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1823-1869 collection of letters within or to or
from Ireland , all with postal markings and some
with adhesive stamps.
Markings include Dublin Penny Post handstamped 1”,
PAID AT BALLYMENA, CLONMEL/82 mileage datestamp,
P.D/C.RAINE, and adhesive postage stamps including
penny red and fourpence rose and fourpence orange,
both on letters from Dublin wine merchants to France
ordering brandy. (17)”
Estimate €80-€120 £60-£90
Large Image & Place Bid 7374
1826-1912. County Down collection of legal
documents including Viscount Bangor.
Mostly manuscript folios, references including Rev. Hick-
son, Denis Mahony, Dickinson and Atkinson families,
Hon. Caroline to Matthew, Elizabeth Catherine Ross,
Hamilton to Stewart. (12)
Estimate €100-€150 £70-£110
Large Image & Place Bid 7475
Circa 1830 to circa 1880 collection of autograph
letters including Maria Edgeworth, James Sheri-
dan Le Fanu, Lady Sydney Morgan etc.
Three addressed to Lady Dufferin, including one from
Emo Park, and an acceptance of an invitation to Clande-
boye by Le Fanu, de la Crommelin from Carrowdore Cas-
tle with witty observations in the style of Jane Austen
on local marriages, Lady Morgan invitation to look in on
my tea pot” to meet Sir David Brewster, Maria Edgeworth
part letter with her signature. (7 items)”
Estimate €200-€300 £150-£220
Large Image & Place Bid 7576
1830 (4th December) Daniel O’Connell Free Post
letter
A one page letter to Colonel Ffrench, from R. Clancy,
signed to the front by Daniel O’Connell for the purpose
of availing of parliamentary free post on behalf of the
sender - as much abused by public representatives in
the 19th century as it was in the 20th! The letter opens,
The inclosed (sic) letter is written some days - but I could
not get a frank sooner!!”.”
Estimate €100-€150 £70-£110
Large Image & Place Bid 76