David Feldman's Great Britain & British Empire June 12, 2018

Great Britain & British Empire / June 12 & 13, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° (SG) Estimate ( £ ) 17 17 20005 20010 20005 F 1836 Entire from St Vincent to London per ‘Spheroid’ with fine boxed HYTHE / SHIP LETTER (S3) on reverse with fine seal alongside, rare 1’500-2’000 1840 Mulreadies & Caricatures 20006 F / 16 1840 (Aug 6) Mulready 1d envelope, A148, sent within Ireland from Dublin to Ballymena, cancelled by red MC with despatch and arrival bs, scuff at top right otherwise fine, plus 1814 large part cover with Scottish “Addl / 1/2” wheel tax 100-150 20007 F / 16 Mulready caricature 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, some tone spots o/w fine and very rare, with only a few examples known 400-600 20008 F / 18 Two Fores’s caricature envelopes; “Fores’s Military Envelope” no.9 in the series of 10, unused, very fine except for one tone spot, scarce, and “Fores’s Christmas Envelope” no.10 in the series of 10, unused, minor faults 150-200 20009 F / 16 “Blarney Stone”, “No.4 Rejected Design’s for the Postage Envelope” by Southgate, with “G.M. LITHO” at lower right and a noticeably different printing of the caricature compared to the much more common “L.T. LITHO”, very fine 100-150 Hand Illustrated and Printed Envelopes 20010 DFE Oxford University illustrated envelope front, depicting a view of the city above the address panel and two rowers below, sent from Manchester with despatch cds and ms “1” rate, minor soiling, very rare with only a couple known 1’000-1’500 20011 F / 18 Shakespeare reprint envelope in black unused, with ‘’SHAKESPEARE’’ within a floral decoration printed on the backflap, minor faults with some soiling, scarce 150-200