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Ireland |
| Lot | Description | Est€ |
| 285 |
Free handstamps. 1786-1837 group of envelope fronts with good range of handstruck FREE marks, also fair THOMASTOWN straightline. Fair to fine. (10) |
25 |
| 286 |
1805 wrapper Cork to Edinburgh with fair straightline CORK in red, rated "7d", then "1/2" then "2/1", smudged Edinburgh datestamp in red on front and in black on back. Heavy folds, good. |
20 |
| 287 | UK used in Ireland. Large range of QV 1d lilac used, many with Irish postmarks, on cut up album pages (200 approx), also 14x ½d orange. Poor to fine. (215) | 30 |
| 288 | Censored. 1942 cover Netherlands to Dublin with German tape and censor's handstamp, British censor tape and Irish censor tape. Few rust marks from paper clips, unusual triply censored item.. Very good. | 25 |
| 289 | UK Used
in Ireland. 1841 Id red on blued paper imperf H-L, cancelled "70
in barred diamond of Boyle. Very fine. |
30 |
| 290 | UK Used in Ireland. 1855 1d red R-B perf 16 on piece, cancelled LIMERICK "303" spoon cancel in green, also 2d blue N-H cancelled light "186" of Dublin. Fine. (2) | 25 |
| 291 | UK Used in Ireland. 1855 1½d red O-D, plate 3, used with part cds of DUBLIN. Fine. | 30 |
| 292 |
UK Used in Ireland. 1855 2d blue perf 14, plate 8, used on piece with 1860 Belfast duplex "62", also another on piece cancelled 1860 Dublin "186". Fine. (2) |
30 |
| 293 | UK Used in Ireland. 1865 4d vermilion T-J, plate 12, cancelled MACROOM cds. Fine. | 30 |
| 294 | UK Used in Ireland. 1866 4d vermilion with part cds cancel of (QUEE)NSTOWN. Fine. | 25 |
| 295 | UK Used in Ireland. 1873 3d rose H-L. plate 8, cancelled full cds of MACROOM. Very fine. | 30 |
| 296 | UK Used in Ireland. 1867 1s green watermark spray G-G, plate 6, cancelled full cds of LIMERICK. Fine. | 35 |
| 297 | UK Used
in Ireland. 1867 3d rose G-M, plate 8, cancelled SLIGO cds. Very fine.
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30 |
| 298 | UK Used in Ireland. 1872 6d chestnut C-I, plate 11, with cds of LIMERICK. Wing margin, fine. | 40 |
| 299 | UK Used
in Ireland. 1876-80 4d sage green, large coloured corner letters,
plate 16, cancelled KILKENNY/ MR 16 / 79 cds. Fine. |
120 |
| 300 |
UK used in Ireland. Downey Head EVII 1d
and ½d used on piece, stuck on pages, many with full cds, about
half are Irish towns. Good to fine. (130 approx) |
35 |
| 301 | Definitives. 1922 set of 12 to 1s and 1940 set of 14 also to 1s, plus few extra shades, all fine mounted mint on two album pages. (33) | 35 |
| 302 |
Architecture Definitives. 24p imprint block
of four and 32p plate 2B block of four, both in scarce gum/paper gC1.
Cat €145 by Hibernian. Very fine unmounted mint. (2 blocks) |
55 |
| 303 | Heritage Definitive. 37p plate 1A block of four on scarce paper gC1. Fine unmounted mint, cat €200 by Hibernian. | 85 |
| 304 | PNC covers. 1.1.2000 with £1 Heritage and Millennium on pound coin, changeover to euro 30.12.2001 with Irish Coinage set of 3 and Millennium one pound and 2002 one euro coins, 1.1.2002 with Irish coinage set and 2002 one euro coin. Very fine. (3) | 40 |
| 305 |
Specimen. E watermark definitive 10d overprinted "Specimen". Fine unmounted mint. Pic
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80 |
| 306 |
Commemorative range of sets on album leaves,
incl O'Connell, Eucharistic Congress, Holy Year, 1959 Guinness, 1960
Europa, 1961 Aer Lingus, St Patrick etc. Fine mounted mint. (39) |
35 |
| 307 | 1979 Papal Visit. Card folder by Hibernian with stamps of Ireland, Vatican and Poland. Very fine. | 18 |
| 308 | Range of sheetlets incl Christmas 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 (one stamp missing), 1994 and 1995, World Cup 1990, Europa 1989 pair, 1990 30p, 1991 44p, 1992 pair, Olympic Games 1996, Post Boxes 1998, Football Team of the Millennium 1999. Mainly fine. (16) | 80 |
| 309 | 1991 commemorative year pack, third Definitive Series comprising Architecture values to £5, Birds of Ireland Vol III comprising 9 values to £2. All very fine unmounted mint. (3 packs) | 40 |
| 310 |
1998 Pioneers of Irish Aviation presentation pack with mint set of 4, booklet, set 6 postcards and first day cover, with invitation to Patricia Saul (daughter of navigator JP Saul) to launch. Pack signed by stamp designer Vincent Killowry and special guest Maureen O'Hara Blair. Nice combination. |
30 |
| 311 |
Flight Cover. 1935 cover carried by Felix Waitkus on Lituanica II New York to Lithuania. Waitkus successfully crossed the Atlantic becoming only the 6th solo pilot to do so but was forced by bad weather to crash land in the West of Ireland. Although the plane suffered extensive damage Waitkus continued the journey to Kaunas by surface where the cover was returned by post to Chicago. Cover has flight cachets and is signed by Waitkus. Fine. Pic
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120 |
| 312 | Postage Due. Four postcards USA to Ireland: 1908 (2), and 1909 with US "T" in circle and "10 centimes" in circle with handstruck "1d" in black, also 1914 with 1d due cancelled DONAGHADEE cds and 1953 card Dublin to USA underpaid with US "3c DUE" in circle and 3c postage due affixed. Fine. (5) | 24 |
| 313 |
Booklets. 1988 Dublin Millennium, ditto overprinted Finlandia 88,
1989 Motoring, 1993 Irish Buses, 1995 Wild Geese and 1996 Irish Naval
Service. Very fine unmounted mint. (6) |
30 |
| 314 | Post Office (mainly) gummed labels: PP41 Parcel Post FRAGILE (2), MP361 address label "An Bun- Mhaistir Poist" (3), MP460 slip "Please return cover of this letter.... " (3), LBS3 ecomomy label, MP613 address label to Telephone Branch, MP263A "Air Mail Letters for USA & Canada". Fine. (11) | 30 |
| 315 |
Cork Philatelic Exhibition souvenirs; booklets for 1985, 2001, 2005
and 2006, commemorative cover for 1993. Very fine. (5) |
25 |
| 316 | Exhibition souvenirs. 1991 Collectorex Cycling min sheet, 1993 International Coin & Stamp Fair 1p postage due sheetlet, 1996 Waterford Naval Service booklet pane. Fine. (3) | 20 |
| 317 | 1994 UPU Meeting Seoul Ireland official An Post presentation album with Irish stamps, Heritage defins to £5 and commemorative sets 1990-1994. All fine unmounted mint. (126 stamps) | 40 |
| 318 | Useful range on stock page incl low value overprints used and 2s6d and 5s Saorstat unused, SE watermark 10s unused, E watermark 2s6d and 5s used, commemorative high values Newman and Redmond fine used, Guinness and Emmet good used. High cat value. (29) | 85 |
| 319 |
Mixed lot of covers incl 1943 censored cover to Ireland with British and Irish censor tapes, 1952 Moore set on two fdcs (x2), 1953 airmail cover to USA with 1s4d Tostal, 1959 registered cover with 1s3d Aikenhead, 1959 Guinness fdc with mint stamps inside, two 1960s covers to USA with ½d and 1d booklet panes, An Tostal postcard with low value cancelled first day of issue. Fine. (17) |
35 |
| 320 |
UK postal stationery used in Ireland: GV ½d green postcards
used Dublin 1916 and 1918, GV 1d red card cancelled LIMERICK cds,
also plain card with ½d sword of light used Dublin slogan 1925.
Fine. (4) |
20 |
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| 321 |
Australia. 1931 First flight Melbourne to London with 6dx3 Kingsford Smith airmail stamps and flight cachet, no backstamp (torn at back), 1931 Imperial Airways first flight cover England to Australia, and 1935 first flight cover New Zealand-Australia-England carried by Kingsford-Smith crashed en route, franked NZ airmails 1d, 3dx2 and 6dx3. Nice group. (3) |
45 |
| 322 |
Australia. 1934 airmail registered cover carried by Captain Ulm on
"Faith in Australia" for first official aimail flight Australia
to Papua New Guinea carried on Melbourne to Townsville leg, with colourful
array of Australian States stamps. Fine. |
30 |
| 323 | Germany. Ersttagblatter (official first day pages) with commemorative sets or singles cancelled on page with information about issue, complete for 1980 (26), 1981 (26), 1982 (26), 1983 (25), 1984 (26) and 1985 (26). Fine. (155) | 60 |
| 324 |
Germany. 1939-42 group of covers and postcards sent by serving soldiers,
with various Feldpost postmarks and German censor marks. Very fine.
(7) |
30 |
| 325 | New Zealand. 1933 illustrated first flight cover Auckland to Invercargill by "Faith in Australia" with 1931 3d airmail, flight cachet and receiving cds on reverse. Fine. | 30 |
| 326 |
New Zealand. 1934 (Feb 17) first trans-Tasman flight cover by "Faith
in Australia" franked Trans Tasman Air Mail overprint with flight
cachet and Sydney receiver on reverse. Very fine. |
50 |
| 327 | New Zealand. 1934 (Apr 14) flight cover Wellington-Sydney by "Faith in Australia" franked 1931 7d airmail with flight cachet and receiving cds on back. Fine. | 30 |
| 328 |
New Zealand. 1934 illustrated registered flight cover Auckland-Port Moresby Papua by "Faith in Australia" with Captain Ulm, franked 1931 airmails 4d, 7d and 5d overprint and flight cachet, re-posted with Papua stamps on reverse and returned to Sydney. Attractive cover. Fine. Pic
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50 |
| 329 |
UK, FREE. 1830s range of fronts with UK crowned circle FREE handstamps
in red, good variety of signatures incl Mendip, Viscount Mahon, Thos
Wilde, Earl of Cardigan, Lord Shrewsbury, Lord St. Helens, other postal
markings incl scalloped "SUN", London 2d Post boxed "TP
Rate 2", London "1", straightline FOCHABRRS etc. Good
to fine. (31) |
30 |
| 330 | Stranraer. Mixed group of postal history incl 1831 entire from Edinburgh with "Addl. 1/2", tracings of four different additional halfpenny handstamps, 1849 letter calling meeting of Portpatrick parochial board, two picture postcard each of Portpatrick and Stranraer, all used locally, also 1941 uncancelled cover to Suffolk with RAF censor hadstamp. Fine. (9) | 30 |
| 331 | UK. EVII low value definitives complete ½d to 1s, fine used. Also four extra copies of 1s, fair to fine. (18) | 40 |
| 332 | UK. 1913-1934 Seahorse High Values. 5s (48 incl 5 re-engraved) and 2s6d (11 incl 2 re-engraved), used with mainly parcel cancels, some heavy. (59) | 100 |
| 333 | UK. Used ranges on stockcards incl GV to 5s re-engraved, British Empire Exhibition 1924 and 1925, 1929 UPU low values x2, 1935 Jubilee set, GVI high values to 10s (2 types) and £1, QE Castles to £1 etc. Much duplication, used, many fine. (150 approx) | 45 |
| 334 |
UK. 1934 Re-engraved Seahorse 10s marginal block of four, used with 7 registered oval cancels. Fine. Pic
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100 |
| 335 | 1949 Stanley Gibbons Colour Chart with set of coloured labels ("G" in frame) in 53 named shades. Fine. | 20 |
| 336 | World. Mixed lot incl assorted UK postal history with postal markings 1798 London, 1850 Chief Office, 1844 Tiverton double ring datestamp, 1844 framed Aberfeldy, 1870 Glasgow duplex (3), postal stationery incl USA patriotic envelope unused, early world ps postcards (13) Russia (3), Hungary (4), 20th century commercial covers (22), two packets of picture postcards of Reims. Very mixed condition, poor to good. (50 approx) | 30 |
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