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£1 Architecture Forgery Padraig Pearse Essays The Revea er ISSN 0484-6125 QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE EIRE PlllLATELIC ASSOCIATION Vol. 43, No. 3 Whole Number 193 GEIMHREADH-Winter 1993 £1 Architecture - Forgery £1 EIRE Padraig Pearse Essays A Discovery: The Dollard Runnals Re-Entry .............. ! .................................................................... .45 Padraig Pearse Essays .................................................................................................................. 46-47 Frequency of Irish Commemoratives ................................................................................................. 47 Stampa 93 Awards ......................................................................................................... :................... 48 £1 Architecture Forgery .......................................................................................................... 48-50/55 Meet Charles ............................. .......................................................... ........ ..................................48/55 Breakfast at the GPO ........ :...................... ....... .. ......... ......................................................................... 50 Stuff & Stings ..................................................................................................................................... 51 Crossword B (Answers to A page 45) ........................................................... .................................... 51 Mail of Military Internees During WWII ............. ............................................................................. 52 Coils on Cover ................................... .......................................................................................... 52-53 Literature Review ............................................................................................................................... 54 EPA AGM Set for '94 ....................................................... ............................ ..................................... 56 Affiliate No. 21 -- The American Philatelic Society· Affiliated Member -- The British Philatelic Federation Affiliate -- Federation of Philatelic Societies of Ireland • Member -- Council of Philatelic Organizations Page 42 THE REVEALER Winter 1993 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE THE REVEAL ER ISSN 0484-6125 Published quarterly by the Eire Philatelic Association: Membership dues are as follows : U.S. ($10.00) ; Canada/Mexico ($11.50); all other countries ($13.00). 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