Pre-Stamp Postal History continued...
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 51306 |
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 1836 (July 12th) Folded entire sent from Merchants Quay, Dublin to Currie, Scotland, single rate "1/4", showing distinctive "Addl/ 1/2" handstamp, and "1" of the Edinburgh Penny Post, the local delivery charge, with backstamps of "2A JY
13 36" Dublin diamond and "Jul 15 1836" cds of Edinburgh, very fine and scarce.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 100
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51307 |
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 1837 (June 9") Folded entire from Bahia, Brazil to London endorsed "p Trustee" and showing a framed "LIMERICK SHIP LETTER", rated "2/-" and calculated as follows ship rate 8d + packet 2d + Menai Bridge 1d + circa 380 miles from Limerick
to Dublin and Dublin to London via Holyhead under 400 miles 1/1d =2/-, very fine and scarce strike.
Note: A number of ports around Ireland were issued with framed two-line Ship Letter handstamps.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 400
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51308 |
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 1837 (January 9th) Delayed folded letter sheet from Cork to London, showing the distinctive superb crisp clear 2-line "CORK / TOO LATE" hs in black, single rate of "1/5", deleted with CROWN, doubled to "2/10" and rate calculated as
follows Cork to Dublin 169 miles - Milford to London 258 miles, total 427 miles. 1/2d - 2d packer - Menai Bridge 1d = 1/5d x 2 = 2/10) and finally endorsed "double only", very fine and a rare usage of the Too Late marking in this wonderful quality.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 100
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51309 |
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 1838 (September 15th) Folded entire from British Honduras to Scotland showing a clear strike of the two-line "KINSALE SHIP LETTER" hs, a Dublin ADD! ½ and rated "2/4½" being calculated in the following was 8d ship rate + 4d Donaghadee to
Portpatrick packet + 1/4d 655 miles Kinsale to Fortrose + ½d Scottish wheel Tax, attractive, rare and full of character.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51310 |
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 1839 (March 23rd) Folded letter sheet from Montevideo, Uruguay to London, landed in transit at Dublin and rated "5/9" and being calculated in the following way 8d Ship rate & 15d Dublin to London total 1/11 x3 = 5/9, paying
the treble letter rate up to 1 ounce, showing on reverse "*/19JU19/1839" and a long red framed "SHIP LETTER/DUBLIN" contingency handstamp (DF No.451), an important rarity and exhibition showpiece. The only complete strike of this ship letter marking
so far recorded.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 2,800
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51311 |
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 Postal Reform Period. 1840 (February 21st) Folded letter sheet from Athlone to Dublin, showing a superb example of the distinctive Athlone uniform "1D" handstamp in red, with framed "PAID AT / ATHLONE" alongside and endorsed "paid"
in blue ink, attractive and a scarce strike in this quality.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 100
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51312 |
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 1840 (February 22nd) Prepaid folded entire from Dame St., Dublin to London showing a Dublin coded "10 / PAID / 1d." hs, plus framed Dublin "PAID / FE 22E / 1840" and a London tombstone "C / PAID / 24FE24 / 1840" mkgs, all in red, very
fine and scarce.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 100
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51313 |
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 1840 (February 11th) Folded entire sent locally within Dundalk showing a distinctive "PAID AT DUNDALK / 1d" in red and endorsed "prepaid", a crisp clear strike.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 50
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51314 |
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 Local Post Period. 1775 (September 11th) Small neat folded entire from Dublin to Cognac, France, endorsed "Pd6" single rate to London and showing the second type circular Dublin "POST/PAID/D" and London "POST PAID" in red and in
France a "30" decimes was raised, attractive and scarce.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 150
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51315 |
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 1784 (May 7th) Folded entire from Dublin to London, franked Free and endorsed by "B Sheridan", showing a circular London "FREE" and an unframed claret Dublin "FREE / D", fine and very scarce. One of the latest of the 5 usages so far
recorded.
Note: Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 – 7 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 300
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51316 |
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 1784 (January 27th) Folded entire from London to Dublin rated "6", addressed to John Hatch who was M.P. for Swords in the Irish parliament and entitled to receive his letter free, so "6" was cancelled by "FREE/D" and a straight line
Dublin Penny Post "F 2 M" (February 2nd Morning) hs was applied at the Penny Post office, when the post from London arrived too late for delivery by the General Post Letter Carriers, this letter was delivered by a Penny Post Letter Carrier and
further charged "1d" for inner city delivery, an attractive usage full of character.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 200
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51317 |
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 1792 (August 6th) Folded entire from Southampton to Dublin rated "4" showing a two line convex "SOUTH/AMPTON" rerated 10 (4d + 6d Dublin to London) and finally rated 11 (10d + local 1d penny charge) and dated "AU18" Dublin Penny post
handstamp with inverted slugs "UA81”, very fine and scarce.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 150
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51318 |
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 1799 (January 9th) Folded entire sent locally within Dublin to the Earl of Aldborough, with "J A 9 M" (M for morning), showing a small Dublin abbreviated black "P - P - Pd" (DF No.147)(Penny Post Paid of the Dublin Penny Post), a fine
pair of abbreviated hs and extremely rare with these quality of strikes, showpiece.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 300
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51319 |
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 1811 (February 20th) Folded entire from Arran Quay to Blackpitts (bankruptcy of Beresford & Ball) sent within the Dublin Penny Post, showing a black clear strike of the 2-line "QUENN ST / PENNY POST" with unusual error for QUENN for
QUEEN, and "1" hs of the Dublin Penny Post, the letter is backstamped with a deep red oval "8 O'CLOCK Mn" timestamp and a brown "FE 21" ds, a very fine and extremely rare showpiece. This is one of the two usages yet recorded of the QUENN error.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 400
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51320 |
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 1819 (October 13th) Folded letter sheet sent within the Dublin Penny Post system and addressed to "12 Cuff St." and endorsed "to be forwarded if in Ireland", showing the large 2-line red "GEN.L-Py P OFFICE 2P Y- PAID" applied in error and
overstruck by the correct "GEN.L-Py P OFFICE 1P Y- PAID", backstamped with three "P.P. OFFICE" ribbon datestamps for 13OC13, 14OC14, 15OC15, indicating that the letter had been posted at least twice, very fine and scarce, being an unusual usage of
Paid stamps for both Penny and Twopenny areas (DF No. 148 and 149).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 300
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51321 |
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 1831 (February 10th) Folded letter sheet to "his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant / Castle / Dublin", showing a clear crisp strike of crowned "TO•BE DELIVER'D FREE" type 1 hs in black (DF No.130), a wonderful example of this rare mkg.
Note: Crowned handstamps TO•BE DELIVER'D FREE were in use from 1816 to 1831. Edward James Baynes, as comptroller of the Dublin Penny Post used two types of the crown handstamp to exempt official mail from local postal charges to which ordinary
franked letters were liable.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 300
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51322 |
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 1831 (November 7th) letter, unusually in black, sent locally within Dublin and showing 2-line black "GEN.L-Py P OFFICE 1P Y- PAID" (General Penny Post 1 Penny Paid of the Dublin Penny Post, fine and scarce (DF No. 148)(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 100
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51323 |
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 1835 (August 27th) Folded lettersheet from Enniskillen to Belfast, showing a distinctive framed italic "Enniskillen Penny Post" (DF No.328), plus a framed "Nº1" receiving house handstamp in red of Tempo, rated "1", very fine and scarce.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 120
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51324 |
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 1835 (October 14th) Folded mourning entire sent locally within Armagh, showing a clear crisp blue two line "ARMAGH / PENNY POST" and rated "1", a very fine and scarce strike in this quality.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 80
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
| 51325 |
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 1837 (April 22nd) Folded entire from Dinan, France via London to Waterford, Ireland, "1/10 1/2" paying the Welsh Packet rate, fine and scarce, ex Roberts.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 70
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-22, 02:00 AM |
