VALENTINE OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE ENVELOPE. A fine unused example of the Deraedemaeker reprint in blue with image of Mercury at upper left & inscription 'BRITAIN! FROM THEE THE WORLD EXPECTS AN OCEAN AND PENNY POSTAGE'. (PT) (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.00)
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Lot #31816 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE PENNY POSTAGE ENVELOPE. A fine unused example of the Deraedemaeker reprint in pale grey with printed images on reverse depicting trade between various races, commece & peace. Inscription reads 'ONE PENNY OCEAN POSTAGE WOULD LINK IN TRADE AND PEACE THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN'. (PT) (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.00)
Lot #31817 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE - PEACE ENVELOPE. A fine Deraedemaeker re-print in pale grey depciting 'PEACE' receiving representatives from various races inscribed 'NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANYMORE'. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.00)
Lot #31818 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE PEACE ENVELOPE. A superb unused example of the original envelope in grey on laid paper showing Peace receiving homage from representatives of various races, surrounded by the flags of various nations. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)
Lot #31819 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE COMMERCE/INDUSTRY ENVELOPE. A good original example on grey paper with Britannia surrounded by emblems of manufacture, arts, science etc with image of the Crystal Palace Exhibition building at upper right. Inscription reads 'BRITANNIA ENCOURAGES THE INDUSTRY OF THE GLOBE'. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £88.00)
Lot #31820 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE - PEACE ENVELOPE. A fine example of the Deraedemaeker reprint in pale grey depicting the Angel of Peace receiving two warriors inscribed 'Arbitration for War Universal Brotherhood Freedom of Commerce'. (*) No. 10 has design coverign the address side, as on No.9. In the centre above the two Warriors laying their arms at the feet of the Angel of Peace; to the left of this is a building inscribed 'CONGRESS OF NATIONS,' in front of...
Lot #31821 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE - OCEAN POSTAGE ENVELOPE. A good Deraedemaeker reprint with sailing ship inser 'OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE' on sails and at top 'THE WORLD AWAITS GREAT BRITAIN'S GREATEST GIFT/AN/OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE'. Henry Anelay imprint at lower left. The third is of somewhat similar general appearance, and is probably by the same artist. The Sailor and the Pier are replaced by a Ship, on one of the sails of which are the words 'OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE,'...
Lot #31822 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
SPOONER'S CARICATURE NO. 12 - HUNTING ENVELOPE/ORIGINAL EXAMPLE. A very fine unused original example of Spooner's Caricature No.12 depicting scenes of hunting with Britannia astride a charging lion, spear in hand 'Tally. Oh.' (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £240.00)
Lot #31823 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
SPOONER CARICATURE NO.1 - COURTSHIP/FLIRTATION ENVELOPE/ORIGINAL EXAMPLE. A very fine unused original example of Spooner's Caricature No.1 with various images of courtship or flirtation and with Britannia casting a leering glance! (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £240.00)
Lot #31824 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
SPOONER CARICATURE NO.2 - LETTER DELIVERY ENVELOPE/ORIGINAL EXAMPLE. A very fine unused original example of Spooner's Caricature No.2 with Britannia smoking a clay pipe, references to the Chinese War at immediate right and images of people receiving letters. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £240.00)
Lot #31825 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
SPOONER CARICATURE NO.4 - THE WRITING ENVELOPE/ORIGINAL EXAMPLE. A very fine unused original example of Spooner's Caricature No.4 entitled 'For we'r all writing, write, write, writing,' with Britannia sat upon the lion, both writing away and surrounded by images of all sorts of people writing various letters. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £240.00)
Lot #31826 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
SPOONER'S CARICATURE NO.7/MUSICAL ENVELOPE/ORIGINAL EXAMPLE. A very fine unused original example of Spooner's Caricature No.7, the musical envelope headed 'All by Notes', with Britannia playing a fiddle made of her spear and bellows with the lion holding the music. Other musical scenes are illustrated including an image of some semibreves and crochets dancing! (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £240.00)
Lot #31827 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
SPOONER CARICATURE NO. 6. A very fine unused original showing a jovial Britannia astride a lion & images showing various phases of correspondence on each side. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £280.00)
Lot #31828 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
SPOONER CARICATURE NO.10. A very fine unused ORIGINAL envelope depicting various sporting scenes, Britannia hunting with the lion and a shotgun. Nos. 10, 11, and 12 show various Sporting Scenes. There is an illusion to the war with China in the first of the three, where Britannia, with the lion as pointer, and a fowling-piece loaded with 'Gunpowder T. without sugar,' is about to disturb a covey of partridges with Chinamen's heads ; while the...
Lot #31829 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
SPOONER CARICATURE NO. 13. A fine unused example of the ORIGINAL envelope alluding to the War with Syria and Britannia represented by Sir Charles Napier. Very Scarce. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £460.00)
Lot #31830 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
SPOONER CARICATURE NO.9 - POSTAL ENVELOPE/ORIGINAL. A superb original unused example of Spooner's Caricature No.9, the postal envelope depicting various people receiving mail and other goods. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £240.00)
Lot #31831 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE INTEMPERANCE ENVELOPE. A very fine unused example in grey of the Deraedemaeker envelope with inscription 'INTOXICATING DRINKS ARE THE BANE & CURSE OF SOCIETY' with image at left showing drunken scene & at right sobriety. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.00)
Lot #31832 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE ANTI SLAVERY ENVELOPE. A superb unused example of the original envelope in grey on laid paper depicting Britannia protecting a slave under the banner 'GOD HATH MADE OF ONE BLOOD ALL NATIONS OF MEN'. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)
Lot #31833 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE OCEAN PENNY ENVELOPE. A very fine unused example of the Deraedemaeker reprint in grey showing a sailor bearing the Union flag with packages addressed to various parts of the world. Inscription reads 'BRITAIN! BESTOW THIS BOON. AND BE IN BLESSING BLESSED/OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE/WILL LINK ALL LANDS WITH THEE IN TRADE & PEACE'. (PT) (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £60.00)
Lot #31834 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE ENVELOPE. A superb original envelope on white paper with images and text on reverse illustrating the benefits of Ocean Penny Postage through trade and peace with the inscription 'OCEAN POSTAGE ONE PENNY/WOULD LINK IN TRADE AND PEACE THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN'. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)
Lot #31835 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
VALENTINE 'THE PAST THE FUTURE' ENVELOPE. A superb original example in grey, believed printed following the Crimean War - at left scenes of desolation and war - at right images of peace and happiness. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £120.00)
Lot #31836 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures)
SPOONER CARICATURE NO.5. A very fine unused ORIGINAL envelope showing Britannia armed with a spear and shield and the lion reading the new Postal Regulations. On either side are depicted the advantages of cheap postage etc. Britannia on No.5 is armed for offence as well as defence, having both spear and shield; she appears in high good humour, sitting, with arms akimbo, on the back of the lion, who is reading the new Postal Regulations. On...
Lot #31837 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures) 1840
1840 ORIGINAL SPOONER CARICATURE NO.13, THE 'NAPIER' ENVELOPE/HAND COLOURED. A very fine unused original example of the 1840 Spooner Caricature No.13 with references to the war in Syria and Britannia replaced by Sir Charles Napier. Also images of Turkish and Egyptian soldiers. Superbly hand coloured and rare. (Ref 116937). (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £1,000.00)
Lot #31838 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures) 1840
FORES'S COMIC ENVELOPE NO.1 ORGINAL EXAMPLE. A very fine unused example of the Fore's comic envelope no.1 in black on white wove paper without the usual vertical creasing. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £380.00)
Lot #31839 - Great Britain - QV (Caricatures) 1840
1840 ORIGINAL 'FORES'S MUSICAL ENVELOPE NO.2'. A superb unused original example of the 1840 Fores's Musical Envelope No.2 in black on white wove paper. Very scarce. (image available) {C} (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £380.00)
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