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Lot# 1583 - Auction 244-249

  • Lot# : 1583 Great Britain

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    Mulready Caricatures 1840: Southgate Caricature No. 2, a used example mailed from Dublin to Fort Granite, Baltinglass (the addressee, Miss Saunders was destined to receive no less than 5 caricatures: Southagte 1+2 and Spooner's 4, 6 and 7) and struck with framed Dublin datestamp in red (25 June 1840) and manuscript '1' of prepayment in red. Illustrated by Jarvis, Bodily & Hahn on page 46. One of just 37 examples recorded in used condition and the earliest recorded Irish usage. Attractive and rare. Cert. RPSL (2012).rnrnProvenance: RL, London, 21 Feb 1967, lot 45.rn                   RL, London, 10 Feb 1971, lot 1100.rn                   Collection Ritchie Bodily, Phillips, London, 14 March 1991, lot 28.rn                   Collection 'Illustrious', RL, London, 3 March 1992, lot 10.rn                   rn 
    Starting bid : 2,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,500 CHF