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Premier Catalog Auction - Session II

Fri, Nov 16, 2018 09:00AM EST
Lot 565

An Important George VI Patent of Nobility

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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a British royal warrant granting arms and crest to Thomas Thorburn Nesbit, November 3, 1937, signed "Gerald W. Wollaston", Sir Gerald Wood Wollaston (1874-1957), Garter Principle King of Arms, et al., and "Algar Howard", Algar Henry Stafford Howard (1880-1970), Windsor Herald of Arm in the Ordinary, and by "G.W. Bellew", Registrar, College of Arms, London", hand-calligraphed and illuminated on vellum sheet, with two seals and gilt brass seal boxes of King George VI, and red leather, gold-embossed case

Provenance: From the Collection of Daniel Bibb, Atlanta, Georgia

Condition

some handling grime, some soft rolling creases, case with light surface dirt, wear