DESCRIPTION:- Available for sale is an original RURAL ANTIQUE AGRICULTURAL POSTERS. These are the Medium versions from my stock. .all original all odds

**I will not Post to the REPUBLIC of Ireland as the cost and ability to get items there is ridiculous. If not sent tracked they send UK parcels back so I lose money These sales will be cancelled **

SIZE;43 x 35cm

 Vintage Typography Large scale farm sale broadside mainly from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, All original early letterpress broadside posters (single sheets of paper, printed on one side only, designed to be read unfolded and posted up in public places). 

A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only. Historically, broadsides were posters, announcing events or proclamations, or simply advertisements. The historic type of broadsides were ephemera, i.e. temporary documents created for a specific purpose and intended to be thrown away. They were one of the most common forms of printed material between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly in Britain, Ireland and North America. They were often advertisements, but could also be used for news information or proclamations and 'wanted' posters etc. It was also a very common format for printing the text of street ballads

Jonas Paxton (d.1886) was born in Potsgrove, Bedfordshire, . Mr. PAXTON commenced business as an auctioneer in Bicester in 1838, his first sale appearing in this Journal on Nov. 17 of that year, and he subsequently took into partnership Mr. Thomas PAXTON; after that the firm consisted of Messrs. Jonas Paxton, Son, and Castle, and then Messrs. Paxton, Son, and Holiday. Mr. PAXTON was actively engaged as an auctioneer until 1883, thus having been 45 years in the business. He was born at Potsgrove, Bedfordshire, on March 18, 1818. He was one of the prominent movers in securing the line of railway between Bletchley, Bicester, and Oxford, more especially during the survey of Otmoor, which resulted in much rioting before it could be completed. Mr. PAXTON was a liberal supporter of the Bicester Agricultral and Horticultral Society, and of the Oxfordshire Agricultural Association. His genial temper, ready wit, and great tact and ability in transaction of business caused him to be as thoroughly appreciated in public as he was respected in private life, . . . His first sale appearing in Jackson's Oxford Journal on 17 November that year. He later went into partnership with other auctioneers including his son, Thomas. The firm was known as Messrs. Jonas Paxton, Son, and Castle, and then Messrs. Paxton, Son, and Holiday. He retired in 1883. A supporter of the Bicester Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and of the Oxfordshire Agricultural Association; Paxton was prominent in securing a railway line between Bletchley, Bicester, and Oxford.

The British printer Thomas William Pankhurst was originally from London. He moved to Bicester, Oxfordshire in around 1870 to join the printers E. Smith and Co.He lived above the Pankhurst's shop in the Market Square. By 1886 the company was named Smith and Pankhurst, with Pankhurst living above the premises. The company was responsible for the re-launch of the Bicester Advertiser in 1879, and the publishing of the Bicester Almanac and Directory. . hence the changing names. In 1917 this paper absorbed the Bicester Herald and published the Bicester Almanac and Directory. The papers continued to be run by William Pankhurst and his wife Minnie. The Pankhurst family sold The Bicester Advertiser to the current Oxford-based owners..

Condition Issues:- old age so nicks, folds as per pic

POSTAGE+PACKING:- Postage packing portion depends on size with non uk included in the ebay Global Shipping

  Terms & Conditions. . the boring bits

INFORMATION:-They are all as per image in both age and condition I do not sell copies and include flat UK postage for all larger and earlier items google heatons-of-tisbury/ hence rosatheatons. Items will also be available at the shop and may be removed without notice if sold there. eBay also now sees less that 5 stars as a failure on businesses and financially penalises us. Extra Photographs on request please send a direct email as the new ebay system does not always forward them but does compress them to add their logo ! . . . email address below in business information.

 PAYMENT /CONTACT.......Payment from outside the UK - I accept PAYPAL Payments in Pounds Sterling / Euro's also cheques in sterling, euro's etc I can accept credit cards by phone direct from the shop (Mon/Fri & Sat)

I will fit in with specific requests . Some special sized items occasionally take a few days to pack and find best option as often cheaper if consignment is split especially if over 2kg as the cost triples. . . If an item is wrong it can be returned for a refund BEFORE feedback is left. ** Phone number is requested for paypal as if sending via courier you are then informed by UPS rather than a horrid note saying in barn etc for larger items**
All our items are vintage / antiques correct to the dates indicated. I do not sell reprints or reproductions or hide behind pseudo names . Anything not sent Royal Mail will come normally via UPS and never Yodel or the cheap couriers etc