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Auction: 14024 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale featuring the Award-winning Collection of Province of Otago Postal History formed by Greg Francis, and the Cliff Wheatley Rhodesias
Lot: 1009

Great Britain
A well detailed and presented 1½in:1ft. scale model of Royal Mail, London - Dover Stage Coach, no. 17 (12¾ x 19¼ in, 32.5 x 49.5cm.), the chassis with braced axle beams, working leaf springs, wooden spoked wheels with metal tyres and hubcaps with bolted plates, metal furnished pole with swinging trees, steps and brake shoes. The body details include fully upholstered interior, glazed windows, opening door, driver and watchman's seats with leather covered cushions, lamps, tool box with blunderbuss, coaching horn, whip and many other details; finished in red, maroon and black with fine lining and lettering. Presented on a display base in the form of a cobbled roadway. Magnificent. Photo

provenance:
Christie's, Scientific and Engineering Works of Art, 17 December 1998, realised £4,600

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Sold for
£4,500