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Sale 104 Text Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 104 closes 29th January 2020 Lot No Description Estimate BANKNOTES 1 Central Bank Lavery series One Hundred Pounds 26-10-70. Number written on back, €160.00 about vf. 2 Central Bank Lavery series One Hundred Pounds 3-3-72. Small nicks and crease at right, €175.00 otherwise vf. 3 Central Bank Lavery series Fifty Pounds 4-4-77. No writing, few nibbles at bottom edge, €85.00 about vf. COINS 4 1966 Pearse silver ten shillings x4. Very fine. (4) €60.00 5 LSD. Penny 1968 brilliant uncirculated x100. €35.00 6 Mixed lot loose in bag and in mounts, much euro to fifty cents, mainly Irish with a few €20.00 European, mostly unc, a few decimal to one pound, also LSD halfcrown 1955, penny 1968 x6 unc. (150) 7 Central Bank 2008 Antarctic Explorers five euro silver proof in wooden presentation box €100.00 with cert no 1966 of 5000 issued. 8 Central Bank 2009 Ploughman ten euro silver proof in presentation case with cert. €35.00 9 Central Bank 2013 JF Kennedy proof set, ten euro silver and twenty euro gold, in €130.00 presentation case with cert. 10 Token. Cronebane halfpenny 1789, rev "Associated Irish Mine Company", and on rim €35.00 "Payable at Cronebane Lodge or in Dublin". Extremely fine. 11 Ancient Roman. Group of small copper coins, poor condition but some detail can be made €30.00 out. A challenge! (14) 12 Ancient hammered coins. Indian Princely State silver fanam, 6mm dia, stated to be pre €30.00 16th century, also two Venice (probably) silver grossi, 10mm dia, stated to be 12th/14th century, offered as is. Very good to fine. (3) 13 Jersey. Useful range with one fourth of a shilling 1957 x4, 1964 x4, one twelfth of a shilling €25.00 1911, 1923, "1945" GVI, "1945" QEII, 1957 x3, 1960 x2, 1964 x2 & 1966 x4. All good vf to ef. (23) 14 UK. Victoria silver crown 1892, good fine. €25.00 15 UK. Quantity of copper coins, mainly penny and halfpenny, QV to QE, a few GIII, also some €30.00 farthings and decimal halfpennies x300. Very good to very fine. (1150 approx) HEAVY 16 World mix in bag incl France 20th century (600+), UK mainly EII (90), USA etc. Mainly fine €25.00 or better. (750 approx) MEDALS, BADGES & MILITARIA 17 1939-46 Emergency service medal "Na Seirbhisi Reamhchuraim in Aghaidh Aer-Ruthar" €70.00 (Air Raid Precautions), ef with ribbon & clasp. 18 1939-46 Emergency service medal "Na Forsai Cosanta" (Defence Forces), ef with ribbon & €55.00 clasp. 19 1939-46 Emergency service medal "An Forsa Cosanta Aitiuil" (Local Defence Force), with €55.00 ribbon, five year service bar & clasp. 20 "A History of the Irish Soldier" Brigadier AEC Bredin 1987 hardback with dust jacket 566 €25.00 pages. Fine. 21 "A History of the Pearse Battalion 1946-1959" Louis O'Brien 2005 large format paperback €20.00 105 pages. Fine. 22 "Three Cheers for the Derrys!: A History of the 10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the €20.00 1914-18 War based on the Recollections of the Final Veterans" Gardiner S Mitchell 2008 2nd edition paperback 239 pages illustrated. Fine. Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 104 closes 29th January 2020 Lot No Description Estimate 23 Dublin University Boat Club silver medal engraved "1913 LADIES / CHALLENGE CUP". €100.00 Small nick at base, otherwise good very fine. 24 Small silver vesta case with engraved initials "FWB", hallmarked London 1923. Fine. €30.00 25 GV Special Constabulary Long Service medal with ribbon, named on rim to Robert A €25.00 Wheatley. Ef. 26 United Nations Korea Medal 1950-53 with clasp and ribbon. Very fine. €35.00 27 United Nations. 1971 Peace Medal silver proof in perspex case with cert. €25.00 28 United Nations service medal with ribbon for UNGTAC 1993-93 Transitional Authority in €15.00 Cambodia. Very fine. 29 United Nations service medal with ribbon for UNPROFOR 1992-95 Protection Force in €15.00 Former Yugoslavia. Fine. 30 United Nations service medal with ribbon for UNMEE 2000-2008 Ethiopia & Eritrea. Very €15.00 fine. 31 Mixed lot with Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes sash with jewel, 1970s sports €30.00 medallions (Russia x6, 2 others), 1921 brass medal Motorcycling CRI Fete, 1937 Camberwell Schools Swimming brass medal, enamel badge Reading Country Club, British Electrical Power Convention 1961 delegate's badge, copy Greek coin, plastic disc souvenir of TCS Congress 2007 Swindon etc. Mainly fine. (18) 32 Mixed lot of tokens, medallions etc. Kent hop picker's shilling token Vinson Petham Court €35.00 stamped with owner's initials on both sides, large Catholic Schools Good Conduct medal, brass apothecaries' weight two scruples, 1831 WIV farthing cut into heart shape as love token, Arsenal Co-Op two pound token, James Mackie Belfast works tokens x3, commemorative medallions for 1994 Australia Rugby League, 1998 Europe Day Hamburg, 1979 St Patrick's Cathedral New York, 1995 Asterix the Gaul etc. Mainly very fine. (14) CIGARETTE CARDS 33 Cigarette Cards. Gallahers "Irish View Scenery" x72, both types of lettering, all numbers €35.00 below 400. A few creased, mostly good to fine. (72) 34 Cigarette Cards. Players "Game Birds & Wild Fowl" complete set of 50. Mainly fine. (50) €30.00 35 Cigarette Cards. Players "Live Stock" 1925 set of 25 in slot-in album. Fine. (25) €40.00 36 Players "Coronation of George VI & Queen Elizabeth" complete set of 50 tipped in to €30.00 printed album, "Wild Birds" set of 50 stuck down on scrapbook pages, Pattreiouex (Civil Service) "Sights of Britain" 2nd series complete in album, Wills "Household Hints" in slot-in album, plus a few part sets. Fair to fine 37 Trade Cards. Brooke Bond complete sets in printed albums: "British Butterflies", "Famous €35.00 People 1869-1969", "Transport through the Ages", "Tropical Birds", "The Sea - Our Other World", "Wild Birds in Britain" x2, "Wonders of Wildlife", also in pages "British Costume", "Incredible Creatures" double, "Discovering Our Coast" double, also Cadet Sweets "Arms & Armour", Lyons Tea "HMS 1902-1962" plus a few incomplete. Very good to fine. (13 complete sets) EPHEMERA: Ireland (by date) 38 "Clondalkin Postal Views" Joe Williams 1997 paperback 40 pages, signed by the author. €25.00 Fine. 39 "The Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack for 1814" compiled John Watson Stewart, 231 €80.00 pages for Ireland, 420 pages in total. Separated at spine, a few pages in Royal Navy section partly torn away, good. 40 The Great Famine (1845-49) ration cards for use at soup kitchens set up in 1847: 1/2 €350.00 Ration x2, 1 Ration, 2 Rations, 3 Rations, 4 Rations & 5 Rations. 1 Ration card heavily used, others fine. (7) 41 Geological Survey Maps (drawn by Ordnance Survey) of Mayo & Leitrim: Manorhamilton €40.00 sheet 43 (1885), Westport sheet 74 x2 (1870), Murrisk sheet 84 (1874), some annotations, Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 104 closes 29th January 2020 Lot No Description Estimate Ballinrobe sheet 85 (1872), all one inch to one mile. Rolled, fine. (5) 42 "The Waterford Speech" PJ Smyth MP 1874 double column broadsheet, also "Home Rule: €65.00 Speech of PJ Smyth in the House of Commons 30th June 1876" card covers 31 pages. Very good to fine. (2) 43 "The Speeches of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke" James Burke 1874 hardbound 456 pages. €20.00 Some foxing, very good. 44 Geological Survey Maps (by Ordnance Survey) of Killarney 1913, Kilkenny 1901, Carlow €40.00 1879, New Ross 1913, Wexford 1901, all one inch to one mile, rolled. Very good. (5) 45 "Early Christian Art in Ireland" Margaret Stokes 1887 hardbound green cloth 210 pages €20.00 with over 100 illustrations. Very good. 46 Co Kildare ephemera: Two covers 1889 & 1892 Dublin to Curragh Camp with faint €30.00 CURRAGH CAMP css on back, four covers from Currag Camp to UNFICYP Cyprus with CURRACH / CHILL DARA cds cancels, "Two Great Clongownians" John J Horgan 1906, Japanese Gardens brochure, 1939 Letting Agreement Kilcullen, 19612 Curragh Musical Society programme, 1937 Kildare & Glendalough Diocesan Magazine. Mixed condition, fair 47 Two-page manuscript poem on notepaper with embossed Victorian "GPO DUBLIN", plus €75.00 scrapbook of newspaper cuttings 1890s including poems by Leo Wolfe & TS Clarke, with much Post Office interest. Unusual, fine. 48 "Township of Kingstown: Reports, Minutes etc for the year 1893" 184 pages hardbound, €40.00 very good. 49 Geological Survey Maps (by Ordnance Survey) of sheet 84 Westport 1901, sheet 84 Killary €50.00 Harbour 1901, sheet 85 Ballinrobe 1902, sheet 114 Ballyvaughan 1900, sheet123 Ennistymon 1900, sheet 137 Carlow 1912, sheet 147 Kilkenny 1912, sheet 157 New Ross 1911 & sheet 173 North Killarney 1910. Rolled, some with contours drawn in, very good. 50 "List of Religious & Charitable Institutions in which Laundries are carried on" Home Office €25.00 Report 1905, 12 pages, includes Irish institutions, ex library. Very good. 51 1906 card advertising Olney Hockey Club concert in Town Hall Rathmines, at back is €35.00 pasted on photograph of couple with bicycles taking tea on lawn. Unusual. Fine. 52 Royal University of Ireland. Royal Warrants amending Statutes and Annual Accounts for €25.00 1905-1910. Fine, ex library. (6) 53 "Minutes of the Municipal Council of the City of Dublin 1906" publ 1909 hardbound half €35.00 leather, 522 pages. Some loss at spine and bumped corners, interior very good. 54 Railway. Waterford & Tramore Railway unused combined ticket Waterford to Tramore & €25.00 Back with Week End Hotel Coupon for Grand Hotel Tramore x3 sets. Fine. (3) 55 "George Bernard Shaw" GK Chesterton 1910 finely bound in blue leather by Hatchards of €75.00 Piccadilly, with original cabinet photograph of Shaw inserted.
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