1922-1970 MINT & USED COLLECTION: Superb collection in binder, attractively presented on display pages. Includes mixed mint & used ranges of the various Provisional & Free State opts. with many high value Sea Horses. 1922 (Feb.) 2/6d to 10/- mint & add. 2/6d shade used SG 17/21; 1922 (June) 2/6d & 5/- mint SG 44/45 (£525); 1922 (Dec.) 2/6d to 10/- mint SG 64/66; 1925 (Aug.) 2/6d to 10/- mint SG 83/85; 1927-28 2/6d used, 5/- & 10/- mint SG 86/88 and 1935 re-engraved trio mint SG 99/101 (£400), etc. Then apparently complete for all basic issues, mint or used, to 1970 inc. 1937 'St. Patrick' high value trio mint SG 102/104 (£450) and the 1940 changed wmk group inc. shade vars. mint 2/6d, 5/- (2) & 10/- (2). A very fine assembly, very well presented, with a wealth of background information on the issues. Also, 2 stock books with duplicated accumulation of used issues from 1923 to 1990s. Comprehensive collection with high degree of completion for the period. (Very many 100s) (Image)

1922-1990 COLLECTION: Binder and a Davo album with clean printed pages. Good range of issues from earliest to 1990. Binder holds many mint/used with a few first day covers. Good quantity with scope for expansion. (Few 100s) (Image)

1920s GROUP OF OFFICIAL MAIL - inc. Aug. 1921 large OHMS env. (opening faults) to Dover with 2d orange tied FERMOY cds and FPO cds on the back; Apr. 1922 front to Newport IOW sent reg. with ovptd 5d brown tied DUBLIN cds and OHMS imprint at top altered by handstruck 'RIALTAS SEALADACH NA HEIREANN'; Nov. 1922 env. with shield-type "S.C.J" Supreme Court of Justice cachet; May 1923 OHMS mourning env. to London with 'Ulster King of Arms' imprint; 1923? pair of wrappers with Dublin Bill of Entry and Shipping List imprint and oval 'STATIONERY OFFICE' cachet; and Apr. 1926 env. from The Collector of Taxes with printed bilingual "[harp]/OFFICIAL PAID". (21 items)Cross Reference: OFFICIAL MAIL, MOURNING COVERS, MILITARY, REGISTERED MAIL (Image)

1922-36 GROUP OF MAIL - Jan. 1922 env. (damaged) to NY with GB 2d orange in the two-month period prior to ovpt values; Feb./May 1922 pair of envs. with 2d orange ovpts showing change from Dublin to Baile 'Atha Cliath' in the date portion of the machine cancel; July 1922 part front sent reg. with ½d to 2½d ovptd values all tied by FULHAM cds; July 1922 env. to Manchester with ½d green ovpt plus 1½d brown without ovpt though untaxed; Dec. 1922 env. to Dublin with ½d green ovpt plus ½d green no ovpt both tied by emergency Krag machine cancel; 1923 wrapper apparently ex GB to Dublin with GB ½d green cancelled on arrival; Sep. 1923 pair of Swiss 2c envs. sent reg. with ovptd values added on arrival, both with 1910 Bern Exhibition labels on the flap; 1923 GB 1½d brown PC to USA with 'LEARN IRISH' cancel; 1936 env. to Wales with GB 1d red pair ovptd rare (though doubtful at this date) 'IRISH/FREE STATE/PROV. GOVT.'; and undated env. to Dublin with GB 4d orange not allowed for postage so endorsed '4d to pay' but no other markings. Also small range of Irish issues inc. 1926/33 envs. with black or violet skeleton cancels, and 1927 ½d green wrapper used to Switzerland. (23 items) (Image)

1922-29 TRIO OF POSTAGE DUE MAIL - Apr. 1922 PPC sent unfranked from Ivybridge with "3d/TO PAY/408" and GB 1d red dues tied by KILLINEY cds; 1926 env. (flap missing) sent unfranked from Manchester with "3d/TO PAY/498" paid with 1d red & 2d green Irish dues; and 1929 large CARRIAGE PAID/PARCEL POST label ex London with 1/- bistre to Co. Clare with 6d green 'Delivery Fee/To Pay' label. Also 1934 printed list of last overseas despatch times, in Gaelic and English. (4 items)Cross Reference: POSTAGE DUE MARKS, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, PARCEL POST COVERS/LABELS (Image)

1922 OVERPRINTED SEAHORSES - used 2/6 brown (14) and 5/- red, plus 10/- blue mint. Mixed condition. (16) (Image)

1923 THE VERY RARE AND FAMOUS "LONG PUIST" CDS - 10 May 1923 (the last day) env. (light vert. crease away from the stamps) to Croydon with KGV ovptd ½d green (2) and 1d red each tied by very fine and very rare "LONG PUIST/DHUN LAOGHAIRE" [SHIP POST] cds with a fourth strike nicely placed at left. Hoskins 388 ('DD' very rare) of which only a handful of examples have been recorded (see PHS Bulletin, Mar. 1959). Purchased in 2007 for £360. Cross Reference: PAQUEBOTS, SHIP LETTERS (Image)

DUBLIN - EARLY MAIL TO LIVERPOOL OR LONDON INC. DIFFERENT SIZES OF SCARCE "DUBLIN" MARKS; Fine 1702 EL from "Dub[lin]." to "Leverpoole" sent by private means - "...[I] trespass upon ye bearer's patience" - from a husband recently arrived by ship to his wife; plus 1731/1765 pair of Es from Dublin to London (the first sent Free) with mainly fine scarce "DUBLIN" marks of very different sizes on the flaps (each with London arrival Bishop Mark). Rare early trio. (3 covers) Cross Reference: EARLY LETTERS, EARLY LETTERS, FREE MAIL (Image)

CORK - EARLY "CORK" & DUBLIN "Cn.TRY" + EARLY INGOING COVER EX "WOOTTEN/UNDER/EDGE"; 1722 EL from "Cork" to London charged "10" with fair small "CORK" on the front but also having an exceptionally fine rare Dublin "Cn.TRY" mark on the reverse (slightly across the join); plus c.1723 E (slight faults at foot of address panel) from Gloucestershire to "Gortigrenane near Cork" endorsed "Pr Cross post" and so charged "1N2" with a partial very rare "WOOTTEN/UNDER[EDGE]" mark (Willcocks GL900; only one other recorded, dated 1723) on the top flap. Early matched pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: GLOUCESTERSHIRE (Image)

18th CENTURY NAMESTAMPS - "A-LONE" (WITH RARE DUBLIN "Cn.TRY"), "KINSALE", "KINNEGAD" & "BELFAST"; Fine c.1725 E to London with mainly very fine rare Dublin "Cn.TRY" with fine rare "A-LONE" (Athlone) on the flaps ("1N8" rate cancelled - sent Free as to an MP), 1763 EL (interesting contents ref. seeing his quarantined brother from Minorca after his ship was blown into port) to Winchester with partly fine early "KINSALE" on the front, 1794 E to Edenderry with mainly very fine scarce "KINNEGAD" on the front, and 1796 EL to Edinburgh with very fine large red "BELFAST" nicely placed on the front. Scarce group. (4 covers)Cross Reference: FREE MAIL (Image)

DUBLIN - VERY EARLY MANUSCRIPT "MIFSENT TO DUBLIN" MARKING (USED LONG BEFORE THE MISSENT HANDSTAMP); Fine 24 Nov. 1785 EL from London ("Bank") to "Landovery" but somehow missent by the P.O. to Ireland and so boldly endorsed "Mifsent to Dublin" on the front with a smudged Dublin Bishop Mark on the reverse along with London "24/NO" and "3/DE" Bishop Marks. Possibly the earliest recorded Irish Missent marking? Exhibition Item.Cross Reference: MISSENT MAIL (Image)

RARE RED DUBLIN "CHARITY LETTER/POST PAID" ON COMPLETE TURNED "NATIVE IRISH" LANGUAGE FREE COVER; Spectacular 1822/3 two-way turned mainly printed EL (mainly printed contents ref. recommended Irish Schoolmaster) with printed "IRISH SOCIETY for promoting the Education of the Native Irish, through the medium of their own Language" heading above the address, sent from Dublin to "Glencar, Manorhamilton" one way (with partly fine very rare red Dublin "CHARITY LETTER/POST PAID" (affected by stain) on the front and a faint Dublin d.s. of 10 July 1822(or 1823?) on the reverse; it was then returned and re-posted (with 22 July 1823 Dublin "FREE" d.s.) with the same "IRISH SOCIETY.... Language" heading above the fully printed "SIR EDWARD S. LEES, POST-OFFICE, DUBLIN" address posted from "DROMAHAIR/107" (v. fine mileage on the front) and charged for the local Dublin 1d Post with v. fine h.s. "1" mark. We have only recorded one other example of this printed "IRISH SOCIETY..." heading (sold for £1,100+BP in our 9 Sept. 2021 auction); this example ex our Jan. 2010 auction (lot 776; realised £500+BP). Superb Exhibition Item. Cross Reference: FREE MAIL (Image)

VERY HIGH POSTAL RATE ON "MALTA/F" COVER EX "CORFU" WITH "Redirected at [DERRY/118]" & DUBLIN "C" CROWN; Remarkable 14 Oct. 1823 EL (minor wear inc. closed seal tear clear of marks) from a junior naval officer on "H.M.S. Dispatch, Corfu" with a mainly very fine green Falmouth "MALTA/F" d.s. (light fold) on the top flap. Sent to his father in Kilderry but redirected to "Dublin" and so with high single-sheet rates "3/7", "4/5" and then "5/3"(2/3 Packet + 1/2 Falmouth to Holyhead + 2d Packet to Dublin + 10d on to Derry + 10d back to Dublin). It was endorsed "Redirected at" in red beside a faint red "DERRY/118" mark and the "4/5" rate was changed in Dublin with the scarce red Dublin "C" in Inspector's Crown mark. The contents include; "Our station will be up at these Islands, but always direct my letters to Malta as before... The Packet is going to sail directly". Rare combination of marks and rates.Cross Reference: MALTA, POSTAL REFORMS, CORNWALL, SHIP LETTERS (Image)

FAILED FREE 'WRONG DATE' INSTRUCTIONAL MARK; Mar. 1828 front to Skibbereen with "LUCAN/6" mileage mark at top right and endorsed by the sender as a free letter at lower left. Scroll-type "WRONG DATE" h.s. Four examples are believed extent and Inspectors Crown mark slightly overlapping it. Rated '2/-' as an ordinary letter. Fine and rare. Sold in our Dec. 2013 sale for £650 Cross Reference: FREE MAIL, INSPECTORS' MARKS, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS (Image)

19th CENTURY PAID MARKS; Range with 1831 E to Glasgow rated '2/3'(d) with framed "P.PAID" h.s. and Belfast cds on front, 1832 EL to Edinburgh rated '3/6½'(d) with framed "PAID/AT/BELFAST" h.s. on front, 1838 EL to Dublin with framed "PAID/AT/CORK" h.s. on front and rated '11'(d), 1839 E to Cork with scarce "BELFAST/PAID" double-arc h.s. on front and rated '2/2'(d), Feb. 1840 EL to England with framed "Paid at/Enniskillen" h.s. on front and rated '1'(d). (5 covers) Cross Reference: BELFAST, INSTRUCTIONAL MARKS, SCOTLAND, CITY OF CORK (Image)