Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 65279 |
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 1797 (28.7) Folded entire sent to Dublin, and redirected to Donadhadee, rated "1/2" being deleted and rerated "8", showing faint but clear strike of the scarce black dotted oval T * OFF, Dublin Bishop JY/27 bs, very fine and scarce on
internal mail and the rarest of the two types of T.Off mkgs.
Note: The phrase Takings Off (T.OFF) was used within the Post Office for the accounting calculations, usually applied to incoming redirected letters when the rate was adjusted. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 200
CLOSED
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65280 |
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 Historical reference to the 1798 Insurrection in Wicklow
Wicklow - Bray: 1798 (12.6) Folded entire from Wicklow to Mrs. Tighe, Dublin, carried privately to Bray, with a linear BRAY hs, rated "2" alongside, with second type circular Dublin JU/14/98 bs, very fine
Note: The letter was apparently written to Mary Tighe, whose husband, Henry, was MP for Inistioge, Co.Kilkenny, where the Tighe seat and demesne, Woodstock, covered vast acres of forest and land. Mary Tighe was a famous poet and did much of her
writing at Rossanagh Ashford, Co.Wicklow, where she stayed with her uncle and aunt, Henry and Sarah. The letter gives a fascinating insight into the 1798 Insurrection. Mary and Henry Tighe spent most of the 1790s in England, making periodic returns
to Ireland to visit family in Wicklow and Dublin, and for him to represent Inistioge in the Irish parliament until the act of union. Both experienced the violence of the 1798 rebellion: he led a corps of yeoman troops through the Wicklow mountains
while she was under siege at Rossana. Both argued against the act of union in 1799, he in the Irish parliament and she in her poetry. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 200
SOLD for GBP 550.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65281 |
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 1804 (6.4) Folded entire from William Richardson, Procurator Fiscal, from the Admiralty Court at the Poolbeg Street Office to "Captain Daclos/The Ship Louysa", requesting his attendance at Court that evening to settle an outstanding wages
bill or facing '....proceedings against your Vessel', bearing a superb strike of the oval framed ADMIRALTY/IRELAND depicting a fouled anchor, handstamp in black applied on the backflap, an extremely early example pre-dating similar designs used in
England, a rarity (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 200
SOLD for GBP 400.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65282 |
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 1807 (July) Folded cover sent from Milton to Belfast, showing the distinctive fancy red framed *BELFAST*/SHIP LETTER with incomplete bottom line, rated "2" paying 1d ship letter gratuity and 1d local, a fine and scarce strike. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 200
SOLD for GBP 525.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65283 |
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 1807 (1.5) Folded letter sheet to London, showing good strike of the red medium size IRELAND hs in red, small tear at top, very fine and scarce in this quality, ex. Thomas Field (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 80
SOLD for GBP 100.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65284 |
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FK 27 |
 1808 (1.2) Folded entire from Hacketstown (County Carlow) to Dublin, showing straight line HACKETS Tn in black on face, rated 10d, showing superb red MERMAID/4FE4/1808 arrival bs, a wonderful example in the 2nd month usage, cert. David
MacDonnell (1997). (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 150
SOLD for GBP 300.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65285 |
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FK 120 |
 1809 (13.9) Folded letter sheet from Waterford to Coleraine (County Derry), showing WATERDd./78 mileage mkg in black with a superb strike of the red FREE/13SE13/1808 MERMAID single frame ds, a wonderful usage. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 150
SOLD for GBP 130.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65286 |
|
FK 27 |
 1810 (2.11) Folded entire from Dublin to Ballymote (County Sligo), rated 10d, showing very fine strike in black of the MERMAID/2NO2/1810 arrival bs, fine and scarce in this quality (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 80
SOLD for GBP 65.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65287 |
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 1811 (21.4) Folded entire from Tulnacross to Carlow rated "1/1" (150 to 200 miles) showing clear crisp red diminutive provincial datestamp APRIL 21/1811 used in conjunction with a DUNGANNON/73 mileage, showpiece.
One of only two recorded early Provincial datestamp and the 2nd earliest from the entire British Isles yet recorded. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 800
SOLD for GBP 750.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65288 |
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FK 120 |
 1812 (13.9) Folded letter sheet to Platin, Drogheda, franked manuscript "GPO / W.Donlevy" with a fine superb strike of the black FREE/25SE25/1812 MERMAID single frame ds, a wonderful usage. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 80
SOLD for GBP 65.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65289 |
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FK 219 |
 1813 (12.6) Folded entire to Dublin, with red COOKSTOWN/82 mileage mkg, rated 8d and rerated to 9d, showing red dated Crown with code alongside, fine and scarce (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 80
SOLD for GBP 75.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65290 |
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 1816 (30.3) Folded entire sent from Cork, via Dublin to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, on board "p Wilson", showing decorative red crowned tablet SHIP LETTER DUBLIN on reverse, rated "20/-" with red SHIP and NEW YORK/JUN.2 alongside,
very fine and scarce. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 300
CLOSED
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65291 |
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FK 207 |
 1816 Folded letter sheet from Longford to Dublin, showing a straight 2-line "LONGFORD" mileage in red and two strikes of the unframed "T• OFF" (Treasurers Office) hs, rated "8" and uprated to "10", a very fine and rare usage of T.Off mkg.
(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 300
CLOSED
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65292 |
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 The Famous and Unique Field Wicklow Ship Letter
1817 (31.12) Folded entire from John McLennan in Berbice, British Guiana to Glasgow, redirected to Hugh Mc Calmont in Abbeylands, Belfast, on arrival from it’s transatlantic journey aboard the "Fame" being Captained by Gammillthe letter landed at
Glasgow, once on it's way to Ireland it received a faint crowned SHIP LETTER DUBLIN, with the extremely rare SHIP LETTER above the 2-line WICKLOW/24 in red alongside, partly in consequence of this redirection it shows quite a variety of postage rates
being "1 1/2oz = 7/6 1/2", "5/6" (deleted), "2/7 x6, 15/6" etc., cover faults and somewhat tatty, an important showpiece mounted on original Thomas Field album page
This is the unique example of the Wicklow Ship Letter yet recorded and the one described in Robertson on page E.310
Provenance: Thomas Field (Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. GBP 2,000
SOLD for GBP 1,800.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65293 |
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FK 92 |
 1819 (4.1) Folded entire to Mountrath, showing a red-crowned fancy oval garter "CUSTOMS PAID/4JA4/WS" ds and indistinct framed Dublin alongside, rated "7", an attractive and rare showpiece (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 300
CLOSED
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65294 |
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 The important and unrecorded Charity Letter
1820 (10.1) Miniature envelope sent within Dublin to Drumcondra and showing a red small scroll unrecorded type "CHARITY LETTER" (similar to DF No.231), with red scroll "TOO LATE" and "P.P.OFFICE"" ds on reverse, fine strike of this extremely rare
unrecorded small type, important exhibition showpiece.
Note: The 1818 Act (59 George III c 108) authorised special postage rates for single unsealed printed notices sent by Charitable Institutions within Ireland. (Image
1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 1,500
SOLD for GBP 1,800.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65295 |
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DF 91 |
 1820 (30.5) Folded entire from the Dublin Excise Office to Coleraine, showing a red-crowned fancy oval garter "TAXES/26JU26/WS" ds and framed Dublin "PAID" alongside, rate "1/1", an attractive and rare showpiece. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 300
CLOSED
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65296 |
|
FK 133 |
 1820 (7.6) Folded letter sheet, rated "1/9" and showing the clear oval red ABOVE * NUMBER * PRIVILEGED hs and overstruck by a crisp clear inspectors Crown also in red, very fine and very rarely found on complete covers, showpiece.
Note: On detection, the Free Office applied an "above the privileged number" handstamp when MP's sent more than 10 letters or received more than 15 letters per day. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 400
SOLD for GBP 650.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65297 |
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FK 90 |
 1820 Folded letter sheet from the Dublin Excise Office to Clogher (County Tyrone), showing a red-crowned fancy oval garter "EXCISE PAID/13MA2/WS" ds and framed Dublin "PAID" alongside, rate "9", an attractive and rare showpiece. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 300
SOLD for GBP 300.00
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
| 65298 |
|
FK 230 |
 1822 (November) London Missionary Society Journal to Ballybay (County Monaghan), franked "Hib. Missy Society" and showing the unframed Dublin 2-line red CHARITY * LETTER / POST * PAID, allowing this to be posted for one-twelfth of a
penny, a fine and a rare usage of the rate for Charitable Institutions. (Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. GBP 600
CLOSED
Closing..May-29, 01:00 AM |
