24th Oct, 2023 12:00

Bank Note Auction - Part One

 
Lot 316
 

316

Various Stamps

Sold for £4,800
Estimated at £500 - £1,000


 
Various Stamps, an interesting leatherette folder marked Specimens of Stamps Engraved By Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co Ld London, to front and comprising four sides of various stuck in specimen stamps from around the globe, also with handdrawn embellishments around the stamps and handwrittem name and address to each of the sides, the specimens dating from the reign of Victoria and later and includes 22 examples from Mexico on the inside page, the second page with 12 specimens from Romania along with 12 Russian examples below, the third page with Greek stamps, and the fourth page with examples from Africa and two from the Falkland Islands, each stamp is punched SPECIMEN, and we assume this folder was used as a salesmans tool