GNRI ashtray.
Source: TRA1109.
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 16/1/10 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 February, postponed from 9 January, sold a GNRI coa for £30.
TRA on 22 February 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 February had a GNRI handlamp £115 and a CIE General Motors loco handbook £20.
SRA on 13 March 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.
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 April had a GSWR gate notice £45 and a miniature staff 'Bagnelstown-Millford' £58.
Whytes on 23 April 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 April 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 June 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 June 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 June 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 June 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.
The GCR postal auction on 2 July 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 July had nothing Irish.
GWRA from 6-8 July 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 July 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 July 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.
SRA on 11 September has Lot 72 '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, Lot 159 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.
Nothing Irish in the September telephone auction. The postal auction had: Lot 667 GSR foolscap sized booklet "Arrangements for travel at reduced fares" dated December 1937. 11pp, rusty staples removed est£5, Lot 730 GSR share certificate for 'reduced' ordinary stock, unissued, dated 19xx, ornate scrolled title and side embellishment, red print, vgc, est£10, Lot 731 GSR - City of Dublin Jct. Railways share certificate for 'unguaranteed' stock, unissued, dated 19xx, ornate title, blue print on buff paper, minor fold, gc, est£20, Lot 732 WLR share certificate for one £50 share dated 1845, ornate scrolled title, attached red seal, company crest top centre, not cancelled, minor folds, est£25, Lot 771 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) est£5, Lot 791 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 est£10, Lot 871 LNWR 12pp timetable booklet "Ireland by LNW Routes", coloured pictorial covers showing system map (similar to PTT although smaller), dated May 1909 est£10, Lot 901 GSR PTT, brown and cream covers, foolscap sized, 46pp dated September 1933, a little dog-eared but OK, est£10, Lot 902 CIE PTT booklet, slightly faded blue covers, 44pp dated April 1945 est£10, Lot 935 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 est£10, Lot 938 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 est£10, Lot 967 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, est£8, Lot 1179 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) est£10, Lot 1182 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) est£10, Lot 1261 approx 90 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish loco and rolling stock views, mostly narrow gauge, appear 1950s-60s, varying quality (90) est£10, Lot 1262 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) est£10, Lot 1263 approx 100 B&W postcard sized photos showing mostly standard gauge Irish locos and rolling stock, appear 1950s-60s, varying quality (100) est£10, Lot 1264 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) est£30, Lot 1265 approx 100 B&W postcard sized photos showing Irish loco views circa early 1950s, most identified, very variable quality (100) est£10.
Bonhams has nothing Irish in its auction on 21 September.
Railwayana.net has a phone auction at the beginning of September.Cundalls has an auction on 25 September, GCR on 9 October and Paddington Ticket Auctions on 16 October.
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.
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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