363 / September 2016

"*BELFAST* SHIP LETTER" and double line "Belfast Penny Post", clear strikes on folded letter from London 1835 to Belfast, fine, ex Field collection

1914, Homerule 1 d. Hibernia, 1 d. Redmond (2) and 1 d. harp, unused, 2 with faults

DOLLARD: 1922, 2d. engraved, set of 4 different colours, unused without gum as issued, very fine

2d. lithographed, 16 different mono-colour, missing only 2d. carmine for completion, all marginal or corner examples, mint never hinged, very fine

2d. lithographed, 22 different bi-coloured, all right marginal stamps, mint never hinged, very fine, a difficult and most attractive assembly

2d. Valdivia Specimes, perf 11, 7 different colours, mainly marginal or corner examples, mint never hinged, very fine

2d. Valdivia Specimes, imperforated, 7 different colours, all from the upper right sheet corner, mint never hinged, one stamp with light crease, otherwise very fine

HELY: 1922, 2d. as engraved plate proof, single impression in black in white paper (42X62mm) with reversed design, the essays printed later where only issued as lithographic prints, red lettering "1035" and top and bottom, extremely rare and attractive

2d. lithographed, 15 different bi-coloured, unused, very fine with minaly good centering

PERKINS, BACON & CO: 1922, 3d. green, engraved die proof single impression on white gummed paper (80X125mm), hinges only at the very top outside of the plate impression, very fine and fresh, rare

1922, 3d. red with wide margins, neatly mounted on thick green card (81X90mm), very fine and fresh, rare

O'LOUGHLIN, MURPHY & BOLAND: 1922, perf 11½, group of 11 values including the scarce 1d. and 3d. in red, mainly mint never hinged, some marginal stamps, very fine

1922, imperforated, group of 17 different values including the 10sh, mainly with wide margins, many mint never hinged, fine to very fine

PICTORIAL PRINTING MACHINE COMPANY: 1922, imperforated, 1d. sepia as block of four from the lower right corner, pencil annotation accros the back of the upper left stamp just intruding into the adjacent stamp, very fine and attractive

1d. turquise as block of four from the lower left sheet corner on thin carton paper, without gum, lower right stamp with msall, faint surface abrasion, otherwise very fine attractive

1d. carmine-red as block of four, mint never hinged, very fine

1922, perforated, 1d. pale turquise as horizontal pair with left sheet margin, hinged in the margin, stamps with full original gum with small adherence, very fine

ESSAYS: 1922, interesting group of 51 various issues including Dollard, Heli and O'Loughlin, with varities and multiples and Fiji paper trial, mostly fine

1922,  4 different essais "Dollard bi-colour" and 3 different "Valdivia" and Fiji 2 d. paper trial, all with sheet margins, unmounted mint, fine (Hib. E 21, 33, 37, 39, 56, 58, 60 and 167)

1922, Proof overprints by Dollard printing house, blue overprint on thin whitish paper, block of four from the upper sheet margin, position 5-6 and 17-18, this block originates from a former block of 24 which presumably was destroyed during the civil war 1922, very fine and rare, detailed certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP Provenance: Marquess of Bute (R. Lowe, 1950)                      T.E. Field (R. Lowe, 1966)

1922, Overprint proof by Dollard Printing house for low values, ½d. with additional franking tied by cds. "BELLVELLY 16 AP 22" to cover to Yorkshire, fine and scarce (Michel 1P, 14I)

1922, Overprint proof by Dollard Pringing house for low values, ½d. as block of six from the upper left sheet corner with red overprint and and purple backstamp without manuscript initials, lower middle stamp and margins with hinge remainders, otherwise mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 1P)

1922, Overprint proof by Dollard Pringing house for low values, ½d. right marginal single, with double overprint, one albino, the visible overprint shifted with date, purple backstamp without manuscript initials, mint never hinged, very fine, certificates BPA and Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 1P)

1922, Overprint proof by Dollard Pringing house for low values, ½d. with gutter at bottom, with double overprint, one albino, the visible overprint shifted with date on top and again on gutter, purple backstamp without manuscript initials, mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 1P)

1922, Overprint proof by Dollard Pringing house for high values, block of four on thin, pale cream, wove, ungummed paper, small tear at top and horizontal fold through lower stamps, otherwise fine, a very rare multiple, certificate Hamilton-Bowen (Michel 9-11I P)

ISSUED PROOF OVERPRINTS ON GB STAMPS: 1922, "Thom Wide" on GB 1912 ½d. green as horizontal pair tied by machine cancel to cover to Dublin, these so called "Jet-Black" overprints are very scarce on cover, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Dollard printing house, ½ d. from the lower left sheet corner with inverted overprint, mint never hinged, perf splits at lower left, otherwise fine, signed (Michel 1K)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 4½. as vertical pair with upper sheet margin with overprint shifted downwards showing only "Rialtas" at bottom of upper stamp, upper stamp and margin hinged, the lower mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 1 var) Provenance: ex J.E. Foley

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 1d. with gutter at top and inverted overprint, mint never hinged, very fine, signed Pröschold BPP (Michel 2K)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 4d. with basic stamp variety "broken crossbar in left 4", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 5a var)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 9d as block of six pair from the upper left sheet corner, lower left stamp with basic stamp variety "PQSTAGE", hinged in the margins and upper left stamp, otherwise mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 7b var)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 9d. as block of four from the lower right sheet corner, watermark shifted to left, thus the right stamps almost without watermark and watermark "1" in the sheet margin, mint never hinged, fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 7a var)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 4d. as block of four with right sheet margin, upper right stamp with basic stamp variety "breaks under 4" and margin next to lower right stamp with "broken jubilee line", mint never hinged, SG number noted on margin, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 5b var)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 4d. as horizontal pair, left stamp with basic stamp variety "broken crossbar in left 4", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 5b var)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 2/6-10 s., all marginal copies with overprint variety "short 3rd line", mint never hinged with hinges in the margin only, signed Bühler resp. Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 9-11I)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house,  2/6s. as horizontal block of four from the upper right sheet corner, the upper left stamp with "Nissen re-entry", both stamps at right with overprint variety "short 3rd line", upper left stamp mint never hinged, other lightly hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 9I var)