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1922 Michael Collins memorial card
Black text on grey and buff card, black border,
Gaelic text: ‘’I nDil-Cuimne ar Miceal O Coile-
ain a fuir bas i Bean-na-mBlat an 22ad la de mi
Lugnasa, 1922’’, etc. (In memory of Michael Col-
lins who died at Beal na mBlath on 22nd August
1922). with head and shoulders real photograph-
ic, pre-Rising, portrait of Michael Collins facing
left, wearing the uniform of a captain of the Irish
Volunteers.
3¾ x 2½in. (9.53 x 6.35cm)
Estimate €200-€300 £156-£234
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 392393
1922 (August 29) An Saorstát, The Free State.
Michael Collins memorial issue.
The first edition of this scarce newspaper.
Estimate €100-€150 £78-£117
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 393394
1922 (August 30) An Saorstat, The Free State,
Michael Collins memorial issue.
The second edition of this scarce newspaper.
Estimate €100-€150 £78-£117
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 394395
1922 Civil War in Dublin and the death of Mi-
chael Collins.
An album containing a disbound pictorial souve-
nir booklet regarding the outbreak of Civil War
in Dublin; together with 1922 (August 30) An
Saorstat, The Free State, Michael Collins memorial
issue; and The Daily Sketch 1922 (24 August) “The
Martyrdom of Michael Collins.”
Estimate €250-€350 £195-£273
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 395