363 / September 2016

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)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 2/6 s. as left marginal block of four with "PO" watermark in the margin, upper left stamp with "Brennan re-entry", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 9I var)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 5 s. on pseudo-laid paper with overprint variety "short 3rd line" and heavily shifted downwards, unused, very fine and rare, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 10I var)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 10 s. as horizontal pair from the upper left sheet corner, basic stamp plate BW 5A with "major re-entry" on position 1, mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 11I var)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 10 s. as left marginal single from the "broken S" plate 1/3L, basic stamp with "major re-touch to GS", mint never hinged, hinged in the margin, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 11I var)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 10 s. with basic stamp variety "strokes over 10", mint never hinged, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 11I var)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 10 s. with overprint variety "short 3rd. line" and strongly shifted overprint to the top and left showing "Rialtas" partially at bottom, mint never hinged, very fine and rare with only 2 stamps like this possible, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 11I var)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 10 s. with overprint variety "short 3rd. line" and sloping up to the right, unused with disturdbed orinal gum and faint traces of ageing, otherwise fine, scarce, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 11I var)

1922, Rialtas 4-line overprint by Dollard printing house, 10 s. as horizontal pair from the lower left sheet corner, with overprint obliquely and shifted to the right, unused, very fine and fresh, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 11I var)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 1½d. with upper sheet margin, with downwards shifted overprint thus without "1922", unsed, very fine, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 14IV)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 1½ d. as block of 15 from the upper right sheet corner with severley shifted overprint and into the right margin, mint never hinged with hinges in the corner margin only, rare and very spectecular (Michel 14IV var)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 2d. die I, with watermark simple cypher reversed, at left two short perforations, otherwise fine, scarce, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 15IV/I)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Harrison, 1½ d., horizontal pair, right stamp with part coil-join and basic stamp with variety "PENCF corrected", mint never hinged, good perforation, fine (Michel 14II var)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 1½ d. as block of 6, upper right stamp with partly missing overprint due to foreign matter on the plate, unused, partly re-inforced with hinges, middle upper stamp with thins, otherwise fine, a rare and interesting multiple (Michel 14I var)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 2d. die I, inverted overprint, unused, very fine and scarce, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (Michel 15I/I K)

1922, Rialtas 5-line overprint by Thom, 2d. die II, marginal copy with inverted overprint, watermark inverted, mint never hinged, very fine (Michel 15I/II K)