Great Britain 1841 red-brown, plate 38. SG8

Great Britain 1841 red-brown, plate 38. SG8Great Britain 1841 red brown, plate 38. Very fine used four margin example lettered HI tied to a clean unfolded entire letter by a crisp London No. 10 in Maltese Cross with a "TP Kings Rd. W. O." handstamp at left. Addressed to Birmingham and backstamped accordingly for SP. 15. 1843 with a London dispatch circular date stamp for the previous day. The cover really needs to be seen in the flesh to truly appreciate its level of quality and a philatelic

in doing so

SG Catalogue price is £28

Acquired from International Autograph Auctions with the following provenance: "This handkerchief formerly belonged to Lord Nelson and was given by John Braham to John Dickinson

he engineered a coup and became Emperor of France in 1804

1883-84 ½d dull green

and the epic poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876)

An Enid Blyton inscribed and signed first edition

Excellent condition compared to many existing examples

Marc Bolan (1947-1977) was an English singer-songwriter

An adept business woman

Adams' revolutionary credentials secured him two terms as George Washington's vice president and his own election in 1796 as the second president

Signed during the Jamestown Exposition of 1907 - an important event celebrating the first permanent English settlement in the US