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85 THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR - TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1 MAY - 15/16 MAY 2021 War of Indepenence 189 1920 (21 January) Republic of Ireland Fifty Dollars Bond Certificate Issued by Dáil Eireann, with printed signatures of Sean Noonan, Registrar, and Eamon de Valera (‘Eamon de bhaileara’). A rare denomination. Stamped “FIFTY EIGHT PER CENTUM PAID HEREON UNDER JUDGEMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEWYORK.....IRISH FREE STATE ... V... GUARANTY SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY...”. This relates to the case taken to recover funds collected by Eamon de Valera in the USA. Condition: Two vertical folds, very fine. Issued to raise funds for Dáil Éireann. Éamon de Valera, the president of the first Dáil, issued this bond in 1920 during the War of Independence. While on his American tour, de Valera raised over five million dollars (equivalent of €80 million today) through the sale of these bonds. In the aftermath of the Irish Civil War, a dispute arose regarding the money raised De Valera claimed the funds on behalf of his party. The Free State government, under President William T. Cosgrave, also claimed the funds. While the Irish High Court remitted half the funds to the Irish government, the other half remained on deposit in New York. In 1927, the New York Supreme Court ruled for neither Cosgrave nor de Valera and ordered that the balance of the funds be returned to the original subscribers. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £260-£430) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 189 190 1920-29. Éamon de Valera, photograph as Stormont MP for South Down. Sepiatone print by H. Allison & Son, Newry andWarrenpoint. Mounted. Probably intended for use on election posters and literature. 8 by 6in. (20.3 by 15.2cm) Condition: Photograph fine, mount is foxed. De Valera was elected as MP for the Northern Ireland Parliament in 1920, and re-elected in 1925, but when the Unionist government abolished proportional representation in 1929 he did not allow his name to be put forward again. De Valera never attended the Stormont parliament but officials there scrupulously sent him his official correspondence and documents such as draft acts of parliament to his Dublin address throughout his terms as MP. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 190 Éamon de Valera