COLLECTIBLES CORNER MAIL BID SALE 100 Banknotes, Coins, Medals, Cigarette Cards, Ephemera, Postcards, Stamps & Postal History, Sports Programmes Closing Date: Wednesday 3rd July 2019 326 40 83 528 461 Collectibles Corner 5-7 Upper O’Connell St (2nd Floor), Dublin 1 Ph. 086 8573270 Email: [email protected] Pictures in colour on website Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 100 closes 3rd July 2019 Dear Collector Here is the latest sale for collectors of small collectibles. As always, there’s a wide variety at estimates from €20 upwards, with Banknotes, Coins, Badges & Medals, Historical & Political Ephemera, Postcards, GAA Programmes, Soccer and Rugby Programmes, Stamps & Postal History & Cigarette Cards. The list and colour pictures may be seen at the website www.collectiblescorner.net LAST MINUTE BIDS: Please note that bids may be sent by email, text or voice message up to 5pm on the day of the Sale BUT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE CALLS OR TO RESPOND TO ANY REQUESTS AFTER 4PM Payment by credit card is subject to 2% surcharge. VIEWING: I will have some, but not all, lots available for viewing at the office on Friday 28th June, Monday 1st July and Tuesday 2nd July. Some large lots will not be available. Within reason, I can send scans of lots. I won’t be in the office on the day of the Sale, so bids sent by post should arrive no later than Tuesday 2nd July Good luck with your bids! Peter Geoffroy From outside Ireland, phone no. is +353 86 8573270, email [email protected] BANKNOTES 1 Central Bank Lavery One Pound 2-9-59 prefix 25F, light creases, good fine, Ten Shillings 1-9-59 30 prefix 88N, heavy foxing, fine, also USA 1928 Series Two Dollars, two vertical creases, 1957 B Series One Dollar, heavily stained, State of Alabama 1863 One Dollar, Confederate States 1864 Two Dollars, both facsimiles with adhesion stains, about fine to very fine. (6) 2 Cheques. PJ. Kilmartin Dublin's Turf Accountant cheques drawn on Munster & Leinster Bank 40 1948-52, each with decorative heading and signed by PJ. Kilmartin. Fine. (10) 3 New Zealand. Ten Dollar 2000 millennium issue x2, framed under glass. Fine. 20 4 Spain. 1931 One Hundred Pesetas, Twenty Five Pesetas, 1935 Ten Pesetas, Five Pesetas, 20 1951 One Thousand Pesetas, 1953 One Hundred Pesetas, 1954 Twenty Five Pesetas, and a few low denomination notes. Fine to vf. (12) 5 British Postal Order. GIV blue and black for five shillings payable to St John's Cathedral 20 Limerick 1954. Roughly torn at left, very good. COINS 6 1966 year set of 8, farthing to halfcrown, in green plastic wallet, unc. (8) 25 7 Millennium one pound 2000 silver proof in presentation case with cert. 25 8 Decimal halfpence 1971 in sealed bank roll of 50. Unc. (50) 25 9 2003 Central Bank Special Olympics silver ten euro proof in capsule. 25 10 2012 Central Bank Michael Collins silver ten euro proof in presentation case with cert. 75 Pictures in colour on website Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 100 closes 3rd July 2019 11 2012 Central Bank Michael Collins gold twenty euros proof in presentation case with cert. 50 12 Political Countermarks. Irish florins with "UVF" in seriffed letters, "UVF" sans serif, diagonal 25 "UVF", and shilling with "UVF" and W/M". Fine. (4) 13 "The Earliest Irish Coinage" William O'Sullivan National Museum of Ireland 1969 card covers 47 35 pages, signed and inscribed by the author. Fine. 14 Ancient Roman. Maximianus Herculeus ( 286-385AD) billon antoninianus, rev HERCULI 30 CONSERVAT. Very fine. 15 Australia. Silver one ounce kookaburra one dollar x2, 1995 unc with dark toning, 2007 brilliant 45 unc. (2) 16 Canada. Ten cents in bankrolls of five dollars x9 rolls, mixed dates 1970s-1990s. Most ef or 55 better. (450) 17 India. Unidentified State silver quarter-rupee, early 1800s, very fine. 25 18 UK. Gold sovereign 2001 unc in presentation case with cert from Pineapple Direct. 250 19 UK. 1951 Festival of Britain crown in original box, proof, wear to box. 20 20 England. Edward I 1272-1307 penny Canterbury mint, fine. 20 21 UK. Mixed lot of crowns with GVI 1937, 1951, Chuechill 1965 x2, Silver Wedding 1972 x3, Silver 35 Jubilee 1977 x2, Five Pounds 1999 and gilt 1990 Queen Mother's 90th Birthday. Mainly ef. (11) 22 UK. 2008 Royal Mint Royal Silver Coat of Arms silver proof set of 7, one pence to one pound, in 90 presentation box with cert, PSS28. Limited to 10,000. 23 USA. Morgan silver dollar 1888, very fine. 25 24 USA. Peace silver dollar 1924 vf, Bicententenary dollar 1976 fine, and Kennedy half dollars, 35 1964, 1971 x3, vf. (6) 25 USA. State Quarters proof sets for 1999 and 2000 in perspex cases with certs, also 2003 20 without cert. (3 sets of 5) 26 USA. 2003 silver proof set comprising State Quarters x5 and Year set of 5 with silver half dollar 25 and dime, all proof in two perspex cases with cert. (10 coins) 27 USA 2003 US Mint First Flight Centennial proof silver dollar in presentation case with cert. 25 28 USA. US Mint commemorative proof silver dollars, 2004 Lewis & Clark, 2006 San Francisco 40 Mint, each in presentation case with cert. (2) 29 USA. 2004 silver proof set comprising State Quarters x5 and Year set of 5 with silver half dollar 25 and dime, all proof in two perspex cases with cert. (10 coins) 30 USA. 2005 silver proof set comprising State Quarters x5 and Year set of 5 with silver half dollar 25 and dime, all proof in two perspex cases with cert. (10 coins) 31 USA. 2006 US Mint Benjamin Franklin proof silver dollars x2, Scientist and Founding Father, 40 each in presentation case with cert. (2) 32 USA. 2004 silver proof set comprising State Quarters x5 and Year set of 5 with silver half dollar 25 and dime, all proof in two perspex cases with cert. (10 coins) 33 USA. 2014 silver buffalo bullion coin, one troy ounce, unc. 22 34 World. Mainly modern mix with Greece x250, Belgium x250, Germany Empire to 1940s x25. 30 Fine or better. (525) 35 World mix in two sweet tins, much Europe, good variety, incl Ireland x80, also two unidentified 30 medieval hammered coins. Mainly fine. (430) 36 World Mix. Holiday change, some earlier, a little silver, note Irish florin counterstruck "V", USA 35 Eisenhower dollars x3, UK modern commemorative crowns x18, a few in perspex cases, medals incl USSR, Chinese, Vatican etc. Good to fine. (220) 37 Mixed lot with Philippines twenty centavos 1916, ancient Roman copper incl Diocletian, India half 40 pice 1887ef, Switzerland five francs 1968, Hungary two hundred forint 1975 unc, Vienna bank token, Nepal souvenir pack, Germany pnc covers 1990 & 1991 with gilt coins, UK GIII halfpenny, 1996 five pounds, Cyprus GV eighteen piastres set into base of steel bowl, Ireland Newgrange Pictures in colour on website Collectibles Corner Mail Bid Sale 100 closes 3rd July 2019 medallion etc. (40) MEDALS, BADGES & MILITARIA 38 George IV Visit to Ireland 1821 yellow metal medallion, holed for suspension. Very fine. 35 39 Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Three colour pictures (modern reprints) of Fusiliers at Royal (Collins) 40 Barracks 1915, prior to deployment to Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, also brass seal in wooden handle with emblem and "2.R.D.F" below, plus brass tunic button. Fine. (3) 40 1917-1921 War of Independence service medal in original box with President's compliments slip. 250 Very fine. 41 1939-46 Emergency service medal "Na Seirbhisi Reamhcuraim in aghaidh Aer-Ruathar" (Air Raid 80 Precautions) with ribbon and two clasps. Very fine. 42 1939-46 Emergency service medal "Ranna Cabhair Deontacha Cumann Croise Deirge na 75 hEireann" (Red Cross Volunteer Aid) with ribbon. Very fine. 43 1939-46 Emergency service medal "Na Forsai Cosanta" (Defence Forces) with ribbon. Very fine. 50 44 1939-46 Emergency service medal "26u Cathlan" (26th Battalion IRA) with ribbon. Very fine. 200 45 Curragh Token 1940 1d brass uniface, issued for the use of wartime internees, mainly RAF and 25 Luftwaffe aircrew who crashed in Ireland. Very fine. 46 Curragh Token 1940 two shillings white metal, uniface, issued for the use of wartime internees, 25 mainly RAF and Luftwaffe aircrew who crashed in Ireland. Very fine. 47 "A History of the Irish Army" John P Duggan 1991 hardback with dust jacket 373 pages, 30 dedicated and signed by the author. Fine. 48 "McKee Barracks: A Concise History" Ronnie Daly & Paul O'Brien large format paperback 50 20 pages, and "Irish Air Corps: Defend Protect Support" information booklet 16 pages, both published by Irish Defence Forces. (2) 49 "The 1st Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War" James W Taylor 2002 hardback with dust jacket 38 363 pages. Fine. 50 "The 2nd Royal Irish Rifles in the Great War" James W Taylor 2005 hardback with dust jacket 38 362 pages. Fine. 51 "Chiefs of Staff: The Portrait Collection of the Irish Defence Forces" ed Col Tom Hodson 2011 25 hardback with dust jacket 88 pages with full page pictures from Michael Collins to Dermot Earley. Fine. 52 Badge, pinback, brass, harp at centre with belt around "M.P.S. Estd. 1853". Very fine. 30 53 Tailteann Games 1924. Oval souvenir brass badge missing centre insert (probably photograph). 20 Unusual. 54 Loyalist badge. Lapel badge in enamel with Union flag at centre "Unionist Clubs of Ireland / God 20 our Trust" by Sharman Neill Belfast. Fine. 55 Brass pictorial seal for Irish International Railway & Tramway System. Fine. 25 56 St Patrick silver medallion 1974 by Franklin Mint "Saint Patrick Destroys the Pagan Idol Crom 20 Cruaich", Map of Ireland with Cavan marked, unc and embedded in perspex block.