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). Address Changes: Send address changes to the Publisher, Patrick I would like to take the J. Ryan, Sr. 1232 Cibolo Trail, Universal City, TX, USA 78148 opportunity of this first message to thank all of you who took the STAFF time to vote for me as your EditorlPublisherlDistributor: Patrick J. Ryan, Sr. 1232 Cibolo Trail , Universal City, TX, USA 78148 President. I hope that together Assistant Editor: Robert J. Joyce we will work towards making our 14302 Oak Shadow, San Antonio, TX, USA 78232 Association progressive and Associate Editor: Anthony Finn vibrant. 19 Kennington Rd., Templeogue, Dublin 6W, Ireland This vibrancy starts with all Advertising Manager: John L. McManus 100 Pamola Park, Millinocket, ME, USA 04462 members and officers of the E.P.A. (all officers have been THE REVEALER Back Issues: Patrick McNally asked to remain in their positions). Our main role is to make P.O. 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Conway the E.P.A. 74 Woodside Circle, Fairfield, CT, USA 06430 (Continued on next page) Treasurer: Margaret Zellers P.O. Box 52207, Riverside, CA, USA 92517 Immediate Past President: Robert E. Moskowitz CHAPTER COORDINATORS 1634 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD, USA 21231 EditorlPublisherlDistributor: THE REVEALER: Commodore John Barry Cbapter Members reside in NJ, NY. PA Patrick J. Ryan, Sr., 1232 Cibolo Trail, Universal City, Coordin8l0r: David J. Brennan. TX, USA 78148 PO Box 704. Bemardsville. NJ 07924 Governor Emeritus Connecticut Cbapter Members reside in er and Western MA Bill Hickey Neil Stack Coordinator: Michael J. Conway, 74 Woodside Circle. Fairfield er 06430 Directors lames Hoban Cbapter Members reside in MD, V A. OC Honorary Chairman of the Board: Col. B.B. Zellers Coordinator: Robert E. Moskowitz, James Maher Richard McBride 1634 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21231 Ouo Jung George Ryan Jobn McConnack Cbapter Robert J. Joyce Ian Whyte Members reside in the greater Boston area Coordinator: Peter E. Bugg. Auction & Trading Post Manager: Joseph E. Foley 5 Forest SI ., Franklin. MA 02038 P.O. Box 183, Riva, MD, USA 21140-0183 Lone Star Cbapter Special Offers: Richard J. McBride Members reside in Central TX 153 Orchid Road, Meriden, CT, USA 06450 Coordinalor: Williarn P. McNaIly, Jr., Librarian: Peter E. Bugg 5034 Casa Oro. San Anlonio, TX 78233 5 Forest St., Franklin, MA, USA 02038 Nortbern Calirornia Cbapter (NORCAL) Historian: Garvin F. Lohman Members reside in Northern CA 1543 Sacramento SI. Apt #3, San Francisco, CA , No Coordinator. write 10 Mr. Con way USA 91409 Rhode Island Cbapter Publicity: No Coordin8l0r. wrile to Mr. Conway Southern California Cbapter (SOCAL) APS Representative: Joseph E. Foley Members reside in Southern CA P.O. Box 183. Riva, MD, USA 21140-0183 Coordinalor: Margaret Zellers, PO Box 52207, Riverside, CA 92517 COPO Representative: Patricia Stilwell Walker General Delivery, Lisbon, MD, USA 21765 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Association Secretary will write the appropriate coordinator when a Issue Deadlines new member joins the Association and provide the coordinator wilh lhe name and addres~ of the new member. The role of the coordinalor is 10 Summer - I June Fall - 1 September contact the new member. welcome the member to the Association and Winter - 1 December Spring - 1 March invile the member 10 join the local chapler. .•.......................••••.•••••••.••.•...•.• ~ ........ Winter 1993 THE REVEALER Page 43 I believe that we must build our membership, make ourselves better known, support youth philately and increase SECRETARY·S REPORT the knowledge base of our members. Your board of Directors, New Members your officers and I will try to develop and promote New members are accepted subject to no objections received within 45 days of programmes towards this end. Your help is needed ~nd your publication. support appreciated. I would be pleased to receive your #2395 Robert J. Wild, 753 Rockwood Court, Dubuque, lA 52003 comments, beefs, complaints and kudos at any time. In what #2396 Thomas J. Lis, 6553 Overheart Lane, Columbia, MD 21045 direction do you wish your Association to go? What is #2397 Miss Marie L. Rovere, 1435 Plymouth Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112·1242 #2398 Frank J. Donahue, Ill, P.O. Box 833, Sc~uate , MA 02066 important to you as a member, as a collector, as an exhibitor, #2399 David Laraway, 2070 N. Bechelli #30, Redding, CA 96002 etc? Please write to me -- my address is in the masthead. Your #2400 Edward J. Ross, P.O. Box 65, Granite Springs, NY 10527 input is necessary for me to lead the E.P.A. I do not want to go #2401 Eugene S. Krieg, 6190 Joaquin SI., Chino, CA 91710 #2402 Brian BiHles, 129 Boundfield Road, Catford, London, England SE6 1PF blindly into directions which the members would not support. #2403 Lawrence L. Bowles, 901 N.E. 71sl. Street, Miami, FL 33138 The 1994 A.G.M. of the E.P.A. will be held in Rochester, #2404 Anthony J. Hughes, Comer House, Mulligar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland New York at ROPEX '94, April 8-10. I hope to see many of #2405 Mary P. Riney, 48 Yorkshire Drive, Suffem, NY 10901 you there. More information in the next issue of The Revealer. ... Reinstatements #2239 Robert J. Bannan, 9236 Longhom Loop S.E., Olympia, WA 98501 Change of Address The John Blessington Memorial #2166 Sean Amiot, 105 SLeigh Ave, Campbell, CA 95008·3320 #0700 W. C. McCaw, 100 Eaglemere Dr. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2K 4K5 #1966 RPM Tebarts, Coebelweg 25, 2324 KX Leiden, The Netherlands Library #1560 Brian O'Shea, 12 Slip Park, Bantry, County Cork, Ireland #1040 Joan M Gallagher, 5200 Meadowcreek Or #2141, Dallas, TX 75248 Finally my new computer is #2381 Betty L Brockmon, 13805 Loon Lake Rd, Reedsport, OR 97467 #L2107 George H Young, 3960 S Higuera St #170, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 up and running and the first #1207 James P Walsh, 18853 Palomar Or, Sun C~, AZ 85375-4723 major job on my list was the #2152 Christine Jolly, P.O. Box 759, Mahwah, NJ 07430-0759 updated library directory. I am #2242 Michael Jolly, P.O. Box 759, Mahwah, NJ 07430-0759 #1919 Bemard C Clancy, P.O. Box 76560, Washin~ton, DC 20013 glad to be able to say that this #1530 John B Sharley, 1559 Grouse Lane, Mountalnside,