Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 112 11 Oct 2023
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London – Moorfields & Finsbury Sq., James Lackington & James Allen (booksellers) Halfpenny 1794,
Lackington's half facing bust, rev. Fame blowing trumpet, edge diagonally milled, 28.5mm/9.78gm. (DH 351). Another similar but inner rev. leg. spaced differently and edge PAYABLE AT LACKINGTONS & CO FINSBURY SQUARE + LONDON (blundered), 29.25mm/10.80gm. (DH 352). Another but Fame larger and Allen's name added on rev. and edge PAYABLE AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES */*/*, 29mm/9.57gm. (DH 353), Another the same but edge HALFPENNY PAYABLE AT THE BLACK HORSE TOWER HILL, 29.5mm/9.35gm. (DH 353b), Another the same but edge diagonally milled, 29mm/11.05gm. (DH 353c). DH 353b Extremely Fine but cleaned and very rare 'RR', rest Extremely Fine to good Extremely Fine with traces of lustre. DH 353c also very rare 'RR'. [5]
DH 353b and 353c ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets, first bought 25 Nov 1905 from J Atkins, second ex Samuel Hamer Col. via Glendining's (lot 175) 28 Nov 1930, via AHB 13 Dec 1930, for 15/-. Acquired AHB c 1946.
Lackington's half facing bust, rev. Fame blowing trumpet, edge diagonally milled, 28.5mm/9.78gm. (DH 351). Another similar but inner rev. leg. spaced differently and edge PAYABLE AT LACKINGTONS & CO FINSBURY SQUARE + LONDON (blundered), 29.25mm/10.80gm. (DH 352). Another but Fame larger and Allen's name added on rev. and edge PAYABLE AT THE TEMPLE OF THE MUSES */*/*, 29mm/9.57gm. (DH 353), Another the same but edge HALFPENNY PAYABLE AT THE BLACK HORSE TOWER HILL, 29.5mm/9.35gm. (DH 353b), Another the same but edge diagonally milled, 29mm/11.05gm. (DH 353c). DH 353b Extremely Fine but cleaned and very rare 'RR', rest Extremely Fine to good Extremely Fine with traces of lustre. DH 353c also very rare 'RR'. [5]
DH 353b and 353c ex F S Cokayne Col., his tickets, first bought 25 Nov 1905 from J Atkins, second ex Samuel Hamer Col. via Glendining's (lot 175) 28 Nov 1930, via AHB 13 Dec 1930, for 15/-. Acquired AHB c 1946.