalfamily and other foreign recipientsThe book commences with Order of the Garter. TheOrder of the Garter is the most senior and the oldestBritish Order of Chivalry and was founded by EdwardIII in 1348. The Order, consisting of the King andtwenty-five knights, honours those who have heldpublic office, who have contributed in a particular wayto national life or who have served the SovereignpersonallySignatures include Queen “Alexandra”, King “GeorgeV”, Prince “George” (Duke of Kent), Prince “Arthur”Duke of Connaught, Prince “Arthur” of Connaught,“Wellington”, Earl “Roberts F.M.”, Robert OffleyAshburton Crewe-Milnes “Crewe”, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice “Lansdowne”, John Campbell “Argyll”,Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound “Minto”, HenryPercy “Northumberland”, Henry Fitzalan-Howard“Norfolk”, Herbrand Russell “Bedford”, AugustusFitzroy “Grafton”, George “Cadogan”, WilliamPalmer “Selbourne”, Charles “Hardinge of Penshurst”,“Montgomery of Alamein”Order of the Thistle with King George V and others.Order of St Patrick with King George V and others including Wolseley F.M. and Roberts F.M.Order of the BathThe Order of Bath is mainly awarded to officers of the Armed Services, as well as to a small numberof civil servants. Numbers may be increased in times of war or in the event of any military or civilaction or service which merits ‘peculiar honour or reward’. Seven pages including Wolseley F.M.,Evelyn Wood F.M., D.M. Probyn Gen., Geo S. White F.M., E.R.G.R. Evans (Scott Expedition),Col. Edward Thackeray VC, Montgomery of Alamein, Roberts F.M., Hardinge of Penshurst, ClaudeM. Macdonald, Earl Grey, Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Robert Baden Powell (Lt.Gen.),Douglas Haig, Alex Godley Colonel, D.M. Probyn Gen., C.H. Brownlow F.M., Lt. General BaronY. Fukoshima Vice Chief of General Staff, Vice Admiral Baron M. Saito I.J.N. (later Governor ofKorea and prime minister of Japan), Marquis Katsura Prime MinisterOrder of the Star of India including Roberts F.M., Geo S. White F.M., Lansdowne, Curzon ofKedleston, D.M. Probyn Gen., Minto, Harding of Penshurst, Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner,Hardinge of Penshurst, Francis Younghusband, H.M. DurandOrder of St. Michael and St. GeorgeThe Order of St Michael and St George is awarded to men and women of high office, or who renderextraordinary or important non-military service in a foreign country. It can also be conferred forimportant or loyal service in relation to foreign and Commonwealth affairs. Signatures include FrowdWalker (himself), Argyll, George White F.M., Minto, Marquis Matzukata, Wolseley F.M., Geo S.Milner F.M., Evelyn Wood, J.D.P. French F.M., Clarendon, Gleichen Col., Sydenham of Combe,Cromer, Knutsford, Landsdown.Order of the Indian Empire including Roberts F.M., Minto, Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner,Hardinge of Penshurst, Minto, Lansdowne, Douglas HaigVictorian OrderThe Royal Victorian Order is given by The Queen to people who have served her or the Monarchyin a personal way. These may include officials of the Royal Household, family members or perhaps

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British Ambassadors who have helped organise a State Visit to a particular country. Signaturesinclude Prince “Arthur”, Prince “George”, Prince “Christian”, Wellington, Argyll, Redesdale,Hardinge of Penshurst, Douglas Haig, Gleichen, Norfolk, David Beatty, Robert Baden PowellSt. John of Jerusalem including Princess Helena, Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Roberts F.M.,Hardinge of Penshurst, George Milne F.M., Sydenham of CombeRoyal Red Cross including Princess Helena, Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Lady RobertsDistinguished Service Order including Montgomery of Alamein, E.R.G.R. Evans, Webb Gillman,Arch W McDonald 1st Lovat ScoutsOrder of Victoria and Albert signed by Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, Princess Helena, Victoriaof Schleswig-Holstein and Princess Patricia of ConnaughtOrder of the Crown of India signed by Nora Roberts (wife of F.M. Roberts), Mary (4th countess of)Minto, Lady Napier of Magdala, Princess Helena, Victoria of Schleswig-HolsteinOrder of Merit a special honour awarded to individuals of great achievement in the fields of the arts,learning, literature and science. This page with W. Holman Hunt, S. Alma Tadema, Kitchener,Cromer (Evelyn Baring), Roberts F.M., E.H. Seymour Admiral of the Fleet, George S. White F.M.,J. Smuts, Admiral Count H. Togo, Prince “Oyama” Iwao with note “Field Marshal CommanderJapanese Army in Russia War”Victoria Cross for the Navy with “Israel Harding, H.M.S. Alexandra” (1882) and “Chas D LucasRear Admiral. Inscription on Cross ‘HMS Hecla 21st June 1854’. This is prior to all other dates CDL”Victoria Cross for the Army with Percy S. Marling (1884), H.H. Lyster Lt. Gen., (1857), LordRoberts F.M. (1858), A.S. Cobbe (1903), H.L. Reed (1899), George S. White F.M. (1879), J.E.Gough Col. (1857), HND Prendergast, general (1857), W.A. Kerr, July 1857, Mahratta Horse(1857), Evelyn Wood F.M. (1858), D.M. Probyn Gen. (1862), John Watson (1848), Alfred S Jonesthe first C E (1857), Anthony D. Home Surgeon Gen. (1857), Edward Pemberton Leach GeneralR.E. (1879), Frederick William Bell 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards (1901), Luke O’Connor (LateR.W. Fusiliers) (1856), T. Cadell, Colonel (1857), J. Hills-Johnes 23 years (1857), E.J. Phipps-Hornby (1900), A.J. Hammond Col. (1879), Henry T. Sylvester, late asst. surgeon, 25 RWF(1856), Henry M. Jones (1857), Edward J. Thackeray Col. (1857), J. Manners Smith Lt. Col.(1892), W. Babtie (1900), O’M Creagh Genl. (1879) and P.A. Kenna Br. Gen. (1898)Imperial Service OrderImperial Medal of India including Roberts F.M., Geo S. White F.M., B. Blood Gen.Kaisar-I-Hind. Hind Medal with Mary Minto, Ganga Singh, Marahrajah of Bokaner, FrancisYounghusbandThe Albert Medal with E.R.G.R. EvansDiamond Jubilee Medal with numerous signatures including Prince Arthur, Wolseley F.M., E.H.Seymour Admiral of the Fleet, Minto, Roberts F.M., Hardinge of Penshurst, Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Cromer, RobertsDelhi Durbar including G.H. Younghusband, General Oku, Curzon of Kedleston, FrancisYounghusbandKing’s Coronation with numerous signatures including Evelyn Wood F.M., Minto, Wolseley F.M.,Richmond & Gordon, Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley, Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Hardinge ofPenshurst, Roberts F.M., Cromer, Waldegrave, Prince Arthur, W. Baptie, Ganga Singh, Waldegrave,Cementi Smith, Robert Baden Powell, French Gen.Order of the Black Eagle signed by Prince Arthur and Roberts F.M.The Legion of Honour including S. Alma Tadema, Evelyn Wood F.M., Wolseley F.M., Hardinge ofPenshurst, Geo. F. Milne F.M., E.R.G.R. EvansOrder of the Rising Sun and Order of the Chrysanthemum including Prince Yorihito, Prince Oyama,Admiral Count H. TogoOrder of the Medjidj including Minto, Wolseley F.M. Evelyn Wood F.M., Luke O’Connor V.C.C.B., C.C.P. Fitzgerald AdmiralOrder of the Osmanie including Wolseley F.M., E.H. Seymour Admiral of the Fleet, Claude M.Macdonald Col., N.G. Lyttleton Gen., Harry H Rawson Admiral 1882, Chas C. Drury AdmiralThe Scinde and Jellalabad medals with accompanying letters and notes plus other Indian campaignsVarious Crimea medals including French and Turkish, Baltic, Sardinian and Conspicuous GallantryIndian Mutiny 1857-58, China 1857-60, Abyssinia 1867-68, New Zealand (1845-46), West Africa(1873), South Africa (1834-79) with Cape General Service (1880-97), Afghanistan (1878-80),Robert’s Star (1880), Egypt (1882-89), Khedive’s Star (1882-91), Canada (1885) includingT Bland Strange Major General com. Alberta Field Force, Canadian General Service (1899), Easternand Central Africa (1891-95), Matabeleland (1893-97) including Earl Grey, Baden Powell,


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Ashanti Star (1895-96), Indian Medal (1895-98), East and Central Africa (1897-98), British Soudan(1899) including Douglas Haig, Khedive Soudan, numerous signatures for South Africa (1900) andKing’s South Africa (1902), Kimberley Star (1897-1900), Order of Murmat (1893), Ashantee(1900), West Africa (1900), East African General Service (1900), Indian General Service (1908),Tibet (1904), Order of the Red Eagle including Prince ArthurOther foreign medals include Russia Order of St. Anne signed by Webb Gillman B.G., The Star ofRoumania signed by Geo. F. Milne F.M., Serbia Order of the White Eagle, Order of Naval Merit(Spain), Order of Merit Pyrmont-Waldeck signed by Alban Wilson 8th Gurkha Rifles, Order of theCrown of Italy, Order of the Crown (Belgium), Order of Leopold including S. Alma Tadema, Orderof the Redeemer (Greece) including Prince Arthur, Hardinge of Penshurst, Aberconway of BodnantRoyal Humane Society and the Stanhope Gold Medal, Transport, Artic Medal, King’s Coronation(1911) includes Princess HelenaMilitary Cross (1915) and numerous signatures for the Great War, France Croix de Guerre, BelgiumCroix de guerreThe final page is of the British rowing eight in the 1908 Olympic Games gold medal team and signedby A.A. Gladstone, F.S. Kelley, B.C. Johnstone, Guy Nickalls, D.C. Burnell, R.H. Sanderson, R.R.Etherington-Smith, H.C. Bucknall and cox G. Maclagan. Photo £15,000-20,000

Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker (1850-1917). He went to the Royal Military College Sandhurst wherehe excelled at sport, representing the college at athletics in 1869 and 1870 and for the Cricket XI in 1869becoming their Captain the following year. On his graduation from Sandhurst he was awarded theSword of Honour which was presented to him by the Duke of CambridgeHe was a keen footballer and, on leaving Sandhurst, joined Clapham Rovers Football Club and laterWanderers Football Club. In November 1870 he was selected to play for England against Scotland wherehe scored the only goal in England’s 1-0 victory. On the 25th of February 1871 he again played forEngland against Scotland in a 1-1 draw, again scoring England’s only goal. On the 18th of November1871 he scored twice for England in their 2-1 victory over Scotland. He was also selected to play for theEngland Rugby XV against Scotland in the test match of 1873 but in the event he didn’t play in thematchHe was commissioned as an Ensign in the 28th Regiment of Foot (Gloucester Regiment) on the 28th ofOctober 1871. In December 1872 he was promoted to Lieutenant with effect from the 28th of October1871. He served in Gibraltar and Malta with his regiment. In 1874 he was posted to Perak in Malayabut later transferred to Hong KongIn 1878 he moved on to Singapore where he was Aide-de-Camp to Sir William Robertson, Governor ofthe Straits SettlementIn early 1879 he entered the service of the Federated Malay States, becoming Deputy Commissioner of thePerak Armed Police in 1880. He was promoted to Captain in 1881 and by 1884 he was Commandantof the 1st Battalion of Perak Sikhs with the local rank of MajorOn the 1st of July 1888 he was promoted to Major. On the 27th of November 1889 he was granted thehonorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel while with the Perak Police. In 1896 the Perak and Sengalor PoliceForces were merged into the Malay States Guides and Walker was appointed as their first commandantHe had the reputation of being something of a disciplinarian with a fierce temper, and was known to thelocal Malays as the “Black Panther”. He has been described as “at the best of times very much a martinet”and “a difficult man to work with”He was made a Companion of St Michael and St George in the King’s New Years Honours List of the1st of January 1901 and has placed his signature in this volume. On the 3rd of May 1902 he was grantedthe local rank of Lieutenant Colonel on his appointment as Commandant of the Malay States GuidesIn 1907 he married Beatrice (nee Ireland) the widow of Colonel Richard George Bolford Bolton, RoyalHorse GuardsHe retired from the army on the grounds of ill health in 1910 and returned to the UK, living at Scott’sLodge, Knockholt in KentOn his retirement a bronze statue of him was erected outside the Perak Museum in Taiping which waspaid for by public subscription of the Sultans of Perak and Johore, friends of the principal ChineseTowkays and by the officers and men of the Regiment of Malay State Guides. The inscription reads, “Forhis hospitality and encouragement of all branches of sport and his success in raising the Regiment ofMalay States Guides to the highest excellence this statue will serve as a continued remembrance”He rejoined the army during the Great War when he was appointed as Commandant of the prisoner ofwar camp at Alexandra Palace where German and Austrian nationals were interned from March 1915He died from prostate cancer and is commemorated on the war memorial at Knockholt


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Queen Victoria

3084 1882 Christmas card to her granddaughter, Princess Irène of Hesse, a chromo-litho cardshowing a page boy presenting a posy of flowers, the reverse with “To dear Irène from herbeloved Grandmama ... Christmas 1882”. Photo £200-240

Princess Irène of Hesse (1866-1953)She was the third child and third daughter of PrincessAlice of the United Kingdom and Ludwig IV, GrandDuke of Hesse


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Princess Elizabeth of Hesse, Russia

3085 1890 Christmas card to her sister Irène, “To my darling Irène, Merry Xmas & Happy NewYear ... Ella. 1890”. In a superb state of preservation. Photo £400-500

Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1864-1918)She was the wife of Grand Duke SergeiAlexandrovich of Russia, fifth son of EmperorAlexander II of Russia. After her husband wasassassinated in 1905, she founded a convent, became anun and devoted her life to the care of the poor andsick. She was later murdered by the Bolsheviks, togetherwith other members of the Imperial Family by beingthrown alive down a mine shaft


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H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh

3086 1950-84, a group of Christmas cards signed “Philip”, several with the original OfficialPaid registered envelopes, 1980 autograph envelope, postally used, sundry ephemerarelating to the Royal Warrant Holders Association and a photograph of the Duke byBaron (1953), with programme and ceremonial for the 1972 Silver Wedding. (46 items).Photo £1,000-1,200

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H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

3087 1969-81 a collection of 12 Christmas cards signed “Charles” plus a typed letter, signed,expressing appreciation for Mr. Watson’s services on his retirement. The message in the1979 card reads, “Mr Watson - and all those who struggle to make my clothes fit ...”.(13 items). Photo £900-1,200

Lord Mountbatten of Burma

3088 A group of four Christmas cards signed by Lord and Lady Mountbatten, two asCommander in Chief, Mediterranean, eight with printed signatures, two from LordBrabourne & Patricia and with their wedding invitation (1946), four typed letters signedby Mountbatten (1946-56), programme for the unveiling of the Mountbatten statue bythe Queen in 1983 on Forest Office Green. (21 items) £350-400

King of Thailand

3089 1966-81, a group of greetings cards signed “Bhumibol R” (1977-78), two personallysigned, three with printed signatures (1966, 1979, 1981) with original envelopes anda telegram from the Queen of Thailand acknowledging birthday greetings (1970).(6 items) £200-250

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x3090 1720 (c.) Austrian pass issued in Palermo, headed “GEORGE OLIVER/DES HEYL. ROM.REICHS/GRAF VON WALLIS”, in a mixture of Italian, Latin and German, with wafer seal inlower corner and signed by Leopold von Trell and another; usual folding creases. Photo £120-150

George Olivier, Count of Wallis (1671-1743). A field marshal of Irish descent in the serviceof the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and last regent of theHabsburg Kingdom of Serbia (1738-1739). Born into an Irish family, he distinguishedhimself in Sicily by his capture of Messina. He then commanded on the Rhine (1733), thenin Italy and Hungary. He lost the decisive Battle of Grocka against the Ottoman Empire in1739, thus leading to the peace of Belgrade, which was unfavourable to Austria and thus ledto his disgrace. In the War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718-20) he fought in the Austrianarmy on Sicily, being wounded in the struggle for Messina but later becoming governor of thatcity’s fortress until 1727, when he returned to Austria


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3091 1790-1824, a group of passports in the name of John Tarren (Gentleman) of London(born 1768) with 1790 British French passport with signatures including “Gower”; 1792Ostende pass, 1792 Bruxelles pass signed “Elgin”, 1792 German pass, 1792 large Dutchpass with handstamped signatures of Marie Christine, Princess Royal and Albert PrinceRoyal of Poland and Lithuania (before the couple fled to Vienna in 1793); also a groupof 1817-24 French passes which include the travel stamps and endorsements on thereverse. There is also an embossed London Institution lecture ticket. A fine and veryinteresting group of an unusually well travelled gentleman. (10 items). Photo £500-600

George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833). Known as ViscountTrentham from 1758 to 1786, as Earl Gower from 1786 to 1803 and as The Marquess ofStafford from 1803 to 1833, was a British politician, diplomat, landowner and patron of thearts. He is estimated to have been the wealthiest man of the 19th-century. He remains acontroversial figure for his role in the Highland Clearances. Between 1790 and 1792 he wasAmbassador to France, despite not having any previous diplomatic experienceThomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (1766-1841) was a Scottishnobleman and diplomat, known for the removal of marble sculptures (also known as the ElginMarbles) from the Parthenon in Athens. In 1791, he was sent as a temporary envoy-extraordinary to Austria, while Sir Robert Keith was ill. He was then sent as envoy-extraordinary in Brussels until the conquest of the Austrian Netherlands by France


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3092 1814 (8 September) French pass for a Mr Williams, signed “Wellington” with red waxseal; horizontal creases and some light soiling but fresh and in a good state ofpreservation. Photo £300-350

The Duke of Wellington was made Ambassador to France after the Battle of Waterloo.Foreign-Office, July 5, 1814His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of HisMajesty, to appoint the Most Noble the Duke of Wellington, K. G. to be His Majesty’sAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Court of- His Most Christian MajestyLouis XVIII

British Passport in France

3093 1824-26, an unusually large passport with several additional pages affixed underneath ina column, with numerous entries including Paris, Florence, Rome, Naples, Sicily,Bologna, Berne, Milan, Geneva and others. Typical creasing and soiling with somestrengthening along the central fold. Very unusual with approximately 71 entries, somewax and wafer seals £120-150

U.S.A.

3094 1831 (8 June) a passport from the Legation of the United States of America in Englandnumbered “262” for James Bowen, with secretary signature for Washington Irvine. Thepassport is endorsed by various cities in France and Switzerland; usual folding creases andsome soiling. Unusual £80-100

For Hejaz and Nejd, Saudia Arabia passport, please see lot 3140

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3095 1371 entire letter to the Bailiff of Soller (a town in Mallorca) on thick, heavily laid paperwith ram’s head watermark; there are a few stains but still in a very good state ofpreservation. Also a later letter, also on thick. laid paper, to the Baillie of Soller andfeatures a shield device on the front below the address, some water damage had removedsome of the ink but still very unusual and interesting. Photo £500-600

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3096 1400-1480 (c.) antiphona, a large and impressive sheet of choral music with two fineinitial capitals on velum (153⁄4 x 22 inches); unusually showing only four lines. In a goodstate of preservation. Photo £200-250

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3097 1402 and 1441, two Flemish land transfer indentures from the échevins (aldermen) andceurheers of Bergues Saint Winox (south of Dunkerque)1402 document (310 x 93mm) refers to a property in the parish of Quatypre(“quadypere”) and the échevins named are, Bouden van den Brouke. Pieter de Scheiluwe,Pieter van Borre, Loodewijc Loor and Olivaer de Muds; bears five armorial seals,complete or largely soThe 1441 document (320 x 228mm) relates to a property in the parish of Warhem(“warheem”) and the échevins named are, Lauwers van Oye, Joris van Heuchin, Pieter vanden Bussche, Jan Vermene and Baltasar de Jonghe; there are three armorial seals whichare mostly preserved and the fragments of another three. Typical folding and bending,both are in a neat script and in a good to fine state of preservation. Photo £600-800

These are interesting examples of deeds in Flemish from the small Flemish enclave in FrenchFlanders, adjoining the present Belgian borderThe communal archives of Bergues contain details of registration of land transfers, wills, etc.,passed before the échevins and ceurheers there, but there is little material before 1500.Bergues appears in these documents as “Berghamboucht” in 1402 and as “Berghambocht” in1441The names of the échevins also add fresh details to those named in other sources, none of theabove appear in the name index in Dehaisnes

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3098 1458 prepaid letter written in Latin, showing the merchant’s guild mark and prepaid markon the front and with wafer seal. Written on laid paper with snake watermark. In finecondition. Photo £300-400


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3099 1540 (c.) a Spanish Carta Ejecutoria de Hidalguia of 22 pages written in the neat, officialhand with the title page beautifully illuminated in tempera and ink on vellum. The initialcapital features the combined arms of Castile, Aragon and Leon with various figures, fruitand flowers surround. The document is made in the favor of Hernan Ponce de Leon andPedro de Valbuena de Vega. The text includes three to five line illuminated capitals ingold with either blue or red background. Various signatures on the first and last pages andwith the original metal seal (slight wear) tying the coloured roped threads. Some agefaults to the cover, particularly to the back flap, otherwise fine and in a good state ofpreservation. Photo £2,500-3,000

Charles V (1500-1558) was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I,of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary abdication in favor of his youngerbrother Ferdinand I as Holy Roman Emperor and his son Philip II as King of Spain in 1556

Hernando Ponce de Leon was a conquistador and explorer. In 1516 he participated in theexpedition organized by Pedrarias Dávila to the west coast of the Isthmus of Panama and theconquest of Nicaragua. Towards 1536 he joined Hernando de Soto in the conquest of Peru.These letters patent of nobility both established noble lineage and served as tangible evidenceof nobility. During the early modern period in Spain the nobility and the clergy formed anestate far removed from the rest of the population. The property of the nobility was exemptfrom taxation and protected from civil suits. Nobles could not be imprisoned for indebtedness,or tortured (except for treason), and if sentenced to execution had the option of decapitationrather than hanging

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Maximilian I, Elector and Duke of Bavaria

3100 1628-32, four secretary letters, three to the same recipient showing dramatic flourishes inthe address panel, written in German, two are with the distinctive signature of Maximilian.The final letter with a long and detailed address panel is from an administrator. Eachletter with the wafer seal of Maximilian. Some peripheral soiling but still good to fine.(4 letters). Photo £800-1,000

Maximilian I (1573-1651). He was born in Munich. From 1597 he was Duke of Bavariaand from 1623 Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. He had the country financiallyrehabilitated through various reforms and made it more efficient. He was also an influentialperson of the Counter-Reformation and the Catholic Reformation. As such, he contributedto the enforcement of the dominance of the Catholic side in the Thirty Years’ War till 1630

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3101 1767 (23 May) printed sheet with red was seal, a “Congé de Réforme” for a soldier in theregiment of “Ral des Vaisseaux” and signed by the commandant of the regiment,“Montesquiou” and others; folding creases. Good. Photo £150-200

Anne-Pierre, Marquis de Montesquiou-Fézensac (1739-1798) was a French general andwriter. He was born in Paris, of an ancient family of Armagnac. He was brought up withthe children of the king of France, and showed some taste for letters. He entered the army in1754, was successively colonel of the Grenadiers and the Royal-Vaissaux regiment, and in1780 was made maréchal-de-camp. Some pieces of verse and several comedies gained himadmission to the Académie Française in 1784. He was elected deputy to the Estates-Generalof 1789 by the nobles of Paris, and, animated by Liberal ideas, he soon joined the Third Estate,and seconded Necker’s financial schemes

(Louis XVI)

3102 1791 (December) a sixteen page printed inventory with estimated values, including lands,furniture, jewelry and personal possessions. The booklet concludes with a comparisonbetween old (royal) and new (revolutionary) government expenditure, to the advantageof the latter. There is a manuscript addition on one of the pages. The document isaddressed to the king in rather obsequious language, despite his being under house arrestfollowing his aborted flight £240-280



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Napoleon Bonaparte

3103 1797 (17 July) folio letter with elaborate engraved letterheading of the “RépubliqueFrançaise” and “Bonaparte Général en Chef de L’Armée d’Italie”, the letter is addressedto, “Au général de Division Clarke” and finishes, “Je vous embrasse” and signed“Bonaparte”. The paper is heavily laid with the paper maker’s watermark “C&I Honic”,91⁄4 x 141⁄4 inches; very fresh and fine. Photo £1,200-1,500

Napoleon was general of the Army of Italy from 27 March 1796 to 16 November 1797. Hequickly won the admiration of the Generals and turned a rag-bag army into an effectivefighting forceGeneral Henry Jacques Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818). The son of a former French armyofficer, he followed his father’s footsteps by joining the military. In 1792 Clarke was named alieutenant colonel in the 2nd Cavalry and he served with the Army of the Rhine,distinguishing himself at the action of Spire. Clarke continued to serve with the cavalry,covering the retreat on Worms in March of 1793 and then fighting at Ercheim. In May of1793 he was promoted to général de brigade and then the next month he was appointed chiefof staff to the Army of the Rhine. Clarke’s position would not last long though, for thatOctober he was suspended, arrested, and then thrown in prison. General Clarke was releasedin February of 1795, however he remained without a job until that November when Carnotused his influence to get Clarke a job in the Topography Bureau. The next month Clarke waspromoted to général de division. In November of 1796 Clarke was sent to the Army of Italyto spy discretely on General Bonaparte for the Directory, but after spending time withBonaparte, Clarke became entirely devoted to him. The next year Clarke was recalled by theDirectory and then in 1798 he negotiated a treaty with Sardinia

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3105 1805, “AVIS AU PUBLIC”, 17 x 131⁄2 inches, on greyish paper. “The Public is informed thatletters and packets addressed to French Prisoners of War to all destinations in Englandneed to be stamped from the place of their departure as far as Dover: those not stampedmay not be despatched. Also persons who have forgotten to stamp their letters are invitedto present themselves to the Bureau where they will be stamped and given to the very nextcourier. The Public is invited to carefully address his letters and packages destined forFrench prisoners of war in England, in addition to their names and first names, rank, orin the navy or army.” Folding creases but fresh and in a good state of preservation. Photo £300-350

Many letters written to or from French and British prisoners of war were handled by theTransport Office which was situated in Dorset Court, Westminster. The Transport office wasa branch of the Admiralty

Judaica - Jewish Religion in Germany

x3106 1808 (3 September) Circular from the Office of the Emperor stating that Jewish men’schildren should be raised as Roman Catholics, stating that the religion of the childrenshould not be the religion of the father; slightly worn down one side from binding,otherwise fresh £120-150

x3104 1800-1820 (c.), a group of French documents including 1876 (c.) “ExTRAIT/DUREGISTRE DES ARRêTéS”, 1815-16 lists of contributors to the Department of Ain, a tableof deputies in 1815 and 1816 plus a couple of later letters. Also 1814 German noticeprinted in Dresden. An unusual selection £100-120


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Napoleon Bonaparte

3107 1810 (15 July) letter to the Duke of Feltre, signed “Nap” with two documents, oneoutlining the fortifications on the Isle of Elba and notes dictated by His Majesty onRochefort; fine. Photo £1,200-1,500

Henry Jacques Guillaume Clarke (continued from lot 3108)In 1807, Napoléon appointed Clarke Minister of War. His role in thwarting the Britishinvasion of the Netherlands, the Walcheren Campaign in 1809, lead to the emperor creatinghim Duke of Feltre

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Klemens Wenzel von Metternich

3108 1835 (19 October), entire letter from Vienna addressed to Count Giulio Ottolini Viscontiin Venice, with the address beautifully handwritten on front, with red wax seal on reverse,signed inside “Fürst von Metternich” with superb large wafer seal adjacent. Also a notewritten in French, stating in manuscript this to be a document received from the hands ofMetternich in Venice on 17 October 1838. A Spectacular and rare postal-history item.Photo £1,500-1,800

Klemens Wenzel von Metternich (1773-1859), Foreign Minister of the Holy Roman Empireand its successor, the Austrian Empire (1809-1848)Undoubtedly one of the most important personages of his era, known as “Age of Metternich”,leader of the Austrian delegation at the Congress of Vienna which sealed the division ofEurope between the major powers after the Napoleonic period. Metternich was the architect ofthe famous “Metternich System” and its Congresses, establishing an international system ofreactionary governments dedicated to maintaining a set of European boundaries, preventingrevolutions and changes in government, and stopping any one power from becoming toopowerful. Metternich received the title of Prince (“Fürst”) of the Austrian Empire in 1813 asa proof of esteem for his services


Napoleon IV, Prince Imperial

3112 1872 (16 April) A.L.S. written in French from Camden Place in Chislehurst to his friendDuperre, signed “Louis-Napoleon”; good to fine. Photo £400-500

Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856-1879). He was the only child of Emperor Napoleon III ofFrance and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo. After his father was dethroned in 1870,he relocated with his family to England. On his father’s death, he was proclaimed “NapoleonIV” of France by the Bonapartist factionIn England he trained as a soldier. Keen to see action, he successfully put pressure on theBritish to allow him to participate in the Anglo-Zulu war. In 1879, serving with Britishforces, he was killed in a skirmish with a group of Zulus. His early death sent shock wavesthroughout Europe, as he was the last serious dynastic hope for the restoration of theBonapartes to the throne of FranceIn 1870, at the commencement of the Franco Prussian War, The Empress Eugénie and heryoung son fled from Paris and sought refuge in Chislehurst, renting Camden Place fromNathaniel Strode for £300 per year. It was here that Napoleon III, nephew of NapoleonBonaparte came after his release in 1871

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Postal Convention

3109 1843 (30 March) broadsheet from the Imperial Governor of Venice of a postalconvention for the exchange of letters between Austria and Saxony, concluding with tableof progression of weight and the fee for the correspondence. Usual folding creases butvery fresh and fine £150-200

The French Coup of 1851

3110 1851 (5 and 7 December) two letters, one a “copy” from a British citizen resident in Parisdescribing the fighting in the streets and debating whether to stay or flee. The secondletter, written after he had decided to leave Paris and return to England includes, “ ...nothing but an enormous majority for Louis Napoleon can avert a civil war & nothing butthe dread of this can give it to him, for I do not believe anybody really cares a farthing forhim - I wish you could see the troops bivouacking in the Champs Elysees, it is a most curiousspectacle ...”. Interesting contents and written within a week of the coup d’etat by theMinister of the Police, the arrest of Thiers and others and Paris declaring a state of siege £240-280

Napoleon III

3111 1854 (1 July) secretary letter on letterhead “ARMéE D’ORIENT 3e Division” to thecommander of the artillery returning to Varna during the Crimean War. Written fromYeni Keui on the Gallipoli peninsular and signed “Napoleon Bonapart”. Fine. Photo £200-250

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3113 1904, a 49 page autograph journal of the last days of the battle at Liaoyang, dated “30thAugust”. On the 29th and 30th August the Russian troops were repelling the Japaneseadvance. Titled “Sensations of Battle”, a long and detailed account of his view of thebattle from inside the city, apparently written in some haste with numerous correctionsand additions and signed, “Ludovic Naudeau” with two Russian censor handstamps,“Allowed/Colonel”. Also a six page draft titled, “A Regiment Singing” datedNewchwang, 1st April (no year indicated). A fascinating account of this battle for one ofthe key cities in this conflict. Photo £500-700

Ludovic Naudeau Charles (1872-1949), born in Boulogne, a journalist, publicist andFrench writer. Son of an engineer of the Company of Northern Railway, he was a student inhigh school Amiens and became a reporter at the age of nineteenHe was one of the first great reporters of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, during whichhe was captured and held prisoner in Japan. He managed to escape but was recapturedHe was present in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution and was responsible for aninterview with Lenin; questions brought him to spend some time in Soviet prisonsJournalist at ‘Time’, he also collaborated with other newspapers and periodicals, especiallyL’Illustration, and is editor of the Journal. He published several books, including ‘Japan’, aswell as two novelsHe conducted a very important survey on the issue of birth in France earning him the Medalof Honor of the National Alliance for the growth of the French population in May 1931 anda survey of the French population

The Battle of Liaoyang (24 August-4 September 1904) was one of the major land battles ofthe Russo-Japanese WarWhile the Japanese Army settled down in front of Port Arthur for a siege, a large force underField Marshal Oyama moved north to secure the strategically located rail junction ofLiaoyang, on the Mukden - Port Arthur spur of the China Far East Railway, in ManchuriaThe battle began on 25 August 1904, with the 158,000 strong Russian armies, attempting toturn the flanks of the Japanese First, Second and Third Armies totaling 125,000 menOn 26 August 1904, the Japanese First Army took Kosarei Peak and Hung-sha Pass southeastof Liaoyang city after a hard-fought action. General Alexei Kuropatkin, commander-in-chief of the Russian armies, believed that he had been beaten and withdrew from the outerRussian defence line, with the Japanese in pursuitFrom 29-30 August 1904, the Russian troops managed to repel intense Japanese assaults onthe main defence lines south of Liaoyang. By 31 August 1904, the Japanese First Army wascrossing the river northeast of LiaoyangOn 4 September 1904, after a few days of ineffectual counterattacks, Kuropatkin decided toevacuate Liaoyang for Mukden in the early morning. The unfortunate city was then sackedin succession by Russian, Chinese, and Japanese forces.The Russian armies suffered about 17,900 casualties, the majority of which were captured ormissing. However, despite the greater Japanese casualties (23,615 killed, wounded orcaptured), the Japanese were able to claim victory since the Russians quit the battlefieldThe dearly-won Japanese victory at Liaoyang and the fall of Port Arthur shortly thereaftercontributed to the major Russian defeat the next year at the Battle of Mukden

Jean Sibelius

3114 1947 (3 February) typewritten letter to the Earl of Dunsany, signed in thich pencil, “JeanSibelius”; normal folding crease and some foxing. Photo £120-150

Johan Julius Christian Sibelius (1865-1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romanticperiod

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The Family of Napoleon Bonaparte

3115 A collection of letters and documents relating to Napoleon Bonaparte and his familywhich includes three engravings, 1811 letters (3) on printed letterhead of the Prince andPrincess of Lucca and Piombino, Napoleon’s sister Elisa, 1847 letter and stamplessenvelope from Laetitia Bonaparte Wyse with full wax seal, 1865 letter and envelope fromthe wife of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, 1868 letter from Elisa Napoléone Baciocchi,letters and documents from the Beauharnais family (Josephine Beauharnais wasNapoleon’s first wife), 1870 letter from Princess Constance Bonaparte (daughter ofLucien), a group of 1860’s (c.) letters from Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (son of Jerome),letter signed Francesco di Kossuth, 1891 and 1901 letters from Prince Victor Napoleonin Belgium plus letters and studio postcards of his son, Prince Louis Napoleon, a groupof Murat correspondence including Prince Lucien Murat and many more. An unusual andinteresting selection, ideal for further study and research. Photo £3,000-3,500

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Catherine the Great

3116 1790’s manuscript document bearing the full and bold signature “Ekaterina” in cyrillic.Letter from Saint Petersburg to the Lieutenant General and Governor of Pskov, writtenin Russian with interesting contents about the Russian-Swedish War including theenlistment of men in Pskov for the war against “our enemy the King of Sweden”. Veryscarce and most desirable, featuring an important historic event during Catherine’s rule;vertical folding crease and minor soiling at left. Photo £3,000-3,500

Yekaterina Alexeevna or Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great (1729-96). Themost renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, Her reign was called Russia’sgolden age. She was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia as Sophie Friederike Auguste vonAnhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, and came to power following a coup d’état and the assassinationof her husband, Peter III, at the end of the Seven Years’ War. Russia was revitalized underher reign, growing larger and stronger than ever and becoming recognized as one of the greatpowers of Europe. From 1788 to 1790 Russia fought in the Russo-Swedish War againstSweden, a conflict instigated by Sweden with the aim of overtaking the Russian armies stillengaged in war against the Ottoman Turks and hoping to strike Saint Petersburg directly

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Alexander I of Russia

3117 1806 (30 November) letter from St. Petersburg, written in Russian, in which AlexanderI announces the birth of his daughter Elizabeth and signed with his elaborate signature.With the original cover bearing large wafer seal (detached) on reverse addressed toFerdinand II King of the Two Sicilies. Rare. Photo £1,500-1,800

Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825), Emperor of Russia (1801-25) and first Russian Kingof Poland (1815-25) as well as first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania. Underhis rule Russia gained new territories by acquiring Finland and part of Poland, and hissuccessful foreign policy was characterized by his diplomatic skills in alliances with otherpowers and by victories in several military campaigns which included the famous defeat of theNapoleonic “Grand Armée” in Russia


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Nicholas I of Russia

3118 1849 (7 October) part printed and part written letter, in Russian, from Sarskoye Selo,addressed to Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, showing large and superb wafer seal onreverse, congratulating Ferdinand II on on the birth of a princess and signed by NicholasI. A spectacular cover, with slits and toasted as usual during the practice for disinfectionFine and rare. Photo £1,000-1,200

Nicholas I (1796-1855), Emperor of Russia (1825-55), King of Poland and Grand Duke ofFinland. On the eve of his death, he witnessed the longest expansion of the Russian Empire,although at the end of his reign his regime was discredited by defeat in the Crimean War

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Moscow - Windau - Rybinsk Railway Company

3119 1909 (March) a series of documents relating to a fire at Borch station in 1907. Withtranslations made by the British Consulate in St. Petersburg. With approriate Russian andBritish Consulate Revenue stamps. The case revolves around an attempted fraud aboutthe amount of stock lost. Unusual £120-150

Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia

3120 1919 (25 June) an indenture between Captain A.P. Koziell and H.I.H. The GrandDuchess of Russia being a mortgage to secure £6000. With accompanying documents ofthe United States Consulate-General at London and a notary in the City of London.Signed and sealed in the presence of Princess Nina Romanoff £200-250

Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876-1940). She was the fifth child and seconddaughter of King George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia. On 30 April 1900,Maria was married to Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia, a maternal cousin. Thecouple had two daughters: Nina, born 7 June 1901; and Xenia, born 9 August 1903. She wasin Great Britain when World War I broke out and chose not to return to Russia, living inHarrogate where she was patron of three military hospitals, funding them generously andnursing patients herselfFor other Russian items, please see lot 3085

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Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer

3121 1896 (9 March) folio letter from the Government Office in Cairo, to Sir John RogersPasha (Director General of the Sanitary Department) and signed “Cromer”; a routineletter about appointments of surgeon officer in the Egyptian government; with Arabictranslation. Fine. Photo £250-300

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841-1917). A British statesman, diplomat and colonialadministrator. He was British controller-general in Egypt during 1879, part of theinternational Control which oversaw Egyptian finances after the Khedives’ mismanagement,and during the British occupation prompted by the Urabi revolt, agent and consul-generalin Egypt from 1883 to 1907. Far from the centre of the Empire, Cromer ran the territory withgreat drive and his effective governance balked British wishes to withdraw from Egypt

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Prince Alexander of Battenberg

3122 1912 (c.) photograph of Prince Alexander and William Walford, both are on horse backin front of the Sphinx with the pyramid in the background. Signed by both. The backingmount with some damage, the photograph is fine. Photo £500-700

Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, (born Prince Alexander Albertof Battenberg; 1886-1960). As a member of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and theextended British Royal Family, a grandson of Queen Victoria. He was a Prince of Battenbergfrom his birth until 1917, when the British Royal Family relinquished their German titlesduring the First World War and he was created Marquess of Carisbrooke by King George V

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State Visit by King Fuad to England

3123 1927 (July-August) printed ceremonial with a list of guests invited to the State Banquetat Buckingham Palace, signed by A.M. Hassanein (First Chamberlain); an invitation toHis Majesty the King of Egypt to an afternoon party at Buckingham Palace; luggage labelsdirecting bags to either the Palace or the Egyptian Legation on arrival in England;Bestowal document signed by King George V and Lord Cromer, granting the RoyalVictorian Order to Mohammed Izzet Bey, Master of Ceremonies to King Fuad. Photo £800-1,000


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Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

3124 1934 visit to Egypt, two studio portraits of the Crown Prince and his wife, formerly LadyLouise Mountbatten, both hand signed. Tear at right of both folders, just affecting thephotographs. Also contemporary picture magazine featuring the visit to the royal family.Photo £400-500

Gustaf VI Adolf (1882-1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death. TheKing’s reputation as a “professional amateur professor” was widely known; nationally andinternationally, and among his relatives. Gustaf VI Adolf was a devoted archaeologist, andwas admitted to the British Academy for his work in botany in 1958. Gustaf VI Adolfparticipated in archaeological expeditions in China, Greece, Korea and Italy, and foundedthe Swedish Institute at Rome



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Nazli Sabri, Queen of Egypt

3125 1936 (10 July) dinner menu card from the Palais d’Edfina, with bold signature of “Nazli”in ink at top; a couple of age marks. Photo £400-600

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Nazli Sabri (1894-1978) was Queen of Egyptfrom 1919 to 1936 as the second wife of KingFuad. Following the death of King Fuad in1936, her son Farouk became King of Egypt,and she became the Queen Mother. In 1946,Nazli left Egypt and went to the United Statesbecause of health problems


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Nazli Sabri, Queen of Egypt

3126 1941 (31 December) illustrated menu card for New Year Eve dinner at the Mana HouseHotel Pyramids signed in pencil “1942 Mena House” by Nazli, her daughters PrincessesFaiza and Faika and others including Mohammed Ali; the menu is split into two halves,otherwise fine. Photo £1,200-1,500

King Farouk and King George VI

3127 1938 (12 January) A.L.S. from King George VI on Sandringham, Norfolk letterhead,“My dear Farouk, I hope you will like the pair of guns I am sending you for a weddingpresent. They are the same as those I use myself, and I hope you will have many opportunitiesof using them. With them go my best wishes for yourself and for your wife on your weddingday and during the years to come. Your sincere friend George R.I.” With accompanyingautograph envelope addressed “His Majesty / King Farouk” and initialled “GRI” by KingGeorge V1. A draft response from King Farouk is included: “My dear George, Thank youvery much for your kind thought and the beautiful pair of guns which you sent me for mywedding. You could not have thought of a more cherished present. My wife joins me in sendingyou our warm thanks for your good wishes. We send you both our kindest regards and bestwishes, Your sincere friend.”. Also a few covers relating to the marriage on 20th January.Rare and important documents as letters between reigning monachs are seldom found.Photo £7,000-9,000



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3128 1940 (c.) photograph of dignitaries standing at the foot of the sphinx with AhmedMohamed Hassanein (first Chamberlain to King Faud), Princess Faiza (?) and SultanMohammed V. Photo £350-400

Princess Faiza (1923-94). She was the third child of King Fouad and Nazli Sabri and sisterof King Farouk, Princess Fawzia, Princess Faika and Princess FathiaAhmed Mohamed Hassanein (1889-1946). He was an Oxford-educated Egyptian courtier,diplomat, Olympic athlete in fencing, photographer, writer, politician, explorer and tutor toKing Farouk

3129 1940 (c.) Mappin and Webb original artwork for a silver cigarette case with gold inlay(estimated cost £7) designed for King Farouk. A note indicates that a range of sizes couldbe made. Photo £1,000-1,250



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King George II of Greece

3130 1942 (April) bestowal document (with envelope) to the head of the Political Bureau ofH.M. the King of Egypt, Mohamed Hassanein Ahmed Pasha, bestowing on him theOrder of George I, Great Cross. Signed at foot by King George. Photo £300-350

For a picture of Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein, please see lot 3128

King Zog of Albania

3131 1944 (24 October) menu card from the marriage of Dr Hassan Nachat Pasha (EgyptianAmbassador to the Court of St. James) and Miss Patricia Priest. The menu with signaturesincluding King Zog, Queen Geraldine (then in exile in Egypt), Field Marshal Birdwood.With the wedding order of service. Photo £500-600


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Mustafa el-Nahhas

3132 1949 (4 April) photograph, 9 x 61⁄2 inches, with the sphinx and two pyramids in thebackground of a group of figures with Prime Minister Mustafa Nahhas in the centre;signed and dated in ink. Also signed by the photographer G.M. Georgoulas. Fine. Photo £400-450



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Montgomery of Alamein

3133 1951 (3 March) photograph, 9 x 7 inches of Prime Minister Mustafa el-Nahhas greetingField Marshal Montgomery, with Ralph Stevenson, the British Ambassador alongside,signed at foot “Montgomery of Alamein Field-Marshal” in his characteristic turquoise ink.Photo £400-500


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3134 1951 (3 March) photograph, 9 x 7 inches, of Prime Minister Mustafa el-Nahhas withField Marshal Montgomery, holding his famous beret, taken indoors, with RalphStevenson, the British Ambassador, signed at foot “Montgomery of Alamein Field-Marshal” in his characteristic turquoise ink. Photo £400-500



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Reza-Khan Pahlavi

3135 1922 studio portrait of Reza-Khan in military dress, 61⁄2 x 9 inches, taken by the King’sphotographer in Cairo. Arabic script at foot. Photo £1,000-1,200


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Royal Visit to Egypt

3136 1939 a collection of 48 photographs recording the Visit to Egypt by the hereditory Princeof Iran, the future Shah Reza Pahlavi, on the occasion of his marriage to Princess Fawziaof Egypt (sister of King Farouk). The collection includes a suede covered programme ofdaily events relating to the Imperial Visit (in French), music programme and menu and asouvenir issued by the Egyptian Lagation in Paris with portraits of the Imperial couple. Aunique archive recording a dynastic marriage which ended in divorce. (54 items). Photo £4,000-6,000

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Queen Fawzia

3137 1939 (c.) autograph letter from Fawzia, the future Empress of Iran, writing to QueenFarida of Egypt, wife of King Farouk 1 (her brother), with original envelope addressed“La Majesté la Reine / Farida / Egypte”My dear Farida,Would you my dear Farida excuse me not writing to you before now.You must know that my sentiments towards you, are always the same, if not more. But do yousee Farida that if I had written to you before I could not have helped not speaking about thesad incident that have passed between our two countries, and I would not have liked to causeyou any pain because you had naturally nothing to do with this story. I was very pained aswell as my dear husband about all that has passed and that should not have passed, but I hopethat now that the bad tongue will stop over there.I have to tell you that my husband thinks a lot of good about you and also Zeinab. He gardes(sic) a very good souvenir of you. Well now I think that it is time to start speaking aboutsomething more pleasant. I am giving this letter to Hassanein to take to you because it is moresure of reaching you safely. I have such lots of things to ask you that I don’t know how to start,but of course the first thing that comes into my head is, how is dear little Ferial? How she musthave grown since I last saw her. I saw just recently in the papers a photo of her sitting up, howfat and podgy she looks; how I would love to see her now and kiss and hug her. Zeinab told methat in one of your letters you said Ferial had started to walk a little and also speak a fewwords. Do please send me some photos of her. I would so love to have them and if you have anyphotos of yourself and Loukie - it would be so nice.What are you doing these days? Faika told me that she sees you more often now, than she usedto, and every Friday she goes to the cinema with you, and in fact she is enjoying herself morethan when we were together.I hear that Loukie is taking down quite a lot of buildings as usual, he has not yet lost thatcraze. I expect you go swimming a lot these days with Faiza. I hear that Nimi might begetting engaged very soon to the son of Dr Aly Ibrahim, is it true, does she like him? If it istrue give her all my best wishes. How is Mama getting on these days in the best of moods I hope.You had better not show this letter to her as there might be ructions. I hear that Fathia hasleft her, or rather she got the boot. Any Way how did it happen? I never did like her much,neither did you for that matter. How is Bibi taking on the job? Is Mama really going toEurope? I don’t think it can be possible now considering the situation in Europe, what withwar starting it is much too dangerous.Your birthday is very neat, I expect you will get this letter after. You tell me about all thewonderful presents you will receive. I am also sending you a little present that I hope you willlike, even though it is not anything much, it is not anything very much, it is just a littleremembrance to show you that I have not forgotten you. I remembered you saying once thatyou would like to have a parure of turquoise, well it is very hard to find it all at once so I amsending you little by little, starting with the ring, which I hope that you will like. I expect youhave heard rumours like everybody else that I am going to have a baby; ell I am afraid it isnot true, I am not going to have a baby at least not just now, but maybe the next time I writeyou may hear the news.I expect you have read in my sister’s letters what I do every day, well there is nothing new towrite about except that I play tennis every other day, and see the cinema. In fact I have a verynice time and I am very very happy and I that is all. Give my sallams to your ladies inwaiting Akiler & co.My husband and I send you our best thoughts.Lots of love from yourEver devoted FawziaPS - Don’t forget the snaps - and write as soon as possible, give my love to Loukie.A rare and interesting letter between the Royal families of Iran and Egypt. Also two lettersfrom Teheran, written in French by Moadeb Naficy, the guardian and doctor of the Shahof Iran (Reza Pahlavi). Photo £7,000-9,000

Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921-2013) was an Egyptian princess, daugher of King Faud, whobecame Empress of Iran as the first wife of Shah Mohammad Reza PahlaviQueen Farida, born Safinaz Zulficar (1921-1988) was the first wife of King Farouk. Shewas Queen of Egypt for nearly eleven years

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3138 1928 photograph, 21⁄2 x 41⁄4 inches, of the future King Ghazi, dated on reverse andinscribed while in London to his sister as a memento of his visit. 1942 portrait of thefuture King Faisal II, 61⁄4 x 9 inches, seated on a chair below a portrait of his grandfather,King Faisal, signed and dated in ink. An unusual group showing three generations. (2).Photo £1,200-1,500

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Hejaz and Nejd

3139 1926 (16 October) part printed telegram with manuscript message, by the TelegraphOffice of the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd; the message is to Mr Omar Rusdie from thefuture King Khalid of Saudi Arabia. Scarce. Photo £250-300

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3140 1927 Passport issued by the Kingdom of Hejaz and Sultanate of Nejd, and Dependencies,bearing two photographs of the holder with visa pages stamped (detached) at Egypt andSaudi Arabia bearing the appropriate revenue stamps. A good example of this short-livedpassport. Photo £1,500-2,000

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Antonio de Sucre

3141 1821 (14 December) letter to Colonel Bernardo Monteagudo, the Minister of War inPeru, on Government letterhead from Guayaquil, evaluating strategical thoughts; Sucreindicates that he is unable to travel to Peru for political reasons but is trusting in ColonelHeres because of his knowledge of the country, his dedication and also his friendship andtrust in The Protector (Simon Bolivar); signed “A.J. de Sucre”. Age stained. Photo £400-500

Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá (1795-1830), known as the “Grand Marshal of Ayacucho”,was a Venezuelan independence leader. Sucre was one of Simon Bolívar’s closest friends,generals and statesmen. He became the second president of Bolivia

PERU

José de la Serna

3142 1823, a note relating to the possible “incompatibility” regarding the post of Don deRivera as the high official of the General Finance Administration in the Province ofArequipa, signed “Jose de la Serna” at Curco; light ageing. Photo £200-250

José de la Serna e Hinojosa, 1st Count of los Andes (1770-1832) was a Spanish generaland colonial official. He was the last Spanish viceroy of Peru to exercise effective power(29 January 1821 to December 1824)

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COLOMBIA

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Simon Bolivar

3143 1825 an appointment promoting Vincente Garcia to a notary, with fine printed imprintof the Arms of Peru signed in Lima and bearing a fine signature of “Simon Bolivar”;repaired segment, creased and soiled; various endorsement on the reverse. Photo £600-800

Bolivar’s great victories at the Battle of Boyaca (1819) and at the Battles of Junin andAyacucho (1824) brought independence to Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. Yet theRepublic of Colombia, or Gran Colombia, was starting to fracture into its constituent partsof Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. Bolivar’s attempt to enhance his powers aspresident in 1828 were rudely rebuffed and he was the target of an assassination attempt thesame year. This appointment is an impressive relic of the great Bolivarian dream of a unitedSouth America

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3144 1825 (1 October) a fine appointment document by the Governing Council promotingManuel Delgardo to the General Treasury; with four official signatures includingHipolito Unanue, with further endorsement on the reverse. Repaired patch, otherwisefine. Photo £200-250

Andrés de Santa Cruz

3145 1836 (21 November) official notice appointing Manuel Modesto del Burgo a member ofthe Legion of Honour; signed “Anores Santa Cruz” and by an official. Slightly reducedand folded. Photo £180-200

Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana (1792-1865) was President of Peru (1827) andBolivia (1829-1839). He also served as Supreme Protector of the short-lived Peru-BolivianConfederation (1836-1839), a political entity created mainly by his personal endeavors


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Andrés Avelino Cáreres

3146 1886 (3 November) appointment certificate for a judge in the province of lower Amazon,signed “Andres A Cáreres” and two others. Fine. Photo £200-250

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (1836-1923) was three times President of Peru duringthe 19th century, from 1884 to 1885, then from 1886 to 1890, and again from 1894 to 1895.In Peru, he is considered a national hero for leading the resistance to Chilean occupationduring the War of the Pacific (1879-1883), where he fought as a General in the PeruvianArmy, earning the nickname, “The Devil of the Andes”

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American Infantry Commission

3147 1798 (10 May) Original Printed Commission, completed in manuscript, signed by ArthurFenner as Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence-Plantations, and bySamuel Eddy as Secretary, appointing William Tanner to be Lieutenant of the thirdCompany of Infantry in the Town of West Greenwich in the County of Kent. Dated atfoot concluding with “in the twenty second years of Independence”. 8 x 13 inches, waferseal affixed upper left, folds, old repairs on verso, minor blemishes and light spotting,otherwise good. Photo £250-300

Arthur Fenner (1745-1805) served as the governor of Rhode Island from 1790 until hisdeath in 1805 and was a prominent Country Party (Anti-Federalist) leader. Arthur wasgovernor of Rhode Island when it became the last of the thirteen states to ratify theConstitution on 29 May 1790Samuel Eddy (1769-1839) served as clerk of the Rhode Island Supreme Court 1790-1793. Healso served as Rhode Island Secretary of State 1798-1819

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George Armstrong Custer

x3148 1873 (15 February) personal check signed “GA Custer”. Blue bank check drawn on thePlanters National Bank of Louisville, payable to “John Ranch / Ninety-Two Dollars.”;endorsements on the back, and some light bleed through; spindle cancel at the centre,small spindle hole towards the left, otherwise very fine. The entries are in medium brownink used by General Custer. Photo £3,000-4,000

George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). A United States Army officer and cavalrycommander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars, famous for hisdefeat at the Battle of Little BighornFor other U.S.A. items, please see lots 3072 and 3094

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Postal History, Autographs and Friday 18 July 2014 CHAMBERLAIN 14035Historical Documents at 10.00 a.m.

i request Spink, without legal obligations of any kind on its part, to bid on the following Lots up to the price given below. i understand that if my bid is successful thePurchase Price will be the sum of the final bid and buyer’s premium as a percentage of the final bid, any vat chargeable, also a fee for bidding on the-saleroom.com onlyand surcharge for paying by credit card. the rate of Premium is 20% of the final hammer price of each lot.

all bids shall be treated as offers made on the terms and Conditions for buyers printed in the catalogue. i also understand that Spink provides the service of executingbids on behalf of clients for the convenience of clients and that Spink will not be held responsible for failing to execute bids. if identical commission bids are received forthe same Lot, the commission bid received first by Spink will take precedence. Please note that you will not be notified if there are higher written bids received.

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VAT is chargeable on the hammer price andthe buyer’s premium of daggered (†) and (Ω)lots at the standard rate (currently 20%), andon lots marked (x) at the reduced rate(currently 5% on the hammer price and 20%on the buyer’s premium). vat on marginScheme lots (identified by the absence of anyvat symbol next to the lot number) ispayable at 20% on the buyer’s premium only.

BIDDING INCREMENTSbidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in the following orderalthough the auctioneer may vary the bidding increments during the course of theauction. the normal bidding increments are:up to £100 by £5£100 to £300 by £10£300 to £600 £320-£350-£380-£400 etc.£600 to £1,000 by £50

£1,000 to £3,000 by £100£3,000 to £6,000 £3,200-£3,500-£3,800-£4,000 etc.£6,000 to £20,000 by £500

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR BUYERSThese conditions set out the terms on which we (Spink and Son Limited of 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury London WC1B 4ET (company no. 04369748)) contractwith you (Buyer) either as agent on behalf of the Seller or as principal if we are the Seller. You should read these conditions carefully.

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1 DEFINITIONSThe following definitions apply in these conditions:Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme means a VAT margin scheme as defined by HM Revenue & Customs;Buyer’s Premium means the charge payable by you as a percentage of the Hammer Price, at the rates set out in clause 5.1 below;Certificate of Authenticity means a certificate issued by an Expert Committee confirming the authenticity of a Lot;Expert Committee means a committee of experts to whom a Lot may be sent for an extension in accordance with clause 3.4.3;Forgery means a Lot constituting an imitation originally conceived and executed as a whole with a fraudulent intention to deceive as to

authorship, origin, age, period, culture or source where the correct description as to such matters is not reflected by the descriptionin the catalogue and which at the date of the auction had a value materially less than it would have had if it had been in accordancewith the description in the catalogue. Accordingly, no Lot shall be capable of being a Forgery by reason of any damage and/orrestoration work of any kind (including re-enamelling);

Hammer Price means the amount of the highest bid accepted by the auctioneer in relation to a Lot;Lot means any item deposited with us for sale at auction and, in particular, the item or items described against any Lot number in any

catalogue;Reserve the amount below which we agree with the Seller that the Lot cannot be sold;Seller means the owner of the Lot being sold by us;Spink Group Spink and Son Limited, our subsidiaries and associated companies.VAT value added tax chargeable under VAT and any similar replacement or additional tax; andVAT Symbols means the symbols detailing the VAT status of the Lot details of which are set out at the back of the catalogue.

2 SPINK’S ROLE AS AGENT

2.1 All sales undertaken by us either at auction or privately are undertakeneither as agent on behalf of the Seller or from time to time, as principalif we are the owner of the Lot. Please note that even if we are acting asagent on behalf of the Seller rather than as principal, we may have afinancial interest in the Lot.

2.2 The contract for the sale of the Lot will be between you and the Seller.

3 BEFORE THE SALE

3.1 Examination of goodsYou are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which youare interested, before the auction takes place. Condition reports areusually available on request. We provide no guarantee to you otherthan in relation to Forgeries, as set out in clause 5.13 of these Termsand Conditions.

3.2 Catalogue descriptions

3.2.1 Statements by us in the catalogue or condition report, or madeorally or in writing elsewhere, regarding the authorship, origin,date, age, size, medium, attribution, genuineness, provenance,condition or estimated selling price of any Lot are merelystatements of opinion, and are not to be relied on as statements ofdefinitive fact. Catalogue and web illustrations are for guidanceonly, and should not be relied on either to determine the tone orcolour of any item. No lot shall be rejected on the grounds ofinaccurate reproduction. No lot illustrated in the catalogue andonline shall be rejected on the grounds of cancellation, centring,margins, perforation or other characteristics apparent from theillustration. Estimates of the selling price should not be relied on asa statement that this price is either the price at which the Lot willsell or its value for any other purpose.

3.2.2 Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their beingin perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or givenby way of condition report make reference to damage and/orrestoration. We provide this information for guidance only and theabsence of such a reference does not imply that an item is free fromdefects or restoration nor does a reference to particular defectsimply the absence of any others.

3.2.3 Other than as set out in clause 5.13, and in the absence of fraud,neither the Seller nor we, nor any of our employees or agents, areresponsible for the correctness of any statement as to theauthorship, origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness orprovenance of any Lot nor for any other errors of description or forany faults or defects in any Lot. Every person interested shouldexercise and rely on his own judgment as to such matters.

3.3 Your ResponsibilityYou are responsible for satisfying yourself as to the condition of thegoods and the matters referred to in the catalogue description.

3.4 Extensions – Stamps only3.4.1 If you wish to obtain an expert opinion or Certificate of

Authenticity on any Lot (other than a mixed Lot or Lot containingundescribed stamps) you must notify us in writing not less thanforty-eight hours before the time fixed for the commencement ofthe first session of the sale. If accepted by us, such request shall havethe same effect as notice of an intention to question the

genuineness or description of the Lot for the purposes of clause5.13 (Refund in the case of Forgery) of these Terms andConditions and the provisions of clause 5.13 (Refund in the case ofForgery) shall apply accordingly.

3.4.2 Notice of a request for an expert opinion or Certificate ofAuthenticity must give the reason why such opinion is required andspecify the identity of your proposed expert which will be subjectto agreement by us. We reserve the right, at our discretion, torefuse a request for an expert opinion or Certificate of Authenticityincluding (without limitation) where the proposed expert is notknown to us.

3.4.3 If we accept a request for an expert opinion or Certificate ofAuthenticity we will submit the Lot to the Expert Committee. Youacknowledge and accept that the length of time taken by an ExpertCommittee to reach an opinion will vary depending on thecircumstances and in any event is beyond our control.

3.4.4 We will not accept a request for an extension on account ofcondition. Any Lot described in the catalogue as having faults ordefects may not be returned even if an expert opinion or Certificateof Authenticity cites other faults or defects not included in thecatalogue description, other than in the case of a Forgery.

3.4.5 Should Spink accept a request for an extension under theforegoing provisions of this paragraph, the fact may be stated by theAuctioneer from the rostrum prior to the sale of the Lot.

3.4.6 It should be noted that any stamp accompanied by a Certificateof Authenticity is sold on the basis of that Certificate only and noton the basis of any other description or warranty as to authenticity.No request for an extension will be accepted on such a stamp andthe return of such a stamp will not be accepted.

3.4.7 If you receive any correspondence from the Expert Committeein relation to the Lot, including but not limited to a Certificate ofAuthenticity, you must provide us with copies of suchcorrespondence no later than 7 days after you receive suchcorrespondence.

4 AT THE SALE

4.1 Refusal of admissionOur sales usually take place on our own premises or premises overwhich we have control for the sale, and we have the right, exercisableat our complete discretion, to refuse admission to the premises orattendance at an auction.

4.2 Registration before biddingYou must complete and sign a registration form and provideidentification before making a bid at auction. Please be aware that weusually require buyers to undergo a credit check.If you have not bid successfully with Spink in the past, or you areregistering with us for the first time, we reserve the right to require adeposit of up to 50% of the amount you intend to spend. Such depositwill be deducted from your invoice should you be successful. If you areunsuccessful at auction, your deposit will be returned by the samemeans it was paid to Spink.Some lots may be designated, prior to the auction, as “Premium Lots”,which means a deposit may be required before placing a bid on theitem for sale. Information will be posted on our website in such anevent.


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4.3 Bidding as PrincipalWhen making a bid (whether such bids are made in person or byway of telephone bids operated by Spink, commission or online oremail bids), you will be deemed to be acting as principal and will beaccepting personal liability, unless it has been agreed in writing, at thetime of registration, that you are acting as agent on behalf of a thirdparty buyer acceptable to us.

4.4 Commission BidsIf you give us instructions to bid on your behalf, by using the formprovided in our catalogues or via our website, we shall use reasonableendeavours to do so, provided these instructions are received not laterthan 24 hours before the auction. If we receive commission bids on aparticular Lot for identical amounts, and at auction these bids are thehighest bids for the Lot, it will be sold to the person whose bid wasreceived first. Commission bids are undertaken subject to othercommitments at the time of the sale, and the conduct of the auctionmay be such that we are unable to bid as requested. Since this isundertaken as a free service to prospective buyers on the terms stated,we cannot accept liability for failure to make a commission bid. Youshould therefore always attend personally if you wish to be certain ofbidding.

4.5 On-line BiddingWe offer internet services as a convenience to our clients. We will notbe responsible for errors or failures to execute bids placed on theinternet, including, without limitation, errors or failures caused by (i) aloss of internet connection by either party for whatever reason; (ii) abreakdown or problems with the online bidding software and/or (iii)a breakdown or problems with your internet connection, computer orsystem. Execution of on-line internet bids on www.spink.com andSpink Live is a free service undertaken subject to other commitments atthe time of the auction and we do not accept liability for failing toexecute an online internet bid or for errors or omissions in connectionwith this activity. Buyers who acquire lots on the-saleroom.com willhave a fee of 3% on the hammer price added to their invoice for usingthis facility.

4.6 Telephone BidsIf you make arrangements with us not less than 24 hours before thesale, we shall use reasonable endeavours to contact you to enable youto participate in bidding by telephone, but in no circumstances will webe liable to either the Seller or you as a result of failure to do so.

4.7 Currency ConverterAt some auctions, a currency converter will be operated, based on theone month forward rates of exchange quoted to us by Barclays BankPlc or any other appropriate rate determined by us, at opening on thedate of the auction. Bidding will take place in a currency determined byus, which is usually sterling for auctions held in London. The currencyconverter is not always reliable, and errors may occur beyond ourcontrol either in the accuracy of the Lot number displayed on theconverter, or the foreign currency equivalent of sterling bids. We shallnot be liable to you for any loss suffered as a result of you following thecurrency converter.

4.8 Video imagesAt some auctions there will be a video screen. Mistakes may occur in itsoperation, and we cannot be liable to you regarding either thecorrespondence of the image to the Lot being sold or the quality of theimage as a reproduction of the original.

4.9 Bidding IncrementsBidding generally opens below the low estimate and advances in thefollowing order although the auctioneer may vary the biddingincrements during the course of the auction. The normal biddingincrements are:

Up to £100 by £5£100 to £300 by £10£300 to £600 £320-£350-£380-£400 etc.£600 to £1,000 by £50£1,000 to £3,000 by £100£3,000 to £6,000 £3,200-£3,500-£3,800-£4,000 etc.£6,000 to £20,000 by £500£20,000 and up Auctioneer’s discretion

4.10 Bidding by Spink4.10.1 We reserve the right to bid on Lots on the Seller’s behalf up to

the amount of the Reserve (if any), which will never be above thelow estimate printed in the auction catalogue.

4.10.2 The Spink Group reserves the right to bid on and purchaseLots as principal.

4.11 The Auctioneer’s DiscretionThe auctioneer has the right at his absolute discretion to refuse any bidto advance the bidding in such manner as he may decide to withdrawor divide any Lot, to combine any two or more Lots and, in the case oferror or dispute, to put an item up for bidding again.

4.12 Successful BidSubject to the auctioneer’s discretion, the striking of his hammer marksthe acceptance of the highest bid, provided always that such bid ishigher than the Reserve (where applicable), and the conclusion of acontract for sale between you and the Seller.

4.13 After Sale ArrangementsIf you enter into any private sale agreements for any Lot with the Sellerwithin 60 days of the auction, we, as exclusive agents of the Sellerreserve the right to charge you the applicable Buyer’s Premium inaccordance with these Terms and Conditions, and the Seller acommission in accordance with the terms of the Seller’s agreement.

4.14 Return of LotOnce your bid has been accepted for a Lot then you are liable to payfor that Lot in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. If thereare any problems with a Lot then you must notify us within 7 days ofreceipt of the Lot, specifying the nature of the problem. We may thenrequest that the Lot is returned to us for inspection. Save as set out inclause 5.13, the cancellation of the sale of any Lot and the refund ofthe corresponding purchase price is entirely at our sole discretion. Wewill not normally exercise that discretion if the Lot is not received byus in the same condition that it was in at the auction date.

5 AFTER THE AUCTION5.1 Buyer’s Premium and other charges

In addition to the Hammer Price, you must pay us the Buyer’sPremium at a rate of 20% of the final Hammer price of each lot, a feeof 3% on the hammer price total for using the-saleroom.com and asurcharge for paying by credit card.

5.2 Value Added TaxOther than in respect of Zero-rated Lots (o) VAT is chargeable on theHammer price and the Buyer’s premium of daggered (†) and (Ω) lotsat the standard rate (currently 20%), and on lots marked (x) at thereduced rate (currently 5% on the Hammer price and 20% on theBuyer’s premium). VAT on Margin scheme lots (identified by theabsence of any VAT symbol next to the lot number) is payable at 20%on the Buyer’s premium only.

5.3 VAT RefundsGeneral5.3.1 As we remain liable to account for VAT on all Lots unless they

have been exported outside the EU within 3 months of the date ofsale, you will generally be asked to deposit all amounts of VATinvoiced. However, if a Spink nominated shipper is instructed, thenany refundable VAT will not be collected. In all other cases creditswill be made when proof of export is provided. If you export theLot yourself you must obtain shipping documents from theShipping Department for which a charge of £50 will be made.

5.3.2 If you export the Lot you must return the valid proof of exportcertificate to us within 3 months of the date of sale. If you fail toreturn the proof of export certificate to us within such period andyou have not already accounted to us for the VAT, you will beliable to us for the full amount of the VAT due on such Lot and weshall be entitled to invoice you for this sum.

5.3.3 To apply for a refund of any VAT paid, the proof of exportcertificate must be sent to our Shipping Department clearly marked‘VAT Refund’ within 3 months of the date of sale. No payment willbe made where the total amount of VAT refundable is less than £50and Spink will charge £50 for each refund processed.

VAT Refunds - Buyers from within the EU5.3.4 VAT refunds are available on the Hammer Price and Buyer’s

Premium of Daggered (†) and Investment Gold (g) Lots. You mustcertify that you are registered for VAT in another EU country andthat the Lot is to be removed from the United Kingdom within 3months of the date of sale.

5.3.5 Where an EU buyer purchases a Lot on which import VAT hasbeen charged, no refund of VAT is available from us. It may bepossible to apply directly for a refund on form VAT 65 toHM Revenue & Customs Overeseas Repayment Section,Londonderry.

VAT Refunds – Buyers from outside the EU5.3.6 Where a Lot is included within the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme

and evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3 monthsof the date of sale, the VAT on Buyer’s Premium may be refunded.

5.3.7 Where the Lot is marked as a Daggered (†) or Investment Gold(g) Lot the VAT charged on the Hammer Price may be refundedwhere evidence of export from the EU is produced within 3months of the date of sale. A refund of VAT charged on the Buyer’sPremium can also be made on receipt of proof of business as acollectibles dealer.

5.3.8 Where the Lot is marked as an Omega (Ω) Lot or an ImportVAT (x) Lot and evidence of export from the EU is producedwithin 3 months of the date of sale, the VAT charged on both theHammer Price and Buyer’s Premium may be refunded. Whererequired, we can advise you on how to export such Lots as a specificform of export evidence is required. Where we advise you on theexport of the Lots, please be aware that the ultimate responsibilityin respect of obtaining a valid proof of export certificate will lie withyou and we will not be responsible for your failure to obtain suchcertificate.


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5.4 Payment5.4.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address

and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any paymentsto us will be made. You must pay the full amount due (comprisingthe Hammer Price, the Buyer’s Premium and any applicable VAT)within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if youwish to export the Lot and an export licence is (or may be)required.

5.4.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts duehave been paid in full. This includes instances where specialarrangements were made for release of Lot prior to full settlement.

5.4.3 Payment should be made in sterling by one of the followingmethods:II(i) Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set

out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you.Please ensure that your client number is noted on thetransfer.

i(ii) By cheque or bank draft made payable to Spink and Son Ltdand sent to Spink at 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury,London WC1B 4ET. Please note that the processing chargesfor payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on anon-U.K bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that theremittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice isenclosed with your payment.

(iii) By Visa or Mastercard. A charge of 2% will be applied.Payments exceeding £5,000 can normally only be made bythe card holder in person whilst on our premises.

5.4.4 Payments should be made by the registered buyer and not bythird parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registrationthat you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party.

5.5 InvoicesInvoices may consist of one or more pages and will show: Zero ratedLots (o); no symbol Lots sold under the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme;Lots marked (g) special scheme Investment Gold; Daggered Lots (†),imported Lots marked (x) and (Ω), (e) Lots with Zero rated hammerfor EU VAT registered buyers.

5.6 Collection of Purchases5.6.1 Unless specifically agreed to the contrary, we shall retain lots

purchased until all amounts due to us, or to the Spink Group, havebeen paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their lots whenthey wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have beenmade with Spink. Without prior agreement, lots will not be releaseduntil cleared funds are received with regard to payments made bycheque.

5.6.2 Unless we notify you to the contrary, items retained by us willbe covered in accordance with our policy which is available forinspection at our offices from the date of sale for a period of sevendays or until the time of collection, whichever is sooner. After sevendays or from the time of collection, whichever is the earlier, the Lotwill be entirely at your risk.

5.6.3 Our policy will not cover and we are unable to acceptresponsibility for damage caused by woodworm, changes inatmospheric conditions or acts of terrorism.

5.7 NotificationWe are not able to notify successful bidders by telephone. WhileInvoices are sent out by mail after the auction we do not acceptresponsibility for notifying you of the result of your bid. You arerequested to contact us by telephone or in person as soon as possibleafter the auction to obtain details of the outcome of your bids to avoidincurring charges for late payment.

5.8 Packing and handling5.8.1 We shall use all reasonable endeavours to take care when

handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that afterseven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, theLot is entirely at your risk. Our postage charges are set out at theback of the catalogue.

5.8.2 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any ImportDuties that may be incurred upon importation to the finaldestination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order toavoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of anyCustoms import restrictions that prohibit the importation ofcertain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) underthese circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s)seized or destroyed by Customs.

5.8.3 If the Buyer requires delivery of the Lot to an address other thanthe invoice address this will be carried out at the discretion ofSpink.

5.9 Recommended packers and shippersIf required our shipping department may arrange shipment as youragent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, oursuggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of suchparties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whomwe have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the thirdparties concerned.

5.10 Remedies for non-payment or failure to collect purchases5.10.1 If you fail to make payment within seven days of your stipulated

payment date set out in your invoice, we shall be entitled to exerciseone or more of the following rights or remedies:

5.10.1.1 to charge interest at the rate of 2% per month compoundinterest, calculated on a daily basis, from the date the fullamount is due;

5.10.1.2 to set off against any amounts which the Spink Group mayowe you in any other transaction the outstanding amountremaining unpaid by you;

5.10.1.3 we may keep hold of all or some of your Lots or otherproperty in the possession of the Spink Group until you havepaid all the amounts you owe us or the Spink Group, even if theunpaid amounts do not relate to those Lots or other property.Following fourteen days’ notice to you of the amountoutstanding and remaining unpaid, the Spink Group shall havethe right to arrange the sale of such Lots or other property. Weshall apply the proceeds in discharge of the amount outstandingto us or the Spink Group, and pay any balance to you;

5.10.1.4 where several amounts are owed by you to the SpinkGroup in respect of different transactions, to apply any amountpaid to discharge any amount owed in respect of any particulartransaction, whether or not you so direct;

5.10.1.5 to reject at any future auction any bids made by you or onyour behalf or obtain a deposit from you before accepting anybids.

5.10.2 If you fail to make payment within thirty-five days, we shall inaddition be entitled:

5.10.2.1 to cancel the sale of the Lot or any other item sold to youat the same or any other auction;

5.10.2.2 to arrange a resale of the Lot, publicly or privately, and, ifthis results in a lower price being obtained, claim the balancefrom you together with all reasonable costs including a 20%seller’s commission, expenses, damages, legal fees, commissionsand premiums of whatever kind associated with both sales orotherwise, incurred in connection with your failure to makepayment; or

5.10.2.3 take any other appropriate action as we deem fit.5.11 Failure to collect

Where purchases are not collected within seven days after the sale,whether or not payment has been made, you will be required to pay astorage charge of £2 per item per day plus any additional handling costthat may apply. You will not be entitled to collect the Lot until alloutstanding charges are met, together with payment of all otheramounts due to us.

5.12 Export Licence5.12.1 If required we can, at our discretion, advise you on the detailed

provisions of the export licensing regulations. Where we advise youin relation to export licensing regulations the ultimate responsibilityin respect of any export will lie with you and we will not beresponsible for your failure to apply for any necessary licences.

5.12.2 If the Lot is going to be hand carried by you, you may berequired to produce a valid export licence to us or sign a waiverdocument stating that a licence will be applied for.

5.12.3 You should always check whether an export licence is requiredbefore exporting. Export licences are usually obtained within twoor three weeks but delays can occur.

5.12.4 Unless otherwise agreed by us in writing, the fact that you wishto apply for an export licence does not affect your obligation tomake payment within seven days nor our right to charge interest onlate payment.

5.12.5 If you request that we apply for an export licence on yourbehalf, we shall be entitled to recover from you our disbursementsand out of pocket expenses in relation to such application, togetherwith any relevant VAT.

5.12.6 We will not be obliged to rescind a sale nor to refund anyinterest or other expenses incurred by you where payment is madeby you despite the fact that an export licence is required.

5.13 Refund in the case of Forgery5.13.1 A sale will be cancelled, and the amount paid refunded to you

if a Lot (other than a miscellaneous item not described in thecatalogue) sold by us proves to have been a Forgery. We shall nothowever be obliged to refund any amounts if either (a) thecatalogue description or saleroom notice at the auction datecorresponded to the generally accepted opinion of scholars orexperts at that time, or fairly indicated that there was a conflict ofopinions, or (b) it can be demonstrated that the Lot is a Forgeryonly by means of either a scientific process not generally acceptedfor use until after publication of the catalogue or a process which atthe date of the auction was unreasonably expensive or impracticableor likely to have caused damage to the Lot. Furthermore, youshould note that this refund can be obtained only if the followingconditions are met:5.13.1.1 you must notify us in writing, within seven days of the

receipt of the Lot(s), that in your view the Lot concerned is aForgery;

5.13.1.2 you must then return the item to us within fourteen daysfrom receipt of the Lot(s), in the same condition as at theauction date; and


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5.13.1.3 as soon as possible following return of the Lot, you mustproduce evidence satisfactory to us that the Lot is a Forgery andthat you are able to transfer good title to us, free from any thirdparty claims.

5.13.1.4 you must provide to us all evidence obtained by you thata Lot is a Forgery no later than 7 days after you receive suchevidence.

5.13.2 In no circumstances shall we be required to pay you any morethan the amount paid by you for the Lot concerned and you shallhave no claim for interest.

5.13.3 The benefit of this guarantee is not capable of beingtransferred, and is solely for the benefit of the person to whom theoriginal invoice was made out by us in respect of the Lot when soldand who, since the sale, has remained the owner of the Lot withoutdisposing of any interest in it to any third party.

5.13.4 We shall be entitled to rely on any scientific or other process toestablish that the Lot is not a Forgery, whether or not such processwas used or in use at the date of the auction.

6 LIABILITYNothing in these Terms and Conditions limits or excludes our liability for:6.1 death or personal injury resulting from negligence; or6.2 any damage or liability incurred by you as a result of our fraud or

fraudulent misrepresentation.7 COPYRIGHT

7.1 We shall have the right (on a non-exclusive basis) to photograph, videoor otherwise produce an image of the Lot. All rights in such an imagewill belong to us, and we shall have the right to use it in whatever waywe see fit.

7.2 The copyright in all images, illustrations and written material relatingto a Lot is and shall remain at all times our property and we shall havethe right to use it in whatever way we see fit. You shall not use or allowanyone else to use such images, illustrations or written material withoutour prior written consent.

8 VATYou shall give us all relevant information about your VAT status and that ofthe Lot to ensure that the correct information is printed in the catalogues.Once printed, the information cannot be changed. If we incur any unforeseencost or expense as a result of the information being incorrect, you willreimburse to us on demand the full amount incurred.

9 NOTICESAll notices given under these Terms and Conditions may be served personally,sent by 1st class post, or faxed to the address given to the sender by the otherparty. Any notice sent by post will be deemed to have been received on thesecond working day after posting or, if the addressee is overseas, on the fifthworking day after posting. Any notice sent by fax or served personally will bedeemed to be delivered on the first working day following despatch.

10 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONSThe following provisions of this clause 10 shall apply only if you are acting forthe purposes of your business.10.1 Limitation of Liability

Subject to clause 6, we shall not be liable, whether in tort (includingfor negligence) or breach of statutory duty, contract, misrepresentationor otherwise for any:10.1.1 loss of profits, loss of business, depletion of goodwill and/or

similar losses, loss of anticipated savings, loss of goods, loss ofcontract, loss of use, loss of corruption of data or information; or

10.1.2 any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss,costs, damages, charges or expenses.

10.2 SeverabilityIf any part of these Terms and Condition is found by any court to beinvalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part may be discounted and therest of the conditions shall continue to be valid and enforceable to thefullest extent permitted by law.

10.3 Force majeureWe shall have no liability to you if we are prevented from, or delayedin performing, our obligations under these Terms and Conditions orfrom carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidentsbeyond our reasonable control, including (without limitation) strikes,lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our workforceor the workforce of any other party), failure of a utility service ortransport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, maliciousdamage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule,regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery,fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors.

10.4 Waiver10.4.1 A waiver of any right under these Terms and Conditions is only

effective if it is in writing and it applies only to the circumstancesfor which it is given. No failure or delay by a party in exercising anyright or remedy under these Terms and Conditions or by law shallconstitute a waiver of that (or any other) right or remedy, norpreclude or restrict its further exercise. No single or partial exerciseof such right or remedy shall preclude or restrict the further exerciseof that (or any other) right or remedy.

10.4.2 Unless specifically provided otherwise, rights arising underthese Terms and Conditions are cumulative and do not excluderights provided by law.

10.5 Law and Jurisdiction

10.5.1 These Terms and Conditions and any dispute or claim arisingout of or in connection with them or their subject matter, shall begoverned by, and construed in accordance with, the law of Englandand Wales.

10.5.2 The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England andWales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute orclaim that arises out of, or in connection with, Terms andConditions or their subject matter.

Postal Charges

Prices for books(items sent by this method are not covered by insurance)

Prices for all other items including postage and packaging

Shipments of more than 2kg or volumetric measurement of more than 2kg have tobe sent by courier. Certain countries may incur extra charge when courier servicesare required by our insurance policy. For lots sent by courier please [email protected] for calculation of any further relevant cost in addition tothe above charges.

Value Added Tax (VAT)

Charging of (VAT) at Auction

The information shown on this page sets out the way in which Spink intends toaccount for VAT.

i. Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme

1. Where possible, we will offer Lots for sale under the Auctioneers’Margin Scheme. Such Lots can be identified by the absence of anyVAT symbol next to the Lot number in the catalogue and will not besubject to VAT on the Hammer Price.

2. Where Lots are sold using the Auctioneers’ Margin Scheme to UKVAT–registered businesses, the VAT on Buyers’ Premium is notrecoverable as input tax. Upon request on sale day, we will issueinvoices that show VAT separately on both the Hammer Price andthe Buyer’s Premium. This will enable VAT-registered businesses torecover the VAT charged as input tax, subject to the normal rules forrecovering input tax.

ii. Zero-Rated Lots

Limited Categories of goods, such as books, are Zero-rated (o) for VAT inthe United Kingdom. Such Lots are offered under the Auctioneers’ MarginScheme. In these circumstances no VAT will be added to the Buyer’spremium.

iii. Daggered Lots

Lots which are Daggered (†) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 20%on both the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium.

iv. Imported and Omega Lots

Lots which are marked (x) in the catalogue are subject to VAT at 5% onthe Hammer price plus 20% on the Buyer’s premium. Lots which bear theOmega symbol (Ω) are subject to VAT at 20% on the Hammer Price andon the Buyer’s Premium. This VAT is payable on items imported fromoutside the EU. In these cases we have used a temporary importationprocedure, which in effect means that the point of importation is deferreduntil the Lot has been sold. At this point the Buyer is treated as theimporter and is liable to pay the import VAT due. We will collect the VATfrom you and pay it to HM Customs and Excise on your behalf.

v. Investment Gold Lots

Lots marked (g) in the catalogue are exempt from VAT on the HammerPrice and are subject to VAT at 20% on the Buyer’s Premium. A refund ofVAT charged on the Buyer’s Premium can also be made on receipt of proofof business as a collectibles dealer outside of the EU.

Invoice Value UK EU Rest of the WorldUp to £1,500 £10 £15 £20

Up to £10,000 £20 £30 £40

Above £10,001 £20 £50 £60

Weight UK EU Rest of the WorldUp to 1kg £8 for any weight £12 £15

Up to 2kg £8 for any weight £18 £25


BANKNOTES

15/16 July World Banknotes London 1400921 August The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1117/18 September The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 32130 September World Banknotes London 140131/2 October World Banknotes London 1401315 November The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS13

SALE CALENDAR 2014

The above sale dates are subject to change

Spink offers the following services:– VALUATIONS FOR INSURANCE AND PROBATE FOR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –– SALES ON A COMMISSION BASIS EITHER OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES OR WHOLE COLLECTIONS –

STAMPS

9 July British Europe including Long Island from the Vestey Collection London 140309/10/11 July The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale featuring the Award-Winning Collection of Province

of Otago Postal History formed by Greg Francis, and the Cliff Wheatley Rhodesias London 1402427/28 August The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale New York 15020 September The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1020 September Sale of Stamps of Singapore Philatelic Museum Handling Collection Singapore 1403420 September Stamps and Covers of South East Asia including the Peter Cockburn Award Winning

Collection of Straits Settlements and Malayan States Revenue Stamps Singapore 1402625 September Great Britain from the Vestey Collection London 1403116 October Australian Commonwealth from the Vestey Collection London 1403226/27 November The Philatelic Collector’s Series Sale London 1402511 December The Leeward Islands, Bahamas and Turks Islands from the Vestey Collection London 14033

COINS

25 June Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 1400521 August The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1117/18 September The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 32122/23 September Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 1400615 November The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS133/4 December Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals London 14007

MEDALS

24 July Orders, Decoration, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 1400220 November Orders, Decoration, Campaign Medals & Militaria London 14003

BONDS AND SHARES

21 August The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1115 November The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale Hong Kong CSS1328 November Bonds and Share Certificates of the World London 14017

AUTOGRAPHS

18 July Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents London 1403517/18 September The Numismatic Collector’s Series Sale New York 321

WINES

4 July Cognac, Whiskies and other Spirits Hong Kong SFW0821 August An Evening of Exceptional Wines and Spirits Hong Kong SFW09

GROUP CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Olivier D. Stocker

YOUR SPECIALISTS

STAMPS

UK - Tim Hirsch Guy Croton Fernando Martínez David Parsons Nick Startup Neill GrangerPaul Mathews Dominic Savastano Tom Smith Ian Shapiro (Consultant)

USA - George Eveleth Richard DebneyEUROPE - Guido Craveri Fernando Martínez

CHINA - Anna Lee Tommy ChauCOINS

UK - Mike Veissid Richard Bishop William MacKay Eleanor Charlotte DixTim Robson Edouard Wyngaard Jon Mann Barbara Mears John Pett

USA - Stephen Goldsmith Greg ColeCHINA - Kin Choi Cheung

BANKNOTES, BONDS & SHARES

UK - Barnaby Faull Mike Veissid Andrew Pattison Monica KruberUSA - Stephen GoldsmithEUROPE - Peter Christen

CHINA - Paul Pei Po Chow Kelvin CheungORDERS, DECORATIONS, MEDALS & MILITARIA

UK - Mark Quayle Oliver Pepys John HaywardBOOKS

UK - Philip Skingley Jennifer MulhollandAUTOGRAPHS

USA - Stephen GoldsmithWINES

CHINA - Vincent Cleme Anna Lee Guillaume Willk-Fabia

YOUR EUROPE TEAM (LONDON - LUGANO)

Chairman’s OfficeCharles Blane

DirectorsTim Hirsch Anthony Spink

Auction & Client Management TeamMiroslava Adusei-Poku Edward Rivers Luca Borgo Rita Ariete Dora Szigeti John Winchcombe

Kenichiro Imase María Martínez Maurizio Schenini

FinanceAlison Bennet Marco Fiori Mina Bhagat Dennis Muriu Billy Tumelty Hemel Thakore

IT & AdministrationBerdia Qamarauli Leszek Woronowicz Liz Cones Curlene Spencer

Tom Robinson Cristina Dugoni Giacomo Canzi

YOUR AMERICA TEAM (NEW YORK)

Auction Administration and Marketing & DesignSonia Alves Luke Mitchell Madison Lang

Finance & AdministrationAleena Nieves

AuctioneerStephen Goldsmith

YOUR ASIA TEAM (HONG KONG - SINGAPORE)

Vice ChairmanAnna Lee

AdministrationAngie Ihlofung Newton Tsang Sue Pui Howard Tong Arthur Chan Gary Tan


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