Se"" Definitive: 2½d Inverted Watermark

1940 2d with watermark inverted, superb u/m mint and very well centred. Very rare, only FOUR mint examples are known, one of which is hinged. Ex Field. Clear BPP cert. (1998). SG D8w, Mi. P8Z, Hib. PD

1935 2d perf. 15 x imperf, very fine used with near-upright cds with clear date 4 JU 36, full perforations and exceptionally fine colour, a very fine example of ""the rarest Irish stamp"", clear BPP c

10/- on cream paper with inverted watermark, fresh u/m, very well centred for these, a rare stamp, especially in such choice condition. SG125aw, Mi. 88aZ, Hib. D32wa.

2d on small, clean cover with clear Dublin First Day circular cancel, with neat, typewritten address. SG 74, Mi. 43A, Hib. D4 FDC.

1d horiz. strip of 3 attached to 3 diff. slogan labels ex booklet, watermark inverted, used on a local Kildare cover neatly tied by contemporary cds's, usual booklet trim at the top, minor stains left

1933 1d ""single perf."" with upright watermark, very fresh u/m mint, incredible centring (for these!), with clear BPP certificate (2018). SG 72b, Mi. 41DX, Hib. D2ci.

9d block of 4 neatly tied to a registered "Burke" First Day Cover by superb Dublin #27 cds's and registration crayon, with Rathmines arrival b/s for the next day. Exceptionally clean, this is one of t

5d block of 4 on a Registered cover within Dublin, with superb cds of Granby Row, Dublin, 11 MY 23, the day of issue of the 5d, backstamped with Ráth Maonas O.C. cds of the following day. A rare and

3d bottom sheet corner block of 10 with ""Spur on I in éire"" from R.16/2 (found only on earlier printings), u/m mint and brilliantly fresh, a choice and very rare positional block. SG 76 var., Mi. 4

10d block of 4 neatly tied to a registered "Burke" First Day Cover by superb Granby Row cds, with Rathmines arrival b/s for the next day. Exceptionally clean, a very scarce block of 4 FDC. SG 81, Mi.

1½d gutter pair, superb u/m and unfolded, rare as such. SG 73, Mi. 42AX, Hib. D3 gp.

½d single used for the concession rate on a printed Report of Thunderstorm postcard (issue 05/36) from Wexford to Huddersfield.

1d gutter pair, superb u/m and unfolded. SG 72, Mi. 41AX, Hib. D2 gp.

1922-23 Definitives, 2d gutter pair superb u/m mint, brilliantly fresh and unfolded, rare as such. SG 74, Mi. 43A Zs, Hib. D4 gp.

Great Britain 1877 SG #T18 5 Pound Orange Specimen Plate 1 Sideways Inverted Watermark, fine, unused, disturbed original gum. Extremely rare Telegraphs example, intended for the finest of collections.

Great Britain 1855 to 1890, #23 / #53, a used collection with many plate numbers and a few shades, also #45f plate 6 with inverted watermark used, Scott value $7807, appears f-vf

1974 Gerl 5p x6 booklet pane with inverted watermark used on illustrated FDC tied by neat upright Dublin cancels, unaddressed. SG 295ae, Mi. H-Bl. 3Z, Hib. HP22wa FDC.

1945 2/- no. 27-45, panes with matching inverted watermarks, no off-sets of interleaves, perfs average to superb, covers brilliantly fresh with sharp corners, slight gum disturbance on one stamp of th

Booklet, 1947 2/- no. 30-47, panes with matching inverted watermarks, no off-sets of interleaves, perfs above-average to superb, covers clean with sharp corners, typical rough post-war board, virtuall

2½d pair + 1d 3-line coil for the 6d rate on a "Gould" cover to Paris endorsed "Londres-Paris Airmail", neatly tied by Maryborough cds of 7 SP/23, the First Day of the 2½d. Very faint ageing

3d used on a small cover from Dublin to York on the First Day of issue with a crisp, clear machine cancel, ex O.P. Kennedy. SG 76, Mi. 45, Hib. D6 FDC.

1½d block of 4, lower left stamp with "2 and fraction bar joined" from R.8/2, u/m mint and very fresh, a rare block. SG 73 var., Mi. 42X var., Hib. D3, D3a.

Gerl Definitives, 1970 2d dog on PVA block of 4, fresh u/m mint. Few blocks have survived from the only sheet ever found. With clear BPP cert. (2017). SG 249, Mi. 212A var., Hib. D37gm.

1931-39 1d x3 booklet pane with 3 labels, watermark inverted and with complete selvedge, good to superb perfs., u/m mint and very fresh. SG 72dw, Mi. A3Z, Hib. HP3w.