COLLECTIBLES CORNER Banknotes, Coins, Medals, Cigarette Cards, Ephemera, Postcards, Stamps & Postal History, Sports Programmes MAIL BID SALE 106 Closing Date: Wednesday 29th July 2020 42 1 9 Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 106 closes 29th July 2020 Lot No Description Estimate BANKNOTES 1 Currency Commission Ploughman Bank of Ireland One Pound 10-1-39. Small closed tear at €160.00 bottom left, good fine. 2 Currency Commission Lavery One Pound 8-3-39 x2, serial nos only 31 apart, 03L 036325, €60.00 small tear and tiny piece missing at bottom left corner, fine, 03L 036356 good fine. (2) 3 Central Bank Lavery War Code One Pound 8-6-43 code "G". Grubby with heavy creases, €25.00 about fine. 4 Central Bank Lavery Five Pounds 3-5-54, about vf. €50.00 5 Central Bank Lavery series Five Pounds 3-4-73. Vertical fold, about vf. €20.00 6 Central Bank Lavery One Pound x2: 20-7-50 and 24-8-50. Very fine. (2) €40.00 7 Central Bank Lavery One Pound 13-9-50 vf, Ten Shillings 11-8-50 good fine. (2) €35.00 8 Cheque. Ball & Co Dublin cheque drawn on account of Dublin, Slane & Drogheda Turnpike €30.00 Trustees dated 185,, very good. 9 Republic of Ireland 1921 External Loan Bond certificate for Ten Dollars, facsimile €150.00 signatures of Eamon de Valera & Sean ua Nunain, No. 451, issued to George Emmett. Folded, very good. 10 Iraq. Range of banknotes, all with Saddam Hussein depicted, values from One Dinar to Ten €20.00 Thousand Dinars, all different. Very fine or better. (10) 11 USA. Federal Reserve Five Dollars 1914 series, Bank of Chicago. A few creases, no graffiti, fine. €40.00 COINS: Ireland 12 Pearse silver ten shillings 1966 x3. Very fine. (3) €50.00 13 One shilling 1937 x6. Good fine to vf. (6) €20.00 14 Penny 1940, nice chocolate tone, two edge nicks, good ef. €35.00 15 Penny 1968 x100, brilliant uncirculated. (100) €35.00 16 Decimal twenty pence 1992 misstrike with harp & date on obverse and reverse. Very fine. €25.00 17 2007 Central Bank proof year set of 9 incl Treaty of Rome two euro, in presentation case €50.00 with cert. 18 2009 Central Bank proof year set of 9 incl "Stickman" two euro, in presentation case with cert. €50.00 COINS: World 19 Netherlands (Overijssel) two stuiver 1612-34, one cent 1870s/80s x7, also Norway five €20.00 ore 1899. Very good to very fine. (9) 20 UK. Elizabeth silver sixpence 1587 mm crescent, poor, GIII copper halfpennies x2: 1774 & €22.00 1775, fine. (3) 21 England. George III Bank of England trade dollar 1804, S3768, variety "no stop after REX". €300.00 Good vf. 22 UK. Victoria silver crowns x3: 1889 & 1890 x2. About vf. (3) €60.00 23 UK. George III halfcrowns x2, 1817 & 1819, worn, about fine, also contemporary €20.00 counterfeit shilling 1817, about unc. (3) 24 UK. Halfcrowns x4: William IV 1837, Victoria 1887, 1890 & 1895. About fine to about vf. (4) €30.00 25 UK. Silver halfcrowns x3: Victoria 1889 & 1890, GV 1928. About fine to fine. (3) €25.00 26 UK. Victoria halfcrowns x3: 1894 & 1900 x2. Good fine to vf. (3) €22.00 Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 106 closes 29th July 2020 Lot No Description Estimate 27 UK. EVII halfcrowns x3, 1902, 1906 & 1907. Fine to good fine. (3) €35.00 28 UK. EVII halfcrowns x4: 1906, 1907, 1908 & 1909. Fine. (4) €30.00 29 UK. EVII halfcrowns x3, 1909 and 1910 x2. Fine to good fine. (3) €24.00 30 UK. George V halfcrowns x4: 1917, 1923 & 1925 x2. Very fine. (4) €20.00 31 UK. Victoria florins x3, 1871, 1884 &1899, about fine to vf, GV florin 1920 vf and shilling €20.00 1923 good vf. (5) 32 UK. Silver florins: Victoria young head 1871, 1873 & 1875, about fine, and old head 1893, €35.00 1900 & 1901, fine. (6) 33 UK. Silver EVII florins x4: 1906, 1907 x2, 1910. Fine to good fine. (4) €25.00 34 UK. Silver sixpences 1891-1920, about fine to vf. (15) €30.00 35 UK. George III cartwheel twopence 1797. Edge knocks, vf. €50.00 36 UK. Pennies 1902-1936 x200, a few earlier, mostly fine to very, better than average. (200) €20.00 37 World. Small copper group, all identified: Nepal early 1800s paisa, Jaipur one paisa 1870s, €25.00 Japan two sen 1877-92, Portuguese India one-eighth tanga 1903. Fine to vf. (4) 38 British crown 1887, USA Kennedy half dollar 1992, UK crown (five pounds) 1993, €30.00 Australia fifty cents 1995. Very fine to ef. (4) 39 World mix in bags with mainly 20th century with France, USA, UK, also a few medals and €20.00 badges. Fine or better. (250 approx) 40 World. Mix of 100 coins in bag incl Ireland, UK, NZ, USA, Netherlands etc, a few small €20.00 silver. Mostly fine or better. (100) MEDALS, BADGES & MILITARIA 41 1898 Dublin City Artillery Regimental Dinner menu, small card with Officers Present €25.00 printed on back. Creased, very good. 42 1916 Rising medal with ribbon. Very fine. €600.00 43 Military. 1940s bundle of correspondence etc to Department of Defence, incl Military €25.00 Pension certificate, requests for exemption from service, discharge, demobilisation etc. Fair to very good. (14) 44 "A History of the Irish Army" John P Duggan 1991 paperback 373 pages, interesting €30.00 dedication on flyleaf from one signalman to another. Fine. 45 School attendance medal, silver, undated, MATER ADMIRABILIS MONSTRA TE ESSE €25.00 MATREM Mother and children, rev REWARD FOR GOOD CONDUCT AND ADVANCE IN LEARNING FROM THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 46mm dia, 33g. Very fine. 46 Bus Conductor's metal badge "FSP / C3198 / Fear Stiurtha" in enamel, two lugs at back. €20.00 Very good. 47 Three proof items: City Hall Belfast yellow metal medallion in case, 1998 white metal €25.00 medallion for Hamburg for Europa Woche 98, and Bermuda one dollar 2001 in presentation case. (3) 48 UK, Military. Khedive's Star, Egypt Campaign, bronze, dated 1884-86, with ribbon and €70.00 suspension bar. Fine. 49 UK. Victoria Diamond Jubilee 1897 large silver medallion, 56mm dia and 85g. Very fine. €90.00 50 Military. Group of photographs: two postcard-size unidentified groups WWI, five larger €20.00 WWII from Public Directorate GHQ Delhi showing training, parade and inspection by Lord Mountbatten. Fine. (7) 51 Military mix of postcards and photographs, incl UK Barracks, US Patriotic cards, military €25.00 groups, portraits, a few modern showing tanks. Useful assortment, good to fine. (48) Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 106 closes 29th July 2020 Lot No Description Estimate CIGARETTE & TRADE CARDS 52 Cigarette Cards. PJ Carroll "Great Golfers" 1993 set of 15, unissued in original press-out €40.00 sheet. Fine. (15) 53 Cigarette Cards. Players "Aeroplanes" 1935 Irish issue of 50 complete, stuck down in €20.00 printed Players album. Cover grubby, otherwise very good. (50) 54 Cigarette Cards. Players sets in printed albums: "Film Stars" 1st & 2nd series, €45.00 "Aeroplanes", "British Freshwater Fishes", "Motor Cars", all complete and "Irish Greyhounds" 47/50. Very good. (6 albums) 55 Cigarette Cards. Players "Irish Place Names" 1927 first series of 25. Fine. (25) €30.00 56 Cigarette Cards. Wills "Musical Celebrities" 1911 set of 50. Fine. (50) €40.00 57 Huge assortment of loose cigarette and trade cards with part sets and odds, a few in €40.00 printed albums, note "Boxing" 23/25, "Mining", "Players Past & Present", "Racing Caricatures", "Counties & Industries", "Gilbert & Sullivan" large etc. Also 4 issues of "Cartophilic News" 1978. Condition varies from fine to poor, many 1000s. 58 Trade Cards. Liam Devlin "Irish Theatre & Showband Stars" unlisted complete set of 36. €35.00 Fine. (36) 59 Trade Cards. Liam Devlin issues: "World Flags" x60, "Wild Wisdom" x9 and 3 others. €35.00 Scarce. Very good to fine. (72) EPHEMERA: Ireland (by date) 60 "A Perspective View of City of Dublin from Phoenix Park" engraving from Bankes's New & €25.00 Complete System of Geography, c1780. 10in x 6in, fine. 61 " A New and Accurate Map of Ireland" Thos. Bowen c1800? 11in x 7in, fine. €25.00 62 Engraved views from "Excursions Through Ireland" 1820, based on George Petrie €25.00 drawings: "Coast between Dun Leary and Bullock", "Bullock Castle", "Castle & Abbey Castledermot", "Kilcullen Bridge", "Deralossory Church", "Lough Bray", "Lough Dan" & "Church & Castle Scurlogstown, Co of Eastmeath". Each approx 15cm x 10cm, Some foxing, vg (8) 63 Map. West Clare, Kilrush & Kilkee engraved map 19th century. 18in x 12in, heavy folds, €25.00 very good 64 Midland Great Western Railway illustrated fold-out travelogue of Dublin to Galway route €25.00 by Hodgins & Smith Grafton Street. Folds out to continuous sketch of the line with illustrations of views on each side. Badly affected by damp, covers separated. Fair. 65 Viscountess Gormanston. 1885-1913 archive of family correspondence to her at €50.00 Gormanston Castle Balbriggan, much from husband Viscount Gormanston and from sons and daughter. Comprises 75 letters with 30 envelopes. Fascinating reading for anyone prepared to decipher the handwriting! 66 Allen, Larkin & O'Brien. 1890s large green & gold certificate of contribution to the fund for €40.00 erecting a memorial statue at Kilrush to the three Manchester Martyrs. Unissued, attractive, 52cm x 38cm. Rolled, fine. 67 Ballybrack Post Office Savings Bank deposit book for Ada Stewart, Killiney, with one €30.00 deposit of £1 entered with date of 1891, and never withdrawn! Fine. 68 Alderman Joseph Meade, deceased. 1900 manuscript Balance Sheet & complete list of €75.00 creditors, also Housekeeper's account, all prepared by Auditors Craig Gardners.