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55 PHILATELIC SHOW 56 GERMAN CHAPTER MEETS IN DARMSTADT 56 FAI ACTIVITI ES 56 EPA 50TH ANNIVERSARY TRIP TO IRELAND 57 IRISH PERFINS: ONE OF A KIND 58 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GENERAL POST OFFICE AT DUBLIN IN 1782 59 SHANES PARK CAMP, RANDALSTOWN 60 COMMODORE JOHN BARRY STAMP ISSUANCE CAMPAIGN 60 INTEGRATED MAIL PROCESSOR SLOGAN #13 61 THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS 1999
AJ+iCiat"e No. 21 -- t:he AmeRican phiCat"eCic Societ"y AFFiGat"e -- ~edeRation o~ phiCat"eCic Societies o~ lReCand Page 54 THE REVEALER Spring 2000
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE by David J. Brennan By the time you read this column issue of The Revealer, there was a request for someone to take over you will be packing your bags for our the position of Back Issues Manager. I had one inquiry but no 50th anniversary celebration in takers. If you are interested, talk to me and I'll give you the details Boxborough. Joe Foley and Peter of the operation of this position. It seems volunteers are getting Bugg have been working hard for the scarcer than strips ofD4ciis (68b). This issue marks the middle of past three years to make this a most my second term as your president, and if you have any desire to memorable affair. We will have a serve as an officer of our association, please contact Charles J.G. hospitality suite available to meet Verge, our nominating committee chairman. There is no clique in and renew old acquaintances. My our society; I found that out as a new member - all you have to do only request is that if you would like, is volunteer for a job and you are in the group. Please gi ve this 1 please bring a bottle of spirits or wine thought your serious consideration; the EPA is only as strong as its in case any of oun members or guests get a chill. The reason for this leadership and active membership. • request is that EPA funds are not permitted for this use. In the last
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Published quarterly by the Eire Philatelic Association: Membership dues are as follows: U.S . ($12.00); Commodore John Barry Chapter CanadalMexico ($15.00); all other countries ($20.00). Members reside in NJ, NY, PA Address Changes: Send address changes to the Publisher, Patrick J. Ryan, Sr., P.O. Box 2757, Universal Coordinator: Oavid J. Brennan, City, TX, USA 78148. PO Box 704, Benardsville, NJ 07924 E-mail Changes: Send e-mail [email protected]@aol.com. Connecticut Chapter Members reside in CT and Western MA STAFF Coordinator: Michael J. Conway, 239 Judd Rd., Easton, CT 0661 2 Editor/Publisher/Distributor: Assistant Editor: Associate Editor: Patrick J. Ryan, Sr. Robert J. Joyce Anthony Finn James Hoban Chapter P.O. Box 2757 14302 Oak Shadow 19 Kennington Rd . Members reside in MD, V A, DC Universal City, TX, USA 78148 San Antonio, TX, USA 78232 Templeogue, Dublin 6W, Ireland Coordinator: Robert E. Moskowitz, (210) 658-9235 1634 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21231 Advertising Manager: THE BEVEALER Back Issues: John L. McManus David J. Brennan John McCormack Chapter J 00 Pamola Park P.O. Box 704 Members reside in the greater Boston area Millinocket, ME, USA 04462 Bernardsville, NJ, USA 07924-0704 Coordinator: Peter E. Bugg, 5 Forest St., Franklin, MA 02038 OFFICERS ~ND DIRECTORS Lone Star Chapter OFFICERS DffiECTORS Members reside in Central TX President: Honorary Chairman oUhe Board: Coordinator: Robert J. Joyce David J. Brennan [email protected] Col. B.B. ZeIlers 14302 Oak Shadow, San Antonio, TX 78232 P.O. Box 704, Bernardsville, NJ, USA 07924-0704 Peter Bugg Robert J. Joyce Dr. Michael Burrington Wlllian O'Connor Northern California Chapter (NORCAL) Vice President, North America: Peter J. Foote, Jr. Members reside in Northern CA Joseph E. Foley jfoley4197@ao\.com Dr. Joachim Schaaf Coordinator: Oavid Laraway, P.O. Box 183, Riva, MD, USA 21140 ~0183 Auction & Trading Post Manager: Joseph E. 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Box 2788, Postal Station '0' Members reside in Greater Philadelphia area Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP SW8 Coordinator: Richard O'Brien, Immediate Past p,re,side.nt: Youth/School Provram Manager: 26 Nine Gates Road, Chadds Ford, PA 1931 7 Charles J. G. Verge [email protected] IRELAND - Philip Qulgley 1111 1111111 11111111111111111111111 11 111111111 11111 111111 1 p.a. Box 2788, pdstal Station '0' Rosslea Ten Acre, Kilrane, Rosslare Harbour, Ireland Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP SW8 V.s. - Robert Stewart [email protected] The Association Secretary will write the appropriate 12721 Paddle Ct., Orlando, FL, USA 32828 coordinator when a new member joins the Associa EditorIPublisherlD;stributor · THE REYEALER; tion and provide the coordinator with the name and Patrick J. Ryan, Sr. [email protected] APS Re,l'tesentative: Joseph E. Foley [email protected] address of the new member. The role of the coordi P.O. Box 2757, Universal City, TX, USA 78148 p.a . Box 183, Riva, MD, USA 21140-0183 nator is to contact the new member, welcome the member to the Association and invite the member to join the local chapter. ISSUE DEADLINES Summer - I June • Fall - I September • Winter - I December • Spring - I March Spring 2000 THE REVEALER Page 55 SECRETARY'S REPORT Philatelic Show 2000 New Members EPA 50th Anniversary New members are accepted subject to no objections received within 45 days of publication. by Peter Bugg #2572 Bill & Peg Van art, 89,68 Thomas Drive, Wood bury, MN 55125, This column will be the final message before the big event. I [email protected]. am writing at the end of February, so some things will have #2573 Maria Convery, 5701 Charles St., 2nd FI., Philadelphia, PA 19135, changed by the time you read this. All for the better, I hope. I am [email protected]. going to attempt to make it impossible for you not to want to #2574 Dr. Kevin J. McFarlane, 11161 Bryant Ct., Westminster, CO 80234, [email protected]. come to the show. First of all, have you ever been to New En #2575 Harold Schindler, 20 Haig Ave., E. Patchogue, NY 11772, gland in spring? Boxborough never looks better than it does in [email protected]. May. #2576 Edward A. Kelly, 334 Hemlock Lane, Springfield, PA 19064, The show is really coming together. As of this week, we have [email protected]. #2577 David Wolfersberger, 768 Chain Ridge, st. Louis, MO 63122-3259, 120+ frames of Irish material in the main exhibit. Heloise [email protected]. Mitchell is sending 14 youth exhibits of one frame each that will #2578 Susan M. Nadolski, 26575 24 Mile Road, Chesterfield, M148051 . be on display in front of our EPA booth in the society room. Changes of Address Also in this room there will be eight-page exhibits from young #L0530 Col. B. B. Zellers, 21287 George Brown Ave., Riverside, CA children in area schools, which will also feature Irish stamps. 92518-2835. Several EPA members donated the stamps for these exhibits #2549 Donald Rowe, p.a. Box 212, Hydesville, CA 95547-0212. during the past year. I cannot wait to see all this wonderful ma Resignations terial. #0758 O. Wagn, Denmark I visited the hotel this past week and there were still a nuID #2518 Steve Sirianni, Washington ber of rooms available for the weekend. When you read these #1342 Edward J. Daly, Massachusettes words, the rooms may be gone. I have reserved a private room #2502 J. Peter Maybury, England for an EPA celebration dinner on Friday evening. I have not de New E-mail Addresses cided on the menu yet or the price, but I guarantee it will be a # Henry Kuipers [email protected] great feast. Just to remind you, we have a courtesy suite for the Dropped for Non Payment of Dues weekend so you will always have a place to crash or just do #1938 Byrd, Jimmie L.; #2212 Calkins, Dennis L.; #0598 Craig, Gerald M.; some private dealing over a relaxing drink. Of course, the booth #2425 Cullen, Donald; #2510 Denham, Paul B.; #2526 Dromgoogle, Kevin; will be equipped with plenty of seating. The show banquet will #1323 Fitzpatrick, Richard C.; #1040 Gallagher, Joan M.; #2130 Garman Justus; #1982 Hancher, Michael; #1574 Kennaley, John J.; #2335 Kerns, take place on Saturday evening and all the awards will be pre Gordon D.; #2343 Kinsley Jr., Henry L.; #2498 Kraemer, Ward R; #2558 sented at that time. Lighthizer, Donald J.; #2372 McGrath, Francis J.; #2023 Mulligan, John P.; I cannot guarantee the quality of the available material, but I #2360 Munley, Patrick T.; #2086 Murphy, James J.; #2354 Nail, John T.; am sure that you will all fmd happiness at Padraig O'Shea's booth. #1174 O'Neill, Jack; #2507 Perry, John P.; #1467 Roberts, Mark J.; #1181 Roden, Thomas A.; #1409 Shanley, Edward C.; #2541 Spiller Sr., Harlan F.; I have always found a few nice items at this show, so bring lots #2482 Sullivan, Joseph P.; #2117 Tangney, Dennis J.; #2505 Timmons, of cash. We will also have some special commemorative covers Michael; #2504 Voss, Allan F. available at our booth. Paul Wittreich designed a special cancel Bad E-mail Addresses that is in the process of getting approved at this time. We have The following is a list of members whose E-mail addresses are incorrect. the pleasure of having at least two guest speakers, one on Friday We are trying to clean up our files in order to produce the Fiftieth Anniversary and one after the AGM on Saturday. Mike Giffney will make the Membership Directory. Please e-mail both [email protected] and Saturday presentation on the Islands of Ireland. Mike has been a [email protected] with your correct address ASAP. member of the EPA since it's infancy. It will be a great pleasure #1813 Blackmon, Robert [email protected] to welcome him to Boxborough and our anniversary celebra #1537 Case, Rilndolph randolph.case@qtri .gateck.edu #2238 Finneran, Joseph [email protected] tion. #2542 Frechette, Michael [email protected] Finally, for those of you who want to get a little more nostal #2311 Friedman, Melvin [email protected] gic, there will be some Irish entertainment. John Broderick, the #2531 Herren Jr., Charles [email protected] show chairman and EPA member, is working on having a harp #2545 Hunt, Patrick [email protected] #2392 Jordan, John [email protected] ist and also a troupe of step dancers to perform on Saturday at #2218 Lorenzen, John [email protected] various times. John has worked tirelessly to make this event #1510 Marshall, Michael [email protected] memorable for all of us. I hope to see you all in Boxborough, #2255 Norton, Thomas [email protected] #2535 Serilla, Stephen [email protected] May 5th, 6th, and 7th. oft #1916 Shields, William [email protected] Membership Status Irish Postal Stationery Survey Membership as of December 31, 1999 ...... 559 This is an additional appeal to those who collect Irish Postal New Members ...... +7 Stationery and have not responded to the survey notice in Resignations ...... " ...... -4 the last issue. Please complete a copy of the survey form as Dropped NPD ...... -30 soon as possible and send it to Bamey Clancy, P.O. Box Adjustment ...... -9 3036, Seminole FL 33775, or E-mail [email protected]. Membership as of March 1, 2000 ...... 523 oft Your cooperation is appreciated. oft Page 56 THE REVEALER Spring 2000 German Chapter Meets EPA 50th Anniversary in Darmstadt Ireland Trip by Joachim Schaaf by Barney Clancy January 29, 2000, an unofficial meeting of.lrish philatelists As you all know, the year 2000 is the 50th Anniversary of the and postal history enthusiasts took place in Darmstadt, 30 km EPA. Celebrations are planned during our AGM in Boxborough, south of Frankfurt, Germany. It was planned for our 10caVre MA, from May 5 to 7, and at the Irish National Stamp Show gional chapter of the FAI, but turned out to be also a national (STAMPA) in Dublin, November 3 to 5. meeting because important people from other parts of Germany Wouldn't this be a great time to visit Ireland?! The weather came to join us. Thus, it could also be considered a meeting of is mild at this time of the year, and most of the tourists are gone. the German chapter of the EPA with Hans Bergdolt, Otto Jung, Traditionally, November 1 is the start of the off-season which Hans Moxter and myself. I am in favor of such "local" meet significantly reduces air and accommodation rates. ings, which I enjoy very much. Most brought parts of their col You and your spouse could attend the celebration at STAMPA lections which they explained to the others, or had some dupli and then do a motor coach tour of the scenic Irish countryside. If cates to swap. And - as it was in a nice restaurant - we enjoyed your spouse has no interest in stamps, there are excellent tours good food and good beer. Greetings to all EPA members! • of Dublin that can be taken while you are at the show. STAMPA will have the largest concentration of dealers spe cializing in Irish stamps, plus excellent exhibits. In addition, the EPA will be hosting a 50th Anniversary party during the show; lan Whyte Ltd. will probably have an auction; ajoint meeting of the EPA, IPC and FA! will be held; and STAMPA will have an excellent awards banquet on Saturday evening. There is no bet ter time to meet Ireland collectors from around the world and put a face on those you have only known through correspon dence. While there is no commitment, I need to know if there is Hans G. Moxter, Dr. loachim Schaaf, Otto lung and Hans enough interest to justify the work of putting a tour package Bergdolt at the Darmstadt meeting. together. The three options currently being considered are: Air only; a 10-12 day AirlLand package, which would include Dublin during the show and then a tour of Ireland, including (tenta tively) Waterford, Cobh, The Ring of Kerry Blarney Castle and FAI Activities the Cliffs of Moher; or a Land only package for those using by Hans Moxter frequent flyer miles. Most of the accommodations in Ireland in clude a full American style breakfast. We could also plan on a Collectors of Irish Postage Stamps and Postal History items farewell Medieval Feast at Bunratty Castle. Although we would in Germany decided in 1982 to found a study group and to pub fly into Dublin, if we finish the tour in the Southwest of Ireland, lish their own newsletter. Seventeen years later, the group is not we could probably depart from Shannon for the return to the only very much alive, but it has extended its activities into Ire USA. These details would have to be worked out with the tour land and quite a few western European countries. Over the years, operators. more or less one publication per year.was printed and distrib If the idea appeals to you, please contact me by mail or e uted free to members who appreciated the bilingual English! mail and let me know the following information: German books as a source of welcome information. So as to 1. Number of people in your party. illustrate FA! activities, I drew a map of Europe and entered into 2. Package interest: Air only, AirlLand Tour, or Land only. it the number of members in different countries. To my surprise, 35 collectors in Ireland had joined FAI in comparison with its Barney Clancy, Treasurer 130 German members. There must be some attraction for the P.O. Box 3036 Irish. Could it be that the free copies of literature attracted them Seminole, FL 33775 or was it the quarterly DIE HARFE with its articles? To find out E-mail: [email protected] more, I drew another map showing where in Germany they had held their annual general meetings. Maybe the excuse of attend ing an AGM in Germany was luring our Irish friends into mem bership. After all, quite a few came over during recent years, CORRECTION and many brought their wives along and even promised to come The article "Recent Discoveries" appearing on page 50 of again. The AGMs covered a lot of the country from Lower Saxony to Upper Bavaria near the Alps. For the next year, the the winter 1999 issue of The Revealer referring to the exist AGM is planned for Xanten on the lower Rhine and for 2001 at ence of a Postage Due item - PDll 6d plum stamp with an inverted watermark was listed in error. The stamp turned Konigswusterhausen, within the public transport net of Capital out to be a mis-described auction lot and has been returned Berlin, but at the same time in a countryside region. With some to the owner. The author and the editor regret the error.• (see "FA!" on next page) Spring 2000 THE REVEALER Page 57
I was swamped with responses. I consider myself a "new IRISH PERFINS One of a Kind: member" and found this cooperation really great. Some mem Imperial Tobacco Company bers sent free perfins, computer listings, photocopies of their GB ITIC perfins, numerous lists, and the finest and kindly let by William S. Shields ters imaginable. Editor s Note: This article was first published in The Perfms I became interested in this perfm after going through hun Bulletin, July/August 1996 p128-131. Itis reprinted here with dreds of Irish perfins and observing that the ITIC pattern only permission of the author. appeared on the 1I2d Sword of Light stamp. This stamp is part of a series that is the longest running dennitive series in the world. The following three ITIC perfins were produced by POKO The 2d Map stamp came out in 1922, the rest of the set in affixing machines used by The Imperial Tobacco Co. (of Great cluding the 1I2d stamp in 1923. The set was only changed three Britain and Ireland) Ltd., Bristol 2. The differences are subtle times prior to finally being replaced in 1968. In 1940, the water but the pins forming the foot of the 'I' can be used to differenti mark was changed from SE to E (i.e., Scott Catalogue water ate one machine from another. The last illustration shows the marks 44 and 262). The second change was in 1949 when 8d product of the Dublin machine. and lld values were added. In 1966-67, the 3d and 5d stamps Figure 1 is taken from page 1-103 of The Perfin Society s were produced by rotogravure. In addition, the 2d and 3d values New Illustrated Catalog of Great British Perfins, edited by Roy were overprinted in April of 1941, in memory of the Rebellion Gault. of 1916. However, the ITIC punch has only been found on 1I2d stamps with the SE watermark, a stamp that was in use for 18 000 .... In use: 1929-1945 . o 0 0 o' . years. 0 Dates: 3 Aue 1929. 000 0 During the period 1922-1940, there were numerous postal .... Issues: I(BC) 'hd, I'hd l I'hd . o 0 rate changes, but the 1I2p rate covered inland mail for postal or 00 • M 'hd, I'hd, 2d 0 'hd trade cards and some special items (e.g., printed papers, litera Q 'hd-I'hd, 6d R Id ture for the blind - braille). While some collector probably has NQte: Standard alphabet POKO. the perfin on a trade or postal card, none were reported to me. Fint machine - pins forming Roy Gault, The Perfins Society Catalog Editor, provided the most 2470.01 I I fOOl of 'I' in line and details concerning the history of the Imperial Tobacco Company. horizontal. At the turn of the century, an American, James Duke, set his sights on the British tobacco market. In September 1901, he -:- ...... ·In uac: 1935-1952. purchased Ogden's cigarette and tobacco factory in Liverpool, . Dates: 51an 1945 . ...: · EnglaIld. To counter this threat, thirteen British cigarette and .... . · Issues: M 'hd, I'hd 0 'hd tobacco companies merged their resources to compete against '., Q 'hd-I ~d, 2'hd', 6d James Duke's "American Tobacco Company" and so the "Im R Ihd, Id, 2'hd S 2'hd perial Tobacco Company" was founded on November 2, 1901.. NO!f: Standard alphAbet POKO. The feud was settled one year when it was agreed that the Ameri Sccood machine - leftmost pin can Tobacco Company would concentrate on the American and 2470,01a in foot of 'I' positioned Cuban markets, while the Imperial Tobacco Company would I I sliehUy low. handle the British market (which at that time included all ofIre land). A third company was set up on September 29, 1902 to ...... · ... In UIC: 1935-1952. deal specifically with the export interests of both the ATC and ...· . DalCS: ITC. :- .. . lauea: M ....~d Q l'hd-2'hd . R 2~d S 2~d (continued in next issue) .'00 Note: Standard alphabet POKO. Third machine - boCh pins fol'l1lini the foot of \he 'I' FAI 2470.01b po.itioned low. Laraer holes (continuedfrom page 56) after cl 940. Figure 1. experience in mapdrawing, I now ventured into illustrating the distribution of FA! members inside Germany. What I discov I placed an inquiry in the NovemberlDecember issue of The ered here is a certain tendency of collectors to form clusters in Perfins Bulletin (Imperial Tobacco Company, p.180) concern certain regions, e.g. Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, the Ruhr ing the Imperial Tobacco Company. The intent was to find an Basin and the Rhine-Main-Region. These areas favour the for ITIC (Ireland: Catalog of Perfins, 2nd. ed., 1994, The Perfins mation oflocal groups holding regional meetings which keeps a Club, Mewhinney) punch on any Irish stamp other than the 1I2d society lively. The unification of Germany ten years ago showed "Sword of Light", Scott Catalogue number 65 (see Figure 1). In that in the former eastern part of the country, there is less inter addition, I was looking for examples of this pattern on stamps of est in Irish Philately - a phenomenon that has some good rea Great Britain. In retrospect, the latter question was poorly sons and will need some decades to evaporate. The good rela phrased. The question should have been, "Does this pattern ex tion between EPA and FAI is clearly demonstrated by 45 double ist on a stamp of Great Britain used in Ireland?" memberships. '" Page 58 THE REVEALER Spring 2000
The Establishment of the General Post Office at Dublin in 1782 compiled by Charles J. G. Verge In an April 25, 1999 Philatelic Literature postal Auction, Office employees as well as those employed by the Penny Post Cavendish Philatelic Auctions of Shrewsbury, England sold a 1782 and Cross Post offices. Three pages (pp. 35-37) list the names of leather backed ledger to the Collectors Club of New York. The the employees at the GPO in Dublin, their titles and emoluments. handwritten ledger (I 05 pages) contains the names, positions, sala The listing is of interest to students of Irish postal history since it ries, etc. of those people working for the General Post Office in allows us to put a name to some of the interesting positions in the the United Kingdom, the West Indies and Quebec. In it can be GPO at Dublin and to see, based on their salaries, the important found much interesting information concerning the Secretaries, roles they played in conveying the mails throughout Ireland. I hope Accountants General, Letter Carriers, Inland and Foreign Post the following listing will be of interest. Salary per position Total Annual Salary :ri!k N!un.e (£ Sterlin&) (£ Sterlin&) Deputy Postmaster General and Treasurer ...... William Henry, Earl Clennont ...... 800 (as Deputy PMG) ...... 1000 200 (as Treasurer) Secretary and Comptroller ...... John Annit, Esq ...... 200 (as Secretary) ...... 300 100 (as Comptroller) Clerk to the Deputy ...... Robert Shaw ...... 170 Postmaster General Accountant ...... Thomas Goodwyn, Esq ...... 200 Clerk to the Treasurer and Store-Keeper ...... James Annit ...... 60 (as Clerk) ...... 80 20 (as Store-Keeper) Assistant to the Accountant ...... John Julian ...... 40 Inspector of Dead and Missing Letters .. ... :...... Patrick Thompson ...... 60 Clerks of the Roads The Munster Road ...... William Maturin! ...... 60 The Connaught Road ...... Henry Harrison ...... 40 The North Road ...... Richard Boulger ...... 40 Assistants to the Clerks of the Roads The Munster Road ...... James Twigg ...... 30 The Connaught Road ...... Sheff. Hamilton ...... 70 The North Road ...... Samuel Jones ...... 352 Alphabet Keeper ...... William Maturin ...... 40 Window Man ...... Alexander Boswell ...... 45 Assistant Window Man ...... James Twigg ...... 40 Sorters ...... Samuel Jones ...... 30 Thomas Small ...... 30 Digby Brooke ...... :...... 25 Inspector of Franks ...... Richard Boulger ...... 50 Assistant Inspector of Franks ...... WaIter Hickman ...... 40 Inspector of Letter Carriers ...... Thomas Bond ...... 50 Four Stampers, Facers & Porters ...... 87 & 4/ Fourteen Letter Carriers for General and Bye Days including £ lOa year to each for an Assistant...... 464 & 16/ Two additional Assistant Letter Carriers at 8/ per week ...... 41 & 12/ Housekeeper ...... Rebecca Fortiscue . Bye Day Officers ...... 20 Clerk of the Bye Nights and of the Munster Road .... Henry Harrison .. : ...... 60 Clerk of the North Road ...... Robert Shaw . Assistants ...... ,...... John Gyles ...... 50 Michael Ecklin ...... 40 John Palmer ...... 40 Sorters ...... Charles Moore ...... 40 Frances Hopkins ...... 25 Window Man ...... Sheff. Hamilton ...... 25 Inspector of Franks ...... Robert Smith ...... 40 Two Stampers and Facers of Letters at £20 a year each ...... 40 Bye Letter Office Comptroller and Resident Surveyor ...... William Fortescue, Esq ...... 50 (as Comptroller) ...... 300 250 (as Resident Surveyor) Assistant ...... Francis Thetford ...... 30 Clerk to the Comptroller ...... Arthur Kemphill ...... 30
'The reader will note that several positions were held by the same individual. Many of th ese positions could be performed separately or there was an assistant to do the work . .'It would be interesting to know why there is such a discrepancy between the per annum salaries of the Assistants to th e Clerks of the Roads. A £5 difference between Samuel lones and lam es Twigg could be explained by seniority or years of service or the complexity of the North Road, but how do you explain that ShefJ. Ham ilton earns double Samuel lones 'salary (£70 vs. £35) ? .. Spring 2000 THE REVEALER Page 59
Shanes Park Camp, Randalstown by Jim Rankin With the declaration of war between Britain and Gennany on 4 August 1914, the military authorities established camps throughout Ireland to recruit and train young men to fight for King and Country. Shanes Park Camp was the fifth military camp to be estab lished in Ulster. Other camps were located at Antrim, Ballykinler, Clandeboye and Finner. About 50 acres of land was placed at the disposal of the military authorities by Lord O'Neill ofShanes Castle for the construction of the camp. Part of this area had been used as playing fields by the local football and hockey clubs. An old pavilion was the only structure on the site. D. COY. R.I.R. RANDALSTOWN CAMP. Nos. 27 & 28 HUTS.
the Sornme in July 1916. By the end of the war (11 November 1918), some 32,000 men had been killed and wounded. A local newspaper, dated 18 June lli'i;§.~ 1919, reported that "The troops are all demobilized now" and "Randalstown is ~ back to pre-war conditions." The Ulster Division was disbanded on 29 June 1919, but the camp still remained in use ''---- by convalescent soldiers until Decem ber 1919. The same site was again used as an anny base during the Second World War. Only the faint outline of where buildings once stood are all that can be seen today. The Ballymena Weekly Telegraph reported items of news from the camp and published photographs of sports days, boxing competitions, concerts and : groups of soldiers on parade. An inter esting colunm appeared on 18 March 1916 describing the good work done in ,,""".n.t:l...... , ... the Y.M.C.A. hut ... "It would be im- possible to overestimate the value of the social and religious work carried on. Such work is always important in camp, . but more so here with wounded men having so much spare time on theiI A large number of men started construction work in October hands. The large hut is often overcrowded, and men find it diffi 1914, and the job was completed by mid-December. The huts cult to fmd a place to write letters, etc. About 5,000 letters are had a wooden frame construction covered by corrugated iron sheeting, suspended wooden floors, and electric lighting gener ated by the Old Bleach Linen Co. in Randalstown. A temporary platfonn was constructed on the railway line adjacent to the camp. The first troops to arrive were from the 3rd Brigade of the Ulster Division (1 09th Infantry Brigade) based at FiImer Camp, Co. Donegal. Their arrival on 18 December 1914 was the start ofa mass influx of troops to the camp, and by June 1915, over 4,000 troops were encamped there. The first troops left Randalstown in July 1915 for further training in England before advancing to the front lines. The Ulster Division suffered heavy casualties throughout the war, particularly during the Battle of DINNER TIME IN CAMP RANDALSTOWN. Page 60 THE REVEALER Spring 2000
To get to the point of the above gem of knowledge, I re ceived from one of our members, Larry Brennan, who resides in BrookIyn, an article entitled "Stamp of Approval for Commo dore Barry". The Commodore Barry Club of Brooklyn, headed by Mary Nolan, has launched an international effort to have a postage stamp issued marking the 200th anniversary of the death of Commodore John Barry, the Irish-born Father of the Ameri can Navy. Attorney Dennis McMahon, the Barry Club's counsel and past president, has approached the postal authorities in the United States and Ireland concerning a joint-issue commemorative stamp Y.M.C.A. AND CONCERT HALL, RANDALSTOWN CAMP. honoring Barry (1745-1803). McMahon indicated the Barry stamp is receiving significant support both here and in Ireland. written and posted in this hut every week. One day totalled ~ , 123 , He stated that the first elected officials to join the effort were being a record in this camp. The association is now arrangmg .to Irish Senator Martin Quill of Cork and Assemblywoman Joan open other huts in the camp as 'quiet rooms', and for letter wnt Millman of Brooklyn. McMahon reports that both Irish and ing." American officials are joining us on a daily basis. Among the The camp post office used two types of skeleton hands tamps. members of the Dail Eireann, the Irish parliament, who have The single ring type, although quite common, is ~fficult to o~ joined to date are Billy Kelleher, TD of Cork; Ivan Yates, TD tain as a complete strike due to its large 34mm diameter. This and John Browne, TD both of Wexford. handstamp has been recorded used from 29 January 1915 to 11 th Barry Club President Mary N olan stated, "A stamp honoring John Barry at this time will underscore his tremendous contri bution to the birth of America as well as recognize the contribu tion the Irish have made to the growth and security of thi s na tion." If you would like to contact Dennis McMahon to offer your support, or an organization you belong to is willing to help, write to him at 7032 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Most important, please spread the word among your friends and have them write to: The Citizen's Stamp Advisory Commit tee, clo Stamp Development, United States Postal Service, 475 February 1919. The double ring type is much more elusive. Only L'Enfant Plaza SW, Room 447 4E, Washington, DC 20260-243 7. one example dated 30 August 1919 has been recorde~ to date. Write not only to the Citizen's Stamp Committee, but to every The photographer William A. .Green produ~ed a senes of five member of Congress that you might know, and don't forget to views of the camp. black-and-white postcards showmg general write to Senator Edward Kennedy. He was one of our best sup They were part of his "WAGTAIL" series. M.iss Darragh" a Sta porters for the immigration stamp. Don't wait; remember, the tioner in Randalstown, published another senes of Green.s pho committee selects suggestions up to three years in advance and tographs in 1915. These photos were of much high~r quahty ~nd 2003 is not far away. sepia-toned, usually showing large groups of soldiers standmg A reminder for our members and their friends in Ireland: outside their huts. About ten in this series have been recorded to Please solicit your representatives and members of fell ow stamp date. societies to help further this worthy cause. Thank you for your I would be extremely grateful to hear from any reader who help and cooperation. 0(0 has postcard views of this camp in their collections. Also, any one who can expand the dates of use of the two skeleton handstamps. Acknowledgments - Public Record Office ofNorthern Ireland, Ulster Folk & Transport Integrated Mail Processor Museum Cultra Co . Down, and the Slogan #13 Ordnance Survey ofNorthern Ireland. 0(0 by Maurice Barrett Commodore John Barry Stamp Issuance Campaign On 11 January 2000, a "wavy lines" slogan was used for by David J. Brennan machine 1 at 4 p.m. The usual "Millennium Greetings" slogan Back on September 16, 1956, the Irish Post Office iss~ed was in use at 2 p.m. and again by 5:30 p.m., so the "wavy lines" two stamps in honor of Commodore John Barry. The Umted slogan was short-lived. Why it was used like this, I have no idea. States Postal Administration issued a "Navy Issue" on Decem I have seen but the one example of this IMP 13 slogan. ber 15, 1936, a Ijt yellow-green of John Paul Jones and John The usual "Millennium Greetings" slogan was in use on ma- Barry. chine 2 on II January 2000. 0(0 Spring 2000 THE REVEALER Page 61
.THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS -1999
By Brian Warren
There was no major reVISIOn in postal rates during 1999. cost of IR£48.44. The Millennium set of six stamps could only Inland and G.B. rates for most items in excess of 500grms be purchased as a complete sheetlet (i.e. two sets) increasing the increased on 5 July as did .all registration and swiftpost rates cost by a further IR£1.80. All counter issues are now in sheetlet for both inland and international destinations. fonnat - the total cost of all 28 sheetlets was IR£164.86. .
SPECIAL AND COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES The 1998 totals were 42 sheet stamps 6 self-adhesive stamps, 5 miniature sheets and 5 booklets at a cost of IR£42.64; four The 1999 programme, comprising 50 stamps, 6 self-adhesive issues (Europa, 1798 Rebellion, Tour de France and Postboxes) stamps, 5 miniature sheets (including the overprinted Titanic were issued in sheetlet fonn at a total cost of IR£24.40 for 6 sheet) and 7 booklets, was issued over 11 release dates at a total sheetlets.
Date of Issue Description Cost Plate NumherslNotes Paper Perforation Printer
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26 Jan Love Stamp (15 th Issue) - Puppy 30p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCP3 14 x 14% ISSP
Greetings Booklet (9th Issue) - Pets IR£2.40 Two panes (8 x 30p) CCP3 14x 14% ·ISSP
Year of the Rabbit - Miniature Sheet 90p 3 x 30p Greetings CCP3 14x 14% ISSP ~ 16 Feb Irish Actors - Micheal MacLiammoir (Birth Centenary) 30p IAIAJIBIB CCP3 14 x 14% ISSP
- Siobhan McKenna 45p IAIAlIBIB CCP3 14x 14% ISSP
- Noel Purcell 50p IAIAJIBIB CCP3 14x 14% ISSP
26 Feb Irish Emigration - Ship arriving in New York harbour 45p IAIAIAIAlIBIBIBIB CCP3 140/. x 14 ISSP Irish Immigration - U.S. Postal Service stamp (33c) 23p Pl1l1 11 x 11 Ashton-Potter (Joint Issue with U.SA)
19 Mar Maritime Heritage - Polly Woodside 30p IAIAIAIAlIBIBIBIB CCP3 14 x 13';' Walsall - lien 35p IAIAIAIAlIBIBIBIB CCP3 14 x 13';' Walsall - RNLI Lifeboat (75 th Anniversary) 45p IAIAIAIAlIBIBIBIB CCP3 13';' x 14 Walsall - Titanic 1R£ 1. 00 IAIAIAIAlIBIBIBIB CCP3 130/. x 14 Walsall - Titanic miniature sheet (non-phosphor) IR£2.00 2 x IR£I CCP3 130/. x 14 Walsall , - Titanic miniature sheet with gold foil o/p lR£2.00 2 xlR£1 CCP3 130/. x 14 Walsall Ausprint ~ - Polly Woodside miniature sheet (Joint issue) 52p 30p Irish plus 45c Australia - See below (Table continued on next page) Page 62 THE REVEALER Spring 2000
Date of Issue Description Cost Plate Numbers/Notes Paper Perforation Printer
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29 Apr Europa (39th Issue) - Kilcolman Nature Reserve 30p Sheetlets of 10 (5 x 2) CCP3 14';' x 14 ISSP Parks and Nature reserves - Phoenix Park 40p Sheetlets of 10 (5 x 2) CCP3 14';' x 14 ISSP - self adhesives 2 x 30p IR£30 per box of 100 (50 x 2) 9V- x 9V, ISSP
29 April Centenary of Birth of Sean Lemass 30p IAIAlIBIB CCP3 14 x 14';' ISSP Single European Currency 30p (38c) IAIAIIAJVIBIBIB IB CCP3 14V. x 14 ISSP Council of Europe - 50tl' Anniversary 45p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBI B CCP3 14 x 14';' ISSP
15 June UPU - 125 Years of Postal Development 30p se-tenant CCP3 14';' x 14 ISSP 30p IAIAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB IB CCP3 14';' x 14 ISSP
IS June U.N. International Year of Older Persons 30p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCP3 14';' x 14 ISSP Pioneer Total Abstinence Association - Centenary 32p IAIAJIBIB CCP3 14x 14V. ISSP
17 Aug GAA Team of the Millennium • Various players 15 x 30p plus label in sheetlet CCP3 14V. x 14 ISSP Booklets • Self adhesive • Kings of Leinster 8 x 30p See below IIV-x II V, Ausprint • The Kingdom 8 x 30p See below !l V-x lI V, Ausprint • Ulster Abll 8 x 30p See below II V-x ll V, Ausprint • The West Awake 8 x 30p See below IIV-x!lV, Ausprint • Mint Mounted Sheetlet IR£9.95 Mounted for display (1 ,000 printed) • Imperforate mint Mounted Sheetlet IR£30.00 Mounted for framing (1 ,000 printed - all sold)
9 Sept Irish Aviation (2nd Issue) - Douglas DC 3 30p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCP3 14V. x 14 IS SP (Commercial Aviation) • Britten Norman Islander 32p IAIAIAI AJIB IBIB IB CCP3 14';' x 14 ISSP - Boeing 707 40p IAIAIAIA/ IBIBIBIB CCP3 14';' x 14 ISSP - Lockheed Constellation L·I 0490 45p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCP3 14V. x 14 ISSP - Prestige Booklet IR£4.9 1 Four panes - see below CCP3 14V. x 14 ISSP
(Table continued on next page) Spring 2000 THE REVEALER Page 63
Date of Issue Description Cost Plate NumberslNotes Paper Perforation Printer
11 Qct Extinct Irish Animals - Giant Deer 30p se-tenant CCP3 14 x 14'/. ISSP - Mammoth 30p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCP3 14 x 14'1. ISSP - Wolf 45p se-tenant CCP3 14'1. x 14 ISSP - Brown Bear 45p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCP3 14'/. x 14 ISSP - Miniature sheet JR£1.50 single set - non phosphor CCP3 14'/. x 14Y- ISSP - self adhesives 4 x 30p IR£30 per box of 100 (25 x 4) 9Yc x 9\1, (H) ISSP 9\1, x 9Yc (V)
4 Nov Christmas (29th Issue) - The Holy Family 30p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCP3 14'/. x 14 ISSP Nativity Play Scenes - Visit ofthe Shepherds 32p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCP3 14'/. x 14 ISSP - Adoration ofthe Magi 45p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCP3 14'/. x 14 ISSP - Booklet (self-adhesive - Child in Angel 's Costume) JR£5.40 (20 x 30pLe. two free stamps) IIYcxll\l, Ausprint
31 Dec Celebrating the Millennium (1st Issue) - Grace Kelly 30p People of the 20th Century - Jesse Qwens 30p Sheetlet of 12 containing two sets - John F. Kennedy 30p in two separate vertical blocks of 6 - Mother Teresa 30p CCP3paper - perf. 14 x 14'1. - John Count McCormack 30p Printed by ISSP - Nelson Mandela 30p
I Printers and Sheet Format: All stamps were litho printed This 4 x 4 format will be the normal layout for the majority of by Irish Security Stamp Printing Limited (ISSP), Walsall future issues. The plate numbers are located in the left margin Security Printers (Walsall) or the Australian firm, SNP opposite RI/SI and the colour controls in the right margin Ausprint (formerly known as SNP Cambec). opposite RIIS4. The imprint is in the bottom margin under t R4/S 1. The bottom right corner is blank. Details about the LOVE ! 1999 particular stamp (e.g. "Love 1999" or "Noel Purcell Actor") I . are included across the top margin as illustrated. This layout ·· .. ·····.. · ·· .. ·.. ·:·· .. · ·· ··········1 · ··· · ······ · ···· · ·,·~r;·· applies to both horizontal and vertical format designs. All sheets are perforated through all four margins and all individual stamps have a 2mm phosphor frame. Any variation in the above format for any individual issue is referred to .. ::.1...... ;; ; ;; ; ;~ ; ; ; ; ; .i:•• .••;;; . •.••••••• 1.. below or in the table above. Row I of " A" sheet of Love stamp with First Day Covers: Blank FDC's cost 30p (as per 1998). plate numbers (at left) and colour checks (at right) Pictorial cancels were available for all issues. Special first day covers were provided for each issue other than the GAA All commemorative and special issues are now issued in 16 Tea~ of the Millennium and Celebrating the Millennium stamp (4 x 4) sheetlet format with both "A" and "B" sheets. sheetlets. Page 64 THE REVEALER Spring 2000
Maximum Cards: There was only one set of maximum The American stamp is inscribed "Irish Immigration" and is cards, which was issued for the Endangered Animals at a cost slightly smaller format (40mm x 2Smm) on phosphorised ofIR£ 1 per mint set. paper. The D.S. stamp was issued in sheetlets of20 stamps (S rows of 4 stamps) and there are plate numbers in all four Postcards: No postcards were issued in connection with any corners but no top margin inscription as on the Irish sheetlets. commemorative or special issue during 1999. Nine sheetlets make-up the master sheet as shown by way of a diagram in the bottom margin which indicates the position each issued sheetlet was within the master sheet.
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
Love Stamp and Greetings Booklet: The two pane booklet Cancel on u.s. Postal Service cover contains eight 30p stamps in se-tenant strips of four designs. The stamps feature cute and cuddly pets - (I) Puppy; (Il) A joint Irish first day cover with both stamps was available. Kitten; (Ill) Goldfish; and (IV) Rabbit. Each stamp has two The U.S. stamp was cancelled with a Boston "First Day of labels featuring various greetings which are attached top and Issue" postmark. A ceremony to launch the stamps was held bottom. The outer edges of the panes are imperforate. One in Cobh and, as a result, the pictorial first day cancel was also stamp in each pane has an imperforate edge giving a total of available in Cobh for this issue. The plain joint first day cover five identifiable stamps in addition to the sheet issue, which sold by the D.S. philatelic bureau incorporated the Cobh bears the "Puppy" design. The make-up of each pane is as cancel. I noted that the Boston cancel used on covers sold by follows:- An Post is slightly smaller than on covers sold by the U. S. Postal Service. Pane 1: 30pI, 30pII, 30pIII and 30pIV (right margin imperforate); and Pane 2: 30pIV, 30pIII, 30pII and 30pI (right margin imperforate)
Each pane is rouletted in the binding margin and stitched into the COVers. Three of the designs are included in the Year of the Rabbit miniature sheet referred to below. There was no special "St. Valentines Day" label this year although some post offices distributed stocks of the 1998 labels. There was a separate first day cancel for the booklet panes featuring a Maritime Heritage: rnls was a partial joint issue with Rabbit in the design whereas the sheet stamp cancel featured Australia Post. The stamp issue co-incided with the opening of the "Australia '99" international stamp exhibition in a Puppy. Melbourne (19-24 March). The Titanic miniature sheet was also available with a gold foil overprint featuring the show Year of the Rabbit Miniature Sheet: A special miniature logo. Both versions of the Titanic miniature sheet are non sheet to mark the Chinese Lunar Year of the Rabbit was issued phosphor thus creating two versions of the £1 stamp on the same day as the Love stamp and the Greetings booklet. (phosphor and non-phosphor). The sheet is similar to prior years and contains three of the Greetings stamps - 30p n, 30p m and 30p IV (right margin In addition, there was a joint issue miniature sheet (on imperforate). The left hand panel shows a rabbit. The labels phosphorised paper) which incorporates a different version of differ from the booklet panes and refers to the Year of the the Irish 30p Polly Woodside stamp and an Australian 4S c Rabbit (in English and Chinese) and Happy New Year (in stamp featuring the same ship. Although both stamps show English, Irish, Cantonese and Chinese). Same FDC cancel as the Belfast built ship, the designs are not identical and show for the booklet panes. different illustrations of the ship. The Irish stamp also differs somewhat in colouring from the equivalent sheet issue and, Irish Emigration\Immigration: This was a joint issue with . although the same size, the design element is larger as it the U.S. Postal Service which issued a 33c stamp in the same bleeds into the margin; the perf. size also differs (14 x 14 Y2 ). design. The inscription "Irish Emigration" in the top margin This was the first Irish miniature sheet to incorporate a stamp of the Irish sheetlet extends across all four stamps and of another country. incorporates both the Irish and U.S. flags. Spring 2000 THE REVEALER Page 65
previous issues. The Single European Currency stamp (30p) is also inscribed in Euro currency (38c). ; ,.. .. • • • • • "• • The individual 45c sheet stamp was not sold separately by An ,..... "...... •...... Post but was available from Australia Post as part of a set of ·• • four stamps featuring sailing ships also issued on 19 March. : .IRISH SECllR.ITY ~ : STAMP PRINTING .UMlmD : The 45c sheet stamp has a pink phosphor background and a • different perf. (l4 ~ x 14) when compared to the same stamp • • within the miniature sheet (14 x 14 ~ ). The stamps were produced in sheetlets of 20 (5 rows of 4) with the stamps horizontally se-tenant with half stamp labels showing the UPU - 12Sth Anniversary: The two stamps feature "Australia '99" exhibition logo. photographs of a post office van and driver of the 1920' s and a modem postal depot scene respectively. A similar model Three different first day covers were available from An Post - van in P7T livery is available from the philatelic bureau (cost: one each for the single Heritage set, Titanic miniature sheets IR£1O.00). A total of five colour plates were used for this se and Polly Woodside miniature sheet. The same pictorial tenant set instead of the usual four-colour combination. A cancel featuring an Anchor was used for the single set and the separate cover and cancel was used for this issue. Titanic sheets. Due to the local connection with the Titanic, this first day pictorial cancel was also available in Cobh. A Pioneer Total Abstinence Association - Centenary: The separate cancel featuring the Polly Wood side was used for the stamp features a photograph of the founder, Fr. lames Cullen joint issue miniature sheet but only applied to the Irish stamp; S.J. with St. Francis Xavier Church, Gardiner Street, Dublin the Australian stamp was left uncancelled. A Melbourne I, the founding place of the Association together with the version of this cancel was also available. Pioneer pin in the background. The first day cover and cancel was combined with the V.N. International Year of Older Polly Woodside - Australia Post Issues: Australia Post Persons stamp. provided their own separate FDC for the Polly Woodside miniature sheet (not available from An Post); the Irish stamp GAA Team of the Millennium (Football): The sheetlet was cancelled with the same Dublin bureau cancel (and not features a team of fifteen "Best of the Millennium" players the Melbourne version) and the Australian stamp with a (one for each team position) as selected by a panel of GAA special Melbourne Polly Woodside pictorial cancel; this latter officials and journalists. Each stamp features a watercolour cancel was not applied to the Irish FDC's sold by An Post. illustration of each player and the layout of the sheetIet of The miniature sheet is postally valid in each country. The fifteen stamps plus one label matches their position on the Australian single set also had a separate FDC and an field of play. The label reproduces the GAA crest and has a attractive set of maximum cards with a different pictorial phosphor box. There are no plate numbers, imprints or colour cancel. controls on the sheetlet. A similar sheetlet for Hurling will be released during 2000. A presentation pack containing a Europa (parks and Gardens): The sheetlets comprise of sheetlet attached by the left hand margin and tied by a first ten stamps with illustrated side panels. The side panels are day cancel was also available. This was the only first day imperforate, all other margins are perforated. SheetIets have service offered by the bureau for the sheetlet. This issue also an imprint and colour controls but no plate numbers. saw the release of the first imperforate sheetlet by An Post which sold out on the day of issue. As usual, the self-adhesive stamps are smaller in overall layout than the sheet stamps and measure 37.5mm x 26mm. In addition to the sheetlet, four booklets contammg self Produced in boxed rolls of 100 stamps plus two reminder adhesive versions (38mm x 27mm) of the same stamps were labels (10 and 20). The roll of 102 stamps/labels is split into issued - one for each Province. Each booklet features only six strips of seventeen. The rolls are reeled sideways with those players from the respective Province as follows:- right hand delivery commencing with the "Kilcolman" design. The usual Dakota logo plus number (No: 5 seen to date) is on Kings of Leinster one of the bottom flaps; the matching flap has the reference Kevin Heffernan (Dublin) x 3, Tommy Murphy (Laois) x 2 034418A. Sold in strips of two as well as complete rolls by and Martin O'Connell (Meath) x 3. The cover of the booklet the bureau. features Keith Barr (Dublin) and Graham Geraghty (Meath);
Sean Lemass/Single European Currency/Council of The Kingdom (Munster) Europe: The font used for the ISSP imprint differs from Danno Keeffe, loe Keohane, Sean Murphy, Mick O'Connell, Pat Spillane (x 2 ) and Mikey Sheehy (x 2) - all from Kerry. Page 66 THE REVEALER Spring 2000
The cover features Eamonn Breen (Kerry) and Mark The panes are rouletted at left and stitched into the booklet O'Connor (Cork); covers.
Ulster Abu John Joe O'Reilly (Cavan) and Sean O'Neill (Down), each x 4. The cover features James Ruane (Donegal) and James Extinct Irish Animals: All the Traynor (Down); and individual stamps in the mlDlature sheet are perf. 14314 due to the mix of The West Awake (Connaught) horizontal and vertical formats and Sean Flanagan (Mayo), Tom Langan (Mayo), Sean Purcell thus differ from the sheets stamps; in (Galway) and Enda Colleran (Galway), each x 2. The cover addition they are non-phosphor and features Liam McHale (Mayo) plus Kevin Walsh (Galway). each stamp bleeds into the adjoining design. Complete booklets with the pictorial first day cancel were also available from the bureau. No pictorial first day cover was available. Collectors/dealers could prepare their own The self-adhesive stamps are smaller in overall layout than covers with any combination of the sheetlet or booklet stamps the sheet stamps and measure 37.5mm x 26mm (Brown Bear for cancellation with the pictorial postmark. Booklets were on and Wolf designs) or 26mm x 37.5mm (Mammoth and Giant general sale ill their respective province. The surname of Deer designs). Produced in boxed rolIs of 100 stamps plus Cavan's former centre-half-back John Joe O'Reilly was mis two reminder labels (10 and 20 in black). The roll of 102 spelt and appeared on both the sheet and booklet stamps as stamps/labels is split into six strips of seventeen. The rolls are "Reilly". reeled sideways with left hand delivery commencing with the "Brown Bear" design. There is no Dakota logo on the bottom · flap on the one box examined, only the usual number ·: reference (Nos: 2, 4 and 5 seen to date); the matching flap is · also missing the usual six digit or six digit plus letter ····+T~m;.. ···' reference. Sold in strips of four as well as complete rolls by ~: . the bureau. Light and dark shade variations noted on all four 7 : stamps. 7:~:· : ...... ·:...... ; EJRE ·
Commercial Aviation - Sheet Issue and Prestige Booklet: The plate numbers are in the right hand margin and the colour checks in the left hand margin for all four sheet stamps. The colour check blocks incorporate a series of plane silhouettes instead of the usual colour spots. The booklet contains four illustrated panes of stamps and eight pages of bilingual text and/or photographs; the text/photographs also extend to inside the front and back covers. The side panel of each pane gives details about one of the aircraft featured. The booklet contain Christmas Booklet: The twenty stamps are set out on one a total of fifteen stamps as follows: - pane, folded fo ur times, containing two columns of ten stamps. Each stamp measures 25mm x 30mm. Pane 1 (DC3): Block of 4 x 30p stamps; Millennium Issue: The Millennium sheet let incorporate two Pane 2 (Lockheed Constellation): Set of four values in a sets of six stamps with no plate numbers or other sheet block offour; markings. A presentation pack was also available which contains a large card with the sheetlet attached and cancelled Pane 3 (Britten Norman Islander): Block offour with 30p + with a pictorial first day postmark. No other first day cover 32p in row 1 plus 32p + 30p in row 2; service was provided but collectors/dealers could prepare their own covers for cancellation with the pictorial postmarks. Pane 4 (Boeing 707): Three stamps in a se-tenant strip - No post office was open on 31 December although this date 30p, 40p and 30p. was designated as the "first day of issue". It is the first of a series of six sheetlets; the second sheetIet was "released" on I As all stamps are of horizontal format and are perforated on January 2000. all four sides, there are no additional singles ex. this booklet. r Page 67 I Spring 2000 THE REVEALER
DEFINITIVES - BIRDS OF IRELAND
Date of Issue Description Cost Plate NumberslNotes Paper Perforation Printer
25 Jan £3 Counter Booklet - Blackbird IR£3.00 10 x 30p phosphor CCP3 14 x 140/. ISSP
16 Feb Sheetlet - Various IR£4.50 IS x 30p - all phosphor CCP3 14 x 140/. ISSP £ I Booklet (1/99) Goldcrest IR£I.OO 3 x 30p Goldcrest (phos.) CCP3 14'/,x 14 ISSP plus 2 x 5p Woodpigeon (non phos.) 14 x 14'/,
18 May New 45p definitive printing (phosphor) - ISSP printing 45p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCPI 14 x 14'/, ISSP
June £2 Definitive (non-phosphor) - Reprint IR£2.00 IAIAIAIAlIBIBIBIB CCP3 14 x 14'/, ISSP
30 June European Airmail Booklet (Liffey Bridges) IR£1.60 5 x 32p Robin CCPI 14x 140/. ISSP Worldwide Airmail Booklet (Powerscourt Gardens) IR£1.80 4 x 45p Song Thrush CCPI &3 14 x 14'/, ISSP
6 Dec 30p definitive (Phosphor) - ISSP printing 30p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCPI 14 x 140/. ISSP 32p definitive (phosphor) - ISSP printing 32p IAIAIAIAJIBIBIBIB CCPI 14 x 140/. ISSP
£3 Booklet (Blackbird): This booklet appeared without prior as new due to the change in value or format and the philatelic notice with 30p phosphor stamps. The cover design, incorporation of a 2mm phosphor frame and in the case of the content and -layout do not differ from the initial non-phosphor 30p Blackbird, due to the change in perforation (as the issue. First noted by a collector on mail posted from equivalent Walsall phosphor stamp was perf. 14 x 130/.). The Blackrock, Co. Dublin in March, a release date of 25 January two new 30p designs feature the Wren and the Pied Wagtail. was later announced by the philatelic bureau which serviced A fIrst day pictorial postmark was available but no special An plain covers with this date. This gives four new stamps with Post cover. phosphor frame viz. 30p Blackbird and 30p Goldcrest with either imperforate top or bottom edge. Although primarily a £1 Booklet (Goldcrest): The cover incorporates the counter booklet, an experimental booklet machine was "Goldcrest" design. The pane of 5 stamps and 1 label installed in the GPO Dublin circa May/June which distributed contains 3 x 30p Goldcrest (previously "Blackbird" design) both £1 and £3 booklets; however, within weeks of and 2 x 5p Woodpigeon on CCP3 paper. Unusually, the 5p installation it was "Out of Order" and was later withdrawn. stamps are non-phosphor, whereas the 30p stamps have an all-over phosphor except for a narrow margin of approx. I mm Sheetlet: This was the fIrst phosphor issue of the defmitives at both left and right. Presumably this phosphor format has in sheet format to be printed by Irish Security Stamp Printing been used so as to ensure that the phosphor does not spill over Limited {lSSP). The sheetlet contains 15 x 30p stamps, all of on to the adjoining 5p stamps. This gives two new singles - vertical format. Thirteen of the designs have already appeared 5p imperf. at bottom on CCP3 paper (previously CCP 1) and (Stonechat, Lapwing, Gannet, Comcrake, Magpie, Goldcrest, 30p Goldcrest, imperf. at right on CCP3 paper with all-over KingfIsher, Peregrine Falcon, Barn Owl, Robin, Song Thrush, phosphor (AOP). Blackbird and Puffin). Twelve of the stamps are identifIable Page 68 THE REVEALER Spring 2000
Sheet Stamps: The IR£2 value appeared on CCP3 paper in varied over the years. This PVAD gum was replaced by a June 1999 and remains non-phosphor. The 45p with phosphor layflat PV A type adhesive in 1996 which is whitish with a was reprinted by ISSP (previously Walsall) and given a full slight blue tinge. After consultation with fellow collectors and philatelic release on 18 May. It is readily identifiable due to dealers it is proposed that the two types will be designated the different perforation (and paper) as compared to the CCPl (PVAD) and CCPI (PVA) when it is necessary to Walsall printing. A pictorial first day postmark but no special differentiate between the two types of stock. As far as I can cover was provided. In an edition of Collectors News, An ascertain, the only Birds of Ireland defmitives to have been Post stated that the stamps were printed on paper purchased printed on both types of CCPI paper are three of the initial from De La Security Print (previously known as Harrisons) values - 28p, 32p and 52p. (non-phosphor). Both types appear i.e. CCPI paper and that future versions of the definitive to have been available from the time of issue in January 1997. range will also be printed on this paper. However, as noted Both "A" an "B" plates noted except for 28p CCPl (PVA) below the IR£I .80 Tourist booklet was also printed on CCP3 plate lB. Can anybody confirm? All other values printed on paper which is supplied by Tullis Russell (previously known CCP I paper have been with PV A gum: Apart from the 1996 as Coated Papers Limited). This results in a further 45p Christmas sheetlet, I'm not aware of any other special issue "single" ex. the booklet on CCP3 paper as compared to CCPl which exists on both types of CCPI paper. All subsequent of the sheet printing. CCPI printings have PVA gum.
The initial 30p and 32p phosphor values were also printed by Walsall and released in 1998. As with the 45p value, the new ISSP printings are readily identifiable due to the different e'IR,e perforation (and paper) as compared to the Walsall printing. The 30p value (Blackbird) was previously included in the sheetlet issued earlier this year also printed by ISSP but the 4S sheetlet stamps were on CCP3 paper. The 32p value on CCPl .}. paper was first included in the IR£1.60 Tourist booklet issued on 30 June 1999 (see below) but the stamps ex. booklet are of ISSP (non phos.) - flat accent ISSP (phos.) - steep accent a distinctive darker shade. No first day service or postmark was provided. An Post indicated in Collectors News that the Flat and Steep Accents: As first pointed out by Otto Jung, stamps would be released during week commencing 29 the accent (fada) over the E of Eire is flat on the Walsall November but in the event they were not available from the printing of the 45p (and other Walsall values) whereas the bureau until 6 December. ISSP phosphor printings of the 30p, 32p and 45p values has a much steeper and thinner accent. The 15 x 30p sheetlet and Tourist Booklets: Two new booklets aimed at the tourist the stamps in the two Tourist booklets also have the steeper market were issued on 30 June. The pane of 5 x 32p Robin and thinner accent. All other ISSP printings (including stamps in the IJV:1.60 booklet are set out in a single row in a booklets and self-adhesives) appear to have .a, flat accent over miniature sheet type format with large margins at left the E. (imperforate) and top and bottom (perforated); the right margin is made-up of five gummed and rouletted airmail labels. The individual stamps are the same size as sheet FRAMA LABELS stamps with the same perf. and the usual phosphor frame as for ISSP issues. The individual stamp is effectively a new The two machines at Dublin stamp as this is the first 32p Robin with phosphor printed by . Airport ~nd the machine at ISSP; the breast of the Robin is of a much deeper shade than Killarney were withdrawn previous issues of this design. from use during 1999 (and probably as early as 1998 in The IR£1.80 booklet is in the same format with 4 x 45p the case Qfthe No: 2 Dublin definitives with phosphor and four rouletted airmail labels m~chine) . and appeared on both CCPI and CCP3 paper. The individual stamp matches the sheet issue (CCPI) released on 18 May Sligo label with missing bottom frame line although again, the colouring of the booklet stamps are of a deeper shade as compared to the sheet issue. The Sligo machine now utilises the new type of paper which Harrison (now De La Rue Security Print) - CCPl Paper: gives a yellow reaction under U.V. light as compared to the A fellow collector has within the last year obtained yellow-green colour of the original paper. This leaves confirmation from Harrisons (now owned by De La Rue Limerick as the only machine which continues to use the hence the name change) that a variation in the CCP1 paper, original paper. As far as I'm aware all the other ni ne first noted 0\1 the Christmas sheetlet of 1996, was a deliberate machines (including the withdrawn machines) are known to change. Previously the gum on all CCPl paper had a slight have dispensed labels on both types of paper. blue-green tinge with a mottled effect although this somewhat Spring 2000 THE REVEALER Page 69
COUNTER MACHINE LABELS 19 March - Titanic: The pack contains a copy of the unoverprinted Titanic miniature sheet. Cost: IR£3 .00 - face value: IRf2.00.
19 March - PoIly Woodside: The pack contains the Irish!Australian joint issue miniature sheet featuring the Polly Woodside. Cost: IRf2.00 - face value: 52p. This pack was "sold out" at the bureau in Dublin' by October 1999.
17 August - GAA Team of the Millennium (Football) Pack: The pack contains a large card with the sheetlet attached and cancelled with the pictorial fifst day postmark. ~P05t E I RE Cost: IR£6.50 - face value: IR£4.50. FirstCl ass £0.70 Registered £1 .70 17 August - GAA Team of the Millennium (Football) Folder: The folder contains a mint perforated sheetlet plus the four booklets. Cost: IR£19.95 - face value - IRf14.l0.
9 September - Irish Aviation: The pack contains a single Baile Chathail - Charlestown set. Cost: IR£3 .00 - face value: IRf1.47.
The use of these labels fifst mentioned in my 1998 report is 11 October - Extinct Irish Animals: The pack contains the now widespread and the intention is to introduce them to all miniature sheet. Cost: IR£3 .00 - face value: IR£I .50. post offices which have computer terminals (and thus SIDs). The majority of offices with this facility now utilises the 4 November - Year Pack: The Year Pack contains one each labels for all "stamps" above 45p and, as a result, many of the special and commemorative stamps issued during 1999 smaller offices do not stock higher value sheet stamps. including both the sheet and self-adhesives for the Europa and Extinct Irish Animals sets, a pair of the Christmas self As labels do not refer to the name of the office, it is difficult adhesive (cut from a normal booklet with backing), the GAA to determine the office of origin unless the label has been Team of the Millennium sheetlet and the USA Irish datestamped. However, they are separately identifiable from Immigration stamp, but excluding the Celebrating the the GROF code (an internal An Post reference allocated to Millennium sheetlet, the Greetings booklet panes and any of each office). the miniature sheets - a total of 53 stamps with a face value of IR£18.24. Cost: IR£18.50. PRESENTATION BOOKS, FOLDERS AND PACKS 4 November - Year Pack: The Year Pack contains one each of the special and commemorative stamps issued during 1999. This group includes both the sheet and self-adhesives for the Europa and Extinct Irish Animals sets; a pair of the Christmas self adhesive (cut from a normal booklet with backing); the GAA Team of the Millennium sheetlet; and the USA-Irish Immigra tion stamp. It excludes the Celebrating the Millennium sheetlet, the Greetings booklet panes and any of the miniature sheets. Both groups include a total of 53 stamps with a face value of J'>lonl.llI~ " '':U. hflm ,'u:'! /r."UMY, I~ mc.:.1"-1"~l\nd In 1""', ne W!'tt ~\"t"Hl, II'lJulf:\ ~~TI'~ I", wnlt.1I :;!n,'Io! IRELAND - STAMPS & POSTAL HISTOR at · 'THE STAMP SHOW 2000' in London. The 'Ivan Edmondson Collection' of .....-::======:=-:-___ ----::::=-1 Railway Letter Stamps, The 'Victor' Collection of GB 'Overprinted in Ireland' Stamps, AUCTION 31 MAY/l JUNE. Featuring the rare blocks, pairs & varieties of GB Dverprints,L...!!~~~~~!!! superb T.P.D. covers, surcharges, mint & used, blocks, strips and pairs of Railway Lener & Parcel stamps. and The Barrie Jay Collection of British Postal History, 1530-1842. Winner of 3 International Large Gold Medals - AUCTION FRIDAY 16 JUNE. , ' / / JJt./. § cl . J. . " 1 t."" 1'/ {c;/,,' " '~ .., "] b.-r/"' ) ' ~ .i..:I:~ · ~ " ! ( . ;~. ~; )'' ,O,:~!) , . ' " (. ~ .•·"i I ,-' / / U " " P ·)"l l." ~ r The London 'S' for SUNDAY IRELAND mark on 1800 letter from DUBLIN. 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