#36-38, 1922 2/6 to 10/- Seahorses, Thom printing cplt., 2/6 a bottom left corner sheet-margin single, the 5/- and 10/- with sheet-margins at right, choice centering and full perforations, o.g., 2/6 n.h., the others l.h., extremely fine set (Scott $2,500.00; S.G. #44-46; £1,400+). (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

#77a-79a, 1927 2/6-10/- Seahorses, "1922" wide and narrow from the composite setting, a select matched set of mint left sheet-margin se-tenant horizontal pairs, well centered, pristine original gum, never hinged, very fine and choice (Scott $5,875.00; S.G. #83a-85a; £1,950 for hinged). (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

#68b, 1934 2d Deep green, perf. 15 horizontally coil, well centered, lightly cancelled, very fine and scarce; 2004 APS certificate (Scott $2,000.00; S.G. #74b; £1,600). (Image)

Est. $500-750

#93-95, 1935 2/6 to 10/- Seahorses, re-engraved cplt., o.g., lightly hinged, fresh and very fine (Scott $652.50; S.G. #99-101; £400). (Image)

Est. $150-200

Hibernian #D314a, 2007 55c Butterwort self-adhesive booklet pane stamp, imperforate, horizontal pair on original backing paper of the booklet cover, showing the barest trace of the serrated knife which does not break the surface of the paper so renders them imperforate, the right stamp slightly buckled, probably from jamming in the perforation machine, which is what caused the error, otherwise very fine and the only recorded example; also includes an imperforate single used with partial Dublin c.d.s. and a 2004 48c Primrose & 48c Daisy se-tenant horizontal pair from the 2007 reprint without the phosphor frames on original booklet cover from the fourth row (Hibernian #D312-13a), with light wrinkles in the backing board not affecting the stamps; a rare group of errors from these modern definitives; each accompanied by 2015 Roy Hamilton-Bowen certificate. (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

S.G. #SB1a, 1931 2/-Black on red booklet, cover Ty. B2,Q Edition no. 18-39 containing six ½d, six 2d and nine 1d stamps in pane of six and pane of three with labels, exceptionally fresh, very fine and rare (S.G. £4,750). (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

Ireland comprehensive mint collection to 2012 in mounts and housed in a large Minkus album, the collection is highly complete but for a few Seahorse issues and includes numerous watermark and other varieties to be found throughout, includes 1922 Dollard overprints cplt, most George V overprints, 1922-23 Thom overprints cplt., including ½d with accent inserted by hand, 1925 2/6-10/- wide date ovpts, and is then entirely complete from 1937 2/6-10/- St. Patrick, including all the postage dues, a fresh collection of all o.g., l.h. or n.h., fine-very fine stamps.

Est. $1,000-1,500

Ireland 2004-10 Wild Flowers four-frame exhibition collection mounted and written-up on exhibition pages and sleeved in page protectors in a binder, the collection covers mint n.h. singles, first day covers, stamps on a roll, coils, official newsletter, printing varieties, plate blocks, complete sheets (folded) including the Euro values, booklets and covers showing usages mostly to international destinations, forming an interesting exhibit of Irelands last traditionally gummed series; also includes a second binder well filled with the exhibitors ancillary material, the face value alone is stated to be in the range of $1,000.

Est. $1,000-1,500

Ireland specialized postage due stock of mostly mint singles, sets, blocks of four and large multiples, numerous watermark varieties, gutter blocks and minor varieties, mostly identified and priced on dealer pages in a counterbook, but also in glassines and on stockcards, many better items noted with catalog values up to €300, condition is fault-free and generally o.g., l.h. or mostly n.h., fine-very fine; a very useful collector formed lot which the owner catalogs at €5,610 by the 2014 Hibernia catalog.

Est. $750-1,000