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Revealer1 '~. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE EIRE PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION

VOL. XXIX, NO. 1 WHOLE NO. 135 JULY, 1979

TABLE OF CONTENTS The Versatile Id Map Stamp 4 Irish Postmarks 1922 Onwards, Part 5 8 Experimental Registration Label? .. No 5 Catalogue of Irish Perfins, Part 2 12 Saorstat OP Settings vs C.B. Base Plates 6 Irish Headline Events Through the Ages 14 Scrolled Serif P .PAID Marking 7 NOR-CAL Chapter Notes 15 Literature Notes 7 An Interesting Cover... To Ireland 15 Page 2 The Revealer July, 1979 THE REVEALER SECRETARY'S REPORT

WHOLE NO. 135 JULY, 1979 Our thanks go out to those members who have been writing to us requesting membership applications. We never become tired Published quarterly by the Eire Philatelic Association at $5.00 per of answering requests for information. If you wish, just drop us a year, which includes membership and all the privileges of the note and we'll mail an application directly to your friend's home. associa tion. On the home front, we want to express our congratulations to Tom McLaughlan on his winning the Grand Award at Stamp­ STAFF Drama with his superb collection of overprints and early Editor: Associate Editor: definitives. It created interest in Ireland among the visitors and John J. Blessington Joseph E. Foley hopefully we shall add new members because of the exhibit. 4302 St. Clair Ave. P.O. Box 33112 The two most important things you can do at this time is vote Studio City, Ca!. 91604 USA Denver, Co!. 80233 USA and send in your dues. Please mark your ballot and forward it to Bill McCaw and mail your dues check in the enclosed envelope. RevealerBack Issues: Advertising Manager: We have jumped the gun and printed $7.00 on the envelope in Robert E. Moskowitz Tom McLaughlan anticipation that the ballot proposal will pass. If it does not pass, P.O. Box 644 902 Fawn Street we shall refund any overpayment requested. St. Clair Shores, Mi. 48080 USA Baltimore, Md. 21202 USA

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EIRE PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION Affiliate No. 21 - The American Philatelic Society 1435 Akin, Kevin, 20212 HarvardWay, Riverside. CA. 92507 1435J Goss, Kcnneth, 807 31st. Ave .. San Francisco, CA. 94121 Affiliated Member - The British Philatelic Federation 1437 Serbins. Martin c., 4725 W. 97th Place, Oak Lawn. ILL. 60453 1438 Schultz, Waiter G .. 175 Hartnell Place, Sacramento, CA. 95825 - OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS - 1439 O'Beirne, Maj. James H., 253 Tunisia Road, Fort Ord, CA. 93941 1440 Crimlisk, John c., 10 Belle Vue Crescent. Filey, North Yorkshire President: Auction Manager: YOl49AD England Garvin F. Lohman Bill Zellers Apt. 3, 1541 Sacramento St. Historian: San Francisco, Ca!. 94109 USA William P. Hickey Vice Presidents: 60 Georgia Avenue James J. Brady Providence, R.1. 20905 USA MEMBERSHIP STATUS: 55 Lockwood St. Committee on Forged and Newark, N.J. 07105 USA Bogus Material: Members as of February 28, 1979 589 Michael H. Priestley Robert Gray (Chairman) New Members 6 2 Rothesay Place 831 San Pablo Drive Members as of May 31, 1979 595 Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 75L Hemet, Ca!. 92343 USA Secretary-Treasurer: Members: Michael M. Lenane F. E. Dixon 166 N. Glenhurst J. E. Foley Birmingham, Mich. 48009 USA V. A. Linnell Treasurer (Sterling Area): Directors: Michael P. Giffney Director-at-Large: ELECTIONS 16 Gracepark Heights B. B. Zellers Drumcondra Eastern North America: Dublin 9, Ireland William T. McCaw You will find an election ballot enclosed in this issue of "The Librarian: Central North America: Revealer." John J. Blessington Edward T. Sullivan The ballot received in your April issue has been declared E.P.A. Trading Post: Western North America: invalid as the closing date was June 1. 1979 yet the issue had not Bill Zellers James J. Lawless even been mailed at that date. Consequently, because many P.O. Box 1381 Overseas: members would assume the voting deadline had passed, the Riverside, Ca!. 92502 USA Padraig O. Mathuna election ballot was declared invalid. A.P.S. Representative: Immediate Past President: More importantly your Nominating Committee has received J. E. Foley Preston A. Pope numerous complaints that the ballot we prepared in April was geographically unbalanced and also that one proposed director REVEALER ADVERTISING would be living outside his designated area by September I, 1979. All advertising should be sent to the Advertising Manager Although the candidates proposed in April were among the best along with a check payable to the Eire Philatelic Association at members in the Association, the Nominating Committee has least 6 weeks prior to the next issue. listened to the complaints and requests and has substituted four ADVERTISING RATES new members and retained four of the original nominees. The four members replaced will be on future ballots as they are Size of Ad One Insertion Yearly Rate (4) outstanding members. We apologize for not being responsive to Full Page $40.00 $140.00 the desires of our members and hope the more balanced slate meets Half Page 30.00 100.00 with your approval and will help us retain and maintain the Quarter Page 20.00 70.00 vibrancy of the Association. Eighth Page 10.00 35.00 July, 1979 The Revealer Page 3

Speaking of closing dates, as noted on the Election Ballot From The Editor's Desk • • • with this issue your votes must be in the mails in time to reach Bill McCaw by August 31st. Don't miss the opportunity to cast your My apologies for the lateness of the April issue. The issue got ballot. If something happens and your copy doesn't reach you in started early enough but it still managed to get delivered late. A time, send your ballot to Bill anyway, with a note indicating the number of things contributed. I suspect the post office was date of receipt of your Revealer. responsible for some of it. One of our members suggested that The •••••••••••• Revealer now goes through the distribution center in central M~ssachusetts (Springfield?) which doesn't have the reputation of Vince Linnell, Ex President of the E.P.A. has an article in this bemg the fastest center. The July issue will be late because I wasn't issue that is recommended reading. He has taken historical data able to get started in time. After thirteen years with Litton and philatelic data and blended them into a chronological listing Indu~tries your editor left to join another company on May 1st. of dates important to Ireland up to 1840. He has written each event My fIrst task was to move the company into a new facility and re­ as though it were the headline of a news report for a contemporary establish production, so my spare time for May and June was .news bureau. It is well researched and interesting reading. pretty much non-existent. I'm writing this on the 4th of July •••••••••••• which makes me a little over a month late. However work seems to We welcome another long time member of the E.P.A. to the be settling in to a pattern and barring any major problems, and if pages of the Revealer once again. Hans G. Moxter shares with us some articles come in from our members we'll see the October ·exerpts from a book recently acquired. Supplement No. 45 with issue on schedule. July 1970 Revealer published the English language translation of •••••••••••• his article "The Irish Mileage Postmarks 1808-1839" which had !he postal strike in Ireland drags on .. .it started February 18th first been pu blished, in German, by the German Society for Postal and It seems to be anyone's guess when it will end. Perhaps by the History, Inc. time.you read this it will be over (I won't bet on it). At any rate it is •••••••••••• causmg problems not only in Ireland but outside of Ireland as well. For the first time in many years Fred Dixon's "Random E.P.A. members in Southern California held a meeting at Notes" doesn't appear in an issue of The Revealer. When the BECKPEX in June. We had a good meeting, well attended. A slide strike does end it will be a long time before service gets back to program was shown utilizing slides made of the collection of the normal. It has been reported that there are tons of mail being late Fred Gommo. This was the first time this program had been stored in Ireland awaiting delivery. From the mail, we find that shown and seemed to be well received although more work needs EPA members in Ireland didn't receive their January Revealer and to be done on it before it can be turned over to Slide Program the April issue is still sitting at the printers in Maine waiting for Chairman Bill McCaw for inclusion in the E.P.A. slide library. It the strike to end. It remains to be seen when this July issue will is hoped that some additional slides of varieties may be secured to reach them. broaden the scope of the program. Scott catalog is followed and No. I through 22 are covered. Additional programs will be worked Unlike the last English postal strike, this Irish strike seems to up to utilize the remaining existing slides as time allows. have very little to offer phllatelically, either local post markings or stamps. Elsewhere in this issue is a review of the new David •••••••••••• Feldman catalog. It arrived via Belfast and had the handstamp At the same meeting Bill Zellers brought up the subject of illustrated below on the back of the cover. V.S. Post Office markings brought into use because of the Irish postal strike. He has found different rubber stamps used in different parts of Orange County, California when letters bound for Irish destinations are returned to sender. There must be any number of different stamps across the country. An effort should be made to record these stamps. Your editor will compile and publish a list of such stamps if you, the members, will send them in. Air Mail and surface mail are being handled differently in some areas. • ••••••••••• As most of you know, there is to be An International Exhibit in London in early May 1980. I know some of our members will be In "Irish Stamp News", No 3, lan Whyte gives an explanation of exhibiting... the Revealer has been entered in the Philatelic this mark: "Mr. Peter McBride, proprietor of the Belfast Stamp LiteralUre section. I'm also sure that many of our members, in the Shop has been operating an emergency postal service for his U.S. and Canada, will be attending all or part of the show. It isn't colleagues in the South. Once a week he collects mail from Dublin too early to start making arrangements for an E.P.A. meeting which he posts in Belfast, and he delivers mail received at his sometime during the show, formal or informal. It may well be that Belfast office to addresses in the Republic. A small fee is charged members in Ireland have already started such arrangements, but, on each item handled by the service and an oval hand stamp because of the strike, word has been unable to reach us. Your applied as a receipt of this fee. No stamps or labels have been editor is planning to attend, followed by a week or two in Ireland, issued." Use of the handstamp has been curtailed since May 1st and would like to hear from all who plan to GO to "LONDON because of a threat from the Northern Ireland postal workers. 1980." • ••••••••••• •••••••••••• The cupboard is bare. As of this issue all articles received by Late delivery of the April Revealer has caused too little time your editor have been published, except for Jim Howley's for bids in Auction No. 47. In order to be fair to both vendors and continuing series. For the October issue, deadline is September bidders Bill Zellers has agreed to reopen Auction No. 47 and to I st, so material is needed before then. I'm sure there is much handle both Auction No. 47 and 48 at the same time. Closing date information out there among the members that hasn't been seen for Sale No. 47, in the April Revealer, has been extended to before on these pages. It just needs someone to put pen to paper September 30th. Sale No. 48, appearing with this issue will close and write it down; perhaps just an interesting item, a variety you October 31st as stated on the Auction sheet. have found, a cover that's just a little different or that in-depth article you were a lways going to write some day. Whatever it is, •••••••••••• send it along. We would also like to hear from you with suggestions of topics that should be covered in future issues. Page 4 The Revealer July, 1979 Booklets and booklet panes are two more collectable usages of The Versatile Id Map Stamp our Id map. Scott lists booklet panes but does not list booklets. by John J. Blessington Single stamps from booklet panes are not identifiable unless they have the selvage attached so the booklet panes should be collected . Designed by Mr. James Ingram of Glasnevin, Dublin and as full panes with the selvage attached. Issued on February 23. 1923 the I d carmine rose definitive remained in use for over 45 years. During that time it appeared in more forms than any other Irish stamp. So many, in fact, that a specialized collection can be made of this one stamp that will prove both interesting and rewarding. Although some of the material needed for such a collection is in the rare category a very representative collection can be made with material still in reach financially. Like the other definitives, the Id first appeared on "SE" watermarked paper and is found with the watermark normal as well as inverted. It was printed in sheets of 240 impressions in panes of 120 with a gutter between panes. Gutter pairs therefore belong in our collection. When the Irish constitution of 1937 came in force the country's name was changed to Eire which necessitated, three years later, the issuance of stamp paper watermarked "E". Our one penny map soon appeared on the new paper, again both watermark normal and watermark inverted. Collecting the booklets that the panes come from increases the Unlike the "SE" version the date of issue is not known so no scope of our collection. FDC's are available. In the Revealer (Jan. 1958, p344) Judge John The first Irish stamp booklet went on sale August 31, 1931. Walsh wrote that the earliest reported postmark (ERP) was Among its four panes was one with six Id map stamps, 3 x 2 (Sc October 26th, 1940. No reference to an earlier date has been found. #67 A) and one with three Id map stamps with three labels attached The author would be interested in hearing from anyone having an (Sc #67B) .. All booklet panes were printed from special printing plates which caused both normal and inverted watermarks to earlier cover. exist. From 1931 to 1940 twenty-one different booklets were Although not listed by Scott the coil stamps of both the "SE" and "E" watermark should be in our collection. The Harrison produced with these two panes in them. In #22-1940 the pane with overprinted coils remained in use in stamp vending machines the 3 stamps and 3 labels, only, appeared on the paper watermarked "E" (Sc #107B) and in #23-40 the two one penny until lat~ ~n 1924 when the low value definitive rolls replaced them. WIIlIam Kane reported a leader of a 1I2d with a pencil date panes were on the "E" watermarked paper (Sc #107A & B) as were all other panes. Starting with #24-4 I and running through #36-53. of 31 October ~924 (Revealer Supp. No. 15; March 1964, p61). Our penny map COli was Issued shortly thereafter. Since these coil rolls were made from regular issue sheets they are perforated on all four sides but are identifiable by the fact that two opposite sides have been trimmed through the perforations. (See Illustration.)

After 1953 our I d map was no longer in booklets. The later booklets show up from time to time in auctions or on specialist dealers lists but the early ones with the half pane are rarely seen. It is doubtful if a full collection of booklets exist. The "Field" collection wasn't complete in booklets. Panes of 120 were furnished to operators who separated them into Because of the costs involved in the joining and trimming of strips ... 10 high for vertical coils and 12 wide for horizontal. These the hand-joined coils, experiments were made by the Irish Post strips were then joined together by a portion of the end paper Office in the production and issue of continuous coil rolls ... all beyond the perforations resulting in what are known as "paste­ were vertical. In April 1933 the I d map was the first issued of these ups." Strips were joined together until the coil reached the desired so-called 'endless coils'. (Sc #87A). The top and bottom are length .. .480 stamps for horizontal and 500 for vertical roles. A tab perforated 15 and the sides are imperforate except for one hole on (strip of paper) was pasted to each end of !he coil. The inside (end each side just below the top horizontal perforations. These two tab) was blank and the starting tab (leader) carried the perforations were to act as guide holes in a new vending machine. The machine proved to be unsuccessful but the continuous informati~m .as to the contents and cost. The coil stamps are printing process was considered successful enough so that a collected 111 s1l1gles and/or paIrs or stri ps. The coil joins or "paste­ ups" are collected in pairs or longer strips. Stamps with either the second experimental printing was made sometime in July 1934, agall1 perf 15 x imperf but this time without the two perfs on the leader or end tabs attached are desireable and add to the collection. sides (Sc #87). July, 1979 The Revealer Page 5

Note in the illustration that the Sc 87A is off center to the left so Only the major varieties have been listed. There are some .minor that there is a whole perf on the left and none on the right. This varieties and shades as well. Of course, the collection could seems to indicate that the stamps were trimmed after perforating. contain mint as well as used stamps and examples of usage on cover and F.D.C. All in all I think you will agree that this is, indeed, a most versatile stamp. Experimental Registration Label? - No by Thomas G. Current

As a result of these two experiments a special type ot printing Since the Victorian registration system and its development is press was developed and a printing from this new machine one of my areas of specialization I can furnish information on the appeared sometime in 1940. By this time the watermark paper "E" question raised by Eugene M. Labiuk in his interesting article in was in use. For some reason or other the perforations were 14 x the April Revealer. imperf (Sc #IOSA). These perforations didn't separate well in the It is true that on February 18, 1907 Great Britain adopted the Registration label which is in use today, but this was done to vending machines. Problems relating to World War 11 caused conform to the standardized label put into use by the Universal work on the machine to be discontinued. After the war, on March Postal Union members some time earlier. Great Britain had been 20th, 1946, another printing was made, this time perf IS x imperf using her own adhesive registration labels for several years prior (Sc #IOS) . to 1907. They were used on regular envelopes as opposed to postal stationery registered envelopes. Illustrated here are two such labels used in England.

Part of this issue may have been printed on a press made up of curved plates containing single or multiple strips of eight stamps. Each strip of eight is out of alignment with the neigh boring strip as reported by Fred Dixon. He found this condition on some rolls :J'ee paid. but not on all. It is not known how many of these 'endless coil' rolls were issued but the hand-joined coils were soon in use again The earlier one, with the "Fee Paid" added by hand, is from a and remained in use until the "Animal" definitives were issued. cover dated August 29, 1892 and the other, with "Fee Paid" Following is a check list of the many items which could printed, is from a cover dated February 18, 1901. I also have it on a appear in a specialized collection of the I penny carmine rose map 1900 cover. stamp. The basic SCOtl number is used for unlisted items. I don't know when these labels were first put into use but perhaps they paralleled the introduction of the same information ON PAPER WATERMARKED "SE" on the Post Office issued Registration envelopes. The large "R" in SCOTT NO. DESCRIPTION an oval was added to the upper left corner of Registration 66 Id carmine rose envelopes in 1883 and "Fee Paid" was added in 1892. It is 66 wmk inv 66 coil interesting to note the difference in size of these labels. 66 coil paste-up pair Further comments are welcomed. 66 gutter pair 66A booklet pane of 6 66A wmk inv 66A 3 & 3 labels 66B 11 wmk inv SPECIAL ORDERS FILLED ON REQUEST 66A & B booklets #31-1 to #21-40 87A coil 15ximperf 2 vert. perfs 87 coil 15ximperf no vert. perfs

ON PAPER WATERMARKED "E" GEORGE J. GINOVSKY SCOTT NO. DESCRIPTION MARY A. GINOVSKY 107 Id carmine rose 107 wmk inv P. O . BOX 366 107 coil GAITHERSBURG. MO 20760 107 coil paste- up pair 107 gutter pair 107A booklet pane of 6 Send SASE for Free Pri~e List 107A wmk inv 107B 3 & 3 labels 107B wmk inv WE BUY - SELL TELEPHONE 640·6420 107A & B booklet # 23-40 IRELAND (EIRE) STAMPS ONLY AREA CO,DE 30' 107A booklets #21141 to 36-53 10SA coil perf 14ximperf 105 coil perf 15ximperf 105 Wink inv 66A & 107B booklet #22-40 Page 6 The Revealer July, 1979 THE SAORSTA T OVERPRINT SETTINGS IN RELA TION TO BASE G.B. PLATES------_by c. I. Dulin

The Great Britain Plates used for overprinting Irish stamps It is, obviously, extremely doubtful that our' listing is have always held a fascination for the Control specialists, but complete. Any reader who can contribute and add to the listing is knowledge of the combinations of the overprint settings in most welcome to do so. For any serious student a set of relation to specific plates can also be an aid in identification, in photographs of close-ups of very many of the control letters is tracing development of flaws and as a guide to printing sequences. available. These, as has been noted, can be an aid to identification Although there have been various attempts to make a when more than one printing is involved. correlation between settings and G.B. plates, the first TABLE I comprehensive study was that of R.H. Sampson (London Saorstat Setting and Control No. Relationship Philatelist No. 821 pp. 105, 141, 143 & 144) who gave data on all VALUE CONTROL the printings from Dollard through the Thorn 51ine and finally to T2~I '1'221' lJ221 lJ22P lJ231 1123P V231 W231 the Saorstat 3 line overprints. Late J.A.C. Munro gave an even 3. -I, ':J :1,4.5 I, 2 3.4 3.4.5 more comprehensive study on the Dollard printing and started the I. 2. 1,2 1,2 Thorn (Irish Philately Dec. 1970 p. 49). I. 2 1.2 As part of what was very much a team effort, the author III 2 coordinated the inputs of Patrick Williams, James Munro and 1.2 1.2 Victor Hale together with his own to produce this article on the 1.3 1,3 Saorstat setting and their G.B. plate relationship. 1,2 1,2 One difficulty with a study of this type, is that not only is it 1.3 virtually impossible to complete (some material is extremely 3. :) 2.3, :l 3, ,I 3, ,1 scarce, while new discoveries come along almost regularly), but 1-5 the G.B. plate identification is still in a state of flux. For example, 1,2, 3 Sampson classified his findings according to the then current 10 I. 2. :I classification in the standard work of K.M. Beaumont and ].B.M. 1/- I. 2 t,2 3,4 3,4 Stanton's "Postage Stamps of G.B. Part IV." This classification INKS was adapted by Gibbons in their specialized G.B. Part 2, but only (0) (0) in light of the more recent research. This meant the addition of (0) (0) (0) several more plates and a reclassification of some plates and their I~ (0) 0 0 numbers. While most of the B & S plates can be ascribed to the (0) newer numbers of Gibbons, some are quite impossible to do. By the same token, even successive editions of the Gibbon work change the plate numbers. The 4d, for example, had a plate 4 in the third edition which has now been eliminated and reclassified 10 as plate 3b. 1/- o For this study, while the participants felt reasonably happy • Indicates definite liSt' of hlack as well as blue·hla(:k ink with most plate descriptions, for most of the values, there is no (.) Indicates suspl'Clcd use of hlack ink doubt that the I d and the 6d still present difficulties. In the case of o Indicates lIse of bhH'-black ink only the Id it is fairly clear that some plates seem to exist which are found in the overprinted state alone, while in the 6d there is very TABLE 2 little accurate description available to define a plate, with Overprint Setting and G.B. Plate Relationship certainty, from what has been the usual starting basis - control VALUE SETTING blocks of 6. Again, the use of Controls themselves as a means to ~ '1'221 68, 72, A 68, 72 A identification is also open to hazard in that often the same plates T221' 66b, 72, (76?) 72, (76?) 66b, A were used for different printings; Thus the position, or shape, of a lI221 48, ClH, 72. ,18, SB, 68, 74, 7S, A Control is not an infallable means of tracing the connection 75. A lI221' S8, 66h, 70, 72. 'IB, 58, 6fib. 70, between settings on similar plates. For some reason the 1/- value n 7S, A 72, H 75, A appears to have been the subject of reprints to an extent greater lJ231 ·tH,A 48,68, A than any other values except the Id. lI231' 64. 66b. 7Ej, 6,1. 66b, 81, A 66b, A For the purpose of simplification, the very distinct differences 81. A which exist between the blue-black and the black inks have not I '1'221 A 91. (86 or 94). A been separately described (although they are noted, by value, in '1'221' H7h, 92, 94. A. 96. (86 or 94). A. the Tables). Similarly, the Type 2 and Type 3 watermark 91 var. 91 var. differences which are real enough have been ignored since IJ221 87h, 91. A 91. A insufficient data was on hand to separate the two. lJ221' A. (97 Cl) 116) 93. (97 0) 116), A In the Tables which follow, the settings (of which, for the [ 12~1 A. 91 var. Saorstat overprint, there were S) are the standard ones, while the I~T221 A G.B. plate classification is that of Gibbons 4th edition. '1'221' 12h Where there has been insufficient description to accurately [ 1221 27, A ascribe a plate, it is noted as A (Another). It should be realized that l122P 2:>. (27 or 31 ) this can also mean that it is, or could be, an existing plate or ol-e 2 '1'221 I. 2. 0, ·1 I. 3, A that has yet to be classified. In some cases two or more unknown 1'221' I. 2 5. li. A plates are involved, but this too is listed as the generic A. 2!~T221 Bh, 10 Hh '1'221' Ilh HI> July, 1979 The Revealer Page 7 TABLE 2 (COnt.) LITERATURE NOTES: U231 lib by }. }. Blessington U22P 10 3 U221 8b, A 8b, A 8b "STAMPS OF IRELl}ND, SPECIALIZED, 1979 EDITION U22P 11. A II ,A II , A Edited by David MacDonnell; Published by David MacDonnell 4 U221 l e le and David Feldman Ltd. Price L 1.50 U231 3b What slarted out as a price list 12 years ago has grown into a V231 3b full fledged catalog, in fact, the foremost catalog of Ireland. As 5 T221 3, A A each edition has been reviewed over the years we have said that T22P A that edition was an improvement of the previous one; this current U231 3, A issue is no exception. 6 U221 4,6,7, A 4,6,7, A 6 4,6,7, A 6, A The addition of detailed information as to design and V231 6,7 6,7 printing by the use of notes below each issue listing, allows this W231 6 catalog to stand on its own without need to refer to the 9 T221 2b,3b "Handbook of Irish Philately" for detailed data. T22P H If 1f,2b All sections of the catalog have been expanded and brought U231 1f,3b up to date. Numbering is by DF, Gibbons, Scott, Michel and Yvert U23P If. 2b, 3b numbers. Prices have been increased on just about all issues IOT221 2b although pricing the "Seahorses" in today's inflationary market T22P 2b 2b 2b is a hopeless task. In the "G.B. Used in Ireland" section George V I/ ·T221 3, A issues have been added as are plate numbers. The "Overprint" T22P A section now has more minor varieties and new photographs l~1 3, A 3, A instead of line drawings. Photographs have also been used to 1122P 3, A A replace some of the line drawings in the "Commemorative" 11231 3, A section. In both cases the photos are a decided improvement. The 1123P 3,4 "Booklet and Booklet Pane" section has been reworked and seems Scrolled Serif to be a much more workable listing although for one on this side of the ocean having only the DF numbers takes a bit of "getting P. PAID Marking by Eugene M. Labiuk used to". The "Postal Stationery" section has been brought up to date although pricing seems uneven. Prior to 1840 it was very common for the receiver of a letter to The Appendix has been greatly expanded. The Railway pay the postage, Also, if tlie sender wanted to prepay the postage Letter Stamps are now all listed and priced and a new section he could do so. Prepaying brought a wide variety of paid marks. added, "Exhibition Souvenirs" ... a gathering place for all die "goodies" produced by and for exhibitions from 1967 to date. All in all, a well done book which deserves a place on your library shelves, and the price is right, onlyL 1.50for 123 pages of information. "IRISH STAMP NEWS NO. 3" Edited & Published by Ian Whyte, 3 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2, Ireland. },.. 2.00 G.B. & Ireland; ~ 2.50 Europe; U.S. $5.50 surface, $7.50 Air Mail. Ian Whyte has maintained the high standards set by his two prior issues despite the problems engendered by the Irish postal strike. Printing and photographs are good quality on coated stock. The featured article is the "Registered Envelopes Since Decimalisation" by Brian Warren. A fine article with an excellent check list. Recommended to all postal stationery collectors. JR. Holman gives an update on "Decimal Parcel Stamps of C.L£." The cover shown above was posted at Belfast on September 6, Bill Kane and Fred Dixon each contribute an article on postmarks, 1831 , and sent to Edinburgh, Scotland where it arrived on and Part Three of "Irish Post Office Numbers" completes this September 8, 1831. The letter was prepaid with a rate of 3 shilling listing. 6~ pence, To indicate that postage was paid, the sender had If you don't already subscribe to this journal do so now. Don't written in manuscript in the upper left corner " post paid." The let the Irish postal strike stop you, address your mail to lan Whyte, Irish post office had applied a boxed "P. PAID." Also, upon 19 Skipper Street, Belfast BTI_2DZ, N. Ir~nd. arrival at Edinburgh, the Scottish post office had applied a paid date stamp, A.P.s. IDuutll A. @lcribnrr KP.A. " I'IUW~ ~""' Il) SA I . I'JlII.An:I.I~" ·· 1'11111 1\111:1 [1". ~i~~ ~\1 rJ"; I 1'1\1, 11, 1,11. 'I ~ 1~112; -- ...... --.---_.-_ ..... Scott No. 61·61A Mint O.C. V.F. The " P. PAID" shown is rather different than most other $125.00

seen, since it has a fancy scroll type seI:if at the top of the letters. What El,.. I~, You Ne«l'!

One, which I or others, have not seen before. Hu yin~ . S.lIin~ . Appraisal, I would like to thank the many people who have looked the cover over to make sure that the scroll type serifs were exactly that. The unretouched blow·up above clearly shows them. (

Page 8 The Revealer July, 1979 IRISH POSTMARKS FROM 1922 ONWARDS PART 5 BY J. T. HOWLEY 4b TEMPORARY ('INTERIM') HANDSTAMPS IN GAELIC In general these handstamps correspond to the 'interim' English handstamps discussed in Part 4A, and succeeded them by some months - or, occasionally, by a couple of years. They occur in a bewildering variety: so many distinct types that I have found it necessary to use an inordinate number of illustrations. There are several different sizes, different formats, many sizes and shapes of letters (often with different type-faces on the same handstamp), differences in arrangement, etc.

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I have set up these handstamps into four categories: Category 1 Handstamps with Office name, District Office name and County name as shown in Figure 13. Category 2 Handstamps with Office name and County name, Figure 14. Category 3 Handstamps with Office name and District In Category I, Figures 13 through 13G have the office name at Office name, Figure 15. the top, the date across the center, the District Office below the Category 4 Handstamps with Office name only, Figure 16. date, and the county at the bottom. Figures 13H and 13J differ in that the District Office is placed above the date. In Figures 13K, 13L, and 13M the District Office is inscribed serially after the Office name, at the lOp of the handstamp. Note the variations in the size of type in each location - only the date seems constant (and it is in English!). Note also the use (rare) of lower case letters in 30 JUl ~a Figure 13K, and for the offi ce name in Figure 13j. I believe these two usages are unique. Figures 13D and 13G are surely rubber; possibly all the others are metal.

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The first six of Category ~ are fairly normal (though I hesitate to use that word). Figures 14F and 14G show the use of serifed letters; Figure 14H shows the use of lower case letters. Figure 14J is unique in that it is the only case I have found with slanting capital lelters. Figure 14K through 14N are crude rubber handstamps, assembled from · miscellaneous type in all cases except Figure 14M. And Figure 14P is the only case I know wherein the lelters are in Gaelic script. Aside from Figures 14K through 140, it appears all the hands tamps are metal. Page 10 The Revealer July, 1979

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Fig. 15Y 7 " ~PR39 SE AN In Category 3 note the lack of consistency in the use of lettering: only Figures 15, 15A, 15C, 15S, 15T, 15U, 15Xand 15Y PHAlll S use the same letters throughout. Others use a mixture of upper case and lower case, serifed and non-serifed letters, of different sizes. Yet most of the types illustrated occur on several different offices: I believe only Figures 15F, 15T and 15Y are unique, though some of the others, e.g. Figures 15H, 15K, 15Q, 15S, 15W and 15X are quite rare. Again, it i~ my belief that many of these handstamps are metal, though Figures 15F, 15H, 15J, 15K, 15T, 15U and 15X are surely rubber. There is a rather wide divergence in ~he dates w~en these handstamps we~e used; e.g. Figure I?F.is, qUlle early, bemg one of only two Gaelic temporanes of which t am aware used before 1925; and Figure 15X (DRUIM CLIABH) is dated 197..:;0.,. . __~ . Fig. 160

It is characteristic of the Gaelic 'interims' for the date t6 be located in a straight line across the center of the hands tamp; in Category 4 this characteristic is not invariable, Figures 16, 16B, 13 Jy 33 13 AP 16J, 16K and 160 vary from the norm. Figure 16F shows the 34 second of the two temporaries used before 1925. Figures 16G and 16H show cases where part of the Office name is at the top, and part at the bottom, of the handstamp. Figure 16J illustrates one of some half dozen cases where the handstamp has a double outer circle; note that on this illustration the "D" of DOIRIN is reversed and the "R" inverted. Figures 16A and l6B show examples of the (not uncommon) misplacement of letters. Small errors like these occur at random in all the temporaries and occasionally make identification pretty difficult. Figure l6K shows the 'split-ring' cancel, of which I beli eve only three examples exist. Figures 16L, 16M, and 16N differ so little that I suppose I could have considered them just one type. Probably Figures 16D, 16E, 16F, and 16J through 160 are all rubber; I think the rest are metal. The temporary handstamps both English and Gaelic, were short-lived. For this, in one way, I'm thankful as there is such a myriad of varieties. On the other hand, their short lives results in their being uncommon and hard to find, which causes me to fear Fig.16D there may be plenty o f others 1 have never seen. In short, because of their scarcity and variety, I do not make any claim that I have studied this particular aspect of Irish postmarks exhaustively. (To Be Continued) July, 1979 The Revealer Page 11

101. GLlNNSGE Glinsk Castlerea. koso CONTINUED 102. GOIRTIN Guneen LIST OF OFFICES 103. GOIRTINI· Gurteeny BY T. HOWI"EY J. COUNTY 104. AN 10MAIRE Newbridge Gaelic Name English Name Districl Name 105. GORT INSE GUAIRE Gort 30. BEAL ATHA GLUININ Ballyglunin 106. GORT UI MHADHADHAIN Gurtymadden Ballinasloe 31. BEAL ATHA MOGHA Castlerea. Ras. 107. GRAIG NA MUlLTE IARAINN Woodlrod Loughrea 32. BEAL ATHA NA SLUAIGHE Ballinasloe 108. INDREABHAN 33. BEAL CH LAIR (6) Belelare Tuam 109. INIS BO FINNE Inishbolin (Aran Island) 34. BEARNA Bama Galway 110. INIS MHEADHOIN Galway 35. BEARNA DEARG Bamaderg Tuam Il l. INIS THlAR Inishere (Aran Island) 36. BOLLAN (7) (obs.) Bu'llaun Loughrea 112. INISH TOIRBERT (7) Inishtoirbirt CliIden 37. BOTHAR MOR Bohermore Galway })3. INIS TUIRC Inishturk Inishbofin 38. BOTHAR NA TRAGHA Salthill Galway 11 4. 10RRUS FHIONNAIN· Errislannan Clilden 39. BUIDHE ABHNACH Boyounagh Castlerea, Ros. LATHAIGHE (16) 40. CAISEAL Cashel Recess LEATHBHAILE (17) 41. CAISLEAN NUA (7) Newcastle Galway 115. LEATH BHEALAI (i8) (7) Levally Tuam 42. CALADH NA MUC Collinamuck Galway 116. LEITIR FRAIG Letter£rack Galway 43. CAMAS Camus Galway 117. LEITIR GElS (7)· Lettergesh Renvyle 44. CARNA Cama Recess 118. LEITIR MEALLAIN Lettermullen Galway CARN DOLLA (15) 119. LEITIR MOR LeltermOre Galway 45. Costelloe Galway 120. LIONAN Leenane Galway 46. CATHAIR LOISGREAIN Caherlisuane Shrule 121. MAGHARD Moyard 47. CEALLTRACH NA PAILISE Caltra Ballinasloe 122. MAGH CUILLlN Galway 48. CEAPACH AN tSEAGAIL Cappataggle Ballinasloe 123. MAGH GLAS· Moyglass Loughrea CEATHRAMHA NA 124 . MAGH LOCHA Ballinasloe LATHAIGHE (8) 125. MAINSTIICHINEIL 49. CEATHRU NA LATHAI· (9) Brownsgrove Tuam FEICHlN Abbey Loughrea 50. CEATHRANHA RUADH Galway 126. MAINSTIR CNOC MHAIGH (19) Abbeyknockmoy Tuam 51. CILL CHIARAIN Kilkerrin Ballinasloe 52. CILL CHIARAIN GAILLIMHE Kilkerrin Recess 127. MIONLOCH Ballinasloe 53. CILL CHOLGAIN Kiko lgan Galway 128. MOTA GRAINNE OIGE Woodlawn Ballinasloe 54. CILL CHONAILL Ballinasloe 129. MUlNE AN MHEADHA 55. CILL CHONNLA Kikonly Tuam 130. 0DHAR Ower Headlord 56. CILL CHRIOST Kilchreesl Loughrea 131. PAIRC NA nDRISEOG Brierfield Ballinasloe 57. CILLINI DIOMA KilIeenadeema Loughrea 132. PORT OMNA 58. CILL IOMAIR Ballinasloe 133. RINN AN MHAOIL Renvyle Galway 59. CILL MHIC CRAITH Cill Mhic Craith Kylebrack 134. RINN MHOR (20) Renmore Galway 60. CILL MHUIRBHI Kilmurvey Galway 135. ROS CATHAIL Rosscahill Galway 61. CILL ODHRAIN Killoran Ballinasloe 136. ROS MOR· Rossmore Loughrea 62. CILL RICHIL Kilrickle Loughrea 137. ROS MUC Rosmuck 63. CILL RONAIN Jl.ilronan (Aran Is.) Galway 138. SEAN BHAILE (obs.) Oldlown Ballinasloe 64. CILL TORMOIR Killonner Ballinasloe 139. SRAID DOIMNIC Dominick St. Galway 65. CILL TULCHA Kiltulla Athenry 140. SRATH SALAC Recess 66. CINN MHARA Galway 141. STAISIUN ATHA 67. CLADACH DUBH Claddaghdull Clilden D10MAIN (obs.) Attymon 5tn. Athenry 68. CLOCHAN Clilden 142. STAISIUN B.A. NA 69. CLOCHANAI (21) Cloghan's Hill Tuam SLUAIGHE (obs.) Ballinasloe 5tn. 70. CLOCH BREAC· Cloghbrack Claremorris, Mayo 143. TIGHNEATHA Tynagh Loughrea 71. CLOCH NA RON (10) Roundslone Galway 144. TOBAR Tubber Galway 72. CLOIGEANN Galway 145. TOBAR PHEADAIR (7) Peterswell Galway 73. CLUAIN BHEIRNE Clonbem Moylough 146. TUAIM Tuam 74. CLUAIN FHEARTA 147. TUAIM ARD Toomard Ballinasloe BHREANNAIN Clonfert Ballinasloe 148. TUAIM BEOLA (obs.) Toombeola Galway 75. CLUAIN BHINDE Cloonminda Casllerea, Ros. 149. TURLACH MOR Athenry 76. CLUAIN TUAISCIRT (7) Clonluskert Ballinasloe 150. UACHTARARD Galway 77. CNOC BREAC New Inn Ballinasloe 151. UARAN MOR Galway COILL BREAC (11) 152 ? Dalyslown Loughrea COILL MHOR (12) COUNTY KERRY 78. COILL SALACH (obs.) Kilsallagh Castlerea, Ros. Eng{ish Name District Name 79. COMAR Cummer Tuam Gaelic Name Tralee SO. CORR AN DOLA (13) Corrandulla Galway I. ABHAINN AN SGAIL Annascaul Killamey 81. COIiR AN DROMA Curra ndrum Galway 2. ACHADH TIOBRAD • Aghtllbrid 82. CORR NA MONA Comamona Claremorris, Mayo 3. AN COIREAN Waterville Kil!amey 83. CREACH MHAOIL Galway 4. AN ClIRRACH ClIrrow Farranfon 84. CREAGA Creggs Roscommon 5. AN INSE Inch Tr~lee 85. CREAGAN Mount Rellew Ballinasloe 6. AN TOCHAR Causeway Tralee 86. CRbsBHOITHRE AN 7. ARD FHEARTA Ardfert Tralee PHAORAIGH Power's Cross Portumna 8. BAILE AN BHlIINNEANAIGH Ba ll ybunion Listowell 87. CROSBHOITHRE MHAMA 9. BAILE AN FHEIRTEIRIGH Bally ferriler Tralee (obs.) Maam Cross Galway 10. BAILE AN MHlIILLlN (I) Milltown Killamey 88. CURRACH (obs.) Curra Loughrea 11. BAILE AN MHtll LLlN (2) BallymlllJen Tralee 89. CURRACH THIAR Curragh West Tuam 12. BAILE DtlBH Ba ll yd ull Tralee 90. DOIRE UI BHRIAIN· Derrybrien Gort 13. BAILE GARRAN Spa Tralee 91. DOIRIN (obs.) Derreen Ballyglunin 1'1. BAILE ht:ARR Ballyhar Farranfore 92. DROICHEAD AN CHLAIRIN Galway 15. BAILE MHIC G HIULLA 93. DROICHEAD BHEIL AN ATHA AN GHOLD Ballymacelligolt Tralee MOIR BaIJinamore Bridge Ballinasloe 16. BAILE NA nGALL Ballydavid Dingle 94. DUN AN OCHTA Ballinasloe 17. BAILE NA SGEALG Ballinskelligs Cah irci veen 95. DUN MOR Dunmore Tuam 18. BAILE 1I1 THAIDHG Ballyheigue Tralee 96. EACHDRUIM Aughrim Ballinasloe 19. BAILE ATHA LONGPHtllRT Ballylonglord LislOwel FAIRCHE (14) 20. BONNAN Bonane Killarney 97. GAILLIMH Galway CAISLEAN AN GHRIARTHAIGH (3) 98. GALLACH UI CHEALLAIGH Caslleblakeney Ballinasloe 21. CAISLEAN EASA DlIlBHE Asdee LislOwel 99. GARBHTHRAIN Garrafranes Tuam 22. CA ISLEAN GHRAIGHAIRE (4) CASTLEGREGORY Tralee 100. GLEANN NA MADADH Castlerea. Ros. 23. CAISLEAN NA MAINGE Castlemaine Killamey Page 12 The Revealer July, 1979 24. CAM Camp ]'ralee NOTES 25. CARRTACH Caragh Lake Killarney (I) BAILE AN MHlIILLlN. CO CHAIR RA ICHE 26. CATHAIR DHOMI-INAILL Caherdaniel Killarney 27. CATHAIR SAIDBHIN Cahirciveen (2) BAILE AN MI-IUILLlN. THRICHLl (g) To 1950. See KER 22 28. CATHAIR III MI-IORAIN BJennervi lie Tralee

CATALOGUE OF THE PERFINS OF IRELAND Compiled by Norah K. Wright (copyright of the author) PART 2

PERFIN NUMBER OF HOLES HEIGHT AMPERSAND NUF 11 .8.7 Norwich Union Fire Insurance LP/ HC 6.8/ 10.7 4~ Londonderry Port &: Harbour LETTER "0" Commission OA/ BC 8.8/ 11, 9 4~ LlP&:I-I/ C 7/ 10. 12. 12/ 8 (IlIA) Ocean Accident & British General Londonderry Port &: Harbour Insumnce Co. Commission OA/ CC 8. 8/ 9. 7 L&:S Ocean Accident & Guarantee London Scouish Assurance Co. Corporation LSS/ Co 7. 10. 10/ 8.4 12. 21 / 24 Limerick Steamship Co. O'M /* O'Meara Bacon Curers Limerick LS 6.9 Limerick Steamship Co. LETTER "P" P 10 L.U/ &:C 7. 10/ 12.8 (IlIA) jC Parkes &: Son Coombe. Dublin Law Union &: Crown Insurance Co.

LY/ &:R 7. IO/ Ig. 12 (Ill) P-IO, Diamond-28 5. 12~ (> Powers Whickey Dublin Law Union &: Rock Assurance Co. LETTER '.'M" PAC 8.8. 7 Prudential Assurance Co. M 17 PAC 9. 10.8 M 11 Prudential Assurance Co. W. MacQueen &: Co. Belfast PACo (monogram) 27. gl. Ig. 18 14~. 10 15. U, 7, 7110 Patriotic Assurance Co. Musgrave Bros. Ltd. Cork PB/ L" 10. 14/ 7.6 M&:Co 15. 16.8.6 (11) Pim Bros. Ltd.

M ~ .B/ &:Co 18 •. 7 .• 14/ 12.8.8 (IlIA) P&:C~ 11.14.10.8 (Ill) M ~ K 15.6. 10 PDM/ Lo 8. 9. 1116.6 o M.D/ Co IS, 1118.6 PH/ C 10. 12/ 8, 6 Maypole Dairy Co. TO P.(I)L 10.5.5.5/ 7.8.8 MC/ &:S IS, 10/ 12. 11 (lA) Potikof[ (Ireland) Ltd. M/C.W.R 15/ 10. 16. 14 O P.M/C 11 . 15/ 14.8,4 5. Midland Great Western Railway Palgrave Murphy &: Co. 10. IO/ Ig . 8, 6 (Ill) MR/ C o L ° 17. 12/ 10. 8. 7. 9 Philip Pierce &: Co. Wexrord May Roberts &: Co. Ltd. Dublin o ° PR 8. 10 MR/ C L 15. 12/ 8.6,7. 7 May Robert. &: Co. Ltd. Dublin P.V.lL ° 10.9/ 7.7 MR/ LO 11, 10/ 6.6 P&:V 10. 14.9 (Ill) May Robens &: Co. Ltd. LETTER "Q" M. S 17. 10 QOC 11, 10.8 M~/ Co 15. 10/ 8. 4 Queens Old Castle Cork M&:S/ N 15. 12. II / Ig (IlIA) Q.O.C. 11. 10.8 Queens Old Castle Cork MW 15. 14 LETTER " R" LETTER "N" R Ig 6 or 7? N/ A/ F/ I 10. 8. 7. 4 TO Navy &: Air Force Institute R.B.I/ L 12. Ig. 517. 5, 7 Royal Bank or Ireland Ltd. NES 11 .9.9 Nestle &: Co. Ltd. Belrast R.D/ &:S 12. 11 / 1g. 11 5~ (Ill)

N&:S Ig. 14. 10 RE/ WR 10.9/ 12. 10 4~ Newson Se Co. Cork Railway Executive Western Division RC 10.9 N&:S/ CORK Ig. Ig. 11 / 7.8. 11 , 9 (IlIA) Guardian Royal Exchange Newson &: Son Cork Assurance Group NS/ PCC Ig. 10/ 10.8.8 RI 10.4 4~ National Society Prevention or Royal Insurance Cruelty to Children o RIIC 12.5/ 8.4 Roval Insurance Co. July, 1979 The Revealer Page 13

PERFlN NUMBER OF HOLES HE[GHT AMPERSAND W.B 15.13 5~

D WB 14. 14 51! RlIC /L 10, 417, 4/ 6, 6 Royal Insurance Co. Ltd. WB 15,15 o R[/ C /L 10, 417, 4/ 6, 7 W .B. /F. 15.13.1 18 5~ Royal Insurance Co. Ltd. WC/ lkS 14.8. 14. 10 (Ill) o D RLF/ lkC I L (iliA) 10,7,8/ 12,8,6/7,7 WC/ lkS 13. 8/ 13. 10 4~ ([A) Messers Robertson Lesie. WClkS (diagonally) 14.10.11. 11 6 (iliA) Ferguson Bc Co. Ltd. WE[R 15. 10.5. 12 6 R/ M/ LD 10/ 11 / 6,6 Wier Dublin RlkN 13, 14, 13 (Ill) WE/ S 13. 10/ 9 5% R.S/ lk/ C 0 12.11 / 13/ 8,6 (Ill) WiIliam Ewan Bc Son Ltd. Belfast LETrER "S" Wlk / GB 14.12111. 13 (iliA) SI B 9/ 11 WH/ MG 15. 11 / 15. 10 SI!I 10,8 W / [TC 12/ 4. 6. 7 4% (To Be Continued) W.D. Ik H.D. Wills SDO 11, 12, 10 ",Ep Perforated numbers must be carefully checked as Kodak, 10, 10, 10/ 11 upon receipt of a film for developing, punch a series of code S Security Endorsement & Perrin numbers through the label and very often through the stamps Society of GB which results in a non-perfin. However, by comparing a few of the I I. 7, 7 Kodak numbers one quickly sees their uniform type which can be I I. 7, 10 quickly reo)gnized. Sun Life Assurance Co. Editor's Note: SLO 9,6,8 4 ~ This Perfin listing of Ireland, started in the April issue and Sun Life Assurance Co. completed here is the most comprehensive to date and represents SIMI D 9/ 1119 4% years of dedicated effort in compiling data. Nonih K. Wright and D SM/ DL 9, 11 / 9,6,6 4l1-5 those who have helped her should be congratulated on what has SM/ DL 9, 11 / 9, 6 4% been accomplished. SMIBP 9, 111 11 ,8 4~ In looking over the listing it can be seen that an estimated 1/ 3 Shell Mex British Petroleum Co. of the Perfins need identification as to user. Miss Wright probably o SPC/ C 10, 10, 8/ 8, 6 knows who the users of most of these are, but in order to be listed s.s 10.10 officially it is necessary to find the Perfin on cover with the Reputed to be SLubbs Mescondile appropriate corner card. Your help is needed. If you have a cover OHice which can identify a user, or an unlisted perfin, let me kr:o'" and S.S Il.ll I'll pass on the information to Miss Wright. SlkS 10, ?, 10 6 SlkS 10, 12, 10 4% SAWERS . 11 , 10. 15, 10. 12, 11 4\1 Messers Sawers Fishmongers &: LETrER"T" E.P.A. SPECIAL OFFERS Poulterers Dublin & Belfast TB (diagonally) 7. 13 Th" lollowing items may be ordered lrom Edward ). Ryan. 4A TB/ CL 7. 13/ 8. 7 Church wood. 91 Ri\'ervicw Rd .• Niantic. Cl' 06357. l 1.5.:\. All pri,x ., inclurle TBlkC 0 (in shield) poslage and handling. !\'Iakeall dtecksand money orders papbk 10 E.}. Ryan. T. Brown Ik Co. Dublin IRISH OVERI'RINT IDENTIFIER - A clear plaslic O\'crlay to help sorl out T.B Ik C 0 7. 11 / 12.8.6 4% (iliA) your overprint is.'iues. \Vilh it is a chart giving Scou and GibtJons numhers ar.d an artide on identifying lh~ overprints. Price: $3.25 to rnembt·rs. 55.25 to non­ TC 0 7.8.6 6 members. T Ik CO 7. 14 .8.4 (Ill) HIBERNIAN CATALOG Of THE STAMPS Of IRELAND- i9!!2-197!!­ TDlkS 7. 11. 12. 11 4l! (iliA) A very worthwhile cataltl!( at a reasonable price. 55.00 !X',lpaiu to melllheu Thomas Dixon &: Son only. (Last Chan"" To Oruer!

TH/ D 7. 12111 4~ THE "TAYLOR-MADE" fEN [AN ESSAYS - J. E. Foley', study of Ihe Thomas H enshaw Dublin origin ollhe Fenian laheh tha( appt'ared in 1 he American I'hilatrlbt. ha, been reprinted as a booklellhrulIgh a joint venture 01 the E.P.A. anuthc A.P.S. 'The THW/ lkC ~ 7. 11 . 15/ 13 ,8,6 (Ill) TH While Ik Co. Clarendon Mills 2-t-page bookkt con lams 25 illustralions and 80 loomores. 111eorigin is traced Belfast noltO the Fenian Brotherhood. bill to Ihe nOlorioll' i9!h century producer 01 bogu. philaldic mal(·rial. S. Allan Taylor. Price $1.,,0 each. T .S/ lkC~ / B 7.11 / 13.8.6/ 13 LETrER"U" E.P.A. SEAL RUBBER STAMP - The olCicial seal of Ihe Eire Philatelic Asso<:ialion. as seen on thr {rani covcr and a ll official E.P.A. Iclt~rheads. has V.M.A/ C 0 blocn reproduced inlo a rubber 'tami> aV:lilahie 10 our rnem\)" .. ,. Dress up lour Ulster Marine Assurance Co. em'elopes and Jelltr. by using th ~ official se,, 1. Price $3.00 each. LETrER "V" THE ADHES[ .... E REVESl'E STAMPS Of IRELAND: 1858 - 192.; - jam~' VOC 7.8. 7 J. Brauy's dt"lailed 'itudy of iri ~ h req' Jlue sta mps as reprinted from The Vacuum Oil Co. Amedcan PhilaleiiSl ..\1l Ihe ren'nlle, {wm th.is 'pe,iod have heen placed int" o VOC 9. 10.8. 4 tasy·to-(ollow cHa[og form wilh many interesting details reiau.. "

penny post for Dublin for letters under 4 ounces." Our April meeting at WESPEX in San Francisco was far 1774 "Penny Post now dated and marked. Two penny post more successful. We had good attendance, twelve in all. Present established in Dublin with 13 stations to move the were President Garvin Lohman, Preston Pope, Mr. & Mrs. Bill postal traffic." Zellers, John Blessington, Don Foley, Bill Murphy, Herb Nishio, 1780 "Phoenix Brewery opened by' Madder." Dick Swords and three visitors, two of whom were from Dublin. 1782 "Convention of Dungannon abolishes 'Poynings Law' Bill Zellers showed the slides of Ireland's post boxes which he took and Irish constitution promulgated." on his trip last year. They were different and very interesting. The 1798 "Irish and French troops fail in independence bid after mini-auction was a success also, all the lots were sold. Some of the fierce fighting. British Government unites Ireland and bidding was a mad scramble and fun. England for unified administration in all phases of As for the WESPEX show, there were five Irish exhibits, all operation." by E.P.A. members. Garvin Lohman had ten frames of Revenues 1799 "New type of FREE FRANKS is noticed on letters with that won a Vermeil award; Pat Stillwell had seven frames of Irish Red or Black ink being used. WHY?" Postal History prior to 1922 ... its award was a silver; Jim Lawless 1818 "53 Receiving Houses now established in Dublin and24 showed four frames of Ireland Postal History which won him a outside Dublin for TWO penny post." silver award also; and John Blessington had ten frames of Postal 1820 "Phoenix Brewery bought by Daniel O'Connell, Jr." Stationery, and, to his delight, it brought him a Vermeil award 1826 "Bianconi now carries mail over 2,006 miles of roads and the E.P.A. Gil Roberts Memorial Plaque. Last but not least, thus providing postal service to all of Ireland." yours truly showed Definitive Officials that gave me a Bronze. 1832 "Penny Post now general. Postal charges based on Irish This was because I was in a category in which I was the only mile for a single sheet. An enclosure means double rate, participant (I think I should have had a Gold, Silver and Vermeil also more than one enclosure and over I oz . .requires a too since I was the only one in the section). quadruple rate." Congratulations to all who exhibited. The rest of the show e.g. A single sheet from Dublin to Cork lId was exceptional, 300 frames in all, and some new dealers in the Letter of I~ oz. from Dublin to Cork 4/ 7 bourse. I found one item for my collection, a stampless EL with 1832 "Have you seen any missionary wrappers bearing Gorey straight line mileage mark and ms 6 rate, destination Bray. "Charity Letter. Post Paid?" A good time was had by all. 1833 "Many ship letters arriving via Cork, Dublin, Belfast and other ports from West Indies bearing many interesting markings. At times, the passage from there is often less than 3 weeks." 1837 "Over 200 Penny Post routes now established." 1838 "James Chalmers of Dundee reported to have designed an adhesive label for postal use." An Interesting Cover To Ireland 1938 "Reported that August.Godby, Secretary of Dublin Post Office has submitted 2 essays in British Treasury Department competition for postage stamp." 1839 "Four Penny Post tested from 5 December to ID January 1840 at which time it is abolished." 1840 "6 May, first penny postal stamp is issued." ••••••••••••

Bibliography: "Life in Ireland", L.M. Cullen "EIRE" and her stamps" Jas. A. Mackay "West Viking" Farley Mowat "Irish Postal History"; C.]. Cooke "Irish Postal History"; D. Feldman & W. Kane "Postal History of G. B. & Ireland"; R.M. Wilcocks

NOR-CAL CHAPTER NOTES: by R. }. Swords The February meeting scheduled for the PHILATELIC Included in the exhibit of New Orleans postal history of FIESTA show in San Jose turned out to be a bust. By the time most Hubert C. Skinner that earned a gold medal with felicitations at of the members arrived our scheduled time was nearly up. I got CAPEX last year, was the cover here illustrated from New Orleans lost finding the Hall where the show was being held so was about to Enniskillen. twenty minutes late in arriving and met Don Foley on the way in. The 3et red of 1861 was used as partial payment of the 24et rate. Bill Murphy was the only one on time. Garvin Lohman, Preston The "Is" marking is believed to have been applied in Ireland and Pope and Jim Lawless finally arrived but by then so little time was is similar to the Id marking shown in Alcock & Holland (Fig. left we spent it in a "gab-fest" on Irish Philately. Perhaps the 1699). The recent work by Feldman and Kane also shows a scheduled time of 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. had something to do with it. similar marking on page lIS, but in that book the illustration Our NOR-CAL members don't seem to function well in the shows that the serif at the top of the numeral is diagonal instead of morning. The show itself was a good show with nice exhibits, at horizontal as is this one. In addition, they do not show the curved least as nice as it could be with no Irish exhibits. I found nothing line under the "S". If anyone can shed further light on the to add to my collection despite the thirty four dealers in the bourse. marking both Dr. Skinner and your editor would be grateful. ~tttr .!,nt~ DEALER IN THE PHILATELY OF Jrtlanb 1/1 DUNBANE, CARRICK-ON-SUIR co. TIPPERARY, IRELAND Member APS, EPA, IPC, WPS

THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY ;. OF THE FIRST IRISH DEFINITIVE POSTAGE STAMP: MINIATURE SHEET, Se #326a, SG #MS324

With the popularity of the Great Britain Historic Buildings sheet and the platingof same, attention has now turned to the first Irish miniature sheet. issued by the Post Office in 1972. When one considers that only 130,000 sheets of the latter were issued as against approximately 1,500,000 of the first G .B. miniature sheet issued by their Post Office in 1978, then the Irish sheet appears a sound investment indeed.

There are 14 different p late positions of the Irish sheet; i.e. two rows of 7 miniature sheets each. The plated set has been offered recently at b 95 ($195.00) which averages out at over I:. 6.75 ($13.00) for each sheet. It appears that there are, in fact, equal numbers of each plate position available although there is an obvious additional demand for Sheet 2 on Row 2. which shows the catalogued variety " retouch in the first 'E' of EIRE" on the top right hand stamp of the sheet. Recently it was reported that Sheet 2, Row I was scarce but this is now known to be untrue.

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I am offering the sheet with the variety (S2/ R2) at a price of b 6.50 ($13.00) and each of the following sheets which I have in stock at I:. 5.00 ($1O.00) each: SI/RI; S3/ RI; S4/ R I; S5/ RI; S7IRI; SI/ R2; S5/ R2 - S7/ R2. (S = sheet: R = row).

In addition I am offering a trade-in deal, any two of your sheets for anyone of the plated sheets listed above (except S2/ R2). This amounts to a buying price of b 2.50 ($5 .. 00) per sheet which you trade in. The highest dealer's buying price seen to date is "b 1.65 ($3 .30).

Any order for 4 sheets or more which I supply , will be accompanied by a detailed p lating guide.

All miniature sheets supplied in superb unmounted mint condition and, likewise, 'trade-ins' will only be accepted in the same condition.

I will be maintaining this offer for as long as current stocks last.

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WANTED: Buying Gutter Pairs, Plate Blocks. Errors and Varieties. First Day Covers. Flight Covers and any other Irish material you may have to offer. Send detailed listof material for immediate offer. Cash or exchange arranged. Please mark my VAT number on all sendings for Customs purposes: VAT No. 9/ F/ 9538IW. WANT LISTS: Welcomed for specific items from my extensive stock of Irish material. For inclusion on my free mailing list please forward your name and address with a note of your interests. TERMS: Payment with order in {) .S. Dollars. Sterling or Irish Pounds, by Bankers Draft, Check or Mastercharge. Minimum postage $1.00 extra but p lease allow extra for bulky lots. Post free on all orders over $100.00. subject unsold. Satisfaction or refund guaranteed.