1937 St. Patrick 'SE' set of 3v u/m (10/- marginal). Cat £450 (Image)

1948-65 Airmail 1d, 3d, 6d and 1s, each with "Specimen" overprint in red or black, traces of gum being from the Waterlow printers archive, rare (Image)

1948-65 Airmail 3d blue, variety "Re-Entry" from row 6 stamp 3, commercially used as airmail cover to USA together with 6d tied Thurles cds 30 IV 48, rare on cover (Image)

1948-65 Airmail 1s3d orange, variety "Extra Feather" of Row 4 stamp 4, in a corner block of 10 fine unmounted mint nh, very rare in a block (this variety was corrected very quickly when noticed) (Image)

1948 Air 1/3d red-orange u/m with inverted wmk. Scarce. Cat £700 (Image)

1948-49 Airmail 6d lilac, top mint marginal block of four with "Specimen" ovpt in black, bearing Waterlow printer's requisition numbers and date in margin, very rare, ex Waterlow printer's archive (Image)

1948-49 Airmail 6d mauve, top mint marginal block of four with "Specimen" ovpt in black, bearing Waterlow printer's requisition numbers in margin, very rare, ex Waterlow printer's archive (Image)

1961 Aer Lingus commemorative set of two values, each showing imperforate colour proofs mounted on separate De La Rue cards with 6d value in green manuscript "Colour approved for 1/3 denomination" and 1/3 value in blue manuscript "Colour approved for 6d denomination", both with Revenue Commissioners/Dublin Castle/19.May.1961 cachet in violet, very fine & extremely rare showpiece set (Image)