Irish Overprints

Ireland overprints Identification

      From an original idea by David Petley-Jones

      At a meeting of the Shropshire Philatelic Society on the 16^th April 2008, David Petley-Jones showed Ireland. In the second half of the evening, the Irish overprints on the King George V stamps of Great Britain were included, and those present at the meeting were given a sheet which showed how the issues could be seperated. The version on this web page is taken directly from the copy supplied by David Petley-Jones to who all credit is due, and all I have done is create the links to the pictures for this web version in place of the SG numbers that were on the original sheet. The catalogue numbers have been removed to avoid any copyright problems with the publishers.

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Date	Feb 1922	Apr 1922	July 1922	Feb 1922	June 1922	June 1922	Nov 1922	Dec 1922	Mar 1923
Printer	Dollard	Dollard	Dollard	Thom	Harrison	Thom	Thom	Thom	Harrison
Lines	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3
Colour	Black	Red	Carmine	Dull Black	Shiny Blue-black	Shiny Blue-black or red	Shiny Blue-black	Shiny Blue-black or red	Shiny Blue-black
Note	antique 1922	antique 1922	antique 1922	14綞16	15x17 'i' of 'Rialtas' below line	14綞16	15鬧16	square foot to '1' of '1922'	round foot to '1' of '1922' and 2nd 'e' of 'Eireann' raised
Proofs	Strip 12 Sheet
Value
範	"Scaladac" for "Sealadac" On piece Misplaced overprint Inverted overprint	Proof in red Used on cover Proof in red Interpane gutter block Proof in red Block 4			Coil leader (D) Coil leader (G) Coil leader (P)
1d Scarlet	Inverted overprint Offset on rear				Coil leader (E) Coil leader (O)	Pane		Block 30 Reversed Q for O flaw	Long '1'
1d Carmine	X
1範				PENCF error Control	Coil leader (N)		Coil join strip 4 Block PENCF error Block PENCF error corrected
2d Type 1				Inverted overprint	Coil leader (T)
2d Type 2				Inverted Inverted Block 30 Imterpane pair	Coil leader (Q) Coil leader (R)
2d Types 1 & 2 Coil join pair
2範			?					Blk 4 with error Error enlarged
3d
4d			X					Frame break R19/2
5d
6d				Misplaced Control strip				"Sacrst嫢" for "Saorst嫢" Strip 5
9d agate			Control strip Control single
9d olive green								Block 4
10d						Strip 3		"Sacrst嫢" for "Saorst嫢" Strip 3 Interpane margin
1/-	Forgery			Misplaced				Strip 3 Block

Date	Feb 1922	Oct 1922	Dec 1922	Aug 1925	Dec 1927	Aug 1925	Mar 1935
Printer	Dollard	Thom	Thom	Govt Harrison	Govt Harrison	Govt Harrison	Govt
Lines	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Colour	Black	Shiny Blue-black	Shiny Blue-black	Black	Deep heavy black	Black or Grey-black	black
Note	antique 1922	1922 is 6mm	1922 is 6mm Overprint crisp impression	1922 is 5mm	1922 is 6mm Overprint in relief on the rear	Composite pairs Wide and narrow dates	Re-engraved
Proofs
Value
2/6d Choclate Brown	Block 4		Block 4 Reversed accent	Full sheet	Block 20 Full sheet		Used pair
2/6d Red Brown	X
5/- Rose red			Block 4	Block 12 Full sheet	Block 9
5/- Rose carmine	BPA cert 16634 4/Mar/1985
10/- Grey blue	Block 4 Used		Used pair Mint pair Block Missing accent	Full sheet

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