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eIRe Ph,IAcel.c As soClAc.on Vol. VI -- No. V BID PHILl'fBLIC ASSOCIA'1'IOB (IH'fERJIA'l'IOIIAL ) Published BiJIonthl7 May --- June 1956 Whole Number 33 Neil tor I RISH STAINED GLAS S By James White It is impossible to st a ined glass movement ute to the amazing Miss it not for her faith and and somewhat arrogant our churches would, nothing but the have passed for stai period. VLl c lilllC, one feels this day, atrocities glass over a III Jauulll7' 1903 '1'01lIl1' cd Glaas, a oo-oparatiTII sooiet,' tor the enoouraguent and caftl.opaent or the craft ot stained glass, VlUI '!be 1Jlportant teat1p:'e cd tb1s ftnture was IIOt so _oil the opportunity it cdtered as the pr1noipa it :1a- posed aDd guarded eTllr since. '1'be society 1DBists that the artist gifts b18 in- . to the v1Ddo1r he h8.111 in hand; this lIS!: troll its c_noement to its oc.pletion. =ttJ, :,jni!:r::a . .' ot t.r one artist but his absorbing interest. . too un;r products cd the industrial work- . ' shOp where eAch part 111 tba result cd tba eftorts ot craftsalen and the eTidenoes cd difterent Harry Clar ke: Parish Church. Non lwlch. and different ainda. SurelT that iDdetiDab1e texture which distinguishes glass Of the t1DBst quail t,' is obta1:Ded OJLQ- by tba artist who works on each piece of glass painting it and tiring it again and again untU he Imov8 he bas .ads it richer th j81l81. A jewel refieots the light whereas ...... .l.UI .. 1 glass catches it, contains it radiates it in a ailllon gleBlling tones. rotJOHREA CATHEp,lfA.I-THE FIRST C<JIKISSION OF THE TCJIEa OF GLASS 'ftI8 tirst call1lission '1'OII'8r ot Glass was oarried out tor Loughrea Cathedral by Child, a pupil of C stopher Whall in lDlldon. This artist fortunateJ;y was in- I dUloed to remain in Ire and take OYer a claas tor students of stained glaas at t.be IKeltropc)litan School of in Dublin. He provided saas VIIl'7 talented pupils with the (Cont1nusd on page 266) 26S

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Page 1: :,jni!:r::a - Éire Philatelic Association · IOOIIlll:Lde,ral,le extent. • S I18thod enables the people to the wonder1'~ possibilities at III'l"'r>;UIlv to obta:Ln • numba! o£

eIRe Ph,IAcel.c AssoClAc.on

Vol. VI -- No. V BID PHILl'fBLIC ASSOCIA'1'IOB (IH'fERJIA'l'IOIIAL )

Published BiJIonthl7

May --- June 1956

Whole Number 33 Neil st~ck, tor

I R ISH STAINED G LAS S

By James White

It is impossible to sta ined glass movement ute to the amazing Miss it not for her faith and and somewhat arrogant our churches would, nothing but the have passed for stai period.

VLl clilllC,

one feels this day,

atrocities glass over a

III Jauulll7' 1903 '1'01lIl1' cd Glaas, a oo-oparatiTII sooiet,' tor the enoouraguent and caftl.opaent or the craft ot stained glass, VlUI to~. '!be ~ 1Jlportant teat1p:'e cd tb1s ftnture was IIOt so _oil the opportunity it cdtered as the pr1noipa it :1a-posed aDd guarded eTllr since.

'1'be society 1DBists that the artist gifts b18 in­. diT1du~jttent1on to the v1Ddo1r he h8.111 in hand;

this lIS!: troll its c_noement to its oc.pletion.

=ttJ, ~h!: :,jni!:r::a a:peno~::~~ 3~ . . ' ot t.r one artist but his absorbing interest.

. ~ _s too un;r products cd the industrial work-. ' shOp where eAch part 111 tba result cd tba eftorts ot

C!~S craftsalen and the eTidenoes cd difterent Harry Clar ke: Parish Church. Non lwlch. and different ainda. SurelT that iDdetiDab1e

texture which distinguishes glass Of the t1DBst quail t,' is obta1:Ded OJLQ- by tba artist who works on each piece of glass painting it and tiring it again and again untU he Imov8 he bas .ads it richer th ~ j81l81. A jewel refieots the light whereas ...... .l.UI .. 1 glass catches it, contains it radiates it in a ailllon gleBlling tones.

rotJOHREA CATHEp,lfA.I-THE FIRST C<JIKISSION OF THE TCJIEa OF GLASS

'ftI8 tirst call1lission ~1t.Il18 '1'OII'8r ot Glass was oarried out tor Loughrea Cathedral by Child, a pupil of C stopher Whall in lDlldon. This artist fortunateJ;y was in-

I dUloed to remain in Ire and take OYer a claas tor students of stained glaas at t.be IKeltropc)litan School of in Dublin. He provided saas VIIl'7 talented pupils with the (Cont1nusd on page 266) 26S

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PREIDERr --- MalooIa G. O'Ra1ll7 908-87th street, 50rtb Bergen, •• J. VICE PREmENt' -- John W. 'frawra 39 ClIZ"CUaan Bowl, 1'01"Onto 18. Caned. jCfiIG 8BCRUARr - John J. Clark 947 But 32m St.. BrookJ.:rn 10, H.Y. .. !BBABtJRIIl ------- iDbert 0re.7 2629 Mallery Street. Flint 4.JI1cbigan 111m. !III JII9EALBIl - HeU Stack (.&.10) 311 Bast 9th. st., .... York 3 ... 'fo1"Ic: PUBLIC RELATIONS arnCER-John J. Clark 947 Bast 32D1l st •• BrookJ.:rn 10. If. Y. ... ASSOCIA.'fIOll A!'laIIIIr - Lorin L. lair Ill!'

Box JaB9 -- Richl and Center, Wisconsin B.P". BIJROPEAN DIBEC'1'C8-K:1cbael Clittbay 22 Baat Road. - DgbJ1n C 10. - IrelaDd

SUB9CIW'1'IONS J.liI) BACK: COPIES OF 1'HB IiEVEALKR-ttr1te to John J. Clark-abaft.

IRISH STArRED GLASS (ContiJmed !rca page 265)

ssary teolm1cal equipDllnt to enable them develop their art on a high plane.

1'11& a>RK OF HARRY C~ The ;ndi ~idu(l ' QUencion of the ortl.t is l iven to the window (rom ;u commencement co Its complet ion,

&IPONEN'l'S r:R ECCLESIAS1'ICAL S URED GLASS

In 1913 Harry Clarka von a Fold medal. in 1'ba period o£ 1910 to 1935';:; probabJ.:r ILondclil tor a Judas window whiCh can st1ll. be associated with a type o£ ecclesiastical

in Dublin. In 1916 be ccamenced thoI stained glass o£ vtnch BeaJ.:r and Clarke were o£ windows tor the Hopan Collegiate the principal. exponents. Tljeir windows are

IChapEll in Cork. This work ,..,st alamed the easily distinguished b7 ~F aestholtic and IOr:LT.14:S b7 its daring origiliaJ.ity and pure highly spiritualized saint, . Most at them 1ISo'o".'LDg oolor but it assured his instant are drawn in formal. patterns and the beads

He later sent hisl art all emir the are sensitive eqUivalents~' or the bumaD .uthough he was by/DO _ana Ireland' conception o£ 'etheraUzed 1ngs. Clarka

:iJIportant stained artist. be 1188 decorated his glass with quantity of foU-

1:~~:~I:l:: tor drawing attention to this ate ornament whicb posse~sors o£ the bodes &8 a center ot sucb activity. His he illustrated for Messrs. Harrap and Sons

repntation ha.t:J led to a auccess- vill be tam1l1ar. BlaJ.:rjs windows ditter in o£ foreign cOllll1ssions ever since. their m;rstic depths of cf-lor. He sought to

) bold tbe Ugbt within ~ glass b7 making it MICHAEL B&ALY less br:l.lliant. b7 p~ on the black pig-I I18nt. b7 adding large~aa 80 that thll

Micbael BeaJ.:r's style vas sillilar to that Ugbt came through in 1101'9 pinpointed fash­IIarr7 Clarka and his ~olors equally radi- ion and so that the do le thiokness gave a

..... .L0I"'.. the plating and iding method to a These painters opene the eyes of their and gloving. Botba:these artists de- ma.x:1:arum intensity

IOOIIlll:Lde,ral,le extent. • S I18thod enables the people to the wonder1'~ possibilities at III'l"'r>;UIlv to obta:Ln • numba! o£ oolors and color in glass whioh at one t:!me seemed to pn·wu.n ona leaded area 0 glass. Two or be a seoret understood only by the medievaJ. 1P1'''OttS of different colo s areplated togethllr artist. JV!~~~whe~:n held before , s light give an in-ft tone. A I ' or section, ot In'~I1S'r o£ the pieces in he original. oolor

be laid bare by app g the unwanted I_.,,.r,.,,. to a strong aci whioh eats it aw8'3, 1L"'''T.lI.Dg the upper or lover piece clear to P;-&u.,w its own oolor.

266

EiIE

It remained. however to a l a ter artist, Me Hona, to achieve 'he oal.la serene air in outUne and f'om whijOh the masters of' the Chartres windows ~. rstood. The source

(Continued on page 267\

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IRISH S .. UNIm GLASS (ContiDed fran page 266

a oraft battening on e :1nftution of a fol'll­r oreative spirit. • look therefore, to

the :young artists of toda;r to harness tbeir of her inspiration has en the Italian prim and 1IIIag1nati to this spaoial. _diu iti_s, the Freucb .cubi ts and the piaty of hich atter all clo 17 resellbles in liDe GotMc artists who port ayad the DiviDe Me and color the Celtio ~un1.n&tiODB produoecl arcb;r quite UDssl!-co ious17 through the twen the eighth &¥ the elennth ceD.tur1aa. depths of their own e rience. Consequent17 t is tMs last t3t which perhaps &OCOUDt.s Evie HoDe's workB touch the heart b7 their or the readiness wit whioh IIOdern Irish ingenuous qualit,. of s licit,. and direct- sta.iDed glass paints adapted t.beuelfts to ness. The,. are at the _ t:1Jae based on the he DeW fOrlll of art. (!be End). scientUic principles 0 her !lB.ster, Albert Gleizes, with whOlll she ~r1mented with ure17 abstract a,mbols it was slow17

that she fOUlld her way 1; k to direct repre­sentation. Her aftectii for the work of Georges Roualt bas accel rated this return

MEREDIrH'S OVERPRINTS WITH OFFSE'l' ON REVERSB A ReaH gnnent For the Sak8 of Clari t,.

to what III8Dy coneider a re reasonable lip- In past years I have often had queries trca oach to the problems ' stained glass pain rs of W.G. Meredith.s handbook ·l'OS'l'AOB

, though it IIlUBt be ~tted that onJ.7 b,. STAMPS OF lRET.ANIl, 1922-27,- with regard to asessing a thorough knojrledp of the prin- the overprinted staaps be lists in which .tIM!

ciples of abstract to~.~f' any artist per- hole overprint is olaar17 offset on the re-ectl;y control the lIed1ua rse side.

1'HE SECRET OF Recent17 I19Teral acre :attars attest to the

continuing oontusion over this oategol7. Both in an attellpt to aid Meredith owners, and to

Erl.8 BoDe's principal conts.in a draw at.tention to Tarietiss with which IUIII\T rb;ytba which is rhaps and careful an- collectors ae_ unfamiliar, I haTe attellptad

is of thell alwa,.a · reTe the fact that a reaJigunent desigDad to ol.ar11'7 the eight-his bas been attained bY" he IIIOSt careful en iteas which Meredith places in the cate-

painstaking arrangsJlen of the . pieces gor,-. He I1WIIbera thea . V6.32 to V649. iIIo1118i-It. is onJ.7 Deces- , but s~· the,. do DOt aopear at all in

sar,- to add that her colo are deep and the gell8ral catalogs. the Scott and GibbOllB SODOrouS to CODV8,. the extent of her power. numbers I have used are I18cessll17' those of

s is a judgeJIent generotla17 al.l.owd bY" the nomal. copies. xparienced artists and cr11t1cs t1'Oll abroad

o are in touch with the artistic produc- N> CHIElI' BEASOIIIS FOR OO)llPOSIOJl ions of their contemporari s.

1'here seUl two chief' reasons ~ Meredith.s list in question !lB.7 haTe caused IIOre or less contusion. First, becanse the group 18 ar-

The iDtl.ue e of these art- ranged according to ascending face TaJ.ueS­ists bas h a beDeticial all the jel·s together, all tIM! ldls UId 80 oa effect on t whole bo~ ot -without pb;yBical. sub-division accordiDc ~ eccleast1cal design as 1I8ll t.he finla which did the OTerpriuting. SecOlld, as on their ~~ounger contem.- cause of a practice C<IIIIIODIIr OTeraeaa than poraries. ~ Harry Clark here., 01' call1 ng all. ~ca Rialtas OTerpr1Dt­studio has ¢,oduced several ings .'l'hOlllBt and all. 'l'hca Saoratlt 0Terprint-excellent art\1-sts IIIIIODg :!.DgIII, I18re17 Saorst1ts. '1'ba iDitiated aN whCIII Richard png and WiU- accustaled to this swl tch of npbaais frc:a iaa Dowling 8f8 outstanding, inter to cllcb6 and with practic., it aeZfts wbile the ~r of Gl.ass con t to those parhaps approaching Irish OTer­tinnes in the capabla hands rint& without particul.ar preTious exparillllCe, of Kathleen O ,Brien. the arrangement i& UDDecessaril7 contusing.

HEED FOR RE ALIZATION

Arq tOrlll IlUSt be reTital­ized ever,- so qftan 11' it is

~~~~~~. to remain art ahd not just : WINDOW, \ 267

Kilmllk in .Church, Connemoro.

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DJlDI!B'S 0lERPBIJI'rS WIt'B ~ OI IIB'fKRSB (Cont1DUd freD page 267)

IIBRIiDIm'S LlS'l' lIEllIOJD.m BY PBlJI'l'EIIS.

Ire7 to S--5cott }

M-Meredi th

SubheadiDgs O--Gibbons F--Face Value

PRIIft'ED BY DOLLARD

x S G l"

V632 1 V634 2 V641 5 V6369

1 ~ 2 ld 6 4d (black)

22 21<1 (red)

,rt',"'" IX 1IQI

V635 24 35 V637 26 32 V64026 38 V648 37 45

V633 la4 52 '636 liS 53 V639 48 56 V642 5058 V643 51 59 V644 52 60 V645 5361 '6146 5462 '647 55 63 V647 57 65

ld 2d (II) 3d 5/-

icl ld

rr 5d 6d 9d

lOd 1/-5/-

I ~ Men the aajority" ot these o1'tset­on-back o~rprints, 11' not quite all. lfotlllle among the ru.ssing is Scott 1f37 (Gibbons 1f4S)' the Tholl 5/- blue black, Dollard type, 4-O'f'erprint, IlO1l' so incredibl3' scarce e'gen in DOrmal fora. The offsei;-on back variet,. of it ill one ot th9 two on Meredith's list whie be did not price nnt, and it seems sate to IIq that it vas hard to gat arouDd 1927, vbell the last adi tion of his Handbook appe ed, it !lUst be _ong the greatest Irish r ties in 1956. I h8.V9 tra.nkl3', never beard 01' it being ottered. Does it eld.st? Should ;rou haw a copy, or know ot one, please do DOt tall to a.dv:lse '.nIB RB9&W'IIl. (The EDd).

IaISBIWI IS LEGAL COOISBL '10 BIS CJiIBIl

Although Edward A. HoCabe, born i Ireland. an naver be pr8l1ident he has reao ,d the

te House a d11'ferent VIIIT. Be has been ap inted Associate Coneul to the PreB ,dent.

268 \

FAMOUS PrusON CLOSES IN C<lU(

When Cork Prison 010 ed its doors, on April 1, 19$6, it brought to the maq thrill-ing escapes made fran here.

A huge l:iJrlestone ding, one 01' the !lOst heavil;r fortified j~ in the countr,y, it housed aaq poli tioal l'risoners. During the past' century hundreds f f Land War. Fenian and Republioan prisioners t the War 01' IndepeDd­enoe were incarcerated there.

S01II8 01' the Fenian pr isionars held there in the years before and atter the Rising of '67 .ada a IlUllber of darini esoapes.

It was again the Bceile of thrilling jail breaks by I.R.A. prisi~ners during the War 01' Independence and the C Til. War. Praa1nent prisionars were axecutElli in the prison grcJ1DlQ b,. British and Free Sta forces during the fight for freedom.

'1'he lIoSt f"aaous escape took plaos in 1922 vben a gronp of II8publ1C8l1 prisoners t1lJUl81ed under tbe thick outer w and UlIder the joining Western Road and College Road, sld.rt-1ng the prison. __________ -L ______ _

JIIU) ~ gJIJ'TJIU A'f FIPII It Vi be of interest to

aeaberll learn that Mr. T. E. Field , E.P.A. 188. HUd­derllfie ,Engl8Dd v1ll par­ticipate in the Fipex show.

d--A~A}.,'/{"}\'~~-.J Mr. Fif.d will shoY three frames e h on the folloYing subjects

1. Ireland before 1922 n Ireland vas a part of the United daIl.

2. Ireland tra. 1922, ' e ept for the six Rorthern Counties, ch oont1.nnad as a part of the United and to use Britillh adhesives. Mr. Field regrets t t he will be un-

able to atteDd Pipex to lIBetllelllberll 01' K.P.A.

POUNDRD aY JOHN Co 0'<:0 __

II" • 1946

.. IAIIL O·CONNOR. ""'1"

A W"ldy paper dnotrd 110 lriah NeWi and dw bu_g. Soda!

Athletic and Polilical Droanp. EI~. fII 1ri.n.1\1Mric&nt

New Yon and Elacwhef.

TIlE ADVOCATE Office 395 Pearl St. N.Y.C. au •• c",.pr'ON .A ....

ON. 1'IlA. .. • •• 00 "'H"'.. MONTH_ • • ., •••

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E.P.A. OFFI ERS iT FIPEX

Among the ~ vis: tors to attend the Fipex Exhibition at IIW York's new Colis_ were: Mr. John Travel ", E.P.A. V1~ Presi­dent, of Toronto, Can~, and }ho. Robert Gr~, E.P.A. Treasure of Flint, Michigan.

-TIlE BRASS RAlL" OPENS IN TRALEE.

A lIlodern restauraru, baa opeued in TraJA., CountY" BBrr:r. It is operated by" a Castle­island lIIan who gaine muoh of his knowledge in New York Cit;y.

Teddy Keane, the no W OWDer, started his restaurant sohooling at Shannon Airport.

AEROORAMMES-AIR IBTTER SHEETS

lIT Kalcobl G. O'ReillT (K.P.A. Preside~)

Arogr_s (tir letter Sbeeta) are those iteae of Postal StatioD81'7 whioh are either sold, or supplied, by" the Post Office Depart­ment IIp8c1tioallT for the tranaaission of 118SSageS b,. air mail. Since the,. are 118Uall.;r carried at a reduced rate no enclosure of ~ nature is pendtted. '

.lRIWiGEHENT OF SHEET &!ISURES PRIVACY

It was here that he spent 2S ,.ears learning The form of the aerogr_ is suoh that. t.be culinary arts before Ita was engaged as head message sheet aud its CO'98r1ng address sect.ioll waiter at the Red Ba.nft Restaurant in Dubl.ill. are one and the SIlll\8 pieoe of paper. lIT told·

, iDg the sheet as directed, the Mssage bec~e RAPm RISE~AMERICA private and the address section is lett opeD.

}ho. Keam later c to Amerioa wbere he EXAMPLES OF NO TIPES or AIR LBTTER SHEETS I joined th8 staff of " Brase Ra:U" as a waiter. His prClllOti were rapid. In su-cession, he was pl'CIIlo~ to bead waiter, fYp8 I ~ Third and and assistant. store r. It was then, 1:=:':':'0::',) F;: that Tedd;r decided to return to Tralee and. , open his own restaur8J t on Castle Street. :: lift"

lis will engage in I!' neral. oatering as , ":.:::::::: ',I _11 as prav:l.d1ng goo food at moderate , .. " " '" ,~ prices. 1- - - ~ ~ ':'--::' ~ Seoond

I Fold COS'lKLLO ~ '1'H4T V.N.O.

QBIIERADS lEW '1' IN :cm.A1J)

On his return from .be United States. }ho. Costello, Irish Prime ~ster, said that he believes that. new nterest in Ireland has been generated as a result of her re­oent admission to the U.N.O.

liAs a modern State iIe have attracted a great deal. of adJnirat on b;r the stab1l1t,. of our Constitution ~d our politios.

We were kncnm too fiB a people friend!T to. but entirelT independent of the West. And as a people whose histo1'7 has been an e:z:~. for far- countries.

I do not wish to exaggerate this matter, but so dark and unplJ asant is the world scene that it seems rue to slq that now man;r eyes are turned with expectant inter­est, to Ireland for fresh. Ullbiaaed aud be1ptal. contribution" lis added: "That is particu1arlT trus Gf the United states."

COMPANY FCfiMED '1'0 ~ ORK COPPER DEPOSITS

A new CCDpan;r, The • 'i ni no:> Corporation of !J:r81and, has been tOni ad to work copper de­~osits at Beaupark, Cc p.nty Keath and at Castlsblaney. Count,. Moraghan.

I , I t-

First Fold

Fourth Fold

J. ~--~i~-~~:~~~~bi

, I I " .. , .. '.' I

I ':::-": ,: ,

••• ,0 "

r--------.J I I I l 1 ,

: : ~ J"

First and Second Folds

(Continned on page 270)

Th1rd Fold

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ARI!0IJRAIO!IS_AIR LETTER SHEETS (Cont1Duad tram page 269)

CHARACTERISTICS OF 'ni& VARIETIES.

b _jor distinguishiDg characteristios of BxampJ.es of tbI t'110 types of Air Letter thil thirteen Tarieties will follow. The con-

ShMts, suppl.ied by the Department of Posts trel coda uaed by tile printers is tba chief and Telegraphs in Ireland, are shown on page distiDguishiDg mark. With the exception of 269. T;rpe I was standard front 1945 untU 1~ the tirst iasu.. on Sept. 1, 1945. vh1ch be­Type II is currentJ,y being used. came the Post Office stock rmmber O.E. 6. all

ot the air letter sheets up to 19S4 haft been faiT OFFICE FCBHS ARE NOT lHPRINTED. nmnbered O.E. 1. The latest issue has no

stock nmnber; it is also devoid of AD7 pr:Lnt-In Ireland. the AerogrllllllllB fo:nu are obtain- ar'a control _bar.

able at the Post attice on purchase of an Bd. ~stap or air llaU stamp. '!'be stalap is then Am LETTER SHEET VARIETIES aftiDd to the tom in pt'8-paJllSnt of postage. Irish tOl'lllS are not stamped (lIIprinted with a 1I'tIIIIp). nor are they sold. lEAR COLOR (F COLOR (ti' PRINTER'S

PRDI'l'Im PAPER CORmOL ItlMlIim J.I'ORHERLY SOlD WI'rH STAMP AFFIXED

Prior to 19,1, when the air letter sheet rats beCalM M.) thll rats was 6d. and tba :postap was affi.x8d to the letter sheet prior to its release to thll publio.

'!'be rate tor an air letter shset to over­seas countries is M. 1Jhil.e the l'9guJ.ar air .aU rates are as follows: '!'be tirst t oz. carries the rate of lSh. 3d. Each add;l:tion­al l oz. is 1 Sh.

Tha saving to be accOlllplished by utiliza­tion of · the air letter sheet is obvious. It should be 1"NPBmbel'9d that all first class III&1.l (letters and post carda) :for Continent­al European destination is fornrded by air as the DOl'lIal lIIeans of transpor1oation.

HAllY VARIETIES HAVE BEKN ISSUED.

1'0 date (Apm 1956) there have been issued about thirteen different Tar1et:l.es ot II1r letter sheete by the Dept. of Posts, tor use in Ireland. Prior to Ssp ..... ber 1945 there I-re no Irish air shaets. While the varie­ties do not difter too IlUch, basicalJ,y there are t'IIO types u shown on page 269.

1945 Dark Blue Grq :».P.:I>. S.", ... , .. W.SI>·

1945 Dark B:ble Dark Gray on Grq " .P.I>. a:>S"I.I> ... w.¢

1.9l.i6 Dark Blue Dark Grq on Gra.y b.RZI. " .. ,.,. t:I"'I'('s~

1948 Dark B:ble Dark Gray on Gray b.P.b. "I •• '" w. "71r

1949 Dark Blue <il:'a;y on Light <il:'ay .Do ....... 'iN'" b.¥"W.u;J,

1949 Dark Blue Dark Gray on Gray D .... D . .., .. ,., 0.",,111.3""

1949 Blue Dark <h-q on Gray b.P. D ...... "1 "" ¥S7V

l.9S2 Dark Blue <il:'ay on Light Gray D.'" D ..... M ,30. """' ..

1952 Dark Blue Dark Gray on Light Gray D ...... IO""" ,o,'ib. :0>.39

19,3 Blue Dark {}ray on Gray"'" ... $401'1 7/· =:u-

1953 Dark Blue (English) Olive Gra;y Light Blue .:>9 .. • ',D, •.. '>/$.;1

(Irish) on Light Gray -8. &.",. l-TD.

Violet (1) Green No Marld.ng Violet (2) Green No Harking

(1) TI» adcIress lines are a series of dots and tbe tolds are outlined by printed dots. (2) The address lines are made up of a series

FrcIIl 1945 until 1953, Messrs. Dollard of of dashes. The folds are not outlined. Dublin, printed all of the torms. Bl'OWIIII aDIi Nolan, alao of Dublin, printed til. in 19,3 and 19,4. S:lDoe 1955 they have been the Iwork of an unknown printer.

'l'be text imprinted on all of the torms has been bi-l.1ngua1-Irish and English. The printed etiquette (1IIbel) vb10h has alwa;ys jbeen in the upper lett corner, was printed in English-By Air Hail-by Messrs. Dollard, and in French-Par Arton-by subsequent printers.

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N.B. In the column marked "color of paper", the tirst color denotes the color of tba CO'fering address told. This was printed in a deeper color to aftord greater privacy to tha message contained within.

Aeregrammes are a Post arfice isSlIe and should be in any collection of Irish Postal History. (The End.)

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I CLASSr ADYERTISIm AN J'l)U illterellte ill Irillh OnrpriDt Proot

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Word has reaohK ~ the death of pm""" #210, Hr. BartbolJlo K. FoggartT. A reid-dent of Irel · , betore ooming to

United States, Mr. ggart7 vas aleo a ~ ticipant ill the War CIl' lDdepeZlde_ aDd a llellber of the COUDt7f Ke1T7 AesooiaUOJl.

HEW POST OFF! CK FOR BiW"AS'l'

'1M British Post at loa autborit:l.es iDtaDd to build a blook of aU'ft offio88 to house the baadq rs of Iorthe;'n Ire-land's telephone se 08 on a site in 1'1ot­oria Square, Beltast

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