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1717-1845 Entire letters and covers all with straight line town handstamps, a few including the mileage, with albino 1717 "D.PAT", 1721 "DUBLIN" on entire letter to the British Coffee House in London, 1745 "D.DAL", 1764 "C.FERGUS", etc., most very fine. (20). £350-400
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Co. Meath. 1734-57 Entire letters all with differing "NAVAN" or "NAUAN" handstamps, two signed "Free Edwd Nolton", all exceptionally fine strikes, an exhibition quality group. Photo on Page 178. £400-500
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1738 Entire letter handstamped "K.SALE" and "CTRY" (across the flap), 1750 and 1760 entire letters both handstamped "COUNTRY" with "BANDON" or "KINSALE". (3). £150-200
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1740-1848 Entire letters, entires and covers (20) and fronts (3), various handstamps including red mermaid datestamp, "Late Mail" on 1829 entire letter to the Chelsea Hospital with the rate deleted and "Free" applied, 1845 cover sent within Scotland but endorsed "Sent to Limerick by mistake", 1802 "AU 23 M" straight line date handstamp, scarce red boxed "ENNISKERRY / TWO PENNY POST", Dublin local posts with 1838 handstruck "1d" and the same "1d" handstamps used in red on an 1848 Paid letter, 1838 printed "On the business of the SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY FOR IRELAND" wrapper sent at the special 2d charity rate with blue "SAINTFIELD" undated circle, fancy 1819 Belfast 80 c.d.s, etc. (23). £300-350
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1785-1801 Entire letters from Dublin all handstamped "IRELAND" (in four differing sizes), the first entire letter to Ayr "via Donaghadee", the others to London. All fine strikes, the 1785 entire letter very unusual as these marks are usually only found on mail to London. (5). £130-160
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1810-1909 Covers and cards (16) and pieces (8) including spoon cancels, T.P.Os, Late handstamps, etc. Also Irish Republic stamps in a presentation folder and a 1933 cover to India. (26). £170-200
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1823-48 Entire letters and covers (29) and a front all with Paid handstamps including "POST PAID" (5, two boxed), "P.PAID" (2), red scalloped "POST PAID / MIDDAY MAIL" c.d.s, unusual red double arc "BELFAST / PAID" on 1841 cover to USA, square boxed "PAID /AT / CORK", green "P.D / C. RAINE", red fancy framed "PAID / at / DUNGANNON", and boxed named "Paid at ..." handstamps (18, various towns, one from the 4d Post period). An interesting lot on pages. (30). £300-350
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1840 (Sep 9) Entire letter from Sligo to Dublin bearing 1d black plate 2, large margins, tied by a red Maltese Cross, backstamped at Sligo and Dublin. Part back flap missing, otherwise fine, an exceptionally attractive Irish 1d black use. Photo on Page 178. £280-320
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1842 (Mar 11) Stampless cover from Ballymahon to Dublin with a black Maltese Cross in the upper right corner and "ATHLONE / PENNY POST" alongside, backstamped at Athlone and Dublin. An exceptional use of a Maltese Cross on a stampless letter, possibly applied in this fashion to indicate prepayment, though no rate is shown on the letter. Exhibition quality. Photo on Page 178. £800-1,000
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Coloured Cancels. 1845 Cover bearing two imperf 1d reds (3 and 4 margins) tied by three Irish "107" numeral cancels of Castlebar in bright blue, with a matching backstamp. Photo on Page 178. £100-150
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1852 Cover to Portadown bearing a 1d red, handstamped blue "Missent from / to Enniskillen", altered and completed in manuscript to read "Returned in the Bag from Portadown to Enniskillen", backstamped "BUNDORAN / BALLYSHANNON" and datestamps of Ballyshannon, Enniskillen and Portadown. A very unusual altered explanatory handstamp. Photo on Page 178. £380-450
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Coloured Cancels. 1855 Cover from Ballina to Kilala with a 1d red tied Irish "186" numeral in a deep green, fine and scarce. £120-150
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1899 Belfast & Northern Counties Railway cover illustrated with views of Dunluce Castle, Giants Causeway, Garron Tower, Glenariff and Carrick-a-Rede, posted from Belfast to Liverpool franked 1d, a very attractive cover. Photo on Page 178. £150-200
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1840 (Jan 1) Entire letter from Newry to Dublin with a fine handstruck "4" in black, backstamped at both towns, a scarce 4d Post charge mark of Newry. Photo on Page 181. £1,600-1,800
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1843 Entire letter from Belfast to Dublin with green handstruck "4", backstamped at Belfast and London, heavy central vertical fold, otherwise fine. A scarce late use of the 4d Post Period charge mark, used in 1843 on an unpaid letter over ½oz, charged twice the 2d rate. £600-700
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1861-65 Stampless covers from Derry or Ballycastle to Canada sent by Canadian packet and charged 25c of which 4d was claimed by G.B, both with this 4d shown by handstruck "4" charge marks first used during the Uniform 4d Post period of 1839-40, one the Derry "4", the other the larger "4" of Dublin though probably also used at Derry on this 1865 cover. An exceptional pair. (2). Photo on Page 181. £800-1,000
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Cork. 1772 Entire letter from Antigua to London endorsed "per the Brig Catharine & Mary, Capt French via Dublin", handstamped "SHIP" (Rob. S1) and "CORK". Backstamped in London and Dublin, charged 2/7. Minor edge wear and a vertical file fold, otherwise fine, a good example of this very scarce Ship handstamp. Photo on Page 181. £800-1,000
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Cork. 1779 Entire letter from Montreal to London backstamped with double ring "QUEBEC" with a triangle of bars at the base and a Bishop Marks struck within, a London "1/NO" Bishop Mark alongside, the front with manuscript "Cork" above a seriffed "SHIP LRE". Unrecorded by Robertson or Tabeart but presumably applied at Cork; the London handstamp type S34 is similar but only has small serifs to the lettering, unlike this handstamp which shows large serifs, most notably on the "E". A rare manuscript port endorsement with handstruck Ship Letter. Photo on Page 181. £2,400-2,800
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Cove. 1788 Entire letter written from Cove of Cork to Ayr with "COVE / SHIP LE" (Rob. S1) and two "JA/31" Dublin Bishop Marks, the first recorded year of use of the first Cove Ship letter, an unusual use on a letter written at Cove. £200-250
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Cove. 1841 Entire letter from Maracaibo to London endorsed "Packet" and charged 1/-, backstamped at Cove and Dublin. An unusual and scarce "Packet" endorsement from Cove, which never had a Packet handstamp as it was not a regular packet port, the very occasional packet landing there after being blown of course. Photo on Page 181. £250-300
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Crookhaven/Skibbereen. 1844 Entire letter from St. Johns, Newfoundland, to London landed at the village of Crookhaven where it was handstamped "No. 1", then taken to Skibbereen where it was handstamped "SKIBBEREEN / PENNY POST", "SKIBBEREEN / Ship Letter" (Rob. S2) and the "8" Uniform Ship Letter rate charge mark. A scarce ship letter from this tiny Irish post, which never had its own Ship Letter handstamp. Photo on Page 181. £450-550
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Derry. 1769 Entire from Philadelphia to London "via Londonderry" with light "L.DERRY" and "SHIP" handstamps, backstamped with Dublin and London Bishop Marks and "COUNTRY". £180-220
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Kenmare. 1822 Entire letter from New York to Bordeaux, landed at the tiny Irish port of Kenmare which never had its own Ship Letter handstamp, therefore endorsed "Ship Letter" and handstamped blue "KENMARE / 156". The reverse with the forwarding agents endorsement "London 27 Feby 1822, Sampson Cazenove & Bateing". Just two other manuscript Ship Letters are recorded from Kenmare, all three having been carried on the same voyage from New York on the Dutch ship "Jungfrouw Johanna" which was bound for Holland, but presumably made an emergency call at Kenmare having been blown off course. A fine and rare manuscript Ship Letter. Photo on Page 181. £2,000-2,400
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1922 (Mar 2) G.B 5d Orange size G registration envelope used from Cork to London, uprated with 1922 Irish overprint 10d blue (S.G. 9, £65), a scarce use of this envelope in Southern Ireland after the issue of the green 5d envelopes for sale and use in Ireland. Photo on Page 190 £250-300
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1922-24 KGV 5d Green registration envelopes for use in Southern Ireland, printed by McCorquodale & Co., the printing date indicated by code letters under the flap, comprising 5d emerald-green size F (B.Q), G (E.Q) and H (C.Q), 5d olive-green size F (H.R) and G (A.S), all superb unused. (5). £200-300
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1922-24 KGV 5d Green registration envelopes for use in Southern Ireland, comprising 5d emerald-green size G (E.Q) used from Dublin to South Africa and the scarce size K used from Dublin, 5d olive-green size F (H.R) or G used from Athboy or Dublin to Germany, both uprated with Ireland 1d. The K size envelope with a little creasing and two stamps unfortunately removed, the other three fine. (4). £120-150
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1924 5d Olive-green registration envelope size K used from Limerick to Cork, a scarce large size envelope in unusually fine condition. £150-200
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1922 KGV 1/- Telegraph form, the stamp in emerald-green, with "7/20 H.M Stationery Office, Harrow" imprint, with selvedge, tiny nick at upper right corner, otherwise superb and very scarce. £250-300
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T.P.Os. 1910-72 Covers (50) and pieces (14), nearly all post 1922, with T.P.O cancels from the Dublin & Galway T.P.O (23), Dublin & Sligo T.P.O (20) or Mullingar & Sligo T.P.O (21 including 12 skeletons), many philatelic but a scarce group. (64). £260-300
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1922 (Aug 3) Stampless cover from Mallow to Cork endorsed "stamps not available here" with a Mallow skeleton datestamp and "2d" charge mark, a marginal G.B 2d postage due stamp tied by Cork c.d.s. An unusual cover sent during the Civil War in Ireland. £150-200
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Air Mails. 1924-25 Registered air mail covers from Dublin all bearing 1922 Provisional Government overprint issues, sent to Paris franked 9d green (3 covers) or 10d blue (2 covers), or to Baghdad franked 9d agate. (6). £300-350
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1849 Stampless entire letter from Naples to Florence with Livorno and Firenze datestamps and the oval cachet "VILLA DI MARSIGLIA / PIROSCAFI / MARIA ANTONIETTA", also a partial strike of a second cachet depicting a steamship. £80-100
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1863-1910 Mint or unused definitives, the collection on pages including 1863-65 1c - 5c, 30c - 2L with the scarce 5c mint, 40c without gum; 1879-82 5c - 2L mint (25c with faults); 1884-86 Parcel Post set of six fine mint; 1889 5c mint, 60c - 5L; 1890-91 surcharge set of three (20c on 50c with faults) and additional 2c on 5c variety thin foot to '2'; 1890 Parcel Post stamps surcharged 2c for postal use; 1891-97 set with fine 5L and 1891 5c without gum; 1901 1c - 25c, 1L - 5L and 1910 10L, also 1863 10c yellow postage due. A few faults and some without gum, nevertheless a useful lot containing some fine and scarce stamps with gum. S.G. £5,500 for the stamps with gum. (67). Photo on Page 183. £500-700
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1903-41 Mint and used collection of pages and stockcards with many better stamps and a few covers, including 1910 Naples and Sicily Plebiscite pair mint and used on covers, Southern States Plebiscite pair mint and used (with additional 15c), Air issues with 1917 25c on 40c Napoli-Palermo flight used on cover, 1921 Victory set used on card, 1922 Trieste Philatelic Congress set mint (15c with corner fault, otherwise superb unmounted), 1923 Fascist Black Shirt fund set used, Manzoni death anniversary set mint, Tercentenary of the Congregation "De Propaganda Fide" set used (with additional 30c, 1L), 1924-25 definitives with attached advert labels mint, 1926 death anniversary of St. Francis perf 13½ 1L.25 mint, 1925 Duke of Savoy birth anniversary set mint with perf 13½ 20c, 1929 Monte-Cassino centenary set overprinted "SAGGIO" (proof), 1930 Transatlantic Mass Formation flight 7L - 70L mint, 1932 Dante Alighieri Society postage 10c - 10L used, 1933 Graf Zeppelin set mint and 3L on a flown cover, Express issues, some cinderellas, etc. S.G. £11,500 (approx). (459 + 6 covers). £1,000-1,200
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1942-88 Mint collection on pages, some unmounted with many better 1945-53 sets including 1945-48 40c - 100L set of 23, 1949 concessional letter post 15L violet unmounted, 1948 St. Catherine 100L and 200L air stamps, Centenary of 1848 Revolution set of twelve, 1949 Venice biennial art exhibition set, 1949 European Recovery Plan set, Centenary of Roman Republic 100L, Anniversary of electric cell discovery pair, 1950 UNESCO Conference pair, Holy Year pair, Radio Conference pair (2 sets), Occupations set of 19, 1951 Gymnastics Festival set, Milan Fair set, Monte-Cassino Abbey restoration pair, 1953-54 definitive set of eleven (the 100L unmounted), 1947-54 postage due set of 14, etc. Also a few WW2 covers (8) including stamp shortages, cinderellas, Campione 1944 set used (also on cover), etc. A useful collection. S.G. £7,500+. (100s). Photo on Pages 183 & 193. £500-600
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Parcel Post. 1946-57 300L Deep claret pair watermark Winged Wheels (S.G. P700, £3,250), also similar pairs of the 5L, 10L, 30L, 50L and 200L, all mounted mint, fine and scarce. S.G. P693/4, 696/7, 700, £3,448. (6). Photo on Page 183. £250-350
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Parcel Post. 1954 1000L Ultramarine pair watermarked Winged Wheels, right stamp with a very light corner crease, very lightly mounted, fine appearance and very scarce. S.G. P868, £12,000. Photo on Back Cover. £600-800
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Concessional Parcel Post. 1953 40L - 110L Set of four watermarked Winged Wheels (tiny stain spot on 50L) and 1955-81 40L, 50L, 60L, 75L, 90L, 110L and 120L watermark Multiple Stars, all in mint pairs, the first set mounted, the later issue all unmounted, the later 110L pair with corner margin. S.G. CP848/51, 918/20, 922, 925/7, £2,100. (11 pairs). Photo on Page 183. £220-280
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Vatican. 1929-67 Mint and used accumulation in a stockbook, some reasonable stamps included. (100s). £80-100
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San Marino. 1932 50th Anniversary of the Death of Garibaldi 10c - 5L set of six mint, hinge remainders, otherwise very fine and fresh. S.G. 183/9, £600. (6). Photo on Page 183. £100-120
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British Occupation of Former Italian Colonies. 1942-47 M.E.F Overprints comprising 1d - 10/- postage issues and ½d - 1/- postage dues all used, a large quantity, many in blocks of four, most with various Eritrea datestamps, three 5d stamps noted with type M2a overprint (round stops, S.G. M10a). (100s). £150-200
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1871-74 Issues used, probably all forgeries. (118). £100-150
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Postal Stationery. c.1874-1911 Mint and used wrappers, envelopes, postcards, reply cards and lettersheets with some scarcer items included, also a few later items, viewing recommended. (100s). £600-800
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Postal Stationery. c1899 Pictorial Post Office savings forms with pictorial covers comprising ½s, 1s with tea house scenes in green, orange or violet and 2s, and ½s and 1s forms in a reduced format without views, all superb unused. H&G 1, 2b-5. (7). £100-120
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1902-35 Covers and cards on pages including 1912 cover from Eldama Ravine to Finland, postal stationery, 1922-27 KUT issue with air mails, and 1927-31 Tanganyika Issue (13) with 1931 Mwanza to London first flight, Feeder Service cachets, 1935 picture postcard written on S.S "Tanganyika" with 15c tied by Deutsche Seepost Hamburg-Ostafrika c.d.s, etc. (46). £250-300
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1919 Folded card with a Union Jack on the front containing a picture of King George V and printed thanks for services in the war in Indian script, the reverse bearing I.E.F ½a and G.E.A 1c and 3c each tied by the very scarce "MAIL AGENCY / No. 3" c.d.s (Feb. 5), a fourth strike below. Proud records this F.P.O used in May 1918 and on this date in 1919. £300-350
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1935 KGV Perf 13x12 5c black and green used, two examples, with rope not joined to sail (one blunt perf at top) or rope joined to sail. S.G. 111b, ba, £1,175 (2). Photo on Page 186. £200-250
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1937 (Apr 7) Cover from London to Nairobi, water stained with the stamp washed off, handstamped violet "DAMAGED BY SEA WATER", with a Nairobi arrival c.d.s (Apr 26) below. Not recorded by Gwynn & Hoggarth in "Maritime Disaster Mail", probably the result of a mishap whilst being transferred to or from a ship in England or at Mombassa, where mail was often transhipped to lighters for transfer to shore. Very unusual. Photo on Page 190. £100-150
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1947 Covers from Jewish internees in Gilgil Special Camp, carried by army bag to the C.I.D, Palestine Police in Jerusalem and then posted franked by Palestine stamps, with dated "PASSED / BY CENSOR" boxed cachets in violet on the reverse. A cover of July 31st bearing Palestine 10m to Kfar Saba with senders address of "Yehoshua Cohen via Vice General Inspector of Secret Police, Palestine", reduced at left with a couple of edge tears and loss of part flap, the upper right corner sliced off; and Sept. 17th cover from "Yehuda Naor, c/o M16, C.I.D, Jerusalem, Kenya", hinge stains and the stamp removed. A very scarce pair. (2). £100-120
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1974 Covers from Germany or Greece to South Africa both with the red bilingual cachet "RETRIEVED FROM AIR CRASH ON 20 / NOVEMBER 1974 AT NAIROBI". The Lufthansa plane from Frankfurt crashed upon taking off at Nairobi killing 59 people. Also a c.1993 cover from Kenya to England with the red boxed cachet "RECEIVED DAMAGED / BY WATER / FIRE" with "Fire" crossed out in manuscript. (3). £120-150
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