Victorian Silver Twin Compartment Trough Stamp Box 'HMS Repulse'
Saunders & Shepherd, Birmingham 1899
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A good Victorian silver twin compartment Stamp Box of trough form, standing on four ball feet, the sprung hinged lid opening to reveal a silver gilt interior, the flat lid with two glazed compartments holding Victorian one penny lilac and half penny green stamps. The lid engraved - H.M.S. Repulse 1900.
By Saunders & Shepherd, Birmingham, 1899
Sold - £285.00
Condition
In good condition with no damage or repair
Dimensions
H
20 mm
(0.79 inches)
W
62 mm
(2.44 inches)
D
36 mm
(1.42 inches)
Weight
34.00 Grams
(1.09 troy ounces)
Country
England
Stock Code
JH148
Medium
Silver
Literature
HMS Repulse was a Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. She was the tenth ship to bear the name HMS Repulse. Laid down in 1890, Repulse was completed in 1894, becoming one of the world's top fighting ships at launch. Repulse was 410 feet long and had a maximum cruising speed of 17 knots. Her armament included four 67-ton 13.5-inch (343-mm) guns and several smaller-calibre guns.
Attached to the Channel Squadron, she completed a series of annual manueovres, and the Fleet review during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, before redeploying in 1902 to the Mediterranean Fleet. She served there until December 1904, when she returned to Plymouth for an extensive refit. From then until sold for scrap in 1911, Repulse formed part of the Royal Navy Reserve, having been made obsolete almost overnight by the launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906.