401 LARGE STOCKBOOK containing an extensive chiefly used collection of definitives and commemoratives from 1841 to 2000 featuring QV line engraved, surface printed & Jubilees (inc. 5 x 1/- values), useful KEVII and KGV inc. Sea horses & wmk. varieties from the latter reign, KGVI especially high values inc. 4 x 10/- and 2 x £1, extensive QEII ranging from Tudor wmk. set to complete booklets with other definitives inc. mint blocks of up to twenty four, graphites & values to £5, scores of commemoratives and the odd cover. STC £3,200. (Many 100's). £160
402 ALBUM with the mint & used QV to QEII collection. Some useful KGV & KGVI but strength in QEII pre-decimal issues with Wildings, Castles, phosphor commems., etc. (Few 100's). £150
403 ALBUM with the used collection, 1840-1987 commencing with a reasonable 1d black and with representative ranges of all periods. (Some 100's). £120
404 ALBUM with the selection of covers franked with perforated line-engraved issues inc. examples on blued paper plate numbers issues inc a few ½d Mixed condition. (136 items). £120
405 PRINTED S.G. 'GREAT BRITAIN STAMP ALBUM' with a mainly used collection of adhesives from the reigns of QV (very scattered but with values to 5d), KEVII (with values to 1/-), KGV (inc. 2/6d [2] & 5/- Sea-horses), KGVI (inc. complete 1939-48 and 1951 high values plus R.S.W. pair) and QEII, mainly pre- but some post-decimal and again inc. high values. Mixed condition in parts but much worthwhile material. (Several 100's). £90
406 TWO ALBUMS OF PERFINS: The large accumulation od QV to QEII adhesives with values to 5/- with a wide range of used perfins. Mixed condition. (Many 100's). £240
SMALLER COLLECTIONS
407 COLLECTION on leaves inc. a useful range of QV issues with values inc. wing margin 9d but with particular interest in KGV with 1912, 1924 & 1934 to 1/- mint, 1924/25 Wembleys mint, 1934 Re-engraved Sea Horses used, etc. Fair to fine. (Approx. 180). £150
408 MISCELLANY on album & Hagner leaves from QV to QEII with strength in 1929 P.U.C. low values both mint (inc. sideways wmk.) and used, good range of used KGVI high values inc. blocks of up to eight + seven £1 values & very useful QEII to c.1990 inc. a largely complete run of commemoratives with singles, pairs, strips and blocks, pre-decimal Wildings, pre- & post-decimal high values to £5, decimal Machins, 'country' stamps inc. blocks of up to nine, 'To Pay' labels with values to £5 (eight) and small groups of Guernsey & Jersey. (Many 100's). £100
409 MISCELLANY comprising a four margined 1840 (PH) with red MC cancellation plus basic KEVII set from 1½d to 1/- (no 5d) unmounted mint. (11). £100
410 MISCELLANY on cards, etc. inc. 1841 EL bearing defective 1840 2d blue, piece bearing 1870 ½d, 1900 1/- green & carmine mint, RSW £1 mint, etc. (Small Qty.). £75
411 The very untidy selection of mainly line engraved issues made up of several remaindered collections with most issues represented covering the period 1841 - 70. A few mint/unused are included and there are a few used abroad items. Very mixed condition. (Some 100's). £500
412 1840-1913 The very untidy used accumulation consisting mostly of remaindered used selections with the emphasis on surface printed issues, inc. 1840 2d Mulready env. stereo a 209 used within London cancelled with a black MC but with an adhesive removed. 1855-87 surface printed issues to 10/- (a poor 1867 10/-) with some interesting cancellations. Must be viewed. (Some 100's). £400
413 1840-97 The small mainly used selection inc. 1840 1d x 3 (poor), 1855-57 4d (3), 6d (2) & 1/-, 1867-80 9d (2), 10d (3), 1/- (7) & 2/- (4). 1867 5/- (2 poor), 1883-84 2/6d (4), 5/- (2) & 10/-. Very mixed condition. (150+). £240
414 1912-50 The very untidy mint and used accumulation inc. mint selections of 1912-22 ½d to 1½d shades (some with controls) and other values to 1/-. (Qty.). £160
415 1936-51 The mainly mint duplicated stock with definitive values to 1/- inc. a good selection of cylinder blocks, 1940 ultramarine booklet pane with inverted watermarks (creased). Also a good range of low value commemorative issue multiples. (Few 100's). £120
416 OVERPRINTS AND UNDERPRINTS: 1856 LC14 1d x 7 with "O.U.S." overprints (6) and an underprint, all reading up. 1858-79 1d plates (4, inc plates 72 & 97 on cover) with "O.U.S." overprints reading up. Also 1d plates (3) with "COPESTAKE/MOORE" underprints and four with "J. & C./BOYD" underprints. Mostly fine used. £80
POSTAL REFORMS
417 COACHING - SPREAD EAGLE OFFICE POSTER: Very fine poster (285x450mm) c1832 with elaborate, Charles Whiting-like green-printed engine-turned border enclosing text headed 'SPREAD EAGLE OFFICE/Corner of Regent Circus/PICCADILLY' and a fine, detailed timetable listing of coaches, wagons and steam packets with a foot-note concerning parcel deliveries; imprint of Vizetelly, Branston & Co of Fleet Street. Faint hint of folds, light corner crease plus one or two pin-holes in the margins otherwise fresh and very attractive. PHOTO. £200
418 FOURPENNY POST - FIRST DAY OF USE: Superb and rare example of the First Day use of Edinburgh's '4' on EL to London, dated internally 4.December 1839 and with clear date-stamp of 5.December. Vertical light filing crease away from marks. A significant exhibition item. PHOTO. £800
419 'THE NEW POST OFFICE ENVELLOPE' - THE TIMES REPORT: Complete 8pp issue (4.May 1840) with 10½ inch column report satirising the Mulready 'envellope' [sic] with the rest of the column containing two letters criticising the the new postage stamps - "a libel upon the fair countenance of our Queen!"; toned and split along central fold - nevertheless, an important item. £150
420 'THE TIMES' ANNOUNCEMENT OF POSTAGE STAMP ISSUE: Complete issue for 25. April 1840 with 9 inch column report inc. a copy of a Treasury Minute and detailed prices of stamps and Mulready stationery with a description of their appearance, paper and security features etc. ; some splitting along central fold, not affecting the articles. £120
421 COLE, Sir HENRY: Rare portrait photograph c1870 of this important figure in the development of the British Post Office, cut down from a larger original to 60x85mm; very slight edge chipping otherwise fine. PHOTO. £150
422 COLE, Sir HENRY: Rare m/s letter (1875) written from Thurloe Square concerning a road crossing and a campaign about sewers, fine signature; also long E (piece cut away) with GPO 'Secretary' embossed seal and signature of Rowland Hill c1850 and 10.January 1850 (10th anniversary of Uniform Penny Postage) mourning cover with scarce 'Putney SO/1d PAID' mark. (3 items) £150
FORERUNNERS - THE "CONGREVE/DOBBS" 1821
423 RARE BI-COLOURED KING GEORGE IV CORONATION TICKET WITH "DOBBS" EMBOSSED FRAME; Spectacular "MDCCCXXI" (1821) large ticket (263x189mm; fits an album-page) inscribed "GR IV" at top with "Abbey" and "No." in ovals ate ach side, having a central engraving of the Coronation ceremony itself with the date, printed in Congreve technique in pale blue and purple-brown; the central panel surrounded by a fancy albino embossed border of the rose/shamrock/thistle motifs, etc., having a tiny "DOBBS" imprint in the bottom left corner. Sir William Congreve (2nd baronet) was a great friend of the Prince Regent, so it was no surprise that the new King commissioned his friend to produce state-of-the-art fancy tickets for the Coronation. [Congreve was in charge of the arrangements for the whole ceremony; his total accounts were £2,000 of which £87 was noted as being for "publications (Whiting)", suggesting that this was the cost of printing the tickets, etc. The reference to "Whiting" was to Charles' father, James Whiting, who was a colleague and good friend of Congreve.] Very rare and in extremely fine condition. One of the few pre-1825 dated items printed using the Congreve patented bi-colour method that Charles Whiting was to use so effectively in his 1839 Treasury Competition entry, etc. Exhibition Item. PHOTO. £240
424 THE MATCHING TRI-COLOURED KGIV CORONATION "Hall" TICKET WITH COUNTERFOIL; 1821 large embossed "MDCCCXXI" "GR IV" ticket (262x240mm; some slight spots clear of printing and creased between ticket and "Not Transferable" counterfoil at foot) printed in red, pale blue and purple-brown, having "Hall" in top left oval in place of the "Abbey" in the previous ticket; with the same albino embossed border with the tiny "DOBBS" Imprint at bottom left. If anything this is an even finer example of the state-of-the-art compound printing of the early 1820s. Exhibition Item.PHOTO. £240
425 MATCHING BI-COLOURED KGIV CORONATION "WESTMINSTER ABBEY/PASS TICKET" WITH "DOBBS" FRAME; 1821 fancy pale blue & purple-brown printed design (depicting the Abbey in a central panel) in the centre of a smaller ticket (160x210mm) with fine embossed albino frame including "IV/GR" cartouches and the tiny "DOBBS" imprint at the foot. Very fine and ideal for Exhibition. PHOTO. £240
426 MATCHING TRI-COLOURED KGIV "WESTMINSTER/HALL/CORONATION/PASS TICKET" WITH "DOBBS" IMPRINT; 1821 smaller fancy ticket (129x187mm) with circular central design printed in red, pale blue & purple-brown, having beautiful embossed heading (with "GivR" cartouche) and foot with tiny "DOBBS" imprint below. Very fine and attractive.PHOTO. £240
427 MATCHING BI-COLOURED 1821 KGIV CORONATION "PROCESSION/PASS TICKET" WITH "DOBBS" IMPRINT; 1821 fancy sheet (170x213mm) with rectangular design in pale blue and red towards the top depicting a classical horse-drawn chariot; surrounded by a very fine and fancy embossed border with "iv/GR" cartouches, having the tiny "DOBBS" imprint at the foot. Very fine and attractive. PHOTO. £240
428 "DOBBS" PROOFS(?) OF SUPERB EMBOSSED ROYAL MOTIFS - POSSIBLY PRODUCED FOR 1821 CORONATION; c.1821 pair of small glazed white cards (112/114x72/76mm) with superb embossed lion-and-unicorn and crown-on-bible designs (former creased but still attractive; latter with tiny "DOBBS" imprint at foot). Superb examples of the embossing artist's work. (2 items). PHOTO. £150
429 EARLY BRANSTON/CONGREVE BANKNOTE PROOF WITH COMPOUND PRINTING & 3-LAYER PAPER, ETC.; Eclectic lot of items relating to the 2nd Baronet, William Congreve (1772-1828) who was also famous for his invention the Congreve Rocket; superb c.1825 Proof/Essay for a compound-printed (red & black) "PROVINCIAL BANK" £5 banknote on special 3-layer Congreve patent security paper (central layer being blue paper in this case; with "BANK OF HINDOSTAN" wmk.), having "WC" (William Congreve?) and heraldic "PERSEVERE" cartouches at each end. Plus sundry items related to Congreve & his rockets inc. 1814/28 trio of "Gentleman's Magazine" (one with his obituary), 1839 pair of "Penny Magazine" red. his rockets, and some modern items. (11 items). £150
FORERUNNERS - THE "WHITING & BRANSTON" P
430 SPECTACULAR "Robt. Branston" £5 BANKNOTE PROOF OF "DEAL BANK"; Attractive compound printed red & black c.1825 "DEAL BANK/£5" note (186x108mm) on thin paper with design incorporating "Robt. Branston" signature and "Specimen"; other elements very reminiscent of later Postage Stamp designs - with seated female figure in fancy oval, pair of oval "V" motifs, etc. Colourful and rare. PHOTO. £100
431 "SALOP & NORTH WALES BANK" £5 NOTE WITH RED/BLACK COMPOUND PRINTED 1s-3d TAX STAMP; Fine Oct. 1825 black £5 note for this bank (small 1844 bankruptcy mark on front) with genuine fancy oval Branston/Congreve 1s-3d red & black tax stamp on the reverse. Fine example of the security printing aspect of this firm's mid-1820s work. Rare. PHOTO. £100
432 FANCY TRI-COLOUR & BI-COLOUR PRINTED "BISH" LOTTERY 'PUFFS', SHARED TICKETS, ETC.; c.1825 pair of fancy compound-printed "BISH STOCK BROKER" advertising leaflets ('puffs') ref. the forthcoming National Lotteries printed in green/blue/red and red/lilac (minor creases & latter with mount stains, but both attractive) each with clear "WHITING & BRANSTON, Beaufort House, Strand" imprints (i.e. James Whiting & Robert Branston senior) at foot. These 'puffs' were produced in this way to add gravitas/importance to the whole lotteries scheme in the 1820s. Plus c.1820 black/white 'cartoon' advert for a lottery also by Bish; also genuine 1791 Irish & 1797 Scottish Lottery share tickets (quarter & eighth shares respectively) with fine embossed "STATE LOTTERY" tax-stamp-like albino marks. Scarce group. The Whiting/Branston sheets are very early for Whiting's compound-printed multicolour work. Good lot. (5 items). PHOTO. £120
433 PAIR OF TRI-COLOUR & BI-COLOUR "SIVEWRIGHT" LOTTERY 'PUFFS'; 1825 (unusual to be dated with the year) and c.1825 red.green/blue and red/green advertising sheets for the Lottery in the name of "J. & J. SIVEWRIGHT"; the first unusually with the centre cut out and backed with a separate matching printed text (with wrinkles as a result), and the other with folds as if sent by post. Both have the "Whiting & Branston, Engravers to His Majesty, for the prevention of Forgery, Beaufort House, Strand" imprint outside the design itself at the foot. Good pair (2 items).PHOTO. £100
434 PAIR OF BI-COLOUR SIVEWRIGHT" & "HAZARD" LOTTERY 'PUFFS'; c.1825/26 pair of smaller bi-colour adverts for the Lottery in the names of "J. & J. SIVEWRIGHT" (green & pink) or "HAZARD & CO." (pink & mauve; corners trimmed). Attractive pair, both with "WHITING & BRANSTON, Beaufort House,..." imprints within the designs at the foot. (2 items). £100
435 SPECTACULAR LARGE SOLAR ECLIPSE CHART WITH BLUE 'WHITING' STYLE FRAME; 1826 large sheet (minor stains; mostly on reverse) giving predicted dates for all solar eclipses from 1826 to 1999, having a fine fancy 'Whiting-style' border printed in blue, and a "WHITING & BRANSTON" imprint. Rare thus. PHOTO. £120
436 COLOURFUL "WHITING & BRANSTON" PRINTERS' TRADE-CARD WITH STAMP-LIKE CENTRAL MOTIF; Very fine and attractive c.1827 small card (130x92mm) with bicolour (pale blue & black) compound printed design around a central embossed garter design similar to (but different from) the 1839-40 circular stamp-like design used by Charles Whiting for his 1840 London & Westminster Review article about his attempts to win the Treasury Competition (Graveson types 23 & 24). The wording is significant; "WHITING & BRANSTON/Engravers & Printers/To His MAJESTY" with 4 oval-framed inscriptions about their printing specialities. It would be no surprise if this card had been produced soon after Robert Branston senior had died (in 1827), and his namesake son and the young Charles Whiting (whose father, James, seems to have moved on to newspaper printing after May 1826) were looking to put their youthful business ideas into action. PHOTO. £200
437 BI-COLOUR SAMPLE OF "WHITING & BRANSTON" SECURITY PRINTING, ETC.; 1827 colour plate (red & black compound printed sheet; 184x227mm - some peripheral stains barely affecting edge of printed area) produced specially for the 1827 "DICTIONARY OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE" (title-page for this work also included), with special inscription "SPECIMEN/of a/Patent Compound Plate/on a NEW PLAN by/WHITING & BRANSTON/Beaufort House, Strand/FOR THE PREVENTION/of/FORGERY" in the centre. Plus a more mundane production; the part leather-bound small volume (ex US library; some faults) entitled "JUNIUS PROVED TO BE BURKE" with title-page inscription; "PRINTED BY WHITING AND BRANSTON, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND". (3 items). PHOTO. £120
438 "WHITING & BRANSTON" PLUS "WHITING PATENTEE" EMBOSSED DESIGNS; c.1827 small card with pale blue and plain embossed design around the border having a contemporary hand-coloured picture of an exotic golden pheasant-like bird in the centre, having the "WHITING & BRANSTON, BEAUFORT HOUSE, STRAND" imprint at the foot; plus a small c.1840 rectangular piece of thin paper with a compound decorative design (partly embossed) unusually involving the colours gold and dark blue, having a clear "WHITING/PATENTEE" imprint at the foot. Gold is seldom seen in Whiting's work. PHOTO. £120
CHARLES WHITING'S 1830'S TAX STAMPS & LU
439 GOLD EMBOSSED PERFUMERS' TRADE CARD WITH "Whiting Sc." IMPRINT; Spectacular c.1830 small trade card (73x117mm; slight bends due to old glue-mount on reverse does not detract) with beautiful embossed coat of arms (reminiscent of the 1821 Congreve/Whiting Coronation tickets) in the centre of an oval printed in gold (rare thus), having the inscription of "Patentees for Johnstone's Windsor Soap. JOHN GOSNELL & Co. LATE PRICE & GOSNELL, Perfumers TO HIS MAJESTY...", having a tiny and unusually worded "Whiting Sc[ulptit], Beaufort House, Strand" at the foot. Real luxury advertising and an early 'post-Branston' Whiting production in our opinion. PHOTO. £150
440 SHROPSHIRE/NORTH WALES £5 BANKNOTE WITH CIRCULAR 'KING's HEAD' 1s-3d TAX STAMP; Fine 1831 "SALOP & NORTH WALES BANK" £5 note (small 1844 bankruptcy mark on front) with fine bi-colour *red & black) embossed 1s-3d tax stamp with an embossed cameo head of King William IV in the centre of the fancy compound printed design. A clear ancestor of Postage Stamp & Postal Stationery designs of the 1840s! [A Specimen of this very 1s-3d tax stamp design was used by Rowland Hill in his Dec. 1839 report on the Treasury Competition, to demonstrate security printing at its best.] PHOTO. £100
441 OUTER HEBRIDES BANKNOTE WITH GRIV 5d/£1 RED/BLACK TAX STAMP AS USED FOR THE "GO-FREE"; Very fine 1823 unsigned and so unissued (sample due to mis-spelling?) £1 note for the "STORNAWAY" [mis-spelling for Stornoway!] Bank, having the same "FIVE PENCE/GR IV/ONE" tax stamp in red and black around the central oval coat-of-arms that Charles Whiting adapted in Dec. 1829 for his famous "Go-Free" Essay that was arguably the first ever Essay for a Postage Stamp/Wrapper. Fine example from this remote bank. PHOTO. £100
442 SEPARATE NEWSPAPER & "SCRAP SHEET" PRODUCTIONS OF JAMES & CHARLES WHITING; 10 July 1831 issue of "The Atlas" newspaper (contents ref. the 2nd reading of the Reform Bill) with back page note; "Printed and published by JAMES WHITING, the Proprietor, at the Office of CHARLES WHITING, Printer to His Majesty for the Prevention of Forgery, Beaufort House, Beaufort Buildings, Strand..."; plus pair of 1831/2 double sheets (one v. fine & one with faults) each headed "SCRAP SHEET" (Nos. 3 & 10) with very fancy coloured borders (reminiscent of later Whiting Postal Stationery Essays), one with "Whiting, Beaufort House" credit at the end, noting its availability weekly from "ACKERMANN'S" etc al. This latter was clearly an up-market sectionalised scarp-book for the aristocratic young ladies of the time with plenty of time and money to create lavish 'scrap-books'. (3 items). £100
443 EARLY PART SHEET OF 11⁄2d BLACK & RED MEDICINE DUTY STAMPS, ETC.; 1832 block of 4 (a quarter sheet; some creases/wrinkles but attractive) of "STAMP/OFFICE" oblong red & black 11⁄2d Medicine stamps (dies 7-12), separate single (die 3), and 10 later medicine stamps (one with KGV 3d o.p. "ADDITIONAL MEDICINE DUTY/NOT AVAILABLE FOR POSTAGE") and one forgery. Scarce lot; the 1832 block and single are ex Dr. Champion. (13 items). PHOTO. £240
444 RARE "WHITING PATENTEE" BI-COLOUR EMBOSSED £2-2d-0d "ROYAL MUSIC FESTIVAL" TICKET; 28 June 1834 blue & red printed ticket on card (stains, some splitting of embossing and with scissor-cut at top - presumably cut when presented at the door of the concert) for the 3rd Performance of this Festival, having a fancy blue embossed border ("WHITING PATENTEE" in lower section) and an albino embossed oval at top centre; the text printed in red on a silk-effect background, with red ink "1206" on the front. [The first example of this - 2 guinea - type of 1834 Festival ticket that we have seen; other (Proof?) examples are known of 1 guinea tickets for all four performances and of the 1⁄2 guinea rehearsal tickets.] PHOTO. £100
445 RARE "WHITING PATENTEE" EMBOSSED "KING'S CROSS" MONUMENT BI-COLOUR DESIGN; 1836 [presumably] sheet (180x225mm) with fancy central design depicting the unpopular 1836 "KINGS CROSS" monument in London embossed in white on a dark blue ground surrounded by a fancy pink and white embossed border; the central white embossed design unusually having the tiny "WHITING PATENTEE" inscription at its base. The pink border also includes "WHITING PATENTEE" along its inner edge at the left. Similar in style to the Whiting "Cameo" portraits of royalty & literati, examples of which he included with his 1839 Treasury Competition entry. Spectacular example of the finest printing at the dawn of the Victorian period. The only example that we have recorded to date. PHOTO. £150
WHITING'S 1830'S POSTAGE STAMP/STATIONER
446 THE 1st POSTAL STATIONERY ESSAYS - THE 1d WHITING "LONDON DISTRICT POST" LETTER-SHEET; 1837 unfolded example of the 1d yellow-ochre "ONE PENNY/ONE OUNCE/LONDON/DISTRICT POST/V[Crown]R" letter-sheet printed [by Charles Whiting & Co.] on 'Dickinson' silk-thread paper. Fine example of this first Essay produced for the Government's Report from the Commission of P.O. Enquiry. Examples were also circulated in Rowland Hill's later "POST OFFICE REFORM" pamphlets. PHOTO. £150
447 MATCHING 2d GREEN WHITING "LONDON DISTRICT POST" LETTER-SHEET ESSAY; 1837 2d green Essay for the "TWOPENCE/TO CARRY NOT EXCEEDING 6 OUNCES/V[Crown]R" letter-sheet (folded as usual; some wear along top edge) printed on 'Dickinson' silk-thread paper, from the same Government Report as the previous lot. Rather less examples of this 2d Essay appear to have been produced than the 1d Essay. PHOTO. £150
448 EARLY PROOF OF THE WHITING "JAMES WYLD" LETTER-SHEET ESSAY IN BLUE WITHOUT WORDING; Circa Aug. 1839 (?) Proof of the fancy letter-sheet design produced by Charles Whiting (the finished green examples - two are recorded - have a tiny "WHITING LONDON" imprint adjacent to the grapes in each lower corner) on thin paper (vertical crease and slight stains barely detract) with engine-turned panels top and bottom where the words "POSTAGE PREPAID BY" and "JAMES WYLD, Geographer to the Queen" were subsequently inserted. Rare thus. PHOTO. £500
449 CHARLES WHITING 'TREASURY COMPETITION' 1d POSTAGE STAMP ESSAY DESIGN IN BLACK & RED; 1839/40 huge-margined example of the (Graveson No.10) "POST OFFICE/1/PENNY/NOT TO EXCEED HALF OUNCE" Postage Stamp Essay compound printed in black & red on thin paper laid down on card; possibly from the Plate in the March 1840 'London & Westminster Review'. This was one of the designs that Whiting included in his prize-winning 1839 Treasury Competition entry. Most attractive.PHOTO. £150
450 CHARLES WHITING 'TREASURY COMPETITION' 1d POSTAGE STAMP ESSAY DESIGN IN BLACK & RED; 1839/40 large-margined example of the (Graveson No.12) "POST OFFICE PERMIT/1⁄2 OUNCE 1d/TO CARRY MATTER NOT EXCEEDING IN WEIGHT" Postage Stamp Essay compound printed in black & red on thin paper; possibly from the same March 1840 L&WR source as the previous lot. Fine and attractive. PHOTO. £120
451 CHARLES WHITING 'TREASURY COMPETITION' EMBOSSED STAMP-LIKE DESIGNS IN BLUE & UNCOLOURED; Matched pair of 1839/40 Whiting's circular royal arms designs (Graveson No.23) both embossed in blue (creases but attractive) and uncoloured (laid down on card; closed cut just affects outer rim) - cut round and almost square respectively - as used for the March 1840 L&WR article about his Postage Stamp designs. [This design has its origins in an 1826 lottery 'puff' produced by James Whiting & Robert Branston.] Good pair. (2).q PHOTO. £200
452 CHARLES WHITING 'MERCURY' DESIGN ESSAY FROM THE LONDON & WESTMINSTER REVIEW; March 1840 Mercury's head circular design on thin paper from Plate "No.1" of the Charles Whiting "Specimen" designs printed as an appendix to the March 1840 L&WR article. Rare and attractive. PHOTO. £120
453 CHARLES WHITING "No.2 - SPECIMENS" SHEET FROM THE L&WR ARTICLE; March 1840 Plate "No.2" (thinned corners) from the 'London & Westminster Review' article about Postage Stamp printing, for which the caption (on a separate page) was; "SPECIMENS Of Relief Engraving, printed by the Letter-Press, in imitation of Copper-Plate...capable of being multiplied, by Stereotyping, ad infinitum". Attractive examples of Whiting's monochrome security printing. PHOTO. £120
454 SPECTACULAR TRI-COLOUR EMBOSSED CHARLES WHITING THOMAS MOORE CAMEO ESSAY; Fine c.1836/39 heavily embossed card cameo (as Graveson Nos.1-3; old glue marks on reverse do not detract), portrait of this author on a yellow ground in a fancy brown rectangle within a fine embossed green frame, having "WHITING PATENTEE" within the latter on the inner left hand edge. Moore's autograph appears in a panel below the portrait. From the famous series of portraits printed by Whiting for the up-market "Royal Cameo Scrapbook" marketed to the leisured aristocrats of the 1830s. Whiting included a group of these Cameos in his 1839 entry for the 'Treasury Competition', to showcase his abilities as a multicolour printer who could also use the finest embossing to add even greater security from forgery. Exhibition itemPHOTO. £360
455 MATCHING TRI-COLOUR EMBOSSED CHARLES WHITING EARL GREY CAMEO ESSAY; Similar c.1836/39 card embossed cameo portrait of "[Earl] Grey", the politician, in white on pink ground within dark blue and outer pink borders, having "WHITING PATENTEE" inscription at foot within outer border, but inverted. Exhibition Quality.PHOTO. £360
456 MATCHING TRI-COLOUR EMBOSSED CHARLES WHITING WALTER SCOTT CAMEO ESSAY; Similar c.1836/39 card embossed cameo portrait (foxing stains mostly round outer frame) of "Walter Scott", the author, in white on dark blue ground within yellow and outer green borders, in an unusually deep countersunk central panel, with "WHITING PATENTEE" inscription along outer right hand edge. Attractive. PHOTO. £260
457 CHARLES WHITING ALBINO EMBOSSED 'ALBERT & VICTORIA' POSTAGE STAMP SIZED ESSAY; 1839/40 thin card (64x91mm) with a finely embossed uncoloured cameo portrait of Prince Albert overlapped by the Queen in a plain circle (Graveson No.28; very slight stain affects the royal nose). This design is clearly Whiting's work, and while it was not part of his Treasury Competition entry (the Queen's engagement was not announced until late Nov. 1839, some weeks after the Competition had closed) - Whiting's entry was dated 9 Oct. 1839 - it must have been produced soon after the engagement or perhaps at the time of the wedding (10 Feb. 1840). Very few examples of this uncoloured version of the Essay have been recorded, though coloured examples are known including some thought to have been produced in 1862-63. [With 1993 BPA Certificate of Genuineness.] PHOTO. £500
WHITING'S 1840'S POSTAGE STAMP ESSAYS, E
458 PLAIN PAPER WHITING ESSAY WITH CORNER LETTERS, 1d BLACK, ETC.; c.1840 blue "PRINCIPLE SUGGESTED/V R/BEAUFORT HOUSE" stamp-size Essay (Graveson No.26) with corner letters "A3/CW" (presumably the 3rd stamp from the top row; CW being Whiting's initials) printed on thin wove paper (no printing on reverse) and rare as such; plus matching fancy blue engine-turned design with "VR" & flowers in two circles, and 1d Black (PJ; 4m, crease) with red M.C. The two Whiting Essays are the same as two which appeared later on the well-known 1848 Art Union Monthly Journal (see below), but these examples are not on the thick card (printed on both sides) used for the magazine. Scarce pair, with 1d Black for size comparison. (3). PHOTO. £200
459 UNUSED MULREADY LETTER-SHEET SHOWING THE WHITING-INSPIRED INFORMATION PANELS; 1840 unused 1d black Stereo A63 Mulready letter-sheet (few stains) with the normal internal "PRICE OF STAMPS" and "RATES OF POSTAGE" panels which Whiting is thought to have helped Rowland Hill design; the fancy "POSTAGE" panel on the reverse (as usual) is also thought to have been produced by Charles Whiting. £75
460 'RAINBOW-COLOUR' PRINTED "BRASS POLISH" ADVERTISING LABEL ESSAY; Spectacular c.April 1840 4-colour printed card (201x143mm; toned reverse & minor creasing) advertising "WARREN, RUSSELL & WRIGHT'S/BRASS POLISH/STRAND 30 LONDON" with clear small "WHITING LONDON" imprint at foot. Colourful item showing Whiting's fanciest printing style. [Ex the 'Robert Wallace Papers' - see Cavendish's Feb. 1992 catalogue, lot 768.] PHOTO. £200
461 BLACK PROOF OF THE EARLY WHITING EMBOSSED QUEEN's HEAD ESSAY; c.Feb./May 1840 Proof of the 'facing right' oval Embossed Queen's head with extra outer ring and blank panel at top, printed in black on soft card (overall light toning and flattened embossing). The outer ring was removed and the word "PAID" added in the top panel [see next lot] prior to 21 May 1840, and this earlier version was first produced by Whiting in mid-February 1840 when he was attempting to win the contract for Postal Stationery. Rare thus. PHOTO. £200
462 GREEN PROOF OF THE SECOND TYPE WHITING EMBOSSED QUEEN's HEAD ESSAY, ETC.; c.May 1840 Proof of the 'facing right' oval Embossed Queen's head with outer ring removed and "PAID" in the top panel, printed in green on paper (thinned at top; cut to shape); plus the 1848 Art Journal version [see also next lot] of the same design in red cut from the printed-both-sides Plate, and the red & blue square "A3/CW" Essay cut from the same sheet. Also 3 1d pink envs. & a modern Wyon celebratory 'coin' cover. The green Essay is rare. (7 items). PHOTO. £150
463 COMPLETE "ART UNION MONTHLY JOURNAL" VOLUME INC. THE WHITING ESSAYS SHEET; Feb.-Aug. 1848 volume (original cloth binding; faults and some foxing, but apparently complete) having the important 1 June 1848 article entitled "COMPOUND PLATE PRINTING. [With an Illustrative Specimen.]" complete with Whiting's coloured plate (few stains for this) still bound in at page 194. The sheet shows three stamp Essays in a very fancy embossed and coloured surround on one side, anda single central coloured panel on the reverse. While examples of this sheet are not hard to find, this is the only example that we can recall ever having seen in the original context of a bound volume. £200
464 WHITING MULTIPLE ESSAYS SHEET FROM THE 1848 "ART UNION MONTHLY" MAGAZINE; 1 June 1848 colour plate as per the previous lot, without any text (overall speckling of embossed areas in particular, as usual).PHOTO. £100
465 BELGIUM - COMPOUND PRINTED TRADE CARDS OF THE "IMPRIMERIE A LA CONGREVE", ETC.; Spectacular c.1840s group of four multi-coloured trade cards printed by the Belgian licensees of the Congreve printing method; two for the printing firm of Desire Raes, one for Jules Heger, and one (clearly printed by Heger) for a food importer. Fine and pretty group (3 on card - one with faults - and one on paper); examples of Congreve-style printing other than those produced by Congreve or Whiting and Co. are seldom seen. (4 items). PHOTO. £150
LATER WHITING STAMPS, REVENUES, ETC., C1
466 SWEDEN & INDIA - COMPOUND PRINTED REVENUE STAMPS; Attractive pair of large pieces with c.1855 Swedish fancy bi-colour 3sk blue & brown revenues (one uncancelled & one with manuscript cancel); plus collection of documents (4) or pieces (11) with giant oval Indian "COURT FEES"/"STAMP OFFICE" tax stamps in red/blue & black/brown (all cancelled with holes). Scarce lot. (17 items). PHOTO. £120
467 VERY RARE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY 1/- YELLOW PRINTED BY WHITING & Co.; 29 Mar. 1867 usage of the 1860-70 S.E.R. 1/- yellow Telegraph stamp (slight perf. stains/faults) with manuscript "29.3.67 [initials]" cancellation. Very few examples of this large and unusual Telegraph stamp (introduced because of a request from the Army at Aldershot), with "49120" control number. Only 25,000 of the SER Telegraph stamps were produced over a ten year period; very few examples have survived. This was one of the very few stamps that Charles Whiting & Co. did actually print. Plus a part printed 12 Feb. 1868 SER Telegraph message form sent from London to Folkestone. (2 items).PHOTO. £240
468 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND - SET OF THE 12 ISSUED VALUES PRINTED BY CHARLES WHITING; 1860-72 one-of-each-value set of the currency (1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d & 9d) and decimal (1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, 6c & 12c) values, unused. Some minor perf. faults etc., but a good group showing all 12 designs produced by Whiting. (12). £50
469 RARE 'ALFRED DEACON' c.1882 SHEET WITH REPRINTS OF THREE WHITING 1839 ESSAYS; Remarkable sheet of glossy white paper (222x143mm; overall crumpling and creases but attractive) with black & red (2) or plain black (1) designs , two of which were those used in the 1839 Treasury Competition entry and one of which was printed on the reverse of the 1848 Art Union Journal plate; there is a printed inscription beneath the designs:- "These Essays are reprints from the original dies, engraved by Alfred Deacon, who was employed by Charles F. Whiting of Beaufort House..." Possibly produced by Deacon after he left Whiting & Co. in 1881, in the frenzied climate created by the Chalmers versus Hill "stamp originator" controversy, which blew up after Hill's death in 1879. The only example of this reprint that we can recall having seen. PHOTO. £200
470 RARE 'ALFRED DEACON' c.1882 1d BLACK WHITING REPRINT WITH WAX "A.D." SEAL ATTACHED; Unique(?) c.1882 piece of mat paper (95x47mm; gummed on reverse?) with a single impression of the 1839 Whiting Treasury Essay 1d stamp design in black, having a v. fine black wax impression of an "A.D." signet seal (presumably of Alfred Deacon - the original 1839 engraver of this design - himself) well over into the left hand margin. Exceptional item, presumably from the same period and context as the previous lot. We have not seen another example like this. £200
WHITING'S BOOK PRINTING FOR CHARLES DICK
471 COLLECTION OF BOOKS & ONE ETCHING PRINTED BY CHARLES WHITING & CO.; Rare 1850 print (c.12x19 ins.) by James Gillray from the Henry G. Bohn etchings volume, plus books (varied condition) printed by Whiting & Co.:- 1831 National Library 'History of Chemistry' by T. Thomson, small 1838 volume of "ANECDOTES OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE" (several engravings), c.1840 "HISTORY OF WONDERFUL FISHES" (lacks t/p), and large (899pp) 6 parts in one "COMMERCIAL TARIFFS AND REGULATIONS" produced for the Government. Good group showing that Charles Whiting also undertook book-printing work. (4 books + 1 print). £100
472 RARE 1849/50 VOL.2&3 OF "THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORIC TIMES" PUBLISHED & PRINTED BY WHITING INC. COLOURED COMPOUND PRINTED PLATES; Remarkable pair of large 1849 & 1850 volumes (Vol.2; 384pp, v. fine, cloth + Vol.3; 432pp, some foxing, part leather) of this weekly paper, which was printed by Charles Whiting (and published by him as well from issue No. 14 of 20 Apr. 1849 onwards). Numerous fine b/white engravings and a few beautifully printed compound-plate colour illustrations (of vases of flowers, etc.) are included. Rare pair. £150
473 CHARLES DICKENS - WEEKLY "ALL THE YEAR ROUND" VERSIONS OF TALE OF TWO CITIES, ETC., PRINTED BY WHITING; 1859-62 Vols.1, 3, 4, 5 & 6 of the weekly "All the Year Round" sectionalised versions of Charles Dickens' books starting from 'Tale of Two Cities' chapter 1; vol.1 is grubby, vol.3 is v. fine, vol.4 has loose binding but fine content, vol.5 is sound but only fine, and vol.6 is foxed. Also a single blue-paper covered Xmas 1865 special issue, which has Dickens' own comments on Whiting's quality (on page 9). Scarce lot; all have "WHITING" imprints. (6 vols.) £150
474 CHARLES DICKENS - LOOSE NUMBERS OF 'ALL THE YEAR ROUND' INC. No.1 & REFERENCE TO WHITING, ETC.; Fine 30 Apr. 1859 Vol.1, No.1; the first chapter of "A Tale of Two Cities", fine Xmas 1865 issue (blue paper covers; reference to Whiting himself on p.9), and v. fine No.488 (Aug. 1868) with chapter 1 of "Hester's History"; all with Whiting imprints. Plus fine 'Household Words' No.16 (July 1850) also by Dickens but not printed by Whiting (with 'Bradbury & Evans' imprint). Scarce lot. (4 items). £100
475 COLLECTION OF LATER BOOKS PRINTED BY CHARLES WHITING & Co.; 1864 cloth "EXAMPLES OF MODERN ALPHABETS" (ed. F. Delamotte; shaken binding but full of 48 coloured plates of fancy letterings), massive battered 606-page "ENGINEERING" journal (vol.6; July-Dec. 1867), mostly fine 1885 cloth "The English of the Middle Ages" by J.F. Hodgetts, and fair cloth 1888 "RICHARD IV, PLANTAGENET" also by J.F. Hodgetts. The latter two produced long after Charles Whiting's death (in 1875) and giving the address as 30/32 Sardinia St., London W.C. Scarce group; the firm went bankrupt c.1890. (4 vols.) £100
MULREADIES, CARICATURES, ETC.
476 MULREADY 1d ENVELOPE STEREO A135 used from Uppingham to Pilton Rectory, Oundle. neatly cancelled, top flap a little damaged. £120
477 MULREADY 1d ENVELOPE STEREO A131used within Birmingham dated July 4 1840, neatly cancelled. Fine. Also an unused letter sheet, Stereo A16, usual creases. Fresh.. (2 covers). £140
478 MULREADY 1d LETTER SHEET - 'SMITH'S ENVELOPE ADVERTISER': 1d Letter-sheet (Stereo A246) used with red MC - inside printed in blue with 'SMITH'S ENVELOPE ADVERTISER' No.III Page 2 [SG Spec. MA21e] with advertisements for three Edinburgh insurance companies; central filing crease, small splits strengthened with 2 stamp hinges otherwise fine and scarce. PHOTO. £200
479 MULREADY 1d LETTER SHEET - 'THE ENVELOPE SELECT ADVERTISER No.3': June 1840 use of the 1d sheet (Stereo A6? - damaged by wafer seal) used with red MC and s/l 'T.P/King William St.', the inside printed in blue with 'The Envelope Select Advertiser No.3' [SG Spec. MA6c] over-written in ink with a six-line letter; wear around edges of address panel, small tear around wafer otherwise fine and scarce. £150
480 MULREADY 1d LETTER SHEET - 'WEBB'S POSTAGE ADVERTISER No.1': March 1841 Use of 1d sheet (Stereo A63) used from Liverpool to London with black MC cancellation, the inside printed in black with 'WEBB'S POSTAGE ADVERTISER No.1' [SG Spec. MA24a] featuring advertisements for Liverpool businesses and also Chapman & Hall's ad for four Charles Dickens novels. Small hole caused by wafer seal, mounting thins, otherwise fine. £150
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