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Auction: 15023 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2905

Ireland, featuring the "O'Brien" Collection of 1922-34 and 1940-68 "Map of Ireland" Type
1922-23 Saorstát Overprint
½d. green block of four, the second stamp variety no accent in "Saorstat", used with 3d. pale violet on 1923 (17 May) envelope registered from Castleblaney to Berkshire, fine. Believed to be the only example known on cover, and of exhibition importance. Hamilton-Bowen Certificate (1996). S.G. 52, 52a, 57. Photo

provenance:
T.E. Field, June 1966
Gerald Brady, 1993

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Estimate
£3,000 to £4,000