WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2019 AT 11AM

18th to 20th Century 85 1865 Transatlantic telegraph cable. Section of the original Atlantic Cable laid off Valentia Island in July 1865, mounted in brass bands, with gilt inscription, “Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company” and “Contractors London - Atlantic Shore End 1865”. Also with an attractive lithographic printed invitation to John Chatterton “to inspect the Atlantic Telegraph Cable on board The Great Eastern, now lying off Sheerness on the 17th June, 1865”. (2) Estimate €400-€600 (approx £350-£520) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 85 86 1865 Opening of the Dublin International Exhibition. A pair of hand-coloured engravings, ‘East Front of The Palace and Winter Gardens’ and ‘The Prince of Wales Opening the Dublin International Exhibition’. Mounted. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 86 87 1866-1867. The Irish Republic Ten Dollars bond, large issue. Issued on 14 April 1866 to S. Sullivan Cox. Signature of John O’Mahony in plate. Rare. Printed by Continental Bank Note Printing Company of New York. These bonds were issued in America to fund the Fenian Rising of 1867 and were ‘redeemable six months after the acknowledgement of the Independence of the Irish Nation’. They were redeemed almost eighty years later by the Irish Government. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£610) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 87 88 1866-67 Irish Republic Five Dollars ‘Fenian’ Bond. ‘Redeemable Six Months after the acknowledgment of the Independence of the Irish Nation’, signed in plate by B Dorian Killian and John O’Mahony., dated 17th March 1866. Slabbed by PMG and graded “About uncirculated”. Printed by Continental Bank Note Printing Company of New York. These bonds were issued in America to fund the Fenian Rising of 1867. They were redeemed almost eighty years later by the Irish Government. Any outstanding bonds were thereafter valued only as collectibles. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£610) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 88