A very fine Exhibition collection hosed on large double pages showing how letters and envelope types were sealed and secured, starting with examples of Wafer Seals with an advertising flyer for the use of seals with 20 examples of various sizes affixed, examples of metal and simulated wax seals including 1841 forwarded entire bearing two 1d blacks showing green embossed seal, letters and entires showing overseas usage including 1841 entire from Florence to Kesh in Fermanagh with three embossed wafer seals, a page from a German sample book showing plain and colourful types, envelopes and other containers for seals, Isinglass Wafer Seals with usage on 1840 1d black cover Ipswich to Oban, Embossed wafer Seals, Paper Seals including a block of 45 small pictorial seals (People, transport and animals), Seal usages from India and USA, extensive example of types loose or on entire with many highlights including 1863 cover sealed large pictorial seal of Dover, unused Seaside Novelty seals, embossed presentation card with six Welsh Costume seal, some alternative methods of sealing including by stamps, decorative envelopes including 1843 Dublin to Maryborough gold on black envelope, 1840 Mulready, stereo A19, advertising Mulready with Circular printed WAFER at left and right, two beautiful gold embossed items linked to Joseph Mansell, a notable manufacturer of Valentine and other cards, here with gold illustrated box lid of Crystal Palace and an envelope with golden embossed Beehive, Patent and decorative envelopes, three colour proofs for a proposed 1850 Peace envelope, examples of Political use with Anti Corn Laws yellow label on reverse of Mulready, Anti-Graham Movement including an envelope from Newport to high Wycombe with Punch 'Lobster' label, Valentines anti slavery envelope with embossed shield on flap, 1837 Dickinson 1d and 2d envelope essays, 1838 Charles Whiting second essay and an embossed Waterlow & Sons .... Manufacture by Steam Machinery/ at the Crystal Palace Hyde Park, franked pair 1d, believed to be one of two recorded, Poster Stamps used as seals, metal security seals, Patent envelopes, 1851 Great Exhibition with medal season ticket, Waterlow & Sons letter head and printed (Inside flap) envelope, 1851 'Britannia Encourages The Industry of the globe printed envelope used (State I), decorative and printed envelopes unused, decorative writing paper with image of Exhibition building 1855 envelope to Munich with Crystal Palace company seal on flap. A truly splendid array of material, much is very scarce and hard to find, neatly displayed and written up. A rare opportunity.
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