Postal History & Miscellaneous Manuscripts. The courting...

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Postal History & Miscellaneous Manuscripts. The courting 'love' letters of Brigadier-General Arthur Colville (1857-1942) and his future wife Olivia Spencer-Churchill (d. 1943), dated 1882-83, ALS on Rifle Brigades writing paper, mostly 4pp, chronicling Colville's garrisoning at Aldershot and Farnborough, some society snippets, all with their franked envelopes; two 2 & 3pp ALS from a member of the Colbert-Chabanais family, dated 6 & 16 September 1884, on Château de Mailloc writing paper, black mourning border; New Zealand On His Majesty's Service cover, ten harlequin value GVI stamps Onehunga franking; two letter fronts from Whig peers, John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford, and Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, each 1837, mounted; and a French 4ff manuscript legal acquisition, Bernard & Jean Curaud, dated 18 May 1788, Bordeaux black stamp, (14)

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20th Sep 24 at 10am BST

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