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the Revealer QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE EIRE PIDLATELIC ASSOCIATION VOLe 59 NO. 1 SAMRADH WHOLE NUMBER 255 SUMMER 2009 ISSN 0484-6125 IN THIS ISSUE 2 President's Message 3 Secretary's Report 4 Positional Flaws ... in 1st & 2nd Irish Definitive Issues contd. 9 That Was The Year That Was- 2008 (Part 11) 22 CmCAGOPEX & NORCAL 23 Special Offers 24 CHICAGOPEX FLYER THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS-2008 (Part 11) Affiliate No. 21-The American Philatelic Society· Affiliate-Federations of Philatelic Societies ofIreland THE REVEALER Sum,mtrlOO9 THE REVEALER PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE www.eirephilatelicassoc.org ISSN 0484-6125 by Paul Bento Published quarterly by the Eire Philatelic Association: Member ship dues are as follows: U.S. ($15 .00); Canada / Mexico ($20.00); I am pleased to announce that Liam Malone of Washington, all other countries ($25 .00). D.C. has come forward to serve as editor of The Revealer. Address Changes/e-mail changes to; Barney Clancy, P.O. Box 3036, Seminole FL 33775-3036, Liam has graduate degrees in literary studies from Florida State [email protected]. and Catholic University. His work at Catholic University fo cused on Irish Studies. He has held several human resource STAFF positions for various non-profits and currently serves as human Editor ... .. ............... ..... .. ....... .....LlAM MALONE resource director for a trade association and thus understands 1124 Girard Street, NW # 1, Washington, DC USA 20009-5324 what a membership organization such as the EP A is all about. [email protected] Advertising Manager .. .... ..... .. .. RICHARD KELLY Liam has collected Irish stamps since 1968 and has a wide va PO Box 927, Naperville, IL, USA 60566-0927 riety of Irish philatelic interests. He was collaborating with [email protected] REVEALER Back Issues ........... DAVID J . BRENNAN George Nicholson on an article on the Hoban issue around the P.O. Box 704 Bernardsville, NJ, USA 07924-0704 time of George's sudden passing. I will invite Liam to prepare [email protected] a more descriptive autobiography for the Fall issue of The Re- Web master ...... ... .......... .. ... ........ .. .. KARL WlNKELMANN P.O.Box 437 Alpine NJ USA 07620-0437 [email protected] CHAPTER COORDINATORS OFFICERS Commodore John Barry Chapter Lone Star Chapter President: ... .. .... ......... ..... ..... .. .. .. ........ PAUL BENTO Members reside in NJ, NY,PA Members reside in Central TX 107 Old Common Rd, Auburn, MA 01501 [email protected] Coordinator: David J. Brennan, Coordinator: Robert J. Joyce, Vice President, North America .... .... RICHARD KELLY PO Box 704, Bernardsville, NJ 07924 14302 Oak Shadow, address above San Antonio, TX 78232 Vice President, Europe ..... ..MICHAEL H. PRIESTLEY Connecticut Chapter 14 Craigleith Crescent Edinburgh EH4 3JL, Scotland Members reside in CT & Western Northern California Chapter [email protected] MA (NORCAL) Secretary / Chapter Coordinator .... DAVID J. BRENNAN Coordinator: Michael J. Conway, Members reside in Northern CA address above 239 Judd Rd., Easton, CT 06612 Coordinator: Garvin Lohman, Treasurer ... .... ....... ...... .. ........ .. .... ...... .BARNEY CLANCY 445 Grafton Ave., address above James Hoban Chapter San Francisco, CA 94 112-2235 Immediate Past President ......... WILLlAM A. O'CONNOR Members reside in MD, V A, DC 3803 Foxglove Lane Fallbrook, CA 92028 Coordinator: Robert E. Moskowitz, Southern California Chapter [email protected] 1634 E. Baltimore St., (SOCAL) Baltimore, MD 21231 Members reside in Southern CA DIRECTORS Coordinator: William A. O' Connor, Honorary Chairman of the Board John McCormack Chapter 3803 Foxglove Lane, COL. B.B. ZELLERS, IRDP Members reside in Greater Boston Fallbrook, CA 92028 Coordinator: Paul Bento, \07 Old ROBERT BENNINGHOFF KEVIN DRURY Common Rd., Auburn, MA 01 501 OTTO JUNG RAYMOND MURPHY TIMOTHY O'SHEA JOHN SHARKEY Auction/Trading Post Manager; WILLlAM A. O'CONNOR The Association Secretary will write the appropriate Coordinator when a address above new member joins the Association and provide the Coordinator with the Librarian ...... ....... .... ... .... PAUL BENTO name and address of the new member. The role of the Coordinator is to address above contact the new member, welcome the member to the Association, and invite Special Offers .... .. .. .. .......... .TIMOTHY O'SHEA the member to join the local Chapter. 58 Porter Street, Granby, MA, USA 01033-9516 tosheal @comcast.net DEADLINE FOR ARTICLE SUBMISSION Historian .. .. .............. ....TIMOTHY O'SHEA Summer: May 1; Fall: Aug. 1; address above Winter: Nov. 1; Spring: Feb. 1 Publicity .... ... .... .. .... ..... .. .. Each Issue published one month after above dates. Youth / School Program Manager IRELAND - PHELlM O'NEILL The Revealer ADVERTISING RATES 336 St. James Rd. Greenhills, Dublin 12, Ireland size (inches) per issue 4 issues (contract rate) [email protected] Full Page 7.375 X 9.75 $100 $350 Half Page Horizontal 7.375 X 4.87 5 $60 $200 U.S. - RICHARD KELLY Half Page Vertical 3.625 X 9.75 $60 $200 address above Quarter Page 3.625 X 4.875 $35 $1 20 APS Representative .. .. ... .... ..DA VID J. BRENNAN Eighth Page 3.625 X 2.50 $25 $85 address above CAMERA READY COPY REQUIRED Page 3 THE REVEALER Summer 2009 President's Message (Cont.) SECRETARY'S REPORT 2207 Gorham, James M. New Members 2716 Holcomb, Barton R. 2803 Keegan, Don 2779 Judge, Patrick J. vealer. For now, he has jumped right in to complete 1025 Granville Ave. #3 2373 McCarthy, Donal F. this Summer issue with the assistance of Wynne Los Angeles CA 90049 1935 McLain, William P. Nicholson and Dave Brennan. 1451 Mitchell, Thomas C. [email protected] 2761 Monahan, Thomas J. 28046 hAllmhurain, Sean We cannot thank Wynne Nicholson enough for her 2767 Mulcahy, Richard J. 4, Ascaill Bhride efforts on our behalf since her husband's death. She 1462 Napier, James H. An tSraid Nua, Luimneach completed George's work on the Winter issue and 2609 Norstedt, Johann A. 2277 O'Mahony, Finbar edited the Spring issue on her own. The Summer issue Resignations 2788 Regan, Stephen you are reading was 90% completed by Wynne before 2626 Finertie, Robert 2551 Roche, Robert P. handing over the reins to Liam. We will forever be in 2730 Ruggle, Richard E. her debt. Deceased 2778 Sharp, Max A. 1357 Gavaghan, James J. 2687 Smith, Daniel The appointment ofLiam as editor does not absolve 2538 Schmidt, William R. 2571 Smithers, Paddy J. the rest of us of our responsibilities. Liam will need 2603 Stafford, Austin content to edit and that has to come largely from our Change of Address 1371 Stagnaro, Frank R. membership. If you have been working on a pet pro 2749 Winters, Gus 2444 Taylor, Jackson W. 2785 Van Fossen, James E. ject, preparing an exhibit, or researching some piece of 77794 Orchard Line Rd RR#l-Box 10 2572 Van Ort, Bill & Peg Irish philately, please turn your work into an article for Bayfield, Ontario NOM 1GO 2736 Walsh Jr., Arthur J. The Revealer. Canada Please remember that our 2009 Annual General Meet New Email Addresses ing will be held at CHICAGOPEX November 20-22. ~embershipStatus Please send new or corrected email Membership as of Feb. 16,2009 Dust off those exhibits, update the content, and partici addresses to Harney Clancy at pate in the show. Visit www.chicagopex.com for infor [email protected] .... .417 mation on exhibiting and other details concerning the 2487 Rankin, James M. New Members +2 show. Our Fall issue will contain our meeting times [email protected] Deceased -2 and housing information. 2798 Woods, Pat Resignations -1 [email protected] Dropped for Non- We have an obvious need to recruit new EPA mem Payment of Dues -34 bers. We have some resources available to help you do Dropped for Non-Payment of Dues Membership as of May 16,2009 this. If you are attending a local show, Dave Brennan 2773 Akin Sr., John B. .... .383 2726 Black, Henry has a one page flier that he can email to you so you 2064 Buse Jr., Raymond L. can make copies. Barney Clancy has Revealer back 2224 Bussell, Frank L. issues that can also be sent to you to be given away. 1369 Carey, James F. Let us all try to make this effort on behalf of the Asso 2707 Clark, Mona Ann ciation. 2633 Craig, Wallace A. 2769 Dennany, Mike F. 2708 Edwards, David F. 2322 Godfrey, Joseph C. Interested in all things Irish ~ IF YOU COLLECT IRELAND Send for your FREE 2009 Price List covering all issues from 1922-2008 Collect all commemorative and definitive stamps from Ireland. For SPECIALISED material including Postal History, request my next Log on to www.irishstamps.ie and see MAIL SALE LIST what we have in store for 2009. A.R.BALLARD PO Box 780, London SE13 5QA, U.K email; [email protected] [pale 4 THE REVEALER Summer 1009 I Positional Flaws Recently Discovered in First and Second Irish Definitive Issues (Continued from the Spring Issue) By Patrick M Evans Flaws in the E Watermark 1d Map Stamp position 1-12 needed viewing. The white paper used suggests that all of the material studied was from a I first became aware of a possible constant flaw in printing in the 1960s (Ref. 1) and this is supported .by stamp 12 of row 1 of the E watermarked 1d Map the existence of used specimens (Figs 25, 26). Durmg stamp when I bought a page of used specimens on a discussion on possible publication of this confirma piece, from Padraig O'Shea of Raven Stamps in Cork tion of the "Fitzgerald Flaw" Declan O'Kelly sug in 2000. The stamps allegedly contained examples of gested that the 135 sheets be studied for other. con st~nt "a distinct break in the arc directly under the first flaws. I took his advice and embarked on the mcredI "E " of "Eire". The annotation continued, "Although bly laborious task of examining and comparing every not catalogued, it has been verified by Mr.