Number of results: 181
1846
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: Spooner caricature envelope no.5 front, addressed to Tenby and with ''CLIFTON'' u.d.c. in black on front (part affected by surface thin). Price Realised £210 |
1847
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: 1840 (July 16th) W.H. Mason caricature, prepaid 1d. in cash and sent from Cambridge to Stevenage, a few trivial stain spots not detracting and a fine example of this very scarce and subtle caricature. Only five complete used examples recorded by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Ex Yates (lot 212) and Meroni (lot 375). Photo. Price Realised £2600 |
1848
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: 1840 (July 4th) Southgate caricature envelope no, 1 ''Pick-Pocket'', a very fine used example sent from London to Chippenham with ''Strand. W.O./2D. PAID'' in black and ''PAID/4 JY 4/1840'' c.d.s. in red on front. Ex Knox (December 1979 sale, lot 2077 - £900). Photo. Price Realised £900 |
1849
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: 1840 (Aug. 22nd) Spooner caricature envelope no.1, a rather defective example with one side flap missing, used from London to Norwich with purple mss. '1' deleted and '2' in black. One of the rarest of the Spooner envelopes, only four examples (of which this is not one) recorded by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Price Realised £380 |
1850
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: 1850(c.) Olive Leaf Society ''BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS'' small size envelope unused, a few small tone spots, otherwise fine, also a proof of the unissued Peace envelope by Valentine. Price Realised £65 |
1851
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: 1851 Industrial Exhibition, Valentine's 'Industry of All Nations' envelope printed in blue with ''J.C. MAJOR & CO. INK'', used 1852 (Dec.) from Chester to Birmingham with indistinctly cancelled but just tied 1841 2d. blue plate 4 TL with good margins, the envelope a trifle soiled and with some faults on reverse. Very rare, thought to be the only known example of this envelope printed in the experimental ink. Ex Yates (lot 453) and Knox (1st sale lot 118). Photo. Price Realised £1050 |
1852
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: 1852 (July 21st) Valentine's Ocean Penny Postage envelope, state 5a, sent from Scarborough to Leeds with two three margined 1841 1d.'s (one placed upside-down), each neatly cancelled by the ''693'' numeral of Scarborough, fine and most attractive. Photo. Price Realised £450 |
1853
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: 1852 (August 28th) ''BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS'' envelope issued by Elihu Burritt's Olive Leaf Society, addressed to Richard Cobden, the founder of the Anti-Corn Law League, in London, with 1841 1d. (faults), clean neat cover. B.P.A. certificate (1954). Photo. Price Realised £400 |
1854
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: 1864 (April 21st) Shakespeare envelope by Clements & Newling, printed in purple and sent from London to Scarborough two days before the tercentenary of his birth, bearing 1d. star FJ, exceptionally fine and rare, probably the finest example extant of this beautiful envelope. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1855
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: 1874 (Jan.) ''INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS'' envelope printed in lilac and sent from Carlisle to Southport with 1864–79 1d. plate 149 JE, some imperfections. Price Realised £160 |
1856
| Sale number: 16 1840 Mulready Caricatures and later printed envelopes: 1896 (Nov.) ''S. GRIFFITHS'' advertising envelope illustrating animal traps, used with 1d. lilac from Wolverhampton to Stirling, very fine. Price Realised £80 |
270
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: A selection of Deraedemaeker reproductions, comprising Fores's Comic no. 1, Hunting no. 4, Civic no. 8, Christmas no. 10, Southgate nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6, Punch's Anti-Graham (in black and in blue), also Propaganda envelopes with Valentine's Ocean Penny Postage (both designs, the second an original) and Temperance (2, on blue and buff), mainly fine. (15). Price Realised £550 |
271
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: An unused selection with a set of Spooner envelope fronts nos. 1 to 12 (less 9), Deraedemaeker reproductions of Fores's Civic no. 6 (2) & Christmas no. 10, Menzies, Southgate's nos 1, 3, 5 & 6, a selection of propaganda envelopes (11) together with two originals. (32). Price Realised £650 |
272
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Ackerman & Co.: Comic envelope number 1, 'The Print Mill', unused, fine unused, very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £750 |
273
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Ackerman & Co.: Comic envelope number 3, 'The Civic', addressed and with wax seal so presumably privately carried, some imperfections but very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
274
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Hablot Knight Browne (''Phiz''): The broadsheet caricature on thick wove paper, central vertical fold, otherwise fine and a very fresh example, rare. Photo. Price Realised £680 |
275
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: John Doyle: The broadsheet caricature on thick wove paper, apparently signed by 'John Doyle' in pencil at lower left, toned and some other imperfections but very scarce. Price Realised £800 |
276
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's: A print engraved by 'Dickie' Doyle showing three scenes - 'himself at work upon the envelopes', 'James and Dick studying the prints in Messrs Fores' windows' and 'Dick sees the first announcement of his work being on sale', on wove paper (222 x 273mm) an interesting and amusing item. Photo. Price Realised £140 |
277
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's broadsheet caricature, a good example, toned and some peripheral imperfections, very scarce. Price Realised UNSOLD |
278
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic Envelopes No. 1 by John Leech, a selection comprising two unused examples (one defective) in letter sheet format, Deraedemaeker reproductions (3, one attractively hand coloured, one with ''DERAEDEMAEKER'' imprint erased), and later 'Langmill' reproduction, unused, mainly good to fine. (6 items). Price Realised UNSOLD |
279
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic Envelope No. 1 by John Leech, an unused example in letter sheet format, an early state (?) with Britannia showing her nipples and which we don't recall seeing before, some small imperfections. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
280
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic Envelopes No. 1 by John Leech, a used example (front and large part back), sent 1840 (Nov. 6th) from Belfast to Cork and bearing good to large margined 1840 1d. plate 1b AE with red Maltese Cross and which probably does not belong, cover faults but presentable. This is no. 13 of the 20 used examples recorded by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Photo. Price Realised £270 |
281
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic Envelopes No. 1 by John Leech, two unused examples, one unfolded (200 x 153mm), the other in letter sheet format, good to fine, a few small imperfections. Price Realised £140 |
282
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's: A collection comprising a set of envelopes nos. 1 (''COURTING'') to 10 (''CHRISTMAS''), all attractively hand coloured, nos. 1, 4 and 6 being fronts, uncoloured examples of nos. 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 and 10, unused, no. 6 front used to Bishop Auckland with ''Seaton/Penny Post'' on front (ex Yates), Dereademaeker reproductions of nos. 4, 8 and 10, unused, and examples of the ''COURTING'' (no. 1) and ''DANCING'' (no. 3) forgeries mentioned on page 71 of Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century, condition varies in places. (22 items). Photo. Price Realised £1900 |
283
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's: Civic envelope no. 8, fine unused, scarce. Price Realised £85 |
284
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: The 'HRH' Caricature: A proof (?) on thin wove paper, the central figure in the caricature is Lord Brougham with birch rod in his right hand sending out messengers with bags of letters, his shield bears a caricature of the adhesive stamp and at his foot is a full grown lamb with the head of Lord Melbourne (family name Lamb). Believed to one of only three known examples, of the others one is in the Royal Collection and the other is ex Bodily and Grunin. The vendor has attributed the artist of this design as being Henry Rickman Howard. Photo. Price Realised £1800 |
285
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 1 ''Britannia seated on egg'' state 1, un-numbered and with printed ''LIST NO. 2 OF ENVELOPES/Musical Envelopes'' on interior, partly addressed but without postal markings, some imperfections but very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £230 |
286
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 1 ''Britannia seated on egg'' state 2, numbered and with ''Published & sold R.W. Hume, Stationer, 57, Shore, Leith.'' imprint, used 1840 (July 4th) from London to Southwell with red Maltese Cross but unfortunately the 1d. plate 6 TF does not belong. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
287
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 1 ''Britannia seated on egg'' state 4b, but numbered, used 1840 (July 1st) from Edinburgh to London with bright orange handstruck ''1'' and ''PAID at EDIN/JUL 4/1840'' c.d.s. and red London tombstone for July 3rd, some minor cover imperfections as usual but a fine example and the earliest date recorded for this state according to Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Photo. Price Realised £1700 |
288
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 1 ''Britannia seated on egg'' state 5 with paddle steamer on left flap and steam engine & carriage on right flap, a fine unused example. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
289
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 2 ''Baloon Mail'' as state 2 but imprint reads ''Published & Sold by R.W. Hume, Leith...'', light creasing and faint staining, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo. Price Realised £280 |
290
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 3 ''Elephant in Kilt'' state 1a but printed on blue paper, fine unused, extremely rare, we do not recall seeing another example and not recorded by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Photo. Price Realised £1000 |
291
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 4 ''Mechanical World'' state 2 printed in blue, addressed with just a name and with no postal markings, age staining and other imperfection but rare with only 3 unused examples recorded by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Photo. Price Realised £420 |
292
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: A. Lesage: Clerical envelope no. 2 'The Parsons going it in the face of the law', an unused example of this rare envelope, some imperfections but only two unused examples recorded by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Photo. Price Realised £500 |
293
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: W. H. Mason: A fine unused example of this extremely well executed caricature in letter sheet format, a few small tone spots not detracting. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
294
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: John Menzies: Caricature envelope state 1B with Menzies imprint in small print, unused, some age staining, otherwise fine and a presentable example. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
295
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate Caricatures: A set of envelopes numbers 1 to 6, unused, all most attractively hand coloured, nos. 1 and 2 a little soiled and slight staining, otherwise mainly very fine and fresh. A scarce group. Photo. Price Realised £1050 |
296
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate Caricatures: A set of Deraedemaker reproductions of envelopes numbers 1 to 6, unused, fine. Price Realised £270 |
297
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate Caricatures: A set of envelopes numbers 1 to 6, unused, mainly good to fine, no. 4 a little soiled. Price Realised £290 |
298
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate Caricatures: A selection of unused reproductions, comprising Deraedemaeker nos. 1 to 5 on yellow paper, nos. 2, 3, 4 and 6 on white, the forgeries of no. 1 (numbered ''3'') and 2 (numbered ''4'') mentioned on page 45 of British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn, a contemporary cut out from a periodical and later 'Langmill' reproductions of nos. 1 to 6 and. (18 items). Price Realised £480 |
299
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate Caricatures: The 'Papal' envelope, number 6, very scarce used from Newport, Mon., to Swansea bearing full margined 1840 1d. HK which does not belong. Photo. Price Realised £260 |
300
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: ''A SKETCH OF THE NEW POSTAGE ENVELOPES'' broadsheet caricature on thick wove paper, minor mainly peripheral imperfections but a very fine example of this rarity. Photo. Price Realised £1200 |
301
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: Envelopes nos. 2 to 14 unused and most attractively hand coloured, mainly good to very fine, a few imperfections, very scarce. (13). Photo. Price Realised £4500 |
302
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: A selection of unused envelopes (5) comprising nos. 2, 4, 6, 7 and 10, mainly good to very fine, also no. 3 front. (6 items). Price Realised £320 |
303
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: Envelope no. 13 very fine unused and very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £200 |
304
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: Envelope no. 14 unused, faintly toned and upper flap with hinge thinning, otherwise fine and very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
305
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: Imititations (thought to be contemporary or possibly circa 1890) of envelopes nos. 1 (without publisher's inscription and un-numbered), 4 (with imitation Southgate 'No. 2' flap) and 5 (with imitation Southgate 'No. 1' flap), also imitations in blue and brown of envelope no. 2 inscribed ''POSTAGE TWO PENCE''. (5 items). Price Realised £160 |
306
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: W. M. Thackeray's Caricature: Examples from the original and defaced block, the former with some stain spots mostly clear of the design, otherwise fine. Price Realised £210 |
307
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Unidentified Publisher: The subtle caricature envelope with ''HCK'' imprint at lower right, true to the original design with the exception of the spectacles on the elephants and camels and without value inscription, a little staining, otherwise fine and very rare, this is only the third example we have seen. Photo. Price Realised £600 |
308
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Thomas White: An unused example of the broadsheet format''THE NEW POST-OFFICE ENVELOPE'', folded as usual and reinforced splits at edges of folds but good appearance and very scarce, also a front of the letter sheet format caricature fine unused. Price Realised UNSOLD |
309
| Sale number: 22 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Thomas White: Letter sheet format ''THE NEW POST-OFFICE ENVELOPE'' front used 1840 (June 8th) from London to Marlborough with red Maltese Cross and ''PAID/8 JU 8/1840'' c.d.s., very scarce. Photo. Price Realised £160 |
824
| Sale number: 24 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's broadsheet caricature, a good example, toned and some peripheral imperfections, very scarce. Price Realised UNSOLD |
825
| Sale number: 24 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic Envelopes No. 1 by John Leech, a selection comprising two unused examples (one defective) in letter sheet format, Deraedemaeker reproductions (3, one attractively hand coloured, one with ''DERAEDEMAEKER'' imprint erased), and later 'Langmill' reproduction, unused, mainly good to fine. (6 items). Price Realised £250 |
826
| Sale number: 24 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 2 ''Baloon Mail'' as state 2 but imprint reads ''Published & Sold by R.W. Hume, Leith...'', bearing unused 1841 1d. plate 21 OJ, some soiling or staining, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £300 |
827
| Sale number: 24 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: David Macgregor: The 'Four Continents' envelope, unused, slight staining, otherwise fine and very rare. Ex Wallace archive, Shaida and Giamporcaro. Photo. Price Realised £1300 |
828
| Sale number: 24 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: John Menzies: Caricature envelope state 1B with Menzies imprint in small print, unused, some age staining, otherwise fine and a presentable example. Price Realised UNSOLD |
829
| Sale number: 24 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Unidentified Publisher: The subtle caricature envelope with ''HCK'' imprint at lower right, true to the original design with the exception of the spectacles on the elephants and camels and without value inscription, a little staining, otherwise fine and very rare, we have only seen three examples. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
830
| Sale number: 24 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Thomas White: An unused example of the broadsheet format''THE NEW POST-OFFICE ENVELOPE'', folded as usual and reinforced splits at edges of folds but good appearance and very scarce, also a front of the letter sheet format caricature fine unused. Price Realised UNSOLD |
831
| Sale number: 24 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1839 (July 18th) Lady's envelope decorated on both sides with borders of green ivy leaves, sent in London and addressed to 'The Lady Mayoress, Mansion House'', a little soiled but a rare and very early use. Photo. Price Realised £600 |
832
| Sale number: 24 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1840 (July 2nd) Lady's envelope (with enclosure) printed in blue on both sides with decorative ornamental borders, sent from London to Reading with three margined 1841 1d. ME tied by neat Maltese Cross, some imperfections but most attractive and rare. Photo. Price Realised £900 |
181
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet (stereo missing) with Samuel Hanson printed invoice (S.G. Spec. MA103b) sent 1843 (Oct. 7th) from London to Leith and cancelled by a fine strike of number ''3'' in Maltese Cross, filing folds, otherwise fine, also 1d. lettersheet A236 (rather creased and central tear) used 1846 (Jan. 12th) in London to Liquor Pond Street and cancelled London District Post ''66'' numeral. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
182
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet (stereo obscured) used 1841 (Sept.) from Cambridge to Dunstable, neat black Maltese Cross, also 1d. letter sheet A26 used 1840 (June) within London with red Maltese Cross, some faults. Price Realised £120 |
183
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet forme 2, a complete unused sheet of 12, folded between impressions and the lower two rows almost separated, a little toning in places, otherwise fine and fresh, rare. S.G. Spec. ME1b, cat. £4,000 Price Realised £700 |
184
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A1 (forme 1) used 1843 (Sept. 22nd) locally in London to Piccadilly, cancelled fine number ''8'' in Maltese Cross, very scarce. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
185
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A16 (forme 2), unusually folded small and sent 1843 (Oct. 14th) from London to Dublin with a good clear large part strike of number ''10'' in Maltese Cross, fine and rare. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
186
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A16 (forme 2) used 1841 (Jan. 4th) from Downham to London with oily deep bright red Maltese Cross, also 1d. letter sheet A30 (forme 2), 2d. letter sheet a104, unused and imitation of Spooner no. 2 with ''A MULHEADED R.A.'' imprint and ''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' at foot, unused. (4). Price Realised £220 |
187
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A19, A21, A22, unsevered strip of three, each with 'THE NEW ENVELOPE SELECT ADVERTISER' advertisement (S.G. MA15e), that on A22 being tête-bêche, unused, some soiling and creasing but an almost certainly unique multiple, showing the printing layout for the advert. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
188
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A44 (forme 4) endorsed 'O.H.M.S.' and sent 1841 (Feb. 19th) from the Stamp Office at Congleton to the Stamp Office, Chester, acknowledging receipt of £10 of postage stamps, shows pre-printing paper fold bisecting Britannia. S.G. Spec. ME1j, var. Photo. Price Realised £290 |
189
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A51 (forme 4) with printed ''Mr / Stamp Office'' on the front and printed receipt headed ''Stamp Office, York/184'' on the inside, used 1842 (Oct. 5th) from York to Knaresborough with neat black Maltese Cross, fine for this and very scarce. S.G. Spec. MA34b. Photo. Price Realised £210 |
190
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A134 (forme 1) used 1840 (June 23rd) from London to Cockermouth with red Maltese Cross, a little soiled, also 1d. letter sheet A22 (forme 2) with English & Scottish Law, Fire and Life Assurance advert in blue (S.G. Spec. MA34b), unused, some faults. Price Realised £75 |
191
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A165 overprinted ''SPECIMEN'' type 2 across the ''POSTAGE'' panel and ''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'', side flaps missing and upper flap with two small portions missing at sides but not detracting from the display aspect, very rare. S.G. Spec. ME2s (this stereo not listed), cat. £4,750. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
192
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A177 (forme 4), used late, 1868 (Oct. 10th) from Manchester to Grasmere, folded to leave ''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' on reverse and Britannia left uncancelled, ''MANCHESTER/10 OC 68'' c.d.s. at lower left and charged '2' due as the postal staff were obviously unaware that postage was prepaid, slight staining, otherwise fine and most unusual. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
193
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A178 (forme 4), fair used 1840 (Dec.) to Derby with oily red Maltese Cross, some bleaching. Price Realised UNSOLD |
194
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 2d. letter sheet, a complete unused sheet of 12, fresh unused, some imperfections, the lower two rows almost completely separated and tape reinforcement between has stained the impressions at edges, otherwise fine and rare. S.G. Spec. ME3b, cat. £4,000. Price Realised £600 |
195
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 2d. letter sheet, a complete unused sheet of 12, a little toned, the lower two rows almost completely separated and tape reinforcement between has slightly stained the impressions at edges, otherwise fine and rare. S.G. Spec. ME3b, cat. £4,000. Price Realised UNSOLD |
196
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready 2d. letter sheet a103 with ''PAGET/WORKING CUTLER'' advert printed in blue (S.G. Spec. MA123b), unused, some splitting and other faults but rare. Price Realised UNSOLD |
197
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1840 (May), a most unusual hand-drawn caricature, the pen and ink illustrations lampooning the Mulready design, Britannia depicted as a peg-legged pirate with eye-patch, holding out a hat in begging fashion, ''A. MULL A.S.S.'' imprint at foot, sent unpaid from Stroud to Alfreton with ''STROUD/MY /1840'' circular datestamp on front (day date omitted), endorsed '2' due in black twice (one deleted). We believe this to be the earliest known hand-drawn illustrated envelope. Photo. Price Realised £4800 |
198
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1840 (June 3rd) Lady's envelope with ornate decoration in blue on both sides, sent from Shefford to Northamptonshire via London with red manuscript 'P 1' and London ''PAID/4 JU 4/1840'' c.d.s. on front, some minor cover imperfections not detracting from appearance, otherwise fine and most attractive. Photo. Price Realised £780 |
199
| Sale number: 27 Hand Illustrated and Later Printed Envelopes: Fores' Musical envelope no. 2, an early sketch attributed to Richard Doyle, depicting a ballroom scene very similar to aspects of the printed version, in pencil and ink, on white paper (177 x 108mm), unique. Ex Alcock, Ambrose and Grunin. Photo. Price Realised £1400 |
200
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner, envelope no. 2, hand coloured and uncoloured examples, fine unused. Photo. Price Realised £260 |
201
| Sale number: 27 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner, contemporary reproduction of envelope no. 2, inscribed ''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'', and with ''A MULHEADED R.A.'' imprint at foot, unused, some imperfections. Price Realised £80 |
434
| Sale number: 32 1840 Mulready Caricatures: Fores's Comic No. 1 by John Leech, the large sized broadsheet caricature (355 x 252mm), few small faults, otherwise fine, mounted in large cream mount. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
435
| Sale number: 32 1840 Mulready Caricatures: J.W. Southgate envelope number 3 ''Peg-leg Sailor'' used 1840 (Nov. 30th), addressed to 'James Atkinson, Bengal Residency. Superintendent Surgeon of the Army of the Indies', with manuscript 'P1/-' and 'by the Falmouth Packet', London Tombstone Paid datestamp and London Penny Post Receiving mark, on reverse has charge marks of Bombay and Delhie, further endorsed 'To wait his arrival at Loadheance'. An extremely rare overseas use of any caricature envelope, some staining, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £2500 |
436
| Sale number: 32 1840 Mulready Caricatures: Thackeray caricature, reprint on thin laid paper (255 x 230m), few tone spots, otherwise fine, mounted in large cream mount. Price Realised UNSOLD |
407
| Sale number: 34 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and later Printed Envelopes: Fores's Dancing envelope no 3, unused, also Deraedemaker reprints of Fores's Civic envelope, Christmas envelope and Valentines Brotherhood of Man envelope, all unused, fair to good. Price Realised £210 |
530
| Sale number: 38 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: An unused selection, comprising Fores's Comic envelope no. 1, Music envelope no. 2, Southgate's nos. 2, 4 and 6, also Spooner's envelope no. 1, good to fine. (6 items). Price Realised £780 |
531
| Sale number: 38 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic No. 1 by John Leech, the large sized broadsheet caricature (355 x 252mm), also the Thackeray caricature, reprint on thin laid paper (255 x 230m), few small faults, otherwise fine, both mounted in large cream mounts. Price Realised UNSOLD |
532
| Sale number: 38 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate caricature envelope no. 1 ''Pick-Pocket'', unused, minor toning, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
533
| Sale number: 38 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate caricature envelope no. 2 ''Ladies School'', unused, fine. Photo. Price Realised £130 |
534
| Sale number: 38 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate caricature envelope no. 3 ''Peg-Leg Sailor'', unused, fine. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
535
| Sale number: 38 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate: No 5 Pickwick envelope used from London to Storrington bearing ''St.Maryl/1 py P Paid'' slightly overstruck by red London Paid marking of June 18th 1840, on reverse one flap missing and one partly missing, otherwise fine and rare. This example not recorded in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century by Bodily, Jarvis & Hahn and is two days earlier than recorded. Photo. Price Realised £1400 |
536
| Sale number: 38 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1840 Southgate caricature envelope no. 5 ''Pickwick'', unused, minor imperfections, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
537
| Sale number: 38 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate: Papal envelope no. 6 fine unused, also proofs of Valentine's unissued Peace envelope apparently prepared for the Crimean war, in rose and Prussian blue. (3 items). Price Realised £180 |
538
| Sale number: 38 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner, a hand-cloured proof of envelope number 1, without imprint at foot or number on reverse, a trifle soiled, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £260 |
539
| Sale number: 38 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Thomas White: Letter sheet format ''THE NEW POST-OFFICE ENVELOPE'' used 1840 (June 12th) from London to Jersey bearing 1840 1d. plate 3 LG with clear to good margins (small scissor cut at foot of ''G'' square), tied by a red Maltese Cross with dot in centre with another strike by Britannia, the cover is a little damp affected and the adhesive, which had fallen from the cover and placed in the owners collection, has been reunited with the cover and is hinged back in place. A rare used example of this amusing caricature. Photo. See also lot ??? for 2d. Mulready used to the same address Price Realised £1900 |
3112
| Sale number: 41 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic envelope no. 1 caricature without margins unused, Civic envelope, Deraedemaeker reprint used in Belgium 1900 and franked by 25c. blue, Southgate no 6 Papal envelope used 1840 (Sept. 7) with stamp removed, fair to good. Price Realised £450 |
3113
| Sale number: 41 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's broadsheet caricature, a good example, toned and some peripheral imperfections, very scarce. Price Realised £75 |
3114
| Sale number: 41 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: John Menzies: Caricature envelope state 1B with Menzies imprint in small print, unused, some age staining, otherwise fine and a presentable example. Price Realised £75 |
3115
| Sale number: 41 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate: 1840 caricature envelope no. 1 ''Pick-Pocket'', unused, minor toning, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £90 |
3116
| Sale number: 41 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate: 1840 caricature envelope no. 3 ''Peg-Leg Sailor'', unused, fine. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
