| TIBET |
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2040 |
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HAVERBECK - 1958 The Stamps and Postal History of Tibet, p/b. WATERFALL - 1965 The Postal History of Tibet, torn d/j. Both have pen and pencil notes in the text. |
£30 |
| TRISTAN DA CUNHA |
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2041 |
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CRABB - 1980 The History and Postal History of Tristan da Cunha, spiral bound p/b., slight wear. Plus a 1979 supplement from Ice Cap News "Sail Traffic on Tristan Da Cunha During the Mid-Nineteenth Century", booklet. (2 items). |
£18 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
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2042 |
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SLAVERY 'MANUMISSION' CERTIFICATE, FOR ISSUE BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN THE TRUCIAL STATES (c.1930) unused document 9"x 13" printed in red & blue, headed by royal arms & Union Jacks. Bi-lingual English/Arabic text: "Be it known to all who may see this that the bearer ... has been manumitted and no one has a right to interfere with his/her liberty". Most slaves came from East Africa. *** |
£40 |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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2043 |
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THE UNITED STATES: BAEDEKER'S HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS (4th edn. 1909) cii, 724pp., 33 maps & 48 plans, 6º"x 4º" cloth. Detailed and informative guide book. *** |
£30 |
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2044 |
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BOSTON DUEL TO THE DEATH - EARLY 18th CENTURY PAPERS OF HENRY PHILLIPS OF BOSTON, HANGED FOR "MURDER" FOLLOWING A DUEL WITH FELLOW-BOSTONIAN BENJAMIN WOODBRIDGE; 1728-38 group of documents relating to this fascinating story, used by the "murderer's" brother (Gillam Phillips of Boston) in a long law-suit in which he sought to change the Boston Court's ruling that his brother's intestate assets (some £4,000 including substantial Boston property) should have been granted to him entirely, rather than in fifths to him, his mother, his sister-in-law and his two sisters. The principal documents are as follows:-
1. "Memorandum" of 6 witnesses' accounts of the events leading up to and following the duel, dated 4th July 1728 and all signed as true copies by "Elisha Cooke J.P."; inc. "...Mr. B. Hardy came to me at the White Horse & desired me to take his own sword; I asked the Reason [&] he Replyed [that] he had Business called him into the Country....I urged him to tell me plainly what occasion he had for a sword, fearing it was to meet with Mr. Henry Phillips who had lately fell out [with him]...I gave him his Sword & belt & then he left the Company....[I then] found said Woodbridge walking the Common by the Powder House, his Sword by his side...in some short time I saw Mr. Henry Phillips walking towards us with his Sword...they both denied it [that they were to duel]...I went off & left them....I returned...in order to prevent their fighting with Swords. I met them....Mr Woodbridge walking up to me holding his left hand below his right breast...blood on his Coat...Mr. Phillips immediately came up...also wounded...but in the fleshy part only, shewing me his Cut fingers..." A surgeon was sought and Mr. Phillips then made his escape by a small boat to "H.M.S. Sheerness, Capt. James Cornwall Commander".
2. IMPORTANT ORIGINAL 29th July 1728 foolscap certificate (some split folds) signed by no less than 93 different prominent men of Boston attesting that Henry Phillips was of good character and slow to quarrel; the second half of the folded sheet bears a fine EMBOSSED SEAL OF "MASSACHUSETTS BAY IN NOVA ANGLIA IN AMERICA" beside signed testimony of the Governor of the Province, "W[illiam] Burnet" as to the official positions of these signatories, inc. the Governor of New Hampshire ("John Wentworth"), a former Governor of Mass. ("William Tailer"), Surveyor General of the Customs ("James Stevens"), former ditto ("Thomas Lechmere"), other officials, J.P.'s, churchmen and merchants of Boston. This was presumably used as part of his appeal against the death penalty.
3. Contemporary attested copy of the Aug. 1728 verdict of a Boston Gaol Court that Phillips did "feloniously kill and Murther" Woodbridge according to the recent Boston Act.
4. Detailed attested Nov. 1730 copy (made in "Boston") of the 9th Oct. 1730 "Inventory of the Estate of Mr. Henry Phillips Deceased", totalling "£4,576-16s-7d" inc. "1 House in Cornhill £2,000, 1 Ditto in Merchants Row £1,000", wharves etc. in "Battery March £500 [+] £450", and every last possession from his "2 Indian slaves in part £50" down to his 6d "slop bowl", clothes, furniture, etc. (some 170 clear entries in the list).
5. Fine Transatlantic [c.April 1733] Entire Letter from "Boston" addressed to"the New England Coffee House, London" charged "9"(d) with London arrival Bishop Mark written and signed by"Gillam Phillips".
6. June 1733 London legal opinion about the estate.
7. 26th Nov. 1733 group of documents detailing G. Phillips' appeal against the division of his late brother's estate, bound as one with blue silk ribbon sealed by the large EMBOSSED "MASSACHUSETTS BAY IN NOVA ANGLIA IN AMERICA" Governor's paper seal on the top sheet, which is signed by the new Governor, "J[onathan] Belcher", as proof of the other signatures on the attached documents.
8. Dec. 1733 Entire Letter from G. Phillips in "Boston" to London ref. further appeals about his brother's estate.
9.+ 10. Further lengthy favourable London legal opinion with large part original addressed wrapper in which it was sent to the "New England Coffee House".
11.+ 12. 1734/6 pair of letters from G. Phillips in "Boston" to London ref. the case, etc.
13.+ 14. 1737/8 pair of lengthy, detailed legal invoices for the London lawyer's work in this case, amounting to £332-11s-4d!
It seems certain that Henry Phillips was hanged in 1728/9, and that all his brother's appeals to have a greater share of his estate failed. This is a very rare early American archive (in generally very fine condition) detailing, in unusual and very graphic detail, a case of mortal combat between two upright citizens of the young City of Boston while under English Colonial rule. The petition signed by almost 100 Bostonians may well be unique in private hands. AN IMPORTANT, EARLY AND FASCINATING AMERICAN ARCHIVE, recently unearthed in a plastic carrier bag from a house clearance sale! (16 documents). PHOTO - see plate no. |
£800 |
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2045 |
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U.S. PRESIDENTS & NOTABLE FIGURES, c1840: Series of 11 finely-engraved portraits (155 x 240mm), hand-coloured, with relevant scene and facsimile signature, inc. John Hancock, John Tyler, James Buchanan, Sam Houston etc. Also a fine portrait of Washington from a different source. Fine. (12 items). *** |
£85 |
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2046 |
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MISCELLANY, 1840-1944 incl. 1840 & '43 Tax Books for Providence (R.I.) listing all tax-payers (often indicating family relationships or naming property), teaching certificates, other school related items incl. WWII, advertising circulars etc. (16 items). **/*** |
£30 |
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2047 |
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1854 POWER OF ATTORNEY prepared by solicitors in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England and later executed in the U.S.A. with additional sheet secured bearing large embossed green seal of George B. Mathew, the British consul for the State of Pennsylvania affixed in the City of Philadelphia. **/*** |
£30 |
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2048 |
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1868-1901 MISCELLANY inc. v.fine 1901 small 4pp pamphlet 'The Dead Letter Office', a handwritten memo c1900 on the ownership of Hawaiian 'Missionary' stamps and 3 m/s legal documents of the 1860s from Colorado, Dakota & New York, each with a 5c revenue stamp. (5 items).*** |
£40 |
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2049 |
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PUBLICITY PHOTOGRAPHS c1890: Group of 6 large (200x280mm) hand-tinted photographs of a quartet of entertainers, two men & two women, in evening dress - a pianist, violinist & two vocalists, carefully posed as publilcity shots; mounted on canvas with the imprint of the Stadler Photographic Co. of Chicago, two have creases well away from the images. Unusual. (6 items). **/*** |
£30 |
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2050 |
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"BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST" (1891) souvenir booklet 5"x 6‡", opening concertina fashion to 5"x 77", printed in Bavaria. Incl. pictorial wrapper & 11 line drawn illustrations by the artist Charles Henckel, depicting W.F. Cody's spectacular show, which toured U.S.A. from 1883 & Europe from 1887. Tri-lingual captions in English, French & German. Wrapper slightly foxed. ** PHOTO - see plate no. |
£100 |
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2051 |
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THE McCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE Co. - 1897, 40pp illustrated catalogue of a range of agricultural machines with lengthy explanation and a central coloured plate; missing covers, a few damp spots otherwise fine. Also a (slightly damaged) ill'd instruction card for the Ward Plow Co. hay rake. (2 items).**/*** |
£30 |
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STATE PAPERS: 1899 Issue of "Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, America & West Indies, 1685 -1688" edited by Fortescue (720pp. for H.M.S.O.) plus"The West Indies Pilot Vol. II" (6th edition, 1909). General spotting/browning of illustrations etc. (2 publications). ** |
£20 |
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CALIFORNIA, c1900: Two photographs (125 x 100mm) on card mounts showing San Diego Mission, a bungalow-style house with a group of people posed on the veranda. Mounts creased but the photographs are fine. **/*** |
£30 |
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"GOLD BONDS" dated between 1920 and 1934 of various buildings and properties; ornately engraved in different colours with embossed seals and coupons. (8 bonds). *** |
£30 |
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ADVERTISING c1935-37: '20th Century Mail Order Corp.' Time Conversion Chart printed on card with a rotating wheel and adverts. for a short-wave radio & 'Radio Design' magazine (c1935), a couple of weak corners; also a fine , large (550 x 425mm) poster illustrating five b&w advertisements for Sheaffer pens, captioned 'Sheaffers English Ads 1937', folded in four otherwise v.fine. (2 items). *** |
£30 |
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2056 |
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MISCELLANY - including 1965 United States Postal Card Catalogue, p/b. ; 1984 onwards "Philatelically Yours", the Guam Stamp Club Quarterly Bulletin, Nos. 9, 21, 23-38, 43 & 44. ; 1974 Pages from a Directory listing all US Post Offices, average condition - some edge wear and creasing to some pages - a valuable source of information. |
£10 |
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2057 |
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STARNES - 1982 United States Letter Rates to Foreign Destinations 1847 to GPU - UPU. First edition in very good condition. |
£8 |
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2058 |
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ALASKA COLLECTORS CLUB - 1986 - 1997 The Alaskan Philatelist Nos. 117 to 182. |
£12 |
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2059 |
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POSTMARK COLLECTORS CLUB - 1988to 1996 Bulletin Nos. 466 to 555 (except 548, 549 & 553). |
£12 |
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2060 |
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HARGEST - 1971 History of Letter Post Communications Between the United States and Europe 1845-1875, second edition, d/j. |
£25 |
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2061 |
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LINN'S - 1952 Plate Number Check List. GIBBONS - 1948 Postage Stamp Catalogue Part III United States and Possessions. Plus sundry other catalogues. (6 items). |
£10 |
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2062 |
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NEPVEUX - 1973 George Alfred Trenholm : The Company That Went To War 1861-1865. Good, clean copy. |
£14 |
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2063 |
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STARNES - 1982 United States Letter Rates to Foreign Destinations 1847 - GPU/ UPU. Cleancopy, with some additional information stapled in. |
£12 |
| WEST INDIES - see also separate islands |
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LUDDINGTON & RAYMOND - 1968 The Bahamas Islands : A History and Catalogue of the Handstamps and Cancellations 1802 - 1967. DICKGIESSER - 1980 Bermuda King George VI High Values : A Guide to the Flaws and Printings. LOWE - 1951 The Coddrington Correspondence 1743 - 1851. (Relating to Antigua and Barbuda). (3 pubs.). |
£25 |
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