363 / September 2016

1922, Saorstát 2/6 s. as horizontal pair from row 7, with right sheet margin, the right stamp with overprint error "reversed accent", unused, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 37I) Provenance: Sir John Dodd (R. Lowe, 1964)

1922, Saorstát 2/6 s. as block of four from the lower right sheet corner, upper right stamp with overprint variety "S over é", lower right stamp with clear guide block, mint never hinged, very fine (Michel 37I var)

1922, Saorstát 2/6 s. as horizontal from the upper left sheet corner, the right stamp with overprint error "raised Á in SAORSTÁT", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 37I)

1922, 3-line overprint by Thom, 5 s. as block of four from overprint plate 2 from the lower left sheet corner mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 38I)

1922, 3-line overprint by Thom, 5 s. as horizontal pair with left sheet margin, the right stamp with overprint variety "missing accent", mint never hinged with slight gum flaws on normal stamp, unusally well centered, fine (Michel 38I var)

1922, 3-line overprint by Thom, 5 s. as horizontal pair with right sheet margin, the right stamp with overprint variety "reversed accent", unused, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 38I var) Provenance: Sir John Dodd (R. Lowe 1964)

1922 Saorstát 10 s. blue as marginal block of four from the "broken S plate", upper left stamp unused, otherwise mint never hinged, well centered for these, very fine (Michel 39I)

1922, Saorstát 10 s. from the upper left sheet corner with major re-entry, Plate 5A, (Row1,1), mint never hinged with hinge in the margin only, very fine, a rare stamp, certificate Brandon (Michel 39I)

1922 Saorstát 10 s. blue, block of four with left sheet margin, the upper right stamp with plate flaw "strokes over TEN", upper stamps unused, the lower mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 39I)

1922 Saorstát 10 s. blue, horizontal pair with left sheet margin, right stamp with overprint error "missing accent", unused, very fine, certificate BPA (1932) (Michel 39I)

1922 Saorstát 10 s. blue, vertical pair with right sheet margin, upper stamp with overprint error "reversed accent", unused, very fine (Michel 39I+VI) Provenance: Sir John Dodd (R. Lowe 1964)

1922, Saorstát 10 s. as top marginal single with basic stamp error "Retouch to 0 in 10", position 4, mint never hinged with hinge in the margin only, very fine, a rare stamp, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 39I)

1923, Harrison 3-line coil, horizontal strip of three attached to pale green end strip, center stamp with "broken frameline at left", left stamp unused, the others never hinged, fine, certificate RPSL (1969) (Michel 15II)

1922, Harrison 3-line, 1½d as vertical strip of 12 with coil join, bottom stamp with basic stamp variety "blob between 1 and ½", mint never hinged, partly seperated, otherwise fine, certificate Brandon (Michel 27II)

1925, 3-line overprint by Somerset House, 2/6 s. as block of four from the upper right sheet margin, upper right stamp with "Reed" re-entry, stamps R1/3 and 2/3 with small distintive re-entry. mint never hinged, with small hinge remainders in the corner margin, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 37 II var)

1925, Narrow overprint, 5 s. as vertical pair from the upper left sheet corner, lower stamp with basic stamp flaw "inverted t", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 38II)

1925, Narrow overprint, 5 s. as block of 10 from the upper left sheet corner, second and fourth row with "diagonally displaced overprints", from the only known sheet, three stamps minor gum disturbances, otherwise very fresh and mint never hinged, the largest surviving multiple of this striking error! (Michel 38II var)

1925, Narrow overprint, 5 s. with shifted overprint, mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 38II)

1925, Narrow overprint, 10 s. as block of four with left sheet margin from the "broken S plate", mint never hinged and very fine and fresh (Michel 39II)

1925, Narrow overprint, 10 s. as horizontal pair with left sheet margin, the left stamp with "Runnal's Re-entry" on position 21, mint never hinged, normal perforation, fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 39II)

1925 Saorstát 10 s. blue, block of eight from the lower left sheet corner, positions 25-26, 29-30, 33-34 and 37-38, upper stamps wide, lower stamps narrow setting, containing two vertical composite pairs, two upper stamps and margins hinged, otherwise mint never hinged and despite few separated perfs in very fine condition, a very rare multiple, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel ​39II,III,IVs)  

1927, 2/6 s. block of four containing two horizontal composite pairs, mint never hinged, very fine (Michel 37IV w)

1927, 2/6 s. as vertical "Castle Composite", the upper stamp with overprint error "missing base of 2", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 37IV s)

1927, 2/6 s. as vertical "Castle Composite" from the "broken R, O and P plate", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 37IV s)

2'6- 10 s. in composite pairs with mixed 5 and 6 mm dates, 2'6 and 5 s. as horiozontal pair and 10 s. as vertical pair, used on three pieces, cancelled out of period par complaisance , very fine and scarce, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Mi.-Nr. 37-39 IV, SG 83-85a)

1927, 10 s. as horizontal composite pair, mint never hinged, unusually well centered, very fine (Michel 38IVw)

1927/28, 2/6 s. as block of four from the lower left sheet corner, upper right stamp with "circumflex accent", mint never hinged, light gum crazing, very fine, signed Pröschold BPP (Michel 37III var)

1927/28, 2/6 s. as block of six from the lower left sheet corner, the basic stamps from the "perfect R" plate, the upper left stamp with overprint variety "flat-tailed 9" and the right center stamp with "missing accent", usual light gum bends, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 37III var)

1927/28, 2/6 s. as block of four from the lower right sheet corner, the upper right stamp with overprint variety "black dot between S and ", the block being from Bradbury Plate 8/10 Left, the stamp show variable broken letters R, O and P etc., mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 37III var)

5 s. with varity "inverted T-line" (from R.3/3 of Pl. 4/5 L), unsued with original gum, well centred, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Mi.-Nr. 38IIIvar)

1927/28, 5 s. as vertical pair from the upper left sheet corner, with basic stamp plate flaw "inverted t", mint never hinged, hinges only in the margins, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 38III)

1927/28, 5 s. as horizontal pair with right sheet margin, left stamp with basic stamp plate flaw "inner frame notch" and right stamp with overprint error "flat 9", left stamp hinged, the right mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 38III)

1927/28, 5 s. as block of four from the lower left sheet corner, upper right stamp with "circumflex accent", upper left stamp hinged, otherwise mint never hinged, very fine (Michel 38III var)

1927/28, 10s. left marginal single with overprint error "flat 9", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 39III)

1927/28, 10s. block of four from the "broken S" plate, mint never hinged and unuassualy well centered for these, very fine (Michel 39III)

1935, Re-engraved printing 2/6-10 s., all with margins, mint never hinged, very fine (Michel A-C 61)