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2/6d. pale brown, 5/- rose-carmine and 10/- dull grey-blue, in matching lower left corner blocks of four with each containing variety "S over e", large part original gum with the lower pair in all the blocks remaining unmounted mint; fine and rare. S.G. 64-66, £1,292 as normal hinged singles. Photo £1,200-1,500
Provenance: T.E. Field, 1966
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2/6d. pale brown, 5/- rose-carmine and 10/- dull grey-blue horizontal pairs from the left of the sheet with the no accent variety on the second stamp, fine mint and a rare set. Hamilton-Bowen Certificate (2015). S.G. 64a-66a, £4,370+. Photo £2,400-2,800
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Dollard lithographed 2d. Angel Victory in light olive, light brown, orange, pale rose, lilac, dull blue (pair) and in slate-grey, and bi-coloured in blue and claret, blue and mauve, grey-green and deep blue, and in black and dull olive, chiefly fine mint. Hibernian between E8 and 45 £150-200
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Dollard lithographed 2d. Angel Victory in yellow-orange, rose, pale rose (2), claret and grey, and bi-oloured blue and brown, fine mint. Hibernian E11-12a, 14, 20, 32 £100-150
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Valdiva imperforate 2d. in bright vermilion (horizontal bend) and lilac, and perf. 11 in lilac, with gum; fine. Hibernian E49, 58, 59 £150-200
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O'Loughlin, Murphy and Baland, 2d. imperforate blocks of four in yellow, lemon and green, and a strip of four in chestnut, fine with gum. Scarce multiples. Hibernian
E144-147 £200-250
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De La Rue paper trial, Fiji George V 2d. grey imperforate block of four on "SE" watermark paper from the left of the sheet, unmounted mint; slight wrinkles, otherwise fine and scarce. Also a piece (135x100mm.) of the gummed watermarked paper. Hibernian E167. Photo £500-600
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Hand-drawn enlarged essay of the "Map" type in black and Chinese white (design 81x99mm.) without value tablet, also stamp-size photographic essay without values and with ribbons at left and right. Both very similar to the issued type with the river Shannon given more prominence. Photo £1,500-2,000
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Stamp-size photographic essay of the "Map" design, without value and the river Shannon more prominent; fine. Photo £500-600
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Perkins, Bacon engraved 2d. deep green essay die proof on wove paper (90x103mm.); fine and rare. Photo £500-600
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2 1/2d. Arms of Ireland in scarlet, mounted on card with handstamped "5", fine and fresh. The only example available to the public. This colour was eventually used for the 1940-68 8d. Richter Certificate (1989). Photo £1,200-1,800
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1d. carmine, 2d. grey-green overprinted "specimen" (Type 23), 1 1/2d. claret overprinted "specimen" (Type 16), original gum; 1d. creased. S.G. 72s-74s £150-200
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1d. carmine booklet pane of three with "Get a Telephone", "Buy Savings Certificates" and "Learn Irish" labels, unmounted mint, selvedge at left; perfs. slightly trimmed at right, otherwise fine. Also the 1d. and 2d. panes from the 1931 booklet, all watermark upright. S.G. 72d, £450. Photo £150-200
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1 1/2d. claret vertical pair with coil leader "L" and value £3.2.10 attached at top, large part original gum, the leader and upper stamp creased. S.G. 73, Hibernian DL16. Photo £200-250
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1 1/2d. claret horizontal strip of three with coil leader, without make up date, attached at right, a few split perfs. and the leader creased. S.G. 73 £100-150
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2d. grey-green horizontal strip of three with horizontal coil leader "T", valued £4.0.4 attached at left, original gum, the leader separated and re-attached. S.G. 74. Hibernian DL18 £100-150
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2d. grey-green, perf. 15 x imperf., large part original gum, some light soiling and wrinkling as usual with most of the known genuine examples. The rarest stamp of
Ireland with only twenty unused examples recorded. Number XIII of the Brady listing. D. MacDonnell Certificate (2004). S.G. 74b, £13,000. Photo £5,000-6,000
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2d. grey-green, perf. 15 x imperf., part "(nas) na riogh" c.d.s. of 27 Jan. 1936; fine and rare. MacDonnell Whyte Certificate (2001). S.G. 74b, £1,600. Photo £500-600
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2d. grey-green, perf. 15 x imperf. and showing printer's guide mark at lower right,
part "loch garman" c.d.s. of 16 April 1936; fine and rare. B.P.A. (1998) and MacDonnell Whyte (1999) Certificates. S.G. 74b, £1,600. Photo £500-600
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2 1/2d. red-brown marginal block of four from the right of the sheet, variety watermark inverted, unmounted mint; ight diagonal bend affects three, otherwise fresh and fine. S.G. 75w, £240+ £150-180
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1d. die proof in black with uncleared surrounds on thin surfaced card mounted on piece (49x60mm.), endorsed "new/die/24.4.39" below; small thinnings on reverse. Unique. Also a piece of gummed and watermarked paper (110x69mm.). Photo £2,000-2,500
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A well written-up collection on pages, ninety eight stamps and twenty-four covers or cards, bearing the 1922-34, 1940-68 "Map of Ireland" design, including watermark "e" 1d. and 2d. vertical coil join pairs, 1d. and 2d. vertical gutter pairs, 2d. horizontal coil join pair, 2d. re-used on cover taxed 4d., censored and registered covers, etc., chiefly fine £150-200
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A collection of thirty five covers and cards and a few pieces, bearing the 1922-34,
1940-68 "Map of Ireland" design, including 2d. on first day cover (2), cancellations with Krag machine on 2d. (3), 1d. on newspaper wrapper, Experimental "hammerhead" with Dundalk, registered, censored, combination frankings with Great Britain overprinted, Dublin special later fee, reply paid covers from England to Ireland, Express, etc.,
chiefly fine £300-350
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Collection of the 1d., 1 1/2d. and 2d. well written-up on pages, including the set of twelve mint, set (except 10d.) on part registered envelope, 1d. and 1 1/2d. vertical gutter pairs, 1d., 1 1/2d. and 2d. in used horizontal and vertical coil join pairs, 1d. part booklet pane pair with "Get a Telephone" and "Buy Savings Certificates" labels, 1d. perf. 15 x imperf. (single perf.) mint and used, 1d. perf. 15 x imperf. mint and used pairs, single with 1/2d. on postcard to Switzerland, 2d. imperf. x perf. 14 mint single and used strip of five, etc., fine £300-400
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1923-71 interesting selection of over 350 covers or cards, almost all bearing the "Map" design, contained in a carton, many addressed oversees and including 1967 parcel front to 9th. Irish Infantry Group HQs U.N.F.I.C.Y.P., Nicosia - Cyprus bearing 2d. and 1/- pairs and St. Patrick 10/-, others with registered, express, censored, "Krag" temporary cancellations, Postage Dues, Late Fee, etc., mixed condition £200-250
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10/- dull grey-blue, a complete sheet of forty (4 x 10) containing eleven "wide and narrow date" pairs, seventeen "narrow dates" and one "wide date", one showing the hollow accent on [R3/4] and [R4/4]; five stamps are hinged for re-inforcing, two small spots of aging and separation along the centre horizontal row of perforations, otherwise fine and a marvellous exhibition showpiece. Only three intact sheets are known, one of which has considerable toning and the other is extensively hinged and re-inforced. This is without question one of the most important items of Irish Seahorses in existence. S.G. 85, 85a, 88, £16,000 as hinged singles. Photo £13,000-15,000
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10/- dull grey-blue narrow date with "Runnal's" re-entry [R6/1], unmounted mint; light diagonal bend and gum very slightly toned. Rare. Brandon (1993) and D. MacDonnell (2003) Certificates. S.G. 85 var. Photo £1,500-1,800
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1929-88 mint collection in green album, hundreds,including 1940-68 to 10/-, 1941 Easter Rising, 1948-65 Air, 1953 "An Tostal," 1953 Emmet, 1959 Guinness, later with values to £1, £2, miniature sheets, etc., chiefly good to fine £120-150
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1929-68 selection of over seventy air mail covers bearing the "Map" design stamps, including 1929 (27 Dec.) to Delhi franked at 1d., Emancipation 2d. (3), 3d., later with censored, postage due, etc., also a selection of air mail labels, various types with mint blocks, etc., mixed condition £150-200
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1935 re-engraved 10/- indigo, variety overprint double, fine mint, fresh and rare. Signed Ferchenbauer. Hamilton-Bowen Certificates (1993 and 2010). S.G. 101b, £7,500. Photo £5,000-6,000
Provenance: George Gillespie, 1993
H.E. Langemaack , 2010
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1937 St. Patrick 10/- deep blue, variety watermark inverted, light Dublin c.d.s., fine. Rare. Hamilton-Bowen Certificate (2015). S.G. 104w, £1,400. Photo £700-800
Provenance: Percy Lundwall
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1940-68 1d. carmine, perf. 14 x imperf. vertical pair tied by Baile Atha Claith slogan cancellation on 1940 (1 Aug.) censored envelope to Canada; light bend at foot, otherwise fine and very rare on cover. S.G. 112b. Photo £250-300
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1940-68 2/6d., 5/- and 10/- each overprinted "Specimen", unmounted mint; the 5/- with small corner perf. fault and the 10/- with diagonal crease and paper inclusion. A very rare set. Each with Hamilton-Bowen Certificate (2008). S.G. 123s-125s. Photo £900-1,200
Provenance: Joseph E. Foley FRPSL, 2008
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1954 Marian Year, imperforate die proof in blue on thin card with blank value tablets, fine. Also seven different engravings of the Madonna and Child, one signed A.R. Lane, the designer of the issued stamp. Unique in private hands. Fine. Photo £2,000-2,500
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1955 (19 April) envelope (stamp floated off) from New York to Dublin, with superb "damaged by fire/and sea warter/on s.s. britannic" cachet in violet; fine. Only one other cover recorded with this cachet. Photo £1,800-2,200
Note: The "Britannic" was bound from New York to Liverpool via Cobh, when a serious fire broke out at 10.45 on 23 April in the number 4 hold, containing baggage and mail destined for Ireland. The fire took 6 hours to extinguish and little mail remained in a salvagable condition
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1975 Gerl 5p. booklet pane of five stamps and a label, miscut by one row leaving the outer edges perforated and the stamps imperforate between, unmounted mint and fine. Accompanied by the 1p. and 2p. panes from the original booklet. Only four complete panes recorded. S.G. 295ada. Photo £1,500-1,800
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1987 Christmas 21p. from the lower left corner of the sheet, variety gold (inscription, outer frame and highlights on the partridge) omitted,, fine unmounted mint. Only one sheetlet of fourteen known. Hamilton-Bowen Certificate (2008). S.G. 681b. Photo £800-1,000
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1988 Dublin Millennium 28p. upper right stamp from the English booklet pane, variety imperforate, fine unmounted mint. Very rare with only four examples known. Hamilton-Bowen Certificate (2007). See footnote after S.G. 688. Photo £2,500-3,000
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1924-44 collection of twenty-one covers or cards, bearing the 1922-34, 1940-68 "Map of Ireland design, including 1924 (30 April) Dublin to Switzerland, via London Great Britain 3d. + 1 1/2d. registered envelope, additionally franked Great Britain overprinted 1/2d. (3), 2d., "Map" 2d. and "Sword" 1/2d., 1924 (25 Nov.) Port Laoighise to Hamburg, via London, envelope franked Great Britain overprinted 2 1/2d., "Map" 1d., 1929 (27 Dec.) Croydon to Jodhpur flight, two covers with different frankings and with green "first official airmail/despatch from gt. britain" cachets, 1932 (21 Oct.) Galway to Berlin Inaugural flight cover franked 1/2d., 1d., 1 1/2d., 3d., 1939 (30 June) Shannon to Botwood flight cover and card with special violet cachet, 1940 and 1944 censored cover and card to the United States, etc., fine £400-450
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1928 (28 Apr.) K.L.M. experimental flight to Australia, 1/2d. postal stationery envelope to Melbourne, additionally bearing Great Britain overprinted 2/6d., 1d. Map, 2 1/2d. Arms and 3d. O'Connell, Baile Atha Claith cancellation, special flight cachet, on reverse arrival slogan datestamp of 19 May; fine and a rare Irish acceptance from this flight. Photo £200-250
Provenance: J. Sussex, November 2007
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1928 (15 Sept.) picture post card (Government Buildings, Marrion Street) registered from Dublin to Canada, bearing 1925-28 wide date 2/6d. chocolate-brown, 1922-34 2 1/2d. and 10d., with green label inscribed in manuscript "Catapult Airmail per SS Isle de France via Plymouth"; London (16.9), New York (25.9) and Winnipeg. (27.9) transit and arrival datestamps; fine. Only one other Irish acceptance from this proposed flight known. Photo £900-1,200
Note: This card was intended for the third French catapult mail flight of 1928. The flight was abandoned due to the forced landing of the previous flight in the sea off the Scilly Isles
Provenance:
Percy Lundwall
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1929 (13 July) envelope to California bearing 1d. (2) and 1/- with Baile Atha Cliath cancellations and United States Beacon Air Mail 5c. (applied in Ireland) uncancelled, carried by ship to New York and the 5c. to pay the air mail rate to California; rare. Photo £150-200
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1/- light blue overprinted "atlantic/air mail/august/1932" in red, initialled "jam" on reverse, unmounted mint; superb and rare. Hamilton-Bowen Certificate (2008). Hibernian A01. Photo £3,000-4,000
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1/- light blue overprinted "atlantic/air mail/august/1932" in red, tied by Port Mearnog c.d.s. on 1932 (16 Aug.) envelope to Harbor Grace, Newfoundland; a few lightly stained perfs., otherwise very fine and exceptionally rare. Unrecorded in the Commander Godfrey census. D. MacDonnell Certificate (2010). Photo £1,500-1,800
Provenance: Nora Wright, 2010
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1932 (20 Oct.) Inaugural flight from Galway to Berlin, envelope bearing 1d. Map with "Learn Irish" label, Eucharistic Congress set, special cachet in green; a trifle soiled, fine and scarce. Photo £200-250
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1933 (31 May) second Zeppelin South America flight envelope registered to Buenos Aires, bearing 2d. strip of three and 1/- with Baile Atha Cliath cancellations, special flight cachets in green and red, arrival datestamps on reverse; fine and a scarce acceptance. Photo £200-250
Provenance: J. Sussex, July 2005
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1933 (11 Oct.) Zeppelin "Century of Progress" flight envelope to Brazil, bearing 1/2d., 1d. (2), 2 1/2d. (2), 3d. and Emancipation 2d. with Baile Atha Cliath cancellations, special red flight cachets, Recife arrival c.d.s. on reverse; fine. Photo £200-250
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1933 (12 Oct.) Zeppelin "Century of Progress" flight envelope to Rio de Janeiro, bearing 1/2d., 2d., Holy Year 2d. (2) and 3d. (2) with Baile Atha Cliath machine cancellation, special red flight cachet and Air Mail cachet, Berlin transit (14.10), triangular cachet and arrival d.s. (18.10) on reverse; fine. Photo £200-250
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1938 (4 June) Inaugural flight from Dublin to the Isle of Man, envelope bearing 2d. with Baile Atha Cliath cancellation and with Douglas Isle of Man arrival d.s. of the same date on reverse; endorsed "Not Called for" and with violet boxed "undelivered for reason stated/return to sender" cachet on the front, fine and scarce. Photo £300-400
Provenance: J. Sussex, November 2007
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1944-49 collection of covers (20) and a card bearing the 1922-34, 1940-68 "Map of Ireland" design, including censored, registered, first flights, etc., chiefly fine £100-120
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