270

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: A selection of Deraedemaeker reproductions, comprising Fores's Comic no. 1, Hunting no. 4, Civic no. 8, Christmas no. 10, Southgate nos. 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6, Punch's Anti-Graham (in black and in blue), also Propaganda envelopes with Valentine's Ocean Penny Postage (both designs, the second an original) and Temperance (2, on blue and buff), mainly fine. (15).

Price Realised £550

271

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: An unused selection with a set of Spooner envelope fronts nos. 1 to 12 (less 9), Deraedemaeker reproductions of Fores's Civic no. 6 (2) & Christmas no. 10, Menzies, Southgate's nos 1, 3, 5 & 6, a selection of propaganda envelopes (11) together with two originals. (32).

Price Realised £650

272

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Ackerman & Co.: Comic envelope number 1, 'The Print Mill', unused, fine unused, very scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £750

273

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Ackerman & Co.: Comic envelope number 3, 'The Civic', addressed and with wax seal so presumably privately carried, some imperfections but very scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £420

274

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Hablot Knight Browne (''Phiz''): The broadsheet caricature on thick wove paper, central vertical fold, otherwise fine and a very fresh example, rare. Photo.

Price Realised £680

275

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: John Doyle: The broadsheet caricature on thick wove paper, apparently signed by 'John Doyle' in pencil at lower left, toned and some other imperfections but very scarce.

Price Realised £800

276

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's: A print engraved by 'Dickie' Doyle showing three scenes - 'himself at work upon the envelopes', 'James and Dick studying the prints in Messrs Fores' windows' and 'Dick sees the first announcement of his work being on sale', on wove paper (222 x 273mm) an interesting and amusing item. Photo.

Price Realised £140

277

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's broadsheet caricature, a good example, toned and some peripheral imperfections, very scarce.

Price Realised UNSOLD

278

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic Envelopes No. 1 by John Leech, a selection comprising two unused examples (one defective) in letter sheet format, Deraedemaeker reproductions (3, one attractively hand coloured, one with ''DERAEDEMAEKER'' imprint erased), and later 'Langmill' reproduction, unused, mainly good to fine. (6 items).

Price Realised UNSOLD

279

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic Envelope No. 1 by John Leech, an unused example in letter sheet format, an early state (?) with Britannia showing her nipples and which we don't recall seeing before, some small imperfections. Photo.

Price Realised £300

280

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic Envelopes No. 1 by John Leech, a used example (front and large part back), sent 1840 (Nov. 6th) from Belfast to Cork and bearing good to large margined 1840 1d. plate 1b AE with red Maltese Cross and which probably does not belong, cover faults but presentable. This is no. 13 of the 20 used examples recorded by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Photo.

Price Realised £270

281

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's Comic Envelopes No. 1 by John Leech, two unused examples, one unfolded (200 x 153mm), the other in letter sheet format, good to fine, a few small imperfections.

Price Realised £140

282

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's: A collection comprising a set of envelopes nos. 1 (''COURTING'') to 10 (''CHRISTMAS''), all attractively hand coloured, nos. 1, 4 and 6 being fronts, uncoloured examples of nos. 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 and 10, unused, no. 6 front used to Bishop Auckland with ''Seaton/Penny Post'' on front (ex Yates), Dereademaeker reproductions of nos. 4, 8 and 10, unused, and examples of the ''COURTING'' (no. 1) and ''DANCING'' (no. 3) forgeries mentioned on page 71 of Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century, condition varies in places. (22 items). Photo.

Price Realised £1900

283

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Fores's: Civic envelope no. 8, fine unused, scarce.

Price Realised £85

284

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: The 'HRH' Caricature: A proof (?) on thin wove paper, the central figure in the caricature is Lord Brougham with birch rod in his right hand sending out messengers with bags of letters, his shield bears a caricature of the adhesive stamp and at his foot is a full grown lamb with the head of Lord Melbourne (family name Lamb). Believed to one of only three known examples, of the others one is in the Royal Collection and the other is ex Bodily and Grunin. The vendor has attributed the artist of this design as being Henry Rickman Howard. Photo.

Price Realised £1800

285

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 1 ''Britannia seated on egg'' state 1, un-numbered and with printed ''LIST NO. 2 OF ENVELOPES/Musical Envelopes'' on interior, partly addressed but without postal markings, some imperfections but very scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £230

286

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 1 ''Britannia seated on egg'' state 2, numbered and with ''Published & sold R.W. Hume, Stationer, 57, Shore, Leith.'' imprint, used 1840 (July 4th) from London to Southwell with red Maltese Cross but unfortunately the 1d. plate 6 TF does not belong. Photo.

Price Realised £380

287

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 1 ''Britannia seated on egg'' state 4b, but numbered, used 1840 (July 1st) from Edinburgh to London with bright orange handstruck ''1'' and ''PAID at EDIN/JUL 4/1840'' c.d.s. and red London tombstone for July 3rd, some minor cover imperfections as usual but a fine example and the earliest date recorded for this state according to Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Photo.

Price Realised £1700

288

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: 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, a fine unused example. Photo.

Price Realised £350

289

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 2 ''Baloon Mail'' as state 2 but imprint reads ''Published & Sold by R.W. Hume, Leith...'', light creasing and faint staining, otherwise fine and scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £280

290

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 3 ''Elephant in Kilt'' state 1a but printed on blue paper, fine unused, extremely rare, we do not recall seeing another example and not recorded by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Photo.

Price Realised £1000

291

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: R.W. Hume Comic envelope no. 4 ''Mechanical World'' state 2 printed in blue, addressed with just a name and with no postal markings, age staining and other imperfection but rare with only 3 unused examples recorded by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Photo.

Price Realised £420

292

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: A. Lesage: Clerical envelope no. 2 'The Parsons going it in the face of the law', an unused example of this rare envelope, some imperfections but only two unused examples recorded by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century. Photo.

Price Realised £500

293

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: W. H. Mason: A fine unused example of this extremely well executed caricature in letter sheet format, a few small tone spots not detracting. Photo.

Price Realised £320

294

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: John Menzies: Caricature envelope state 1B with Menzies imprint in small print, unused, some age staining, otherwise fine and a presentable example. Photo.

Price Realised UNSOLD

295

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate Caricatures: A set of envelopes numbers 1 to 6, unused, all most attractively hand coloured, nos. 1 and 2 a little soiled and slight staining, otherwise mainly very fine and fresh. A scarce group. Photo.

Price Realised £1050

296

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate Caricatures: A set of Deraedemaker reproductions of envelopes numbers 1 to 6, unused, fine.

Price Realised £270

297

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate Caricatures: A set of envelopes numbers 1 to 6, unused, mainly good to fine, no. 4 a little soiled.

Price Realised £290

298

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate Caricatures: A selection of unused reproductions, comprising Deraedemaeker nos. 1 to 5 on yellow paper, nos. 2, 3, 4 and 6 on white, the forgeries of no. 1 (numbered ''3'') and 2 (numbered ''4'') mentioned on page 45 of British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn, a contemporary cut out from a periodical and later 'Langmill' reproductions of nos. 1 to 6 and. (18 items).

Price Realised £480

299

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: J.W. Southgate Caricatures: The 'Papal' envelope, number 6, very scarce used from Newport, Mon., to Swansea bearing full margined 1840 1d. HK which does not belong. Photo.

Price Realised £260

300

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: ''A SKETCH OF THE NEW POSTAGE ENVELOPES'' broadsheet caricature on thick wove paper, minor mainly peripheral imperfections but a very fine example of this rarity. Photo.

Price Realised £1200

301

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: Envelopes nos. 2 to 14 unused and most attractively hand coloured, mainly good to very fine, a few imperfections, very scarce. (13). Photo.

Price Realised £4500

302

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: A selection of unused envelopes (5) comprising nos. 2, 4, 6, 7 and 10, mainly good to very fine, also no. 3 front. (6 items).

Price Realised £320

303

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: Envelope no. 13 very fine unused and very scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £200

304

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: Envelope no. 14 unused, faintly toned and upper flap with hinge thinning, otherwise fine and very scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £150

305

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: William Spooner Caricatures: Imititations (thought to be contemporary or possibly circa 1890) of envelopes nos. 1 (without publisher's inscription and un-numbered), 4 (with imitation Southgate 'No. 2' flap) and 5 (with imitation Southgate 'No. 1' flap), also imitations in blue and brown of envelope no. 2 inscribed ''POSTAGE TWO PENCE''. (5 items).

Price Realised £160

306

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: W. M. Thackeray's Caricature: Examples from the original and defaced block, the former with some stain spots mostly clear of the design, otherwise fine.

Price Realised £210

307

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Unidentified Publisher: The subtle caricature envelope with ''HCK'' imprint at lower right, true to the original design with the exception of the spectacles on the elephants and camels and without value inscription, a little staining, otherwise fine and very rare, this is only the third example we have seen. Photo.

Price Realised £600

308

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Thomas White: An unused example of the broadsheet format''THE NEW POST-OFFICE ENVELOPE'', folded as usual and reinforced splits at edges of folds but good appearance and very scarce, also a front of the letter sheet format caricature fine unused.

Price Realised UNSOLD

309

Sale number: 22

1840 Mulready and Caricatures and other Printed Envelopes: Thomas White: Letter sheet format ''THE NEW POST-OFFICE ENVELOPE'' front used 1840 (June 8th) from London to Marlborough with red Maltese Cross and ''PAID/8 JU 8/1840'' c.d.s., very scarce. Photo.

Price Realised £160