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Auction: 19045 - The Philatelic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 1195

Great Britain
Postal History
Coaching
A remarkable accumulation housed in two red albums contained in a carton, over 100 items, comprising letters, newspapers, invoices, engravings, trade cards, coach advertisements, "Punch" cartoons, postcards, illustrations, postmarks, Inn Bills and other general Coaching ephemera. The collection commences with an 1672 edition of the London Gazette concerning post and coaching matters and it continues over three centuries, with references to a coach passenger with smallpox, covers endorsed "Diligence" (a coach), partriges sent by coach, endorsements such as "Bye Bag", "with a parcall", beautiful engravings including the Post Office, coaching Inns, mail coaches (some in colour), references to different coaches, including "Lord Wellington", "Union", the "Eastbourne Safety Coach", the "Shannon, Colchester and Ipswich Coach" and the "Nelson". Also included is a reference to a case of Burgundy Champagne, sent by "Marsh's Waggon" in 1834, etc., chiefly fine. A most interesting Collection

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Estimate
£600 to £800

Starting price
£420