Christmas 2016
Christmas
together
Irish Stamps
Annual Products
2016
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Commissioners of
Irish Lights
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The Irish Stamp
Year Book 2016
Priced at just 175.00, it is the perfect addition to any
stamp collection and would also make a wonderful gift.
Available now at Counters 20 and 21, GPO, O'Connell Street Lower,
Dublin 1, D01 F5P2, or phone +353 (1) 705 7400
or online at www.irishstamps.ie
CONTENTS
News and Information
Commissioners of Irish Lights
Christmas
1916 – 2016 Products
Irish Stamps Annual Products 2016
Find of the Decade
Heritage Department Collection
Special Gifts this Christmas
Last Chance Saloon
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DEAR
COLLECTOR...
Christmas and the holidays are almost
upon us. Being the season of giving it’s a
time when people are kinder and more
open-hearted to one another. To help you
plan that perfect and unique gift for your
loved ones we have some great Philatelic
gift ideas suggestions for the coming festive
season.
We start off this edition by reflecting on
the service that the Commissioners of Irish
Lights provide around the coastal waters of
Ireland. They are more than just lighthouses
in the night shining a way for sailors on the
seas or buoys floating in the water. Find out
more on page 4.
This year’s Christmas stamps designed by
WorkGroup feature on page 6. The concept
for this year is ‘people coming together’ and
what better way to depict this than by use
of The Three Wise Men who journeyed far
and wide to help celebrate the birth of Jesus
Christ.
As mentioned above, on page 10 we offer
gift ideas, this year’s annual products. The
Irish Stamp Year Book 2016 contains all the
commemorative stamps and miniature
sheets issued during the year together with
a detailed narrative and additional imagery
to complement each issue.
The Irish Stamp Year Pack 2016 contains
a brief overview of each subject in
the programme, together with the
commemorative stamps in a single, high
gloss folder.
Let us tell you the story of a brand new
millionaire in Northern Ireland who
discovered what's known as an 'Inverted
Jenny' which some are now calling the "Find
of the Decade" on page 12.
Our Last Chance Saloon on page 16 presents
you with the final opportunity to get your
hands on stamps issued for the 1400th
Anniversary of the death of St. Columbán
and Christmas 2015.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish
you all a very happy festive season with
your families and friends. As Burton Hillis
once said “The best of all gifts around any
Christmas tree: the presence of a happy
family all wrapped up in each other.”
I hope you enjoy this issue of The Collector
and we will see you again in 2017!
Richard Miley,
Irish Stamps
Every effort is made to ensure images and information in The Collector are correct at the time of publication.
Products outlined are for illustrative purposes and may be subject to change without notice.
NEWS & INFORMATION
STAMPA
STAMPA, the National Stamp Exhibition, takes
place from 14th-16th October 2016, from
11am to 6pm and entry is €5. This three-day
event is a wonderful opportunity to see stamp
collecting in action. With competitive displays,
advice on collecting and the main stamp clubs
in attendance, it all adds up to an exciting
event that’s now in its 44th year. All the latest
stamps and many of the earliest, will be on
display and available to buy.
STAMPA 2016 will take place at Griffith Conference Centre, which is part of the Griffith
College Campus, close to Leonard’s Corner and beside the National Boxing Stadium on
the South Circular Road, Dublin 8, D08 V04N. The An Post team will be there to provide an
exhibit relating to 1916 and all visitors can enter a draw with prizes sponsored by An Post.
As well as the usual competitive exhibits, there will be a special display of 1916 postcards.
A full philatelic experience awaits you.
Details of STAMPA membership is available on www.stampa.ie. Member souvenirs this
year include a special overprinted version of the Leaders and Icons miniature sheet from
the 1916 Centenary set, the Dogs miniature sheet and a specially printed Easter Rising
1916 postcard – all specially overprinted to commemorate STAMPA 2016.
The public souvenir will be a different Centenary of Easter Rising miniature sheet
depicting “The Aftermath” issued by An Post. Overprinted by STAMPA, it will be on sale at
the exhibition and can also be purchased along with membership.
There will a special postmark on a different theme on each day of the exhibition. The
subjects will be “Dogs” (14th October), “Easter Rising” (15th October) and “Commissioners
of Irish Lights” (16th October) The Lighthouse postmark is to coincide with the issue of a
Commissioners of Irish Lights set by An Post shortly before the show. In addition, there
will be a special Centenary of the Easter Rising one-frame competition.
Full details on www.stampa.ie.
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Cork Stamp and Coin Exhibition
The Cork Stamp and Coin Exhibition will take place on Saturday, November 12th 2016 from
10.00 am to 4.00 pm at The Imperial Hotel, South Mall, Co. Cork. Admission will be €3.00 for
adults and accompanied children will be admitted free of charge.
There will be a large range of products and stamps from the last 12 months at the An Post –
Irish Stamps stand.
Dealers from all over Ireland are booked to attend and in addition to having their extensive
stocks for sale they will also provide free valuations on stamps, coins and postcards.
A souvenir booklet and overprinted miniature sheet will be available at the door and a special
postmark will be in use at the exhibition with illustrated covers also on sale.
All details are available from Padraig O Shea, Raven Stamps, 12 Washington Street West, Co.
Cork or telephone 021-4271750. Alternatively email [email protected]
Facebook.com/An Post
Don’t forget to check out our Facebook page for updates on stamp launches, for chances to
win stamps and other fantastic philatelic prizes!
Find us on Facebook
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Lighthouse Keepers
Honouring the Commissioners of Irish Lights.
The Commissioners of Irish Lights (Irish Lights)
is a unique organisation that provides an
essential safety service around the coast of
Ireland, protecting the marine environment
and supporting the marine industry and
coastal communities.
Ireland has had lighthouses for a very long
time: the oldest still in use today dates back
well over 1,000 years to perhaps the 5th
century. Then, the monks of Rinn Dubháin
in Co. Wexford (now known as Hook Head),
lit a beacon to warn shipping away from
dangerous rocks.
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The lighthouse itself was built when Lord of
Leinster William Marshal commissioned the
building in 1207. The monks were enrolled
as the first lighthouse keepers and they
remained as custodians for several centuries.
Today Hook Lighthouse is one of the oldest
working lighthouses in the world.
Today, Irish Lights provides and maintains over
300 general aids to navigation, lighthouses
for example. They manage about 4,000 local
aids to navigation (buoys, etc) and marks or
removes dangerous wrecks outside harbour
areas.
Technical Details
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PRODUCT CODE 1611PBK PRICE €13.00
October 6, 2016
4 x 72c Block (208k)
Vermillion Design
45mm x 28mm
Multicolour with
phosphor tagging
TR PVA Gum 102gsm
Sheetlets of 16
13.3 x 13.6
Lithography
Cartor Security Printing
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In addition to the more traditional visual
aids to navigation, Irish Lights uses advanced
technology such as differential GPS, radar
beacons and automatic identification systems.
a Buoy; a helicopter at work near Fanad
lighthouse in Donegal; the technology Irish
Lights offers to the sea user; and the ILV
Granuaile, the service’s multifunctional vessel.
Irish Lights is crucial to the safety of our nation
and to the success of our economy: 95% of our
imports and exports are carried on ships. Each
year, over 30 million tonnes of goods, almost
4 million passengers and more than 1 million
containers pass through Irish ports and Irish
Lights make sure it’s plain sailing for all of it.
Buy these stamps and First Day Cover by
using the order form attached, by calling
+353 (1) 705 7400 or by logging onto
irishstamps.ie from date of issue.
There are four stamps in the collection and
they feature Irish Lights staff working on
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Sorting Christmas
People Coming Together.
Every year the Irish postal service, An
Post, issues Christmas stamps for what is
traditionally our busiest period of the whole
year. Through November and December, we
sort and deliver millions of cards and letters
between every home in Ireland and to all
corners of the world. The fact that the Irish
diaspora is so prevalent and far-flung but
also very close in terms of family and friends,
adds to this traffic.
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This year we will issue three stamps in
celebration of the yuletide festivities. The
concept behind the design is of ‘People
Coming Together’ which is very important
to the Irish: this is the time of year when a
great many people come home to Ireland to
see loved ones and those that can’t are never
far from our minds. Families all over Ireland
are preparing to welcome home their sons
and daughters, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces,
nephews and friends – it is a truly magical
time for all of those traditionally strong Irish
families.
The idea of people coming together is
represented by The Holy Family on the 72c
stamp and The Three Wise Men on the €1.10
SOAR stamp. The illustration uses simple
two-dimensional forms and patterns, lacking
Technical Details
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November 3, 2016
72c (19.5m)
€1.44 Strip of 2 (10k)
€1.82 SOAR pair (15k)
WorkGroup
25mm x 30mm
56mm x 25mm (SOAR)
Multicolour with
phosphor tagging
Avery Self-adhesive OBA free 223gsm
Raflatac Thermal P200 (SOAR)
Booklets of 26
Collectors’ strip of 2
13 x 13
11 x 11.25 approx. (SOAR)
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HP Indigo high resolution digital print (SOAR)
Printer:
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perspective, and these are reminiscent of
those seen in early Christian manuscripts.
There is a common structure to the
background and core elements and the style
of illustration is carried through to the third
stamp where pattern and bold colour are
juxtaposed to illustrate a typical selection of
Christmas tree decorations.
in as grand a manner as they can. All of
these beautiful stamps were designed by
WorkGroup in Dublin.
Buy these stamps and First Day Cover by
using the order form attached, by calling
+353 (1) 705 7400 or by logging onto
irishstamps.ie from date of issue.
The third stamp, will appear in the Christmas
Stamp Booklet, features numerous types
of Christmas decorations, which are of
importance as they bring the family unit
together in order to decorate their homes
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hÉireann, Arm Cathartha na hÉireann agus Cumann na mBan seilbh ar Bhaile Átha Cliath chun
Poblacht na hÉireann a fhorógairt agus bhí 1,000 duine de chuid bhaill na n-eagraíochtaí sin
teach san eachtra
eachtr
a. Tháinig deireadh
deireadh leis an reibiliún
reibiliún laistigh de shé lá agus,
agus, dá éis,
éis, bhí thart
thart
páirteach
eachtra.
ar 500 duine marbh agus bhí cuid mhór den cha
chathair ina fothrach. Mar thoradh ar imeachtaí na
seachtaine, chuir údaráis
údar na Breataine sé dhuine dhéag de chuid cheannairí an reibiliúin chun báis
agus ghabh siad os cionn 3,000
amhrastach. Cé gur theip mhíleata a bhí ann, d’athraigh an tÉirí
3,
Éire ó bhonn trí thacaíocht an phobail do Phoblacht Éireannach neamhspleách a chothú.
Amach Éire
1. Ceannairí
eannairí agus Íocóin
Íoc
stampaí 1–4
3. Seachtain na Cásca stampaí 9–12
Is iad Tomás S. Ó
Cléirigh, Seán Mac
Tá na hidéil radacacha
óna bhfuair na
An tOchtú Sraith Dheifnídeach lena gComórtar
Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916
reibiliúnaigh inspioráid
The Eighth Definitive Stamp Series Commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising
Diarmada agus Éamonn
Ceannt na hionadaithe
leagtha amach san
de chuid Bhráithreachas
Fhorógra. Bhí John F.
Phoblacht na hÉireann
(Seán) Foster i measc
a shínigh an Forógra;
aig Mac Piarais,
Piar Seosamh Pluincéid agus Tomás Mac
Piarais
is iad Pádraig
hÉir Éire
Donnchadha ionadaithe Óglaigh na hÉireann
(chomh
70cmaith
na sibhialtach ab
óige a maraíodh agus maraíodh é le linn malartí lámhaigh
idir Óglaigh
na hÉireann agus saighdiúirí
arm na Breataine.
Éire 70c
Éire 70c
ghluaiseach fhorleathan
le bheith ina n-ionadaithe don ghluaiseacht
Chuir Louisa Nolan a beatha i mbaol chun aire a thabhairt
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náisiúnach cultúir); bhí Séamus Ó Conghaile
i gceannas ar Arm
do dhaoine gortaithe le linn Chath Dhroichead Shráid an
tha na hÉireann. Tá léiriú le fáil ar dhearcadh sóisialach
Cathartha
Mhóta. Nocht Francis Fletcher-Vane ciontacht an Chaptaein J.
aíochta sin i mbr
na heagraíochta
mbratach an Chamchéachta a bhí ar
C. Bowen-Colthurst i leith mharú Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
oluain os cionn Óstán an Imperial ar Shr
foluain
Shráid Sackville le linn
agus ceathrar sibhialtach eile. Cé gur bhris an lucht ceannais
Sheachtain na Cásca.
ásca. Is ionann br
bratach Phoblacht na hÉireann,
oluain ag Ard-Oifig an Phoist le linn Sheachtain na
a bhí ar foluain
Éire 70c
an Maor Vane as a phost agus iad ag iarraidh ról an airm
sa mharú sin a chlúdach, d’úsáid sé a chuid teagmhálacha
Éire 70c
Éire 70c
Cásca, agus siombail den idéal poblachtach.
polaitíochta chun an méid a tharla a nochtadh.
2. Rannpháirtithe stampaí 5–8
4. An Tréimhse Tar Éis an Éirí Amach stampaí 13–16
Bhí an Constábla
d’Ard-Oifig an Phoist,
Póilíní Chathair Bhaile
Átha Cliath, agus
Éire
70c i measc
Sean
Connolly
PRODUCT CODE 16PCSet PRICE €5.00
arb é an t-ionad is
Éire 70c
íocónaí é atá bainteach
Éire
leis70c
an reibiliún, scála
na gcéad daoine a
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an scriosta a rinneadh
maraíodh i rith an Éirí
mar thoradh ar an
aispeánann íomhá dheartháireacha
dhear
Amach. Taispeánann
Malone castacht
gceannairc. Taispeánann an grianghraf de leanaí ag bailiú
dhearcadh mhuintir na hÉir
hÉireann faoin gCogadh agus faoin
connaidh an tslí inar tarraingíodh gnáthmhuintir Bhaile Átha
Leifteanan Michael Malone ina bhall den
Leif
Éirí Amach. Bhí an Leifteanant
Cliath isteach in imeachtaí Sheachtain na Cásca agus, chomh
thlán d’Óglaigh na hÉir
3ú Cathlán
hÉireann agus maraíodh é le linn
maith leis sin, léiríonn sé an bhochtaineacht a bhí ann an tráth
oichead Shráid an Mhóta. Maraíodh
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Cliath, le linn Chath Ypres i mBealtaine 1915.
ann tar éis an Éirí Amach nuair a imthreorannaíodh beagnach
ynch agus Elizabeth O’Farrell
O’F
Kathleen Lynch
an ról a bhí ag mná
2,000 duine. Ba é Ruairí Mac Easmainn, a raibh cáil air mar
san Éirí Amach. Léiríonn Jack Doyle agus Tom McGrath ról na
thoradh ar a chuid oibre daonnúla i gCongó na Beilge agus i
eibiliúnach.
ngnáthreibiliúnach.
Meiriceá Theas, an duine deireanach de cheannairí an reibiliúin
an Sáirsint William Malone, as 2ú Fiúsailéirí Ríoga Bhaile Átha
Éire 70c
Léiríonn an íomhá
James O’Brien, as
1916-2016 Postcards - set of 7
Éire 70c
reibiliúnaigh as cúlraí éagsúla agus tionchar an leatroim a bhí
Éire 70c
a cuireadh chun báis – básaíodh é ar an 3 Lúnasa 1916.
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1916 - 2016
Souvenir Folder including Sheet of 16 gummed stamps
PRODUCT CODE 16DPP PRICE €15.00
Commemorating the Centenary of the Easter Rising.
Earlier this year An Post issued new stamps
on the Stamps on a Roll (SOAR) system
that will be available throughout 2016
from the Philatelic Bureau and Post Offices
nationwide. The stamps were designed by
Dublin-based Zinc Design Consultants
To complement the SOAR stamps, a superb
range of additional product was produced
for the 1916 - 2016 issue. This includes a
beautiful sheetlet of 16 gummed stamps,
a set of seven postcards, a Souvenir Folder
which includes the 16 stamp gummed sheet,
and a Presentation Folder containing four
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miniature sheets.
There are four miniature sheets available
in a Presentation Folder. This is a beautiful
tri-fold folder, housed in a micron envelope,
featuring a large-scale reproduction of the
Proclamation and a historical narrative. The
souvenir miniature sheets are cellophane
wrapped and each features four stamps
from the categories: ‘Leaders and Icons’,
‘Participants’, ‘Easter Week’ and ‘The
Aftermath’.
1916-2016 Sheetlet of 16 gummed stamps
PRODUCT CODE 16D1120 PRICE €11.20
An tOchtú Sraith Dheifnídeach lena gComórtar Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916
The Eighth Definitive Stamp Series Commemorating the 1916 Easter Rising
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An Post has issued a set of seven
commemorative postcards shrink wrapped
in cellophane to purchase. Individually, or
collectively, these stamps, souvenir folders,
postcards and book add significantly to an
Irish national commemorative programme,
100 years after the Easter Rising. It’s a very
important celebration of the most significant
event in the birth of the nation and is
particularly relevant to An Post as the GPO was
the focal point for the rebellion over those six
days in 1916.
You can buy these stamps at Post Offices in
the stamps on a roll format (SOAR). The special
souvenir sheet of 16 gummed stamps are
available from the Philatelic Bureau or Counters
20 & 21 in the GPO. Alternatively using the
order form attached, by calling +353 (1) 705
7400 or by logging onto irishstamps.ie.
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Irish StampS Annual Products 2016
Irish Stamp Year Book 2016
The 2016 Irish Stamp Yearbook is the
perfect gift for philatelists or anybody
with an interest in Irish Culture and History.
The 52 page book contains editorial and
imagery on all of the subjects featured in
the stamp programme, along with each
stamp and miniature sheet, full technical
details and first day of issue cancelations.
The print run is limited to 1500 copies,
with each book individually numbered.
Priced at just €75, order yours today!
Product Code 16YB Price €75.00
Special Luxury Edition Year Book 2016
A special luxury edition, featuring gold leaf
embossing and edging and covered in full
sheep’s leather with a matching leather
slip case is also available. Hand finished
by skilled craftsmen, only 100 copies are
produced. These are highly sought after
and make a prestigious gift, which will be
treasured for years to come.
Product Code 16YBS Price €210.00
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Irish Stamp Year Pack 2016
The ideal Christmas gift, this is the chance to capture all
of our commemorative stamps from 2016 in one, high
quality pack. The Year Pack contains a brief overview
of each subject in the programme, together with the
commemorative stamps in a single, high gloss folder.
Product Code 16YP Price €45.00
First Day Cover Collection 2016
This year’s collection of our First Day
Covers is the perfect way to acquire every
Irish Stamp FDC issued for 2016. 50th
Anniversary of the Irish Heart Foundation
and Wild Atlantic Way are some of the many
First Day Covers in this collection.
Product Code 16FDCYP Price €70.00
Buy the Irish Stamp Year Book 2016, Irish Stamp Year Pack 2016 and First Day Cover
Collection 2016 from November 17th by using the order form attached, by calling
+353 (1) 705 7400 or by logging onto irishstamps.ie.
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The find of the decade
Young Northern Irish man discovers rarest stamp.
The stamp-collecting world is buzzing with the
news that a young Northern Irish man walked
into a New York auction house recently with
an Inverted Jenny which is probably the rarest,
most sought-after and most valuable postage
stamp in history.
The rare 24 cent stamp, which we have
featured in The Collector previously, is called
an ‘Inverted Jenny’ because it has a US Mail
biplane on it that was mistakenly printed
upside-down. One hundred of these stamps
made it into circulation in 1918 but this one,
number 76, has not been seen for 61 years.
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So how did it get into the hands of this young
man? According to George Eveleth, the head
of New York auction house Spink’s Philatelic
department, the man had been in touch a few
weeks earlier.
“Apparently, his grandfather had died a couple
of years ago, leaving him some stamps.
He didn’t know the collection he inherited
included one that was of such significant
value. I think that he got curious, started
looking through the pile of stamps, did some
research online and then realised it might be
worth some money.”
(Photo courtesy of the United States Postal Service)
Executive director of the American Philatelic
Society, Scott English, said the Irishman
maintained that he did not know how his
grandfather had acquired the stamp. The
Inverted Jenny has been authenticated by
experts but quickly became the subject of an
ownership dispute that was resolved in the
young man’s favour.
“Engel gave the collector the right to
repurchase the stamp for $11,500 within a
year, and my assumption is that the collector
never came back and the stamp was sold to
another customer,” said English.
In the end, the Inverted Jenny was auctioned
and bought by the American Philatelic
Research Library for $1.3 million. It was bought
just in time to be displayed at the World Stamp
Show in New York - an event that only comes
around every 10 years.
Which means that one of the world’s rarest
stamps made a rare appearance at one of the
world’s rarest events.
And one young man from Northern Ireland
became a new millionaire.
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Heritage Department Collection
‘The GPO – 200 YEARS OF HISTORY’
14B E15.00
In this beautifully produced and illustrated book, Stephen Ferguson,
who is Assistant Secretary of An Post, tells the story of the GPO and
the people who have played an integral part in its history over the
centuries.
Designed by Francis Johnston, Dublin’s iconic GPO has been the
communications hub of Ireland for 200 years. Famous as the
headquarters of the men and women of the 1916 Rising, the building
has witnessed not only great events but many ordinary personal
stories as well.
‘Business as Usual – GPO staff in 1916’
12B €12.99
This book examines the Rising from the unique perspective of the
men and women who worked for the GPO. Drawing on Post Office
and other archives in Dublin and London, a picture is painted of
the political sympathies, the sense of duty and the sheer pace and
excitement that motivated GPO staff in 1916. Eye-witness accounts
and photographs taken within days of the end of the rebellion
provide a fresh and vivid portrait of the time and the importance of
the Post Office in the event which has defined Irish history for close
to a century.
‘THE 1916 RISING’
16B €19.99
Historian, Fearghal McGarry has written a 9,000 word essay across
108 pages of learned text (in Irish and English) on the Easter Rising.
This stunning thread sewn book is printed full colour on 170gsm
silk paper. Complementing the text is a range of superb imagery.
In addition, this book contains the special souvenir sheet of 16
gummed stamps.
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Looking for that special gift this Christmas?
An Post Van Set
Cúchulainn Statue
FDC Collection 2016
Irish Stamp Year Pack 2016
Treat someone special to
a wonderfully crafted set
of five An Post Model
Vehicles. The vehicles
featured are the Model
T Ford, Horse Drawn
Vehicle, Anglia Van,
Transit Bus, and VW
Transporter. Each of
these vehicles has its
own legitimate Fleet
Number.
Give a legendary present
this year! Cúchulainn is
the legendary warrior
of Irish mythology.
Standing 23cm tall and
mounted on a wooden
base, with a name plate
suitable for engraving.
The Cúchulainn statue
provides an impressive
centrepiece for any
setting.
This year’s collection
of our First Day Covers
is the perfect way to
acquire every Irish Stamp
FDC issued for 2016.
50th Anniversary of the
Irish Heart Foundation
and Wild Atlantic Way
are some of the many
First Day Covers in this
collection.
This is your chance
to capture all of our
commemorative stamps
from 2016 in one highquality pack. The 2016
Year Pack contains a brief
overview of each subject
in the programme,
together with the
commemorative stamps
in a single, high gloss
folder.
Price:
€60.00
Product Code 03VANSET
Price
€90.00
Product Code STAU09
Price
€70.00
Product Code 16FDCYP
Price
€45.00
Product Code 16YP
LAST CHANCE SALOON
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Collectors, as you may know Commemorative Stamps are only on sale for one year from the
date of issue. We are offering you the chance to add products to your collection that you may
not have had the opportunity to obtain during 2015. Please see below details of stamp issues
from 2015 that you may wish to purchase before they are consigned to history.
1400th Anniversary of the death of St. Columban:
Issue Date: 22 October, 2015
Expiry Date: 22 October, 2016
On October 22, An Post issued a stamp commemorating the 1400th
Anniversary of the death of St. Columban.
St. Columban was an Irish missionary who founded several
monasteries on the European continent from around AD 590 in
the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, the most famous of which is
Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in presentday Italy. The €1.05 stamp was designed by acclaimed Dublin-based
illustrator and designer Steve Simpson. It features an image of St.
Columban, taken from a stained glass window in Mount St Joseph’s
Abbey, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary.
Christmas 2015:
Issue Date: 5 November, 2015
Expiry Date: 5 November, 2016
On the 5th November 2015, An Post issued three stamps to celebrate
Christmas.
The stamp design for the 2015 Christmas Stamp Booklet features a
detail of The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Saint John the Baptist
and Saint Lucy (1513) by Marco Palmezzano (c.1460–1539) and
is reproduced courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland. The two
stamps on the ‘Stamps on a roll’ format depict symbols associated
with Christmas.and featured a young girl playing the part of an angel
in a children’s Nativity play.
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The 1916 Easter Rising
by Fearghal McGarry
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irish lighthouses/Comissioner of irish lights fDC
1916-2016 sheetlet of 16 gummed stamps
Christmas 2016 stamp Booklet
1916-2016 postcards - set of 7
Christmas 2016 stamp pair (ex booklet)
1916-2016 presentation folder with 4 miniature sheets
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Christmas 2016 fDC
irish stamp year Book 2016
1916-2016 sheetlet of 16 gummed stamps
irish stamp year pack 2016
1916-2016 postcards - set of 7
special luxury edition year Book 2016
1916-2016 presentation folder with 4 miniature sheets
first Day Cover Collection 2016
1916-2016 souvenir folder including sheetlet of 16 gummed stamps
statue of Cúchulainn
irish stamp year Book 2016
an post Van set
irish stamp year pack 2016
“the gpo - 200 years of history”
special luxury edition year Book 2016
“Business as Usual - gpo staff in 1916”
first Day Cover Collection 2016
1916-2016 “the 1916 easter rising” Book written by fearghal Mcgarry
statue of Cúchulainn
1400th anniversary of the death of st. Columbán €1.05 stamp
an post Van set
1400th anniversary of the death of st. Columbán €1.05 sheetlet
“the gpo - 200 years of history”
Christmas 2015 stamp Booklet
“Business as Usual - gpo staff in 1916”
Christmas 2015 stamp pair (ex booklet)
1916-2016 “the 1916 easter rising” Book written by fearghal Mcgarry
Christmas 2015 stamp soar strip
1400th anniversary of the death of st. Columbán €1.05 stamp
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