Worldwide Stamps and Covers IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY
Sale No: 852
Lot No: 2079
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18th CENTURY TOWN-MARKS PLUS ONE WITH RED DUBLIN "FREE/D" IN CIRCLE; 1751 E+ELs all sent within Ireland plus one sent to Scotland; 1751 partial CLONMELL, mainly fine 1771 BALLYSHANNON (E with m/s "Post paid 8d), 1782 WEXFORD to Inverary "By Pt Patk & Donaghadee" (rated 4, 8, 10 and then 1N2!), 1785 Dublin to Wexford with mainly fine red "FREE/D" in circle, 1791 WEXFORD franked to Athy, and fair 1796 red KILKENNY (toned EL; franked to Limerick). Scarce group. [Ex Vandervelde.]Cross Reference: FREE MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 170.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Jun-22-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 852
Lot No: 2080
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THE VERY RARE SMALLER SUNDAY "S/IRELAND" MARK; 27 Feb. 1799 EL (defective, rebacked & repaired to London. Rear with faint rare "S"-outside code Sunday arrival c.d.s. and Dublin departure d.s. with a mainly fine very rare red London "S/IRELAND" mark (38mm) placed on the front at top right and rated '8'(d). Probably the finest strike extent.Cross Reference: LONDON POSTAL HISTORY (Image)
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 340.00
Closed..Jun-22-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 852
Lot No: 2081
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IRISH MILEAGE MARKS; Range on leaves with 1813 E to Liverpool rated '1/8'(d) with "WATERFORD/78" h.s. on front, 1816/17 EL's to Wales or Dublin rated '1/3'(d) or '5'(d) with "LURGANGREEN/37" or "CASTLEBELLINGHAM/34" circular skeleton h.s. on front, 1818 EL to Dublin with fine "BELFAST/80" shamrock mileage cds on front, 1822 EL to Killynaule with "WATERFORD/74" cds on front, 1828 EL to Dublin with "C.BELLINGHAM/34" h.s. on front and rated '10'(d). (6 covers) Cross Reference: DUBLIN CITY, WELSH POSTAL HISTORY, WATERFORD, BELFAST (Image)
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 260.00
Closed..Jun-22-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 852
Lot No: 2082
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REGISTERED MAIL - THE NEWLY DISCOVERED 'SAMUEL BROWNING EXPERIMENT' SPLIT-RING MARK OF SLIGO IN RED; 27 Apr. 1816 E (overall toning, small closed tears & one side-flap removed) sent from Sligo to Dublin (fine & faint strikes of a small double-octagon-boxed black 29 Apr. "F/PAID" d.s. on the front) endorsed "Post Paid 2/6" in red above the address along with a partial red "SLIGO/102" Mileage mark at the foot of the address beside a spectacular matching large red 'Split-ring' "F/7" mark associated with the "Samuel Browning" Experimental Irish Registered Mail system (light crease). We have only recorded three similar covers - but all with black split-ring marks of Kilkenny (from a 'find' in the mid-1980s) - including the 20 Dec. 1811 cover sold in Cavendish's 25 June 1999 auction (lot 1213) for £4,200+BP. This 1816 example does not appear to have been recorded before and was recently discovered totally unremarked in a mixed bundle of covers submitted for this auction; it was spotted by the same Cavendish describer who described the Willcocks cover back in 1999! This is the only recorded Sligo example and the only one known in red. [The full story of Browning and this fascinating experiment - complete with Essays for the split-ring mark - is to be found in Post Office Archives in London and is told in great detail in James Mackay's 1982 Registered Mail of the British Isles, pp.24-30 + 41-18, but he had never seen an example used on cover. Martin Willcocks described his Kilkenny example (one of 3 known examples) as "one of the rarest of GB covers"; what would he have said about this unique red Sligo cover?! [Ex John Lea.] Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 1,300.00
Sold...GBP 2,600.00
Closed..Jun-22-2023, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 2600
Sale No: 852
Lot No: 2084
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OFFICIAL FREE MAIL (DUBLIN CASTLE + PAYMASTER-GENERAL) INC. EARLY PRINTED ADDRESS COVER; 1829 EL (reinforced fold affects address side) with mainly albino "BALLINAMORE/85" mileage to the Army Paymaster General in London with faint crowned "FREE" d.s. and rare London black h.s. "A" (scarce Jay L190a) on the front but also endorsed "Mifsent to Greenwich" ref. an Irish 23rd Foot pensioner (21 years' service but now in a lunatic asylum), fine 1832 EL with "MOVILLE" mileage to Dublin Castle with Dublin 'spade'-frame "FREE" d.s. (ref. Green Castle sea-paving), and rare 31 July 1835 Dublin usage (faint crowned FREE d.s. overstruck by similar London d.s. on front) of the specially printed address "Paymaster General... London" EL with "CHELSEA HOSPITAL" imprint on the front (ref. a Kilmainham Hospital pensioner needing "New Instruction Papers"). Rare official free trio. (3 covers) Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, OFFICIAL MAIL, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MILITARY (Image)
