COLLECTIBLES CORNER MAIL BID SALE 95 Banknotes, Coins, Medals, Cigarette Cards, Ephemera, Postcards, Stamps & Postal History, Sports Programmes Closing Date: Wednesday 12th Dec 2018 Pictures in colour on website IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE BIDDING This is a Mail Bid Sale and bids should be submitted on Scotland & Ireland (S), MacDevitt Irish Banknotes, Blake the enclosed form (or by email or telephone) before the & Callaway Paper Money of Ireland. listed closing date. Postage: Sendings of over €500 will usually be sent All lots will be sold to the highest bidder at one step registered at buyer’s cost. In the unlikely event of a loss, over the next highest bid. For example, if you bid €140 liability is limited to the amount reclaimable from the Post and the next highest bid is €100, you get the lot at €110. Office. Estimates: Estimated values are given or each lot in the right hand column in €. All lots are reserved and bids at less than 80% of estimate are unlikely to be successful. Descriptions: Please read carefully; condition is usually given as a range for mixed lots. Numbers of items in the lot are given in brackets at end of description. There is no buyers’ commission on lots. A handling charge of €2 per lot will apply to all purchases. Postage, packing and registration, if required, will be charged at cost. In the case of equal bids, the first bid received will be given preference. Break Ties: If this instruction is entered with a bid, the bid will be increased by one step only in the event of equal bids being received. Bidding steps are as follows: Up to €19 in €1 steps; €20 to €48 in €2 steps; €50 to €95 in €5 steps; €100 and above in €10 steps. Bids of odd amounts may be rounded down to nearest step. “Or” Bids: Bidders may bid on two or more lots, and wish to purchase only one, by entering “OR” between the bids. Buy Bids: Bids of “Buy” or “Buy at Best” will be taken to indicate three times estimate. This will not guarantee purchase of the lot. Limit Bidding: Bidders may limit their total purchases to an amount stated on the bidding form. This allows bids to be placed on all lots of interest, while setting a maximum amount to be spent. Bids should be sent by post on the Bid Form provided. Telephone or email bids are acceptable if subsequently confirmed in writing. Successful new bidders will be sent a pro forma invoice after the sale with details of payment methods. Usually, payment must be received before purchases can be sent. Lots may be collected by arrangement. Catalogues: Where quoted, most recent catalogues are used including Hibernian, Michel (Mi), Stanley Gibbons (SG), IPM Picture Postcard Values (IPM), Cigarette & Trade Card Values (London CC), Seaby Coins of Pictures in colour on website Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 95 closes 12th Dec 2018 BANKNOTES 1 Currency Commission Consolidated "Ploughman" Bank of Ireland Ten Pounds 6-5-29. A few pin 1750 holes, two ink marks on face, numbers written on back, about fine. 2 Currency Commission Consolidated "Ploughman" Bank of Ireland Five Pounds 29-1-31. Good 750 3 Currency Commission Lavery Five Pounds 10-9-28 (1st date of issue). Faded from cleaning and 150 pressing. Fine. 4 Currency Commission Lavery One Pound 10-9-28 (1st date of issue). Large tear at centre, 150 carefully repaired, good fine. 5 Currency Commission Lavery War Code Ten Pounds 7-11-41 code "E". Lightly soiled, number 175 at back, about vf. 6 Currency Commission Lavery War Code One Pound 1-7-41 code "B". Partially rubbed out 120 number on back, visible from front, otherwise good vf. 7 Central Bank Lavery War Code Five Pounds 7-6-43 code "N". Heavy folds, good fine. 180 8 Central Bank Lavery series Twenty Pounds 23-10-57. Vertical fold, very fine. 100 9 Central Bank Lavery series Ten Pounds 2-12-76, heavy creases, tear at base, about fine. 20 10 Central Bank Lavery series Five Pounds 17-11-45, Ten Shillings x2: 19-10-55 & 28-5-57. Heavy 30 creases, about fine. (3) 11 Central Bank Lavery series Five Pounds 22-1-64 x6, fine to good fine. (6) 60 12 Central Bank Lavery series Five Pounds 23-2-65 x3, fine to good fine. (3) 30 13 Central Bank Lavery series One Pound x4: 11-4-64, 17-5-74, 30-9-76 x2, also Ten Shillings x4: 22 3-1-62 x2, 25-5-66 & 6-6-68. About fine to fine. (8) 14 Central Bank Lavery series One Pound x2: 28-6-72 and 21-4-75, about uncirculated. (2) 25 15 Central Bank Lavery series Ten Shillings 6-6-68 x2, creased, about fine. (2) 20 16 Central Bank Lavery series Ten Shillings 6-6-68 x6, mainly fine. (6) 25 17 Central Bank "B" series Ten Pounds 02-04-85 vf, Five Pounds x2: 29-09-89, 07-05-93, both vf, 35 Oner Pound 10-06-77 (1st date) soiled, creased, good. (4) 18 Central Bank "C" series Fifty Pounds Hyde 08-03-01, creased, very fine. 70 19 Postal Orders. Issued group: 2s6d with North Wall Dublin cds 1952, 5s Dublin cds 1950, 5s 50 Harcourt Street Dublin 1966, 10s Broad Street Limerick. Some creases, good to fine. (4) 20 Iraq. Range of banknotes, all with Saddam Hussein depicted, One Dinar to Ten Thousand Dinar, 25 all different. Mainly vf. (10) 21 UK Postal Orders. GVI 10s issued Cowley Road Oxford 1957, QEII 5s issued Tamworth 1958, 25 QEII 1s with extra 3d postage stamp issued Hornchurch 1961. Very good. (3) 22 UK. Britannia Five Pounds signed O'Brien x2 vf, One Pound signed Beale good fine and Ten 30 Shillings signed Beale about fine. (3) 23 UK. One Pound signed Hollom x3 with consecutive numbers, about ef, Ten Shillings x6: O'Brien 25 x3, Fforde x2 & Beale, good to fine. (9) 24 UK. Bank of England white Five Pounds 4 April 1951 signed Beale. Neat repair at side, fine. 50 COINS: Ireland 25 1966 Pearse silver ten shillings x4, very fine. (4) 65 26 Mixed lot of sixpence x76 and threepence x36, 1928-1969, mainly fine to vf. (112) 20 Pictures in colour on website Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 95 closes 12th Dec 2018 27 Penny 1968 brilliant uncirculated x100. 35 28 2003 Central Bank ten euro silver proof Special Olympics in presentation case with cert. 35 29 2005 Central Bank Rowan Hamilton silver ten euro proof in presentation box with cert. 35 30 2005 Central Bank ten euros silver proof Rowan Hamilton in presentation case with cert. 35 31 Central Bank 2007 proof set of 8 coins in presentation case. 80 32 2007 Central Bank Mestrovic silver fifteeen euros proof in presentation case with cert. 45 33 2009 Central Bank Ploughman gold twenty euros proof in presentation case with cert. 40 34 2010 Central Bank Animals of Irish Coinage (Horse) silver fifteen euro proof in presentation case 40 with cert. 35 2013 Central Bank JF Kennedy proof set, ten euro silver & twenty euro gold, in presentation 140 case with cert. 36 2014 Central Bank silver proof fifteen euros John Philip Holland in presentation case with cert. 35 Fine. 37 2016 Central Bank proof year set of 9 (incl Hibernia two euro) in presentation case with cert. 90 38 George I Woods halfpenny 1722 buckled, about fine, Victoria farthing token Swanton & Co / 22 Drapers / Cove about fine, Canada halfpenny token "CANADA/1841" fine. (3) 39 Tokens. Pennies: Edw Bewley / Wellington 1814, E. Stephens Dublin, and Harp / Wellington & Erin 40 Go Bragh 1813 x2. Fine to vf. (3) 40 Political Countermarks. Irish coins counterstruck by Unionist organisations: 1964 florin 50 "VANGUARD", 1966 florin "1690", 1968 florin "UFF", 1969 ten pence "UVF" small capitals, 1969 ten pence large capitals, 1970 fifty pence crude "UVF", 1971 twopence "UVF" large capitals. Fine. (7) COINS: World 41 Euro. 2000/02 sets of 8 of first year of issue for 12 original countries in EMU (Belgium, 75 Germany, Ireland, Spain, Greece, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal & Finland), in leatherbound Lighthouse album, mainly vf to unc. (96 coins) 42 French Indo-China. Trade silver one piastre 1905 "27 GR 0.900 POIDS" x4. Fine to vf. (4) 50 43 Germany. Silver lot with five reichsmarks 1934 x2, 1935, 1936, & 1937 and five marks 1971, 50 also silver medallion Adolf Hitler 1889-1945 / "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer". Mostly vf. (8) 44 Iraq. King Faisal 1930s to Saddam Hussein 1990s acccumulation, some written up in pages, 20 rest loose in box. Fine to vf. (110+) 45 Isle of Man. Silver proof crowns in presentation cases with certs: 1975 twenty five pence Manx 90 cat, 1976 US Bi-centenary, 1977 Silver Jubilee, 1977 Queen's Appeal, 1977 crownmedal silver gilt, 1980 Queen Mother (no cert). (6) 46 Isle of Man. Silver proof coins: 1980 Winter Olympics Lake Placid crown, Summer Olympics 80 Moscow crown x3, all in presentation case of 4, 1976 crownmedal Montgomery with cert, one pound nickel-brass and platinum, each with cert. (7) 47 Tokens. Brass uniface tokens "OG&Co", twopence x16, threepence x9, fourpence x11 & 25 sixpence x9. Mainly fine. (45) 48 UK. Two pounds silver Britannia 2013 proof. 25 49 UK. Victoria crowns x3, 1889, 1890 & 1892. Fine to good fine. (3) 60 50 UK. Crowns x2: Victoria 1893, GV 1935, both fine. (2) 35 51 UK. Victoria halfcrowns young head x4: 1875, 1885 x2, 1886.