Auction: 24025 - Historical Documents Featuring the Major David Cecil Underwood Jr Collection of Royal Visits to India 1876-1906
Lot: 9
Great Britain
Coronation
King George IV
1821 Decorative ticket with the embossed surround by Dobbs, and a bicoloured centre design using the Congreve security process, with the stamped signature of Howard of Effiingham, allowing entrance to Westminster Abbey via Poets Corner, countersigned "Clarence", by HRH The Duke of Clarence, third son of King George III and future King William IV. Rare to find any Coronation ticket signed by a member of the Royal Family. Ticket "No. 10", a remarkably low number considering the attendance within the Abbey (two vertical creases, not detracting)
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Estimate
£150 to £200
Starting price
£120