Weights (14): miscellaneous, brass, for British (5) and foreign coins (8), 17th to early 19th century; letter weight, copper, crowned British arms within garter, THE POST OFFICE LETTER WEIGHT, rev. crown above mantling enclosing FOR ROWLAND HILL'S PLAN OF PENNY POSTAGE, FOR H. HOOPER 12 AUG. 1839 below, 1.08oz. (M.9926; Hawkins, pp. 866-8), the 17th century half angel weight poor, the letter weight good very fine, rare, lacking the original bar affixed to the top edge, the rest fine to extremely fine (14)
*ex Baldwin's vault.
Lots 127 -175 are sold as seen, viewing is advised. No returns. All weights are approximate.
(Estimate: 70-100 GBP)