1841-44 Dublin Maltese Crosses: Attractive group of eleven covers with mostly fine to superb strike (11)

1841–1900 Diamond Numerals: A remarkable lifetime accumulation comprising hundreds of single stamps, pairs and multiples, together with over 100 covers...

1843 (30.12) Folded entire from Limerick to Edinburgh, franked 1d red, plate 37, neatly tied distinctive Limerick MC in black, very fine and scarce (SG...

1844 1d Mulready, neatly cancelled by centrally struck diamond numeral "145" of Cloyne, Co. Cork, scarce early usage of the 1844 diamond type cancel.

1844-55 Dublin "186" Numerals: Attractive group of eleven covers, one in green, plus fragment with six 1d red tied green numeral also, also envelope with...

1849 (May 17th) Printed Propaganda envelope Southern Derry depicting King Billy mounted 1690/GBLI, used to Dublin with 1d red tied "59" diamond of Bandon,...

1855 QV 1d pink envelope, to Maynooth, cancelled by diamound numeral "106" in green, with green CASHEL bs, fine and scarce.

1855 (18.12) "Grey Brother" envelope from Belfast to Antwerp, Belgium, franked 1d red-brown, plate 12, die II, six examples, all neatly tied by the belfast...

1855 (Nov 24) large wrapper from Derry to Derby franked with corner marginal pair of the 1855-57 4d small garter wmk on blued paper, tied smudgy Irish...

1856-64 Irish Spoons: Attractive group of twenty-two covers and two fragments, mostly all tied 1d red, tied by an array of Spoons in black from Athlone,...

1856-64 Dublin Spoons: Attractive group of thirty-six covers and six fragments, mostly franked by 1d red, tied by Dublin Spoons in black, including Kane...

1862 (27.2) Registered envelope from Dublin to South Lancaster, Mass., USA, paying the 1s6d rate, 1s postage and 6d for registration, QV 6d violet and...

1844 (27.2) Folded letter sheet from Belfast to the Sunday School Society for Ireland, Dublin, franked 1d red-brown, plate 48, lettered AA, showing part...

1867-80 Spray 3d rose, plate 8, block of six each struck with clear KINGSBRIDGE/DUBLIN/SE.28.72 cds, a very fine and scarce Railway Station ds

1867-80 Spray 3d rose, plate 9, block of four struck with clear central diamond numeral "174" of Dingle,, a very fine

1867-80 Spray 3d rose, plate 8, block of four struck with four clear central SNEEM/SP.21.72 cds, very fine

1867-80 Spray 3d rose, plate 7, block of four struck with two clear strike of the TRALEE/FE.17.72 cds, very fine

1867-80 Spray 6d bistre, two pairs, 1d red strip of three, 1s green and 2s blue, cancelled by TRALEE or KILLARNEY cds's, very fine (9)

1871 cover to Genova bearing 4d vermilion pl.12 and 6d mauve pl.9 tied neat strikes of 'Derry JA 2 71' duplex, with a fine strike of the scarce 'Registered...

1872 Spray 3d rose, plate 8, block of four each with CARRIGAHOLT/AU.13.72 cds on each, very fine and scarce usage from this small village in County Clare.

1873 (July 23rd) – Underpaid Mourning Cover to the United States: Mourning envelope from Antrim to New York, franked with GB 1d rose-red Plate 155, tied...

1873-80 3d rose pl.16 KH on neat cover to Philadelphia tied by a superbly crisp '186' Dublin duplex dated MY 4 75, with 'Insufficiently Prepaid' boxed...

1873-80 6d grey pl.13 TF on mourning cover to Sierra Leone tied '186' Dublin duplex dated OC 16 1874 with handstruck '1' in red below and 'Sierra Leone...

1875 (December 15th) Envelope from Mountpleasant, Co. Louth to Bloomfield, Iowa, franked 1d red strip of three, cancelled diamond numeral "339", with H&K...

1877 (August 29th) Small neat mourning envelope from Killarney to Melbourne, Victoria, paying the 8d rate via Brindisi, with 1d red (2) and 6d grey, all...

1880-83 Wmk Crown: 3d on 3d lilac, tied by Dublin duplex, on 1883 envelope to Johnstown Kennedy with HAZELHATCH cds alongside, some stains, scarce usage...

1883-84 Anchor 2s6d lilac, superbly struck by large DUBLIN cds, scarce

1905-21 Attractive mixed assembly of twenty-six covers & cards with a fine range of superb strikes including rubber and sketeton postmarks from an array...

1908-12 Ed.VII and GV 3d brown registered envelope, five items all with registered lables cancelled by superb strikes Drumsna SO, Dromod SO, Cloughjordan...

1917 Seahorses 2s6d brown, in two different shades, vertical pairs, plus 5s red single, all neatly cancelled by large violet cachet REGISTRY OF BUSINESS...

1840 Southgate: Unused illustrated envelope, “Blarney Stone”, No. 4, a delightful example of this celebrated series of early pictorial envelopes, in very...

1840 Mulready Caricature: Thomas White's THE BRITISH LION ASLEEP used Dublin to Fortwilliam and initially accepted as a normal Mulready Penny, cancelled...

1840 Mulready Caricature – “The Irish Lion Asleep”: Thomas White’s celebrated “Pig” caricature, THE IRISH LION ASLEEP, the plagiarised version published...

1858 (August 6th) An Exceptional Hand-Illustrated Envelope to the Countess of Mayo: Delightful and remarkably elaborate pen-and-ink illustrated envelope,...

1858 (February 24th) Hand-Illustrated Envelope to the Miss Lambart of Hayes Navan: Delightful pen-and-ink illustrated envelope, charmingly depicting man...

1858 (July 7th) An Exceptional Hand-Illustrated Envelope to the Lady M.Bourke: Delightful and remarkably elaborate pen-and-ink illustrated envelope, addressed...

1861 (5 Sep.) Pen and ink illustrated envelope from Fermoy to Killarney, franked 1d red tied diamond numeral "218", but instead sent to Kingstown and sorted...

1858-1908 Illustrated envelopes and fronts, group of seven mostly pen and ink drawings, including one by Gilroy Punch, mixed to fine (7)

France: 1855-61 Two envelope franked Empire 40c orange, addressed to Boyle, Co. Roscommon and Ballymote, Co. Sligo, very fine

1907-16 Sinn Féin Hibernia broad crown perf 11 1/4, used in combination with Ed.VII 1d, tied TARBERT R.S.O./CO KERRY/SE.29.08 cds, on envelope to British...

1922 Dollard – Lithographed in monocolour: 2d complete mint set in seventeen different colours, neatly mounted on album pages, fresh, very fine and scarce...

1922 Dollard – Lithographed in bi-colour: 2d complete mint set in twenty-six different colours, neatly mounted on album pages, few minor faults, fresh,...

1922 Valdivia Specimens: Part set of the 2d values in seven different colours, perforated, mint and mint nh, four showing the extra frame-line variety,...

1922 Dollard: Valdivia Imperforate essays complete set of the ten different colours, four of which are showing the extra frame line at left, fine to very...

1922 Valdivia Specimens: Complete set of the 2d values in ten different colours, imperforated, mint and mint nh, three showing the extra frame-line at...

1922 Dollard: Valdivia Imperforate essays four bottom right corner sheet marginal singles in different colours, all showing extra frame-line at right plate...

1922 Hely Ltd – Lithographed in monocolour: 2d part mint set in six different colours, fresh, very fine and scarce (Hib. €720)

1922 Hely Ltd – Lithographed in bi-ocolour: 2d part mint set in three different colours, including 2d orange and slate, in bottom marginal single imperf...

1922 O’Loughlin, Murphy & Boland: Five different mint essays perf. amd imperf, some faults, a scarce group (5)

1922 Pictorial Printing Company: 1d sepia and 1d carmine-red, both imperforate mint and mint nh, fresh and very fine (Hib. €550)