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Vol. III No. IV 1~·' · """''''' t
tIRE PHILlTELIC ASSOCIATION
Whole Number 14 Editor
RELAND MISSION . RIES .OF
Before Irish missionaries could set rut to spread the Gospel throughout world. Christianity had to be brought to Ireland. The usually accepted da~ of st. Patrick's coming to Ireland to establish the Christian faith is 432
some ar favor of an earlier date. In an incredibly short 'time monastic settlements were established throughout the length and breadth or Ireland. Great monastic schools were set up
n such places as Bangor(County Down)Whith-er there flocked a multitude of , students,
only from Ireland, but from Continental lands. Very soon the spirit of Chris dventure began to stir in the hearts of
the Irish churchman. It would appear, for A~WV~~, that even in st. Patrick's time
missionaries brought the " Gospel to neighboring Isle of Man.
Legend . and history get mixed up. MUCh of historical knowledge has come to us
l~_,~_ legend. Often we have to strip tales their incredible details before we get the facts. The legend of the conversion the Isle of Man provides a good illust~
ion. THE LEGEND OF MACCU I L
st. Patrick and his band of monks were the Island Mahee on strang ford
IL~lu~:n. The heathen chieftain Maccuil (pro~C)UI1Ced Mahee) resented and feared his com
ng--and plotted to murder him. One of his was on a and sent to St. Patrick covered with a blanket, as
if' he were a sick man in need o:r healing. His orders were to murder the Saint. When the stretcher arrived and t he blanket was removed, the man was :round to be dead. Haccuil. was
Wm. Wants Irie" u ..... and declared his readiness to be baptized. The
decided that he shouJ.d be punished and len the judgment to the mercy of God. Haccuil was
' then chained, the chain padlocked, and the ke,. , thrown intc the sea. Thus bound, Ma.cc'uil vas pla.ced in a one-bide curragh and pushed off from
The younger Taft , who is 37 years old, served for the shore, tc be swept out to sea b,. the fierce yea,'s as de puty administJ:at or f o,' nOW of the tide.
I;;:~i~~'a 't~n Administl'ation in Irelland. . THIRD BISHOP OF MAN Ii to have the backing orSubst antial ' MA C C I L BE CO M E 5 in t his country in his bid for the dip lomatic We now turn to the Isle of Man. On the nortblast
Senato,' Taft, the Senate's 'M,c(ority Leader, there is a pranontory named Saint Haughold, pro,-he wus k eeping ha nds off his son 's 'campaign fO l ' th~ In'OUllCE.d b'U" the inhabitants as 'Mabee. 1 legem ambassadoria l Job. J
Will iam Taft, fo,'merly a Professor of Gaelic that two men once found a curragh swept up at Ya le Unive l'sity, has been II ssm'ed of the the beach on that point of land and in it wasa both ~f Connecticut 's fl'eshmen Republ ican Senators. bound and helpless. The man was Maccu..il. They
(Page 108, please.,)
iIE.P.A. OFfICEBSlt [t famous missionaries to the Continent who es-PRESmEll'l' -- Dr. Thomaa F. Amstrong. Jr. tablished oenters of Celtic Christianity- as SUSquehanna University- Selinsgrove,Pa., far off as Switzerland and northern Italy-. In
tIdE PRl!SlbER't -- iii!" - c:mcuH lWWlEfI: Swi tzer:)..and a Canton still perpetuateSi the John A. Reibel DewittvilleL New York name of St. Gall. The missionaries brought . E.P.A. SECREtARY -- John J ... Cllirk }dth them a Csltio foI'l1l of Christianity- which
East N.Y. differed principalJJ" in organization. from that ~ :the Ohril!ltian clmrch vhich had spread
r ,ga :tb!t shorel!l of the Mediterranean westward. ICeltic Christianity .established itself aver
the greater part of England--sprea.cling east , nd .south from the little island of Iona on
he west of Sootland. Here another famows sh emigrant had gone into voluntary exile
d had established a monastio oenter of the hristian faith which ·was to become one of tm; .eatest missionary stations in history. st. .
Raile - .$2.00 :per year. Write Sec. Clark. · cIan, followed by an ~ of Irish mission-I-___________ ________ -!"ries. p.QIll'ed forth from Iona to re-comrert
IRE·LAND'S. MI.SSlONAB<lES
(Continued from page :107)
. ' ngland and .sp;read their influence into faroff: lands.
TRADE BOOTES FOLl'DiED Hl'SSIONARIES loosed )lim, and in the oourse of tme he 00- ;tt has 'been established that Continental oame the third Bishop of ~. rade routes followed the missionaries. Dis- '
There ar.e two .Coast Guard Stationa, one at · o"ITery in modern t:L:mes of Irish ornaments of the m011th of Strangford Lough .and the ,other 0 old, prove.S that .oommerce was wide spread and the promontory of St. Me.U8hold. The son of a hat mer,ohants also traveled far. oast Guardsman of Strangford Lough l!l'aB sail- mELAliD STlLL SENDIliG MISSIONARIES ABROAD
ing his to;y y-aoht a few ~ars e,go. To his In modern tmes the churches in Ireland are grief the strong tide swept the to;y boat out; till faithf:u.1. to their great tradition. Irish
o sea. Ii. ,!)OUple of years later his parents ssionaries from various Christian bodies Sited a friend· in the Coast .Gu.8:'d Station at: va suffered martyrdom in China. wl:dle otlBrs
t. MaU8hold. On the 'kitchen shelf they- were y be found in most European countries. In astonished to see their b9,Y's model yacht. OI1Ip&.rison :with her lI\IIIIber.a(lIbout ;OO,OOO)the same current Whioh S\ftlpt Me.ccuil and his cur- i Cb:I.Irch ,of- Ireland has perhaps sent out a agh from Str~ord to St. ~~old' s praIIO ater portion of missionaries than BIV' other
Z'Y, had b;r011ght the l<1:j;tiJ,.e lad'.s boat 01,l t . l'Ianch of the Anglican Camnunion. BIlle cruise. So 'behind the legem ;t;here is hi RfIIlBeW co'xFRom CHQjCH &. C!OVERNMEN'1' ry--the story .of, pe;rohaps, the :first missio Today-, ·:iJ.) Ireland, it is not . so much a
of the Church of Ireland. problem of conversion to Christianiv,r as it ST. I!!!mAll--1$ HAVIGATOR ' ;Ls to re~ the citizens at home. From:the .
'!hen tl)e.i'e are storie.s .0J ·Brema.\l the Nav;L- . great pota'lo,p fami~ of' 1845 .~til the present ator. '!'he boats whieh b:r~t Patriok IlDib:l.s day, t.be .pQpulation of the land has been deanpaniona to Irelal!4 ,were probablJ" wicker; c4n1ng stea.dil.y' thr0U8h emigration. Due to rraghs ·covar,ed wi~ P~ .~ little diffe~, ~acial restlessness and the attraction of
nt tran ibhose use~ :by fd.shel1l1en today in t.h8 : ,good lll\ges ;in the industrial centers ot Engto~ waters of the A:tll!Jltio on the western ' land gre.a'\; I;lUlllbers of Irish young men and oast. st • .Brendan is sai¢!. to ~~ OOel;l t~ I wQIIl8n have s0U8ht .a livelihood across the sea irst man in Ireland W build a woodan ship. It is an ~ old problem and .not easy- of .
it he .set out to iP.~.acp. tale lGospel in the : sojLutiOl;l. ,One would think tl;)at life on this ' egendary islands .of the MIst. cert~ 'he i!a.!Lr is~ held big attractions, but there .
an intrepid sa.:j.lor--W\l.th ·the salt in Ihl:S ' -is gl!ll!lour a,bout tar off lands whioh we find lood--thciugh it is p~ablethat ·the :Lalande lihard. to ~s;Lst. Mazw indeed return home to ;
reached were "'l1ose oil tAe ·.northwast of find ~ tIW8 happiness which they failed to ' cotland. l'here we;r.e -ot.her .1JIlis.sioJW.ry lIIOnks .0 gain abrol!d. he Celtic olmrch who .ce.r:\;ainJ,y r,eacilad Io.e- :t:n the meAlltime, the government is .devising
, &nc;L ,probablJ"the lftl.ster.;n 100ast .of Labr.a . &rious ,schQrnes to .give .employment to the , or. It was in the later cent~es that they-:people of t.he count17' And through IIOdern re followed by the intrep;Ld ·Scandanavians . __ thode in t~ and small industries it .
heir loIlg Viking ships. .:La tho~j; t!;,I,1Qo:t; tl;l, :Pl'q1;)~ .of emigration ~ ggznc QHBun'B'lI m''!W!!lR.'ON OomREln i be ,solve.d b;r the ·gover,Dll$nt. The Churches.
~FrCIIII the' monastic school of ~or under St • . will aid :\.n <this problem in whatever manner . ....... all a friend of St. Brendan. 'IfU .eDt out 'D()sl!Iible :t.o makJe Ireland a better lIJ,nd .... -... , 1108 .
DUBLIN REMEDIAL CLINIC i REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
, For the proposed benefit of !.LL THE COUN-l : TIES of the Rep1lblic of Irel.and, a central. ! I clinic is to be founded and devel.oped in the! I City of Dubl.in. The est:l.1llated cost of this 'I wor~ undertaking is £127,000, or $355, 000. , The cl.inic will not overl.ap existing ser- i ,Vices as hospital.s have more patients than ! avail.abl.e trained staffs can treat. It has I as its main objective the post-hospital. care ! of Wantine Par~is victims, often entail i ing prol.onged treatment at hane. In addi t .im the clinic will provide for other conditions such as: Asthma, Postural. Defects and crippling orthopedic conditions.
This non-profit organization has the approval. and cooperation of the Minister of 'Ii!al.th the Hospital.s I Committee and the Medical.
' Boards. It will be dependent on the vol.untS1'7 contributions received at home and from abroad.
Contributions, or l.etters seeldng infol'lllati6n shoul.d be addressed to: Miss Fl.orence H. Garrity, 8 Eastbourns St., Rosl.indal.e 3l., Massachusetts. Or, they may be sent in Irel.and, tol IPdy Goul.ding, Dargl.e Cottage, Enniskerry, County Wickl.ow, Irel.and.
THE REV·ENUES IN IRISH PHILATELY By DR. THOMAS F. ARMSTRONG, JR.
When you tour
IRELAND ... You'll be glad you saw your Travel Agent before leaving home. because you'll find hiB arrangements for )'our IriBh tour-uBing the facilities of C.I.E., Ireland's Transport Companyexactly Buited to your wishes and budget.
Ask him about SCENIC TOURS or Ireland, by motor coach-six, nine, eleven and thirteenday itineraries, all·inclusive and remarkably low priced. He'll also secure your transportation by rail or road .•. reservations on express trains, for cabinB o~ cr08s.channel steamerB. and at outBtanding hotelB.
Furlher Informalion and literalure may be obtained by writing De)'l, 83 at any Irish Railways Office-
NEW YORK 20, N. Y. , ...... 9 Rockefeller Plaza CHICAGO 3, ILL ............. 39 So, L. San. St. LOS ANGELES 14, CALIF .. .. 510 Weat Sixth St. TORONTO, ONT ... .... .... ....... 69 Yong. St,
CORAS ~
IOMPAIR ''''''''d '~ EIREANN 1""",,0" (0"'1""'1'
IRElAND AT HOME an t:ost:ol l
PRESIDENT OF EPA During the period April. 5 to 26 -'An Too l. (Continued from page 105, issue of time-Irel.and will be at home to her sone and
~ANo-FEB 1953 ) daughters from overseas and to every str!lll8S DESIGNS CHANGE WITH REIGNING MONARCHS who joins the famil.y reun:!.on.
There is no abrupt change in the dies at "What is T6staJ.--a sort of toast, seeing the death of the reigning monarch, but rlrth- that it is pronounced that way?" er a gradual. changeover that frequentl.y You are not far from wrong. For Irel.andts covers several. years. In the case of amor- centuries-lapsed effort to revive the spl.en:l phousl.y issued stamps, the importance .of or, the dramatic spectacle, the intellectual. dates of issue and the change in reigns is edification, the sportive zest and spontanegreater than it is when we have a patterned ous combustion of spirits of its a1most preregul.arity in the issuing of stamps. historic nationaJ. festival.s of Tara, Tail.te-
COLlECTING REVENOl!S CAN BECCJm INVOLVED ann, Carman and Uisneach will in its ••. l.953 1 A number of interest:Ulg facts about earl.y implications, be a toast to Irel.and, its cul.British revenues serves to indicate how in- ture, present and past, its resurgent patrivolved the collecting of these stamps can I otic verve, its progressive industriousness, become. In connection with the pl.acing of its gusto in sport, its sense of humor, and, embossed stamp upon the parchment document . too, the country hopes, a toast to a way-ofin those instances when it was not directl.y l.:j.fe. impressed we find the use of a "tic·ket"bear TOSTAL FLAG '1'0 BE 1JNFURLEI) ON EASTER SUNDAY ing the royal cipher. This piece of paper i The T6staJ. nag will be unfurl.ed in Dublin found on the reverse side of the document on Easter Sunday, April. 5, l.953. It has for sheet and covers the ends of the smal.l metal its centerpiece the national. emblem of gaity, clip which fastens the paper containing the the harp--one copied directl.y fran the sevenembossed stamp to the parchment. Unfortun th century cl.assic of monastic artistry, THE natel.y, the presence of these Cipher tick9;s BOOK OF KELlS--procl.aims the cul.turaJ. motif' cannot be · counted upon to identi1'y the of the entire spectacle.
(Page 112, plea.e.) 109 (Page ·1'10 plea.e.)
SHIP LETTERS ~~l.!. Cont,inw,d from pa·g e 109)
oomes fran the By MALCOLM G. O ' REILLY E .PA ·(L- 4-.1.3)
(Co1l:tinued f r om pagel UN .h.~_ Feb. 1 9l5S:~ I
reopened door of the repository of Ireland l /! POSTAL MARXDiOB DISTI~ TO IRISH USE oldest and III08t abidingly inspirational. t.re,aBt Now let US look at the marks distinctive Ure' the native language, without whioh all to Irish use. The thirteen Ulustrated 1II8l~~ that is spiritually distinctive in the soil are the major types known to the author. of Ireland would have long sinoe been Types I and In have me.n;y- variations and oan out by the pressures of alien influences. be oonsidered iI8 basio types. The latter is
MANY EVENTS SCHEDUlED FOR THE VISITOR found frequently with the Iport of arrival 1
You may hear that olden tongue of the above the designation "ship letter" in the at hospitable firesides during your same serifed oapita.l.s. The traoings were (sooial viSits), at the cellidhes, where taken from covers in the writer's colleotion dances are featured, in drama and musio fes- or acoessible to hiln. There are a few other tivals, choral ooncerts, operas, plays. In types whioh hsve been reported but these are English there will be many similarly not shown here since I have not seen them attractions. Orchestral conoerts, art exb:1b- ~el.f.
I~~::,:~~ba~llet presentations and historical No attempt is made to list or Ulustrate ~ .further broaden the scope and ship letter markings llhich so often are the appeal of the nation-wide speotaole, while the canplement. of town or m:il.eage
parades of military and of veterans of markings (whioh occasionally appear with the ~lar of Independenoe will strike the mar- type I). tial note. TM PERICJl COIDR I'ORT WHERE USED
All of this mental st:lJml1us will be nicely I 17l7-70 1s Black Belfast,Cork,Derry baJ.alll~ed by a full round of sporting activ- Dublin and Newry
with ohampionship events in the two II 1750-? Black Dublin ? I na"~,,,, games of Gaelio fotball and hurling m a 1817-? Blaok Dungarvan & Wicklaw and international tournaments in golf, box- (also reported from other small porta) ing, hockey, fencing, table tennis and Asso- III b 1811- 40Is Black,Blue Belfastt COrki-CJ.'luJ..on football. There will be racing of Green, Red Cove, Dublin'
' ''N_~S, greyhounds, automobiles, motor cycle Kinsale~ Warren-:-and bicycles. Sportiveness will be further point~ Water.fo~ levirumc:ed by boxing, wrestling, basketball, t> (Town Name and Ship Letter appeared as Ifish:Lng, rifle and shot gun oanpetitions. a single unit)
while the grown ups are having their I'I 1827-? Blaok Cahirciveenif youth, under sixteen years of age, will V 1824-47 Black.Blue Buncrana and their own competitions, in all phases Red L.iJneriok
IOU.J.'''ll"6, arts ,crafta and sport. (also reported fr.OII1 other small ports) IRISH EXIIES WILL REVERT TO TIPE VI 1821-42 Black,Red Cork, Cove
meet your exiled Irish friends in VII 1820-47 Black,Red Cove, Portaferry 1=".1.<"10 in April, watch them revert to type Blue,Green Belfast and Cork
the oontagion of the nstive lightheart- (Belfast also exists with an ornate frame lednefls and thepageantryof their heritage. in this type)
you will see more Irish returning to VIII 1820-45 Black.Blue homeland in April than ever before since Green Eucharistic Congress of 1932. For this IX 1819-47 Black, Red
Ifeetllva.l is expeoted to be the greatest hos- Green of the Gaels sinoe Tara, whose spirit X 1817-28 Black, Red Dublin*
Tostal organizers hope to revive year XI} 1846-57 Blue,Black Dublin 1 R.f'~i'.er year till "See you again at Tostal-- XII) 1846-57 Green, Red Queenstown
beoomes established as the parting (Queenstown only fran 1849) of Ireland i s and their :lrJ.,",,,, XIII 1849· Black Sld.bbereen
(Dublin ha4 a simi] ar type)
"THE DEAR LITTLE SHAMROCK·
l]Iete's a dear little plant that grow. in our Isle, 'Twas Saint P8tiick hitilself "ute that set it;
And the 8un on his labour with pleasure did l'Imile.. And with dew ftom his eye often wet it.
It shines thro' the !)oAt, thro' the brake. and the mirehmd Aftd be called it the dear little Shamtock of Ireland."
The dear little Shamrock, The sweet Iiltle Shamrock,
The dear little. sweel. 1i.ttle Shaml'oc:;k of :Jreland.
* For Uee In ~ ToWn ~ This list is not to be taken as
the dates listed necessarily the I ~~:: and end for that marking. 'l'hiaae In and dates are those known to exist.
and corrections are most welcome. As a point of interest it should be remem
Ibe,red ' that Queenstown (later Cove) reoeived far the largest percentage (approx. 70%) all ineaning ship letters. Cork ran about
J.lo15%--Dublin, 5-10%. (pa,ge 1)2, p!eC£Be. )
PROMISSORY NOTE ISSUED BY UNBORN JRI8H RBPUBUC IN I ..
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' I I $1'., ..... " .... ... ' " t:..."S" . I;; II1IMrlU,I/!r/"/H, d·t 111" ,,1,,/'/1//(111
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ftTHE I'ENIAN RJ!lBEIS" By Ha;1. 1'haIaae H. Parks
(R.P.A. No. 106)
Reminiscent of the stol'!lly days of Irish politics .in the 1860 I s when the FeD1an movement was _at _its height in this country' as well as in Ireland and England. a series 01: promissory documents was issued by the Fenian leaders from 1858 to 1867 to :1'inaDoe their cause.
The note shown above is of particuJ.ar historic value since it was issued on the 17th. of March 1866. the day set for the Fenian invasion of Canada.
renian raids into Canada are among the most unusual incidents in history as "uno:1':1'icialn·'armed invasions of neighboring oountriel in peace time are UBU~ net permitted. However, during the Civil War, England ridded banks in upper New York and Vermont. On Nov. 25. 1864 some 0:1' these subversives tried to burn New York City. They set:1'ire to Barnum's Museum. a dozen hotels. some docks and other :llI\portant Jandmarks. The principal resuJ.t seems to have been increased sympath;v for the Fenian plan to seize Canada as a leverage for the independence 0:1' Ireland.
The Fenian Brotherhood was then active in New York City under the leadership of John O'Mahol:\Y, whose signature appears on the above bill; James Stephens was also a member 0:1' the movement which :ravored the invasion of Ireland. Financed by a Widespread sale of bonds, postage stamps and currency, they planned an al'!IIy of 50,000 Irish-Americans plus an uprising of Irish-Canadians. The invasion scheduJ.ed for St. Patrick's dq 1866 <lid not materialize. In April a small force invaded New BrunsWick but was beaten back. On May 31 about l.OOO Fenians~ under Colonel OINell, crossed from Buffalo to Fort Erie for the purpose of destroying the v..elland Canal, but after a pitched battle With the Queen's Own Volunteer Regiment of Toronto and t he Thirteenth Battalion of the Hamilton Hil1tia, they were forced to retire with several dead and wounded. At this point, when the Cana.dians refused to join them, they were rescued by the "U.S.S. Michigan- and the U.S. Ocwermnent persuaded the Canadians to reJ.ease those who had been captured.
Another attempt at inVasion in 1870 was quelled by the U.S. Government and the Fenian Movement died out in disagreement over whether to invade Canada or IreJ.and.
Today, when there is an independent Irish Nation, the Fenians are all but forgotten and their mementos are scarce collectors ' items.
"FEHlAlI' ESSAYSft By lieil Stack
On 8 Dec. 1865 the Fenian postal secretary, writing frClJ1 liew York to a correspondent in Dublin, ini'ormed him that a set of three stamp designs had just been canpleted and were being submitted to his depar1lnent for possible action.
The Fenian essa;y"s ware executed on wooden dies representing values of 3, , 10 and 24¢. The:3 and lO¢ values were printed in green ahd blue while the
24¢ value was printed in green and lilac. In the year 1893 t hese essays again came to light during the discussion
of the Home Rule Bill. The Daily Graphic of 29 April 1893 illustrated the , 24¢ essay of J.865 together with a ne~l and different 3¢ design whose title
: read "REPUB. HIBER.· w~iiii l Al1ibough referred to as essays, these labels can onJ¥ be classed as curios
since no republic existed at that time. , ~, 11
GETTING THERE IS HALF THE fUN I
,,\S\1 d NEW YORK TO COBH ·
~ 16.... FrC'nc~~~~~L". ::. :'~~'~7 9 ~ 1tC ' , .. Samaria • • • Mar. 13 • Mauretanla . . . Apr. I
S.cuon" Tourist Rales from $1.50
\N \9S3 •• , ~C . SEE YOUR CUNARD·AUTHORllEO TRAVEL AGENT
lrere .e.: Fee FUnd. The third group carries no but are embossed solely upon checks.
SPECIAL DUTY The embossed stamps varied in design and
size. The General Duty stamps range in values from One Penny to One Thousand Pounds, Check Duty stamps are One or TllO Penny. The range of values prepared for any particular
TIlE BEVENlJES IN IRISH P1ULA.TEU duty 1las large or small as duty needs dicta-(Cont'nued from page 109) ted. The variety of special duty stamps
leXis1;:i.ng monarch as old tickets were fr<eqtle~t-I dicates the many la1~ statutes of the times. used untll the sup~ ran out or tickets EJCamples of this are: affidavit, bills, ex-
the new royal. cipher were provided. chequer fund, lease, lunacy, receipt,
WIDE RANGE OF VARIETIES ~~~~L!lf.i~~;r~;i~.and mare The wide range of varieties frail this early rnA'''' "n m~ be judged when l~ realize that dry
ssing naturally takes the color of the :iJn M B E h sed paper. A number of different colored oy ecome XC a~.ge
ioa,oers were used and apparently each had a There IS talk in Enniscorthy that the Wex _ significance. For example, venniJ.- ford townls famous 12th century Norman
blue and brown was used for writs; green m~ soon beccane a telephone exchange. And the indentures; blue or ultramarine for ad probability conjures up all sorts of things,
a.l()re,m and penalties; pink for duplicates including ghostly voices, added to the man;r ICC'~ltero,ar·ts. Dry embossing ceased about mysterious voices that subscribers fl'eqllBf.ltlYI
COLOR EMBCSSING BEGUN EXPERIMENTALLY IN 1862 hear when making calls. Color embossing, which succeeded the dry At the present the castle is owned by ma.!."'-I
~bOl3Sing of revenues, was begun experiment- ster A.K.S. Roche, who is interested in quite about 1862, and appeared in pink at a different type of spirit. But, for the
then after 1875 in vemilion. Revenue em- two years, the castle, which dominates the lboss:Lng found in pink, other than tth~~e~~~::~ Slaney valley, has been without a flesh-and-
are indicate duplicates or c blood tenant. In June 1951 it was offered 1890 dies are found with a letter for auction--but there were no bidders, per-
the stamp or with a figure or letter in tile haps because it has a valuation of nearly £80
plug. These appaNnt~ indicate the Now the Department of Posts and Telegraphs for the embossing. interested, and recently the Board of Works
DISTINGUISHING MARKS engineers inspected it,. AJmost from the start it became essential LEGENDS ABOUT THE CASTLE
the revenues used in the different parts When Raymond le Gros married Strongbwls the British Isles carry distinguishing Sister, Basilea, says legend, he built the
Ima.,.ks to assist in fiscal accounting. Thus castle. Another legend says it was built in dies prepared for Irish use can generally 1225 by a Prendergast. For a century the
distinguished by the wording, a harp, a inster Kings, the MacMurrough Kavanaghs, illre4 nZII and figures, or dies number 20 there. In 1569,S1r Edmund Butler sacked it.
CHARY POET .ALTERNATE W.a OP' CLA.SSD'fillG Poet Edmund Spenser, secretary to the Lord
An alternate way of classifying the early Lieutenant, in 1581, received a grant of the is to list them as General Duty, Spe~ lease and the "ruinous castle" of Enn:l..I3CC.rt~
Duty, or Check Duty stamps. The first but fear of the Kavanaghs kept him from tak-1,,,·rn1'n bears no legend assigning them for any ing up residence. He sold the lease to Sir
duty whereas stamps in the second Richard SillllOtt and la:ter the castle was in stated thereon the special purpose control of :Sir Henry Wa:uop, an ances1;or lor )
112 (Page lU3, p ea.e. J
SHIP LETTERS MARKINGSI I ... LUSTRAT'ED
(Continu~d from page 11 0)
SHIP SHIPP Fig. I Fig • . II
SHIP-LETTER F~g. III
0 JP "LETT'0
Fig. IV
~I?J fig. v~ ____________ _ ...--~----.
CORK SKIP LETTEl\
fig.
"lJ~fN5TOWN SHIP LE"TTliR
fig. XI
Ie BELi' AST" SHIP LETTER
Fig. v:II
Fig. IX
Fig. X
DUBLIN SHIP "ETTER.
Fig. xn SIOBBEREEN SlUpktter
ENNISCORTHY CASTIE (Continued from palle n2~
Earl 01' Portsmouth, who reconstructed it. CrCl1lW8ll came into the picture--and the
Icastls--in 1649, kicld.ng out ths COllfedel~ates.1 1798, the castle was a prison. Later it
into disrepair until 1898, when New Ross Paddy" Roche, of Woodville. had it enlarged. For nearly a half century'
IHellrY J. Roche lived there, and his son is the lP1'e SEtnT. owner.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN N<lil With such a histo1'7. an;yth1ng could happen.
to the dialing up 01' the ghosts of' the
~~~~~~w~as~~~ speaker of the Eire iSo<c1ety of Boston. Massachusetts at the Jan.
meeting. The lecture, accmpanied with jCO.J.OI~a. slides, was entitled -An Approach To
A meeting of Boston members of E.P.A. was at the home of' Mrs. Bernard Garrity, 31
\Sast1:.ourna Street, Roslindale, Mass. on Jan • Mrs. Garrity is Alternate Vice President
t:t,re Philatelic Association International. Among those members present were: Mr. Cor
\IlB.l~US Carmody of' Wakefield. Mr. Edward Vinje Woburn, Mr. Michael Cogan. ex-wllllber, of
!Do:rohtes"l;er, Mrs. Garrity, Mr. John McGarry- of' !)aJ.1;(m, Mass. and Neil Staok, editor of' The
aler, Brooklyn, New York. A meeting of the Boston group is planned
mar :future and will be laid for the
de-
. an AP dispatch. that this little set;:~::~~1 200 residents in the rolling hills of
lo".:ntt·aJ. New York had never had "but a spr1J].. of Irish living within its borders."
explained it was named in frontier days, hOl,or of Michael Robinson, a 'beloved Irishman'
lived there. Collectors have bid for ths envelopes w:l.th
St. Patriok1s
WATERMARKS-INVERTED AND R8VERSED Sy PERRY ADAMS~EPA •• )
In th:is finaJ. article covering errors and variations in the basic stamps upon lfhich the Irish overprints occur, as opposed to errors in the actual. overprints, are listed all 'the commoner instances wherein watermarks depart from nomal.. Unlike errors on the faces of the basic engraVings, which occur but onoe to the overpr:lJtted sheet(of 240 subjects in the case of values through the l/-, or 40 for the three highest values), watermark VA,",..!
ations appear upon every value of row given sheet. For all that, often fram a col.lJ9cllm~ sl
IRELAND Co'mplctc Comme-morutluc Sct.'i
We also have II tine s tock of othre foreIgn
sets and
c~TfJ~'§~ ~t::~k Canadn.
Send 15c ror our 120 page
price list. Deductible from first
order of S2.00 or more .
Mint Used 80-2 O'Connell .... .............. _ ... _ ....... $.33 $.31 83 Hydro-St!llloll ............ , ............. . 06 .03 84 Royal DubHe Soc . ..... .............. . 06 .03 85-6 Eucharistic Congress ..... _ ...... _ .15 .1 7 88-9 Holy Year .... ... _ ...... _ ...... _ .... _ .. . 15 .12 90 Gaelic Athletic . __ .. __ .............. . 06 .03 99-0 Constitution Day ._ .. _ ...........•. . 15 .09
JOI-2 Father Mathew ...... _ ........ _ .. .. . 15 .10 104-4 USA COlls tllution ................... . . 15 .11 120 Easlet' Rebellion ..... _ ............... . 06 .02 124-5 Dr. Hyde ._._ . __ ...•. _._ .07 .04 12G- 7 Sir Rowan H a milton _ .... _ .. _. 07 .04 128-9 M ich ael Q'Clery .... _ ..... _ ... _ .. . . 33 .07 130 Edmund Rice _ .................. _ . . OS .02
gt~ ~~~~e'l I:I~~aot::ftl ::::::.::~::~_. : ~~ :8: 135-8 Theobald Wolf Tone ._ ....... . 12 .OK 139-0 Leinster House .......... _ .............. . 12 .08
Terms: Cash wl~4!rd:.a~#~nsC···on-o·r·ders·-·i.iii·der -$l:~. M I'~: blocks .. times.
McDONNELL COMPANY 201 New York Bldg. Sf. Paul I, Minn .
standpoint they prove most elusive, and it is ~~;;d:in~t;;'71~;-;:;;;;;~p;;;:rciili:Ca:lt:h:e;;QjLtea::1 hoped that the following check list offers II to same practical. aid to members who may have been in a quarto volume, ,dth confused as to just which stamps carried thesE~m;arnlSc:rj.pt descriptions on vellum, for
It is simplest to consider the whole group falling into two class1fications--(a) the
1.+ ......... With watermarks inverted and (b) those watamarks inverted and reversed.
(a) WATERMARKS INVERTED l.d. Dollard lid. Than black, Q 2l Perf. 2d. Tbom black, Die I 2d. Them black, Die II 6d. ThaIl blue-black, U 22 Imp.
(b) WATERMARKS INVERTED & REVERSED 2d. Harrison Rial.tas, Die II 3d. ThaIl blue-black 6d. Saorstat, U 22 Imperf. ide Harrison Saorstat
Cat. Nos. Scott
2 l5 J.6b 16 31
22a 28 52 59
Fran th:is brief article and the four which preceded it in the series. perhaps new -
~::r~ may get a better conception Gf the Ie of the Irish list, beyond consideration
thousand and more varieties caused by typographical errors in the overprint
themselves. "'".
Collecting's Beginnings (Western Stamp Collector-5ept.l,1951 )
Stamp collecting is usual~ believed to its beginning following the advent of the
lP.mr,,, Black.
sentation to the Commissioners of Revenue. The volume , according to the same periodical,
entitled "A Collection of Impressions to made on every skin, or piece of Vellum or
Parchment, or every sheet of Paper, in maruEI' fom as hereinafter expressed" and cont!tUl·1
of all the various denominations to £6 . .. .,.
P.o. Dj$pute
there were collectors i nterested before l840. Harry M. Knawiser writes PICKETS PARADING IN DEFENSE OF
Stamp Collectors Fortnight~ (London). lDNGFORD POS'IlUSTRESS No one seems to care to state 1dth support- Dublin--(Irish Ne'ls Agency)--Local resJ.:9"t11I1c:el
facts just 1'Tho was the pioneer collector to the transfer of Ballinalee (Co. Longford Penny Black and t he other ear~ postage Post Office has r esulted in agitation remin
lai·.=,,,~. Consulting a file of the Stamp Col- iscent of the "Battle of Baltinglass." I s Magazine for Marclt l, 1864, this Br"- The above photo sho1ffl pickets parading in publication says, "We find by cons·Ul.·!;J.l15l support of Bra. Kathleen Devine, 32 yearMold
old file of nswspapers that John , 1'Tho has been suspended because, General of the Stamp Duties, Ireland is ·alleged., the office accounts 1-Jere in
a collection in Dublin in 1774, in The Departmen'o of Posts and Tele-stamp duties canmenced in Ireland. 114 (Page . li S, plea.e.)
BALLINAIEB P.O. DISPUTE ENOO (Continued f~om page l~4)
[gr·apIlS wante to move the poet office fifty lya:l"(la up the street to the ~sidenoe of Mre.
M8.nn:1.x. whose huaballd 18 a sohool'teachlm ~N BALLINALEE
BalJ.1naJ.ae. County Longford, has been a I~;:::r~~~~: sinoe ';the Post Offioe e~e1'B [1 the town's P.O. to thelBf acldre IlQ,Ol):L11I'! followed Mrs. Devine 'e removal. as Inn,,,t.n:ie,t"'''''A. It was found neoessary to oal.l
125 Garda (polioe) tran nearby towns to order. Before their arrival, tele
gI'ELph poles between Longford and BalJ.1naJ.ee been out by the rioters.
~E_PAIR .CREWS -STONEQ'
APPLICANTS ADlUTTED TO E.P.A. l-IEMBERSHIP • 190 Mias Mar.r J. Murpb;y
Shorn Cliffe Ro$d FolJcstone Kent., England
AlJIITTED TO 1JlI'E HEMBERBIUP No.~-99 !frs. Bernard ,Ge.rr1't7
8 ·Butbourne Street Rosl1ndaJ.a 31, l-laasachuaetts
<nIANG&S OF ADDRESS No. 52 James H. Roberts
305 Loouat S;treet Burl1ng:ton, Iowa
123 Joseph W. Curran P.O. BQx 731
When repair orewe arrived from Athlona ;to 30,000 TOSTAL BaJGHT AT MIDNIGHT lre:pai.r the wreoked post offioe, the Thirty thousand of the An Tostal oanmemo-
again beoame activa. The repair crewe r ative stamps were p1,U"chased by Mr. J.A. sho~/ared with stones and unable to go on Nugent, Chairman of An Bord Failte(Irish their work. It was neoessary for the men Tourist Development Board), when they were
be esoorted to Edgeworthstown by the issued at midnight on Sunday, February 8th. END 'OF' 13A;(.L)!<IAi.E~ -DisPUT'E The st!ll1lPS were brought to An Tostal Head-
General. MacEoin told, a meeting that the quarters where university students worked was not a politi Oal. one, but an attempt into the earJ.y hours affixing tbam to Tostal.
Show their loyalty to Mrs. Devine. postoards fran peopJ.a in Ireland to relatives GARDA' j:..EASlll and friends abroad.
Mr. John J. BrllQ7, 'secretary ot the BaJ.l1n- It is estimated that 40% of the postcards Post Offioe Pr.otest Camm:l.ttee, announoed w;i.ll go to U.S.A., and 30% to Britain; the the oamm:l.ttee had been disbanded.
J,ater, the G~ who had been stationed in ,P;>"'J.J.:Lruue'e during :t;.he dispute, returned to
No. 181
n 182
" 3,83
n lL84
n 185
• 186
,II 187
,n 188
• 189
in the TO ... , .......
.Mr, ~ohn L. Cooper 255 1fammond Avenue Waterloo, Iowa Mrs. Anna J. Puddister 299 Park Avenue Ar;L1r,lgton 7.4. l.fassachuaetts ,Mrs, TUton S. Bell 7 Webster Road M:1J.ton 86, Haesachusetts Miss Grace Elcock 326 Copeland Street Quil:loy 69, Massaohusetts Mrs. iilOlll1n1o Nocera Summit Park Sanitarium Pomona, New York Mr. Jack Keenan 129 Celtio Park Avenue /ih;I. tehe.ll nw;,Un" Ireland Mr. J. B. KelJ.y 9 Tbornton Road Gartiele CqJ;nberland, )l1ngland Mr. Rober,t; Hue
ADVERTISIlll'H* RATE---10 ·WORDS-------$.35 •••
WORDS 0 $.04 PER WORD •••••••••••• ~!!i;~~TES
LARGE .lHD MA1L'ER:[AL FOIl THE BmIN
NJ!:R .AND ADVANCG> COLlECTOR WHICH WILL BE SEN'l'TO ANY MEMBER ON APPROVAL. WRIm TODAY-
. J •. A.
NEXT N.Y.C. E~ P.A.
oopy. onaper
There will be no meeting of the N.Y. City 'Igr.:m.p on St. Patriok's Da;y (March 17th)
228 West Robil.neon Avenue San~iego 3, Galifo~a Mr. Henry B11J!ll81)berg 1617 - 12th. Street CJ.armont. Florida
The .April meeting will be held on the 21st the Colleotors Club. A tine program is in
111 preparation for the meetinK~
COME HOME TO IRELAND
dCfB~/ In April, at Eastertime. Irel and will welcome
you warmly to her lovely Land ... your" Homeland"' , A very special occasion indeed, this period of three weeks commencing EasterSunday so appropriately named
U Ireland at Home", Three wonderful weeks . . . of music and song, of pageantry t~lling the .proud story of Ireland's history and culture, and with sports and local events gnlore to spice your visit. Hospital ity will be the keynote of this great event, with the warm h:mci of kinship extended to grasp yours, and a sincere greeting (or all .who have a 'special place in their hearts for Ireland.
And j( you cannot "isit us unlill:uer in the Spring 'We assure you'an equally 'Warm wei· come then as you tour the scen ic beauties of our Emerald Isle. See your Travel ARent or ... write Dept. R. for colorful literature. "
~~ on ccUt cH ~ .. IREL .... ND .... T HOME" «. I Ap,,1 St" I. 26th
..... ----.--., A~!URIST 'NFORMATION
eiRe
" ; ·411 (ci~l".\1 IRELAND AT HOME
2;p "" 1m " )6 I" ~ I
o££icial emblem of An TO:S"'3.LI
This emblem is based on the traditional Irish Harp symbolizing ancient Irish Festivals and Gatherings. The name of the State in the national language (Eire) is shown at the head 0'£ the adhesive •
The stamp is issued in two denaminaUons--2~ emer-ald green and ls. lid azure.
Printing of this issue ,Tas done by the typo:gr,~pllic,a1 method on paper watermarked
, by the Stamping Department, Of1'ice o£ Revenue CommiSSioners, Dublin Castle.
The stamps are per£orated 14 x 15. E.P.A. members may secure sets o£ this
and other Ir1,sh material by writing to ;:;&.LeS CirCtdt Manager--John A. Raibel--Box
, Dewittville, New York. For First Da;y Cavers--Write
East
the historicallY'-m1nded, the idea o£
IFc:~:~:.~ on St. Patrick' s Day is generally to the Irish in Boston, since the
Gazette" o£ 1758 notes that a pa:t'alej honor o£ the saint was held in the Hub
in that year under the auspices o£ the u.r::lsn Charitable Society. A £el-1 ;rears J.a1lerl
custom spread to New York, and mention I", •• b, f6s •• fd,'n 33 made in the "New York Mercury" during
~~~='=I~=.I~T1·'~'I·~tP~;b~",~It'~O~'.=.=""=.=liO=. ________ ~~~~~~~~ __ -l~~c~, 1762 that the Irish were parading on
BURIAU
IRELAND'S
COMMEMORAT IVES
BY
NE'IL 8T~Q{
17th. Even the American I·jar of Independence not stop the traditional St. Patrick's parading, and ~Iashington's soldiers at
Forge took time out to hold a nara,d&ol the Irish soldiers in the British
om in Philadelphia in 1778. TOO original line 01' march in New York
ty was on lower Broadway, winding up on _ _____ --jl'l'lle Commons 'across from City Hall, but the
was switched to Fifth Avenue, via St. IPa,t"'i "k 's Cathedral, about fi1'ty or 110 Wlll'S1
1'IAU~.L1'I.Il PUBLISHED FOR U.S. HARKET IDulblin-(IHA) Ireland has just published a
The Irish Post Of1'ice issued, on February 9, which £ew people outside the Un:ite~ 1953, a special stamp to mark An Tostal or will ever see. land at Home. This national festival. will be The magazine--Irish Racing and B~B~:::I held 1'ram April 5th to April 26th. For three published jointly by the Irish 1'ull weeks commencing on Easter SundaY', 1953,. t Dollar Export Board and the Irish Rae Ireland will be at home to her 1'riends and ex- Board, a voluntary body promoted by the iles £ram all over the world and during that in 1945 to encourage better time the Irish people l-rill unite as om :tsm:Uy breeding. It is designed to to reoeive and entertain their guests. Every owmrs and breeders all about City, town and village 'Ifill be en fete. bloodetook.
The stamp, which was designed by }!r. Fergus C>.ltstanding Irish-bred winmrs in the O'R;y'an, A.N.C.A., is of double size, and bears season werel Windy City, Tulyar and as its central theme a reproduction of the .•.• Jl.zucot18r'o.
