Lancashire 676
ADVERTISING CHECKS FROM THE LATE DAVID MAGNAY COLLECTION London
Ashton-under-Lyne, Martin Fisher 7320; Blackpool [B. Bros/Bancroft Bros], 6500, Sam Lyon Jr 8040; Burnley, A. Dickinson (2), 7030, 7040; Darwen, H. Grimshaw 7680 [6]. First fine, last scratched on face, about very fine, others better, first two and fourth pierced, all rare
£70-90 Provenance: 7030 bt W.B. Neilson July 2006.
Martin Fisher, grocer, 124 Stamford street; Samuel Lyon Jr, jeweller, Church street; A. Dickinson, tea dealer; H. Grimshaw, tailor, Albert buildings
681
Bishopsgate, J. Blythe 6760; Coventry Street, Serjeant’s 9090; Grays Inn Road, Millie Edwards and ‘General Mite’ (3), 7080, 7090, 7100; Leadenhall Street, Play…International Games [H.P. Gibson & Sons Ltd] (5), 8650, 8660, 8670, 8680, 8690; New Bond Street, Miss E. Thompson [Lady Butler], 9200; Oxford Street, Parkins & Gotto (2), both 8490, Princess’s Theatre (2), H.J. Byron 6840, Dick Seymour 9100; Wood Street, Clements, Newling & Co 6950 [16]. Generally very fine, a few better, 7080, 7090, 7100, 9090 and 9200 pierced
£80-100 677
Liverpool, Charles Arden 6440, Carter’s 6930, Jackson’s 7890, Samuel Mayne 8290, J. Pennington 8580, John Smith 9130, Wilson’s 9350; Liverpool [and Wrexham, Denbighshire], Barnes 6540 [8]. Second fine, others about very fine and better, mostly rare
£90-120
Provenance: 8290 and 8580 bt D.G. Vorley October 1995; 9130 bt H. Simmons July 2001; 9350 bt A.J. Wager May 2001.
Charles Arden, grocer, 212 Windsor street, 238 and 356 Mill street; Carter, tea dealer, Bootle; Jackson’s, tea dealers, 123 St James’ street, 57 Upper Hill street and 40 Upper Stanhope street; Samuel Mayne, grocer, 200 Walton road; J. Pennington, tea dealer; John Smith, tea dealer, 29 West Derby road; Wilson’s, tea dealers, 220 Mill street and 162 Windsor street; Barnes, tea dealer, Walton and Wrexham
J. Blythe, restaurateur, Camomile street; Serjeant’s, tea dealers, 1 Coventry street; Millie Edwards and ‘General Mite’, whose real name was Francis Joseph Flynn (1864-98), were dwarfs whose marriage in London in 1884 was widely publicised by their agent, James Willing, 366 Grays Inn road; H.P. Gibson & Sons Ltd, est. 1903 as the International Card Co, manufacturers of indoor games, had moved to Aldersgate street by 1929 but the company’s premises were destroyed by the blitz in 1940; Lady Elizabeth Butler, née Thompson (1846-1933), painter of military pictures, exhibitor at the Royal Academy and the Fine Art Society, for which display the ISGs were issued in 1877; Parkins & Gotto, stationery manufacturers and wholesalers; H.J. Byron, theatrical producer; Dick Seymour, lead actor and manager of the production The Silver King, a play by H.A. Jones
682
Drury Lane, J. Sainsbury (21), 8850, 8860, 8870 (2), 8880, 8890, 8900, 8910, 8920, 8930, 8950, 8960, 8970, 8980, 8990, 9000, 9010, 9020, 9040, 9050, 9060 [21]. Very fine and better, a good group, only lacking three significant variants
£100-150
Provenance: 8890 and 8920 bt J. Whitmore November 2001; 8950 bt D.G. Vorley October 1995; 8980 bt August 2008.
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Manchester, Bailey’s, 8-pointed star-shaped flan, 36mm, not listed by Neilson; Benton’s 6690; Boiling Kettle 6770; Cook & Co (5), 6960, 6970, 6980, 6981, 6990; Owen’s 8470; J.H. Roberts 8810; Wells 9290; Manchester, Bolton and Southport, Black and Green 6730 [12]. First, 6690 and 9290 fine, others very fine and better, several rare, especially the first
£120-150
Provenance: First bt May 2009; 6690 bt A.J. Wager May 2001; 6730, 6770 and 8470 bt D.G. Vorley October 1995.
Bailey’s, tea dealers, Oxford road Post Office; Benton’s, tobacconist; The Boiling Kettle, Medlock street, tea and provision merchants; Cook & Co, 18 Exchange street; Owen’s, suppliers of Gladstone bags, 1 Piccadilly; J.H. Roberts, jeweller, 12 Charles street, Lower Byrom street; Wells, boot and shoemakers, Swan street and Oak street; Black and Green, tea dealers
John James Sainsbury (†1928) and his wife, Mary Ann, founded the business at 173 Drury lane in 1869
683
Lewisham, A.J. Skinner 9120; Woolwich, Grand Theatre 7630 [2]. First fine, second good very fine but X scratched on reverse, both rare
£40-50
Provenance: 7630 bt J. Whitmore November 2001; 9120 bt W.B. Neilson July 2006.
Albert James Skinner (†1930), boot and shoemaker, 90 High street and from 1903 at 132 High street, fl. 1886+, the business being taken over by his son in 1930 and is now a J. Sainsbury store
Norfolk 684
Great Yarmouth, A.S. Cooper 7000; King’s Lynn, Green & Son 7660 [2]. About very fine and better, second black-toned, both rare
£30-40 679
G.G. White, clothier, 18 New Market street Ulverston, G.G. White 9320. Good fine, very rare
A.S. Cooper, haberdasher and stationer; Green & Son, clothiers, 44 High street
£30-40 Northamptonshire 685 Lincolnshire 680
Gainsborough, J. Burge 6820; Grantham, C. Basker & Son 6580; Grimsby, Gibson 7610 [3]. Second good very fine, others fine, first pierced, all rare
£80-100
Provenance: 6580 bt D.G. Vorley October 1995; 6820 bt July 2008; 7610 bt A. Judd December 2000.
James Burge, wholsesale and retail drapers, fl. 1872-94, previously Rivett & Burge; C. Basker & Son, jewellers and clothiers, 75-6 Westgate; Gibson, clothier, 346-8 Victoria street
These lots are illustrated on our web site 686
J.H. Blunt, chemist and druggist Northampton, Blunt’s 6750. Very fine but pierced, rare
Northumberland
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, A.F. Donald 7070 (Gardiner –); Hardy’s 7710 (Gardiner p.76) [2]. First very fine, second good fine, both very rare
£70-100 Provenance: 7070 bt May 2008; 7710 bt D.G. Vorley October 1995.
A.F. Donald, hosier and hatter; Hardy’s, tailors, 48 Newbridge street
www.dnw.co.uk £20-30
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