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Sale 47: The Westpex Sale

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Great Britain - Unidentified Artists (1892-1923)

Lots 2391-2400 Lots 2401-2410 Lots 2411-2415

Lot 2391    

Great Britain, 1892 Hand-illustrated cover, featuring watercolor painting showing a Man Looking Through a Huge Telescope at Another Man Being Chased by a Bull, franked with a 1d lilac tied by a London duplex, Very Fine and attractive.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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Lot 2392    

Great Britain, 1892 Hand-illustrated cover, featuring a living room with a man sitting in front of a burning fireplace with the caption, "This always awaits you." in pen and ink, franked with a 1d lilac tied by a Stockwell duplex, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $250

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Lot 2393    

Great Britain, 1892 Hand-illustrated covers, three covers by the same artist to the same addressee featuring ink wash drawings of various animals, including a camel, an elephant, and some donkeys, all franked with a 1d lilac; one, a mourning envelope, is a partly toned front only, otherwise all are Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $180

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Lot 2394    

Great Britain, 1892 Hand-illustrated letter card, a 1d letter card with a pen & ink drawing of an old soldier and his dog holding a card bearing the address, the inside is completely covered with a cartoon scene of "London in Venice"; canceled London, Fine and most unusual.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $220

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Lot 2395    

Great Britain, 1893 Hand-illustrated cover, featuring an elaborate pen & ink drawing of an Illuminated "S" with Vignettes of a Young Boy Reading on the Steps of a Building and a View of London Across the Thames, franked with a 1d lilac tied by a Douglas, Isle of Man squared circle, some light aging, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $210

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Lot 2396    

Great Britain, 1893 Hand-illustrated mourning cover, featuring a Three-Masted Sailing Ship nicely executed in pen & ink, franked with a 1d lilac tied by a London cds, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $475

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Lot 2397    

Great Britain, 1893-94 Hand-illustrated covers, two covers by the same artist to the same address featuring somewhat crude watercolor scenes, one with a pen & ink drawing of "The Electric Light from the Clock-Tower of the Houses of Parliament" enclosed; each franked with a 1d lilac tied by Huntingdon squared circles, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

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Realized: $260

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Lot 2398    

Great Britain, 1894 Hand-illustrated watercolor cover, featuring a "comedian J.W. Fyvie" dancing on stage, franked with a 1d lilac tied by a London cds, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $250

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Lot 2399    

Great Britain, 1895 Hand-illustrated cover, a watercolor of a Large Woman Sitting Inside a Mobile Bathing Machine and Bewilderedly Holding up a Pair of Shrunken "Longjohns", franked with a 1d lilac tied by a London cds, Very Fine and attractive.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $400

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Lot 2400    

Great Britain, 1895 Hand-illustrated cover, a 7¼" x 4¾" envelope featuring an Artist Working Outdoors in the Bright Sun under an Umbrella Painting on an Easel which Bears the Stamp, the umbrella bears the address, "Prize Editor, 195 Strand, London, W.C." and a cutout of an 1895 1d coin, skillfully rendered in pen & ink and franked with a 1d lilac tied by a Manchester cds; slight opening flaws at top, still F.-V.F. and attractive.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $220

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