QV to MODERN MINT & USED ACCUMULATION - small amount of pre-republic stamps inc. 1857 4d rose large garter inverted on 1858 Belfast spoon piece, then the duplicated mint/used 1920 to modern accumulation mostly in seven albums and loose in a shoebox. (Qty in two cartons) (Image)

c1900-60s MIXTURE OF MAIL - in three albums & loose, in a carton, inc. 1906 PC to Canada with ½d pair tied by "DUBLIN & QUEENSTOWN/T.P.O" cds and PAQUEBOT (Hosking 385), 1908 PC used in Cork with ½d plus Sinn Fein propaganda label, 1912 env. to Switzerland with KEVII 2d & KGV ½d (2) tied by "H&K PACKET" cds, 1928 reg. official env. to Stowmarket with 5d tied Dublin cds, 1931 env. to Birmingham with 2d tied GALBALLY cds subjected to compulsory reg. paid with 3d (2) postage dues, 1938 env. to Chile with 2d & 3d constitution values tied Dublin machine cancel, 1941 3d 25th anniv. FDC, 1950 express env. to London with ½d & 8d tied DROICHEAD cds. Inwards inc. 1903 3d reg. env. to Newcastle, Down ex London endorsed 'A.R. 8' then 'not for [addressee]' and returned, 1915 reg. env. to Belfast ex London returned 'Not Known', 1937 express env. ex Liverpool with mixed reign values, 1945 env. ex Norway to Irish Guards, BAOR (Germany), and 1948 express env. to RNAS Eglinton with ½d & 8d KGVI issues. (Qty.)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, EXPRESS MAIL, MILITARY, RETURNED MAIL (Image)

MODERN ACCUMULATION OF MINT ISSUES, FDCs, STATIONERY ETC IN A CARTON - stamps & FDCs mostly 1989-93, range of reg. envs. mint/CTO. (qty.)Cross Reference: FIRST DAY COVERS, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

20th CENTURY MAIL GROUP; Range with 1924/26 env/PC to London franked 1d or 2d tied by Navan or An Uaimh (in Gaelic) skeleton cds, Nov. 1940 env. to Calcutta franked 1d + ½d pair with framed "NOt OPENED BY/A/CENSOR/5" h.s. on front, Feb. 1943 env. to Leicester franked 2½d & 6d with Express label and English & Irish Censor tape at left or right, 1950 env. to Beirut ex Dublin franked 3p, (2) + 1p with blank reg. label affixed, range of fragments with TPO and Dublin skeleton d.s.and other related examples. (27 covers/cards/labels/receipts + few fragments) Cross Reference: IRISH POSTAL HISTORY, EXPRESS MAIL, MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, MILITARY - WWII (Image)

1907 IRISH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION - collection in a binder, perf label in green (2, mint and 'used'), PPC group (49) inc. with view of the buildings woven in silk and group (16) of modern photographs printed from original 1907 negatives. (c67 items)Cross Reference: PICTURE POSTCARDS, EXHIBITIONS (Image)

1916 EASTER RISING GROUP - MAINLY EMERGENCY CANCEL GROUP - inc. Apr. 1916 pair of censored envs. ex Cork or Belfast to Liverpool or Manchester each with 'OPENED BY/CENSOR' tape; range of mostly pieces with emergency cancels plus June 1916 env. to Dublin ex London redirected to Woolwich with stamp additionally cancelled by Dublin former parcel roller; group of PPCs (20, all with non-troubles subjects) all used with stamps cancelled by emergency cancels plus unused PPC showing ruins with caption 'Sinn Fein Rebellion, 1916' and used with ruins & caption 'Ruins of Eden Quay'. Interesting group. (41 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL (Image)

1922-37 DOLLARD/THOM VALUES GROUP OF COVERS - inc. 1922 env. to France with 1d strip of three tied NAAS cds, 1922 env. to Denmark with 3d tied Dublin machine cancel, 1923 reg. env. to London with 2½d & 3d tied TULLAMORE cds, 1925 env. to Dublin with 1d red (2) tied DROMAHAIR cds, 1932 long reg. env. to Texas franked with 24 mostly different values to 9d olive-green (philatelic but impressive); 1937 env. used in Dublin with 1d red and "2d/TO PAY/186" then 1d (2) postage dues added. (25)Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

1922-50s AIRMAILS COLLECTION IN BINDER - inc. very scarce & early 1922 front (badly damaged) to 'Basrah' with 4d dollard value (2) tied by NENAGH cds, 1924 env. to Cairo with 10d dollard value tied by "PORT LAOIGHISE" cds, 1925 env. to Baghdad with 2d & 4d dollard values tied by Dublin machine cancel, 1927 ½d green env. to Karachi uprated with 1½d & 6d tied "BAILE ATHA CLIATH" cds, 1929 env. to Cairo with 2½d tied CORCAIGH cds endorsed 'per 1st through? airmail from London' then redirected back to GB, 1929 ½ green env. to GB redirected to Belgium uprated with ½d plus GB ½d & 1½d all tied by "PAQUEBOT/DUN LAOGHAIRE" cds & pink label 'RESERVE FOR AIRMAIL' additionally endorsed '1st Flight Experimental', 1931 env. to Tanganyika with 1½d, 2d & 3d (2) tied by TRALEE cds and taxed 'T40' later changed to '3.05', 1936 env. to Mosul later amended to Hinaidi with 2d & 6d tied by "BAILE ATA CLIATH" cds. Plus a few inward. (c95) Cross Reference: AIR MAIL COVERS, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS (Image)

1922-1994 MINT COLLECTION IN HINGELESS ALBUM - small selection of early issues, then 1940 1d carmine booklet pane of six wmk inv HB HP2wa £600, and 1940-1994 largely complete per the printed pages. Good to fine mounted/unmounted mint. (a few hundred) (Image)

1950-94 BOOKLET COLLECTION IN BINDER - inc. 2/6 33-50 (SG SB8 £325) & 36-53 (SB9 £70), 4/- 39-58 (SB12 £130), 3/- 1964 (SB14 £60), then a selection of booklets to 1994, plus a few GB examples c1960 all common types & some incomplete. (c94 items) Cross Reference: BOOKLETS (Image)

VERY SCARCE 1920 REG. ENV. USED IN IRELAND - provisional period 22 July 1920 3½d blue + ½d green reg. env. (RP33/F) to London cancelled by "THOMASTOWN/CO KILKENNY" cds. Very scarce Irish use; purchased for £190 in 2016. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

1920-23 BRITISH FORCES IN IRELAND - all with various "FIELD POST OFFICE" cds, 1921 env. to Salop with 1½d tied by "T.29" cds, 1921? env. to London with 2d orange tied by "W.16" cds, Nov. 1921 front to Chelsea with 2d orange tied by "T.29" cds, May 1922 env. (faults) to Dover with 1½d red-brown tied by "D.41" cds, Nov. 1922 PC to London with 1½d Dollard ovpt tied by ENNISCORTHY cds & with "D.41" struck below, plus three pieces. (8 items) Cross Reference: MILITARY - GB FORCES OVERSEAS (Image)

1921 PC WITH VERY SCARCE I.R.A. CENSOR MARK - May 1921 1d red PC to Donnybrook cancelled with "DUNDRUM DUBLIN" cds and very fine and very scarce "CENSORED/BY/I.R.A."; fine Anglo-Irish war item. Plus 1989 env. Lancs to Surrey with 14p Machin and large pink boxed "PASSED/X-RAY" due to recent IRA letter bomb activity. (2)Cross Reference: MILITARY - CENSORED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, KGV (Image)

RARE 1922 REG. ENV. UPRATED FOR £200 COMPENSATION - transitional period 2 Mar. 1922 GB 5d orange (shade) reg, env. (RP34) to London with Cork reg. label at left, uprated with 10d turquoise dollard ovpt tied by CORK cds. The 10d apparently paying for increase in the compensation to £200 (a 23oz weight is unfeasible). Rare; purchased in 2017 for £420. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)

VERY RARE H&K "DAY BOAT" CDS ON 1922 COVER - 10 June 1922 env. (faults; H&K imprint on the flap) to Kent franked ½d green Dollard ovpt strip of four tied by two strikes plus another alongside of the very rare double-ring "H AND K PACKET/DAY BOAT" cds. Less than a handful known.Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, SHIP LETTERS, ADVERTISING COVERS (Image)

1922/25 SEAHORSES OVERPRINTS - Provisional Govt. ovpt set of three (2) plus Irish Free state sets of three with narrow/wide date. Generally good to fine mounted mint; SG c£1100. (12) (Image)

RARE USE OF IRISH FREE STATE PROVISIONALS; 10 Mar. 1922 env. (moderate toning) to England franked KGV ½d pair with 1922 opts and tied by Belfast machine cancel. Note: Irish stamps were permitted for use in Northern Ireland for 6 weeks only and are consequently very elusive particularly used commercially. (Image)

1922-24 MAIL WITH H&K CDS CANCELS - 4 Aug. 1922 PC to London with 1d red Dollard (2), 4 Dec. 1922 env. to London with 2d orange plus ½d green (late fee) Dollards, 12 Apr. 1923 env. to Herne Bay with 1d red Dollard (2), 5 July 1923 env. to London with ½d green sword & 1d carmine map (2), and 7 July 1924 env. to Dorset with ½d green sword & 2d pearl map; all stamps tied by double-ring "H&K PACKET" cds. Scarce group. (5) Cross Reference: IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY, MARITIME MAIL, LATE FEE MAIL (Image)

1922 5d EMERALD REG. ENV. SCARCE SIZE K - 21 Nov. 1922 5d emerald used to London uprated with ½d green ovptd value tied/cancelled by DUBLIN cds. Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

1922-24 TRANSITIONAL PERIOD STATIONERY GROUP - mint/used on pages, inc. Nov. 1923 GB 2d orange letter card (LCP9) used Manorhamilton to Castlewellan, Apr. 1923/Feb. 1924 trio of ½d/1d wrappers uprated with Dollard issues inc. to Switzerland (2), range of Irish printed GB-design 5d emerald reg. envs. (6 mint in 5 different sizes). (13 items) Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

VERY SCARCE 5d GREEN REG. ENV. TO CURACAO - 25 Nov. 1923 5d emerald reg. env. size H to 'Curacao, BWI' [sic] uprated with 3d blue Celtic cross issue tied/cancelled with Dublin cds. Very scarce destination.Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, NETHERLANDS COLONIES (Image)

1923 REG. ENV. ADDITIONALLY SENT EXPRESS FROM DUBLIN - 16 May 1923 5d emerald reg. env. size F to Kingstown cancelled with "COLLEGE GREEN B.O./DUBLIN 3" cds with Dublin reg. label and pink 'POST OFFICE/EXPRESS' label at left.Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY, EXPRESS MAIL (Image)

1923 5d EMERALD REG. ENV. SCARCE SIZE H - 8 Jan. 1923 5d emerald to New Zealand uprated with 1½d red-brown ovptd value tied/cancelled with "DUN LAOGHAIRE" cds.Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, REGISTERED MAIL, NEW ZEALAND (Image)

RARE 1924 5d OLIVE REG. ENV. UPRATED TO GERMANY - 11 Apr. 1924 5d olive-green reg. env. size H flap 6 to Stuttgart uprated with 1d carmine map issue tied/cancelled with "RANELAGH ROAD/DUBLIN" cds. Rare use; bought for £415 in 2016. Cross Reference: REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAL STATIONERY (Image)

VERY SCARCE FINAL TRANSITIONAL PERIOD & UNOFFICIAL USE OF GB STATIONERY IN EIRE - 15 Aug. 1924 GB 1d carmine wrapper (WP30) to Bucks. cancelled with MANORHAMILTON cds in the short period (23 July-20 Aug.) that GB stationery was still valid after issue of Irish stationery, and 12 Oct. 1924 GB 2d orange env. (EP63) used in Dublin outside this official period and untaxed. A very scarce & interesting duo. (2)Cross Reference: POSTAL STATIONERY, IRELAND PRE-1922 - POSTAL HISTORY (Image)