Number of results: 53
1764
| Sale number: 17 A letter written and signed by William Mulready to fellow artist Chalon, 'My dear Chalon, I do not dine in Fitzroy Square, but I do thank you for your kindness' dated '23 dec 1858'. Photo. Price Realised £220 |
1765
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready, a die proof of the stereotype without the value inscription, state 1 with fainter lines, in black on India paper, affixed to thin card, endorsed 'Proof, April 8 1840' in margin at foot, somewhat stained but reasonable appearance. Price Realised £650 |
1766
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready selection comprising 1d. lettersheet A2 unused with Envelope Select Advertiser (S.G. Spec. MA6b) but poor, and used with red M.C. (3, one used on May 8th 1840 and one with boxed ''Enstone/Penny Post'') or black M.C. (2), 1d. envelope used 1840 (May 23rd) with red M.C. and pre-printing paper creases, 2d. lettersheet unused, mixed condition. (8). Price Realised £500 |
1767
| Sale number: 17 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. ME1a, cat. £4,000 Price Realised UNSOLD |
1768
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet (stereo obscured by seal) used 1841 (May) from Manchester to Worcester with a fine strike of the distinctive Manchester 'fishtail' Maltese Cross, some faults but fair appearance. Photo. Price Realised £200 |
1769
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A16 (forme 2) and 2d. envelope a196 good to fine unused. S.G. Spec. ME1 & 4, cat. £550. Price Realised £100 |
1770
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A35 (forme 3), a very fine and fresh unfolded unused example. Price Realised £80 |
1771
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheets (3), A47 (substituted stereo), A68 (displaced stereo), used and A255 (forme 5) unused, with adverts S.G. Spec. MA32ae, 103a and 34g respectively, all with creases and some other faults but fair to good. Price Realised £160 |
1772
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A50 (forme 3) used 1840 (July) from Chard to Ilchester with neat red Maltese Cross, vertical folds, otherwise fine and attractive. Price Realised £65 |
1773
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A54 (forme 3) used 1843 (May) from London to Leeds and cancelled by a fine upright strike of no. ''6'' in Maltese Cross, Leeds arrival c.d.s. on front, fine and attractive. Brandon certificate (1987). S.G. Spec. ME1, cat. £1,250. Photo. Price Realised £380 |
1774
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A68 (forme 3) with the Rowland Hill 'advertisement' (S.G. Spec. MA63) with printed address ''To the Registrar of Births and Deaths, .... District'', the address completed in mss., and ''Chancellor of the/Exchequer's Office'' on front, the printed message headed ''DOWNING STREET/September 17 (mss.), 1841'' enclosing return postage and with printed ''ROWLAND HILL'' at foot, sent to Caldbeck, Hesket Newmarket, Wigton. A most desirable Mulready advert, the first example we have seen. Photo. For other Rowland Hill items see lots ????–???? Price Realised £1600 |
1775
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A241 (forme 5) with unlisted ''R.W. MOORE./Stock and Sharebroker/Gt. THREADNEEDLE STREET LONDON'' handstamped (?) advertisement, very fine used 1845 (March) from London to Derby with London Inland Section ''13'' numeral, unusual. Photo. Price Realised £550 |
1776
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A251 (forme 5) with 'Family Endowment' advert (S.G. MA35c) used 1841 (Feb. 9th), the last Official day of use of the red Maltese Cross, from Rickmansworth to London, ''POSTAGE'' flap torn and reinforced with hinges, also 1d. envelope A154 (forme 2) used 1840 (June 6th) from Birmingham to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, good to fine. Price Realised £120 |
1777
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope forme 4, a complete unused sheet of 12, folded, a little toned and some other faults but rare. S.G. Spec. ME2a, cat. £4,500. Price Realised £800 |
1778
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready envelope A149 with amusing contemporary manuscript comments added to the design - the angels 'Doing butterfly' and 'Learning to swim', 'Bow-wow' coming from the lion's mouth, etc., used 1840 (June) from Birmingham to Limerick with mss. '1' indicating uprating to 2d., red Maltese Cross and red ''BIRMINGHAM'' c.d.s. on front overstruck by Irish ''PAID'' boxed datestamp, small imperfections at edges, otherwise fine, unusual. Photo. Price Realised £250 |
1779
| Sale number: 17 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 UNSOLD |
1780
| Sale number: 17 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 |
1781
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 2d. letter sheet (stereo obscured by seal) used 1842 (June) from London to Llandilo with neat black Maltese Cross, slight creasing at top where the original sending was wrapped around an enclosure, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
1782
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 2d. envelope (stereo obscured by complete wax seal), a very fine and fresh example used 1840 (Feb. 12th, the3rd day of general use of black ink for cancellations) in Exeter with doubly struck black Maltese Cross and with clear ''EXETER/FE12/1841'' double arc c.d.s. on front. S.G. Spec. ME4. Photo. Price Realised £700 |
1783
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready 2d. envelope a203 used 1840 (Sept.) from London to Llandilo with neat red Maltese Cross, small imperfections otherwise fine and attractive. S.G. Spec. ME4. Photo. Price Realised £400 |
1784
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1840 Fores's Dancing (no. 3) and Civic (no. 8) envelopes, and Spooner caricature envelope no. 5, unused, good to fine. Price Realised £150 |
1785
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1840 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, an unused example, tint stain spots due to paper irregularities, otherwise fine. Photo. Price Realised £320 |
1786
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1840 R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 2 ''Baloon Mail'' as state 2 but imprint reads ''Published & Sold by R.W. Humw, Leith:'', a fine unused example of this very scarce envelope, just a trifle soiled. Photo. Price Realised £350 |
1787
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1840 Southgate caricature envelope no. 6, 'Papal', on yellow paper, and 1850(c.) Onwhyn's 'Civilisation of America' envelope, and two Valentine Temperance envelopes, all fine unused Deraedemaeker reproductions. (4). Price Realised £170 |
1788
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1841 (Feb.) ''Nuneaton Union'' letter sheet printed in blue, bearing full margined 1840 1d. black plate 6 RA tied by red Maltese Cross, sent as usual to 'Jas Bray, Railway Officer, Stoke, Nr Coventry' with boxed ''No 1'' Receiving House handstamp on front and ''COVENTRY'' c.d.s. on reverse, filing creases well clear of stamp which is affected by faint vertical bend, very rare, this is only the second example we can recall bearing an 1840 1d. and the only one with red Maltese Cross. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
1789
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1846 (June) Leech's anti-Graham envelope front used from London to Halesworth, very scarce, also a most unusual unused envelope bearing 1841 1d. RD, with printed address and ''To Postmasters:-/An immediate answer to the Letter expected:/Any delay will be enquired into'' - an obvious reference to the anti-Graham campaign. Photo. Price Realised £240 |
1790
| Sale number: 17 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1900 (May), the Deraedemaker facsimile of Fores's Comic Envelope No. 1 by Leech, sent registered from Brussels to Paris with 50c. adhesive, minor cover imperfections, most attractive and unusual. Photo. Price Realised £160 |
221
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1861 (April 24th) envelope written by William Mulready to 'Mrs Bacon, 18 South Street, Grosvenor Square' bearing 1d. star PF (some staining), with enclosed letter 'My Dear Mrs Bacon, On Saturday the 4th of May the Exhibition Dinner of the Royal Academy is to happen. May forgive me for not remembering it this morning, Yours truly, W Mulready'. Photo. Price Realised £190 |
222
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready etc., a selection (7 items) comprising 1d. letter sheet A21 unused, A241 facsimile, Whitaker's Almanack reproduction used 1892 (Sept.) with 1d. lilac, Fores's Comic envelope No. 1, unused, Spooner caricature envelope no. 4 used 1853 (June) from Leicester but stamp removed and rather defective, Valentine's anti-slavery envelope state 1 and Temperance envelope with 'Abel Morall' imprint at top and 'Valentine' imprint at foot, unused, condition varies. Price Realised UNSOLD |
223
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. and 2d. 'Brinkman' forgeries, both with stereo A23 'used' with red Maltese Crosses, unusual. Ex Shaida. Price Realised UNSOLD |
224
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d., a letter sheet most unusually cut down and folded as an envelope, sent 1840 (Nov.) from London to Manchester with red Maltese Cross, red 'Post Paid' endorsement on front, very fine. Ex Shaida. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
225
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet (stereo obscured) used 1840 (June) from Hereford to Leominster with slightly oily red Maltese Cross and ''HEREFORD/JU 4/1840'' c.d.s. in the same colour on front, also 1d. envelope A145 used 1840 (July) from Ross to Leominster, minor imperfections. Price Realised £170 |
226
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet (stereo missing) with ''PURCELL & SON'S POSTAGE ADVERTISER'' (Cork) (S.G. Spec. MA16a, one of only a few Irish adverts), used 1840 (Oct.) in Ireland to Dingle with two strikes of an indistinct red Maltese Cross, flaps a little stained otherwise good to fine. Price Realised £270 |
227
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet (stereo missing) with unrecorded 'James Heeley & Sons, Patentees & Manufacturers, Mount Street, Birmingham' advert with illustrations of pens, buckles and trouser straps, used 1840 (Dec.) from Birmingham to Dursley, rather crumpled. Price Realised £270 |
228
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A2 used 1841 (Dec. 22) to Maryport, cancelled black Maltese Cross and showing most interesting pre-printing paper folding afffecting design at left and Prices panel. Photo. Price Realised £220 |
229
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready: 1d. letter sheet A8 uprated to 2d. with 1840 1d. black plate 2 PI and sent 1840 (July) from London to Hexham, red M.C.'s, the adhesive lifted, repaired and replaced but attractive. Brandon certificate (2000). S.G. Spec. ME1, cat. £4,500. Photo. Price Realised £680 |
230
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A24 (forme 2) used 1840 (June) from Worcester to London, Britannia cancelled by boxed ''TOO LATE'' in black and with red Maltese Cross below, right side-flap missing and some other cover faults, also another letter sheet (stereo missing) used 1840 (June) from Cork to Dublin with manuscript '1', red M.C., ''CORK/JU28/1840'' c.d.s. and Dublin ''PAID'' datestamp on front, creases Price Realised UNSOLD |
231
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A25 used 1840 (Oct. 3rd) locally in London and showing fine strike of the experimental black Maltese Cross of London. Photo. Price Realised £100 |
232
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready: 1d. letter sheet A34 (forme 3) used 1841 (Oct.) with neat black Maltese Cross and ''T.P/Bexley Heath'' on front, ''DARTFORD/OC 30/1841'' c.d.s. on reverse, a little toned and split at folds reinforced, good appearance. Price Realised £65 |
233
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A240 (forme 5) with Atlas Assurance advert (S.G. MA28b) used 1840 (Jan.) within London with experimental black Maltese Cross slightly to right of Britannia together with ''Charing Cross'' Receiving House handstamp, a little soiled. S.G. Spec. ME1k,n. Photo. Price Realised £120 |
234
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. letter sheet A242 (forme 5) used 1841 (Aug.) to Watford with fine black Maltese Cross and no other postal markings, vertical filing folds. S.G. Spec. ME1k, cat. £500. Price Realised UNSOLD |
235
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A141 (forme 1) fine used 1840 (Oct.) from Oxford to Budleigh Salterton with orange-red Maltese Cross. S.G. Spec. ME2. Photo. Price Realised £100 |
236
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A150 (forme 2) used 1840 (May 12th) from Shiffnal to Tinakely via Dublin with a pale pinkish shade Maltese Cross, small cover imperfections, scarce early date. S.G. Spec. ME2. Photo. Price Realised £150 |
237
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A164 unused, on the inside has been affixed an 1840 1d. plate 1a EC with red Maltese Cross beneath which is a contemporary criticism of the adhesive entitled 'New Post Office Attrocity' - 'As if the effigy of the Queen on the 'glutinous wash' affair were not sufficiently libellous on Her Majesty, the authorities have added to the affront in practice by stamping the Royal Head with a sprawling red arabesque. Of course it was quite right to take proper precautions against fraudulently using the badge a second time but really Mr. Rowland Hill has no business to tattoo the Majesty of England..' Ex Shaida. Price Realised £380 |
238
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 1d. envelope A165 (forme 3) overprinted ''SPECIMEN'' type 2 across the ''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'' inscription and the ''POSTAGE'' panel, lacking side-flaps as usual and top flap with small parts missing, otherwise fine and very rare with only 6 or 7 known. S.G. Spec. ME2s (this stereo not listed), cat. £4,750. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
239
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 2d. letter sheet a91 most unusually showing multiple pre-printing paper creases leading to distortion of the stereo and panels, addressed but unposted, some imperfections but very rare. Ex Shaida. Photo. Price Realised £800 |
240
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 2d. letter sheet a95 most unusually showing several pre-printing paper creases particularly affecting the stereo, sent 1841 (July) from Edinburgh to Dingwall with black Maltese Cross and ''DINGWALL'' c.d.s. on front, some soiling and creasing, rare. Ex Shaida. Photo. Price Realised UNSOLD |
241
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready 2d. envelope a198 uprated to 4d. with 1841 2d. plate 3 QK with clear to good margins almost all around, neatly cancelled no. ''70'' London District Post numerals of Anerley and sent to Kingston, very light Receiving House handstamp in red on front, unusually with no other postal markings, some imperfections but a very rare franking. Brandon certificate (1999). S.G. Spec. ME4, cat. £12,000. Photo. Price Realised £2600 |
242
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume 'Britannia seated on egg' envelope, un-numbered, inscription 'Comic Envelopes sold by R.W. Hume, Leith' illustrations on side flaps as state 5 in British Pictorial Envelopes120 of the 19th Century but with additional illustration of an abbey at left and cows in a field at right, unused, rather roughly torn at right and repaired with archival document repair tape, but of good appearance and rare. Price Realised £170 |
243
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Envelope No. 17 'The Acre Envelope' with inside showing drawing of fort and disposition of naval fleet, unused, some toning and other imperfections but very rare. Photo. Price Realised £1200 |
244
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 1840 Southgate envelopes nos. 2 'Ladies School', 3 'Peg-Leg Sailor' and 4 'Blarney Stone', unused, the first with some staining, otherwise fine. (3). Price Realised £180 |
245
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner, contemporary(?) reproductions of envelopes nos. 4 and 5 (2) with imitation Southgate flaps numbered ''2'' and ''1'', also a later imitation of no. 2 front inscribed ''POSTAGE ONE PENNY'', and original front of no. 1, some imperfections. (5) Price Realised £100 |
246
| Sale number: 19 1840 Mulready: A ''WHITAKER'S/ALMANACK'' facsimile used 1878 (Nov.) within London with 1d. plate 200 CH, endorsed on reverse 'Not Known as Directed' and returned to sender, with original contents comprising the previous years almanac entry on Bolivia stuck to a printed letter from the editor requesting the extract to be corrected, 1888 (Dec.) 'Facsimile of Postage 50 years ago' envelope used within London with 1d. lilac, and 1907 W.V. Morten Christmas reproduction sent from Leeds to Dewsbury with KE VII 1/2d. (3 items). Price Realised £120 |