4 Dec 2023 – 9 Dec 2023
1202 lots
Lot 30500 | 1803 (July) Folded cover sent from New York to Belfast,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1803 (July) Folded cover sent from New York to Belfast, showing the distinctive fancy framed *BELFAST*/SHIP LETTER with incomplete bottom line, rated “2”…
Estimate: 200 – 250 GBP
Lot 30501 | 1803 (November 18th) Folded cover sent from Newport,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1803 (November 18th) Folded cover sent from Newport, Co. Tipperary to Dublin, single rated “6”, showing the distinctive contracted black straight-line…
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 30502 | 1805 (September 3rd) Folded entire sent from W.Bakewell
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1805 (September 3rd) Folded entire sent from W.Bakewell at “Flatland Ford July 19th” in Philadelphia, USA, via Warrenpoint to Derbyshire, showing clear…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 GBP
Lot 30503 | 1805 (September 3rd) Folded entire sent from W.Bakewell
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1805 (December 26th) Folded cover sent via Government mail from Admiral Duckworth “On His Majesty’s Service” “Superb” at sea near the Canary Islands to…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Lot 30504 | 1808 (February 10th) Folded cover sent from Enniscorthy, Co. Wicklow to Dublin, showing clear strike of red straight-line ES-CORTHY town namestamp and manuscript “Post Paid 6”, with namestamp overstruck by a superb C/PAI
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1808 (February 10th) Folded cover sent from Enniscorthy, Co. Wicklow to Dublin, showing clear strike of red straight-line ES-CORTHY town namestamp and…
Estimate: 250 – 300 GBP
Lot 30505 | 1808 (November 20th) Folded cover sent from Belfast
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1808 (November 20th) Folded cover sent from Belfast to Edinburgh, showing red straight-line BELFAST and matching framed scroll POST PAID, very fine and…
Estimate: 100 – 150 GBP
Lot 30506 | 1809 (January 10th) Folded cover sent from Ross, Co.
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1809 (January 10th) Folded cover sent from Ross, Co. Wexford to William Armit, the First clerk of the General Post Office, Dublin, rated double “1/-” subsequently…
Estimate: 200 – 250 GBP
Lot 30507 | 1811 (May 20th) Folded letter sent from Dungannon to
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1811 (May 20th) Folded letter sent from Dungannon to Omagh, rated “5” for 15 to 30 miles, showing a diminutive red provincial datestamp MAY 20 / 1811 used…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 30508 | 1811 (May 20th) Folded letter sent from Dungannon to
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1812-1824 Trio of folded covers all sent from Tralee to Dublin or London, showing fine strikes of three different mileage mkgs including TRALEE/151, TRALEE/145…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30509 | 1812 (August 19th) Folded cover to Banfshire, endorsed
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1812 (August 19th) Folded cover to Banfshire, endorsed “Genl Doyle”, showing double oval SHIP LETTER/CROWN/DERRY, rated “2/1” and rerated “3/5”, the letter…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30510 | 1812-1823 Trio of folded covers all sent from Derry
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1812-1823 Trio of folded covers all sent from Derry to Enniskillen, Clonmel and London, showing fine strikes of three different mileage mkgs including…
Estimate: 200 – 300 GBP
Lot 30511 | 1813 (August 25th) Folded cover sent from Ballyconnell
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1813 (August 25th) Folded cover sent from Ballyconnell to Dublin, rated “8” and showing contracted By CONNELL/67 mileage in blue, very fine.
Estimate: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 30512 | 1815 (June 2nd) Folded entire sent from Buenos Ayres
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1815 (June 2nd) Folded entire sent from Buenos Ayres in Argentina via Skibbereen and Waterford to London, showing clear 2-line red SKIBBEREEN/SHIP LETR,…
Estimate: 250 – 350 GBP
Lot 30513 | 1815 Folded entire sent from Enniskillen to London,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1815 Folded entire sent from Enniskillen to London, showing KILLEN/79 mileage mkg, letter written and signed by Thomas Musgrave who acted as Master of…
Estimate: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 30514 | 1817 (June 16th) Folded cover sent locally within Belfast,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1824 (January 21st) Folded cover sent from Gorey to Dublin, showing the distinctive boxed GOREY/48 mileage mkg in black, double rate “1/2”, very fine.
Estimate: 100 – 120 GBP
Lot 30515 | 1817 (June 16th) Folded cover sent locally within Belfast,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1817 (June 16th) Folded cover sent locally within Belfast, showing the distinctive dated fancy circular BELFAST/JU*16-80-1817 mileage mkg, unusually stuck…
Estimate: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 30516 | 1819 (February 1st) Folded cover sent from Pittsburg,h
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1819 (February 1st) Folded cover sent from Pittsburgh, USA via Belfast & Dublin to Derby by private ship, uprated from “1/3” (Dublin to London) to “2/4″…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30517 | 1820 (May 26th) Folded cover sent from Castlebellingham
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1820 (May 26th) Folded cover sent from Castlebellingham to Wetherby, England, showing the distinctive undated circular CASTLEBELLINGHAM/34 mileage mkg,…
Estimate: 200 – 250 GBP
Lot 30518 | 1821 (November 2nd) Folded entire sent from New York
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1821 (November 2nd) Folded entire sent from New York via Kenmare and London to Schiedam in Holland endorsed “p.Jufrouw Johanna”, showing a superb blue…
Estimate: 1’400 – 1’800 GBP
Lot 30519 | 1822 (November 28th) Printed notice folded letter sent
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1822 (November 28th) Printed notice folded letter sent from Sir Edward Lees at the Dublin Post Office to the “Post Office Kilaloe” showing a 2-line red…
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 30520 | 1825 (June 2nd) Folded entire sent from Bordeaux in
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1825 (June 2nd) Folded entire sent from Bordeaux in France to Dublin, showing decorative red crowned tablet SHIP LETTER DUBLIN, rated double Irish Ship…
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 30521 | 1825 (October 4th) Folded cover sent from Jamaica via
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1825 (October 4th) Folded cover sent from Jamaica via Belfast to London and redirected to Ashburn, endorsed “pJohn Echein via Belfast”, uprated from “1/3″…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30522 | 1825 Folded cover sent from the Dublin Excise Office
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1825 Folded cover sent from the Dublin Excise Office to Norwich, showing undated crowned oval REVENUE PAID in red, rated 2/6 paying 4d Dublin Holyhead…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30523 | 1826 (August 10th) Folded cover sent from the Excise
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1826 (August 10th) Folded cover sent from the Excise Office in Galway to the Excise Office in Dublin, showing the distinctive large red GALWAY/104 mileage…
Estimate: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 30524 | 1828 (April 12th) Folded affidavit sent from the President
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1828 (April 12th) Folded affidavit sent from the President of Oxford University to the Linen Office Dublin and redirected to Armagh, showing the distinctive…
Estimate: 2’000 – 2’500 GBP
Lot 30525 | 1828 (July 28th) Folded cover sent from Dublin to Mullingar,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1828 (July 28th) Folded cover sent from Dublin to Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, and redirected back to Dublin, showing a superb strike of the distinctive red…
Estimate: 700 – 900 GBP
Lot 30526 | 1828 (September 2nd) Folded cover sent from Thomastown
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1828 (September 2nd) Folded cover sent from Thomastown to Dublin, rated “8” and showing the clear oval red ABOVE * NUMBER * PRIVILEGED hs, very fine and…
Estimate: 400 – 600 GBP
Lot 30527 | 1828 (October 29th) Folded cover sent from London to
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1828 (October 29th) Folded cover sent from London to Dublin, and redirected to Delgany, Co. Wicklow, rerated from 2s to 3s and showing clear strike of…
Estimate: 140 – 180 GBP
Lot 30528 | 1830 (November 1st) Folded cover sent from Dublin to
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Independant Post Office Period – 1784-1831
1830 (November 1st) Folded cover sent from Dublin to His Grace the Duke of Leinster at Carton, Co.Kildare, rated “3” for 7 to 15 miles, showing crowned…
Estimate: 700 – 800 GBP
Lot 30529 | 1828 (November 27th) Folded entire sent from Dublin
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1828 (November 27th) Folded entire sent from Dublin to Golden through the Cashel Mail showing a Cashel day mail serrated handstamp in red MIDDAY MAIL/28NO/1828,…
Estimate: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 30530 | 1828 (October 31st) Folded letter sent from Littleton
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1828 (October 31st) Folded letter sent from Littleton to Castlecomer by crossroads, rated “4” and showing a clear strike of the LITTLETON/70 mileage mkg,…
Estimate: 50 – 70 GBP
Lot 30531 | The Famous Window Man 1829 (January 19th) Window Man
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
The Famous Window Man1829 (January 19th) Window Man without sun rays being the smaller type two, a receipt for a money letter “No. 6 Recd A Letter with…
Estimate: 1’200 – 1’600 GBP
Lot 30532 | 1829 (July 15th) Folded entire sent from Garden Beach
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1829 (July 15th) Folded entire sent from Garden Beach which is a suburb of Calcutta, India via Dublin to Chipping Norton, England, showing on reverse framed…
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
Lot 30533 | 1829 (January 22nd) Folded entire sent from Dublin
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1829 (January 22nd) Folded entire sent from Dublin Excise Office to London, endorsed “P Fitzpatrick”, showing fine strike of the distinctive rectangular…
Estimate: 400 – 500 GBP
Lot 30534 | 1830 (December 19th) Folded entire sent from Waterford
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1830 (December 19th) Folded entire sent from Waterford to Dublin, showing very fine strike of the distinctive Lees experimental ds WATERFORD/19DE/1830…
Estimate: 80 – 120 GBP
Lot 30535 | 1831 (March 5th) Folded entire sent from Dunfanaghy,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1831 (March 5th) Folded entire sent from Dunfanaghy, Co.Donegal, via Derry to Dublin, showing DERRY/118 red mileage mkg with fine strike of the rare Dublin…
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
Lot 30536 | 1831 (November 12th) Folded entire sent from Andover
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1831 (November 12th) Folded entire sent from Andover to Dublin, rated “1/3”, redirected to Castlerea and rerated “1/4”. The recipient refused the letter…
Estimate: 250 – 350 GBP
Lot 30537 | 1831 (November 16th) Folded entire sent from Kenmare
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1831 (November 16th) Folded entire sent from Kenmare to Augustus Godby, Dublin, showing a red KENMARE /156 milage mkg, with red circular MID DAY MAIL indicating…
Estimate: 250 – 350 GBP
Lot 30538 | 1835 (October 21th) Folded cover sent from Valparaíso,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1835 (October 21th) Folded cover sent from Valparaíso, Chile, India via Waterford to London, endorsed “Pr. Mary Ann”, showing a superb strike of the WATERFORD…
Estimate: 200 – 250 GBP
Lot 30539 | 1837 (July 21st) Folded cover sent from New York via
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1837 (July 21st) Folded cover sent from New York via Cork to London, endorsed “p. St Andrus”, showing clear crisp boxed black CORK / SHIP LETTER, very…
Estimate: 300 – 400 GBP
Lot 30540 | 1838 (September 22nd) Soldiers letter from gunner Crampton,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1838 (September 22nd) Soldiers letter from gunner Crampton, Horse Artillery in Mhow, Bengal to Newark Upon Trent, landed at Kilkeel, Co. Down and transited…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’400 GBP
Lot 30541 | 1839 (March 29th) Folded cover sent from Buenos Aires,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1839 (March 29th) Folded cover sent from Buenos Aires, Argentina via Dublin to London, endorsed “p.Alpha via Liverpool”, showing clear crisp boxed red…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 30542 | 1838 (July 9th) Folded letter sent from Hillsboro to
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1838 (July 9th) Folded letter sent from Hillsboro to Newry, rated “4” and showing a clear strike of the Newry REFUSED straight line hs in black, there…
Estimate: 1’000 – 1’500 GBP
Lot 30543 | 1838 (May 17th) Folded entire sent from Belfast via
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1838 (May 17th) Folded entire sent from Belfast via New York to Cincinnati, Ohio, showing superb strikes in red of the NEW YORK / SHIP / JUL cds transit…
Estimate: 250 – 300 GBP
Lot 30544 | 1838 (December 12th) Sunday School Charity printed
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1838 (December 12th) Sunday School Charity printed folded lettersheet sent from Omagh, County Tyrone to Dublin, showing superb strikes of a fancy dotted…
Estimate: 150 – 200 GBP
Lot 30545 | 1838 (April 6th) Folded cover from Dublin to Edinburgh,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1838 (April 6th) Folded cover from Dublin to Edinburgh, rated single “1/3” and uprated to “2/6 1/2” double rate by an Edinburgh CROWN G/R in red and distinctive…
Estimate: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 30546 | 1839 (May 18th) Folded cover sent from Canton, China
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1839 (May 18th) Folded cover sent from Canton, China via Cove to Wellington, Somerset, endorsed “p Orixa”, showing clear crisp boxed red INDIA LETTER /…
Estimate: 800 – 1’000 GBP
Lot 30547 | 1839 (October 14th) Folded cover sent from Sydney,
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1839 (October 14th) Folded cover sent from Sydney, Australia via Dublin to London, showing a red oval PAID SHIP LETTER / OC * 14 / 1839 / SYDNEY ds, with…
Estimate: 500 – 600 GBP
Lot 30548 | 1840 (January 3rd) Folded cover sent from Dublin to
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1839 (January 14th) Delayed folded cover sent from Dungarvan to Lismore, showing on the obverse a framed PAID AT/DUNGARVAN in red, and on the reverse two…
Estimate: 70 – 100 GBP
Lot 30549 | 1846 (18.4) Folded letter sheet one flap missing, from
Ireland » Pre-Stamp Postal History » Unified Post Period – 1827-1839
1846 (18.4) Folded letter sheet one flap missing, from Donegal to Simla, India via Bombay, bearing superb italic “Mountcharles/Donegal” in blue, with manuscript…
Estimate: 100 – 120 GBP