Ballycastle Railway 2d dark bluish green Die III perf 11 m.m. with h/r. Issued 1898. 1000 printed. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60)
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Lot #12102 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Ballycastle Railway 2d bright bluish green Die IV top right corner of sheet imperf top & right perf 11 left & bottom m.m. with h/r. Issued 1901. 900 printed. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60)
Lot #12103 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Belfast & County Down Railway 2d Die III 4 shades, one top right corner marginal & one imperf left marginal, each m.m. with some h/r. Issued 1898-1911. (4). (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £62.40)
Lot #12104 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Belfast & County Down Railway 2d Die III 3 shades, one top left corner marginal very fine l.m.m in margin only, stamp u.m. One top left corner imperf marginal 2 sides, gum faults & third imperf right marginal perf 11 others unused no gum. Issued 1898-1911(3). (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £37.60)
Lot #12105 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Belfast & County Down Railway 3d yellow green imperf top marginal perf 11 others, very fine & fresh looking m.m. Jackson (published 1979) states 'Recorded but no copies known' Issued 1920. (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £125.60)
Lot #12106 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Belfast & County Down Railway 2d Die II top right corner marginal, l.m.m. on stamp h/r in top margin, Die II right marginal fine m.m. Issued 1893-98. (2). {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £31.20)
Lot #12107 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Belfast & Northern Counties Railway 2d dark grey green Die I cancelled with black ink cross couple of short perfs top right. Issued 1891. {U} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £31.20)
Lot #12108 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps 1892
Belfast & Northern Counties Railway 2d x 4 shades Die II, two as bottom marginals, top right corner marginal & bottom imperf marginal rest perf 11 each m.m. with some h/r. Issued 1892. (4). (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £75.20)
Lot #12109 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cavan & Leitrim Railway Company 3d pale rose carmine, bottom right corner marginal,l.m.m with small stain in lower margin. Issued 1920. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £19.20)
Lot #12110 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cavan & Leitrim Railway Company 2d pale carmine top right corner marginal with sheet number 215 in black, printed from the same die as the 1891 forgeries, very fine unused no gum. Issued 1903. (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £37.60)
Lot #12111 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cavan & Leitrim Railway Company 4d pale carmine, top left corner marginal sheet number 548 in black, very fine & fresh u.m. Issued 1921. (image available) {UM} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £37.60)
Lot #12112 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cavan & Leitrim Railway Company 2d carmine & pale carmine shades , produced from the same die as the 1891 forgeries, both unused no gum, the pale carmine as top marginal with small thin. Issued 1903. (2) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60)
Lot #12113 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps 1901
Cavan & Leitrim Railway Company 2d carmine top marginal, with dot after Railway in central inscription very fine l.m.m. Issued 1901. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £31.20)
Lot #12114 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps 1921
Cavan & Leitrim Railway Company 4d pale carmine, unused no gum. Issued 1921. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £12.80)
Lot #12115 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cavan Leitrim & Roscommon Light Railway 2d pale blue green bottom left corner marginal single unauthorised printing missing the commas after Cavan & Leitrim. Fine looking m.m. with light crease. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £31.20)
Lot #12116 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cavan Leitrim & Roscommon Light Railway 2d pale blue green top right corner marginal block of 6 very fine, 3 units u.m. m.m. in margin & l.m.m. on 3. Issued 1891. Display quality item. (image available) {UM} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £94.40)
Lot #12117 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Clogher Valley Railway Co Ltd 2d rich dark green perf 10 m.m. h/r & couple of light creases. Issued 1898. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £12.80)
Lot #12118 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Clogher Valley Railway Co Ltd 2d bluish green perf 11 surch 3 in manuscript black ink, m.m. with h/r. Issued 1920. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60)
Lot #12119 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Clogher Valley Railway Co Ltd 2d bluish green perf 11 (issue date note known) but new design with thinner figure 2 block of 4. Top right & bottom left very minor gum marks otherwise u.m. top left l.m.m. bottom right repaired tear using a hinge on the back. (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £62.40)
Lot #12120 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Clogher Valley Tramway Co Ltd 2d light yellow green bottom marginal block of 4 bottom 2 u.m. top 2 m.m. minor paper wrinkles & stain on two perfs top left side. Issued 1891. (image available) {UM} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £75.20)
Lot #12121 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cork & Macroon Direct Railway 2d green bottom left corner imperf two sides, 1900 printing with 2 thin lines at top & 3 at bottom, very fine looking unused no gum just 500 printed. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60)
Lot #12122 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cork & Macroon Direct Railway 2d green bottom left corner imperf two sides, 1898 printing with 3 thin lines at top & bottom, m.m. with some h/r. just 500 printed. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £25.60)
Lot #12123 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cork & Macroon Direct Railway 2d violet blue (pale shade) imperf bottom very fine l.m.m. Issued 1895. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £21.60)
Lot #12124 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cork & Macroon Direct Railway 2d violet blue complete sheet of 8 (2 rows of 4) imperf on all sides, 1895 printing with 3 thin lines at top & two at bottom. Two units l.m.m. rest u.m. minor perf seperation at middle vertically which barely detracts from a very fine Display Quality item. (image available) {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £125.60)
Lot #12125 - Great Britain - Railway Letter Stamps
Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway 2d dark green third printing 1904 with no stop after railway. Top right corner of sheet imperf 2 sides very fine looking m.m. just 300 printed. {MH} [US2] (Start Price / Minimum Bid = £28.00)













