Sale 71: The Sescal Sale

Lot 2372    

Great Britain, 1905 Hand Illustrated & Colored Cover, skillfully rendered allover watercolor design depicting River Scene at Sunset, franked with 1d red tied by Weswick postmark, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

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Lot 2373    

Great Britain, 1908-13 The Daisy Theakston Correspondence, a superb collection of 54 small hand-drawn and hand-painted covers measuring about 4¾" x 3¾". They were all mailed to one "Daisy Theakston" in Essex, and possibly were all illustrated by the same artist (a number have the artist's initials "SS"). Their subject matter includes a wide array of themes, ranging from landscapes to motor-bikes and speed boats. All have previously been mounted in an album with glue so their backs are stained and/or scuffed to varying degrees, but all are complete envelopes. 40 have the stamp, address and postmark on the front with the illustration; the other 14 have them on the reverse so that the address and stamps have suffered somewhat, but in only one case has the stamp been lost. This is one of the largest single pictorial correspondences to have survived and is quite impressive to behold.
Estimate    $4,000 - 6,000.

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Realized: $3,750

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Lot 2374    

Great Britain, 1912 Hand Illustrated Cover, a colorful all-over ink drawing of a View from Inside a Bell Tower with People Looking Outward Toward the Ground, address and stamp on reverse, a 1d KGV tied by a London machine cancel; light toning, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $110

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Lot 2375    

Great Britain, 1915 Hand Illustrated Cover, a 5x7½" envelope decorated with a Comic World War I Naval Battle Scene Depicting Four Royal Navy Sailors Playing Poker on the Deck of a Ship Oblivious to the Artillery Shells, Two Planes and a Dirigible Flying Overhead, skillfully executed in pen & ink, franked with a pair of ½d KGV tied by Harrow cds's; small edge tear at lower right, Very Fine and attractive.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $280

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Lot 2376    

Great Britain, 1918 Hand Illustrated Cover, skillfully executed pen & ink drawing of People Standing in a War-Time Ration Line on a small envelope franked with a 1d KGV tied by a Datchet cds, Fine.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $80

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Lot 2377    

Great Britain, 1949 Hand Illustrated Covers, pair of 5 x 6" covers featuring skillfully executed all-over pen & ink Cartoon Drawings, one a midtown scene of a policeman holding up traffic while a family of ducks crosses the street, the other features two youths waiting for a man to finish his cigarette so that they can smoke the butt; bit of foxing, the latter with an opening tear at top, otherwise F.-V.F. and attractive.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $170

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Lot 2378    

Great Britain, Printing & Publishing Ad Covers, two covers; 1879 "Journal for Everybody" black and red corner card cover franked with 1d red tied by London duplex, and illustrated 1897 "The Young Man" Journal showing various publications, to Boston, Mass. franked with 1d lilac pair + ½d orange tied by London postmarks, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $90

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