Written Collection (#7)

The Curtain Illustration
An illustration in reference to a poem, written by Australian poet, Zora Bernice May Cross, showing a woman in a blue dress, hiding behind a stage curtain

Miss Edith Evans as Mrs Millimant
Oil painting of London Born actress, Miss Edith Evans costume dressed in an elaborate blue dress, using a red and white fan, playing the role of Mrs

The Flying Squad, film by Edgar Wallace, a British Lion picture Date: 1929

John Longden and Henry Vibart in The Flying Squad
John Longden and Henry Vibart in film The Flying Squad written by Edgar Wallace Date: 1929

The World's First Postcard
The idea of a postal card which could be used at half the letter rate was that of Heinrich von Stephan in 1865. Later that year

McDonnell F-4J-47-MC Phantom 158367 (msn 4153), after being written off on 19 April 1972, this aircraft was mounted on a pole as the gate guardian for marine Corps Air Station Yuma, in Arizona

North American F-100D Super Sabre 55-3758
United States Air Force - North American F-100D-30-NA Super Sabre 55-3758 (msn 223-440, FE490), at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for storage-disposal. Converted to QF-100D drone no

BAe Jetstream 31 OY-SVP City of Skive
British Aerospace Jetstream 3102 OY-SVP City of Skive (msn 626, ex G-31-626, D-CONU and G-LAKJ), of Sun Air. This aircraft was written off and scrapped after a ground collision with a GPU at Kastrup

Piper PA-32R Saratoga PH-PSA
Piper PA-32R-301T Saratoga PH-PSA (msn 32R-8429019), of Pegasus Sea Air Beheer & Management. (Written off on 27 July 1991). Date: circa 1990

Morane-Saulnier MS. 880B Rallye Club ZK-CBW
Morane-Saulnier MS.880B Rallye Club ZK-CBW (msn 5201), at Wellington, NZ. in December 1962. (Written off at Lichfield on 12 October 1968 and rebuilt as ZK-CDE). Date: 1962

Morane-Saulnier MS. 885 Super Rallye ZK-CGZ
Morane-Saulnier MS.885 Super Rallye ZK-CGZ (msn 9), of NZ Aerosales Flying School, at Whenuapai, NZ. (Written off near Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua on 13 April 1974). Date: 1964

Victa Airtourer 100 ZK-CDQ (msn 55). (Written off at Pukekohe in May 1973). Date: circa 1964

Britten-Norman - Cushioncraft CC. 5 No. 001
Britten-Norman - Cushioncraft CC.5 No.001, at Hovershow 66, held on Browndown near Gosport, on 6 June 1966. (During tests off Priory Bay (Isle of Wight)

Piper PA-32 Cherokee 6 ZK-CNE
Piper PA-32-260 Cherokee 6 ZK-CNE (msn ), at Goreria, NZ. (Written off on 2 May 1974). Date: 1967

Piper PA-28 Cherokee Cruiser ZK-CNX
Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Cruiser ZK-CNX (msn 28-22392), at Christchurch, NZ. (Written off at Lees Valley on 19 April 1968). Date: 1967

Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee ZK-BYY (msn 25-2162), at Rangiora, NZ, in November 1963. (This aircraft was written off at Mount Possession, on 5 February 1977). Date: 1963

Piper PA-18 Super Cub ZK-BQY
Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub ZK-BQY (msn 18-5769), at Hamilton, NZ. in October 1963. (This aircraft was written off, at Galatea, on 29 October 1967). Date: 1963

Piper PA-18 Super Cub ZK-BTZ
Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub ZK-BTZ (msn 18-7513), at Hamilton, NZ. in November 1963. (This aircraft was written off, at Galatea, on 29 October 1967). Date: 1963

Piper PA-25 Pawnee D ZK-CND
Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee D ZK-CND (msn 25-73), of Airwoek (NZ) Ltd. at Christchurch, NZ. (Written off at Doyleston on 14 December 1984). Date: 1967

Piper PA-25 Pawnee ZK-BOQ
Piper PA-25-150 Pawnee ZK-BOQ (msn 25-73), at Masterton, NZ. (Written off at Doyleston on 14 December 1984). Date: 1964

Cessna 172B Skyhawk ZK-BYH (msn 172B-47797). (This aircraft was written off on 4 December 1965 at Birch Hill airfield after over-running the strip on take-off). Date: circa 1963

Cessna 336 Skymaster ZK-CGF (msn 336-0168), at Ardmore, NZ. (Written off on 24 April 1978, when the rear propeller nut detached during take-off) Date: 1964

Cessna 180 ZK-BFD (msn 30867), of Golden Coast Airways, at Christchurch, NZ, in February 1962. (Written off on 8 April 1965) Date: 1962

Britten-Norman BN-2A-21 Islander G-BDLN (msn 492), at the SBAC Farnborough Air-Show, held between 5-12 September 1976. Operated by the Malawi Police Air Wing as 7Q-YAZ, this aircraft was short-lived

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125 Series 1A N1135MK
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 1A N1135MK (msn 25019), of Kewitt Construction Company. (Written off at Des Moines on 24 February 1966 after an aborted take-off with collapsed undercarriage) Date: 1965

Piper PA-28 G-BCIE
Piper PA-28-151 G-BCIE (msn 28-7415405). (Written off on 27 May 1999 when it landed long at Perth/Scone Airfield, ran out of runway and overturned.) Date: circa 1995

Lancashire Cotton town Knocker Up
A humourous postcard from the Lancashire Cotton Towns where knockers up were employed to waken mill workers. Notice the reference to being on strike and the caption written in Lancashire dialect Date

Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander F-BTGH
Britten-Norman BN-2A-9 Islander F-BTGH (msn 649), of Rousseau Aviation, in April 1972, (Written off at Dinard-Pleurtuit Airport in November 1972). Date: 1972

Bristol Britannia C. 1 XL638
Royal Air Force - Bristol Britannia C.1 XL638 (msn 13400), of No.99/551 Squadron, at RAF Lyneham in October 1966. (XL638 was written off in a crash at RAF Khormaksar)

Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC. 1 XL558
Royal Air Force - Scottish Aviation Pioneer CC.1 XL558 (msn 134), of No.209 Squadron, at RAF Seletar. (Written off on 27 April 1968) Date: circa 1960

Grumman AA-1B Trainer G-BCIL (msn AA1B-0378), at RAF Woodvale in July 1977. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 June 1986 when crashed and overturned at Lambs Hillock, Ellon, Aberdeenshire

Gates Learjet 23 D-IHAQ (msn 23-027), of H. Quandt, at Prestwick Airport, during its delivery flight in 1965. (This aircraft was written off at Zurich Airport, on 12 December 1965)

Hieratic papyrus. Process document. Conspirator death lawsui
Hieratic papyrus. Cursive writing system, used in Ancient Egypt. Process document. Conspirator death lawsuit against Ramses III Egyptian Museum of Turin. Italy

Victorian Death Bereavement Mourning White Black
victorian, death, bereavement, mourning, white, black, 1850s, embossed, card, religion, religious, belief, faith, tree, trees, cemetery, urn, urns, funerary, rectangle, rectangular, woman, women

Roger Casement Iln Import 21 Dec 07 July 20th
roger, casement, iln, import, 21, dec, 07, july, 20th, 1912, human, rights, activist, photographed, senor, juan, tizon, peruvian, amazon, company, hanged, 1916, involvement, irish, nationalist

PLAY/CHATEAUBRIAND/ATALA
A scene from the unfinished romantic idyll on American Indian themes, written by Viscount Francois Auguste Rene de Chateaubriand. Date: 1801

Documents written in blood are considered exceptionally bind- -ing, as Faust will discover when Mephistopheles requires him to fulfil his side of their contract Date: 1506

Signature of Thomas Hood, from The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood, published in 1906 (litho)
KW359906 Signature of Thomas Hood, from The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Hood, published in 1906 (litho) by English School

Foundling Hospital London, receipt signed by William Hogarth, 1697-1764, English artist
2919886 Foundling Hospital London, receipt signed by William Hogarth, 1697-1764, English artist. by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); Private Collection

Suffragette pavement chalkers, c. 1910 (b/w photo)
2906470 Suffragette pavement chalkers, c.1910 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection

Bristol Sycamore HR. 52 OE-XSY - XG545
Bristol Sycamore HR.52 OE-XSY / XG545 (msn 13475) (painted as HR.14 XG545 which was written off on 16 July 1957). Date: circa 2015

Cessna NOA-37B Dragonfly 70-1310
United States Air Force - Cessna NOA-37B Dragonfly 70-1310 (MSN 43325), at Edwards Air Force Base. Written off on 16 August 1994 near Edwards AFB after an uncontrollable spin caused by an asymmetric

Title page to manuscript of Dombey and Son in Charles DIckens own hand writing
709568 Title page to manuscript of Dombey and Son in Charles DIckens own hand writing. Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812 -1870. English writer and social critic

From the manuscript of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, showing that Mr. Bill Sikes first had his name spelled with a
709562 From the manuscript of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, showing that Mr. Bill Sikes first had his name spelled with a y, and including passages not in the published book

One of the title pages written by Charles Dickens when he was working on his novel Martin Chuzzlewit
709566 One of the title pages written by Charles Dickens when he was working on his novel Martin Chuzzlewit. Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812 -1870. English writer and social critic

Part of Charles Dicken's manuscript notes re the plot of The Old Curiosity Shop
709564 Part of Charles Dicken's manuscript notes re the plot of The Old Curiosity Shop. Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812 -1870. English writer and social critic

Page proof from Great Expectations, showing Charles Dickens's hand written corrections
709570 Page proof from Great Expectations, showing Charles Dickens's hand written corrections. Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812 -1870. English writer and social critic

Hieroglyphic letter written by George Cruikshank to Mr. Parry. George Cruikshank, 1792 - 1878
878601 Hieroglyphic letter written by George Cruikshank to Mr. Parry. George Cruikshank, 1792 - 1878. British caricaturist and book illustrator. From The Strand Magazine published 1897

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