Narrative Description

Volume One consists of 43 pages (Accession Number 232974):

  • 1.1 - Two stampless covers dated 1728 from Ballymacshonag and Bandon
  • 1.2 - Two stampless covers dated 1730 & 1732 from Lismore and Bandon
  • 1.3 - Two stampless covers dated 1732 from Cork and Bandon
  • 1.4 - Two stampless covers dated 1732 & 1752 from Dublin with Bishopmark on reverse
  • 1.5 - Two stampless covers; 5p ratings dated 1752 from Dublin & 1795 from Exeter
  • 1.6 - One stampless cover dated 1760 from Truro to Dublin
  • 1.7 - One stampless cover with Dublin "FREE" handstamp dated 1780 from Castlemartyr to Dublin
  • 1.8 - Two stampless covers; Dublin purple frank dated 1799
  • 1.9 - Two stampless cover fronts; Berry Free Frank dated 1827 and Dublin Free Frank dated 1831
  • 1.10 - One stampless cover; Nenagh dated 1835
  • 1.11 - Two stampless covers; Dagnalstown dated 1834; Dublin dated 1841
  • 1.12 - Great Britain one penny red stamp on 1853 cover to Galway; Great Britain 2p blue pair on 1854 cover to LondonDerry
  • 1.13 - Great Britain 2p blue pair perforated stamps on cover from Carrick-on-Shannon dated 1861; Great Britain 2p blue perforated stamp from Ballymena dated 1862
  • 1.14 - 1906 "peat" postcard; reused war economy envelope
  • 1.15 - 1908 Sinn Fein and 1916 Anti-Independence propaganda labels
  • 1.16 - Angel with Trumpet essays
  • 1.17 - 1.19 - Angel with Trumpet trial essays in different colors
  • 1.20 - 1922 Black and red overprint proofs
  • 1.21 - 1922 Dollard, Ltd. Overprint - Scott 1 - 8, 12 - 14
  • 1.22 - 1922 Dollard, Ltd. overprint 1c - Scott 2, inverted and several overprint varieties including missing “1922”
  • 1.23 - 1922 Alex. Thom & Co., issue block of four with “F” for “E” on spelling of PENC“F” on stamp
  • 1.24 - 1922 Harrison & Sons overprint on coil pairs - Scott 59 - 62
  • 1.25 - 1922 Alex. Thom & Co., Overprints Die I and Die II
  • 1.26 - 1922 Alex. Thom & Co., issue block of 12 - Scott 26 with overprint varieties
  • 1.27 - 1922 Alex. Thom & Co., Overprints “wide settings” with several objects moved to the pullout frames
  • 1.28 - 1922 Alex. Thom & Co., Irish Free State issue overprint - Scott 44 - 58
  • 1.29 - 1922 Alex. Thom & Co., Irish Free State issue overprint - Scott 44 “Accent Omitted” varieties
  • 1.30 - 1922 Alex. Thom & Co., Irish Free State issue overprint on Scott 48, 49, 50 & 53 with accent omitted variety
  • 1.31 - Government Printing Office, Dublin Castle and British Board of Inland Revenue at Somerset House, London overprints on Scott 77 - 79 and 77a - 79a with Narrow and Wide “1922” date varieties
  • 1.32 - Propaganda labels for United Independence Ireland
  • 1.33 - Irish Free State first issue - Scott 65 - 76
  • 1.34 - Irish Free State coil pairs - Scott 59, 60 & 62 with variety in date
  • 1.35 - 1922 Alex. Thom & Co., Accent Omitted variety - Scott 56a and 57a
  • 1.36 - 1923 Harrison & Sons, Horizontal and Vertical Coil stamps - Scott 59 - 62
  • 1.37 - 1927 High values; Narrow and wide dates se-tenant pairs - Scott 77a, 78a, 79a
  • 1.38 - St. Patrick and Paschal Fire - Scott 96 - 98. High values objects moved to the pullout frames
  • 1.39 - Postage Due stamps J1 - J4, several objects objects moved to the pullout frames
  • 1.40 - Two first flight covers from London to Cairo to Alexandria, Egypt with 1924 airmail etiquette label
  • 1.41 - Two first flight covers Ireland to Cairo to Baghdad and from Dublin to Dakar
  • 1.42 - Two airmail covers
  • 1.43 - Propaganda labels on cover dated 1956

Volume Two consists of 41 pages (Accession Number 232974):

  • 2.1 - Two first flight covers; 1927 from Dublin to Jinja, Uganda and 1929 from Dublin to Karachi, India
  • 2.2 - 1929 singles and blocks of four of Daniel O’Connell issue - Scott 80 - 82 and Shannon River Hydroelectric Station issue - Scott 83
  • 2.3 - 2.4 - Four first flight covers from 1929; Experimental Air 1929 service
  • 2.5 - 1931 Single, block of four and cover of the Farmer with Scythe issue - Scott 84
  • 2.6 - 1932 First day cover with Cross on Cong and Chalice issue - Scott 85 - 86
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Cover, 1932 Graf Zeppelin 5th South American Flight
  • 2.7 - Two covers; 1932 Graf Zeppelin 5th South American Flight from Dublin to Buenos Aires and a FAM 18 cover
  • 2.8 - 1934 Single, block of four and cover of the Adoration of the Cross issue - Scott 88 - 89
  • 2.9 - Singles, block of four of the Hurling issue - Scott 90 (1934) and the Allegory of Ireland and Constitution issue - Scott 99 - 100 (1937)
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Father Theobald Matthew issue - Scott 101 - 102
  • 2.10 - 1938 Singles and blocks of four of Father Theobald Matthew issue - Scott 101 - 102
  • 2.11 - Temperance letter from Father Matthew dated 10/22/1844
  • 2.12 - 1939 Single and block of four of Scott 103 - 104
  • 2.13 - Regular issue with new values Scott 106 - 117 some objects moved to the pullout frames
  • 2.14 - 1940 Scott 105a coil stamps with 14 and 15 perforations horizontal
  • 2.15 - 2.18 - Eight WWII censored covers
  • 2.19 - 1941 Singles and blocks of four of Scott 118 - 120
  • 2.20 - Two censored Easter Rebellion overprint covers to USA (Note overprint reads: In Memory of the Rebellion of 1916)
  • 2.21 - 1943 First day cover, single and block of four of the Dr. Douglas Hyde issue - Scott 124 - 125
  • 2.22 - 1943 Singles and blocks of four of Rowan Hamilton issue - Scott 126 - 127 and Rev. Edmund Ignatius Rice issue - Scott 130
  • 2.23 - 1944 -1945 Singles and blocks of four of Brother Michael O’Clery issue - Scott 128 - 129 and the “Sower” issue - Scott 131 - 132
  • 2.24 - Brother Michael O’Clery issue on two covers with Irish and British Censor Labels
  • 2.25 - Two British censored covers
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1946 “Plowman” issue - Scott 133 - 134 with hand-drawn essay of Scott 133
  • 2.26 - 1946 Single and blocks of four of the “Plowman” issue - Scott 133 - 134 with hand-drawn essay of Scott 133
  • 2.27 - 1948 Blocks of four of Angel over the Rock of Cashel airmail issue Scott C1 - C6
  • 2.28 - 1948 - 1949 Singles and blocks of four of Theobald Wolfe Tones issue - Scott 135 - 136 and the Leinster House, Dublin issue - Scott 139 - 140
  • 2.29 - 1949 -1950 Singles and blocks of four of the James Clarence Mangan issue - Scott 141 and the Statute of St. Peter issue - Scott 142 - 144
  • 2.30 - 1952 Singles and block of four of Thomas Moore issue - Scott 145 - 146
  • 2.31 - 1953 Single and block of four of the “Irish Harp” issue - Scott 147 - 148
  • 2.32 - 1953 Single and block of four of the Robert Emmet issue - Scott 149 - 150
  • 2.33 - Two unexploded booklets issued in 1953 and 1954
  • 2.34 - Exploded booklet
  • 2.35 - 1954 Singles, blocks of four and gutter pairs of the Madonna issue - Scott 151 - 152
  • 2.36 - 1954 Single, block of four and gutter pairs of John Henry Cardinal Newman issue – Scott 153 - 154
  • 2.37 - 1956 Plate blocks of the Statue of John Berry issue - Scott 155 - 156 with Plate Number 1A
  • 2.38 - 1957 Single, block of four and cover of John Edward Redman issue - Scott 157 - 158
  • 2.39 - 1957 Single, block of four and cover of Thomas O’Crohan issue - Scott 159 - 160
  • 2.40 - 1957 Single, block of four and gutter pairs of Admiral William Brown issue - Scott 161 - 162
  • 2.41 - 1957 Block of four of Father Luke Wadding issue - Scott 163 - 164

Volume One consists of 33 pages (Accession Number 255614):

  • 1.1 - November 1840 penny black on cover from Cork to Dublin
  • 1.2 - 1825 Free frank cover front, 1850 straight line "Athenry" ladies mourning cover
  • 1.3 - Various registration labels
  • 1.4 - Great Britain stamps used in Ireland on 1876 cover from Dublin and 1861 cover from Carrick-on-Shannon to Dublin
  • 1.5 - 1857 Letter to France
  • 1.6 - Two covers; 1922 London to Paris airmail cover and 1946 first flight FAM 27 Philadelphia to Dublin
  • 1.7 - Souvenir book of Irish stamps, 1930s - 1950s with inside page reading “ in aid of the Golden Jubilee Commemoration Rotary Foundation Fellowship Fund and the Dublin Rotary Club University Student’s Assistance Fund”
  • 1.8 - Great Britain stamps used in Ireland and two covers 1858 and 1861
  • 1.9 - 1924 Perforation 15 horizontal coil (Scott 58) single; 1934 coils, 15 perforation vertical and 14 perforation horizontal
  • 1.10 - Two 1939 first flight covers; one from Eire to USA, the other from Eire to New Brunswick
  • 1.11 - One unexploded booklet
  • 1.12 - One exploded booklet
  • 1.13 - Six Airmail stamps C2 – C6, used and mint
  • 1.14 - 1940 Censored cover to Berlin
  • 1.15 - 1937 Registered FDC
  • 1.16 - Official presentation booklet
  • 1.17 - 1913 Post card and registered postal stationery cover from Cape Clear dated 1921
  • 1.18 - Six overprinted singles
  • 1.19 - Three blocks of four with overprints
  • 1.20 - 1956 Blocks of four of the John Barry issue with Plate Number 1B
  • 1.21 - 1956 FDC John Barry issue
  • 1.22 - 1958 Plate number blocks of Thomas J. Clarke issue
  • 1.23 - Four slogan cancels on pieces
  • 1.24 - Seven cut squares of stationery
  • 1.25 - Passport and revenue stamps
  • 1.26 - Two stampless covers from 1825 & 1840
  • 1.27 - Straight line cancel “Callan” on 1840 cover with double box handstamp “PAID, MY28M, 1840”
  • 1.28 - Shafer's award certificate from Garfield Perry Stamp Club Show March 22 - 23, 1958
  • 1.29 - Two covers; one U.S. and the other from British Guyana (postal stationery)
  • 1.30 - Five covers including Irish stampless to USA with "Paid at Cork" cancel, and one St. Patrick’s Day cover
  • 1.31 - Two post cards and six miscellaneous covers
  • 1.32 - Miscellaneous covers and stamps
  • 1.33 - White envelope containing many items including dog license with revenue stamps, two summons with tax stamps, and one summons with imprinted Revenue stamp
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Dog License with Revenue Stamps

 

Francis A. Shafer Specialized Collection of Ireland Stamps, Covers and Essays