Wilkie Collins Signature

Wilkie Collins SignatureAn attractive ink signature from British writer Wilkie Collins (1824 1889). Wilkie Collins is regarded as one of the finest British novelists and playwrights. His novels The Woman in White and The Moonstone are pillars of English literature, with the latter regarded as the first English detective novel. A beautiful ink signature, "Wilkie Collins, on a 5 x 2 inch slip clipped from a document. In very good condition. Written by the same hand that penned

Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) was born in Stavropol Krai in south western Russia shortly after the October revolution

Post Office

with additional part strikes of receiving handstamps

His much-loved novels explore the changing lives of country people in a rapidly industrialising world

The Second Boer War (1899-1902) brought a British victory and the annexation of both independent Boer Republics

which often shows considerable blueing

Bold black marker pen signatures

It shows a head and shoulders image of a smiling Kennedy and reads: "Kennedy for President - Leadership for the 60s"

Typical hinge remainders on the reverse and the fourth stamp has a small natural paper inclusion

A very fine unmounted mint block (except first stamp with corner defect backed by hinge)

Morocco Agencies 1905-06 5c grey-green and green

Used examples of this issue in such quality are very difficult to find