[VICTORIA]: (1819-1901) Queen of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland 1837-1901. Document, unsigned, one page (vellum), large oblong folio, London, 30th March 1874. The manuscript document being an ornately engraved Letters Patent, issued to John Imray, for an invention for 'Improvements in the preparation of Peat for fuel or charcoal and apparatus thereof… [which] has been communicated to him from abroad by William Bennett Hays of Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope…' Featuring the Royal Arms and title, Victoria by the Grace of God, embossed £100 patent stamp, and two blue £5 patent stamps affixed to the upper left portion. With the Great Seal of Queen Victoria affixed at the foot, in mustard yellow wax, measuring just over 6 inches in diameter, featuring the enthroned Queen Victoria to the recto, holding an orb and sceptre, with the allegorical figures of Justice and Religion seated either side and with the Royal Arms and Crown at the foot, the border wreathed with oaks and roses, and depicting Queen Victoria riding on horseback to the verso, the horse fully caparisoned, with a plume of ostrich feathers floating from the headstall, led by a page. At the base appears a harp surrounded by shamrocks and with the Latin legend Victoria Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regina Fidei Defensor ('Victoria, by the grace of God, Queen of the Britons, Defender of the Faith') to the margin. The seal is attached to the document by laces of burgundy thread (slightly faded). Some light overall age wear, particularly evident at the folds of the document and to the edges of the seal. About VG