STAMP BOXES
Wednesday, 16 - Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Mauchline Ware Single Stamp Compartment Circular Stamp Box,
Current Bid $30 (5 bids, reserve met)
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Lot Details
with a superb reproduction of a Queen Victoria One Penny red stamp, and on the underside of the base a lithograph of “Bournemouth Pier” A fine example of their workmanship and a rare example of the One Penny Red Stamp Box. Mint condition. PROVENANCE: Argyll Etkin, London, July 1996. 45dia.x18. NOTE: Some 11 miles inland from the Scottish coastal resort of Aye lies the small town of Mauchline. In the 1860s it was the centre of an industry employed some four hundred people in the manufacture of small wooden souvenirs and gift ware. Many of the Stamp Boxes were carried out by the firm of W & A Smith
