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Birmingham [Workhouse], Five Pounds, for Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods & Co, London, unissued (Davis Warwickshire 1216, and pl. U, 1; Grant 273C). Central fold and a few nicks in bottom edge, otherwise very fine and very rare [PLATE II] £200-250
Hammer Price: £190
Birmingham [Workhouse], One Pound, 18—, unissued, with border, ‘Lichfield Street’ title omitted (Davis 1218, and pl. W, 7; cf. Grant 273). Central fold, otherwise extremely fine and very rare [PLATE II] £120-150
Hammer Price: £130
Birmingham Workhouse, Five Shillings, 1802, unissued, payable ‘every Wednesday when Four are brought together’ by Mr Jas. Welch on behalf of the Overseers (Davis 1219, and pl. X, 10). Some browning and a crease line at upper right, otherwise about extremely fine and extremely rare [PLATE II] £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Birmingham Workhouse, Five Shillings, 180–, unissued, ‘on Account of the Parish’ (Davis 1220, and pl. W, 8). Extremely fine and extremely rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £100
Birmingham Workhouse, Five Shillings, 180–, unissued, ‘On Acct. of the Parish’, shield at right (Davis – [variety of 1221]; Davis 19th Century, plate opposite p.147). Extremely fine and extremely rare [PLATE II] £80-100
Hammer Price: £90
Birmingham Workhouse, Five Shillings, 180–, unissued, payable by Mr James Welch (Davis 1222, and pl. U, 2). Light crease mark, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare £60-80
Hammer Price: £70
Birmingham Workhouse, Two Shillings and Sixpence, 180–, unissued, payable ‘every Wednesday when Eight are brought together’ by Mr Jas. Welch on behalf of the Overseers (Davis 1223, and pl. X, 11; Davis 19th Century, plate opposite p.147). Extremely fine and extremely rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £150
Birmingham Workhouse, Two Shillings and Sixpence, 180–, unissued, payable ‘every Wednesday when Eight are brought together’ by Mr Jereh. Wright on behalf of the Overseers (Davis 1224, and pl. X, 12; Davis 19th Century, plate opposite p.147). Extremely fine and extremely rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £180
Birmingham Workhouse, Two Shillings and Sixpence, 180–, unissued, ‘On Acct. of the Parish’, shield at right (Davis 1226, and pl. V, 6). Extremely fine and extremely rare £80-100
Birmingham Workhouse, Two Shillings and Sixpence, 180–, unissued, payable by Mr James Welch (Davis 1227, and pl. U, 3). Extremely fine and extremely rare £80-100
Hammer Price: £85
Birmingham Workhouse, Two Shillings and Sixpence, 180–, unissued, payable by Mr James Welch on behalf of the Guardians of the Poor (Davis 1228, and pl. X, 13). Extremely fine and extremely rare £90-120
Illuminated Appreciations (2), by the Borough of Birmingham on behalf of the Health Committee, ‘that the best thanks of this Committee be given to the Chairmen of its Sub Committees – viz…Mr Councillor W.J. Davis, Chairman of the Finance Sub Committee…’, 19 October 1881, 30 October 1882, both signed by G.O. Smith, Town Clerk; together with a typed list of all the members of Birmingham Council, 1880/1; also three ALS to Josiah Cund, 81 Hockley Hill, Birmingham, November 1876, from...
Hammer Price: £35
The Certificate from Birmingham Trades Council appointing Mr. W.J. Davis as an Inspector under the Factory Act, signed by Allan Granger, Chairman, Benjamin Church, Secretary, 3 March 1883. Parchment; some slight soiling and crease marks at one edge not affecting the text itself, otherwise very fine, UNIQUE £40-60
Hammer Price: £80
The Illuminated Address presented to Mr W.J. Davis by Birmingham Trades Council, upon his appointment as one of H.M.s Inspectors of Factories, ‘signed on behalf of 3000 Subscribers [by] Allan Granger, President, George Dixon, Treasurer [and] Benjamin Church, Secretary’, Birmingham, 8 September 1883, 3pp, by W.M. Hutchison for Watson & Son, Birmingham. Black morocco, gilt and embossed; very slight internal foxing, otherwise very fine and highly decorative, UNIQUE [Plate II] £100-200
Hammer Price: £240
A group of ALS to W.J. Davis (8), from William Cook, Midland Pin & Rivet Works, Princip street, Birmingham, 5 July 1886, a fellow borough councillor, ‘I shall not let the defeat trouble me…’; from Francis Channing, 40 Eaton Place, SW, 22 April 1892, ‘I have just come across your letter…to the Birmingham Post in reference to Mr Collings’s excuse for voting against my motion…’; from Richard Cadbury, Moor Green, 7 January 1895, ‘I do not think it wise to work independantly of...
Hammer Price: £220
The Illuminated Address presented to William John Davis Esq by the National Society of Amalgamated Brassworkers, on the occasion of their 25th Annual Meeting, ‘signed on behalf of the Members [by] J. Ramsden, President, W.C. McStocker, Vice President, A. Cashmore, G. Benwell, J. Botterill, C. Cox, E. Smith’, Birmingham, 25 May 1897, 6pp, by Edward Morton, Illuminating Artist, 17 Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham. Red morocco, gilt and embossed, front cover with inscription ‘To W.J. Davis...
Hammer Price: £260
Bournville Christmas Party, 1907, Cadbury Bros Ltd, official programme, 16pp, 1 plate; Trades Union Congress Parliamentary Committee, together with Delegates who have attended the American Convention, Complimentary Dinner Menus (2), King’s Head Hotel, Sheffield, 16 September 1910, 36pp; Royal Turk’s Head Hotel, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 5 September 1911, 40pp, both incorporating portrait cartoons of the delegates; together with a black ruled notebook into which has been pasted some 200+...
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