Addenda and Corrigenda to The Court Bureau: a London Company and its Stamps 1889-91
General
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The Klempka collection is being sold by Spink. Some of its Court Bureau stamps and covers appeared as lots 654-62 in
The Klempka Family Collection of Great Britain Part II, London, 7-8 December 2022.
Page by Page
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Page 3 line 37: Before "The hours" add "The telephone number was 35,007 (see Figures 3.3 and 5.12)".
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Page 6 line 6: Replace "over 600" by "612".
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Page 6 line 7: Before "and surprisingly" add "24 MP's".
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Page 6 line 9: Add "There are more women (345 = 57%) than men (264 = 43%).".
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Page 6 line 16: Add "Truth, known for its exposure of frauds, objected to the phrase
'the position and respectability of every subscriber must be verifiable' as
'the bait held out to catch the struggling snobs who are alone likely to wish to become subscribers... the "position" being...
that the individual... has a spare guinea, and is ready to part with it'50a.".
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Page 7 line 9: Before "The first" add "The Bureau issued the following printed notice61a:
I am directed to inform you that it has been decided no longer to continue the business of the Court Bureau, Limited,
and therefore that your subscription, falling due on the 1st of February, 1891, for the ensuing year will not be required.".
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Page 7 line 23: After "subscriptions" add ", including some for names in the January 1890 list of subscribers",
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Page 8 note 6: Replace "117" by "197".
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Page 8 note 22: Add at end "Wigton Advertiser 1 March 1890 'Court and Society' column noted two other houses that had been considered:
'Lord Abergavenny got a good price for his house from the Arts and Letters Club. £30,000 is a high price even for a freehold.
The house has been in the market for some time, and at one moment nearly became the headquarters of the Court Bureau,
but which has contented itself by a more humble abode in the corner house of Stafford Street and Albemarle Street'.".
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Page 9 note 46: Delete "No record... though". Add at end "WCD Vol. I, No. 3, 3 May 1890 is quoted in Truth
18 December 1890 'Letter from the Linkman' p1274 as including a list of 6,270 subscribers, the last being the Countess of Zetland at 19 Arlington Street
(she is also last in the Specimen Number list which does not have addresses).".
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Page 10 note 48: After "Hungarian" add "prince and".
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Page 10: Add new note 50a: "Truth 20 February 1890 p365.".
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Page 10 note 54: Before "Extracts" add "No. 3 for 3 May 1890 is quoted in Truth 18 December 1890 (see note 46).".
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Page 10 note 60: Add at end "Truth 18 December 1890 'Letter from the Linkman' p1274 recorded 'The Court Bureau died last week',
quoting its nickname 'Associated Footmen'. Truth 29 January 1891 'Letter from the Linkman' p231 stated the creditor's claim as £1231.".
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Page 10: Add new note 61a: "Truth 5 February 1891 'Letter from the Linkman' p287; Truth 5 March 1891 'Letter from the Linkman' p492
included a spoof circular dated 31 February 1891 (sic) from The Cosmopolitan Court Bureau Co. Limited.".
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Page 13 line 2: Replace "was" by "and other clubs were".
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Page 17 note 8: Add "Possibly Brooks's Club at 60 St. James's Street was included. 'Charles Buller, Brooks’s Club' is in the January 1890 list of
subscribers; the Club members included Court Bureau director the Earl of Kenmare and founder shareholder Lord Sudeley
(Wikipedia www.wikipedia.org accessed September 2023).".
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Page 21 line 11: Replace "Oliver" by "Oliver12a".
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Page 28 line 6: Delete "(1d)".
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Page 28 line 7: Replace "another" by "four".
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Page 28 line 9: Replace "37" by "44".
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Page 29 figure 3.6: Replace second "1" in last column by "4", "21" by "26", and "23" by "30".
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Page 30: Add new note 12a:
"Mr. Oliver has not been traced in Post Office employment records; 'late' presumably refers to mail posted late."
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Page 35: Add at end "The 1½d value lacks the letter 'D', which can be explained by the fact that this value was an afterthought,
first known documented on 17 May 1890 (see Chapter 2)".
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Page 39 line 5: Replace "first known documented on 17 May 1890 (see Chapter 2)" by "as noted above".
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Page 45 line 15: Replace "130" by "145".
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Page 45 line 20: Replace "24" by "30".
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Page 45 line 22: Replace "trade 1" by "trade 7".
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Page 45 line 23: Replace "10" by "11".
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Page 45 line 24: Replace "Klempka 3" by "Klempka 2" and add "the author 1; trade 1;" before "unknown".
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Page 45 line 25: Replace "13" by "18", and "Klempka 1" by "Klempka 2".
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Page 45 line 26: Replace "the author 2" by "the author 5", and "trade 1" by "trade 2".
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Page 45 line 27a: Add new line "- 1½d used: 1 (the author)".
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Page 45 line 28: Replace "8" by "9" and add "; trade 1" before ")".
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Page 45 line 32: Replace "4" by "5" and add "; trade 1" before ")".
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Page 46 figure 5.13: Replace as here.
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Page 49 Type 3: Replace "a loose stamp" by "three loose stamps, two in the author's collection and one".
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Page 49 Type 4: Add at end "There is a somewhat similar cancellation on the back of a cover from London to Paris dated 14 June 18918a.".
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Page 52: Add new note 8a: "West 2022".
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Page 53 line 6: After "omitted" add "1a".
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Page 64 line 5: Replace "[uncertain]" by "Dirnanean" (I am grateful to Madeline Fyans for this correction). Add:
"Janet Clarke-Jervoise married Henry Small (1835-1900), the Laird of Dirnanean, in 186710a.
Colonel H. Clarke-Jervoise was a subscriber to the Court Bureau10b.".
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Page 84: Add new note 1a:
"Three of the pieces with used 1d Bureau stamps noted in Chapter 5 bear partial addresses with possible readings:
- Mr. J... (Klempka collection)
- Su..., O... (author's collection)
- uncertain (trade).
Each is undated with a Type 2 cancellation; the second is from a mourning envelope.".
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Page 84: Add new note 10a:
"Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) accessed December 2019.".
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Page 84: Add new note 10b:
"WCD Specimen Number, 18 January 1890, p4, column 2.".
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Page 85 lines 11 and 13; Replace "117" by "197".
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Page 88 line 9: Add "West, V., 2022. "1891 Cover Query - Court Bureau?",
The GBPS Newsletter, No. 396, July/August 2022 p32.".
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Page 93 line 22: Replace "Forrester" by "Forester".
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Page 99: Delete page heading "Recorded Court Bureau Covers".
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