Lot 60685 – Comprehensive Numeral Cancellation Collection1841-1910

1841–1910 – Comprehensive Numeral Cancellation Collection. An outstanding ten-volume collection, the result of a lifetime of dedicated collecting and study. Beautifully presented on more than 575 album pages and meticulously written up, this remarkable assembly comprises over 900 covers and cards, representing one of the most extensive studies of Irish numeral cancellations ever formed.

The collection is arranged in ten volumes as follows:

Abbeyleix to Bantry – 68 pages (95 items)

Belfast to Callan – 50 pages (76 items)

Cappoquin to Consilla – 44 pages (66 items)

Cloyne to Donegal – 52 pages (83 items)

Down to Kildare – 74 pages (119 items)

Dublin – 66 pages (107 items), showing an extraordinary range of duplex and spoon postmarks, diamond newspaper cancellations, diamond “killer”, Pearson Hill “Pivot” machine, diamond duplex, “Too Late” and “Late Fee” markings, H&K Pact diamond duplex, and much more.

Killaloe to Lurgan – 58 pages (97 items)

Magherafelt to Oldcastle – 55 pages (87 items)

Omagh to Tandragee – 54 pages (84 items)

Templemore to Wicklow – 57 pages (91 items)

Each volume features a remarkable diversity of numeral cancellations on covers, postcards, postal stationery, newspapers, and wrappers, with destinations ranging from within Ireland and the United Kingdom to Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Mauritius, and the United States.

The collection encompasses a vast array of diamond numerals, numerous types of duplex numeral cancellations, and an exceptional showing of over 50 “spoon” cancels from towns including Athlone, Ballinasloe, Ballymoney, Belfast, Carrick-on-Shannon, Clonmel, Drogheda, Ennis, Enniskillen, Galway, Kingstown, Limerick, Mallow, Newry, Roscrea, Sligo, Strabane, Tuam, Waterford, and Wexford, among others.

A truly magnificent and scholarly assembly, offering both aesthetic appeal and immense research potential — undoubtedly one of the finest and most comprehensive studies of Irish numeral postmarks ever to appear on the market.