Handwriting Collection (page 6)

Addressing a Parcel
If you have occasion to write an address on a parcel, it will prove much easier and less prone to error if it is written in pencil first. Date: 1940s

Henry Grattan / A Pope
HENRY GRATTAN Irish politician, with his Declaration of Rights Date: 1746 - 1820

Henry Hyde / Clarendon
HENRY HYDE 2nd EARL OF CLARENDON Date: 1638 - 1709

Rev Robert Hawker / Virtue
REV ROBERT HAWKER Clergyman and writer, Vicar of Charles, Plymouth Date: 1753 - 1827

Rev Robert Hawker / Bennet
REV ROBERT HAWKER Clergyman and writer, Vicar of Charles, Plymouth Date: 1753 - 1827

Wash Irving / Halpin
WASHINGTON IRVING American writer in 1851 Date: 1783 - 1859

Eng and Chang, Siamese twins, with their autographs
Eng and Chang (circa 1814-1874), Siamese twins at the age of 19, with their autographs. Date: circa 1833

Justine Yilve wrapped in a sheet
Justine Yilve (?) wearing a sheet in a decorative but not very practical fashion. She is admiring herself in a hand-held mirror. Date: 1904

Greetings telegram, happy birthday
Greetings telegram with a patriotic design, happy birthday. Date: 1942

Frederick Wich & Co, Great Portland Street, London
Frederick Wich & Co, 79 Great Portland Street, London, wholesale and export, manufacturers of leather goods. Date: circa 1906

James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer
James Ferguson (1710-1776), Scottish astronomer, with a sketch of planets orbiting the sun. Date: circa 1760

Stationery, T Cowley, Eastbourne, Sussex
Stationery, T Cowley, 132 Terminus Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, also London and Brighton, with handwritten details. 1916

Stationery, Treseder & Co, Truro, Cornwall
Stationery, Treseder & Co, Landscape Gardeners, Nurserymen & Seedsmen, The Nurseries, Truro, Cornwall, with handwritten details. 1919

Original artwork, Margin of Life
Original artwork, Illustrated London News, Christmas 1943 - Terence Cuneo, Margin of Life. 1943

Salvation Army receipt for one pound. 1918

Promissory note, Keene Cheshire Bank, New Hampshire, USA
Promissory note for six hundred dollars, Keene Cheshire Bank, New Hampshire, USA, dated 21 September 1837, signed by Chiron Holbrook and Salman Whitworth

Example of an early postcard, Argentina, South America
Example of an early postcard from Argentina, South America, postmarked October 1887, addressed with lovely cursive handwriting. Date: 1887

Invoice from Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, to Mr Frank Blackley, for the supply of one hundred greetings cards, total cost ten shillings and ten pence. Date: circa 1891

Little dog with a letter on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Stationery, H M Smeath, Truro, Cornwall
Stationery, H M Smeath, Wine Merchant, Victoria Square, Truro, Cornwall, with an advertisement for Rogers Ales and Stouts, Bristol, and handwritten details below. 1916

Stationery, W Middleton & Son, Truro, Cornwall
Stationery, W Middleton & Son, Ironmongers, 3 St Nicholas Street, Truro, Cornwall, with an advertisement for Stephensons Furniture Cream, and handwritten details below. 1916

Stationery, Peter Yapp, Knightsbridge, London
Stationery, Peter Yapp, Boot & Shoe Manufacturer, Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, London, with handwritten details. 1917

Stationery, David Marchant, Dispensing Chemist, Eastbourne
Stationery, David Marchant, Dispensing Chemist, 1 Rockingham Place, Old Town, Eastbourne, Sussex, with handwritten details. 1915

Stationery, George Simpson & Sons, Gillamoor, Yorkshire
Stationery, George Simpson & Sons, Gillamoor, Ham and Bacon Curers, Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire, with handwritten details. 1916

Stationery, Crowle & Moss, Truro, Cornwall
Stationery, Crowle & Moss, Pork Butchers, Bacon Curers, and Lard Refiners, 8 Pydar Street, Truro, Cornwall, with handwritten details. 1916

Stationery, C E Julian & Sons, Truro, Cornwall
Stationery, C E Julian & Sons, Family Purveyors and Poultry Dealers, 4 Pydar Street, Truro, Cornwall, with handwritten details. 1919

Stationery, County Coach Factory and Motor Works
Stationery, The County Coach Factory and Motor Works, with handwritten details. 1917

Owl with quill pen on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Piece of paper on a desk with a large number 12
A piece of paper on a desk with a large handwritten number 12

Christmas and New Year telegram addressed to Sallie, with a greetings verse. 1890

Christmas cheque from the Greeting Banking Co, Merry Lane Branch, for ten thousand kind greetings. Date: circa 1900s

Christmas cheque from the Bank of Good Cheer, Pudding Lane Branch, with five thousand welcomes to Newport from Thomas Howells to Mrs Box. Date: 1888

Christmas cheque, with turkey, sausages and pudding
Christmas cheque from the United Kingdom of Great Blessings and Joyland, decorated with a turkey, sausages and pudding. Date: 1924

Cheque from the Christmas Bank of Prosperity, to Mr and Mrs Hancock from R and L Gunning. Date: 1934

Christmas and New Year card with blue engraving of a grand interior, signed Angela and Denis. Date: 20th century

Christmas card with photo of White House, Washington, USA
Christmas and New Year card (interior) with a photo of the White House, Washington, USA, with blue ribbon and a handwritten message. Date: 20th century

Christmas card (interior) with blue ribbon, signed Muriel and Maurice. Date: 20th century

Christmas and New Year card (interior), with red ribbon. Date: 1951

Christmas card, British Embassy, Washington, USA
Christmas and New Year card (interior) from the British Embassy, Washington, USA, with red ribbon and a handwritten message. Date: 20th century

Handwriting of Tito Gobbi on a Christmas card
Handwriting of Tito Gobbi (1913-1984), Italian operatic baritone, inside a Christmas card, dated 1957. Date: 1950s

Handwritten envelope containing Queen Mary Christmas card
Handwritten envelope (front) addressed to Lady Glenesk, containing a Christmas card from Queen Mary. (2 of 3) Date: 1936

Handwriting of Florence Nightingale on a Christmas card
Handwriting of Florence Nightingale on the back of a Christmas card to a servant, Lydia Norman, dated 1882. (2 of 2) Date: 1882

Handwriting of Stanley Baldwin on a Christmas card
Handwriting and photograph of Stanley Baldwin (at that time British Prime Minister) on the front of a Christmas card, with Big Ben visible on the right. (1 of 2) Date: 1928

Handwriting of Edward Lear on an Italian greetings card
Handwriting of Edward Lear on the back of an Italian greetings card -- a Christmas and New Year card to a Mr and Mrs Drummond, dated 20 December 1880. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1880

Inscription by Cecil Aldin, Dogs of Character
Inscription by Cecil Aldin in Dogs of Character: " To Jessie, from Mickey & Cracker in grateful memory of all the lovely dinners she has made for them Dec 11 1928" (signed) Date: 1927

First page of a book by Cecil Aldin, Cock-O-Lorum The Great, in the Letter Book Series. It is in Aldins own handwriting, with his home address at the top: The Kennels, Purley, near Reading. Date: 1921

First page of a book by Cecil Aldin, White Rabbit, in the Letter Book Series. It is in Aldins own handwriting, with his home address at the top: The Kennels, Purley, near Reading. Date: 1921

Postcard views of Memphis, Tennessee, USA, showing the Custom House, River Front, Cossitt Library and Court Square. Date: late 1890s

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