TURNER
(Eleanor Frewen, née Clark, 1786-1879, wife of John Frewen Turner, 1755-1829, of Northiam, Sussex, and Cold Overton, Leicestershire)
Autograph Letter Signed to Alfred Ellis,
(1821-1879, second son of John Ellis, 1789-1862), saying she was "obliged by your courtesy in sending me twelve copies of the Owl, altho I can well dispose of them, I should not certainly not have asked for so many, had I known they were not to be bought. Honour is due to those who stand forward in defence of persecuted Birds & Animals & in their name I am glad to thank you for your benevolence", 2 sides small 8vo., Cold Overton, Leicestershire, 3rd September
Item Date:
1858
Stock No:
16428
£20
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TYMMS
(T. Vincent, 1842-1921, D.D., President (1896) of the Baptist Union of Great Britain)
Autograph Note Signed "with thanks for kind sympathy",
1 side 8vo. black-edged, Clapton, 8th December
Item Date:
1887
Stock No:
19000
£15
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UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE JUBILEE
Mint example of the special envelope produced by the Post Office
and sold by them at post offices throughout the country and at the special exhibition in Kensington on 2 July 1890 to celebrate 50 years of the Uniform Penny Post. The envelopes were prepaid one penny, the standard inland postage rate in 1890 and came with a special insert card for writing a message. The envelopes cost one shilling to purchase, with the profit going to the Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund which helped postmen and their families who found themselves in financial difficulties, decorated in blue with images of Rowland Hill, a Mail Coach and a Mail Train and postmen from 1840 and 1890
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40208
£95
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VALENTINE CARDS
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
21765
£75
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VANGEROW
(Karl Adolf von, 1808-1870, Professor of Roman Law at Heidelberg from 1840)
Autograph Note Signed in German with translation,
saying that his "Lectures on the Pandects will start next Thursday, the 15th of the month", 1 side small oblong 8vo., Heidelberg, 12th October, n.y., c.
traces of laying down in one margin of blank verso
Item Date:
1840
Stock No:
13437
£15
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