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Auction: 25029 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 2007

(x) Great Britain
Postal History
1811-25 Irish collection of pre-stamp entires and wrappers (48 items) on album pages with a variety of markings including straight line 'belfast' in red (6), one of which with Dublin orange 'mermaid' d.s. on reverse, town markings including 1811 London to Dublin with boxed "st james str" and black Dublin 'mermaid' d.s. on reverse, superb Belfast "post paid" scroll on 1817 entire to Uxbridge, 1819 entire from Cheltenham to Dublin with unusual Dublin date/time scroll in red, entire to Dublin with athlone/ 60' mileage mark in black and orange-red 'mermaid' d.s. on reverse, other mileage markings including 'cork/124', 'rathfriland/57', 'derry/112', 'belfast/80' (3), 'ballymena/101', 'n-t-ards/88', 'dundalk/20', 'derry/115', etc., 1823 entire to Edinburgh with circular 'waterford/ 74' mileage mark in red, 1823 entire to Dublin with 'clonmel/ 82' circular mileage mark in black, other entires with mileage markings including 'durrow/52', kinsale/146', 'strabane/100', 'clbar/125', 'eyrecourt/81' etc.; a good to fine group

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320