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ORDER OF SALE
Thursday 14th October 2021 - to be sold at 10.30 amStamp Boxes & Postal Related Objects, including Handstamps 1 - 30
Philatelic Literature, Postcards, Cigarette Cards, Ephemera, Autographs 31 - 51
Valentine Cards 52 - 100
Disinfected Mail, Air Mails 101 - 110
Crash Mail, including Imperial Airways 111 - 152
Wreck Mail 153 - 164
World War Two, with Far East P.O.W & Internee Mail 165 - 231
Great Britain
Stamps, Officials, Revenues, Telegraphs, Cinderellas 232 - 349
British Post Offices Abroad, Postal History - Mixed Lots 350 - 382
Air Mails, including Balloon Flights, 1911 First U.K Aerial Post 383 - 420
Cancellations, Christmas - Posted in Advance for Xmas Day 421 - 472
Coffee Houses, Exhibitions/Congresses, Express Mail, Frees 473 - 484
Maritime Mail - Ship Letters, Steamer Cachets, Greenock & Ardrishaig Packet,
Mobile Boxes, Transatlantic Mail, U.S/British Sea Post Office 485 - 604
Military & Naval, Mulreadys, Official Mail, Parcel Post 605 - 638
Pictorial Envelopes, Postage Dues, Postal Orders, Postal Reform 639 - 661
Postal Stationery, Postcards, Railways 662 - 703
Registered Mail, Royalty, Uniform 4d Post 704 - 729
Channel Islands, Cumberland, Hertfordshire, Isle of Man, Kent, Lancashire 730 - 743
London, Middlesex, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Yorkshire, Wales 744 - 769
Scotland, Scottish Islands including Isle of Mull 770 - 826
Friday 15th October 2021 - to be sold at 10.30 amWorldwide & British Empire Stamps & Covers - Mixed Lots 827 - 879
Key Plate & General Colonial Proofs 880 - 898
Antarctic, Antigua, Ascension, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados 899 - 932
Bermuda, Bulgaria, Canada including Transatlantic Mail 933 - 974
Cayman Islands, Ceylon, China, Cook Islands, Croatia 975 - 1036
Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dominica, Egypt, Estonia, Falklands Is. 1037 - 1058
France & Colonies, Germany, Gibraltar, Gilbert & Ellice Islands 1059 - 1102
Hong Kong & Treaty Ports, Iceland 1103 - 1145
India including Air Mails, Indian States 1146 - 1257
Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, KUT, Leeward Islands, Malaya, Malta, Mauritius 1258 - 1360
Montserrat, Morocco Agencies, Muscat, Nauru, Netherlands Indies 1361 - 1370
New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Borneo, Norway, Nyasaland 1371 - 1405
Palestine, Panama, Persia, Philippines, Pitcairn Island, Poland, Rhodesia 1406 - 1424
Russia, St. Helena, St. Kitts, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Somaliland 1425 - 1446
South Africa - Boer War, Cape, Natal, ORC, Transvaal, Union 1447 - 1527
Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Trinidad 1528 - 1596
Tristan da Cunha, Turks & Caicos, USA, Virgin Islands, Zanzibar 1597 - 1648
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c.1900 Silver boxes comprising a heavy cut glass two compartment box with silver lid marked with a half moon and crown and "TM800", 77x55x28mm; silver box with six stamp compartments on ball feet, patterned edges and engraved initials to lid, marked "Sterling" and "Bigelow-Kennard & Co", 92x55x28mm; and a three compartment box with sloping base and patterned lid, marked "Sterling, Napier - Pat. Pend", 94x49x15mm. Three attractive boxes, probably all American. (3) £180-220
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Silver / Leather. 1899-1905 Silver or leather stamp boxes all with silver lids with glass covered squares to display a stamp, comprising single compartment with barrel shaped silver body on four ball fee, hallmarked Birmingham 1899 (JD/WD); similar two compartment boxes, one unmarked (glass missing), the other with patterned borders hallmarked Birmingham 1903 (L&S, one foot missing); and a square leather box with single compartment silver lid hallmarked Birmingham 1905 (E.S). Also a square single compartment leather box with embossed silver lid hallmarked London 1904 (CWJSNS). (5). £120-150
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Silver. Circular stamp coil dispensers, 46x33mm with a shield (motto "Vita Scientia Amicitia") on the lid marked "Edm San Giovanni, Sterling"; 38x18mm with an engraved hinged lid; 30x28mm with an embossed border to the lid, marked "Sterling, IBCo"; also another small dispenser by the same maker missing its lid. (4). £120-150
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Brass / Metal. Large brass (or brass coloured) metal desk boxes with decorated lifting lids, one to three stamp compartments, one finely made box with a large lifting handle, also a brass blotter, all fine quality, probably European or American. (6). £120-150
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Brass. A large and heavy brass desk stamp box, lifting lid revealing five stamp compartments, ornately decorated, the large base with four feet, 12½x22½cm, a substantial box of fine quality. £80-100
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Brass. Desk accessories comprising pen tray with stamp box at one end, stylised leaf pattern to the lid, 280x58mm, marked "Bradley Hubbard Mfg Co"; similarly marked brass box containing a glass inkwell, engraved sides and lifting lid, 78x78x43mm; circular weighted stamp dispenser, 58x52mm; blotter depicting a horse drawn mail coach, 121x71x30mm; and an unusual letter rack with three compartment stamp box in front, the three letter racks folding down for storage, marked "D.R.G.M 237670, GES GESCH.", approx 140x150x35mm when folded flat. Five heavy, good quality items. (5). £120-150
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Stamp boxes made from Agate inlaid into wood, marble (faults), bone, ivory, mother of pearl (2, one overlain with pierced brass coloured metal), brass with black glass lids and base (2), glass (with a brass lid and base), metal with a base and lid of agate (2), ceramics (3, one Limoges), also a mother of pearl and silver paper knife, etc. (17). £300-400
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"The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case" within its card folder, both depicting Alice on the cover, together with the 40 page booklet "Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing" by Lewis Carroll (printed by Emberlin and Son, Oxford, published 1890), all within the printed envelope, originally sold for 1/-. Fine condition, containing KEVII ½d - 1/- mint stamps. £70-80
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1904 Hallmarked silver postal scales (Birmingham 1904, maker "L&S") with a drawer for stamps at the base, the top with an engraved crest, lettering worn from the bone scale of weights/rates, otherwise fine. A superb combined stamp box and postal scales, 85x50x95mm. £200-250
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1872 Hallmarked Silver travelling inkwell (London 1872, maker "TJ") with compartments for matches and candles, sealing wax holder in the lid, the fold down side with a candle holder, all sides finely engraved, impressed retailers details "SCHAFER, 27 PICCADILLY", a small drawer for stamps below the internal match compartment. A superb high quality item, weight 245g. Photo on Page 8. £250-300
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c.1900 Novelty Salt and Pepper Pots in the shape of letter boxes, well made from brass coloured metal, probably American, height 55mm. (2). £100-120
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Postal Scales. 1883-1940 Salter's Postal Scales with weights to 7lb, 11lb (7) or 16lb (7), six differing parcel rates including scarce first type scale headed "INLAND PARCELS POST" with top rate of 1/- for 5-7lb (in operation 1883-86). Also an empty G.P.O tin for holding a similar scale. (16). £180-220
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Letter Box. c.1860 Metal Safety Letter Box, Queen Victoria's head embossed in the centre with "LETTERS" and "PAPERS" at either side, impressed registration number and makers name "STEVENS & SON", 147x64mm with an opening aperture of 114x38mm. A very rare and unusual survivor. £100-120
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Letter Clips. c.1870 Victorian letter clips, one made of iron, the others all brass, five bearing the makers names including "M. Myers & Son Patent No. 1870" with a horseshoe design, clip with two entwined swans by W. Dowler of Birmingham, "Loewes Leaf Holder manufactured by Merry Phipson & Parker" featuring the Prince of Wales feathers, also a fine brass clip in the shape of a scallop shell bearing further shells and seaweed, "J&B Radcliff Patentees Birmingham" clip with fruit and flowers, etc. A fine and unusual group. (7). £250-300
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Two brass G.P.O registration label dispensers made by Bladon of Birmingham, for dispensing labels from rolls; and a brass mailbag sealer from Nottingham, with attached label and two keys. (3). £80-100
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Two linen pennants with a Crown and Posthorn and "ROYAL MAIL" sewn in red letters, intended to be flown from contract mail ships, approximately 7 foot long, superb condition, apparently having never been used, possibly 1920s, two very rare survivors. (2). £200-300
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Miniature Letterboxes. Mainly tin or other metals, including money boxes, coronation souvenirs, etc. (c.42), also some other ceramics. (42+). £80-100
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G.B. c.1858 Handstamp with Cambridge c.d.s, patent screw device attaching the metal cancel to the finely turned handle. A scarce early handstamp. £80-100
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G.B. c.1880 Scottish duplex handstamp, the town name and number uncut, a screw device attaching the metal cancel to the finely turned handle. A scarce unfinished duplex handstamp. £80-100
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G.B. - Mailbag Seals. c.1880-1950 Handstamps with turned wooden handles, the brass ends with place name and central crown, used to impress mailbag seals. Handstamps comprise Castle Douglas, Keig, Pointon, Eppleby, Kelmarsh, Bughthorpe, Crosswood, Northfield, Wickham, Skeith, Bramley, Burnhervie, St Katherines and Onllwyn, all fine. (13). £280-320
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G.B. - Postage Due Handstamps. c.1900-50s Handstamps including "1d / TO PAY" and "5d / TO PAY" (both probably Scottish), and seven boxed handstamps showing a combined charge and reason for the postage due with the office number in the corner, all with turned wooden handles. (9). £140-160
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G.B. c.1920-40 Handstamps with triangular framed "232" of Cuckfield or the Scottish handstamp "S.99", used on printed matter mail. Also a third handstamp with "302" within a star, possibly telegraphic, all with turned wooden handles. (3). £60-80
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G.B. - Registration. c.1950s-80 Oval registered handstamps of March and Leatherhead, both with turned wooden handles, and a 1980s Registered handstamp of March with steel and wood handle, contained within two wooden boxes, one containing a set of month letters and days for use within the handstamp. (3). £70-100
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G.B. c.1960-2000 Explanatory handstamps including postage due marks, nine with wooden handles, ten with plastic or metal handles, 14 others set into wood without handles. (33). £120-150
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G.B. - Parcel Post. c.1950s-90s Handstamps with turned wooden handles contained within six G.P.O metal boxes (five of which contain month and day slugs for use within the handstamps). The rubber ended handstamps comprise oval "PARCEL POST / PAID" types for Tiverton, Barrow in Furness and March (faults), and rectangular boxed types for Crewe, March, Budleigh Salterton, Tiverton, Llangranog and Appleby. An unusual lot. (9 handstamps in 6 tins). £200-240
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Canada. c.1860-75 Rate handstamps comprising "5 / CENTS" (2), "7 / CENTS" (7), "PAID / 5 / CENTS" (2), "PAID / 10 / CENTS" (2), "PAID / 15 / CENTS" or "PAID / 20 / CENTS", all made from bronze, three without handles, the other twelve with fine turned wooden handles. (15). £350-400
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Canada. c.1920-1980s Handstamps, cancels or explanatory marks, most with wooden handles. (13). £120-150
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USA. c.1860 Original datestamp for "REDWOOD / N.Y", cancelling device screwed into the metal end, with a fine turned wood handle. £60-80
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USA / Canada. c.1920-60s Hammer cancels from Dundalk, Ontario, or Orwell, Ohio; and a 1980s roller cancel from Tulsa, Oklahoma, two with wooden handles, very unusual. (3). £100-120
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Ethiopia. c.1980 "GONDAR No 2 / AMARA" datestamp made of steel, with a turned wooden handle, very unusual. £70-100
| PHILATELIC LITERATURE
(Also See Lots 1124, 1279, 1376) | |
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Various books including "Album Weeds" (first edition) by Rev. Earee, Harry Hilckes 1892 Catalogue of Reprints, A. Forbin 1915 Revenue Catalogue, Fiscal Philatelic Society Catalogue of U.K Revenue and Fee stamps, "Catalogue des Timbres Commemoratifs" by Cazin & Rochas, George Lundy 1894 Catalogue of Revenue Stamps of G.B and Ireland, Stanley Gibbons 1899 Catalogue of Local Stamps of the World, "College Stamps of Oxford and Cambridge" by Rev. Cummings, Bridger & Kay 1908 Catalogue of British Colonial Revenue, Telegraph and Railway Stamps, and "The Fiscal Philatelist and Revenue Stamp Guide" volume 1 for 1892-93 bound, etc., also auction catalogues with named sales comprising 1922 Ferrari sale catalogue No. 5; 1934 Hind sales, catalogues 2, 3, 4 and 5; and 1956-58 Caspary sales, British Empire catalogues 5, 9, 12 and 15 bound in one volume with prices realised. (c.80). £180-220
| POSTCARDS, CIGARETTE CARDS & EPHEMERA
(Also See Lots 676-681, 687, 713/5, 719, 722, 726/8, 1075, 1294/5, 1418, 1594, 1605) | |
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c.1820-40 Book of handwritten recipes, also a few cures for ailments with a few printed adverts included, disbound and missing the covers but an interesting volume, containing 100+ recipes. £80-100
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Pictures and prints comprising c.1790 watercolour of sailors landing on an island and being greeted by natives (185x133 mm); c.1860 fine pencil drawing of five children, artists monogram "WB" (70x102mm); pencil drawing of a man carving wood, signed and dated "C. Spencehaugh, 30-11-22" (78x98mm); c.1930 Christmas card from Bernard Sleigh, Forge College, Campden, bearing an etching of the cottage; and an unused 1910 (Jan 7) invitation card from the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society to a private view of their ninth exhibition at the New Gallery. (5). £100-150
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Various printed ephemera, letters, invoices, receipts, etc., including c.1800 printed advert for "The Hannah" sailing from London to Yarmouth; 1773 advert for Rolling Carriages available from James Sharp of Leadenhall Street with a handcoloured illustration of a wagon being towed by eight horses; 1845-48 printed letters advertising cheap land for emigrants to Canada (2, both used with 1d reds); 1905 Metropolitan Police poster "Opening of Kingsway and Aldwych by His Majesty the King"; 3d booklet "Full Account of the Crippen capture, trial and execution"; 1908 David MacBrayne tickets for the Lochetivehead & Ballachulish coach, etc. (100+). £150-200
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c.1840 Small packet entitled "BRITISH SCENERY WAFERS" well illustrated with castles, buildings, flowers and trees, printed by Ackermann & Co of London, containing four small wafer seals with views of Menai Bridge, Shakespeare Cliff, Pavilion Brighton or The Tower. £100-120
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Picture Postcards. c.1900-1930s Cards, mainly British but with some foreign noted, including scarce coloured Father Christmas "Hold to Light" cards (2), topographical views and street scenes with some real photo cards, actresses, etc. (c.200). £150-200
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Picture Postcards. c.1902-30 Real photo postcards, mainly topographical views including railway staff on a station platform (.....ar Junction, L.M.W.R uniforms), Bell Vue Zoo (4), London Aerodrome at Hendon, Emsworth Carnival, street scenes, Fairbourne miniature railway, etc., also a monochrome card of suffragettes. (59). £120-150
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Picture Postcards. 1912-28 Picture postcards of Lourenco Marques (44), Ceylon (39), Aden (9), Burma (4), India (15) or Straits Settlements (15), also cards of G.B (11) or France, all posted in the country depicted with stamps on the picture side, all addressed to a ships engineer in India, Penang or Lourenco Marques. (138). £250-300
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Ships - World War Two. c.1905-50 Picture postcards and photos of ships, all of which were involved in the Pacific campaign in World War Two, or in repatriating P.O.Ws after the war; also some reproduction photos; 1941 cover from H.M.S "Repulse"; 1942 official cover with "Chaplain of the Fleet / Admiralty" cachet to Mrs Leeke, widow of Rev. Leeke drowned when H.M.S "Hermes" was sunk; 1942 German news photo of H.M.A.S "Perth", etc. (c.85). £100-120
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Cigarette Cards. A large quantity of cigarette cards in five albums and loose, mainly complete sets, including cards by Wills, Churchman, Gallagher, John Player, Carreras, Lambert & Butler, etc. (100s). £280-350
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Cigarette Cards. A large quantity in several albums and loose including Players, Wills, Churchmans, etc. (100s). £100-120
| AUTOGRAPHS
(Also See Lots 712, 716, 720, 722/5, 727) | |
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c.1800-1911 Letters, etc., with autographs, mainly artists or authors, including 1825 letter written and signed by the wood engraver Thomas Bewick from Gateshead, to fellow engraver Richard Wingate discussing engravings of birds (folded, faults but a scarce signature); undated letter from Jerome K. Jerome, author of "Three Men in a Boat"; 1864 letter from the artist Edward Henry Corbould regretting he has no photo of himself to give as requested, including sketches of two photos taken of him which may be had from a Douglas photographer; two undated letters from the artist Edwin Landseer concerning the purchase of the painting "The Judgement of Solomon" from Haydons Studies at the auction held by Fosters of Pall Mall, etc. (22). £400-500
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Military / Naval. 1804-53 Letters, documents, etc, including 1805 Half Pay document signed by H. Dundas; 1808 document granting General Sir John Doyle £100 per year in lieu of furniture for Government House in Guernsey, signed by Doyle; 1814 copy document allowing General Sir John Doyle commanding H.M forces in Guernsey and Alderney to draw £3221.10.4 for payment of the forces, signed by Doyle; 1839 Free front signed by Wellington; 1842 1d red cover signed by General Sir Rowland Hill; 1853 Commission document signed by Sir Richard Dundas; also letters from Lord Donaughmore (3) or Henry Dundas. (10). £120-150
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c.1991-2015 Christmas cards (17) mainly from politicians, including David & Samantha Cameron (2), Tony & Cherie Blair (3), Gordon Brown and family (3), Iain Duncan Smith, Greg Dyke, Ed Balls, etc. Also two covers from Buckingham Palace to The Chief Rabbi. (19). £80-100 |
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Alfred Edward Chalon. 1848 (May 27) Three page letter to "Ross", telling him that his local chemist at No 1 Wigmore Street has an ointment that could cure Miss Coutts of her affliction, signed "Alfd Edwd Chalon", minor staining. Chalon painted the famous Queen Victoria portrait, used for the stamps of New Zealand, Queensland and Tasmania. £80-100
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Winston Churchill / Austen Chamberlain. 1910 (Nov 17) Mourning cover to the Morning Leader Book Department with "Winston S. Churchill" signature, possibly printed, red London S.W Official Paid c.d.s and "HOME OFFICE / OFFICIAL" cachet. Also four letters to William Waters Butler, two signed by Austen Chamberlain in 1921. (5). £120-150 |
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Henry Cole. 1875-80 Letters written and signed by Cole, comprising 1875 (Jan 13) letter on "13 Thurloe Square" notepaper regarding a paved road crossing and Cole's complaint about sewers and dirt on the road; 1877 (Mar 12) letter on "Council on Education, Kensington Museum" notepaper; and 1880 (Nov 15) letter on "106 Philbeach Gardens" notepaper wishing success to International Exhibitions and the Crystal Palace, and help given to them by the Society of Arts. Also an associated letter. Cole was secretary to the Mercantile Committee and helped Rowland Hill with his plans for postal reform. (4). £150-200
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James Dickson. 1802 Entire letter written and signed by the noted botanist James Dickson, posted from London to fellow botanist Rev. Harriman at Gainford; Dickson is unable to send specimens due to the illness of his eldest daughter. Also 1853 cover posted from Dudley (sideways duplex cancel) to a Miss Pidgeon in Weymouth with long enclosed letter discussing botanical specimens. (2). £80-100
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Disraeli / Gladstone. 1868 (June 2) Cover with red London Official Paid c.d.s, signed "B. Disraeli" and addressed in his handwriting to The Rev. Carter Wm. Moore in Leyton. Also an 1887 cover and a photo of Gladstone both with printed signatures, and 1936 cover to Lt. Col. F.M Bailey in Kathmandu signed and addressed by Anthony Eden, the covers with Official Paid datestamps, a few faults, the Disraeli autograph scarce. (4). £150-180
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Florence Nightingale. 1867 (Apr 20) Ten page letter to Miss Edwards, on "35 South Street, Park Lane, London W" notepaper, written entirely in Nightingale's own hand and signed "Florence Nightingale". Nightingale discusses Miss Edwards plans to divide towns and cities into convenient districts for the nursing of sick poor at home, including midwifery, with a large hospital as the Head Quarters for training. She regrets the lack of nursing at home and in workhouses for the poor in London, and discusses the problems of nursing the rich, upon whom nursing institutions rely, such as St. Johns House in London, the Liverpool training institution and the Kaiserwerth Deaconesser; her own training institution is tied up in a trust deed exclusively for the training of nurses for hospitals and the poor. "With all London's magnificent charities I doubt whether there is any city in the world where the sick poor at home are so neglected & where sickness bears such bitter fruits in grinding poverty & pauperism degrading the families for generations, yet where a little timely succour in good nursing, good food (& a change for the convalescent) might save the fathers or mothers from incurable infirmity & consequently the children from being pauperised. So that you see, we in London have no cause to boast". Nightingale sends various requested pamphlets, and continues "I observe that you train monthly nurses, & that you send them to Dublin for training. You should be able to have midwifery nurses for the poor - need I say we should be delighted to train them for you, free of cost, at Kings College Hospital. [The sum we are obliged to charge for board &c I should be too glad to pay for you myself - it would be my small contingent for your noble institution]". Also an 1854 letter from Thomas Hughes to Miss Edwards thanking her for £2, and reporting the temporary closure of the Red Lion Square Institution due to lack of funds; 1887 cover to Miss Edwards in Bristol; and a print of Nightingale. A long and important letter from Florence Nightingale. Photo on Page 8. £2,000-2,500
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