Cork – Queenstown: 1895 Envelope from the USA to Anglesea; Wales, franked Grant 5c brown, forwarded on arrival to “Passenger on Board SS Etruria, Cunard…

Dublin: 1825 (30.12) Envelope sent locally to The Archbishop of Dublin, Crumlin, which would have incurred an extra penny charge for the extended delivery,…

Kilkenny: 1779 (22..9) Folded cover from Kilkenny to London, showing superb linear KILKENNY in black, with circular red FREE alongside, with Dublin and…

Mayo – Newport Mayo: 1825 Folded entire from Newport to London, charged 11d, uprated to single 2/2d, showing on face NEWPORT MAYO/139 mileage mkg, very…

Offaly – Parsonstown: 1845 (9.1) Folded cover from Parsonstown to Mountmellick, showing superb strike of the red fancy “Pd.1d.” hs with blue PARSONSTOWN/JA.).1845…

1917 Registry of Business, Dublin violet datestamps, tying GB Seahorse 5s red on three separate fragments, unusual and scarce.

1922 O’Loughlin, Murphy & Boland: 1/2d to 1s selection of both imperforate and perforated essays, in yellow, lemon or green, a fine group (13)(Hib. E123/E149,…

1927 (30.5) Envelope from England to Clontarf, Dublin, Irish Free State, showing unusual and scarce linear violet ILLEGAL LOTTERY hs, cover with bilingual…

1953 (30.1) Shipwreck Mail: Window envelope recovered from the car ferry “Princess Victoria” on it’s journey from Stranraer to Larne, showing violet 2-line…

1/2d green, with proof overprint in red, used, unusual and scarce

Proof overprint in black for the 5-line format of the low values – Matrix Proof: Twelve clichés in two marginal strips of six on whitish paper, showing…

1d scarlet, mint single with overprint shifted to the left and showing overprint inverted variety, fresh, very fine, and very scarce. Hibernian T2a; €375+….

1d scarlet, mint nh single, showing inverted overprint variety, fresh, fine and scarce (Hib.€375)

1d scarlet, mint showing inverted overprint variety, fresh and very fine, a scarce error (Hib. T2a, €375)

2s6d chocolate brown, single franking on cover from Dublin to County Durham, tied by wavy-line cancel with BAILE ATHA CLIATH/MAY.15.1922 cds alongside,…

2s6d chocolate brown, mint nh bottom left corner sheet marginal block of four, fresh and very fine (Hib. €640+)

2s6d chocolate brown, 5s rose red and two single of the 10s grey-blue, all mint, fresh and very fine (Hib. €480)

2s6d chocolate brown, two mint singles, showing short third line (22 mm) and Nissen re-entry, errors, fresh and fine.

5s rose red, single franking on cover from Dublin to County Durham, tied by wavy-line cancel with BAILE ATHA CLIATH/MAY.13.1922 cds alongside, very fine…

10s grey-blue, single franking on cover from Dublin to County Durham, tied by wavy-line cancel with DUBLIN/MAY.12.1922 cds alongside, very fine and scarce

1922 10s grey-blue, three examples incl. one showing plate variety strokes over “TEN” mint l.h. (Hib. €475) and another mint example with broken “S” in…

10s grey-blue, used single, with broken “S” in POSTAGE, showing strokes over TEN from R4/2, short perfs., toned, scarce. Hibernian T14c; €525.

10s grey blue, mint left sheet marginal (perf. separation), showing short third line error (22 mm), some gum loss, fresh and fine

10s grey-blue, mint showing overprint displaced to the left covering the King’s portrait variety, few short perfs., fresh and very fine, a scarce error…

2d orange, mint singles showing both die I and II with inverted overprints, one light creased, a fine and scarce pair of varieties (Hib. T16a, T17a, €750)

9d olive-green, mint and mint nh top left corner sheet marginal block of eight showing PQSTAGE variety, fine and scarce (Hib. T36a, €630+)

2s6d to 10s complete mint nh set of the three popular and scarce high values of the Thom set with siny blue black overprints, fresh and very fine (Hib….

5s rose-red, mint single, showing R over Se, tone spot, fresh, very fine and scarce (Hib. €660)

10s dull grey-blue, mint singles, showing “major re-entry” from plate 5A and position R1/1, some gum redistribution, fresh, very fine and an important…

10s dull grey-blue, mint single, showing “major re-touch” from plate 5A and position R2/1, fresh, very fine and an important rarity on the popular Thom…

10s dull grey-blue, with broken “S” in Postage, mint single, showing strokes over TEN from R4/3, light central bend, fine and extremely rare. Hibernian…

10s dull grey-blue, with broken “S” in Postage, used single with DUBLIN / 10.FE.23 cds, showing strokes over TEN from R4/3, light creasing at top, fine…

10s dull grey-blue, with broken “S” in Postage, mint single with gum redistributed, showing retouch to “10s” R8/1, fine and a rare error. Hibernian T41d;…

1d scarlet, used single, showing reversed Q in ONE variety, very fine, unusual and scarce (Hib.€375)

1d red, mint and mint nh block of four, bottom left stamp nh showing QNE reversed Q plate error (Row 15, Stamp 10), fresh, very fine and scarce (Hib. T48a,…

1d scarlet, mint and mint nh block of six, one showing accent inserted over ‘t’ variety, very fine, unusual and rare

9d olive-green, mint and mint nh vertical right sheet marginal block of six showing accent missing, fine and scarce (Hib. T56b, €300+)

10d turquoise-blue, mint nh bottom left corner sheet marginal T22 imperforated control block of six, few gum bends, fresh, very fine and rare (Hib. TC170,…

10d turquoise-blue, mint and nh, vertical pair showing bottom stamp “S over E” variety, very fine and scarce (Hib. €375+).

1s bistre-brown, mint horizontal pair, showing right stamp with accent inserted (Row 15, Stamp 12), fine and very rare, (Hib. T58c, €750), signed by “DM”…

2s6d chocolate-brown, perfect R in Crown, mint single, position R1/2 with major re-entry plate flaw, fresh, very fine, and a scarce error. Hibernian T59a;…

10s dull gray blue, mint single with broken “S” in postage, position R8/1 with retouch to 10 plate flaw, fresh, very fine, and a rare error. Hibernian…

10s grey-blue, mint single from Plate 2, showing plate flaw “perfect S”, fine and scarce

1 1/2d red-brown, vertical mint n.h. coil strip of twenty, showing examples of the Long “1” with serif foot, fresh, and a very fine and rare strip, plus…

2s6d grey-brown (2) and re-brown, three mint or nh mint singles, one showing minor re-entries and another with needle eye accent, 5s rose-red, two singles,…

5s rose-red, spectacular mint and mint nh vertical block of eight, showing array of overprint errors including broken A, broken T and needle-eye accent,…

5s rose-red, mint showing plate flaw on the basic Seahorse stamp with inverted T variety (Row 2, Stamp 1), fresh and very fine, a scarce error (Hib. T67a,…

2s6d dull brown, mint nh top left corner sheet marginal horizontal pair, both showing the wide dates and dots between S and A proving it is from the composite…

2s6d greyish-brown, mint left sheet marginal block of four, all showing the wide dates and two left stamps with the broken STÁT proving it is from the…

5s rose-red, mint, horizontal composite pair, left stamp showing inner frame notch plate flaw (Row 3, Stamp 3), plus right stamp with typical needle-eye…