CollectorThe An Post Stamps 02/20
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Find out more about this on Dear Collector News and Information page 4! Greetings to you all in what are strange times for each of us. We hope that you are keeping as healthy and happy as is possible and doing your best to take Online Shop / Stamp Programme Update pleasure in the small things. Stamps are certainly in the category of small things Collectors, due to the COVID-19 pandemic we made the decision to reduce our Online Product which can bring you plenty of the good in life and right now any hobby or pastime selection to a small number of booklets and rolls as our operational procedures were changed which adds to your well-being is a great asset to you. with Social Distancing protocols and also the for the safety of our staff. How lucky stamp collectors are to have whole other worlds available to them to discover, re-visit and investigate through their stamp collections. We have You will be happy to know that our online shop has returned to its full selection as well as the some very special additions to offer in the coming months. These stamps revised dates for the remainder of our 2020 Stamp Programme. are sure to brighten up your day with humour, bring you Ireland in an earlier political time, in the first half century of the State being established and to learn For more information, please visit anpost.com/shop of the ancient tradition of letter writing and correspondence in Ireland. We can also reveal in this edition the final set of stamps in the ninth definitive series ‘A history of Ireland in 100 objects, a selection.’ An Post launches European Capitals of On April 9 An Post issued a stamp to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Liam Cosgrave, who became Taoiseach of Ireland in 1973. Liam Cosgrave, Culture Stamps Contents leader of Fine Gael from 1965, spent four years as Taoiseach. He led a coalition The new ‘N’ or national rate stamps by Irish designer Steve government through a very difficult period marked by threats to both the Simpson are available at all Galway post offices during 2020 economy and to national security. Although Liam Cosgrave was only 57 when or online at anpost.com/galway and features well-loved 2 Contents he resigned as leader of Fine Gael he already had a long career in national symbols of Galway life and culture including the Spanish Arch, politics going back to 1943 when he was first elected to the Dáil at the age of 23. NUI Galway, Claddagh ring, City coat of arms, a Macnas giant 3 News and Information Ancient Postal Routes are the theme of our contribution to the EUROPA puppet and a guitar representing live music. Pan-European philatelic project (PostEurop), A strong tradition of medieval The Croatian stamp shows features associated with Rijeka, 4 Centenary of the birth of letter writing, scholastic studies and illuminated manuscripts existed among an historic port city known as the gateway to Croatia’s Liam Cosgrave Ireland’s learned and scholarly class. In most cases this was our religious people, islands. engaged in study and correspondence within Ireland and between Ireland and Europe, (Rome in particular.) The known mapped routes between Dublin Speaking in Galway, An Post CEO, David McRedmond 5 25th Anniversary of and Rome, rich evidence of letter writing in the 12th Century and manuscript said “I congratulate Galway 2020 on the breadth Father Ted drawings have informed a charming illustrated interpretation of the journey and depth of their programme, which promises to be of a letter in the Middle Ages. For the last time we will showcase the history of extraordinary, from multisensory artworks in our natural 6 EUROPA - Ancient Ireland though it’s amazing collection of objects, spanning 6,900 years. Many environment to grassroots cultural moments across Postal Routes of these objects are now housed in various Irish history and heritage museums, Galway City, County and beyond. An Post is delighted to for the nation to visit and enjoy. This set of definitive stamps forms the closing partner with Croatian Post to mark the national designation chapter on the definitive series ‘A history of Ireland through its objects - a for Galway and Rijeka as European Capitals of Culture 2020.” 7 Ninth Definitive Series - selection,’ which first issued in 2017. With the completion of phase four, over ’A History of Ireland in 100 fifty objects have featured on stamps, capturing all aspects of Irish life from Objects’ - Phase IV cookery to war, schooling to emigration, clothing to culture. Also in August we look forward to issuing a set of stamps, which are full of humour that is both distinctly Irish and distinctly a distinct part of Irish pop-culture. 2020 SOAR Commemorative Strip 8. War of Independence From July 23rd 2020, An Post Stamp Design will introduce four new stamp (Civil Society) The comedy series Father Ted first broadcast 25 years ago and has become images to the SOAR roll. The stamp images are selected from the 2019 comedy gold since that time. Father Ted catchphrases are now firmly a part of annual programme of An Post commemorative stamps. Each image our vocabulary, with well-loved characters played by a slew of actors who are represents a different aspect of Irish life and culture. famous both in Ireland and abroad. The influence of the sit-com is far reaching Every effort is made to ensure images for a series which gathered a small but loyal following during its three series run, and information in The Collector are starting in 1995. Or As Father Dougal might say “That’s mad Ted!” The commemorative stamps featured are: correct at the time of publication. First Non-stop Transatlantic Flight 1919 - Vincent Killowry / DesignHQ Our final issue featured in this Collector is a set of two stamps which mark civil Products outlined are for illustrative Carnegie Libraries - Dorothy Smith / Vermillion Design purposes and may be subject to disobedience as a tool employed by the Irish people to show resistance to British rule. The Dáil Courts and the Munitions Strike feature on the September A Stamp for Ireland, Enniskerry Library - The Stone Twins change without notice. issue marking the War of Independence. Culture Night: Children’s Art Competition - Zinc Design
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Centenary of the birth of 25th Anniversary of Father Ted Liam Cosgrave On August 27, 2020, An Post will issue a set of four stamp designs to mark the 25th anniversary On April 9, 2020, An Post issued a stamp to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Liam of ‘Father Ted’. Designed by Detail, each stamp Cosgrave. Designed by Post Studio, the stamp features the famous portrait of Liam Cosgrave by features a phrase associated with one of the four Edward McGuire RHA which hangs in Leinster House (courtesy of the Office of Public Works). main characters.
Liam Cosgrave’s political career began in 1943 when he was elected as a Fine Gael deputy to Dáil First broadcast on April 21, 1995 and run until May Éireann (aged 23). In 1954 he was appointed Minister of External Affairs (now Foreign Affairs). He 1, 1998, the show has since reached the status of a was elected as leader of Fine Gael in 1965 and after a successful election campaign he became classic. Airing on constant repeat, ‘Father Ted’ is pure comedy gold, alongside perennial favourites ‘Fawlty Taoiseach of Ireland in 1973. Towers’, ‘Friends’ and ‘Mr Bean’. 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FATHER TED Following Fine Gael’s election defeat in 1977, Liam Cosgrave ‘Father Ted’ was created by Arthur Mathews and FIRST DAY COVER MINIATURE SHEET resigned as leader of Fine Gael and then as a TD for Dún Graham Linehan for Hat Trick Productions and Code 2007FDCMS €5.50 Laoghaire in 1981. During his political career, he married Vera broadcast on Channel 4. The show starred Dermot Osborne in 1950 and they had two sons and a daughter. 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FATHER TED Morgan (Father Ted Crilly), Ardal O’Hanlon (Father MINIATURE SHEET Dougal McGuire), Frank Kelly (Father Jack Hackett) and Code 2007MS €4.00 After a long illness, Liam Cosgrave died at the age of 97 in Pauline McLynn (Mrs. Doyle). October 2017. President Michael D Higgins led tributes to the former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader saying, “Liam Cosgrave The format for this stamp issue is a booklet of five DID YOU KNOW? was committed to serving the people of Ireland with all of his stamps — four national rate (N) stamps and a repeat energy, intellect as well as passion” of one stamp design as an international rate (W) Remember Pat Mustard, the milkman postage stamp. We are so excited with this upcoming from Speed 3? The actor who played release that we have decided to wait and show you him is also famous for his role in The DID YOU KNOW? these designs on the 27th of August, so keep an eye Snapper as George Burgess, the out on anpost.com/shop from the date of issue! Cosgrave joined the army in 1940 and went on father of Sharon Curley’s child. He also to be a commissioned officer. In 1943, he was An Post gratefully acknowledges Hat Trick appeared in the Helen Mirren film, CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF LIAM COSGRAVE STAMP called to the Bar, but politics was his true calling Productions for the permission granted to reproduce The Queen! One of the actors who Code 2006N €1.00 and he was elected to the Dáil in the same year. the copyright material in this series. auditioned for the role of Pat Mustard CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF LIAM COSGRAVE SHEETLET OF 16 was Brendan O’Carroll! Code 2006N €16.00 Father Ted, created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan for Careful Now. Get the feckin’ Cowboys Ted, Hat Trick Productions, was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 21st Down with this Crunchies they’re a bunch April 1995. The sitcom starred Dermot Morgan, Ardal O’Hanlon, sort of thing. out of the car. o’cowboys! Frank Kelly and Pauline McLynn, and a raft of notable Irish character The Passion of St.Tibbulus John O’Leary Fr. Liam Deliverance and comic actors. Featuring old favourites as well as up-coming stars, Technical Specifications even the writers themselves got in on the act! Who’s a bit of a moaning The show ran until 1st May 1998, yet in this relatively short time it I’ve had my fun Michael tonight! Date of Issue August 27, 2020 attracted a loyal audience. More importantly, by satirising Irish and that’s all Fr. Noel Furlong What’s your society at a time when the country was changing radically, it left a that matters. favourite humming Values & Quantities €5.70 (150k) deep, lasting mark on the public consciousness.Technical The characters Specifications were Fr. Fintan Stack noise? instantly recognisable, with dialogue so quotable the catchphrases Would you believe Fr. Austin Purcell €4.00 Miniature Sheet (40k) entered into everyday language – and stayedDate there of to Issue this day. April 9, 2020 me own dog did that to me. The fact the show is on constant repeat means it continues to reach Doesn’t it look like a face? Larry’s Tom Is there Design Detail new audiences, and has long achieved the classic status of ‘comedy tremendous fun! anything gold’, holding up to repeat viewing alongsideValue perennial & Quantity favourites N (122k) Fr. Ted Crilly to be said for Fawlty Towers, Friends and The Simpsons. Not bad for a show about Size 36mm x 36mm three priests and their housekeeper on aDesign tiny island off the west coast. Post Studio another mass? But then again it was so much more than that. Or, as Dougal might Fr. Derek Beeching Celebrating 25 years of Miniature Sheet Size 150mm x 90mm say, “That’s mad, Ted!”. © Hat Trick Productions 5 Stamp Booklet Size 30mmDesigned x 40.5mmat Detail.ie Paper TR 240gsm Self-adhesive Litho, Paper TR 102gsm Yellow Green TR 102gsm PVA Gum Phosphor PVA gum 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FATHER TED BOOKLET OF 5 Colour Multicolour with Phosphor tagging Code 2007BK €5.70 Colour Multicolour CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF LIAM COSGRAVE Make-up Booklet of 5, Miniature Sheet Make-up Sheetlets of 16 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FATHER TED FIRST DAY COVER FIRST DAY COVER Code 2007FDC €5.50 Perforations 13 x 13 (approx) Code 2006FDC €2.50 Perforations 14mm x 13.25mm 13.25 x 13.25 (Miniature Sheet) Printing Process Lithography Printing Process Lithography Printer Royal Joh. 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EUROPA Ninth Definitive Series (Phase IV) Ancient Postal Routes A History of Ireland in 100 Objects, a selection
On July 16, 2020, An Post will issue two stamps Designed by Red&Grey, the stamps and FDC On July 23, 2020, An Post will issue Phase on the theme of ‘Ancient Postal Routes’ as are based on illustrations by Orlagh Murphy. IV of the Ninth Definitive Stamp Series — ‘A its contribution to European Post Offices Taking inspiration from religious art, using History of Ireland in 100 Objects, a selection’. (PostEurop) annual pan-European EUROPA a quadriptych (four quadrant layout), the The series is based on Fintan O’Toole’s philatelic project. stamps tell the story of the journey of a letter book, ‘A History of Ireland in 100 Objects’, from the letter writer to the receiver during with each object opening a window into an the Middle Ages. important moment in Irish history.
The images on the first stamp (N rate) feature Designed by Zinc Design Consultants, the both the author of the message and the stamps in this phase feature the following message being carried overseas by boat. The objects: Ballinderry Sword, Waterford images on the second stamp (W rate) feature Charter Roll, Gallowglass Gravestone, HISTORY OF IRELAND, PHASE IV both the message being carried over land on Robert Emmet’s Ring, The Cooking Pot, SOAR STRIP OF FOUR 2 Code 20DL2 €4.00 horseback and the delivery of the message to Titanic Launch Ticket in 1911, Washing the recipient. Machine and Intel Microprocessor. EUROPA - ANCIENT POSTAL ROUTES ’N’ RATE STAMP Inspired by an archival drawing, Orlagh Code 2008N €1.00 Later in the year Phase IV will be completed Murphy’s illustration on the FDC depicts a with the release of new Definitive Booklets EUROPA - ANCIENT POSTAL ROUTES ’N’ SHEETLET map of the European travel route of Giraldus Code 2008N €9.00 and Coils. Cambrensis (c. 1146 – c.1223). The route shows how he travelled from Dublin to Rome via Paris.
Giraldus Cambrensis was a prolific writer and influential figure in the twelfth century Renaissance, a period of social, political and economic transformation in Europe. He wrote ‘Topographia Hiberniae’ as an account of the landscape and people of Ireland, circa 1188.
EUROPA - ANCIENT POSTAL ROUTES ’W’ RATE STAMP HISTORY OF IRELAND, PHASE IV Code 2008W €1.70 PHASE IV FIRST DAY COVER 2 Technical Specifications SOAR STRIP OF FOUR 1 Code 20DL1 €4.00 Code 20DFDC2 €5.50 EUROPA - ANCIENT POSTAL ROUTES ’W’ SHEETLET Date of Issue July 16, 2020 Code 2008W €15.30 Values and Quantities N (108k) Technical Specifications W (83k) Date of Issue July 23, 2020 Illustration Orlagh Murphy ISIÚNA Value & Quantity 8 x €1.00 E – AD BA É ILE H Á C T A H Á A L C – L 0 I 2 A
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War of Independence Order Form The Collector 02/20 Lot Date of Issue Product/Item Product Code UOM Price Civil Society 1 09/04/2020 Centenary of the birth of Liam Cosgrave ’N’ Rate Stamp 2006N EA €1.00
On September 24, 2020, An Post will issue two additional stamps to commemorate the War of 1 09/04/2020 Centenary of the birth of Liam Cosgrave Sheetlet 2006N SH €16.00 Independence. This set follows on from the War of Independence stamp, which issued in February, 1 09/04/2020 Centenary of the birth of Liam Cosgrave FDC 2006FDC EA €2.50 featuring Sean Keating’s ‘Men of the South’ painting. These two stamps mark the role and impact of political confrontation and civil disobedience during the War of Independence. 2 16/07/2020 EUROPA - Ancient Postal Routes ’N’ Rate Stamp 2009N EA €1.00
Designed by Ger Garland, one stamp features a photograph of an IRA Court in Session in Westport 2 16/07/2020 EUROPA - Ancient Postal Routes ’W’ Rate Stamp 2009W EA €1.70 Town Hall, summer 1920. The Dáil Courts were established to administer a system of Irish law (civil and criminal from 1920–24). The image features Conor Maguire presiding with Edward Moane on his left 2 16/07/2020 EUROPA - Ancient Postal Routes ’N’ Sheetlet 2009N S9 €9.00 and John O’Boyle on his right. One of IRA policemen is Sean Gibbon. This image is reproduced courtesy of the National Museum of Ireland. 2 16/07/2020 EUROPA - Ancient Postal Routes ’W’ Sheetlet 2009W S9 €15.30 2 16/07/2020 EUROPA - Ancient Postal Routes FDC 2009FDC EA €4.20 The second stamp features an image of a Headline from the ‘Freeman’s Journal’, 21 May 1920 in relation to the Munitions Strike 3 23/07/2020 Ninth Definitive Series ’A History of Ireland in 100 Objects’ – 20DL1 EA €4.00 Phase IV SOAR Strip of Four 1 when the Dockers downed tools and refused 3 23/07/2020 Ninth Definitive Series ’A History of Ireland in 100 Objects’ – 20DL2 EA €4.00 to handle war materials. The Munitions Phase IV SOAR Strip of Four 2 Strike (May–December 1920), was one of 3 23/07/2020 Ninth Definitive Series ’A History of Ireland in 100 Objects’ – 20L1 EA €4.00 the largest examples of civil disobedience 2020 SOAR Commemorative Strip of Four 3 in support of the War of Independence. 3 23/07/2020 Ninth Definitive Series ’A History of Ireland in 100 Objects’ – 20DFDC1 EA €5.50 This image is reproduced courtesy of the Phase IV FDC 1 National Library of Ireland. The image on 3 23/07/2020 Ninth Definitive Series ’A History of Ireland in 100 Objects’ – 20DFDC2 EA €5.50 the First Day Cover is the burning of Cork Phase IV FDC 2 from the Hogan-Wilson Collection and is reproduced courtesy of the National Library 4 27/08/2020 25th Anniversary of Father Ted Booklet of 5 (4 ’N’ Rate, 1 ’W’ Rate) 2007BK EA €5.70 of Ireland. 4 27/08/2020 25th Anniversary of Father Ted Miniature Sheet 2007MS EA €4.00 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE FIRST DAY COVER Code 2011FDC €3.50 4 27/08/2020 25th Anniversary of Father Ted FDC Minisheet 2007FDCMS EA €5.50 Men of the South image courtesy of the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. 4 27/08/2020 25th Anniversary of Father Ted FDC 2007FDC EA €5.50 © Estate of Séan Keating, IVARO Dublin, 2020
5 24/09/2020 War of Independence (Civil Society) ’N’ Rate Set-tenant Pair 2011ST EA €2.00 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE SHEETLET OF 16 Code 2011ST €16.00 5 24/09/2020 War of Independence (Civil Society) ’N’ Sheetlet 2011ST S8 €16.00
5 24/09/2020 War of Independence (Civil Society) FDC 2011FDC EA €3.50 Technical Specifications Date of Issue September 24, 2020 Customers who are happy to receive their orders are the Subtotal: € Postage €: last issue date can do so by ticking this box. Value & Quantities ‘N‘ (122k) Design Ger Garland TOTAL DUE: € Size 51mm x 30mm The following postal charges will apply: The following postal charges will apply: Ireland = €1.00; International (including U.K.) = €1.70. Paper TR 102gsm Yellow Green Phosphor PVA Orders over €100.00 in value and coin collection/set will be sent by Registered Post €8.00 for Ireland & €8.70 for Rest of the World (this fee includes Priority Postage). Postage for Framed Items, Prints, Books, Albums or Van Sets are €8.00 (within Ireland) & €9.90 (International including U.K.) gum Colour Multicolour WAR OF INDEPENDENCE Make-up Sheetlet of 16 Thank you for your order from this edition of The Collector. ‘N‘ RATE SET TENANT PAIR STAMP Code 2011ST €2.00 Perforations 13.25 x 14 Customers, please be aware that when stamps are ordered for more than one issue the Printing Process Lithography entire order will only be dispatched after the last stamp issue date.
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