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1828 Wrapper with disctinctive Antrim P-PAID
1828 Wrapper to Dublin with ANTRIM / 95 mileage and disctinctive P·PAID~.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
120.00 EUR
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1744 EL to Dublin with split Bishop

1744 Entire Letter from Silverspring to Dublin, reverse showing a very fine and clearly divided (or "split") Bishop DE/10.

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
140.00 EUR
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1742 EL to Dublin with small split Bishop

1742 Entire Letter from Dublin to Oldcastle, reverse showing a very fine and clearly divided (or "split") Bishop MA/7.

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
95.00 EUR
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1850 Stationery envelope with superb BELFAST Spoon
1850 1d pink envelope with fine and clear Irish 1857 BELFAST / 62 Spoon.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
135.00 EUR
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1834 Sunday School Society EL with PAID AT / SLIGO
1834 Sunday School Society EL from Dublin to Sligo and back to Dublin with VF boxed small PAID AT / SLIGO.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
245.00 EUR
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1831 E with Dublin PENNY POST / LINEN HALL
1831 E with Dublin dotted oval reading PENNY POST / LINEN HALL and Dublin d/1.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
325.00 EUR
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1839 EL with lovely boxed PAID AT / DERRY
1839 EL to Newtownlimavady with VF to superb boxed PAID AT / DERRY.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
150.00 EUR
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1801 E with very fine crisp BELSFAST
1801 E to Greenock with crisp BELFAST small SL in deep red.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
125.00 EUR
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1797 Part wrapper to Dublin with s/l DUNGANNON, rare Irish soldiers rate

Postal History: 1797 small part wrapper to a Private in the 6th, Dn Gde, sent at the Military Concession 1d rate, with fair circular POST/PAID/D in claret, reverse with fine Dublin circular FE/.20./97 in black.

Despite faults, this is a very rare example of an Irish Soldier's concessionary rate from the 18th century; this rate was first introduced in March 1796.

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
240.00 EUR
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1839 EL to Waterford, abuse of Free Frank
1839 EL Falmouth to Waterford via Belfast, Free "Donegall", showing abuse of the Free Frank on commercial correspondence.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
475.00 EUR
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1799 EL Dublin to London with large S / IRELAND
1799 EL Dublin to London with a neat S / IRELAND in red with matching London S backstamp.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
475.00 EUR
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1780 EL with albino ARDEE, Bishop and Dublin PP Receiver
1780 (ca.) EL to Castleknock with albino ARDEE, reverse with fine "Bishop" and very fine Dublin PP JU20M.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
190.00 EUR
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1848 Part E with complete STROKESTOWN mailbag seal.
1848 Part E with a light but complete strike of the rare STROKESTOWN mailbag seal.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
485.00 EUR
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1749 EL to Dublin with ELPHIN, FREE and Bishop

1749 Entire Letter to Dublin with albino ELPHIN and with small fourth type FREE, reverse showing a very fine Bishop IA/1 (F/K 15A).

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
95.00 EUR
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1835 EL with 2x FREE and MIDDLETON / 134 Mileage

1835 Entire Letter to Surrey with very fine Crowned FREE's of Dublin and London, reverse with a very fine Mileage MIDDLETON / 134 in black.


Shipping time: 3-4 Days
95.00 EUR
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1831 E Manchester to Dublin with clear B / LATE MAIL
1831 E from Manchester to Dublin with clear, complete Dublin B / LATE MAIL.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
140.00 EUR
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1850 Wrapper with very fine PAID AT / BALLYCONNELL
1850 Wrapper to Dublin with clear boxed PAID AT / BALLYCONNELL and Dublin PAID cds.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
125.00 EUR
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1822 EL with Treble Postage and PARSONSTOWN/68 Mileage

Postal History: 1822 EL as Money-Letter to Bagnalstown with a fine, almost complete PARSONSTOWN / 68 Mileage in black, reverse with very fine octagonal Dublin transit code C in red.

Based on the single rate for a total of 115 miles, this letter would have been charged 10d.  However, any letter with more than one enclosure but still weighing under 1 oz was charged Treble Postage, i.e. 3 x 10d = 2/6.

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
85.00 EUR
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1840 E to Ardee with UFPP handstruck 4
1840 Entire Dublin to Ardee with very fine Dublin Uniform FPP handstruck 4.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
780.00 EUR
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1830 EL to Surrey with VF MIDDLETON / 134 Mileage

1830 Entire Letter to Surrey with very fine Crowned FREE just over a fine strike of the Mileage MIDDLETON / 134 in black.

 

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
95.00 EUR
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1815 EL with 2x BALLYSHANNON / 101 + FREE

1815 Entire Letter to Dublin with two strikes of the Mileage BALLYSHANNON / 101 in red, deemed FREE on arrival in Dublin and the charge cancelled. 

 

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
135.00 EUR
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1820 EL to Scotland with 2x Mileage + Wheel Tax

1820 Entire Letter from from Drogheda to Inverness with very fine small Mileage DROGHEDA / 24, left m/s Missent and with superb ARMAGH / 66 Mileage in blue, the charge of 9d cancelled there and raised to 1/11½, then to 2/2½, finally to 4/4½.

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
285.00 EUR
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1826 EL from St. Vincent with oval SHIP - LETTER - DERRY
1826 EL from St. Vincent to Whitby landed on the north coast of Ireland with rare oval  · Ship Letter · Derry around a Crown.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
975.00 EUR
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1841 Cover with 2x 1d red Pl. VIII with distinctive Clonmel MX
1841 Cover with 2x 1d red from "Black" Pl. VIII with early distinctive Clonmel MX in black with clear central fixing pins.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
625.00 EUR
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1755 EL to Edinburgh with VF large DUBLIN and Bishop
1755 EL to Edinburgh with very fine large DUBLIN and very fine London "Bishop".
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
190.00 EUR
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1830 EL with OMAGH/86 Mileage and rare unframed PAID

Postal History: 1830 Entire Letter from Mountjoy Forest to Dublin paid m/s "9" in red with  fair OMAGH  / 86 red, left with a very fine and clear matching unframed PAID (F/K 285).  

The previous earliest known use of this very scarce PAID handstamp is for 1832.

 

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
160.00 EUR
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1818 EL with scarce abbrev. Mileage ES.TYMON/127 and high pre-payment

1818 EL to Paris pre-paid m/s "3/1" in red with a fine abbreviated ES TIMON  / 127 Mileage in black, Dublin octagonal PAID in black(!), superb London Sunday PAID Tombstone in red, French straight-line ANGLETERRE in black, charged m/s 19 (sous) for delivery.

 A fine combination of strikes with a high pre-payment.

 

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
150.00 EUR
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1840 E to Dublin with dictinctive PAID AT DERRY / 1d
1840 E to Dublin with a very fine distinctive PAID AT DERRY. / 1d in red.
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
140.00 EUR
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1808 EL with vf KILKENNY / 57 and superb Mermaid

1808 Entire to Edinburgh with very fine Mileage KILKENNY / 57, m/s. "6" to Dublin raised to "2/-", reverse with superbly detailed Dublin Mermaid with single circle (F/K 25) 10 JU 10 / 1808 Code D in brown-orange.  Rare quality for a Mermaid!

Shipping time: 3-4 Days
275.00 EUR
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1732 EL Dublin to Dromore with small Dublin Bishop
1732 EL from Dublin to Dromore sent free, reverse with small Dublin segmented "Bishop".
Shipping time: 3-4 Days
240.00 EUR
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