368. Auction

1922, ½ d., 1 d., 1½ d. and 2 d. die II, each in horizontal coil pair, together with Thom 1 d. on airmail cover from "MARYBOROUGH 19 SP 23" to Egypt with arrival marks; the right ½ d. 2 perfs with creasing, otherwise very fine (Hibernian T20-22, 24)

1½ d., vertical paste-up pair with T22 control on the trimmed sheet margin, unused o.g., a very rare variety

2 d. die I with coil margin at bottom, showing small part of control T22, tied by part of machine cancel to small piece, fine and very scarce

½ d.-2 d. (both dies), coil leaders (500) with between 1 and 10 stamps attached; nice condition

½ d., coil leader D/1.000 with 9 stamps attached (partly folded), unused, most stamps unmounted mint, very rare since the rolls of 1.000 stamps were only prepared for businesses

1 d. coil leader B/1.000, tear in the leader fixed, otherwise fine

2 d. die I, coil leader Q/1.000 with strip of 8 stamps attached (folded once), unmounted mint and in very fine condition; very rare

2 d., coil leader R/500 with 10 stamps of die I joined to 10 stamps of die II (folded in places), unused, most stamps unmounted mint. Very rare, only one other leader of this type recorded

Coil ends: ½ d., 1 d. and 1½ d., horizontal coil ends with 3 resp. 1 d. 10 stamps, unmounted mint, 1 d. dated 6.6.22 (earliest date of manufacture)

Coil ends: ½ d., 1 d. and 1½ d., vertical coil ends with text in green resp. red with 1, 3 resp. 12 stamps attached; ½ d. dated 6.6.22, the earliest recorded date of manufacture of these coils

1½ d., re-constructed coil end dated 25/8/22 with 14 stamps, incl. 2 stamps with "PENCF corrected", one in coil join pair within a strip of 11, unused o.g.

2 d., horizontal coil end with 3 stamps and blue strip, dated "5 DEC 1924"

2 d., vertical coil end with 3 stamps and 7 empty spaces in blue (dated 8 JAN 1925), unused, partly folded

½ d.-2 d. (die II), horizontal coil strips of 14 resp. 16 (½ d.) with 2 paste-up joins each, unused/unmounted mint, strip of ½ d. split in one place, otherwise fine

½ d.-2 d. (die I) in vertical strips of 12 with 2 paste-up coil joins each, unused, almost all stamps unmounted mint, very fine

1½ d. coil join, the left stamp with variety "PENCF corrected", unmounted mint, very fine

2 d. paste-up coil join with one copy of die I and 2 copies of die II, unused o.g., the coil-join pair unmounted mint, fine and scarce, certificate Hamilton-Bowen BPP (2019)

1922, 3 line coil stamps ½ d.-2 d., all in pairs (½ d. twice) tied by cds. "MARYBOROUGH 1 JU 23" to airmail cover to Bagdad with arrival mark. Name in the address cancelled, otherwise fine

1923, 3 line coil stamps ½ d.-2 d. in horizontal pairs, one stamp each with variety "long 1", used on registered envelope with cds. "BAILE ATHA CLIATH 2 NO 23" to Rathmines with arrival mark, very fine

½ d., single stamp and horizontal strip of 3, the right stamp with "long 1", tied by machine cancel to cover to the US; fine and very scarce

1½ d. with variety "long 1" with definitives ½ d. green, tied by machine cancel "PORTLAIRGE 8 APR 25" to cover to Waterford, reverse flap missing, otherwise fine commercial use and very scarce

2 d. tied by provisional handstamp "CASTLEBRIDGE / WEXFORD" in black to cover to Dublin; the cancel was used following a raid on the P.O. and was replaced in February 1923

2 d. with variety "long 1" tied by Dublin slogan cancel to cover 8.5.1923 to Sandycove, fine and scarce

½ d.-2 d., horizontal coil leaders (480) with 4 resp. 1 d. with 6 stamps, unused / unmounted mint

½ d.-2 d., coil leaders (500) with 4, 5 (1 d. and 1½ d.) resp. 1 stamps attached, unused / unmounted mint

Horizontal coil ends of ½ d. (14 stamps), 1 d. (8 stamps) and 2 d. (3 stamps), unused / unmounted mint

Coil end 1 d. with 3 stamps attached, the central one with variety "long 1", unused, the variety unmounted mint

½ d., horizontal coil leader P/480 with 5 stamps, the outer stamp hinged, otherwise unmounted mint, fine and scarce

1 d., horizontal coil leader O/480 with 3 stamps, unmounted mint

1½ d., horizontal coil leader N/480 with 2 stamps,  unused, very fine and scarce

2 d., vertical coil leader R/500 with 3 stamps attached, unused, fine and scarce

2 d., vertical coil leader R*/480 with 11 stamps attached, date stamp "1-JUL 1939", unused, fine and scarce

1933/35, Experimental coils, imperforated horizontally: ½ d. in horizontal strip of 8, unused, 4 copies unmounted mint, a scarce multiple

½ d. with regular issue 1½ d. on commercial cover from "PORT LAIRGE 4.III 35" to the United States with arrival mark

1 d. single perf., vertical strip of 4, the top stamp lightly hinged, otherwise unmounted mint, fine and scarce

1 d. single perf., 2 copies tied by slogan cancel "BUY IRISH GOODS / BAILE ATHA CLIATH 15 MAY 1933" to piece, very scarce contemporary use