Ireland continued... Pre-Stamp Postal History » Early Period - 1657-178 continued... Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 46008   1753 (February 26th) Folded entire from Sir John Freke MP for Baltimore Co. Cork to Thomas Dillon in Dublin, showing a straight-line town mkg of LISMORE in black, and in manuscript alongside a forged signature of "Free/John Freke", on detection in Dublin the straight-line COUNTERFEIT was applied, rate "4", a wonderful exhibition item. Note: John Redmond Freke entered the Irish House of Commons in 1727 as MP for Baltimore, County Cork, shortly before succeeding to the baronetcy in 1728. He represented this family-controlled pocket borough until 1761. A member of the Protestant landed establishment, his parliamentary career largely reflected the patronage-based politics of eighteenth-century Ireland. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 260 Currently (SAN)...GBP 260.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46009 ,   The Unique Framed PENNY POST PAID 1774 Large part entire, retaining the complete front and one flap, addressed to Captain Taggart at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, bearing a superb strike in black of the extraordinary fancy horseshoe-framed “PENNY POST/PAID/No.6” handstamp, accompanied by the “F.19.M” datestamp (19 February, Morning). Of the five recorded horseshoe-type Penny Post Paid handstamps, the other four are unframed, making this the unique recorded framed example. An outstanding rarity of early Irish postal history and a magnificent exhibition showpiece of the highest importance. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 1,500 Currently (SAN)...GBP 1,500.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 46010   1799 (January 15th) Folded entire from Trim to Henry Stewart, Leinster Street, Dublin, bearing the very rare P.P.P.D in black, datestamp on reverse JY16A (July 16th, Afternoon), a fine and very scarce usage of the PPPD marking. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 200 Currently (SAN)...GBP 200.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46011   1802–03 Ireland Linear Markings: Attractive pair of entires, each bearing a distinctive straight-line “IRELAND” handstamp in red, measuring 57mm and 65mm respectively. Fine and desirable examples of these early Irish postal markings, offering an interesting comparison of the two different types. A scarce and appealing pair for the specialist in early Irish postal history. (2) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 90 Currently (SAN)...GBP 90.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46012   1811–32 Inspectors’ Crowns and Stars: Fascinating and scarce assembly of five entires and one cover front, displaying an attractive range of red Inspectors’ Crown handstamps lettered A, C and H, together with a Star marking enclosing the letter C. Particularly noteworthy is the rare Crown marking accompanied by the red oval “ABOVE PRIVILEGED NUMBER” handstamp. A highly desirable and seldom-encountered group of these distinctive early postal inspection markings (6). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Ireland Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate. GBP 300 Currently (SAN)...GBP 300.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46013   1813 (10 April) London to Dublin, Redirected and Returned: Remarkable folded entire from London to Dublin, subsequently redirected to Edenderry and ultimately returned to Dublin, with the postage reassessed from “2/4” to “3/4”. Bearing a clear and striking impression of the rare red boxed “A / T * OFF / AP 15 / 1813” handstamp. Very fine and an exceptional example of this very rare postal marking, further enhanced by its fascinating journey and multiple redirections. A superb exhibition item of early Irish postal history. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 300 Currently (SAN)...GBP 300.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46014   1816 (December 14th) Folded entire sent from R.B. Deverill in Twickenham to the Treasurer of the Irish Post Offices, Greaves Swan, Dublin, showing a red Dublin Penny Post ds on reverse, plus a crowned oval in red TO * BE DELIVER'D FREE on front, a wonderful and attractive usage. Note: The content of the enclosed letter has nothing to do with the Post Office business and should have been considered as a fraudulent us of the Free. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 150 Currently (SAN)...GBP 150.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46015   1818 (December 4th) Folded entire sent from R.B. Deverall, Kew, England to the Treasruer of the Irish Post Office, Greaves Swan, Dublin, showing a red Dublin Penny Post ds on reverse, plus a crowned oval in red TO * BE DELIVER'D FREE on front, signed by E.J. Baynes the comptroller of the Dublin Penny Post, a wonderful and attractive usage. Note: Edward James Baynes was appointed Comptroller of the Dublin Penny Post in 1810 and remained in office into the 1820s. In 1826 he gave evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, providing valuable details of the organisation and operation of the Penny Post. Baynes is particularly associated with the distinctive crowned “TO BE DELIVER’D FREE” handstamps, used to exempt certain correspondence from the local Penny Post charge. Examples are recorded from about 1816 to 1831. An 1823 letter bearing both Baynes’ manuscript endorsement and the crowned handstamp provides important evidence linking him personally with this unusual postal privilege. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 150 Currently (SAN)...GBP 150.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46016   1818 (June 4th) Folded entire to Ballymote, showing a clear strike of the red-crowned fancy oval garter "CUSTOMS PAID/4JA4/WS" ds and indistinct framed Paid alongside, central cover tear, a rare usage (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 200 Currently (SAN)...GBP 200.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46017   1819 (August 21st) Folded letter sheet from Llanelli, via Swansea in Wales to Thomas Jones, Schooner Prince Royal, Dublin, rated "1/4".This item was intended for the captain of a collier at Dublin. He was expected to go to the GPO to collect the letter, but he did not know it was there. Hence the fine linear NOT * CALLED * FOR of the GPO was applied in red, a wonderful and rare usage. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 200 Currently (SAN)...GBP 200.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46018   1823 (March 23rd) – Dublin Penny Post: Folded lettersheet from Dublin to Bailieborough, Co. Cavan, bearing GRAFTON ST/PENNY POST and distinctive Zig-Zag cancellation, used to annul erroneous postal charges. Here the original “2” was cancelled and replaced by the correct 1d Penny Post plus 6d onward rate. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 150 Currently (SAN)...GBP 150.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46019   1825 (December 31st) – An Exceptional Early Shipwreck Institution Letter – Lough Foyle Lifesaving Rescue: Historically important folded entire from Moville, Co. Donegal, to the recently founded Shipwreck Institution in London, established only the previous year in 1824 and later renamed the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1857. The fascinating contents concern a £6 reward to six local fishermen for rescuing members of the Coast Guard crew on or near Lough Foyle, providing a remarkable contemporary record of lifesaving at sea during the earliest years of the Institution. The face bears the Dublin TOO LATE handstamp, indicating that the letter reached Dublin too late to connect with the outgoing Howth–Holyhead packet for England. An outstanding combination of Irish postal, maritime, Coast Guard and lifesaving history, made particularly significant by its exceptionally early association with the organisation that became the RNLI. A highly evocative and important exhibition showpiece. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 150 Currently (SAN)...GBP 150.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46020   1828 (30 January) Charlesfort, Kinsale to Dublin, Redirected to Castlecomer: Remarkable folded registered entire, initially addressed to Dublin and subsequently redirected to Castlecomer, showing the original “2/4” postage rate and the extraordinary “4/7” overcharge. Bearing a superb strike of the very rare red octagonal “T * OFF / POSTAGE to DUBLIN / NOT PAID” handstamp, with “REGISTERED / 7.FE.1828” circular datestamp alongside. Very fine and an exceptional example of this elusive postal marking, further enhanced by its unusual registration, redirection and complex postal charges. A magnificent exhibition showpiece. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 300 Currently (SAN)...GBP 300.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46021   1829 (October 23th) Folded lettersheet from the Isle of Man to Dublin, and redirected to Clonmel, rerated from 1/1s to 1/2s and showing clear strike of the scarce red oval T * OFF / POSTAGE to DUBLIN / NOT PAID handstamp, very fine and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 150 Currently (SAN)...GBP 150.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46022   1831 Free Frank Entire letter from Kenmare Harbour to the Commissioners of Fisheries, addressed under cover of Augustus Godby, Secretary of the GPO, and consequently conveyed free of postage. Bearing a fine red KENMARE/156 mileage handstamp, circular MID/DAY/MAIL, Dublin “Spade” FREE, and black crowned TO BE/DELIVER’D/FREE, authorising free delivery within the Dublin Penny Post, together with the red manuscript frank “Free/Aug. Godby.” An attractive and unusual combination of Irish Free Frank and Penny Post markings. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 100 Currently (SAN)...GBP 100.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period - 1 Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 46023   The Famous Window Man 1825 (November 17th) Window Man with sun rays being the larger type one, a receipt for a money letter "No. 26 Recd A Letter with 4s Postage 17 day of Novr. 1825 AB Window Man", initialled Arthur Baker, annotated in ink by the sender; plus letter dated November 18th in which the receipt was found, creased. A wonderful example of the popular Window Man and mostly likely the earliest recorded. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 1,200 Currently (SAN)...GBP 1,200.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46024   1835 (10.9) Folded entire from London to Dublin, redirected Leighs Bridge, bearing clear oval red POSTAGE/NOT PAID (DF No.214), very fine and scarce (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 80 Currently (SAN)...GBP 80.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46025   1835 (February 17th) – A Remarkable Much-Travelled and Repeatedly Redirected Entire: Extraordinary folded entire from Dublin to Greenhills, commencing an eventful postal journey with manuscript “Redirected” endorsement and a black TALLAGHT/12 mileage handstamp, apparently unrecorded by Moxter. Subsequently sent in error to Drogheda, with two strikes of the small black linear DROGHEDA handstamp, then redirected via TRIM and apparently tried at Tralee, Co. Kerry, before eventually being returned to Dublin. The face bears two clear strikes of the unframed REFUSED handstamp, together with three Inspector’s star marks applied over successive alterations to the postal rates. An extraordinary demonstration of the complexities of the pre-stamp Irish postal system, with its numerous redirections, rate changes and instructional markings. Unusual, visually compelling and full of character; a wonderful exhibition showpiece. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 800 Currently (SAN)...GBP 800.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46026   1837 (15.9) Folded entire from London to Dublin, bearing clear oval red POSTAGE/NOT PAID (DF No.214), redirected from Dublin to Foxrock, very fine and scarce (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 80 Currently (SAN)...GBP 80.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM 46027   1838 (6.11) Folded entire from Henry Cust an officer in the British Army in Limerick addressed to his brother Robert at Eton College, Windsor, England, with content that pertains to an event during a horse race with the following quote "The Irish are a very inflammable race, especially when drunk. Our chief surgeon merely happened to cross a funeral procession on Sunday last when he was torn from his horse, and would certainly have been torn to pieces by these wild Irish men in the middle of the town... Yesterday after the races there were report that five of our band had been killed in the evening on the course.... So you see that this is a rather ticklish place to live....", interesting with transcript of the letter included. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Estimate. GBP 70 Currently (SAN)...GBP 70.00 Closing..Dec-08, 10:00 AM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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