Thom Wide: 1d U22 imperf.

1922 5d light green format F code CQ, used Dec. 1922 with extra 1d Thom 'wide' Dublin to Marburg, reverse with fine violet German Currency Control cachet, slight wrinkle through the indicia. Altogethe

1d sheet corner block of 18 with accent inserted from R.15/12, hinged on the bottom left stamp and in the margins only. The basic stamp is from Pl.116 with Control U22 imperf., There are only two exam

1d bottom right corner block of 6 with Control T22 imp., Setting 2, base plate 87b, upper left stamp and margin with faintest possible hinge, rare. SG 48, Mi. 13 III, Hib. TC112.

1d corner block of six with Control S22 imperf, Setting 6, two stamps only at the top hinged, the rest are u/m. Mi. 13 I, SG 31, Hib. TC74.

2d corner strip of 3 from base Pl. 1 with Control T22 (indent) perf., ovpt. Setting 1, hinged in the bottom margin only, rare. SG 50, Mi. 15 III, Hib. T45, TC118.

½d top marginal single franking on a 1931 cover from Cork to Los Angeles, slightly reduced at right. A rare bulk-rate single franking abroad. SG 47, Mi. 12 III, Hib. T42.

Transition, GB 4½d magenta format F, code L.Q. neatly used in January 1922 from Cork to London with Thom "Wide" ½d, clean and and very scarce.

Thom 3-line, 1d right marginal block of 4, lower right stamp with variety accent inserted inverted R.15/12, the two left stamps are very lightly hinged leaving the error superb u/m. Clear BPP cert. (2

Thom 3-line, 1d marginal block of 4, top right stamp with variety accent and AT inserted from R.15/12, single light hinge at the top only, lower left (normal) stamp with corner crease, quite rare. Wit

Civil War, "Wexford re-gums", pair of Thom 5-line 1d with deep gum suffusion used on piece with clear cds's WEXFORD/ 9 JA/ 23, very fine. An unknown number of stamps stolen in P.O. robberies were soak

Great Britain 1841, #3/#4, group of fourteen 1d red imperf and three 2d blue, all 2-4 margins, catalogue value $725 (Scott 2021), mostly f-vf

Thom 5-line, 1d corner block of six with Control S22 perf., Setting 6, hinged at the top only, bottom stamps incl. the Control are u/m. Mi. 13 I, SG 31, Hib. TC75.

Ireland Railways, Donegal Joint Committee, 1922 cover to Inver (Co. Donegal) with Thom 2d "Wide" and 2d Railway stamp die II with purple handstamp "4", both tied by superb purple straight-line KILLYBE

1/- with Control R21 imperf, tied to piece with a light cds of ""72 GT BRUNSWICK ST"" (re-named to Pearse Street in 1922), very fine. A rare piece. SG 15, Mi. 23IV, Hib. TC61.

10d marginal single with Control S22 imperf., u/m mint and brilliantly fresh, well centred, a choice example of this scarce Control. SG 42, Mi. 22 I, Hib. TC 102.

Ireland Political, ca. 1967 Fenian 1c, 3c and 24c deep green, and 1c, 3c and 24c mauve, all imperf with wide margins, u/m mint. Believed to have been produced in 1967 for the 100th anniversary of the

I.R.A. 1922 Cork issue 1d brown on wove, imperforate with wide to huge margins, very fine mint, superb original colour. Hib. L44a.

I.R.A. 1922 Cork issue 1d brown on wove, perf. 11, wide margined and u/m, couple of miniscule natural gum irregularities, brilliantly fresh, a choice example. Hib. L44.

Signed lower right. Matthew's Galleries, 19th Century American art stamp on stretcher verso. James C. Thom (American, 1835 - 1898). From a Tuxedo Park, NY estate. - Dimensions: 27.5" high x 38" wide.

James Crawford Thom (Am. 1835-1898) complex riverscape with fisherman and livestock in valley background. Signed lower right. Frame size: 21" wide, 26" high. Some soiling, scuffs, frame losses. Estate

2d Die II corner strip of 3 with Control T22 imperf., Setting 9, left and right stamps hinged, the Control stamp is u/m, very fine and fresh, a rare Control, especially in a multiple. Clear BPP cert.

Signed lower right. The Lenz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI label affixed verso. James Thom (American, 1835 - 1898). From a Rye, NY collector. Dimensions: 16.25" high x 24" wide. Condition: Lined, craquelure.

9d agate sheet corner pair with full margins and Control S22 imperf, Setting 8, superb used with neat, upright cds's FERNS / 15 JA / 23, full perfs., very rare in such superb used condition. SG 40 var

1d corner strip of 3 with Control T22 imperf., ovpt. Setting 2, lightly hinged in the right margin only, stamps and Control u/m, superb centring, rare. SG 2, Mi. 2, Hib. TC 11.