The overall market for Irish railwayana - some comments (2010-2011)

GNRI ashtray. Source: TRA1109.

First quarter 2010

Stafford on 9/1, in an auction that was disrupted by snow, had: an alloy single line tablet 'Coleraine-Ballymoney' gc £ns.

GCR on 16/1 had: MGWR three aspect handlamp with a brass plate on the side 'Battertown', complete with its 'MGWR' stamped vessel, burner and reflector, copper bezel and cone, the front lens etched with the station name £260, CBPR cast iron axle box cover, prominently marked, 'C B & P Ry, Brown Marshalls & Co Ld Builders Birmingham', original condition, 25x18cm, with a lug to the left and hook to the right, £290, BR(M) dr poster, 'Northern Ireland, Travel by BR, UTA, GNR Board', by L.A. Wilcox, a panoramic view of the coastline with cottages, a hay field and farmer with his dog in the foreground. (LM164357), £330, CVR coa transfer, the company name displayed within a belted garter surrounding an intricate design which includes knights, castles and salmon, 38x43cm;, presented on a maroon background, £150, CDRJC coa transfer dominated by a gold shield on which a hand holding a dagger is displayed, the company name in a garter surround, 30cm square presented on a red background, £110, CVR cast iron axle box cover, prominently marked 'C.V Ry', 15x13cm;, with lugs at sides, the front repainted, £240, RSCo miniature single line staff, 'Killucan-46th Mile Box', (alloy), £210, CDRJC enamel bridgeplate, '31', black on white, 23x20cm, some edge and corner chips, otherwise good, £50, WCR cast iron axle box cover, prominently inscribed 'W.C.R. Co. Ld. 6 x 3 Oilbath Axlebox Co Ld Saltley, 1912', 23x15cm and repainted white on maroon, £200, CBSCR locomotive headlamp with a white bull's eye lens and red side lights, original vessel (no burner), a substantial bracket at the rear to attach to engine, the body 17cm square and 28cm high, was acquired by James Boyd when he travelled with the demolition train filming the branch in its final days of existence, £360, Webb & Thompson large single line staff, 'Skibbereen-Drimoleague Jct.', £440

The GCR postal auction in January had: GNR(I) TT May 1930, 277pp, hard back, gilt spine title, covers worn £28, DSER TT June 1918, 130pp, green titled canvas covers, unused £40, LLSR TT 15/4/1920 ufn, 44pp, green covers, a little wear at spine contents excellent £50, LMS NCC, TT 1/6/34 ufn, with supplement 1/1940, 177pp, red canvas covers,£60, GNR(I) Supplementary Appendix to TT inc Excursions & Fairs 5/6/1939, 89pp, titled brown canvas boards £1, GSWR TT 1/9/1905, 100pp, green titled canvas covers 3cm square loss top right, front cover, £110, GSWR TT 1/11/12 ufn, 130pp, green hardback, gilt coat of arms and title, £40, CIE cap badge, gold wire initials & leaf surround on black boss, 8x5cm £18, CIE brass cap badge comprising circle & lines, 5x3cm with rear fixings, £30, DUT, May 1937, 56pp, blue cover with street & tram scene £60, MV Cambria – B.R. Holyhead Dun Laoghaire Service, Claude Buckle, £20, GSWR carriage key 'GS&WR' and 'Hobbs & Co London' clearly marked, excellent example, £30, DSER Train Alts handbill 1/3/23 & 7/5/23 (2) £18, Bessbrook & Newry Tramway Co Alterations handbill 6/10/1947, landscape format £35, Clerys Special Cheap Excursion to Dublin handbill, 15/8/1940 from Ballaghdadreen, Edmondstown Island Road etc, yellow (larger size) £8, DSER, handbill, Curfew Order, Nov 1920, Train alterations £30, GNR(I), BCDR, LMS (NCC), handbill, appeal to Season Ticket Holders 1943, appeal to catch carriage vandals, 3500 windows broken, cushions cut (smaller size) £35, Ulster Transport Railways handbill Seahill Ordinary & Season Ticket Fares, glossy photo of train & station on front (new halt opening 4 April 1966) £22, Irish RCH Coaching, Traffic by Train 1900, 216pp + Supplements (covers poor) £16, GNR(I) & GNRB Notices of P.W. Work, Excursion & Fairs 1938 – 1958, weekly inc Alterations & Royal Visit 1953 (50), £100, CIE Weekly Notices 1945 – 1962, period, P.W. Excursions etc. (90) £50, GSR, Weekly Notices P.Way, Speed etc & other Special Arrangements 1933-1944. (88) £70, CIE Supplementary to Weekly Notices 29/0-6/10/79 Visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Ireland, train arrangements, thick volume with glossy cover £40, GNR(I) Working of Rail Cars, Rules & Regs for Operating Employees 1/12/32. 11pp (inc signal insts), brown card, canvas covers, gilt title unused £30, GSWR, Punchestown Races, Special Train Notice, 31/3/1874, 4pp, blue £45, GSR, C.M.E. Dept, Inchicore, 800 Class Locomotives 7/1939, 9pp, typescript foolscap, notes for crew + diagrams £18, GSR, Alphabetical list of Stations and Halts with numbers and number of station supervising halts, 400 entries, black on yellow, 1937, 43x34cm £45, GSR Local & Interchange Priv Ticket Arrangements 7/1936, 19pp inc bookings to UK. £20, MR NCC. Engineers Dept, Memorandum Known as the 'Red Book', Jan 1912, complete instructions, covers poor with edge loss, ok otherwise, 60pp. £80, GNR(I) Working of LM&SR (D.N. & G. Rly), 1/7/1933, 13pp. £22, GSR, circular Closing of Tralee/Dingle/Castlegregory branches, 17/4/1939, fares, typescript £35, LMS NCC Byelaws Regulating Traffic, on Railway Bridge over River Bann at Coleraine, 8pp, red titled card covers £12, CIE, Reduced Passenger and Goods Services, 17/2/47, 8pp typescript, £24, LMS NCC Air Raid Precautions 11/1941, 53pp, brown covers, £10, GSWR, List of Locomotive Engines, Boilers & Tenders, 31 Dec 1923, R.E.L Maunsell, Loco Eng, 54pp red titled canvas covers, lists all locos, dates built, numbers, builders, class mileage etc (The CME name on the cover is changed to Bazin) £75, GSR, Loco Dept. Abstract of Coal and oil consumed and miles run for locos, 4 weeks ending 8/12/1940, inc narrow gauge, gives engine No. pass/goods etc. fully printed 102x64cm pencil notes on right border and two marks £45, GSR, Loco Dept. Abstract of Coal and oil consumed and miles run for locos, 4 weeks ending 13/10/1940, inc narrow gauge, gives engine No. pass/goods etc. fully printed 102x64cm one small centre tear £35, Irish enamel coach door plate 'Third Class', red lettering & border on white, 14x6cm, rounded ends £40, Irish enamel coach door plate 'Third Class', black lettering & border on white, 14x6cm, rounded ends £35, Betts Road & Railroad Map of Ireland 1851, coloured on linen with brown gilt titled covers £12, GNR(I) Great Northern Hotel, Dinner menu, 12/9/53, £24, The Enterprise Executive, Belfast Dublin, 1976, Wine List folder with diesel loco on cover & folding menu with train on viaduct (2) £20, Menu, The Shamrock, (green) £30, Menu, The Ulster Express, yellow, red hand £30, Menu, The Emerald Isle Express, pale green, dark green map, titled menu card with green shamrocks £45, Ulster Railway, Bank of Ireland Cheque, red on white, 18XX unused, decorative, £35, GSWR printed notice Presentation to Mr R.E.L Maunsell, collection for his leaving Inchicore after 17 years, £12, Tolka River Emergency Railway Bridge, various plans, timetables brochure concerning the collapse & rebuild 1954, £22, MGWR, Liffey Terminus & Spencer Dock, Dublin 12"=1 mile, a lovely old plan 58cm square £80, UTA 1962, two plans reconstruction of bridge 300 at Balmoral on Belfast Dublin route, each 107x71cm £8, Sallins Station, hand drawn plans pencil on tracing paper, quite detailed but tatty,£1, SLNCR TT 5 Sept 1955 ufn 28x43cm £40, SLNCR TT 17 Sept 1956 ufn, 28x43cm £24, SLNCR TT 1 Oct 1953 ufn, 28x43cm £28, SLNCR, Football Independent Shield Countess Markievicz Memorial GAA Park Sligo, Sligo v Roscommon & Mayo v Leitrim + Carnival in Market Yard 13 May 1956, 28x43cm £50, SLNCR TT 20 June 1955 ufn, 28x43cm £24, SLNCR TT 28 June 1954 ufn, 28x43cm £24, GNR(I), TT, 15/7/1945, Main Line & all Branches, folded cover damage repair only, 102x76cm £50, SLNCR, TT 10 August 1942, black on yellow, 44x56cm, neatly folded £55, Irish Mail Brochure, eight panel, 1955, maroon/green on cream with totem on cover £4, Irish Mail Brochure, eight panel, 1955, maroon/green on cream with totem on cover £4, DSER brochure Tourists 8 Day Tickets (Runabouts), green brown + map (inc Shilleagh branch) £50, CIE Camping Coach Holidays, 1962 brochure, illustrated, 4 panel £10, GNR(I) pocket brochure Rugby Int Ireland v Wales (Ravenhill Park, Belfast), 11/3/50, 4pp, coat of arms £24, Map of Loco Carriage & Wagon Works of GSWR Inchicore Dublin for visit of the Sanitary Congress, 4/10/1884, 3 panel colour plan £12, DSER, Tours & Excursions 1924 to South Coast & Wicklow, 28pp, a magnificent multicoloured cover £10, WLWR, Programme of Tourists, Seaside & Excn's 1/5-31/10/1898, 34pp, decorative coat of arms cover, detached back absent £14, DSER, Through The Garden of Ireland, 1908 Official handbook, 138pp + adverts, magnificent cover of country side with interior of 1st Class coach with red upholstery, slightly dusty & a few adverts missing at back, still a lovely example £10, GNR(I) Road & Rail Tours, from Dublin etc 1952, 20pp, blue glossy covers, country scene £5, BCDR, List of Holiday Accommodation, Hotels Boarding Houses & Apartments at Newcastle, Co Down, 1934, 8pp, cover b&w beach scene £5, GNR(I) Great Northern Hotel, Bundoran, 15pp guide, 1940s/1950s, poster style cover of golfer swinging club and hotel in colour, light vertical fold £50, GNR(I) Great Northern Hotel, Bundoran, enquiry acknowledgement card, unused, 1940s £10, GNR Board, Annual Dance, Gresham Hotel, 20/4/56, 4pp, Programme, blue with coat of arms on cover £28, CDRJC, Outline time table 1936, for Parties & Trips, 4 panels, photos and map, pink glossy paper £6, Ulster Railway Company/Irish North Western Railway & GNR(I) bound volume of directors reports 1867-1890, a little spine wear £320, GNR(I) Statement of Insurance 1897 massive list of all building at all stations etc, 84pp, 28x46cm £45, Form of Accounts, Railways Act 1911 GNR(I) copy, leather bound £45, Proposals for NCC Branch Lines, 1948, 67pp report on the economics with complete statistics £8, GSWR, Specification for rails & chairs, 1844, hand written with drawing of bridge rail, marbled covers, £35, Bangor Branch of BCDR & N.I. Road Transport Coordination, 9/2/48, thick volume, £6, DSER 1914, Directors report with colour map, bound cover soiled £3, DSER 1913, Directors report with colour map, bound cover good £3, UTA Annual Reports & Accounts 1950-53 & 1959-63. (9) £6, CIE Annual reports, Accounts 1945, 1946, 194?-1950, 1951, 1956. (8) £100, GNR(I) 1890 bound volume of gradient profiles showing mileages, all stations, 2 miles to one inch, 27x10cm, leather bound, gilt title £45, GSR Directors reports 1925 – 1944, complete run. (20) £150, GNR(I) books of hand drawn plans showing condition of track/defects relaying dates in 1920s, gradients & mile posts for mile posts 59-110 on main line. (2) £40, Copy of Contract Respecting the Acceleration of Irish Mails, 7/3/1859 Postmaster General,LNWR, C&HR, C of D. SP Co etc, 22pp. £40, CDRJC, Financial Accounts & Statistical Returns, 1945, 12pp inc system map £1, CVBT Act, 1883, 22pp, Concerning construction of line in Tyrone £6, DSER, Directors Report & Statement of Accounts, 31/12/1922, 16pp with fine red/black map of the system £3, Donegal Railway Company, Directors Report 1/5/1906, 42pp, with brown card covers £40, GNR(I) List of Principal New Works 1/1/1877 – 3/6/1903 + Notes on Gradients, curves altitudes, weight of trains, WH Mills, Engineer in Chief, 21pp. £35, GSWR, Loco Dept Shed Notice, Running of Regular Trains 3-9 March 1867, inc Engine No, Driver, Fireman & Destination, Dublin District £1, Memorandum on Three Feet Gauge Railways in Ireland, Approved by Chairman of CLR, CVR, West Donegal, Finn Valley & Tram Co's 8pp, 1/8/1889 £30, Kingscourt & Armagh Railway Bill, printed copy of letter to editor of Irish Times, reconstruction route, 2pp. £35, Dublin to Cashel, report on a proposed line of Railway being the first division of a main trunk to the South & South west of Ireland a Branch therefore to Athy & Carlow, John McNeill, Civil Engineer 1843, Dublin, 16pp, disbound £40, Irish Railways and State Purchase, George Findley, 1886 published for private circulation, a little wear but quite a good copy £80, Royal Train: GNR(I) & UTA, QE2 + D of E 3/7/1953, Lisburn to Lisahally & Derry to Larne etc (Engine 102 UTA), 15pp printed + 4pp type ad instructions to Lisburn S.M. (2) £35, GSR 1933, 213pp, Rule Book green titled boards £6, GNR(I), Sutton & Howth Electric Tramway 1/6/1912, 26pp (inc signal insts), Rule Book, brown borders, gilt coat of arms & title, unused £35, Cavan, blue/cream, name label for platform lamp 24x8cm with rounded ends, by Strans Transparency Printers, London & Dublin, back paper attached at one end, a nick at thebas, rare. £80, DSER, PTT 1/7/1917, 32pp inc maps £50, DSER, PTT 1/10/1923, 31pp (some notes re production of following issue) £55, DSER, PTT 1/10/1916, 40pp (some notes re following issue) £9, LLSR Bus & Rail, PTT 14/4/1946, 14pp + 3 1942 single sheets. (4) £50, UTA, PTT 2/6/64 ufn, 564pp, green covers, spine split at base £3, MR NCC, PTT July 1920, 32pp, pocket size, Giants Causeway on cover £65, CDRJC, PTT 1/1/1911 ufn, 60pp + maps, rusting at staples (removed), cover features Killybeg Harbour, Vignettes, (back) loco, arms & sport scenes £24, NI Rail & Road, PTT 6/6/38-18/6/38, 343pp + maps, blue covers with coats of arms of companies £5, WCIR, PTT 1/11/1897 ufn, 23pp, attractive red, black, green cover, slightly faded at the base £75, GNR(I), PTT 9/1914 ufn, standard large format 20x30cm, green covers, spine wear & no map £40, The Wilds of Donegal by LLSR, 1915, Time Table, Excursions & Guide, 86pp, purple vignettes on cover, slightly dusty £24, GNR(I), PTT 14/3-17/4/1948, 34pp. £20, CVR, PTT Diesel Rail Coach Service, Winter 19/9/1938, 4pp, photos of car and two interior shots £45, GNR(I) PTT , PTT 22/9/40 – 31/5/41, 68pp, decorative red/green/black, glossy covers with coat of arms £60, GNR(I) PTT 9/8/42 ufn, 50pp, brown covers £60, GNR(I) PTT 15/7/1945 ufn, 50pp + map, brown covers £25, GNR(I) PTT 4/6/50, cover, 4/9/50, 3/9/51, all with locos on covers 50-60pp. (3) £25, GNR(I) PTT 30/5-24/9/50, 10/10/49 ufn, 12/5/57, 1/10/57, 2/6/58, all with steam on cover, 50+ pages, just 3 with maps £25, LMS NCC, PTT 3/3/46, 40pp, inc map, maroon covers £45, LMS NCC, PTT 18/4/43 ufn, 15pp, white coat of arms covers £12, BCDR, PTT 19/9/38 ufn, 12pp, white covers £7, BCDR, PTT 7/10/45 ufn, 14pp, white covers £7, The Railway Executive NCC, PTT 31/5/48 u.f.n, 48pp with map, maroon (LMS style) covers £1, LMS NCC, PTT 5/3/1945, 32pp with map, white covers £1, LMS NCC, PTT 14/2/44, 28pp with map, white covers £14, LMS NCC, PTT 6/10/47, 44pp with map, maroon covers £6, LMS NCC, PTT 11/6/45, 36pp with map, maroon covers £18, DSER, PTT 1/2/1921, 36pp, pocket size, pink coat of arms covers £3, GSR, (Eastern Sect), PTT 2/6/1935, 42pp pocket size, white covers, marked £1, GSR, PTT 5/3/1928, (Eastern Sect), lime green covers, 40pp. £1, GNR(I) PTT 14/4/1946, 52pp + maps steam express on maroon covers, edge crease £20, BCDR, PTT 10/2/1947, 14pp + 5/10/47, 12pp, white covers, the latter loose. (2) £3, CIE Dublin District Services, PTT Jan 1949, 128pp, DD bus on cover £50, GNR(I) PTT 26/9/1927, 42pp, attractive glossy black, green & red covers £26, CDRJC, PTT 6 June 1912 ufn, amended as printers proof for July 1913 edition, pink covers £10, GNR(I) PTT 5/10/1941, 48pp, brown covers, £40, GC&PE Tramway, PTT June 1939, 4pp, Times, Fares, Itinerary, Adverts. £45, WLWR, PTT 1/11/1900, 28pp, superb covers with coat of arms and large vignettes and a fine colour folding map, 21x30cm, overall £65, LLSR Bus & Rail, PTT 7/7/1947 ufn. 14pp. £50, SLNCR, service WTT 2/6/1936 ufn, 21pp. £30, DSER, WTT 1/6/14, 24pp. £30, DSER, WTT 1/7/17, 24pp. £1, DSER, WTT 1/10/17, 24pp. (amendments for following issue) £1, DSER, WTT 1/7/21, 24pp. £28, 1943 GNR(I), Staff Time Tables, Bound Volume of monthly issues 1877-78 –11/77, 3-6/78, 10/78 £60, IE WTT 15/5/95 ufn, 234pp + NIR, 15/5/95 – 29/9/95, 69pp. (2) £1, CLR, WTT 1/5/1924, 8pp with additional info & instructions £35, BCDR, WTT 1/6/1947 ufn, 18pp with additional operating info £16, LMS NCC, WTT 1/7/19 £6, LMS NCC, WTT 1/7/1946, 16pp, cream card covers £14, LMS NCC, WTT 12/10/41, 39pp, brown covers £1, UTA (NC Area), WTT 2/6/58, 58pp, brown covers £3, UTA (NC Area), WTT 1/10/58, 39pp, brown covers £3, GNRB WTT (a) 7/9/1953, ufn. 45pp, (b) 6/9/1954, 45pp. (2) £30, GNR(I), WTT (a) 4/6-3/91950, 48pp, (b) 15/6 –7/9/1952, 49pp, (c) 8/91952, 45pp, (d) 14/6-6/91953, 49pp. (4) £24, GNR(I), WTT 6/10/1946, ufn. 48pp. £18, GNR(I), WTT 17/9/1944, ufn. 51pp. £18, GNR(I), WTT 9/2/1942, ufn. 49pp. + supplement £28, DSER, WTT 1/11/1920, ufn. 24pp. £1, DSER, WTT 6/6/1921, 22pp. £16, DSER, WTT 1/7/1920, 24pp. £1, LLSR, WTT 13/4/1947, 4pp. £18, LMSNCC WTT 5/3/1945, ufn. 56pp, vertical centre light fold £1, Railway Executive, NCC, WTT 31/5/1948, 61pp. £26, NCC & UTA (Belfast & County Down Area), WTT 7/3/1949, 84pp. £6, CDRJC, WTT 7/10/1946, ufn, 4pp. £7, CDRJC, WTT 2/4/1945, ufn. 4pp. £10, CDRJC, WTT 1/2/1943, ufn. 4pp. £18, CDRJC, WTT 31/5/1937, ufn. 4pp. £12, CDRJC, WTT 1/6/1936, ufn. 4pp. £12, CDRJC, WTT 3/6/1933, ufn. 4pp. £18, LMS NCC, WTT 11/6/1945, ufn. 56pp. £6, LMS NCC, WTT 2/2/1941, ufn, 32pp. £8,

Malton on 20/2, postponed from 9 January, sold a GNRI coa for £30.

TRA on 22/2 had: 'Dundalk & Newry Steam Packet Co. Ltd' small letterpress poster re: Goods and livestock services Great Britain and Ireland, June, July, Aug. 1927, four tables of times, names of vessels and other travel info, minor folds only, vgc, £ns, of@£25, BCDR brass carriage match striker bearing the embossed initials 'BCDR'. vgc, £40, enamel sign 'Great Northern Railway (I) Billposters will be prosecuted by order. Amiens Street Station. January 1916.' large chip to top edge plus a few small edge chips, superb colour and shine. 458x410mm. £240, GSR 3 aspect handlamp, top stamped 'CIE' two brass plates to side catch covers 'Waterford Nth.' and 'P.Finnegan 3', complete with original vessel with brass overplate 'CIE', burner, reflector and all glasses vgc and restored £210, 'GNRB' original coa transfer mounted onto a stained ply panel, some scuffs and scratches, 536x480mm £25, Two SLNCR fully titled letterpress poster notices: 'By-laws and regulations' 1905 and 'Table of offences and penalties'. 1922, both vc. and in glazed frames 820x592mm and 852x480mm o/all respectively £210, GNRI. 'Caution before crossing look out for trains both ways'.cast iron notice in unrestored condition £240.

Solent on 27/2 had a GNRI handlamp £115 and a CIE General Motors loco handbook £20.

SRA on 13/3 had: GNRI untitled double sided cast iron notice 'Caution before crossing look out for trains both ways' on one side 'Notice penalty for omission to shut and fasten gate forty shillings' rectangular with curved corners, 38x20cm the fixing holes in the four corners making it difficult for both sides to be visible at the same time. However, one side appears to be more rusted away than the other, so one side could have been against a wall, £220, BR(W) qr poster 'Fishguard-Rosslare' (John S Smith), artwork of the main docks at Fishguard as a ferry awaits departure,issued in 1960, rolled, excellent condition. £420, Headboard: 'The Ulster Express' produced by BR in the 1950s and carried by the Euston-Heysham express train connecting with the overnight sailing from Heysham to Belfast. The train ceased operation in the early 1970s. Cast aluminium, 102x44cm front and back repainted a long time ago, but showing much evidence of use including an indentation on the front caused by impact from an object such as a piece of ballast on one of its journeys £1500, BR(M) dr poster: 'Dublin-Travel there in comfort by Rail and Sea.' (Kerry Lee 1954), the last of the series to be issued and the least common of the set, folded, otherwise vgc £75, Webb & Thompson staff with the section names 'Ardrahan-Craughwell' embossed on brass plates riveted to the steel shaft. 58cm long, the brass rings around the central steel column are approx 6cm diameter. Repainted to vgc in black, brass rings polished £50, Aluminium Tyers No. 6 Tablet 'Ballymoney-Coleraine 14' The section names have been re-engraved following extension of the section, good ex-section condition £40, Webb & Thompson single line staff 'Long Pavement-Ballycar' steel column with four rings, the section names which have superseded earlier use engraved onto a brass sheath at one end, 23cm long in good ex-section condition £40, GNRI original gold leaf coa mounted on a varnished plain wooden board, the company name shown in garter around the arms of the counties the railway served, 33x42 cm (board size) in gc, £ns, Irish railways, three metal signalbox level description plates: '5 To Wash Bank or Up Main 11 or Nil', '24 To Wash Bank or Up Main 23 or Nill (sic)', '20 To Down Main or Up Main 18 or Nill (sic)', all painted red with white lettering, thought to be from an Irish location, appear ex-box condition (3) £30.

The SRA Postal auction in March had: Auction catalogue for the sale of the locomotives, railcars, rolling stock, bridges etc on the CDRJC held at Stranorlar station, 1st March 1961. 12pp £45, GNRI share certificate for £130 of consolidated guaranteed stock dated 1942, ornate title and side embellishment, embossed seal, blue print, not cancelled, folded, £35, WDLR share certificate for 100 £10 shares dated 1875, ornate scrolled title and borders, mauve print, embossed seal, neat stamp cancellation, £15, GNR(I) official publication 'Tourist & Excursion Programme 1897', coloured pictorial paperback covers showing views of major sights, 130pp plus fold out map, tape repairs to spine and cover, £70, GNR(I) 'Tourist and Excursion Summer Programme 1893', coloured pictorial covers showing views of local landmarks, 84pp plus fold out map, tape repairs to spine and inside of covers, £70, LMS-NCC pocket size, staff issue booklet 'Passenger Fares', 115pp listing all the fares on the system, clothbound covers, dated January 1942, £15, Small collection of approx 80 Irish luggage labels including examples from GNR(I), MRNCC, UR, CLR, LMSNCC, INWR, SLNCR, BNCR, GSWR, GSR, etc. occasional duplication (80) £35, Irish railways, approx 100 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish locos including narrow gauge, appear 1930s-60s. Varying quality, mostly OK. (100) £90.

ebay in February had a vintage Dublin Ireland railway train poster 1960's £21, and, in March, had 1910 Stranorlar East Cabin Railway Signal Box Chart £ns, a GSWR fire surround which came from the booking office of a station on the Midleton or Newmarket, heavy cast iron with GSWR initials twice on the front rail in gc. €153.50, a NIR Whitehead ticket office sign £8.50, a Finn Valley Railway hat badge either a porters or a platform guards, last bid £60, and a WCIR brass button £na. What I am assured is a common parafin signal lamp (said to come from the Cobh line was listed in March and reoffered in April at €100. There was an unusual brass steam engine indicator made by Schaeffer & Budenberg for Spence of Dublin in April £180 and a GNRI silver plate two handled sugar bowl with crest made by Gladwins of Sheffield at £256. The remains of a homing pigeon basket with a GNRI plate from Enniskillen £ns was reoffered in June at and optimistic £190.

Second quarter 2010

A new auction venue at Crewe had: LMS letter press SS Princess Maud poster £ns, a GNRI home signal arm and spec. £75, a W& T staff 'Patrickswell-Ballingrane' £300 and an LNWR Greenore Hotel teapot £185.

Malton on 17/4 had a GSWR gate notice £45 and a miniature staff 'Bagnelstown-Millford' £58.

Whytes on 23/4 had: a c.1880 BNCR Station Hotel tankard silver plated, by Gibson & Co., Belfast 13x9 cm stamped 'Station Hotel Belfast' BNCR garter badge, also stamped (crown) 'VR 37 pint" €100, 1954 BR, UTA, GNR 'Northern Ireland' poster, LM10354 McCorquodale & Co. 102x64cm., est€150-250, €ns, 1955 BR 'Heysham Belfast Overnight Service' poster by Keenan, Studio Seven LM12355 Charles & Read 102x64 cm est&euro:150-250, €ns, 1955 BR 'Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire' poster by John Barker LM12155 Jordison & Co. depicts SS Cambria and Kish lighthouse, 102x64 cm. €300, 1956 BR 'Portrush' poster by Ronald Lampitt LM14156 Jordison & Co. 102x64 cm €280, 1956 BR Northern Ireland 'Sporting' poster by Daphne Padden LM19756. The Baynard Press 102x64 cm, est€300-400, €ns, 1957 BR 'Bangor Northern Ireland' poster by Claude Buckle LM17557, 102x64 cm, €350, 1958 BR 'Ulster' poster by Nevin LM18958 102x64 cm est€300-400, €ns, 1960 BR 'Northern Ireland Ulster-The Giants Causeway' poster by John Greene LM25060 Waterlow & Sons 102x64 cm est€300-400, €ns, 1960 BR 'Duke of Lancaster-Great Britain via Belfast-Heysham poster by Studio Seven no series number or printer's imprint 102x64 cm est€250-350, €ns, 1960 BR 'Heysham for Belfast and Northern Ireland' poster LM23690 Stafford & Co. 102x64 cm est€100-150, €ns, 1962 BR 'Northern Ireland' map poster (possibly by Daphne Padden) LM28462 The Baynard Press 102x64 cm est€100-150, €ns, 1963 BR 'To Ireland. Holyhead for Dublin. Heysham for Belfast' poster LM29663 Charles & Read 102 by 64cm €200, 1938 LMS '5 Routes to Ireland' poster by Norman Wilkinson ERO 53350 Jordison & Co. 102 by 64cm €600, 1938 'Ireland for Holidays' poster for LMSNCC, BCDR and GNRI ERO53350 Jordison & Co. 102x64 cm est€300-500, €ns, 1949 BR 'Lough Derg' poster by Paul Henry ERO53350 LM5/49, 102x64cm €600, 1950 Poster: CIE Passenger Services Map colour lithograph by Browne & Nolan, Dublin, based on the Ordnance Survey this map includes all CIE bus and railway passenger services at the time 102 by 64cm est€100-150, €ns, 1871 Ordnance Survey of the South Mayo Railway 72x59 cm, engraved at the Ordnance survey office, Dublin, under the direction of Lt. Colonel Leach R.E. The outline by W.H. Tinkler - the writing by S. Crossfield and the ornament by James Binning, published by Colonel Sir H. James, Superintendent of Ordnance Survey dimensions folder, 20x15 cm, folded map backed with linen and in royal blue leather boards, titled and dated in gilt on cover 72x59 cm, est€100-150, €ns, c.1850 Waterford & Limerick Railway bronze engine bell, with 'WLR' raised lettering on top and 'C & S D' logo on side, made by Courtney & Stephens, 122 Blackhall place Dublin, 15x13 cm €180, c.1900 Donegal County Railway brass with cut out monogram 'DCR' brackets for luggage racks in carriages, made by J.Brady & Co. 28x10 cm €300, c.1900 GNRI Boyne Regatta small letter press poster, 'Boat Races, Duck Hunt, Military Band, Fireworks' advertising trains to Drogheda from Balbriggan, Gormanston and Laytown, Allen & Co., Dublin, 21x24 cm €90, 1950 BR 'Portstewart' poster by Montague Birrell Black LM2050. R.B Macmillan, 102x64 cm est€300-400, €ns, 1952 BR 'Travel to Ireland by Rail and Sea' poster LM6452 McCorquodale & Co. 102x64 cm est€300-400, €ns, 1954 BR 'Portstewart' poster by Kenneth Steel LM10854 Waterlow & Sons 102x64 cm €400.

The GCR main auction on 24/4 had: a miniature staff, Drumee - Kilmessan, £180 and an Irish enamel sign, 'To Railway Station', double sided, as used at stopping places on the narrow gauge lines 36x18 cm, some edge chipping £240, and a BR(W) qr poster, 'Fishguard-Rosslare, Shortest sea route', by John S. Smith, rolled with folds, a little edge wear in places and a small area of loss at the left border (PR168/60) £110.

The GCR postal auction in April had: MGWR enamel 'Gentlemen' sign, white on blue, rusting and loss at base, 56x20 cm, £130, GNRI mounted coa, overall 30x36 cm, £14, Tyers No 6 alloy Coleraine-Ballymoney tablet, £20, CDRJC Appendix to WTT 1/6/1923, 26pp, pink covers folded, with corner wear £45, DSER Appendix to WTT (and rule book of 6/1918)1923, 133pp, green canvas covers £55, GSR Supplement to WTT dated 1/3/1935 issues 1/4/1936, 14pp green canvas covers, re telegraphic facilities, £1, GNRI supplement inc. arrangements for fairs etc. 1/11/1932, 96pp, brown card covers, £20, GNRI, 1/1915, 207pp, green canvas covers, worn, flyleaf part absent, info complete, £45, Observations upon the present position of the Waterford and Wexford Company and the best means of developing its traffic by E. Solly Flood, 1873, 23pp, disbound £18, GNRI road motor transport, instructions regarding motor lorry operation, 9/1933, 24pp + fold out sample forms, blue titled boards, £22, DSER coal miners strike, curtailment of train service, 7/4/1921 4pp, £10, MGWR P.W. Dept. 2/4/1870, single printed sheet re fines to gangers and men for not tightening fishplates when relaying track £2, Irish RCH classification of goods, 1/1868, 32pp, inc.list of Irish stations, disbound, £4, GSR, Regulations for train examiners, greasers and oilers, 11/1940, 44pp, titled brown canvas boards, £2, MRNCC Examination of flagmen and look-out men, 1/5/1915, 16pp, titled blue canvas boards, £45, MGWR, Code of arrangements for the issue of privilege tickets, 9/1928, 11pp, grey covers, £5, GNRI, Air raid precautions in Northern Ireland, special instructions for railway working, 10/1942, 66pp, brown covers slightly marked, £30, DSER Friendly society pt. 2, rules, 1913, 32pp, titled green card covers, staple rusting, £2, GNRI Bye-laws and regulations, general notices and conditions, 11/1947, 18pp, blue cover with coa, £2, GNRI Local and interchange privilge ticket arrangements, 17/3/1913, 26pp, brown covers, split at spine, otherwise good,£20, GSR (Eastern Section) train alterations, 2/9/1940, 19pp, £16, GNRI Engineers Dept. Form of examination for look-out men and flagmen, 6/1914, 4pp, top left corner torn, £18, GNRI, Regs for train signalling, double lines absolute block, single lines, electric token block, 1/1/1952, 95pp, yellow card covers £20, GSWR, regulations for train signalling, 3/1914, 76pp, red cloth titled covers, £22, MGWR, regulations for train examiners and greasers, 1/1920, 28pp, titled green canvas boards, wrap-around cover, £2, GSWR, list of passenger and goods locomotive engines 1874, 20pp, volume, printed details of locos back to 1847, notes on disposals, rebuildings and figures for mileages run, £110, Coal and oil consumption 4 weeks ending 22/6/1941, typescript sheet, listing all engine numbers (GSR) £1, GSR poster, coal and oil consumption by engines and miles run four weeks ending 18/10/1938, a printed posted listing engine number, £1, Bessbrook and Newry Tramway Co. used letterhead 1947, re timetables, £2, GNRI Notice renewal of Bann River Bridge, Portadown, 9/6/1908, 4pp, printed foolscap inc. Plans + similar Woodhouse St Bridge, Portadown, 3pp incl plans (2) £22, UTA printed sheet, 1/10/1958, To all staff, transfer of GNRB to UTA, £3, GSR advice from LSR of withdrawal of services Letterkenny and Burtonport line, 20/5/1940 typescript, £2, Bessbrook and Newry Tramway Co, used letterhead 1947 re timetables £3, SLNCR poster, excursion train to Sligo 29/7/1956, listing stations, fares and times 28x43 cm, folded £20, SLNCR poster, excursion train to Sligo 28/7/1956, listing stations, fares and times 28x43 cm, folded £20, Giants Causeway Electric Tramway, TT, 1/10/1945, times and fares, 25x41 cm, £40, CDRJC, withdrawal of railway services 31/12/1959 and new road services 42x56 cm, folded, £20, DUTC (1896) Ltd, O'Connell Bridge-Lucan Route 25 from 14/4/1940, trams replaced by double deck buses, 23x29 cm, gummed, folded, £10, CDRJC TT, 19/9/1938, red title, black text, 51x71 cm, folds, a few amendments, attractive style, £30, DUTC (1896) Ltd, Donnybrook-Parkgate Route 1210 from 2/6/1940, trams will be replaced by double deck buses, 23x29 cm, gummed, folded, £8, GSWR, programme of tours, 1/5 to 31/10/1908, 45pp, colour cover of Killarney lakes and horse drawn trap, £65, MGWR 1847-1947, glossy leaflet by CIE PR Dept. 12pp history and illustrations, art paper, coa on cover, £16, BCDR, holiday accomodation, hotels, etc. in Donaghadee, 1939, 12pp, cover photo, harbour and sea front, £3, GNR Belfast-Dublin by GNR expresses, multicoloured four panel fold-out of seven coach train and blue steam loco with an illustrated route plan on the reverse 1930s?, £40, CDRJC, excursion arrangements, 1/5 to 30/9/1937, four panels with map, times and photo of Gweebarra Bay, black on pink paper, £3, The Highlands of Donegal by Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway, tourist guide 1926, 92pp, covers detached/damages £16, DSER, excursion arrangements, 1915, 20pp, £16, GSWR, specification, contract no. 3, Carragh Road to the junction of the Carlow branch railway, 1844, 28pp, printed in part, much neat manuscript detail, £65, GNRB, financial accounts to 30/9/1956, a thick volume of large typescript sheets marked 'auditor's copy' in red on the cover £5, DSER, director's report year ending 31/12/1921, 15 pp including map of the system with detail in red £2, Requirements of the BOT in regard to the opening of railways, HMSO 1909, 15pp GNRI stamp on cover £16, Consolidation of Irish railways, to the Rt. Hon. Earl of Derby, 1st Lord of the Treasury, 14pp, petition to the Railway Commissioners 1867, disbound, £1, Dublin and Drogheda Railway, specification of works 1841, 28pp, printed with much additional manuscript £100, Donegal Railway Co. Report of the directors, half year ending 1/5/1905, 40pp, separate sections for each line £5, BCDR report of the directors, 31/12/1945, 18pp, folding with large and detailed map of the system £2, Strabane and Letterkenny Railway Co., report of the directors, 31/12/1912, 14pp, £5, Act of Parliament GNRI 1906, re Castleblaney, Keady and Armagh Railway extension of line, 20pp £1, DUTC (1896) Ltd report of directors 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 (5) £1, SLNCR report of directors 31/12/1943, 16pp £16, Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway Co, report of directors 31/12/1920, 19pp, including a detailed map of the route £15, GNRB, report and accounts for years ending 9/1954 to 9/1958, each with blue and cream coa covers, 30pp each (5) £10, CDRJC financial accounts and statistical returns 1931 11pp with detailed map of the system £12, DSER report of directors 31/12/1920, 16pp with a map of the system, lines in red £3, Dundalk and Enniskillen Rly. Specification of works 1845, 34pp £50, GNRI classification of coaching stock 3, 1944 (revised to 11/1945, lists all stock numbers and details, green canvas covers, gilt title, pocket size £26, GNRI and LMSNCC, 19/7/1945, King George VI, Queen and Princess Elizabeth, Lisburn-Lisahally and Derry-Belfast 8pp (LMS Mogul etc) £40, GNRI station name label for platform lamp 'Ballyhaise' cream on dark blue, name at base 'Stain and Sons transparency printers Belfast and London' 27x8 cm, £40, GNRI station name label for platform lamp 'Carrigans' cream on dark blue, 27x8 cm, £40, GNRI station name label for platform lamp 'Bundoran' cream on dark blue, split in several pieces, basically complete but minor loss, would reassemble and fix to glass 27x8 cm, £3, SLNCR PTT 1/6/1928, tourist and excursion arrangements, 39pp, brown card covers, £26, CIE PTT Dublin district buses 7-8/1952, 96pp, pocket size £5, GNRI omnibus PTT, 15/6/1952, 92pp + folding maps, cover with blue double decker, slight spine wear, pocket size £8, CIE provincial bus summer 1952 PTT, 182pp + folding maps, cover with split cab green single decker, pocket size £10, GSR (Eastern Section), PTT 1/7/1932, 40pp, pocket size, cream covers, £4, DUTC, bus and tram, PTT 9/1941, 110pp, pocket size, green covers £40, GNRI, PTT 10/1912, 64pp, Amiens St and coa on cover, £65, GSR (Eastern Section) 11/9/1933, 42pp, pocket size, cream covers £16, GNRI, PTT 7/10/1945, 50pp + maps, brown covers, £18, GNRI PTT 1/6-21/9/1940, 74pp +maps, decorative red/green/black covers with coa £28, CVR, PTT 6/6/1938, 4pp, cream, photos of railcar and interior of coaches, £14, DUTC (1896) Ltd, PTT April 1939, 63pp, blue covers, photo of Dublin centre with trams, £14, Giants Causeway and Portrush Electric Tramway, PTT 5/7/1943, 4pp, folding inc. Route description, £24, DUTC, bus and tram PTT 1/7/1942, 104pp, pocket size, blue covers, £40, GSR, PTT 28/7/1941, 39pp, black on green covers, £30, CDRJC PTT 1/7/1915, 62pp, inc. General info black on red covers with slight wear, £50, DUTC PTT 12/1944, 96pp, pocket size, grey on green cover featuring a green double decker, £45, CIR PTT main line during Papal visit 29/9-1/10/1979, 12pp, black/yellow covers with mitre £20, CIE PTT 2/8/1947, 32pp, brown covers £30, CIE, PTT 16/4/1945, 44pp blue covers £24, GSR (Eastern District), 1/6/1926, 24pp, cream covers £18, LMSNCC, PTT 18/2/1946, 40pp + map, maroon covers £16, DSER PTT 1/11/1920, 36pp, cream card covers with coa £28, WLWR, PTT 1/7/1900, 29pp, large size with folding maps, decorative covers with coa and vignettes, £60, GNRI PTT 2/4/1944, 50pp, brown covers + supplement to continue from June 1944, 8pp (2) £28, LMSNCC PTT 19/9/1938, 15pp, white cover, map on back, £40, GNRI PTT 19/9/1938-4/6/1939, 74pp + maps, decorative red/green/black covers, coa, £45, CIE WTT reduced passenger train service, weekdays, 20/1/1947, 7pp, foolscap, typescript, £14, GNRI Sutton and Howth Electric Tramway, WTT 26/9/1948, 4pp, printed on thick card, large size, cover doodle lower right £26, DNGR and North Wall Extension Lines? 1/6/1929, 6pp, a little edge wear, additional operating instructions, £20, CIE reduced passenger and goods train service, 20/1/1947, 12pp + similar public version, 34pp (2) £10, GNRI 1881 WTT bound volume, 1/1 7pp, 1/3 6pp, 1/7 4pp, 1/9 6pp, 1/11 6pp, green boards, gilt title, staff time tables £85, GSR emergency passenger and goods train service, 24/4/1944, 15pp £2, UTA WTT a) 4/1-16/6/1965, 64pp, b) 14/6-12/9/1965, 45pp,c) NC area, 15/6/1964, 42pp, d) GN area 15/6/64 52pp (4) £70, NIR a) GN area 4/9/1967, 22p b) NC area 14/9/1967, 44p c) M&NW Reg. 2/9/1968 44p d) S.Reg 30/6/1969 23pp (4) £40, NIR a) M&NW Reg. 30/6/1968 44pp b) S Reg 29/6/1970-27/6/1971 21pp c) M&NW Reg 29/6/1970-27/6/1971, 24pp d) M&NW Reg 2/7/1973, 40pp (4) £3, NIR a) M&NW Reg. 1/7/1974 40pp b) M&NW Reg. 7/10/1974 38pp c) S Reg 30/6/1975, 20pp d) 26/4/1976, 55pp (4) £3, NIR a) 19/5/1977 43pp b) 3/7/1978 44pp c) 28/5/1979, 44pp d) 16/6/1980, 45pp e) 28/6/1981, 45 pp, f) 5/10/1981, 43pp (6) £3, NIR a) 12/5/ - 5/10/1986 26pp b) 14/5/1990 52pp c) 2/9/1985-1/5/1986, supplement Larne line, 7pp, d) 27/6/1983, 28pp e) 6/10/1986-10/5/1987, 27 pp, f) 11/5/1987-15/5/1988, 27pp g) 15/5-29/9/1995 68pp (7) £16, CIE Dublin Suburban service WTT a) 9/6/1974, 52pp, b) 2/9/1973 52pp, c)8/5/1978 52pp, d)14/5/1979, 52pp e)16/7/1984 62pp (5) £14, CIR WTT a) 10/6/1974 159pp, b) 27/6/1977, 191pp c)8/5/1978 208pp, d) 14/1/1985 208pp, e)13/1/1986 208pp (5) £1, Irish Rail WTT a) 11/5/1987 203pp b) 2/7/1990 207pp c) 18/5/1992 220pp d) 18/5/1994 238pp, e) 15/5/1995 234pp also IR Dublin Suburban 19/1/1990 63pp £1.

Nothing Irish was obvious at the Talisman live auction on 8/5 although a possibility could be the Metrovick equipment plate (no other info) which sold for £320.

The GWRA auction on 22/5 had: Great Northern Railway (Ireland)! 3 aspect Signalman's Handlamp brass plated 'Thurles8'. Complete with original reservoir clearly stamped GNRI and burner. The lamp body is also stamped 'Thurles8' and the reducing cone is stamped 'CIE' indicating a later addition, ex. condition £350, headboard The Shamrock, used between 1954 until 1966 on locomotives that hauled the London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street boat train service with connections to the Coast Lines ferry services from Pier Head to Belfast and Dublin. As well as Princess Royals, Royal Scots and later class 40's, the prototype Deltic hauled this train on many occasions £ns, res £800, GSWR ground signal mechanism of substantial proportions (and weight). The counter-balance is cast with the company initials and the entire mechanism appears to be in full working order, complete with original c/i lamp with fitted signal arm plates to show when rotated and a later interior £110.

Railwayana.net in May had nothing relevant to Ireland.

ebay in May had a NIR red enamel trespass 61x45 cm and on 3 June had a Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Beclawat ashtray as carried in stock built in Dundalk, embossed with GNR(I) €92.50.

Stafford on 5/6 had: a CIE carriage roof board, 'Baile-Atha-Cliath – Corcaig”, 114 x 13cm, cast aluminium, original red paint work, names in Gaelic script, in as removed condition £260 and an alloy tablet 'Coleraine-Ballymoney' gc. £ns.

SRA on 12/6 had: BR(M) qr poster: Three new ships for the Heysham-Belfast Overnight Service (Leslie Arthur Wilcox 1904-1982), 1956 poster celebrating in three new vessels TSS 'Duke of Lancaster', TSS 'Duke of Argyll' and TSS 'Duke of Rothesay.' Ref: 13856, rolled, vgc. £330, GSR dr poster: GSR Services (Anon) shows parcels, cartage and other services set against a map of the whole of Ireland, slight creasing with one or two edge tears (two tape repaired), good overall £220,CIE dr poster: Ireland welcomes you (Curran) showing a modern diesel dwarfed by a welcoming sun, folded, minor edge nicks, good otherwise £50, 'Metropolitan-Vickers 1955' worksplate as carried by CIE Class A Co-Co Diesel Electric No. 038 Metropolitan-Vickers work's No. 924, rectangular cast brass, 46x13cm with rounded corners, in ex-loco condition both sides, casting number 'M1882' etched on the back £280,

The SRA telephone auction in June had a GSR tinplate, communication cord sign, 15x10 cm, white embossed lettering in Gaelic on red background, gc., £14. The postal auction had a GNRI share certificate for £200 of debenture stock dated 1932, ornate scrolled title and side embellishment, embossed seal, red print on beige underprint, not cancelled, minor folds, £40, Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbour share certificate for £5 of preference stock dated 1927, ornate scrolled title, several red pen cancellations, £10, WDLR share transfer certificate for ten £10 guaranteed preferred shares dated 1892, minor edge damage towards bottom left affecting print, res£5, £ns, Midland Railway guide book 'The Land of Lakes - being the Midland Railway Company’s Illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of County Donegal' by Edgar Shrubsole, illustrated hardback clothbound covers, 170pp plus adverts and fold out maps, published by William Cate, 4th edition dated April 1907, bindings a little loose but generally gc, £40, GNR(I) booklet 'Tours by road and rail from Dublin and other centres-season 1956', blue, black and white illustrated paperback covers showing single decker in country, 26pp, vgc., £20, LNWR Hotel menu card from the Greenore Hotel, dated 5th July 1887, postcard sized, thin card, gold and yellow print with coat of arms at top, vgc., £12, GSWR & MGWR Joint official card 'Railways of Ireland Tourist Office' (GSWI120) showing coloured view of model railway exhibition at the British Empire Exhibition, not postally used. res£10 £ns, GSWR official card 'GSWR Hotel, Parknasilla, Co. Kerry' showing b&w view of early motor buses outside hotel, not postally used, in style of Alsop types GSWI060-064 but black title, £30, Album containing approx 80 postcard sized b&w photographs showing Irish railways loco views including CIE, GNRI, NCC, BCDR, etc., good variety including a few narrow gauge views, (80) £75, GS dr sized letterpress poster advertising Bank Holiday excursion to Dublin from Wexford and Wicklow, dated July 1940, tears to top and bottom edge £10, GSR dr sized letterpress poster advertising excursion train from Arklow to the Wicklow regatta, dated July 1940, large tear at bottom edge. £10, GSR dr sized letterpress poster announcing the closure of Broadstone station listing altered train times, dated January 1937, tears to top and bottom edge £10, GSR dr sized letterpress poster advertising excursion to Tramore & Kilkenny from New Ross, dated July 1940, tears to top and bottom edge. £14, GSR dr sized letterpress poster re purchasing tickets in advance, red and blue print, dated May 1937, tears to top and bottom edge £10, GSR dr sized letterpress poster advertising 'All in Tours', red and blue print, dated April 1939, tears to top and bottom edge, plus another similar (2) £10 CDRJC smaller sized letterpress poster cheap tickets for the sports and regatta at Killybegs, dated August 1934, folded £10, DNGR dr sized letterpress poster announcing all services on the company lines will end on 31st December 1951, folded, £70, UTA smaller sized letterpress poster announcing the closure of several services and closure of stations, dated December 1964, folded £10.

Solent on 19/6 had nothing Irish.

ebay in June had a 1960's CIE beach poster for the US market, tear at bottom edge $77, a GNRI 5cm tall milk jug £73, a half mile cast iron plate 'from the NIR network', but clearly GNRI, £32.25, a 1942 GNRI 'Guide to Holidays in Ireland' 40 pp, of@£30, a GSWR official unused postcard of@£5, a GSWR Hotels unused luggage label £15 and a 30cm loco whistle, supposedly LMSNCC from a W or WT, on a wooden base £310.

Onslows on 30/6 had: Walter Till (dates not known) Ireland Glengarriff Killarney, original poster printed for Great Southern Railways - 74x100 cm Condition A mounted on linen, est£600-800, £ns, Charles King (dates not known) Portrush Northern Ireland, original poster printed for BR(LMR) by Macmillan, 102x63 cm Condition A mounted on linen, est£500-600, £370, Kenneth Steel (1906-1970) Portstewart, original poster printed for BR(LMR) by Waterlow 1954, 102x63 cm Condition A mounted on linen est£400-500, £290, Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) Northern Ireland The little farm by the sea, printed for BR and UTA by Macmillan, 102 x 63 cm, Condition A mounted on linen, est£400-600, £400, Claude Buckle (1905-1973) Ireland Overnight, original poster printed for BR(LMR) by Haycock Press,102x127 cm, Condition B vertical fold and 2 two tears, est£350-450, £ns.

Third quarter 2010

The GCR postal auction on 2/7 had: (LMSNCC) '6', ex St Judes, 24cm square, curved corners, original condition £50, Quantity of Midland Great Western Railway paperwork, weekly notices, etc., poor condition £6, Dublin United Tramway Co. Omnibus Services, Park Gate - Donnybrook, Route 9 & 10, list of fares, large coach, 32x37cm, folded £2, CDRJC tickets, unused, some duplicates. (approx. 170) £18, Irish Tickets, CDRJC (x7), SLNCR (x86), LLSR (x2), Strabane and Letterkenny (x2), BCDR (x4), GNRB (x2), MRNCC (x6), LMSNCC (x41), UTA (x23), etc. + some taped reformed halves, total in album 204 £3, DSER, Instructions on Computation of Goods Trains Traffic Statistics for MOT., 7pp, 1920 £6, Regulations of the Irish Railway Clearing House, 1/5/1907, 124pp, unused, green titled canvas covers + various supplements £6, GNRI, The Handling of Goods, General Instructions 1914, 40pp, red canvas titled covers, unused £14, GNRI, Hospital Fund, Rules, Benefits, etc., 4/1938, blue cover booklet, 6pp. £6, Lot 774 GNRI, Savings Bank, Rules & Regs 1924, blur titled covers, 4pp, cover marks £, GNRI, Classification of Coaching Stock, 32pp, listing all coach numbers and details, gilt cover title, pocket size £30, GNRI, Maintenance of Running Lines and Sidings, 1933, 12pp. £10, MGWR, 1868 printed notice to be read to all gangers re reduction of wages if the outrage of placing stones on the track is not discovered, 1 shilling per week deducted for a year for such undiscovered outrages £6, GSWR Specification of Fences, 1840s, ditch, mound and thorn quicks, 4pp, with diagram, £6, GNR(I) handbills, Coronation 1953 T. Belfast, Bank Hols 1946 Trains, Dublin - Belfast -Bundoran, colour DMU, 1951, + Dublin - Belfast 1938/1939 & 1947 (5) £45, Slides, Irish steam, main line. (18) £26, Plans Dublin Railways & Stations 1940, 76x51 cm, large scale, CDRJC poster Temporary TT 2/4/1945, inc. connection with GNR(I) and LMSNCC, 44x57 cm, folded £ns, BCDR TT poster 30 May 1943 + Holywood & Bangor branch Rail Motor Services, folded, with some wear, one corner tape mark and small loss to the left side, 102x76 cm, a rare survivor £35, CDRJC TT poster, 30 June 1947, with GNRI & LMSNCC connections, 48x56 cm, company name in red print, folded £22, CDRJC Omnibus TT (in conjunction with CIE), 1/1/1960, 46x56 cm, folded £10, GSR poster, How the transport problem is being solved, introduction of rail head motor services, 28x44 cm, folded, lists of stations, villages served £2, CIE, Inchicore Works Guide, 40pp, 1960s, B164 -141 class on cover, + June 1958 40pp brochure - unique loco exhibition at the works, loco No 36 (Burg), A Class, etc., folded (2) £22, CDRJC Financial Accounts, 1918, 4pp, + 1944, 12pp, with large map of system, both 25x38cm. (2) £10, DSER Directors Report, 1919, 10pp + map £10, GNRI Directors Report, 1951, 20pp + map £2, Dublin & Drogheda Railway, specification for Navan to Kells extension, 37pp, hand written, neat and legible, a fine early example £24, Draft specification for new railway 1845, 29pp, printed with written additions £ns, GSR, classification of engines charts 1939, CIE 1845, GSR 1940, +1942-1944, 1941, 1942, + two others, one a very early blueprint type with loco drawings, all list numbers of all locos (8) £60, GSR 1925 classification of broad gauge engines, complete listings of numbers, types, etc., + narrow gauge listed by company, TDLR, WCR, etc., interchangeability of boilers broad gauge, etc., 76x127 cm £2, UTA GN Section main line, maximum speed diagrams showing details of track sleepers, 1958, 51x38 cm, coloured, CIE/UTA boundary to Belfast £16, Belfast & County Down Rly, 31/5/1942, 14pp. £45, BCDR PTT, 28/5/1944, 14pp. £45, BCDR PTT, 2/6/1946, 14pp., BCDR PTT, 6/10/1946, 14pp, folds £45, CIE PTT., 2/8/1947, 32pp. £18, DSER PTT, 1/6/1915, 52pp, pocket size, coat of arms on cover £14, DSER PTT, 3/10/1921, 36pp, pocket size, coat of arms on cover, slightly dusty £26, Lot 1008 GNRI PTT, 4/4-14/8/43, GNRI, local timetable, Dublin-Dundalk, Howth, Drogheda and Oldcastle, 4/5/1941, 8pp. £24, GNRI PTT, 14/1/1946, 50pp + maps £28, GNRI PTT, 6/10/1946, 60pp + maps, Boyne Viaduct on cover, cover poor, + 13/4/47-9/8/47, Narrow Water Castle, slight cover wear, 52pp + maps, + 10/8/47, train and landscape, good, 56pp + maps (3) £20, Great Southern Railways (Eastern Sect), 31/5/36, 42pp, pocket size £18, GSR (Eastern Sect) PTT, Train Alterations, 2/6/1940, 21pp, + 31/6/1936, 19pp, + East Dist, 5/3/1928, 17pp, + 31/5/1943, 15pp. (4) £6, LMSNCC PTT, 4/7/1942, 16pp. £16, LMSNCC PTT, 18/4/1943, 16pp. £28, LMSNCC PTT, 28/6/1943, 28pp, cover edge wear £35, LMSNCC PTT, 5/6/1944, 28pp, map £12, LMSNCC PTT, 17/9/1945, 36pp, map, vertical fold £35, LMSNCC PTT, 7/10/1946, 44pp, map £3, LMSNCC PTT, 1/12/1946, 44pp, map, + alteration supp, vertical fold £18, DUTC PTT, 3/1941, 104pp, pocket size £40, GSR local TT, Dublin - Dun - Laoghaire - Bray - Greystones, 12/10/1941, used £1, GNRI WTT, 17/9/1944, with amendments, home bound, used £2, UTA (N.C. Area) WTT, 3/2/1958, 39pp. £2, NIR. (Mid & N W Regions) WTT, 30/6/1969, 44pp. £ns, NIR. (S Reg) WTT, 30/6/1969, 23pp £ns.

Malton on 3/7 had nothing Irish.

GWRA from 6-8/7 had: GWR fold-out Brochure 'Southern Ireland', colour cover with roundel logo depicting a pair of traditional women riding a donkey-drawn cart with hills as a backdrop, season 1936, extremely gc. £130, GSWR c/i gate notice, "totally ex lineside, unlike the awful repros.." £20, Lot 365 W&T staff Athlone-Knockcroghery with the letter 'C' engraved at the opposite ends, 25cm in length, having four 3cm diameter rings around the centre £ns.

On 17/7 GCR had a live auction: a MGWR enamel trespass notice, May 1909. 33x46 cm £360, a GNRI lamp post sign, Newry Dublin Bridge cast iron, 58x10 cm, with original paintwork and rear bracket £520, a silver plated biscuit barrel, presented by the BNCR Young Mens Debating Club, Christmas 1876, 18 cm high £230, a GNRI cast iron doorplate, Private, with distinctive shaped ends, 46x13 cm, fine original condition £140, a Nasmyth Wilson worksplate, No 1425/1924, from GNRI 5'3" Class T2 4-4-2T No 115 35x14 cm, the front lightly cleaned £520, a large Webb and Thompson train staff, Patrickswell-Ballingrane £130, a GNRI cast iron notice warning pedestrians to keep clear of the gates, from King Street Level Crossing, Newry. 36x25 cm, unrestored, with original paintwork £230, a BR(M) 'Travel to Ireland' poster £70, a CIE bilingual enamel gate notice, 48x34 cm, in excellent undamaged condition £260, a RSCo miniature train staff, Drumree-Kilmessan £85, a GSR wagon plate, 15960, 25x17 cm, the front repainted £90, a Beyer Peacock 1913 makers' plate (which could have come from any one of a 110 locos built that year including 15 GNRI) £95, GNRI cast iron small trespass notice, unrestored, 20x14 cm, the 'I' partially removed but clearly visible, the change made when the title was altered to GNR Board £50.

Paddington Ticket Auctions on 24/7 had: tram ticket miscellany comprising punch types from The Cork Electric Trams & Lighting Co. Ltd. -1d child named stage (slightly grubby); DUTC - 22 mostly used tickets, including 3 early named stage, a weekly ticket available between Nelson Pillar and Dalkey, and examples from Flanagans and Auto Tickets Birkenhead; Belfast Street Tramways Co. - 1d named stage; Belfast City Tramways - 3d numbered stage, the lot also includes a DUTC 1/- parcels ticket. (26) £50, Lot 224 selection of luggage labels including example from the Ballycastle Railway, MRNCC including 'Short Sea Passage' and 'Royal Mail Route' types, BNCR, CBSCR, GSR, and several untitled examples, minor duplication only. Mostly vgc. (32) £150, CIE: collection of 106 issued 3rd, 2nd and standard class singles with different formats of, mainly open, origin station names dating from the late 1940s to 1970, the lot also includes 11 unclipped audit singles from closed stations, plus 3 audit one-piece excursion tickets, also from closed stations good/vgc (120) £50, Miscellany comprising: CLR audit 3rd single from Mohill; CBSCR audit 1st return Madore to Skibbereen (paper back); CVR issued 3rd single Clogher to Kiltermon; audit from 3 x Aughnacloy, Ballagh, and Brookeboro’, plus unused punch type Market Ticket; Donegal Rly audit Car Ticket Return Fintown to Dungloe (Sweeney’s Hotel); DWWR issued 3rd single Harcourt Street to Rathdrum; audit 3rd Cheap Sunday train Dalkey to Blackrock; GCPBV Rly & Ty. Co. 6 whole (2 clipped); GSR 4 audit (including to Newbrook Race Course, and from Butlins); SLNCR issued from Belcoo; UTA audit from Doagh (24) £65, Lot 337 DSER (City of Dublin Junction Railway) issued 3rd single Amiens St. Junction to Westland Row, dated 15/9/1911, together with a LMSNCC 3rd single Portrush to Coleraine, dated 8/8/1929 both vgc (2) £40, a collection of 50 issued whole comprising 12 x BCDR (including types such as Military on Leave, Monthly Season, and Sub, Excess); 6 x DNGR; 9 x GNRI; 3 x LLSR; and 20 x LMSNCC (including various types). (50) £45, Audit Edmondsons comprising 192 CIE rail, 60 CIE bus and coach, 29 Belfast Steamership Co., and 15 Burns & Laird Lines, the rail tickets include a wide variety of types and closed stations, little duplication in the rail and road tickets, heavy duplication in the steamer issues. (Qty) £30, approx. 500 mainly issued whole from the UTA, together with c.30 issued CIE, 20 issued and audit GNRI/Board, c.60 audit SLNCR, 80 audit LLSR, and 100 audit CDRJC, a handful of tickets from other companies (e.g. BCDR, LMSNCC) and c. 500 UTA severed halves also included. (Qty) £30.

A railwayana.net auction from 1-5/9 had: RCH cloth backed railway Map of Ireland dated 1912, vgc in its original bound covers, folds out to 76x119 cm £90.

The Talisman telephone on 6-7/9 (but prices still unavailable 17/10) had: Lot 16 MGWR nickel rope script 'MGWR' cap badge, exc. condition, £na, Lot 61 CIE/GSWR 3 aspect handlamp, top stamped 'CIE' as is vessel, brass plate to one side catch cover 'Cork Chg. 40', complete with burner, reflector and all glasses, £na, Lot 212 'Great Southern Hotels Ireland' china ashtray by Arklow Pottery circa 1935, 'GSH' monogram also in base, vgc £na, Lot 363 GSR enamel armband lettered 'G.S. Rlys Look-Out', small edge chips only, lacks straps, o/wise vgc, £na.

SRA on 11/9 had 'GNR(I) Notice trespassers on the line will be prosecuted.' 20x14 cm with rounded corners, the front almost devoid of paint, the back in original condition, but with paint 'runs' evident £50, LMS qr stock poster: Ireland by LMS - the Royal Mail Route (Ref AD943) (Unsigned), issued in 1935, this poster would have carried the timetable for sailings across the Irish Sea, a rarely seen variant, folded, small edge tears, good otherwise £160.

Nothing Irish in the September telephone auction. The postal auction had: GSR foolscap sized booklet "Arrangements for travel at reduced fares" dated December 1937. 11pp, rusty staples removed est£5 £ns, GSR share certificate for 'reduced' ordinary stock, unissued, dated 19xx, ornate scrolled title and side embellishment, red print, vgc, £22, GSR - City of Dublin Jct. Railways share certificate for 'unguaranteed' stock, unissued, dated 19xx, ornate title, blue print on buff paper, minor fold, gc, £25, WLR share certificate for one £50 share dated 1845, ornate scrolled title, attached red seal, company crest top centre, not cancelled, minor folds, £110, Two Ballycastle Railway dividend warrants dated 1897 and 1901, plus Navan & Kingscourt Railway share certificate for one £10 share dated 1871, all attached to card (3) £220, RCH Map of Ireland dated 1906, dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, slight wear to map, front cover detached, spine missing £22, LNWR 12pp timetable booklet "Ireland by LNW Routes", coloured pictorial covers showing system map (similar to PTT although smaller), dated May 1909 £70, GSR PTT, brown and cream covers, foolscap sized, 46pp dated September 1933, a little dog-eared but OK, £70, CIE PTT booklet, slightly faded blue covers, 44pp dated April 1945 £10, MRNCC time and faretable booklet dated May 1907, 36pp pocket sized booklet, coloured pictorial covers showing Dunluce Castle, two small marks to spine otherwise vgc £110, MATE'S illustrated guide " North of Ireland illustrated – as served by the Midland Railway Company via Heysham & Belfast", red, illustrated, clothbound soft covers, 90+pp fully illustrated 4th edition dated 1905 £14, GWR publication "Southern Ireland – its lakes and landscapes", white and green card covers, 44pp plus plates and fold out maps, published as No. 10 in the "Handy Aids" series in June 1925, some foxing, £8, five LNWR luggage labels for destinations in Ireland via Kingstown from Euston Station London, coloured design showing destination in oval in centre, Monaghan, Omagh, Newry (all with yellow coloured edging to indicate GNRI station), Abbeyleix (with blue edging to indicate GSWR station), Ballinrobe (with green edging to indicate MGWR station), small scuff to edge of last example (5) £210, GWR collection of approx 103 type G82 luggage labels to Irish destinations in green print within a diamond, square, circle or oblong, all different (Qty) £110, approx 90 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish loco and rolling stock views, mostly narrow gauge, appear 1950s-60s, varying quality (90) £90, approx 100 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish loco and rolling stock views including narrow gauge and railcars, appear 1950s-60s, varying quality (100) £80, approx 100 B&W postcard sized photos showing mostly standard gauge Irish locos and rolling stock, appear 1950s-60s, varying quality (100) £40, approx 100 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish railway views, mostly locos but including a few stations, appear 1930s-60s, varying quality, mostly OK (100) £80, approx 100 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish loco views circa early 1950s, most identified, very variable quality (100) £20.

Bonhams had nothing Irish at it main annual railwayana auction on 21/9.

GCR had a postal auction on 24/9 had: Builder's plate, Harland & Wolff Limited, Belfast - Glasgow - Liverpool Southampton, Built at North Woolwich, London, 1957, Shipbuilders - Engineers, oval cast iron, 27x18cm, original red oxide £150, GNRI Football handbill, Ireland v Scotland Windsor Park 1938, s/l, + pair of Road Motor Services bills 4/5/1941 (3) £26, DSER handbill Curtailment of Service Due to Suspension of Holyhead Mail Packet, 22/10/1920, top worn £3, GNRI, (a) International Football Match, Ireland v Scotland Windsor Park, 1947, (b) Maze Races, 1939, (c) Tour the Glens of Antrim, (d) Express Diesel Railcar to Carlingford, 1951 (4) £65, DSER Notices of Fairs, Special Train Arrangements, etc., (a) 12/1920, (b) 21/3/1921 (Dublin Curfew), (c) 7/1914, (d) 11/1920, (e) 4/1921 Miners' Strike. (5) £14, UTA (GN Area) Special Train Arrangements, Holidays, etc. (9) £5, CIE. bundle of typescript pathing lists and times for trains, 1950s, typescript £3, LMSNCC & GSR, etc. Wartime Notices re Rumours, Air Raids, Specials, Ferr Local Security Force + Log of a run of Belfast - Dublin Special 22/7/24 engine 190 (1 hr 37 1/2) £22, LLSR Bus Services, Xmas Mail Arrangements and Duty Roster 1938 + press cutting re Buncrana Refreshment Rooms (typescript) £5, DSER, Curfew Regulations in Dublin, Train Alterations 2nd April 1921, similar 4 March 1921 (2) £10, DSER, Curtailment of Service, Miners' Strike, 11/4/1921, 4pp, + CIE 1947 Dublin Suburban TT, 6pp. (2) £5, Special Trains, (a) Log of run on 22/7/1924, Driver Bruce, loco 190, one Tri Comp & brake, 112 miles in 97 minutes, (b) Inspection train Portrush 1947 & Royal Train Coleraine - Derry 19/7/45 (3) £16, LMSNCC Special Train Arrangements Christmas 1945, 21pp + Easter 1946, 29pp. (2) £3, Train Alterations GNR, 1950s, 1960s. (5) £3, DSER Train Alterations 10/1/21 Local Services + DSER Friendly Society Notice (2) £8, GNRI Pension Fund Rules 1940, 12pp, blue card covers, + Sick Fund Rules 1895, 8pp, orange covers (2) £16, DSER, Instructions for Compiling Goods Trains Statistics, 1920 £3, Northern Ireland, showing scheduled omnibus services, base printed 'source UTA exhibit 44', 38x28cm, split at one fold £6, DUTC, letters and time table sheets inc. Lucan, Lime and Donnybrook Phoenix Park, etc. (8) £35, Carriage Notice re leaning out or putting feet outside carriage, on cushions, throwing bottles, black on cream card, framed, believed to be of Irish Tramway origin £50,. LMSNCC Timetable poster, 11/6/1945, inc. branches, 102x76cm, splits at folds, some tape repairs, requires restoration but complete £3, MGWR, Royal Canal Public Notice, Letterpress 1893, re depth of vessels, poor condition requiring repairs, some edge loss but well worth restoring £40, Excursions, (a) CIE Radio Train, (b) CIE 1951 Brochure, (c) Radio Train 1953 Brochure, (d) Cavan and Dublin CIE Express Bus Service + Radio Train (5) £90, UTA Withdrawal of Rail Services CDRJC 1959, Rates + CDR Working of Trains & Railcars 1950, CDR Alterations 1947, x4 different (typescript) £16, CIE Report of Communications from A.P. Reynolds to Minister of Industry & Commerce re future of Irish Railways 18/2/1949, 24pp, + GNRI Financial Accounts 1953 and a printed letter to staff re formation of UTA £22, GSWR 1867, Shed Notice of Special and Extra Trains, Pilot and Assisting Engines, six large daily sheets for Dublin District (6) £3, GNRB, Financial Accounts 1955 £12, GNRI Financial Accounts and Statistical Returns 1938, with map £18, DSER Directors' Report 1923, with map, spine split £3, LMSNCC Financial Accounts and Statistical Returns 1935-1940 (6) £16, GSWR, Specification for Roof of Passenger Shed at Dublin Terminus, early manuscript example £3, GNRI Chairman's Speech at Annual Meeting of Proprietors, 28/2/1950 and similar 6/12/50. (2) £22, CIE Reductions of Train Services, 10/3/1947, 8pp, foolscap, typescript £26, GNRI Classification of Coaching Stock, 9/1928, 22pp, inc, coach numbers, £40, UTA Signalling Lisburn - Belfast Pway, Special Trains, etc., typescript notices 1950s early 1960s, bundle £22, GNRI, 1906 Extension to Castlewellan - Signals, letters inc. drawing and description of signals + DSER re inspection of line 1918 and Board of Trade letter to Castleblayney, Keady and Amagh Rly Co, 6pp. £50, BNCR PTT, Derry Central, Carickfergus & Larne, Draperstown and Limavady & Dungivan Railway, Jan 1885, 28pp, with maps, blue cover with coat of arms, spine re-taped and repaired, contents good £35, BCDR PTT 3/10/1943, 14pp. £20, BCDR PTT 1/10/1944 14pp. £10, CIE General TT 16/4/1945, 44pp, blue covers £10, CIE Passenger Trains 5/7/1947 PTT , 32pp, white covers £10, CIE Dublin District, Bus and Tram, Jan 1945 PTT , D.D. on cover, 69pp + Provincial Bus Services Winter 1947, half cab S.D. on cover, wear, 120pp. (2) £12, DSER PTT 13/10/1919, 36pp, blue covers with coat of arms, pocket size £40, GNRI 18/9/1931 PTT , decorative red, green and black covers, 65pp + map, also Jan Alterations, minor spine loss at base £40, GNRI PTT 8/6 - 9/8/1941, 48pp, buff covers £28, GNRI PTT 8/6 - 9/2/1942, 48pp, buff covers £50, GNRI PTT 8/6 - 5/4/1942, 48pp, white covers + May Alterations £28, GNRI PTT 11/8/1943, 50pp, blue covers, with a few press cuttings re TT and Excursions, 28, GNRI PTT 2/4/1944, white covers, Belfast area, 13pp. £28, GNRI PTT 2/4/1945, Supp + Maps, brown covers, slight wear £28, GSR Eastern District 13-30/6/1926 PTT , 24pp, white covers dusty, one page torn and repaired £12, GSR PTT , Alterations, (a) Eastern & West Clare Sections 1/6/1928, (b) Eastern Sect 6/1930, (c) Eastern Sect Sunday Suburban 6/1931, (d) Eastern Sect 2/9/1940. (4) £3, GSR Eastern Section PTT 1/7/1933, 40pp, cream covers, dusty, pocket size £8, GSR Southern Railways Eastern Section PTT 11/9/1939, 40pp, cream covers, pocket size, excellent, + 2/9/40, poor (2) £10, GSR Amended to 19/7/1944 PTT , with cover label, 16pp, blue covers £10 LMSNCC PTT 1/6 - 17/9/1939, 15pp + map £16, LMSNCC PTT 12/4/1942, 15pp. £16, LMSNCC PTT 1/11/42, 16pp. £20, LMSNCC PTT 12/11/44, 28pp + map £16, LMSNCC PTT 6/5/1946, 40pp + map, maroon covers £12, LMSNCC PTT 1/7/1946, 44pp + map, maroon covers £10, LMSNCC PTT 2/6/1947, 44pp + map, maroon covers £12, GSR PTT , 12/9/1937, 46pp + maps, large format £60, NIR WTT 26/4/1976, 55pp. £3, LMSNCC Freight WTT 18/2/1946, 12pp. £30, NIR(GN Area) WTT 4/9/1967, 22pp. £3, CIE Pass + Goods WTT 3/3/1947, 11pp, typescript foolscap £24, LLSR WTT 2/6/1940, single typescript foolscap sheet £3, LMSNCC WTT (a) Goods Train Service 1/12/1946, 12pp, (b) Supp to WTT 12/4/42, 8pp, (c&d) Special Train Arrangements 12/7/1946, 29pp. (3) £30, CIE WTT 23/6/1958, 94pp. £6.

Cundalls at Malton on 25/9 had an MV Cambria carriage print £18 and a selection of Fishguard &RR& cheques £38.

Fourth quarter 2010

The Railway Antiques Gazette of October 2010 has adverts for: Irish Railway Record Society Journals Vols 3-13 bound £495 and a GWR jigsaw puzzle 'Mountains of Killarney' complete in ex.cond., original box, sound and clean for age but some pencil scribbles on base £60.

The Crewe Heritage Centre auction on 2/10 had a GNRI ticket cupboard £50 and a Webb & Thompson staff with a Patrickswell plate but no second one £ns.

The GCR normal auction on 9/10 had a GNRI semaphore signal repeater and lamp indicator, 32cm high, with large In/Out 'Flag', fine original condition £760, BR(W) quad royal poster, Fishguard-Rosslare, by John S Smith, showing Fishguard Harbour station and ferries. Rolled. (PR168/60) £190, BR(M) double royal poster, Northern Ireland, by L.A. Wilcox. Rolled with folds. (LM16357) £50.

Although no realised prices were noted down, ebay in October had buttons from BCDR, GSWR, LLSR, MGWR and CBSCR. A later auction in November had a CVR 16cm white metal button maker J.R.Gaunt & Son, London sold at £53.78.

PTA had a ticket auction on 16/10. Full information is here

Solent on 23/10 had: Vic Welch Original Painting, depicts three-quarter view of 0-6-0 ST No 2 'Countess of Antrim' in black livery waiting to leave Ballycastle with a short passenger train, used for the cover of the David & Charles title 'The Ballycastle Railway' £300,c/w black/gilt glazed frame 48x31 cm, Irish Railways 'Home' shunt signal disc, square enamel, with c/i fixing/spindle/actuating lever to rear, c/w red/green glass spectacles, originates from Waterford ex GSWR, minor chipping to disc 33cm sq. £35.

Railwayana;net in November had a miniature staff 'Gort-Ardrahan' £75.

GWRA on 13/11 had: a LMR Bangor, Northern Ireland poster by Buckle £ns, a miniature staff Knockcroghery-Athlone £ns and original Wilkinson artwork for an LMS Fishing, Ireland poster £5200.

Whytes on 13/11/10 had: Lot 331 NIR colour lithograph poster showing a diesel train at Downhill, Co. Derry, c. late 1960s, 102x64cm, est €300-400, €ns, Lot 328 CIE Passenger Services map poster based on OS maps, includes all bus, railway and passenger ship routes, 102x64 cm, €100.

SRA on 11/12 had: DN&GR 22 bridgeplate, oval, 45x29 cm in ex-bridge condition front and back £2300, LLSR cast iron poster board heading 'L&LSRy Time Table' repainted in green both sides with white lettering, 53x10 cm in vgc £240, Brass loco cabside numberplate 102 as carried by class W 2-6-0 built at York Road (Belfast) works No 35 of 1940, rectangular with rounded corners 42x25 cm in ex-loco condition front and back £650, Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd Gorton Foundry Manchester 1920 worksplate cast in alloy (probably Zamak) and could possibly be a replacement plate fitted by the owners, customers in 1920 included Argentina, China, Ireland, South Africa and Spain, oval, 43x20 cm in ex-loco condition, (the right hand bolt hole has been stretched and fractured) £320.

The SRA telephone auction had CIE enamel, allegedly a station sign, but clearly a road/street sign from Oriel St Lower (probably Dundalk), white lettering on green with platform number (I would disagree and guess that this might just be the street side numbers for eval/uneval '1' at r/h end, in Gaelic and English, 112x25 cm, small areas of damage around some screw holes otherwise good colour and shine £30, Wood and metal letters posterboard heading 'Great Southern Railway Ireland' 137x18 cm, original gc £210

The SRA postal auction had: Irish Railway Clearing House Table of distances of the associated companies, hardback, foolscap sized, 232pp dated 1903, covers very worn and loose, contents OK, plus supplements No.1 and 4 £15, Irish Railway Clearing House Table of distances, hardback, foolscap sized, 36pp dated 1882. covers dusty, staining to edges of pages £12, The Irish Commercial & Railway Gazetteer compiled by J Leggatt MGWR 1907, hardback, 98pp, spine very poor and front cover nearly detached, £24, UTA typescript report 'Multi-Engined Diesel Train Development' card folder with illustrated label on front showing DMU at speed, 15 pages plus plates, diagrams and photos, April 1952 £35, Londonderry & Coleraine Railway Company share certificate for twenty five shares dated 1848, embossed seal, not cancelled £50, Fishguard & RR & H Co. share certificate for £806 of 'guaranteed preference stock' dated 1911, ornate title, not cancelled, pen annotations £14, GNRI share certificate for £600 of 'consolidated preference stock' dated 1932, ornate scrolled title and ornate side embellishment, embossed seal, printed in red on orange underprint, not cancelled £30, GSR share certificate for 'guaranteed preference stock', unissued, dated 19xx, ornate scrolled title and side embellishment, green print, vgc, £20, City of Dublin Jct Railway Capital share certificate for 'debenture stock', unissued dated 19xx, ornate title and side embellishment, printed on buff paper, vgc £45, CDR financial accounts and statistical returns for 1944, 12pp including map of the line, £18, CDR financial accounts and statistical returns for 1944, 12pp including map of the line, £18, CDRJC PTT dated June 1957, yellow and red paperback covers showing illustration of railcar, 32pp, plus similar dated June 1958 and June 1959 (3) £10, GNR(I) PTT dated May 1957, illustrated covers showing railcar and steam hauled train, 56pp plus fold out map, plus similar dated June 1958 (2) £14, GSR WTT 130pp dated September 1933 £40, BCDR WTT 18pp dated October 1946, stain on front £12, CDRJC smaller sized timetable poster of rail and road services, dated September 1956, plus similar dated June 1957 and April 1959, folded (3) £10, CDR handbill advertising cheap tickets for harvestmen to Scotland, printed on yellow paper, dated April 1929, £20, MGWR guide book 'Connemara, Galway, Achill and the West of Ireland' red card covers, 135pp plus fold out map, plates and adverts, published 1900, some foxing £24, Railway Executive NCC published booklet 'NCC 1848-1948' illustrated card covers, 72pp chronology of Irish railway history, some spine fading, £45, LLSR pocket sized timetable of bus services, green and black pictorial covers showing company single decker, 15pp plus adverts, dated September 1957, plus similar dated June 1958 and June 1959 (3) £60, GNR(I) Omnibus services TT booklet, blue and black covers show illustration of company double decker, 96pp dated June 1958 £10, CIE, small collection of 10 CIE company staff badges including Train Crew, Driver, Station Staff, Road Liner, modern issues of enamel or plastic on chrome, some duplication, good condition (10) £14, Midland Railway official card 'New Route to the North of Ireland via Heysham' showing coloured map and view of Giant's Causeway, unused slight corner wear,£6, MV Cambria British Railways Holyhead Dun Laoghaire Service by Claude Buckle (LMR series) £10, CDR smaller sized letterpress poster announcing the withdrawal of rail services between Strabane and Killybegs, Strabane and Letterkenny and Donegal and Ballyshannon, dated December 1959, folded, plus a small poster advertising special excursion train to Killybegs, August Bank Holiday Monday 1959. (2) £110, SLNCR small poster timetable for services between Sligo and Enniskillen, 46x28 cm dated June 1954, folded, £10, BR(W) 76x51 cm poster Ireland via Fishguard Rosslare - shortest sea route to Southern Ireland, green and blue coloured showing map of sea route, circa early 1960s, folded, £130, SLNCR small sized poster for special train in connection with the football Railway Cup semi-final between Ulster and Connaught at Sligo in 10th February 1957, 43x28 cm, folded, £10, SLNCR poster timetable for services between Sligo and Enniskillen, 36x51 cm, dated June 1956, folded, £10, F&G carriage print 'MV Cambria British Railways Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire Service' by Claude Buckle, original type frame £35.

The TRA phone auction ending on 14/12 had: 'Great Southern Hotels Ireland' china ashtray, full title plus 'GSH' monogram in centre, base also marked with title plus 'Arklow Made', vgc, 114mm dia. £24, CIE chromed and enamelled cap badge for general issue, vgc, £210.

GCR postal auction end December 2010 had a lot comprising Journals of the Irish Railway Record Society No 163, 165-171, also Five Foot Three, No 55 and 56 and 9 Irish railtour booklets (some duplication) £10.

First quarter 2011

The main GCR auction on 15/1 had: a GNRI cast iron lamp name Newry Edward Street with black on yellow paintwork 58x10 cm £700, GNRI large signal lamp copper lamp case supplied by McKenzie and Holland, with large bulls eye lens and small rear lens, complete with interior, substantial brass hinge and GNRI initials insidecomplete £210, original artwork GNRI 4-4-0 Wenlock £280, artwork BR(W) Ireland via Fishguard 25x34 cm £150, W&T staff 'Wicklow-Rathdrum' £150, W&T staff 'Athenry-Craughwell' £130, GSWR Inchicore works 9455 wagon plate 32x17 cm £180, LMS carriage print The Lake, Waterville, Ireland £60, LMS By Land and Sea by Norman Wilkinson, advertising goods facilities, rolled a little discolouration £140, an original painting of GNRI by Debrah Wenlock, 36x28 cm framed overall 61x50 cm, £280.

There was nothing obviously Irish in the GCR postal auction.

PTA had a ticket auction on 22/1. Full information is here

Stafford, also on 22/1, had nothing Irish.

Cundalls at Malton on 29/1 had a MV Cambria (Buckle) carriage panel £10.

There was an online 'Stop the Drop' auction from 31 January to 14 February with many Irish items. I should have been involved at the very reasonable prices for DNGR, but once having owned both the DNGR gate, the trespass and a low bridge at the same time, I once had almost a full set. Now I only have the DNGR No. 2 bridge number. In the past having had at one stage the two iconic LNWR like signs (Trespass and gate), which I would guess, unfortunately, post me, I would guess might have been been not only stolen but even worse probably have been melted down for their marginal scrap value. Thus rebuying seem to be a pretty stupid idea, particularly where security might be lacking. Auction items (starting price, end price, and going price, where I recorded them were): BCDR coa £120-50, CDRJC coa £120-50, DNGR coa £120-50, sold £120, GSR coa £120-50, sold £50, SLNCR cast iron gate notice £320-180, sold £320, MRNCC cast iron trespass £120-50, sold £50, GNRI cast iron 45x14 cm trespass £not noted, GNRI curved poster headboard £390-250, sold £390, DNGR cast iron gate notice £350-175, sold £350, DNGR cast iron boundary plate (damage at corner) £150-80, sold £150, GNRI??(probably BCDR) enamel 'Do not spit...' £180-110, sold £180, GNRI brass worksplate Dundalk 1927 £150-80, sold £80, GNRI nameplate Lough Swilly sold £4000.

ebay in February had a GSWR silver plated teapot manufactured by James Dixon of Sheffield, well used condition with some plate loss, about 10cm high with GSWR initials on one side, £41.50.

Solent on 19/2 has a GSWR cast iron item.

SRA on 11/3 has an amazing amount of Irish stuff, thus: Enamel trespass notice: Clogher Valley Railway, Trespassers will be prosecuted penalty 40/- in white lettering on a dark blue background, a couple of large face chips and a few smaller examples have been neatly touched-in, but the sign is generally in gc, the makers name Falkirk Iron Co in the bottom right hand corner 69x38 cm, £400, Harper's one-wire two-position wooden cased block instrument with glazed front window showing semaphore signals for 'Up Line' and 'Down Line' which are moveable according to the status of line occupation, below this is a smaller circular aperture with a rotating knob below which twists to show 'Train on Line', 'Train Off But Section Blocked' and 'Line Clear' in the aperture, at the bottom is a brass plunger, the instrument has an engraved brass label 'GNRy Harper's Patent, Garnham & Co., London EC.' No indication of origin, but used in Northern Ireland, 27x17 cm base, 55cm and in good unrestored condition, £1250, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet: 'Newtownstewart' 53x14 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging, £320, MRNCC cast iron notice 'MRNCC bill posting prohibited' rectangular, 51x28 cm with flat topped raised border and rounded corners, repainted front and back in black on yellow, £340, GNRI enamel doorplate: 'Station Master' lettering in dark blue on white with a blue indented border, an edge chip and a little edge rusting, 30x9 cm with double-rounded ends, £75, SLNCR Nameplate: Lough Melvin as carried by 0-6-4T built by Beyer Peacock No 7138 in 1949, cast brass, 142x17 cm in ex-loco condition front and back, brass lightly polished only, £5100, see also Lot 93, CDRJC cast iron trespass notice: 'CDRJC Any person trespassing will without further notice be prosecuted pursuant to 62 & 63 Vic. Ch. 64 Dec. 32. Penalty 40/-.' rectangular, 50x30 cm flat topped raised border, rounded corners, repainted front in black on yellow, the back repainted but with a post mark showing through, £450, Brass cabside numberside 2 LMS-Northern Counties Committee, later UTA and then NIR, Class WT 2-6-4T built at Derby in 1947 and withdrawn in 1968, rectangular with rounded corners, 43x24 cm in vgc, face repainted, brass lightly polished, the back in ex-loco condition, £600, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Strabane' 30x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging, £460, GNRI cast iron trespass notice: 'GNR(I) Notice Trespassers on the line will be prosecuted.' small size, 20x14 cm with rounded corners, flat topped raised border, front painted white with black letters, the back in primer, £50, brass owners plate, 'This locomotive makers No 7138, is the property of Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd., Gorton, Manchester, England from 0-6-4T loco 'Lough Melvin' supplied by Beyer Peacock in 1949 under a hire-purchase agreement to the SLNCR rectangular, 33x10 cm in original condition, front and back, the name L. Melvin is also chalked on the back, £1000, see also Lot 50, GNRI enamel doorplate: 'Ladies only', lettering in dark blue on white with a blue indented border, a couple of repainted chips and a little edge rusting, 46x9 cm with double-rounded ends, £75, cast iron trespass notice: 'Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railway , Caution, (plus 11 lines of text). By Order. Euston Station London 1945. ' Rectangular, 64x48 cm with flat topped raised border, repainted red on white front, the back in original condition, £750, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Newry Dublin Bridge' 58x10cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging, £420, Enamel poster board heading: Donegal Railway Co. in dark blue with white lettering in remarkably gc for its age, but showing some attention to edge rusting and one or two face chips, reputed to be from the CDRJC station at Strabane 107x9 cm, £370, Donegal Railway dr poster: The North West of Ireland (anon), a colourful and typical Edwardian poster of Donegal, featuring vignettes and views, to cram as much information as possible onto this poster to promote tourism, sadly, this uncommon poster is unsigned, folded, one or two edge nicks, good otherwise, £450, cast iron trespass notice: 'Great Southern & Western Railway, Notice, (plus seven lines of text). By Order Francis B Ormsby Secretary' rectangular 48x35 cm with flat topped raised border, fixing lugs top and bottom, repainted front in white on black, the back in primer, £100, cast iron notice: 'Great Northern Railway (Ireland)' manufactured in four parts in an arch shape to fit over a door or passageway, 102x9 cm restored and mounted on to a board for display, £620, cast iron notice: BNCR Trespassers prosecuted, double sided, rectangular 64x30 cm with rounded corners, flat topped raised border and a central lug at base for fixing to the top of a post, repainted both sides in white on black, original paint showing through, evidence of a weld repair by the railway, £340, GNRI cast iron doorplate: 'Ladies waiting room' 49x15 cm scalloped corners and rounded ends, repainted front and back, £75, brass tenderplate: 'Great Northern Railway Makers Dundalk 1883 Great Northern Railway Makers Dundalk 1883', 'L' has been stamped onto the plate below the railway title, oval 25x15 cm in original condition, both sides, £550, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Trew & Moy' 42x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging, £400, cast iron notice: 'BCDR Trespassers will be prosecuted under the Company's Act of 1900. Penalty for each offence 40/-.', rectangular, 58x32 cm repainted front in black on grey, the back has been repainted also, but there are signs of being attached to a post showing through, £220, cast iron wagonplate: 'MR NCC 2007.' rectangular, 36x18 cm with rounded corners, repainted both sides, £210, cast iron doorplate GNRI: 'Station Master' 46x14 cm scalloped corners and rounded ends, repainted front and back, £220, cast iron notice: 'Midland Railway Co NCC Notice Relative to Accomodation Crossing Gates. Any Person Omitting to Shut and Fasten This Accommodation Crossing Gate Will be Prosecuted Pursuant to 8. Vic. Ch. 20 Sec. 75. Penalty 40/-. ' Rectangular 50x30 cm with rounded corners and flat topped raised border, repainted both sides, fixing appears to be by two bent over metal plates on the back, £60, a large GNRI Webb & Thompson staff with the section names 'Ballinderry-Crumlin ' stamped on brass plates affixed to one end, 70cm long with key at one end to operate a ground fame within the section, brass rings around the central steel column are approx 6cm diameter, completely unrestored, £380, cast iron 'D' shape wagonplate: 'GSR 11683 10 Tons ' 29x17 repainted a long time ago, £110, cast iron notice: 'BCDR trespassers will be prosecuted' rectangular except for curved top edge with company initials set in an arc to match the top, double-sided, 75 cm wide x53 from top of arched top to bottom of central fixing lug, repainted both sides in red on white, £200, CDRJC enamel 'To Railway Station' (with pointing finger) in white on dark blue background, 61x22 cm with holes at the top only to allow sign to swing from rings, in gc with deep colour and shine, a little edge chipping and rusting only, some touched-in, the 'Imperial Enamel Co, Birmingham' makers name shows in the bottom right hand corner of one side, £220, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Coal Island' 42x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging, £100, double sided cast iron notice: 'BCDRy This ground is the railway companys (sic) There is no right of way (on one side), 'BCDRy The railway company allowing passengers to use this pathway reserve the right to close it at any time. (on the other side), rectangular, 67x53 cm with an arched top, flat topped raised border, repainted both sides in red on white, the fixing lug at the base has sheared off, fairly neatly along the base of the notice, £200, a large GNRI Webb & Thompson staff with the section names 'Cookstown-Coalisland ' stamped on brass plates affixed to one end, 67cm long with key at one end to operate a ground fame within the section, brass rings around the central steel column are approx 6cm diameter, completely unrestored, £190, cast iron wagonplate: 'GSWR 5715 Inchicore Works' oval, 34x18cm repainted both sides, £210, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Stewartstown' 42x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging, £320, SLNCR enamel trespass notice in white lettering on dark blue background, the blue is a little matt and some touched-in chips evident, but in gc generally, 42x32 cm, £150, cast iron wagonplate: 'BNCR 1082' 36x18 cm with rounded corners, repainted both sides a long time ago, £60, cast iron gate notice: 'LMS NCC Notice relative to accomodation crossing gates. Any person omitting to shut and fasten this accommodation crossing gate will be prosecuted pursuant to 8. Vic. Ch. 20 Sec. 75. Penalty 40/-' rectangular 50x30 cm with rounded corners and flat topped raised border, repainted both sides, fixing appears to be by two bent over metal plates on the back, £50, cast iron wagonplate: 'LMS NCC 2067' rectangular, 36x18 cm with rounded corners, repainted both sides, £40, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'SixMileCross' 45x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging, £320, untitled Irish double sided cast iron gate notice 'CAUTION Before crossing look out for trains both ways' (on one side), 'NOTICE Penalty For omission to shut and fasten gates forty shillings' (on the other side), rectangular, 40x21 cm with rounded corners and flat topped raised border, repainted both sides, vgc, £50, cast iron wagonplate: 'MGWR(I) 3327 10 tons' 29x17 cm repainted a long time ago, £320, GNRI brass loco whistle as carried by UG class 0-6-0 GNR(I) No 82, the lightly polished whistle is in gc, attached to a wooden stand and has an engraved plaque with the loco details, an original UTA tie-on label accompanies with the loco number '47' thereon, 40 cm high with a 10 cm diameter barrel, the operating lever at the top is missing, £550.

The SRA Telephone Auction the same week had: GNRI wooden carriage board, front showing 'Omagh and Dungannon', reverse showing 'Dungannon and Cookstown', black and red painted lettering on cream painted background, 66x15 cm with metal ends, good used condition, pound;160, BCDR (although also used on other railways) enamel sign 'Please Do Not Spit in the Carriages. It is offensive to other passengers and is stated by the medical profession to be a source of serious disease', two tone blue on white, 41x11 cm, a few small face marks otherwise good condition, £280, BNCR small sized enamel sign 'Notice. Any person found writing on the walls or in any way injuring the company's property will be prosecuted'. 15x10 cm, brown lettering on cream, some marking to the face and screw holes, £95, GNRI enamel doorplate 'Private'. dark blue lettering on white, 46 x9 cm, repainted crease, several edge and screw hole chips although good colour and shine, res £45, BCDR enamel sign 'Please remain seated till train stops', black lettering on white, 46x3 cm, slight cracking of the enamel, £70, GNRI small sized somersault type home signal arm, 76x15 cm with rear fixings, good original condition, £120, GNRI locomotive cab window, brass framed, complete with original glass, 'L5909' stamped into top edge of frame, 43 cm diameter, good original condition, res £130, GNRI cast iron bridge plate '35', company initials in raised border, 34x25 cm, ex lineside condition, £35, LMSNCC cast iron sign 'Track Circuit No.74' with downward pointing arrow, oval, 29x23 cm, ex trackside condition, £120, GNRI cast iron bridge plate '11', company initials in raised border, 34x25 cm, ex lineside condition, £30, GNRI wood and metal sign 'Way Out' with left pointing metal hand, metal letters on wooden board, 97x155 cm, good original condition, £65, Irish cast iron bridge plate '264', early type, 53x 25 cm, believed ex Portrush area, good original condition, £60 GNRI cast iron fender. 25x91x15 cm high with company initials on plate at front, gc, £20, GNRI cast iron fender. 25x91x15 cm high with initials 'GNR' on plate at front, gc, £20.

The SRA March Postal auction had: Measom's official illustrated guide to the MGWR, GSWR and Dublin and Drogheda Railway, 800+pp in hardback covers with title in gold on front and spine, dated 1866, spine faded, £110, CDRJC hanging card notice re first class travel, blue print, 30x20 cm, gc, £60, GNRI share certificate for £100 of stock dated 1917, ornate scrolled title and side embellishment, embossed seal, pen annotations and perforation cancellation, £30, RCH map of Ireland dated 1906, dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, spine faults, covers rubbed, £100, Collins' railway map of Ireland, coloured map, dmf into clothbound hardback covers with title on orange label on front, circa 1860's, covers worn and faded, map gc, £200, GNRI PTT of rail services, green, red and black covers, 40pp, dated September 1926, plus alterations booklet dated February 1927, vgc, £, CDRJC handbill advertising cheap tickets to Derry for the anniversary of the relief of Derry, printed on red paper, dated August 1929, small pin holes and rust staining, £22, CMDR guide book 'The Tourist's Route to Glengarriff and Killarney', pictorial artwork covers showing stagecoach, 60pp, fully illustrated guide to the area, dated 1912, minor creasing and wear to covers, res £20, £ns, GSWR 24pp fold out type brochure 'The Lakes of Killarney-Quickest route New York to London via Queenstown in 6 1/2 days', coloured pictorial covers, opening to show map of Ireland with travel information on rear, dated 1897, £22, GNRI official publication 'Holiday Haunts in Ireland', coloured pictorial paperback covers showing coastal scene, 56pp plus fold out map, published 1932, covers a bit dog-eared and small amounts of corner loss, £14, 90 mostly Irish luggage labels but including a few French (including TEE tie on examples) and IOM examples, occasional duplication, (90) res £30, Lot 1200 GSWR official card 'Great Southern Hotel-Lakes of Killarney' (GSWI030), not postally used, vgc, £22, Approx 90 Irish B&W real photo postcards and postcard sized photos showing Irish loco and rolling stock views, appear 1930s- 60s, varying quality, (90) £160, Approx 100 Irish B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish loco and rolling stock views, includes a few narrow gauge, appear 1950s-60s, varying quality, (100) £190, Lot 1306 GWR 22x17 cm coloured photographic type card: The Macgillycuddy Reeks, Killarney, unframed carriage print res £12, TSS Duke of Lancaster, British Railways Heysham-Belfast service by Claude Buckle (LMR series. res £10 unframed carriage print res £10, £ns, BR(M) dr coloured pictorial poster 'Heysham for Belfast and Northern Ireland' showing night time view of ship at sea, dated 1958, folded, £130, BR(W) dr coloured poster advertising all-in holidays to Ireland via Fishguard, blue, orange and green colour showing illustrations of train, ship and bus, dated 1961, folded, res £14, BR(W) qr coloured pictorial poster 'Fishguard-Rosslare-the shortest sea route to Southern Ireland' showing view of train at Fishguard Harbour station with ferry in background, dated 1960, folded, small edge tears and creases, £140, Small quantity of railway company crockery, mostly GNRI but including examples from LNWR and IOM Railway, £160, DNGR coat of arms mounted on board, £40, F&G BR dr poster 'Holyhead for Dublin and the Republic of Ireland' showing ship Cambria at sea, £50.

Dreweatts on 15/3 had a 2 1/2 inch gauge model of GNRI Class V 4-4-0 tender locomotive ('Eagle', 83), built to a Martin Evans design (serialised in Model Mechanics, 1979), with twin outside cylinders of 3/4' bore by 1 1/8' stroke, and with coupling rods, slip eccentric valve gear, eccentric feed pump, copper boiler with fitted safety, pressure gauge, regulator and sight glass to cab, whistle, and lubricator, the six-wheel tender with fitted hand feed pump, finished in green livery with polished brightwork, complete w ith a glazed oak display case. No boiler history available, guide price £1500-2000, sold £1,400.

A Stafford telephone auction ending on 20/3 had nothing Irish.

Second quarter 2011

The Railwayananet auction from 20-27/3/2011 had nothing obviously Irish.

Malton on 2/4 had a miniature staff 'Gort-Ardrahan' £42.

GCR on 9/4 had: BCDR '322' wagonplate, 28x18cm, repainted £220, DNGR locomotive nameplate, 'Greenore', 0-6-0 special tank No 2 built at Crewe, Works No 1510, in 1873, cast iron, 91cm long, the front repainted, an old weld repair is visible, "undertaken by the railway while the locomotive was in service", the other nameplate is at the National Collection at York, £3600, Beyer Peacock 1911 worksplate, believed to be from a GNRI PPs Class 4-4-0 and, probably No 43, cast brass, 25x15 cm, ex loco condition, although the plate has suffered a degree of mis-shaping at some time in the past £190, BR(M) double royal poster, Dublin, by A.J. Wilson, rolled (LM 21759) £130, GSR 7cm diameter sugar bowl, the base marked with the company's full coat of arms £60. The GCR postal sale had an LMS NCC framed and glazed coloured system map 53x23 cm, £40.

Whytes on 16/4/11 had: Lot 103 GNRI letterpress poster, Alley & Co., Dublin, 51x38 cm., 'Dublin and back trip for the unveiling of the Daniel O'Connell statue and the opening of the national exhibition 15 August 1882 ', also a GNRI 'Cheap Trip ' poster 1/10/1882 (2 items) €220, Lot 104 GNRI letterpress poster, printer Tempest, 51x38 cm, for the Dublin horse and ram show 30 August 1882 with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 20 August 1882, printed by Alley & Co Dublin (2 items) €120, Lot 105 GNRI poster for the Dublin National Horse Show and exhibition of Irish manufactures 31/8/1882 with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for Whit Sunday 1/6/1884. (2 items) €120, Lot 106 GNRI advertising poster for the exhibition of Irish manufactures 12/10/1882 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 30/9/1883 (2 items) €120, Lot 107 GNRI advertising poster for the National Horse Show and exhibition of Irish manufactures 31/8/1882 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x 38cm also GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 2/9/1883. (2 items) est€150-200, €ns, Lot 108 GNRI green railway advertising poster for excursions to Warrenpoint 30/7/1882, letterpress, by Tempest, 74x51 cm, with LNWR advertising poster for Carlingford Lough excursion trips 28/7/1883, issued by North Wall Station Dublin (2 items), est.€150-200, €ns, Lot 109 GNRI pink railway advertising poster for excursions to Warrenpoint 30/7/1882, letterpress, Tempest, 74x51 cm € 100, Lot 110 GNRI poster for the Meath Hunt and Navan Races 17/4/1883 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 3 June 1883. (2 items) est.€150-200, €ns, Lot 111 GNRI advertising poster for the Dublin Metropolitan Baldoyle Races 15/5/1883 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin, 51x38 cm with Great Northern Railways 'Cheap Trip' poster for 21/6/1885 (2 items) €110, Lot 112 Poster advertising twenty tons of GNRI stable manure to be auctioned by Mr. Thomas Dillon on behalf of the Great Northern Railway Company at Sheriff Street Dublin on the 10/9/1883, 'must be removed within a week' letterpress 43x28 cm €850, Lot 113 GNRI advertising poster for the Meath Hunt and Navan Races 29/4/1884 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 4/6/1882 (2 items) est.€150-200, €ns, Lot 114 GNRI advertising poster for the Dublin Horse and Dog Show 28/8/1884 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin, 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 2 August 1885 (2 items) €260, Lot 115 GNRI advertising poster for Dublin Metropolitan Baldoyle Races 3/6/1884 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 29/6/1883 (2 items) €110, Lot 116 Railway advertising poster for the opening of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Drogheda 20/4/1884 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm €230, Lot 117 GNRI advertising poster for Dublin Cattle Show 18/4/1884 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51X38 cm with Great Northern Railways 'Cheap Trip' poster for 6/8/1882 (2 items) €160, Lot 118 GNRI advertising poster for the Dublin Metropolitan Baldoyle Races 26/5/1885 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 5/8/1883 (2 items) €140, Lot 119 GNRI advertising poster for the Laytown and Bettystown Races 7/9/1885 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 5 July 1885 (2 items) €370, Lot 120 GNRI advertising poster for the National Horse Show Dublin 30/8/1883 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 20/7/1884 (2 items) €110, Lot 121 GNRI advertising poster for the Artisans' Exhibition Dublin 15/8/1885 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 16/9/1883. (2 items) est.€150-200, €ns, Lot 122 GNRI advertising poster for the National Horse and Ram Show Dublin 27/8/1885 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 15/6/1884 (2 items) €110, Lot 123 GNRI letterpress poster 'A trip to the seaside' 15/8/1885 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 19/7/1885 (2 items) €260, Lot 124 GNRI advertising poster for the Irish Artisans' Exhibition 29/6/1885 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm with GNRI 'Cheap Trip' poster for 19/8/1883 (2 items) €170, Lot 125 GNRI advertising posters for 'Cheap Trips' to Dublin, dated 3/9/1882, 15/10/1882, 17/6/1883, 3/8/1884, 15/8/1884 (Green), 14/9/1884, 20/9/1885 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51x38 cm (7 items) €280, Lot 126 GNRI advertising posters for 'Cheap Trips' to Dublin, dated 17/9/1882, 22/7/1883, 29/6/1884, 24/8/1884, 4/10/1885 letterpress, Alley & Co., Dublin 51X38 cm (5 items) €200, Lot 374 CIE 'Ireland Welcomes You' poster in frame, colour lithograph by Dollard, Dublin, 99x61 cm, €520.

Nothing Irish in the 500 lots at the TRA auction on 7/5.

GWRA on 21/5 had: Poster, British Railways q/r 'Three new ships for the Heysham Belfast overnight service' by Wilcox, printed by Jordison & Co Ltd., £ns, negatives, approx 146 Irish Railways, 6x8 cm with b/w prints in small and large format accompanying, details on the rear of the prints but some may be missing so a red notebook kept by the photographer is with this lot, appears to be from 1953 to 1957, sold with full copyright £740, advertising enamel sign 'Anglers in Ireland obtain your angling requisites from the actual makers - Lowest cash prices - Jos Braddell & Son, Belfast est 1811 - Telephone 525'. Semi pictorial with a large salmon across the centre and a green shamrock superimposed, measures approximately 77x77 cm, black lettering on white ground with green shamrock as mentioned, some loss and damage as expected with this very early sign made by the Patent Enamel Company, research shows possibly only 4 of these made for this world famous Angling Shop, one is in use at the shop itself, the others were situated on railway stations, one is currently in the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum £210. The initially advertised worksplate ex CLR 4-4-0 No 6 named 'May' was not included in this auction.

SRA on 11/6 had: Brass cabside numberplate '9' carried by LMSNCC Ivatt design Class WT 2-6-4T built at Derby in 1947, rectangular with rounded corners, 43x25 cm in vgc, face repainted, brass lightly polished, the back painted in brown primer £680, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Omagh', 30x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £550, large Webb & Thompson staff 'Strabane-St Johnston' stamped on brass plates affixed to one end, 67 cm long with key at one end to operate the ground frame at Porthall siding, brass rings around the central steel column are approx 6 cm diameter, completely unrestored £380, nameplate: 'Thomas Somerset' as carried by the LMSNCC Class W 2-6-0 No 103 built at York Road Belfast in 1942, cast brass, 151x13 cm face repainted a long time ago, the back in original condition £4000, GNRI cast iron doorplate 'Private', recovered from the station at Warrenpoint, 46x13 cm with scalloped corners, restored in black on white front, the back in original condition £140, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Scarva', 30x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £420, large Webb & Thompson staff 'Ballymacarrett-East BJ' embossed on brass plates affixed to one end, 58 cm long, hollow at one end brass rings around the central steel column are approx 6 cm diameter, completely unrestored £440, GSR dr poster: 'L'Irlande le Pays de la Jeunesse Eternelle' (Breslin), rolled, minor abrasion at top, minor edge tears, OK otherwise £200, BR(M) dr poster 'Bangor Northern Ireland' (Claude Henry Buckle), 1955 poster, folded, minor edge tear at base, good otherwise £140, B&I Steam Packet Co dr poster 'Fishguard-Cork, The Innisfallen Way' (Smoothy), rolled, minor edge tear at base, vgc otherwise £100, Brass cabside numberplate '75' as carried by the LMSNCC U2 class 4-4-0 loco No 75 'Antrim Castle' built by the North British Locomotive Company in 1924, rectangular with rounded corners, 43x25 cm in vgc, face repainted, brass lightly polished, the back paint in original condition, the font style used is different to that used on other engines in the class £400, brass worksplate 'Metropolitan-Vickers 1955' as carried by a CIE Class A Co-Co Diesel Electric locomotive, rectangular, 46x13 cm with curved corners, face restored to vgc, the back original £420, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Poyntzpass' 43x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £400, large Webb & Thompson staff 'Armagh-Killylea ' embossed on brass plates affixed to one end, 66cm long with key at one end to operate a ground fame within the section, brass rings around the central steel column are approx 6cm diameter, completely unrestored £380, nameplate 'Louth' as carried by the GNRI Class U 4-4-0 No built by Beyer Peacock in 1948 adding to five other members of the Class that had been built in 1915, engraved brass, 39x11cm in original condition front and back, the plate is mounted to a wooden board for display purposes £6200, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Hilden Halt' 43x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £360, Brass cabside numberplate '99' as carried by the LMSNCC W class 2-6-0 No 99 built by the NCC at York Road Belfast in 1938 and named 'King George' rectangular with rounded corners, 43x25 cm in vgc, face repainted, brass lightly polished, the back paint in original condition £400, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Tandragee' 41x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £380, Webb & Thompson miniature staff 'Ballycar-Long Pavement' 24cm long steel shaft with section names stamped into brass labels brazed to one end, good ex-section condition £50, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Glenavy' 36x10cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £150.

The SRA Telephone auction had: GNRI cast iron '½' milepost, diamond shaped, 30x30 cm, repainted front and back some time ago, plus '¼' milepost in triangular shape and ex lineside condition (2) £30, GNRI cast iron bridge plate '73', company initials in raised border, 34x25 cm, ex lineside condition. £60, GNRI cast iron bridge plate '74', company initials in raised border, 34x25 cm, ex lineside condition. £50, GNRI cast iron '11' milepost, oval, 33 x 10 cm, ex lineside condition. £30.

The SRA Postal auction had: travelling chart for the Dublin-Belfast route, 12pp fold-out style showing features on route, folding into illustrated paperback covers, circa 1850s, cover partially detached, £45, travelling chart for the Dublin-Cork and Queenstown route, 12pp fold-out style showing features on route, folding into illustrated paperback covers, circa 1850s, front cover detached, est£45, WDLR share certificate for nine £10 'guaranteed preferred shares' dated 1877, ornate scrolled title, embossed seal, lilac print, stamp cancellation, est£10 £ns, GNRI official publication 'The GNRI Past, Present & Future' by K. Murray, blue card covers, 148pp published in 1944, £35, BCDR coa mounted on board, £40, GNRI coa mounted on board, £20.

Thitd quarter 2011

The GCR telephone auction ending 1 July had: paperwork, inc. GSR Appendix, Pullman brochure, several handbills, GWR fog instructions, LMS passenger train loads and BR(W) appendix 1960, £18, UTA account books giving samples of the entire range of paperwork used, three volumes with titled covers, each 23x33 cm (3) £1, GNRI Book of Rates 1918, goods etc, unused but complete with list of stations printed, £1, GSWR, General Order books consisting of index, 17pp instructions inc lists and classification of signal boxes followed by blank pages for inserting orders, each 25x41 cm (2), £1, NIR, 1968-2008, a run of forty-six public timetables, excellent condition (46), £30, 6 Irish railway books (Ballycastle, Ballymena Lines 1 and 2, Irish Railways, the Railways of the Irish Republic, TDLR and softback WCR, £35, has Irish railway books from Prideaux, Casserly, Murray, Middlemass and Mulligan £26.

GCR on 16/7 had: RSCo. miniature staff, 'Dungannon Junction-Pomeroy', 'D', £160, Belfast City Tramways enamel duty pass armband, 6cm diameter, a little surface wear, the back is inscribed with details of a reward, if found and returned to Sandy Row, Belfast, £ns, RSCo. miniature staff, 'Lombardstown-Banteer', 'B' with key, £90, GNRI large mounted coa transfer, 46cm diameter, overall 53x56 cm, £30, RSCo. miniature staff, 'Ballyglunin-Tuam', 'B', £120, Irish Post Office enamel sign, 48x30 cm, double sided, £60, MRNCC, cast iron trespass notice, 50x30 cm, the front repainted, £ns, City of Cork Steam Packet Co. double royal poster, by Harry Hudson Rodmell, a little bruising to the right edge of the border, otherwise fine, £290.

Talisman on the 18-19/7 had: 'LMS N.C.C. Hotels' embossed olive green glass beer bottle, vg clean condition £13, GNRB coa transfer mounted onto a polished wooden panel, vgc. 30x25 cm £230, UTA small china cream/milk jug by Dunn Bennett & Co. base marked 'Property of Ulster Transport Hotels'. vgc 5cm tall £46, BNCR Vesta Match Case bearing a sepia photo of the 'Slieve Donard Hotel Newcastle Co. Down', vgc retaining most of the original gilded finish £50, 'LNWR Greenore Hotel' Vesta match case, titled sepia photo somewhat scuffed but legible £45, DNGR oval cast iron boundary marker (LNWR style), face restored only £190, CIE winged wheel Cap Badge in vgc with rear slide £36, Large rectangular paper luggage label 'Great Southern Hotels (Ireland) under railway management'. Then lists them 'Lakes of Killarney, Kenmare, Parknasilla-on-Sea, Caragh Lake, Galway, Mallaranny, Sligo', 14x10 cm, vgc £24.

SRA on 10/9 had: Railway Executive (M) qr poster: The Irish Mail - A century of service (F H Glazebrook), mounted on canvas, rolled, vgc. £750, GNR(I) cast iron lamp tablet 'Beragh' 30x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with lettering and edging £350, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Pomery' 42x20 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £450, CTAC/BR/CIE dr poster: All-in Holidays to Ireland (Anon) rolled, minor edge tears, gc otherwise £ns, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Goraghwood' 41x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £400, LMS/BR(M) engraved brass ships plaque 'Princess Maud' the wording surrounding a centrally engraved 'hand' symbol Princess Maud is arguably the one most local people still speak of when reminiscing about rough winter crossings! Having no stabilisers, on a wild night she was said to be unbearable; her reputation for rolling mercilessly being well-earned, circular, 18cm diameter, nicely restored, brass lightly polished, the back in original condition with a letter 'P' stamped on £450, LY & LNWR (Irish Shipping Service) silverplate Stilton cheese scoop manufactured by Elkington 21cm long with the company initials in garter surrounding a shamrock clearly incised into the handle from the Fleetwood-Ireland Shipping service vgc £150, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Carrigans' 41x11 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £350, GNRI cast iron tablet 'Maguiresbridge' 55x11 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging, the original casting omitted the first letter 'I' which has to be crudely painted in to correct the spelling £540, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Newry Edward Street' 58x10 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £380, Webb & Thompson miniature staff 'Pomeroy-Dungannon Junction 'D' ' 24 cm long steel shaft with brass ends, the section names stamped labels brazed to one end g. ex-section c. £85, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'Crumlin' 42x 11 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £360, CIE large loco headlamp with bullseye lens at front with white painted bezel, the top lifts off and contains the innards which comprise of a slide-in slotted vessel clearly stamped 'CIE' and a burner. piecrust chimney with wire carrying handle, original unrestored condition £440, Cast iron wagon plate "Glo'ster Wagon Co Limited Makers Gloucester Courtney Stephens & Bailey Dublin " from an unknown wagon built jointly by both companies for one of the Irish railways, rectangular, 29x23 cm repainted front and back £240, Webb & Thompson miniature staff instrument cast iron construction, free standing, some 74cm high, the front has a dial (glass missing) showing the position of interlocking and a small lever to depress, below this are three long slots in which train staffs are placed to await use. There are 13 spare staffs (Pomeroy-Dungannon) already therein, makers name and patents etc on small plates attached to side and front, a small plate has the serial number S10212 stamped, painted red and in g. unrestored c. £1400, GNRI cast iron lamp tablet 'St Johnston' 55x11 cm with rounded ends in original condition painted yellow with black lettering and edging £360.

The SRA telephone auction on 10/9 had: GNRI painted wooden station sign 'Toome' 61x11 cm, black painted lettering, lettering faded. £55, LMSNCC coach builders plate 'Built Harland & Wolff Belfast 1948' oval, 13x10 cm, ex coach condition £215.

The SRA postal auction on 10/9 had: WLR share certificate for one £50 share dated 1845, ornate title with coat of arms top centre, red attached seal, blue print, not cancelled vgc. £60, Grand Canal (Ireland) share certificate for five £10 preference shares dated 1898, ornate title and side embellishment, blue print, embossed seal, stamp cancellation, some discolouration of paper on l/h edge est@£20 £ns, RCH map of Ireland dated 1912. Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, covers rubbed, spine faults, map OK. £150, RCH map of Ireland dated 1927. Dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front. Small stains to cover otherwise good condition. £55, CDRJC (including Strabane and Letterkenny Railway) timetable booklet, red print on cream coloured covers, 6pp, dated May 1951, vertical fold. £12, GNR(I) official publication 'The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) past, present & future' by K. Murray, blue card covers, 148pp published in 1944 £60, GNRI brass collar badge showing company initials in capitals, good used condition £110, LMSNCC oval shaped luggage label for the Midland Station Hotel Belfast, maroon print showing name and company coa, plus similar for LMSNCC hotel Portrush, also Ulster Transport triangular shaped label for the Midland Hotel Belfast all vgc. (3) £40, GSWR & MGWR joint official card 'Railways of Ireland Tourist Office' (GSWI120) showing coloured view of model railway exhibition at the British Empire Exhibition, not postally used. £12, Approx 100 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish loco and rolling stock views, appear 1930s - 60s includes LLSR, NCC, WCR, Ballybunion, etc. good variety, reasonable quality (100) £30, station waiting room print 'The Bann at Coleraine' by Norman Wilkinson £40.

The railwayana.net auction from 18-25/9 had nothing Irish.

Fourth quarter 2011

GCR on 8/10 had: RSCo miniature staff Ardrahan-Gort £40, Lot 62 GSWR framed double royal poster promoting travel on the Liverpool Overhead Railway £320, DNGR mounted coa transfer, overall 48x41 cm £45, BR(M) dr poster Ulster Northern Ireland, Nevin, rolled £40, Great Northern Railway W W, Dundalk 1895 worksplate from a GNR(I) tender with a number painted on the back which appears to be 43, if a running number, it could be Class PPs 'Lagan' built at Dundalk in 1911 and scrapped in 1960 but, if it is a works number, then Class S 4-4-0 named Slieve Donard built in 1938 at Dundalk and scrapped in 1965 could be the candidate. The use of an old tender still in serviceable condition would doubtless be considered cost effective recycling. Furthermore, in 1895 Dundalk built two 0-6-0s which were not scrapped until 1959 and 1961. Some further research by the purchaser might produce a definite answer, cast brass, 25x15 cm, the front lightly cleaned £350, A worksplate, Walker Brothers, Pagefield Ironworks, Wigan, from a 3ft gauge railcar from the CDRJC, either No 14 built in 1935 or No 15 built in 1936, the CDRJC was a pioneer in the use of railcars in the British Isles, the first being supplied in 1930 (Walker Bros started in the 1870s as J Scarisbrook Walker & Bros and changed its name to Walker Bros (Wigan) Ltd in about 1880 and were primarily iron founders and general engineers but did manufacture about twenty steam locos and subsequently railcars), engraved brass, 13 cm diameter, fine original condition £420.

Crewe on 29/10 had, of Irish interest, a London Euston - Holyhead carriage board £95.

Solent on 22/10 had two separate lots of GSR booklets each lot £20, a station lamp from the Fintona Tramway in Co. Tyrone £330, and what is described as DN&SR (but perhaps DNGR) plans and sections £90.

GWRA on 12/11 had nothing obviously Irish.

GCR postal auction on 9/12 had: GNR(I) bridgeplate, '48', 35x25cm, the letter "I" intact, £40, MRNCC cast iron accommodation crossing, the front repainted, £60, GNRB coa, 20x23cm, unmounted £1, UTA coa, 36cm diameter, overall 41x41cm £55, GSR coa, 30x33 cm, overall 42x44cm £16, CIE handlamp, three aspect, front lens cracked, internal glasses and burner absent £16.

Onslows on 9/12 had: an LMS 5 Routes to Ireland Norman Wilkinson printed for LMS by Jordison c 1935, 102x63cm, condition Grade B mounted on linen, small area of restoration bottom right edge est£700-800 £ns, Paul Henry Lough Derg, 'Ireland this Year', original poster printed for LMS by London Lithographic c.1930, 102x63cm, condition Grade A mounted on linen est£500-700, £500, Leonard Richmond Killarney Meeting of the Waters, original poster No 169 printed for GWR by Lowe & Brydone 1938, 102x127cm, condition Grade A mounted on linen est£1500-2000, £ns, Norman Wilkinson Launch of T.S.S Duke of York Queen's Island Belfast, original poster printed for LMS by London Lithographic c.1935, 102x127cm, condition Grade A mounted on linen barely visible folds, est£1500-1800, £ns, Walter Till Ireland Glengarriff Killarney, original poster printed for Great Southern Railways c.1920, 74x100cm, condition Grade A mounted on linen, est£600-800, £ns, Hesketh Hubbard Northern Ireland, original poster printed for LMS by Jordison 1944, 102x127cm, condition Grade B folds, est£600-800, £430.

SRA on 10/12 had: Brass worksplate: 'Beyer Peacock & Co Ltd Gorton Foundry Manchester 1899' from one of only two 0-6-4T locos (Hazelwood and Lissadell) built for the SLNCR that year, oval, 42x20 cm, face repainted in green, brass lightly polished, the back original, £1350, BR(M) dr poster: Bangor Northern Ireland (Claude Buckle) 1955 folded, minor wrinkles, gc, £ns, BR(W) dr poster: Southern Ireland - Travel in Comfort by Rail and Sea (Jack Merriott), 1948, minor edge tears, a little distressed in parts £ns, Brass tenderplate, 'Great Northern Railway [Ireland] Makers Dundalk 77B 1904' from an unidentified GNRI tender. In 1904 Dundalk built two 4-4-0s of PS class No 88 'Victoria' and No. 89 'Albert' or it may be from a replacement tender built for another loco, oval, 25x15 cm face restored, back ex-loco condition, £340, Brass topped copper loco safety valve cover base measuring some 48 cm diameter and shaped to fit the engine top, 52 cm tall, almost dome shaped, with a 'chimney' at the top measuring 29 cm diameter, of Irish origin thought to be from a Castleblaney Keady & Armagh Railway contractors loco, more or less ex-loco condition £260, W&T miniature staff 'Rosslare Strand - Ballygeary B' 24 cm long steel shaft section names stamped, gc, £ns, Large Irish loco headlamp with bullseye lens at front, body red, side opening door, but no innards, lifting top, large bracket for fitting to loco lamp iron at rear, no visible markings of original ownership, but came from a large Irish collection, original unrestored condition, £75, 'GNR(I) Notice Trespassers on The Line Will Be Prosecuted' (RAG Ref: TPGN704), small, 20x14cm rounded corners, flat topped raised border, front and back painted but genuine £110, W&T miniature staff 'Athy-Cherryville B' 23 cm long steel shaft with the section names stamped, gc. £80, Irish small loco headlamp with bullseye lens with white cowling at front, small label beneath front lens 'Griffith & Sons Bradford & Birmingham' body painted black. glazed side door opens, innards comprising vessel and burner, large bracket at side for fitting to loco lamp iron, no visible markings of original ownership, from a large Irish collection, original unrestored condition £140, Irish three-aspect handlamp, pie crust chimney and wire carrying handle, bevel-edged front lens with brass bezel, only one of the original coloured inner glasses remains, innards comprise of a vessel and four different burners, none of which fit this lamp, no visible markings of original ownership, but came from a large Irish collection, original unrestored condition, £75, Brass tenderplate: 'GNR(I) Dundalk 1930' during the period 1913 to 1932 no new locomotives were built at Dundalk Works, all new engines were supplied by Beyer Peacock or Nasmyth Wilson. However many locos rebuilt at Dundalk, and maybe a few tenders were built or modified, oval, 21x11 cm, original condition front and back, £160, Irish three-aspect handlamp painted green with a brass label on the reducing cone 'Linley 1917', pie crust chimney atop, bevel-edged front lens, only one of the original coloured inner glass remains, innards comprise of a slide-out vessel, but no burner or reflector, no visible markings of original ownership, but came from a large Irish collection, original unrestored condition £50, Single line hoop with leather pouch containing a square brass tablet 'Limavady-Limavady Junc 19' 43x29 cm in good ex-section condition, although the leather round the hoop needs repair, £180.

The SRA telephone auction on 10/12 had: WCR cast iron axle box cover '6x3 Oilbath Axlebox Co. Ld Saltley 1912'. 20x15cm with embossed lettering. g original c, £110; Their postal auction had: two GNR(I) transfers showing company coa, manufactured by Tearne & Sons, unused (2) £10, RCH map of Ireland dated 1906, dmf into hardback covers with title in gold on front, map worn, covers rubbed and loose, generally worn £20, RCH map of Ireland dated 1927, dmf into card covers with title on label on front, gc., £20, SLNCR PTT booklet, photo illustrated covers showing steam loco and railcar, 28pp dated June 1957; plus CIE timetable booklet, 64pp dated Winter 1957 (2) £12, GSR supplement to the appendix to the WTT, green clothbound covers, 16pp dated April 1936, vgc, £22, CIE WTT dated June 1951, brown, paperback covers, 94pp, covers a little worn, plus GSR appendix to the WTT dated March 1935 and CIE circular No.342 dated 21st July 1951 (3) £14, Handbills approx 24 handbills, mostly pre nationalisation issues including examples from the Big 4, CLC, BR, LNWR, Irish Railways, varying condition, many with faults, plus a few booklets including LNER Manchester PTT, Facts & Figures 1934, etc (Qty) £30, Larne and Stranraer Royal Mail Steamers guide book 'Holidays in Ireland', illustrated covers showing scenic views and harpist, 176pp dated 1911, slight wear to dusty covers, £10, GSWR official Guide Book 'The Sunny Side of Ireland' How to See it by The GSWR, green coloured, clothbound, illustrated, hardback covers, 250pp plus fold out maps, published circa 1900, £16, BCDR 'Official Tourist Guide to County Down and Mourne Mountains', green hardback covers, 203pp plus adverts and fold-out map, third edition dated 1924 £10, GNR(I) 4pp, thin card, pocket sized leaflet 'Motor Coach Tours from Butlin's Mosney Holiday Camp', printed on blue card, opening to show tours with train service details on rear, dated 1951 season, dusty, vertical crease £20, GNR(I) official publication 'The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Past, Present & Future' by K. Murray, blue hardback covers, 148pp plus fold out map, published 1944 £40, GNR(I) official publication 'Picturesque Donegal: Its Mountains, Rivers and Lakes' by Edgar Shrubsole, red hardback covers, 159pp plus adverts and fold-out maps, dated 1908, railway company label attached to cover £10, Small collection of GNR(I) Omnibus items including handbills for services to Goraghwood and letters regarding bus services, all dated 1933 (5) £10, Approx 48 Irish card and paper labels including caution tickets, wagon labels, cycle labels, banking pass, pilotman’s, etc., various companies including CIE, UTA, GNR(I), CDR, SLNCR, GSR, etc. used and unused (Qty) £50, CIE parcel stamps 5 post decimal railway parcel stamps, mostly used, plus 14 pre decimal bus service parcel stamps, unused (19) £10 £ns, Irish letter stamps 2d green DSER (overprinted 3d and 4d), WCR, CNDR (small edge tear), DWWR, all unused (4) £22, Irish green letter stamps. DSER (4d), GNR(I) (2d), WTR (2d, minor faults), MGWR (2d), all unused (4) £22, MGWR 6d and 1/2 parcel stamps for use to and stations on the Athenry and Tuam Railway, not used, minor damage to rear of second example, plus MGWR 4d parcel stamp, unused (3) £10, £ns, Block of 4 CLR 2d red letter stamps, unused. £10, Irish parcel stamps, examples from CDR (x2), SLNCR (x4), LLSR (x9), GSR (x1), MRNCC (x2), LMSNCC (x2); one or two duplicates, most unused (20) £10, GSWR official card 'Great Southern Hotel, Lakes of Killarney' (GSWI059) showing small green coloured vignette of hotel, not postally used, est£15, £ns, GSWR official card 'Great Southern Hotel, Lakes of Killarney' (as GSWI058 but green) showing larger green coloured vignette of hotel, postally used 1904. est£12 £N/S, CBSCR official cards 'Bantry Bay where the French landed 1798' (CBSC001), 'Chetwynd Viaduct near Cork' (CBSC002), 'Glengarriff Harbour' (CBSC003), not postally used (3) £14, GSWR & MGWR Joint official card 'Railways of Ireland Tourist Office' (GSWI120) showing coloured view of model railway exhibition at the British Empire Exhibition, not postally used, small edge tear, plus GSWR official cards 'Cashel Station' (GSWI002), 'Parknasilla, and Southern Hotel' (GSWI009), 'In the Gap, Killarney' (GSWI007 correspondence back), not postally used (4) £35, Approx 27 mostly Irish LPC published postcards showing B&W views of Irish railway company locomotives, various companies, a few LNWR and commercial issues also noted (27) £65, Unframed carriage print GWR 22x17cm coloured photographic type card: Gap of Dunloe, Killarney, £16, GNR(I) letterpress timetable poster for the service between Dublin and Hill of Howth, 76x51cm, dated September 1956, folded, £50.

First quarter 2012

GCR on 14/1 had: Lot 52 a locomotive worksplate, Metropolitan Vickers, 1955, from a CIE Class A Co-Co DE cast brass, 46x13cm, ex loco condition with original paintwork, Lot 283 BR(W) qr poster, Fishguard-Rosslare,The shortest Sea Route to Ireland, by John S Smith, rolled, (PR168/60), Lot 300 A BR(Sc) quad royal poster, Great Britain and Ireland TSS Caledonian Princess, by Johnson, a panoramic view of Stranraer Harbour station (B33951), Lot 350 Framed carriage print, Kilkenny Castle, a colour tinted example produced for the GWR by the Photochrom Co. circa 1895, Lot 431 A CIE three aspect handlamp, with a copper plate Westland Row 12 (Dublin), the top and the vessel stamped with company initials, the lamp in original condition.

Talisman on 11/2 has "Irish miniature staffs".

CIE Metrovick worksplate. Source: GCR112

GWR 'Kilkenny Castle' carriage print. Source: GCR112

Fishguard-Rosslare poster. Source: GCR112

Larne-Stranraer poster. Source: GCR112

West Clare axlebox cover. Source: SRA1211 (postal auction)

SLNCR 'Hazelwood' or 'Lissadel' maker's plate. Source: SRA1211

GNRI tender plate. Source: SRA1211

GNRI tender plate (possibly No. 88 or 89). Source: SRA1211 (left side of photo built up)

GNRI small trespass. Source: SRA1211

Loco safety valve cover (thought to be from a Keady & Armagh contractors' loco). Source: SRA1211

BR(M) Bangor poster. Source: SRA1211

BR(W) Southern Ireland poster. Source: SRA1211

'Athy-Cherryville B' miniature staff. Source: SRA1211

'Rosslare-Ballygeary B' miniature staff. Source: SRA1211

'Hoop, pouch and Limavady tablet. Source: SRA1211

GNRI large bullseye loco headlamp. Source: SRA1211

Irish small loco headlamp - maker 'Griffith'. Source: SRA1211

Irish three-aspect pie-crust handlamp. Source: SRA1211

Irish three-aspect handlamp ('Linley 1917'). Source: SRA1211

CIE 3-aspect lamp. Source: GCR1211

GNRI '48' bridgeplate. Source: GCR1211

MRNCC gate. Source: GCR1211

UTA coa. Source: GCR1211

GSR coa. Source: GCR1211

GNRI Carrigans station plaque. Source: SRA911

GNRI Maguiresbridge station plaque. Source: SRA911

GNRI Goraghwood station plaque. Source: SRA911

GNRI Beragh station plaque. Source: SRA911

GNRI Pomeroy station plaque. Source: SRA911

GNRI Crumlin station plaque. Source: SRA911

GNRI St Johnston station plaque. Source: SRA911

GNRI Newry Edward St station plaque. Source: SRA911

LMS Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire ship plaque. Source: SRA911

RE(M) Irish mail poster. Source: SRA911

Glo'ster Wagon Co, Courtney Stephens & Bailey Dublin wagon plate. Source: SRA911

W & T miniature staff apparatus. Source: SRA911

L & Y and LNWR Shipping Service Stilton scoop. Source: SRA911

W & T miniature staff 'Pomeroy-Dungannon Junction'. Source: SRA911

CIE bulls eye loco headlamp. Source: SRA911

Joint railway all-in Ireland poster. Source: SRA911

LMSNCC Harland & Wolff makers plate. Source: SRA911

GNRI wooden sign 'Toome'. Source: SRA911

DNGR boundary marker. Source: TRA711

UTA cream/milk judge. Source: TRA711

LMSNCC bottle. Source: TRA711

GSHotels luggage label. Source: TRA711

CIE 'flying snail' cap badge. Source: TRA711

BNCR Vesta case. Source: TRA711

LNWR Vesta case. Source: TRA711

GNRB coa. Source: TRA711

GNRI coa. Source: GCR711

Belfast tram arm band enamel. Source: GCR711

Poster City of Cork Steam Packet Co. Source: GCR711

Miniature staff 'Pomeroy-Dungannon Junction'. Source: GCR711

Miniature staff 'Gort-Ardrahan'. Source: GCR711

Miniature staff 'Ballyglunin-Tuam'. Source: GCR711

Miniature staff 'Banteer-Lombardstown' with key. Source: GCR711

GNRI 'Louth' nameplate. Source: SRA611

NCC 'Thomas Somerset' nameplate. Source: SRA611

NCC '9' loco cabside. Source: SRA611

NCC '75' loco cabside. Source: SRA611

NCC '99' loco cabside. Source: SRA611

GNRI 'Scarva' lamp tablet. Source: SRA611

GNRI 'Omagh' lamp tablet. Source: SRA611

GNRI 'Tandragee' lamp tablet. Source: SRA611

GNRI 'Poyntzpass' lamp tablet. Source: SRA611

GNRI 'Glenavy' lamp tablet. Source: SRA611

GNRI 'Hilden Halt' lamp tablet. Source: SRA611

CIE Metrovick plate. Source: SRA611

GSR French language poster. Source: SRA611

BR(M) Bangor NI poster. Source: SRA611

GNRI makers plate. Source: GCR411

BR Dublin poster. Source: GCR411

GSR sugar bowl. Source: GCR411

DNGR nameplate. Source: GCR411

BCDR wagonplate. Source: GCR411

CVR trespass. Source: SRA311

BCDR trespass. Source: SRA311

GNRI Harper's instrument. Source: SRA311

SLNCR 'Lough Melvin' nameplate. Source: SRA311

MRNCC 'Billposting'. Source: SRA311 (with mods to right of image)

LMSNCC wagonplate. Source: SRA311

LMSNCC accomodation gate. Source: SRA311

GSWR wagonplate. Source: SRA311 (image retouched bottom right)

GNRI enamel station master. Source: SRA311 (with mods to right)

GNRI cast iron poster header. Source: SRA311

GNRI 'Ladies Waiting Room'. Source: SRA311

GNRI 'Station Master'. Source: SRA311

GSR wagonplate. Source: SRA311

BCDR trespass notice. Source: SRA311

Irish caution notice. Source: SRA311

GNRI 1883 tender plate. Source: SRA311

CDRJC trespass. Source: SRA311

SLNCR cabside. Source: SRA311 (with mods to right and top)

GNRI arc poster heading. Source: SRA311

BNCR trespass. Source: SRA311

BCDR trespass. Source: SRA311

DNGR trespass. Source: SRA311

GSWR trespass. Source: SRA311

GNRI 'Newry' tablet. Source: SRA311

GNRI 'Newtownstewart' lamp tablet. Source: SRA311

GNRI 'Stabane' lamp tablet. Source: SRA311

GNRI 'Trew & Moy' lamp tablet. Source: SRA311

GNRI 'Sixmilecross' lamp tablet. Source: SRA311

GNRI 'Stewartstown' lamp tablet. Source: SRA311

GNRI 'Coalisland' lamp tablet. Source: SRA311

CDRJC 'Way Out'. Source: SRA311

GNRI doublesided 'Caution/Notice'. Source: SRA311

MGWR wagon plate. Source: SRA311

GNRI 'Ladies' (image constructed on right). Source: SRA311

GNRI whistle. Source: SRA311

BCDR 'seated' notice. Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

GNRI home somersault signal. Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

GNRI bridge no '11'. Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

GNRI bridge no '35'. Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

GNRI loco window. Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

Bridge number (Portrush?). Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

GNRI 'way out' notice. Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

GNRI fenders. Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

BNCR Notice. Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

BCDR spitting notice. Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

GNRI 'Private' (image constructed on left). Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

GNRI carriage board (image constructed on left). Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

LMSNCC track circuit No. 74 (poor image). Source: SRA311 (telephone auction)

GNRI brass ashtray. Source: ebay311

DNGR coa. Source: 'Stop the drop', Feb. 2011.

DNGR gate. Source: 'Stop the drop', Feb. 2011.

GNRI loco nameplate. Source: 'Stop the drop', Feb. 2011.

GNRI poster arc. Source: 'Stop the drop', Feb 2011.

GSR coa. Source: 'Stop the drop', Feb 2011.

DNGR boundary plate. Source: 'Stop the drop', Feb 2011.

BCDR spitting plate. Source: 'Stop the drop', Feb 2011.

GNRI makers' plate. Source: 'Stop the drop', Feb 2011.

GSWR wagon plate. Source: GCR111.

GNRI original painting. Source: GCR111.

Heysham-Belfast poster. Source: GCR111.

GNRI signal lamp. Source: GCR111.

GNRI Newry lampost. Source: GCR111.

Poster BR(W) Southern Ireland. Source: GCR111.

Poster By Land. Source: GCR111.

GSR wagon plate. Source: GCR710.

MGWR tresspass. Source: GCR710.

CIE enamel gate. Source: GCR710.

GNRI small trespass. Source: GCR710.

GNRI 'Private' station sign. Source: GCR710.

GNRI Newry Bridge station sign. Source: GCR710.

GNRI Bell notice. Source: GCR710.

GNRI worksplate. Source: GCR710.

BNCR biscuit barrel. Source: GCR710.

Staff 'Drumree-Kilmessan'. Source: GCR710.

GWR brochure. Source: GWR710.

'Athlone-Krockcroghery' staff. Source: GWR710.

CIE/GSR communication cord warning. Source: SRA610.

CIE poster. Source: SRA610.

GSR poster. Source: SRA610.

BR 'Belfast-Heysham' poster. Source: SRA610.

CIE Metrovick loco makers' plate. Source: SRA610.

CIE carriage board. Source: STA610.

GNRI ashtray. Source: STA610.

GNRI holiday brochure. Source: ebay610.

Loco whistle, stated LMSNCC Class W or WT. Source: ebay610.

GNRI milk jug. Source: ebay610.

GS Hotels luggage label. Source: ebay610.

Coleraine token. Source: STA610.

'Thurles' lamp. Source: GWR510.

GSWR signal mechanism. Source: GWR510.

BR headboard 'The Shamrock'. Source: GWR510.

'To railway' sign. Source: GCR410.

'Dromree-Kilmessan' staff. Source: GCR410.

Donegal County Railway brass luggage rack supports. Source: WHY410.

GNRI 'Boyne regatta' poster. Source: WHY410.

GSWR fender. Source: ebay310.

GNRI sugar bowl. Source: ebay310.

GNRI Caution. Source: SRA310.

GNRI coa. Source: SRA310.

BR Ulster headboard. Source: SRA310.

Irish signal lever plates. Source: SRA310.

BR Dublin poster. Source: SRA310.

GNRI Billposter. Source: TRA210.

GNRI caution. Source: TRA210.

GNRB coa. Source: TRA210.

GSR lamp. Source: TRA210.

BCDR match striker. Source: TRA210.

SLNCR penalty poster. Source: TRA210.

Dundalk/Newry shipping. Source: TRA210.

CVR coa. Source: GCR110.

CBPR axlebox. Source: GCR110.

CDRJC bridge. Source: GCR110.

MGWR lamp. Source: GCR110.

CBSCR lamp. Source: GCR110.

WCR axlebox. Source: GCR110.

CVR axlebox. Source: GCR110.

NI poster. Source: GCR110.

CDRJC coa. Source: GCR110.

Skibbereen staff. Source: GCR110.

BCDR carriage sign. Source: RNT1109.

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