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Whole No. 110 1.Eire '4iluteHt 1\s.aurtutiuu Summer, 1972

John J. Walsh, Editor (International)

AVE ATQUE VALE

With this issue, the Revealer will cease journal of the Eire Philatelic Association. It your editor writes finis to more than a decade aside his pencil, scissors and paste.

publication as the official is with mixed feelings that of editorial efforts and puts

There is extreme satisfaction that our efforts to combine the journals of our two great Irish philatelic associations into a new and expanded pub­lication to be known as the JOURNAL OF IRISH PHILATELY are finally realized. There is a note of sadness in the fact that we shall miss the frequent and newsworthy correspondence with Some of the great figures in Irish Philately who have made our work not only pleasant and interesting but productive of a renewed interest in the collection and study of Irish postage stamps and revenues.

There have been only two editors of the Revealer during the two decades of its existence and this'must be some sort of record for a specialized philatelic publication. It was the result of the wholehearted cooperation of our members and of our sister organization. Seldom were we without sufficient material for an issue, and rarely were we late in getting the issue to our members. It is impossible to list all those who made our editorship such a pleasant experience. To each and all we are grateful and if we have helped in a small way to contribute to the present popularity of Ireland's stamps, we are happy. May we ask that our members give the same spirit of cooperation ,and help to the new editor of our combined publication, our good friend, William Kane who was so helpful during our own editorship. For our own part, we pledge our help and support in the task which he is undertaking •

John J. Walsh, Editor Joseph E. Foley, Associate Editor

EUROPA 1st May Details

Printer: Dublin Castle Size: 40mm x 24 mm (h or v) Sheets of 100. Watermark E

Perforations 15 ~rocess: Photogravure

NEW ISSUES

Eire 4 THE PATRIOT DEAD 1st June 1972

CONTEMPORARY ART lath July Quantities .

Europa: 4p (18,000,000) 6p (2,000,000)

Patriot Dead: 4p (54,000,000) 6p ( 4; 000, 000)

Irish Art: 3p (2,000,000)

Designers: Europa, Paavo Huovinen (basic) adapted by Peter Wildbur: Patriot Dead, Patrick Scott; Contemporary Art, Peter Wildbur ("Black Lake" by Gerard Dillon. 1916-1971). 827

EIRE PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION (INTERNA TlONAL)

PRESIDENT - E. J. Ryan,19 Ruth Place, Glen Head, N,Y. 11545 VICE PRESIDENT - W. T. McCaw.368 Grand St., Newburgh.

N.V.12550 SECRETARY/LIBRARIAN· J.J. Blessington,4302 SI. Claire

Ave., Studio City, Calif. 91604 TREASURER· J,J. Blessington ASSISTANT SECRETARYITREASURER(Sterling Area) - M. P.

Giffney, 22 East Rd .. Dubl;n 3, Ireland ASSOCIATION ATTORNEY - D. L MurphY,1020 Suburban

Station Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 EDITOR OF THE REVEALER - J. J. Walsh,4 Ferris Ave., Uti ca,

N.V.13501 ASSOCIATE EDITOR - J. E. Foley,40 Edgemere Rd .. Uvingston,

N.J.07039 REVEALER DISTRIBUTIO"l· W. T. McCaw REVEALER DISTRIBUTION (Europe) - M. Phelan, 14 Great

Georges St., Waterford, Ireland AUCTION MANAGER - J. BradY,55 Lockwood St. Newark, N. J.

07105 COORDINATION COMMITTEE -V.A. Linnell, Chairman, 5221

Hingston Ave., Montreal 253, Quebec, Canada COMMITTEE ON FORGED & BOGUS MATERIAL· R. Gcay,

Chairman, 831 San Pablo Dr., Hemet, Calif. 92343. Members: F. E. Di)(on, 15 Terenure Rd. E., Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland; V. A. Linnell; J. E. Foley.

HISTORIAN - W. P. Hickey, Georgia Ave., Providence, R. L

02905 A.P.S. REPRESENTATIVE· J. E. Foley

Note: All corespondence regarding The Rel/ealer, including manuscripts and advertising should be sent to J. E. Foley.

Back copies of all issues of the Revealer are available from W. T. McCaw. (Members, $.40@, non-members, $.50 @, plus postage)

Membership dues in the E.P.A., including a subscription to The Rel/ealer, $4 per year.

EIRE PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION COMMEMORATES 50th ANNIVERSARY OF IRISH

POSTAGE STAMPS

To commemorate the 50th anniver­sary of the first postage stamps of Ireland, the Eire Philatelic Associ­ation produced the cover here illus­trated. Stamped-ro-order postal stationery was chosen to provide a distinctive item for the event. The green and black cachet was designed by William T. McCaw, vice president of the EPA, and printed by Dollard Printinghouse, Ltd., the same firm that produced the first overprinted stamps of Ireland in 1922.

M. P.Giffney of Dublin took care of the local arrangements for the printing of the cachet, secured the warrant for the impression of the postage stamps which was then carried out by the Stamping Department,Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Dublin Castle. According to Giffney, the combination of 4 and 2 1.2p stamps has not been used before.The original quantity produced was 500, however

--------------------------------------~spoilage ~ced this slightly andwith

SECRETARY'S QUARTERLY REPORT

New Members

#868 John J. Kane 1932 Overlook Road Fullerton,Calif. 92631

#869 William E. Henderson Box 10, Maxville, Ontario, Canada

#870 Joe Kaplan 1307 Muir Street Montreal 380, Quebec, Canada

#871 Dr. Kenneth Kopf USAID/ADFA APO, San Francisco 96243

#872 Brian O'Loane 3500 Glenbrook Drive

828 Lansing, Michigan 48910

the exception of a few, all were cancelled in Dublin on Feb. 17, 1972 and mailed under separate cover ID all members of the Eire Philatelic Assoc­iation. The few remaining mint covers will be included in the Summer 1972 auction of the Association.

#873 Gerard Hosey Staples town Road Carlow, Ireland

#874 William Ellis Burrin Street Carlow, Ireland

tF875 Ted Kenny 36 Dublin Road CarlC!Jw, Ireland

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by Joseph E. Foley ~ ............... \ I. 'gCulmhne'

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DHOIRE I 30.1.72

figure 1

In the February 1972 issue of the American Philatel­ist and the Winter 1972 issue of The Revealer, I pub­lished an account of the British stamps overprinted by the Irish Republican Philatelic Office (IRPO). My con­clusion was (and still is) that these overprinted stamps are defaced postage stamps and do not warrant phila te lic recognition other than possibly as "Cinder­ella material. At that time there were two "issues" con-

sisting of a total of three stamps. However, on March 15, 1972, the IRPO

Northern Ireland regional definitive did it again: This time the 3p

was again used as the basic stamp, with the Gaelic overprint"I gCuimhne/ Dhoire/30.1. 72" (in memory of Derry) to commemorate the tragic death of 13 people in Derry on January 30, 1972. The overprinted stamp is shown in figure 1.

Shortly thereafter, the press release shown in figure two was put out by the IRPO. (I assume the date 23.2.72 is a typographical error and should read 23.3.72). As will be noted in the press release, the de­tails appear to be about the same as the earlier "issue". Again much is made of covers franked with these overprinted stamps passing through the post. It is still my opinion that this in no way legitimatizes these items. The claim that Scotland Yard has commented on the subject seems a bit much. However, an Irish dealer, who refuses to handle these stamps, made a similar statement when ad­dressing a meeting of the Eire Phila­telic Association at INTERPEX earlier this year. Another interesting point is that this release states that all four stamps are still available from the IRPO, although as mentioned in my previous article they had claimed in an earlier release that the first three stamps would be withdrawn from sale on December 31, 1971. They have also apparently increased the quant-ity printed of the second "issue" from 5,000 to 7,500

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IRISH REPUBLICAN PHILATELIC OFFICE

2a, Lawer Kevin Street, Dublin 8.1 reland ' Telephone- 781170

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~,.lIIb.r. of tne Hepllhl1cM ~(lVf!l'Il!nt in thlt :11)1' Ol'unt.l"" hl'Vf' overprinted anothfll" nrltl"h PO"t.Rgfl IItRI'II' wl".i('h "'''11 l.""uecl f(lT u". in J>rltl/11h Occulllerl j'TftIfl.ntl, ~hl! nVllrr:rlnt refl.rl" "1 p:t:ulmnne .Jholre, 30,'.7;>." in I'Il!l'Iory of' thfl :i.riflhl'lfln whn ...... 1'1'1 hT\lt"111 murdflred by nrltil'lh troop" In ))"rn' (In ;if\nUIITY '''(It.h H17? Th .. overprinted et"l'IplI hlt.vII h"fln ulu,d on 1'111.1'. ptt,,'I; .. d 11'1 th .. O(':(,llpl." Are" "ome at Which hIt" 111I1I .... 'rl throllch PI'l1'ltI'lRT\r,,(l jn thfl nOl"1'!1'I1 way. Thll oVllrprintfld .. tRI'lP .a" i""lUtd on ~"r('h J 5f.h fOnc1. "1('10 envelope!! hfll\l'1ne thfl I'ItAI'lPI'I "fire pO lit,,,'! In n"l fflllt. line! TlfIrry on that dRY. About 100 r.RlllfI thrnur,h IHlnotlf"or!'!.

'i1l111 ill the tourth Br1 tlf1h pOflt"efl fltR!"P th" .... h"" hf""n nVflTtlrint .. e! by memberll of thfl Rflpllhlir.RlI ,'o""I'l"nt flll I'l pTn"',iiil. R('Ainllt thfl continuing prellcflDce of the Brltlf1h Arl'lfld ForcfllI In IrflJRnd And their murderou!! Nld brutAl r.AIIIJl"it;n !',p,,,in,,t the ['f!npl .. of thi" country •

i-he tlret overprinted "tRI'lP 'lrAII th" ~J'I 'l!J.lltflr '71' NII'lI'lf"1'I0TAt.iv!! lIaued by the nritlf1h POllt OttlcfI to !'lArk 50 yflAl'fI of di"r,TiI'l1n~tlol

and oppre,aion unc1.er thft Sto~ont regil'lfl. The atRl'lp YAII overprint~ 'Saoirlle ElrefUUl. Fif:ht tor United IrelMd, '9'6-'97". It .AA rele.aed by the I.a.p.o., on Junfl '9th. '97' fin!'! 7,~n 9Ier" over_ printed. A nuabe~ ot the IItRapa .flrfl uflfld nn IIIAil pOl'lted In the ocoupied area aome ot Yhic~ pAII.ed throU£h pOlltmarked.

Tae eecoRd ADd taird iaauea .ere relflAllfld on september 25ta! '97 1 •

'l'ae .taapa oTerprinted were the ?'p ADd 3p nllorthem IrelfID4-.tamps iaaued by the British Poat Office tor ulle in the Occupled Area, ne oTarpriAte read I 'SUpport S1lm ph.n' and 'WJ tTladh 197', !be oTerpriAta oo_ellOr_"e the setting up of ~1 ll'la4h. Acain 7.500 of the staJIIIa .ere oyerpriated and a nUl'lbar .. ara uaed on .al1 poated in the Ocoupled' Slz Oountlf1a.

The uee ot·theae eta~1I hR" cAu"ed .uch ,,~bAra~~ent to 'the Britl~h Ocvel"Jlllell.t and Ita Ort;Anil'lAtiona in Occuplfll'l Il'elAnd. The Jlrlt1eh Pol1ce in Sca'tlRnd YArd, Lnndon

l hATfI dllr.lartld thAt pOflfl~fll'lion of

or trading 1n theae atftDJ'la ~ .IIAd to proBecuti~n ~d el~ilAr warainaa haTe been iallued b~ tha Britleh OccupAtion Yorcee 1n the Sill Oountillta. Ha.."er n~ pro"lIcutiona hAve :ret tftken plAce. M:' Eboch Po.ell, the Britieh Coneal'TAtlve ~P, •• ll-known for hl. Nlti-Iriah and rAcia1illt vl_lI. hafll Afllkflct !'Ill1ll1tJ I'In~ About the atftDpe in the ~eat.lneter P~llA1'1f1nt, 9he M1nifltllr for Pl'lflta ~ -relecolIlIlI:unicAtions. Mr Ohrilltoplll' ChAtaWIlY. l'lIpll,lId thll.t the Briti.h Poat Ottice .erll Inatructine: stAff to .II.tr.h out for theee at.llpe and to eurohfl.l"t;e RlIY i tfllD of 1'1,,11 r.lUTYint; thel'l. 7}\UfI hy oauaine: the ari ti .. h POflt otficlI to till" their ~ol''I;ing .. tAfr to attelllpt to interoept And aurohfl.l"t;fI Ill1 PlAll ,,1 th thftl'le atfll'lpe .ttilled cme ot the prilDArY :Rritillh Ol't;fID',"Ation~ in the Oocupilld Area ot Ireland bRe been dhTUpted.

All the oTerprinted etMI'fI are on fll!.lll throu"t. thill office in AD IIttort to rR1,,8 tunde tor the Repuhlir,1Ul ):ovIIPlent. 'J'he fltAlIJ'a are prlced At 10p eAch.

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The Irish Times of March 24, 1972, carried a brief item (figure three) which included an illus­tration of a cover postmarked in Bel­fast.

On April 1,1972, I sent a letter to Mr. Tarlach O'Briain whose name on the IRPO requesting translations

appears release English of the

Gaelic overprints, and questioning what

Bloody Sunday overprint on

A number of British 3p stamps issued in Northern Ireland have been overrrinted with the words ". gCuimhne D'hoirc, 30-1·72" bV Republicans in the North - to ma~k the killinJl; of the IJ people by British troops in Derrv.

A tolal of 300 envelopes bearing the overprinted stamps were posted in Belfast and Derry on March 15th. and, accordinp; to the l11sh RepUblican Philatelic Office at Kcyin street, Dublin. about 100 went unnoticed by the

Northern postal authorities.

This il the third time that British stamp! issued in the North have been overprinted as a protest ap;ainst British presence in the North.

North stamp

relationship, if any, existed between the IRPO and any other political organ­ization such as Sinn Fein or the IRA. In his reply, Mr. O'Briain furnished the following translations: Saorirse Eireann - Freedom of Ireland; Dail Uladh­Parliament of Ulster; I gCuimhne Dhoire - In Memory of Derry.

He further stated that "the IRPO is part of the Republican Movement, as is the IRA and Sinn Fein. To explain--Sinn Fein is the Republican Political Party, and the IRA is our army. The profits from sales of our stamps goes to Sinn Fein. We rely on the cooperation of Sinn Fein and the IRA in overprint­ing, publicising, advertising, and distributing these stamps. All officers of the IRPO are either members of Sinn Fein or officers or volunteers in the IRA or both."

I would like to clarify any doubt that might exist as to my own views on these overprints and my motive_for publishing these two articles. First, I firmly believe that any unofficial overprinting of genuine postage stamps, including these IRPO overprints, has a detrimental effect on philately. Second, when first approached by Jim Chemi,editor of the American Philatelist on this subject, I had some concern about giving these overprinted stamps more recognition than they deserved. However, Jim made a very important point that such items should be properly identified for what they really are in a journal of record such as the American Philatelist and an appropriate specialist journal like The Revealer so that present and future collectors will not be susceptible to possible misrepresentation. It is my sincere hope that we have seen the last of these IRPO overprinted "issues."

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A DUBLIN POSTMARK HITHERTO UNRECORDED

Our good friend John B. Sherman calls our attention to an article in the British Philatelist, October 1940 in which Dr. Alfred Whitehead reported that he found a new type of Dublin "KILLER" which consisted of a break in the center of the line above the "8" in the office number (186), and the insertion of a small figure in the space. He reported that he found thefu1-lowing numbers: No.l, No. 3, No.4 and No.7. He also wrote that number of such impressions \~e found that the experillEnt was

, Alcock and Holland, in "The Postmarks 'of Great Britain and Ireland,Third

Supplement, page 7 reports:"There is a scarce Dublin variety in which the first bar above the office number is broken ,by the insertion of an index number. t1

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John Sherman writes; "The above are the only two articles I have been able to find on this interesting variety. In my possession (through the courtesy of Mrs. H.P. Burrell) I have the following additional copies;· No. 2 on Pl 162, No. 5 on Plo 217, No.6 on Plo 213, No.7 on Plo 193. Maybe SOme of the EPA members have further literature on it and probably more copies. Furth­er information on this most interesting variety would be most appreciated."

John B. Sherman p.a. bOX 2217 Leucadia, California 92024

STAMPA '72 We feared that the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Irish

Free State would not be celebrated philatelically. However, after hearing a few rumors, we were very pleased when David Feldman announced at our INTERPEX meeting that a philatelic exhibition is being organized to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the release of the first definitive stamp of Ireland (the 2d Map of Ireland stamp issued on Dec. 6, 1922). A commemorative stamp is also planned.

Sponsored in part by the Irish government, the exhibition committee is chaired by David Feldman and includes M.D. Buchalter, F. E. Dixon, M.P . Giffney, D.N. Glass, Dr. J.A. Quigley, Dr. R.P. Towers and J. W. Whyte. When the details were first announced by David Feldman, there were ywo aspects that we considered out of keeping with the usual standards of national philatelic exhibitions,first, the bourse was to be limited only to dealers from Ireland and second, instead.of the customary competitive exhibition of the stamps of all nations, with the usual emphasis of the stamps of country in which the exhibition is held, the exhibition would be non-competitive, limited to Irish philately, with only invited exhibits accepted. We were pleased to note in the summer issue of the "D.F. Newsletter; that overseas stamp dealers will now be repre'sented and hope that the nature of the exhibits themselves will also be changed so that STAMPA '72 can rank with the best in national philatelic ex­hibitions. In any event, the organizers and rommittee are to be congratutated and supported with their initiative in staging this exhibit. Without their efforts, there would not be any exhibition at all.

STAMPA '72 will be held in Dublin from Wednesday Dec. 6th to Sunday Dec. 10th. Finbarr Collins, who organized and chaired an extremely successful EPA meeting and Irish Exhibit at INTERPEX,is making arrangements for a special package tour from the U.S. to Dublin in conjunction with the exhibition. Fur­ther information can be obtained from Collins at Box 129, Ansonia Station, 1990 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10023.

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EXTERIOR OF ME SSRS DOLLARD'S Vl/oRKS.

THE "TAYLOR·MADE" FENIAN ESSAYS J. E. Foley's study of the origin of the Fenian labels that appeared in The American Philatelist, has been reprinted as a booklet through a joint venture of the E.P .A. & A.P .5. The 24 page booklet contains 25 illustrations and 80 footnotes. The origin is traced not to the Fenian Brotherhood, but to the notorious 19th century producer of bogus philatelic material· S. Allan Taylor. Available for $1 post paid from W. T. McCaw or for 43 new pence from M. Phelan, 14 Great Georges St., Waterford, Ireland; (Price applicap/e for E.P.A. & I.P.C. members· others add 25%.)

Back copies of all issues of The Revealer are available. Price:

$.40 per copy for members and $.50 for non-members, plus

postage. If a complete file is ordered, a 5% discount is allowed, and the order is postpaid. W. T. McCaw, 368 Grand St., Newburgh, N.V. 12550 (Please include a stamped self addressed envelope with inquiries)

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SECRETARY'S QUARTERLY REPORT (continued) Donald J. Voohees, 01 Div., U.S.S. FURST DD 882, F.P.O. New York 09501 L.F. Barrington, Wallingford Arms, Apt D 8, Wallingford, Penna. 19086 Rev. Fr. Joseph Murray, St.Joseph's, 1346 Broadway, Hewlett, N.Y. 11557 Thomas A. Brennan, Jr., 85 Waverly Avenue, Eastchester, N.Y. 10707 Miss Catherine A. Banville, 3058 E. Cheltenham Place, Chicago, Ill. 60649 Michael J. Byrne, 196 Burris Street, Hamilton 22, Ontario, Canada Mrs. Mary P. Butke, 600 Robinette Ct., Akron, Ohio 44310 Mrs. Karen N. Sullivan, 9 DeForrest Avenue, Newburgh, New York 12550 Miss Elizabeth McCann, 598 Madison Avenue, Akron, Ohio 44320

Patrick Holmes, 230 Clark Avenue, Camillus, New York 13031 Richard L. Rein, 821 Bradhurst Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21212 Thomas G. Current, 808 N.E. l13th Avenue, PC'rtland, Oregon 97220 Elizabeth E. Rector, 24671 Del Prado Apt. 4, Dana Point, California 92629 Peter A. Plaherty, 1842 Stonepath Cres., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Deceased # 535 Fred J. Gommo

Resigned #518 Robert G. Snaith #787 FIt/Lt W.T.C. Wilson

Changes of Address # 739 Jarnes J. Etherton, 222 No. Madison Street, Grand Island, Nebraska 68801 # 862 Patrick E. Kennedy, 9 Forbus Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601

\# 794 John McLaughlin Jr., 57A Traphagen Road, Wayne, New Jersey 07470 # 497 J. R. Millwater, 9706 Carriage Road, Kensington, Maryland 20795 # 452 Daniel I. Murphy, 824 Homestead Road, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania 19046 # 658 Alan L. Nulph, P.O. Box 38161 Capitol Hill Sta., Atlanta, Georgia 30334 # 783 Mrs. Hazel Swanson, P.O. Box 4428, North Hollywood, California 91607

Patrick Duffy, 4117 E. Kerckhoff, Fresno, California 93702 Bradley McInness, 58 Rivercrest Road, Toronto, 9, Canada Dr. Jarnes E. Dempsey, P.O. Box 51696 O.C.S., Lafayette, Louisiana 70501

# 741 Richard P. Voss, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724

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Stamp-O-Rama was a real success, with over 20 frames exhibited by McLaughlin, Houghtaling, Costello, Lenane and Labiuk (of Toronto). McLaughlin took first place and the Graydon Hicks Memorial Trophy. Lenane was second and Labiuk was third. The high point was when the Irish Ambassador to the United States arrived at the show .. Saturday morning and reviewed all Irish exhibits. We were all delighted at the in­terest Ambassador Warnock showed in our exhibits. Our appreciation to Pat Costello who talked the Ambassador into attending the show. My sincere appreciation to the members who exhibited material of such high quality, without knowing we would have such a distinguished visitor in attendance.

Mike Lenane

WHAT HAPPENED TO FOLEY ? Our associate editor, Joe Foley has just completed a six month intensive

training program for management personnel run by his firm. Getting home only on weekends left little time for philately. Joe is currently in the process of start­ing a new assignment, getting re-acquainted with his family (six children who weren't too fond of having a "part-time" father), putting an addition on his house, and beginning to attack a rather large stack of philateli.c mail. All the mail will be answered, and Joe will pick up the series on forged and bogus material in the Journal of Irish Philately in the meantime. Although not able to be of much assistance with the first issue, Joe will assist Bill Kane with the futur.e issues of the new journal in a capacity similar to that which he held with The Revealer.

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1972 EDITION "CORKCOIN" CATALOGUE OF IRISH PHILATELY

Completely re-written,15 section, including all

Varieties, Controls, Proofs, etc. listed. Also new sections

on Irish Victorian Town Numbers & Triangle Postmarks. Eire & U.K .. 50p plus postage . 04p. Europe .50p" " .06p. U.S. & Elsewhere .50p ($1.25) plus airmail postage

.12p (25i U.S. ) Wholesale Rates on Request.

CORK STAMP & COIN CENTRE 27 Cook Street Cork, Ireland.

This, the last issue of The Revealer, marks a major change for the E"ire Philatelic Association. Looking back over the issues of the past 21 years thanks to the writings of many members, we can feel that we have made a signif­ican contribution to Irish Philately. Back copies of all issues will continue to be maintained by the Association for sale to the membership, and in addition complete files are located in the major philatelic libraries, both in the U.S. and abroad. The subject index in this issue should serve as an excellent guide to research on Irish philately. The E.P.A. can feel proud of the degree of recognition The Revealer has achieved. In this area, perhaps the most signifi­cant was the silver medal awarded at Philympia in 1970.

The decision to publish a new journal in conjunction with the Irish Phila­telic Circle was based on several factors. There was much duplication of effort between the two societies, primarily in the area of editorial preparation. Also both groups felt that with the broader base of the combined memberships, the best features of both journals could not only be combined, but i.mproved. A joint EPA-IPC Committee, ably chaired by Vince Linnell worked out the many details that resulted in the establishment of the Journal of Irish Philately our new publication.

Bill Kane, who needs no introduction, is the editor of the new journal. The first issue of the Journal of Irish Philately will' be published slightly prior to this, the last issue of The Revealer. We wish Bill every success with this new venture, and we are sure that with the support of the membership, the traditions established by The Revealer will reach new peaks under his capable direction.

Joseph E. Foley, Associate Editor

REVEALER AWARDS Honorable Mention- 7th Congress of the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain

Bogota, Colombia 1955 First Award, Unit Class, Quarterly Publication,American Philatelic Society 1970 APS Medal and Plaque, Chapter Publication,Quarterly. First in Division 1970

Silver Award - Philympia, London 1970 Third Award- Texanex '71 APS-TPA. San Antonio Philatelic Association 1971

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Index to the Reveoler Olfleial Journal of the Eire Philatelic Association

AN INDEX TO LEADING ARTICLES

CompUed by John J. Walsh

AIR LETTER FORMS & ETIQUETTES: Aerogrammes-Air Letter Sheets. M.G.O'Reilly. May 1956 p.269. See also Supp.No.

13. October 1963 pp.55-56.New Aerogramme (1970) Winter 1970 p. 758 Irish Air Etiquettes. M.G.O'Reilly (Part 1) Sept. 1953 p. 135; (Part 2) Nov.1953 p.143. Irish Airmail Etiquettes. F.Dixon July 1966 p. 633.

New Labels for Air Parcels. Miss N. Wright. October 1963 p. 572 AIR MAIL FLIGHTS: Historical First Flight Air Covers. Supp. No. 29 January 1967 pp. 129-132 Galway-London Air Mail Flight. John. Reibel January 1952 p. 3 First Official Airmail Flight from Ireland(1924) M.G. O'Reilly July 1953 p.13l Experimental Air Flight-Galway and Dublin to Berlin.M.G.O'Reilly.May 1953 p.122 Irish First Flight Covers. Perry Adams September 1955 p. 236 Irish First Flight Covers. M.G. O'Reilly (Part 1) Jan 1956 p.25l; (Part 2)March

1956 p. 262 . Irish Graf Zeppelin Flights. J. Brady Fall 1971 pp. 786-87 • 1939 First Flights. F. Dixon October 1965 p. 609 J.A. Mollison Flight Dublin to New York 1932.T.E.Field January 1959 p. 394 First Flight Chicago-Detroit to Shannon(1954) N.Stack. May 1954 p. 174 Dublin-Barcelona Air Service .. July 1955 p. 230 KLm Crash Cover - Shannon - 1954. November 1957 p. 336 Aerlinte First Transatlantic Flights. N. Stack. July 1958·pp. 374,376 First Jet Flight New York-Boston to Shannon-Dublin March 1961 pp. 495-97

AIR MAIL STAMPS: Irish Airmail Stamps. Supplement No. 22 July 1965 pp. 97-100 Varietie.s on the 3d, 8d, 1/3. F. Dixon September 1959 p. 425 3d Air Mail Re-entry. Robert Gray January 1960 p. 441 6d Smudge on R of Eire. Rev. J. Brennan January 1962 p. 525 The 1932 Mollison Flight Stamp. P. Adams. July 1958 p. 372 (overprint)

BOOKLETS AND BOOKLET PANES: Irish Booklets and Their Panes. perry.Adams Sept. 1956 p. 283; ad interim report. April 1957 p. 311 (with chart)

Irish Booklets and Their Panes. A detailed study of the issues. Perry Adams (Part 1) July 1957 p. 321; (Part 2) Sept. 1957 p.330; (Part 3) Nov 1957 p. 337. • Also May 1958 p. 364; (How Printed) Nov. 1958 p. 388. Supplemental check-list September 1960 p. 478.

Stamp Booklets. Supplement No. 24 November 1965 pp.l05-l08.April 1967 p. 651 Stamp Booklets (Quantities Issued) Fall 1971 p. 792.

CENSORSHIP LABELS AND MARKINGS: Censorship Markings in Eire During World War 11. J. Walsh March 1960 p. 450 Censorship Markings in Eire During World War 11. F. Dixon July 1960 pp.463-464.

See also January 1961 p. 490. See also Supp.No.36 June 1968 pp. 167-168 Irish Censor Label S.P. 1. Miss N. Wright. July 1962 p. 535 et seq. Also re­printed in Supplement No. 36 June 1968 pp. 167-168

CHRISTMAS SEALS: Christmas Seals 1909-1959. F. Dixon. November 1959 pp. 431,433,434.

COIL STAMPS (Definitive) One Penny Coils of The Definitive Series. M.G.O'Reilly. (Part 1) May 1952 p. 3;

. Part 2. July 1952 p. 3 More About Definitive Coils. M.G. O'Reilly April 1964 p. 582 Irish Experimental Coils. Supplement No. 16 March 1964 pp. 61-64 Part-Perf Experirnentals Are Coil RArities. P. Adams January 1955 p. 201 Coil Stamps (Definitive) Scott No. 87 S.G. 72c. April 1969 p.70l 1934 2d. Experimental Coil (paste-up join) F. Gornmo. Fall 1971 p. 793 834

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The Irish 2d Coil of 1935. R. Jackson. July 1968 pp. 679,681-682. COIL STAMPS (Overprinted)

About Coils. P. Adams. Nov. 1953 p.144 Harrison Coil Stamps (Ria1tas and Saorstat) Supp. No.18 July 1964 pp.73-76 Overprint Coils Will Drive You Crazy. P. Adams. Jan. 1954 p. 151 Harrison Coil Varieties. M.H. ~riest1ey. Summer 1971 pp. 777-778 Varieties on the 1/2d Coil of June 1922. M. Phe1an. Winter 1972 pp.799-800 Harrison 5 Line Overprinted Issue. M.H. Priest1ey Winter 1972 pp. 800-801 Harrison Saorstats (Various Inks Used) P. Adams. July 1957 p. 325 Harrison Saorstat Overprints. P. Adams. May 1952 p. 7 Did Harrisons Ever "Get Out' tn Sheets. P. Adams. January 1958 p. 347 The Harrison Coils With Control Letters. M.G. O'Rei11y July 1963 pp. 563,565

COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES (First Days) Irish Commemorative First Days of Issue. P. Adams. July 1954 p. 180 First Day of the Shannon Commemorative 1930. V.A.Linne11 Jan. 1965 p. 597 Easter Rising First Day Covers Serviced. M. Leonard. January 1967 p. 645

ttDetai1s of First Day Covers Serviced at Irish Post offices 1965-1966. M. Leonard April 1967 p. 654

Official Quantities of Covers Serviced 1959 -1967. M. Leonard Oct. 1967 p. 662 Official Quantities of Covers Serviced 1959- 1967. K.A. Groskreutz Fall 1971 p.783 Details of First Day Covers 1967. M.Leonard April 1968 p.675; (1968) April 1969

p.699; (1969) Fall 1970 p. 741 COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES (General)

O'Conne11 Thru Hurler Issue. Supplement No. 8 September 1962 pp. 29-32 Constitution THru O'C1ery Issue. Supplement No. 9 January 1963 pp. 33-36 Brother Rice Thru Marian Year Issue. Supplement No. 10 March 1963 pp. 37-40 Newman Thru Aikenhead lssue. Supplement No. 11 May 1963 pp. 41-44

COMMEMORATIVE ISSUES (Flaws & Varieties) Out of A1ignment(Easter Rising overprints) M.G.)'Rei11y March 1956 p. 259 Volunteer Soldier Varieties-Sheet Positions. M.G. O'Rei11y Sept. 1952 p. 89 Flaw on the Mangan Issue (Dirty Face Variety) July 1957 p. 323 2d Eucharistic Congress Stamp (Varieties) Miss N. Wright. May 1959 p. 411 Varieties on The Freedom from Hunger Issue 1963. September 1963 pp.567,569 Recurrent Varieties on the 4d Red Cross. F.Dixon October 1964 p. 593

eEuropa 1964. F. Dixon April 1965 p. 600 . Gaelic Athketic Association Stamp. V.A. Linne11 January 1959 p. 398 1950 Holy Year Issue- Printing Error. L. Davis October 1966 p. 641 750th Anniversary of Ba11intubber Abbey. W.Kane. January 1967 p. 643 5d Casement Commemorative. W. Kane. January 1967 p. 644 Conne11y Errors "Extra Button". January 1969 p. 693 An Dai1 Issue. F.Dixon Oct. 1969 p. 717. Additional note. Rev. Noonan.Apr 1970 p.

729 Varieties on the Evie Hone Stamp. W. Kane January 1970 p. 725 Varieties on the Royal Cork yacht Commemorative. Giffney,Groskreutz and Cooke. Fall 1970 pp. 742-3.Additiona1 Varieties.M.Phelan. Winter 1970 p. 756

Varieties on the 1/- Irish Art Issue of 1970. M. Phe1an Winter 1970-71 pp.754-6 Varieties on the 1970 Europa Issue. M. Phe1an Spring 1971 pp.759,761-2

CONTROLS: A Review of the Irish Controls. ,Supplement No. '30 ldarch 1967 pp. 133-136 Controls on Overprint Issues. P.Adams (Part 1) Nov. 1951 p.3;(Part 2) Jan 1952,

p.4; (Part 3) March 1952 p.3. Unrecorded Irish Control Numbers. W. Kane. July 1961 p. 514 The Harrison Coils with Control Letters. M.G.O'Rei11y July 1963 p.563. Further notes by T.E. Field October 1963 p. 572 835

Dollard Overprint Controls and Plate Combinations. J.A.C. Munro. Supp. No. 44 April 1970 pp. 201-204

DEFINITIVE ISSUES (see also Coils and Booklets): Irish Free State Definitive Issues. Supplement No. 7 July 1962 pp. 25-28 Notes on the Definitive Issue. M.G. O'Reilly. May 1954 p. 169 The Saint Patrick Issue. N. Browne Nov. 1951 p.7; (same title) P. Adams July

1953 p.129 No Official First Day of Definitive E Stamps. J.Wa1sh January 1958 p. 344 Definitive E First Days of !ssue (2/6,5/- and 10/-) P.Adams May 1958 p.360 New Definitive for Ireland. January 1968 p. 663 Distinguishing the Photogravure 3d and 5d Definitives. April 1969 p.700 Definitive Stamps in Decimal Values (1971) April 1971 p. 763

DELIVERY FEE LABELS: Delivery Fee Labels & Custom Entry Fee Stamps. J.Walsh Jan. 1960 pp 442 Delivery Fee Labels & Custom Entry Fee Stamps. F.Dixon May 1960 pp. 458-459 (Notes on) W. Kane May 1960 p. 456; (Further Notes) F. Dixon November 1962 Delivery Fee Labels & Custom Entry Fee Stamps. Supp. No.41 August 1969 pp.191-92

DISTINGUISHING THE OVERPRINTS: Again the Overprints (A chart) P. Adams September-October 1953 p.137 Distinguishing the Blue Blacks (Color) P. Adams May-June 1951 p. 4 Irish Overprints Distinguished. N. Stack. March 1951 p. 6 Correction Jul~ '51p.2 Irish Overprints Distinguished. P. Adams. March-April 1951 p. 6 Please Read and Reflect (Co10r Variations) P. Adams May-June 1951 p. 222 Distinguishing the Overprints/ Supplement No. 6 May 1962 pp. 21-24

DOLLARD PRINTINGS (see Overprinted Issues and Engraving Errors): DUBLIN CASTLE PRINTINGS (see Overprinted Issues and Engraving Errors): EASTER REBELLION (1916):

Story of the Rebellion; Te~porary Postmarks. April 1966 pp. 623-628 Martial Law. F.E. Dixon; Military Mail. V.A. Linnell April 1966 p. 630 British Field Post Offices in Ireland 1916-1922. B. deBurca. Apr. 1966 pp 629-30

ENGRAVING ERRORS ON BASIC BRITISH STAMPS: (General survey) see Supplements No. 5 March 1962 pp.17-20 and No.20 Feb. '65 p81 British Stamp Varieties on the Basic Stamp (Reversed Q in ONE; ONF Shilling with illustrations. M.G. O'Reilly January-March 1957 p. 302

Further Errors (Shades, Inner Frame Notch;Inverted T) p.Adams Sept. 1952 p. 86 Major Re-entry Discovered (Runnals) March-April 1952 p. 4 ONF Shilling-QNE-PQSTAGE. P. Adams January-February 1953 p.10l PENCF for Pence and PENCF Corrected. P. Adams November-December 1952 p. 94 10/- Perfect S in Postage Plate.P.Adams July 1~52 p.7 (corrected)Sept.1952 p.86 The Dollard 10/- The Perfect S Plate. M.G. O'Reil1y Jan-March 1957 p. 298 The Inner Frame Notch. The Five Shilling Bradbury Wilkinson. M.G. O'Reilly Sept.

1956 p. 284; Correction. November 1956 p. 292 The "QNE" Penny. J. S. Pres ton. May 1959 pp. 409-411 Overprinted Higher Values of Ireland.Rev.J.Brennan May 1968 pp. 559,561 British Varieties and Irish Overprints. The "PG" in the Nine Pence Overprinted;

"FOUR PENCE" Overprinted. G. Brady. Oct-Dec. 1966 pp. 640-641 A Study of the Ten Pence Blue Marginal Error. G.Brady April 1967 pp. 647,649 Perfect v. Broken S in Postage Variety. January 1969 p. 693

ESSAYS AND PROOFS: Enigma of the Link Between Do11ard and Thorn. P. Adams March-April 1955 p.208 The Essays of the Definitive Series. M.G. O'Rei11y (Part 1) Mar.1954 p. 161;

(Part 2) July 1954 p. 177 Two Essays in the Field Collection. January 1953 p. 103 Do11ard ~roofs. J. Fo1ey April 1965 p. 602 Notes on the Designs and Essays of the Definitive Series. J. Wa1sh January 1961

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1972 pp. 816-817 FAKES AND FORGERIES: 1/- With Dollard Overprint. J. Walsh April 1968 p. 673 Dollard Five Line on High Values. J. Walsh April 1968 p.674; (notes)Fall 1970 p.744 Thorn Forged, Narrow, Five Line Overprints. J. Foley Fall 1970 p.739 Dollard Five Line High Value. J. Foley. Winter 1970-71 pp. 750-751 Thorn Wide Five Line Overprint on the 2d Die I. J. Fo1ey Spring 1971 p. 762 Thorn Saorstat on 2d Die I. J. Fo1ey Summer 1971 p. 775 Thorn Five Line Overprint. J. Foley Fall 1971 p. 781 The Do11ard Five Line Overprint. J. Fo1ey Winter 1972 pp. 802-805 Thorn Half Crown Stamp (Bogus). Eev. J.Brennan July 1964 pp . 583-585

FREE MARKINGS (see also Postal Markings): TWo Interesting Items. J.E. Foley Spring 1971 p. 765

• HARRISON COILS (see Coils) INTERNATIONAL REPLY COUPONS (Irish): Listing of Issues 1931-1963. F. Dixon October 1964 p. 594

INVERTED OVERPRINTS: Those Blue-Black Inverts. P. Adams May 1954 p. 171 The Irish Onverted Overprints. J. Wa1sh April 1957 p. 316 The 10/- Inverted Overprint. September 1957 p. 333 Inverted Overprints. Supplement No. 14 January 1964 pp. 57-60

LABELS: The Royal Dublin Society. F.E. Dixon January 1961 pp. 492-493 Horse Show Labels. F.E. Dixon November 1961 p. 522 Irish White Cross Labels. W. Hickey January 1964 p. 576

LETTER CARDS (see Postal Stationery): OVERPRINTED ISSUES (see also Inverted Overprints and Engraving Errors):

(a) General The Overprints-Their Dates of First Issue. P. Adams Sept-Oct. 1954 p. 187 See Supplements No. 6 May 1962;No. 12 July 1963; No. 14 January 1964; No.

16 April 1964; No. 17 May 1964; No.18 July 1964; No. 19 December 1964; No. • 20, February 1965; No. 21 June 1965; No.42 October 1969; No. 44 April 1970;

No. 46 October 1970. (b) Dol1ard Overprints

Dollard Overprints on Low Values. H.G.L.F1etcher Supplement No.12 July 1963; pp.45-48. (Same title) H.G. Zervas. Supplement No. 21 June 1965 pp.89-96 Identification of Low Value Dollard Overprints.M.H.Priest1ey Jan.1969 pp 687-92 Dollard Settings and Flaws Reviewed. M.H.Priestley Winter 1970-71 pp.752-53 Dol1ard Setting 3-Recurrent Overprint F1aws.M.H.Priestley July 1969 pp.703-08 Dol1ard Overprint Controls and Plate Combinations. J.A.C. Munro Supp.No.44 April 1970 pp. 201-204

Meredith's Dverprints with Offset on Reverse. P.Adams May-June 1956 p.267 Do11ard Gray Black Overprints. J. Fo1ey April 1965 p. 602 1922 Goes a Roving (Typeshifts) P. Adams March-April 1956 p. 261 The Birdshot Overprint Typeshift. P. Adams July-August 1956 p. 278 ~nusua1 Do11ard Overprint. May-June 1951 p. 5 Dol1ard High Value Variety - Short Third Line. P. Adams Sept. 1951 p. 5 The Short Third Line Revisited. M.G. O'Rei11y Ju1y-Aug 1956 p. 276 The "Stub-Tailed-TWo" on the 2/6 and 5/- Dollard. M.G. O'Reilly March 1963

p.557 837

(c) Thorn Ria1tas Overprints Thorn 5 Line Overprints. Supplement No. 17 May 1964 pp. 69-71 Thorn 5 Line Overprints. Black Overprint. J. Wa1sh Oct. 1968 pp.683,685 The 2d Yellow Orange of 1922. October-December 1969 p. 711 Thorn 5 Line Overprints. The Narrow Setting Plates. M.H. Priest1ev Suoo1ement

No.46 October 1970 pp. 213-216 see also April-June 1969 pp. 695,697-8 Meredith's Overprints with Offset on Reverse. P.Adams May-June 1956 p.267 The RIS and RISe Overprint Varieties. Thorn Narrow Setting. M.H. Priest1ey

Supplement No. 42 October 1969 pp. 193-196 " Thorn's Five Line Variety, R over Se abd Wide ac. P. Adams Jan. 1957 p.297 That Other "Short Third Line". The Thorn. P.Adams Ju1y-Aug 1955 p. 226 Thorn Wide Printing of Ria1tas (general) Supplement No. 17 May 1964 p. 72 Thorn 5 Line Wide Setting. M.H. Priest1ey Summer 1971 pp. 771-774

(d) Thorn Saorstat Overprint Notes on the "Saorstat" Issues. Supp. No. 19 December 1964 pp.77-80(genera1) Thorn 3 Line Overprint Plate 5. M.H. Priestley Jan-Mar 1970 pp. 719,721-722 Meredith's Overprints with Offset on Reverse. P. Adams May-June 1956 p. 267 Missing Accents. M.G. O'Rei11y Sept-Oct. 1954 p. 185 Missing Accents. J. Walsh July 1959 pp. 415-416 The Missing Accent on the 1d Thorn. September-October 1957 p. 333 Accent Inserted on 6d Saorstat. J. Brady Slring 1972 p. 817 Thorn High Value Three Line Overprint. December 1922.Supp. No.20 Feb.1965 pp.

83-85 Overprints with Offset on Reverse (10/- Value) P.Adams July 1956 p.276 The Thorn Saorstat Wide Date Overprint on the 2/6 Shilling Value. H.G.Zervas

November 1962 pp. 543,545-49 The Printer's Slug on the 2/6 Thorn Three Line Overprint in Blue-Black. M.G.

O"Reilly March 1963 p. 557 S over E on High Value Saorstats. Spring 1972 p. 822 Inverted, Reversed, Grave or Acute. J. Donnel1y Fall 1971 p. 780 Accents- Inverted, Reversed, Grave or Acute. Rev. J. Brennan Spring 1972 pp.

823-824 (e) Dublin Castle High Value Overprints

Dublin Castle Printing August 1925. New Setting (Narrow Plate) Supplement No. 20 February 1965 pp. 85-86

Missing Accents. M.G. O'Reilly September-October 1954 p. 185 Accents: Inverted,Reversed,Grave or Acute. Rev. J. Brennan Spring 1972 pp.

823-824 The Castle Overprint of Ireland (Misplaced Overprint on Alternate Rows of

the First Dublin Castle 5/- Overprint of 1925. C.P. Rang March 1958 pp.35l The 5/- Castle Misplaced Overprint Reviewed. V.A. Linnell Jan. 1965 p.595-8 Castle "Composite" Issue of May 1927. Supplement No. 20 Feb. 1965 pp.86-87 That 1927 Composite Plate. P. Adams May-June 1953 p. 119 Castle Composite. R. Gray. Summer 1971 p. 775 Castle "Wide Date" Issue - Late 1927. Supplement No., 20 Feb. 1965 pp. 87-88 The "Flat-Tailed-Nines" of the Dublin Castle Wide Date Overprinting. M.G. O'Reilly March 1963 p. 556

1934 Issue (Waterlow Plate) Supplement No. 20 February 1965 p. 88 Does the Irish Double Overprint on the Waterlow 10/- of 1935 Exist? Dr. B.

deBurca Apr 1965 pp.599,60l' (Reply) H.G.Zervas Oct 1966 pp.635,637-639 Double Overprint on the 10/- Water10w. H.G.L. Fletcher. April 1967 pp. 649-

650; (Reply) H.G. Zervas Oct. 1967 p. 661; (Rebuttal) Fletcher Jan.1968 pp. 666-670.

PARCEL POST: Parcel Post Labels. M.G. O'Reilly Jan. 1957 p.297,et seq. See also, Supplement No.4l August 1969 pp. 189-190

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Parcel Stamps. F.E. Dixon March 1962 pp.527-30;also Supp. No.34 Jan.1968 p.160 The Undated Parcel Post Stamps of Ireland. B. deBurca May 1963 p. 560 Undated Parcel Post Stamps. Variant of Type A. F.E. Dixon April 1964 p.58l Parcel Post Obliterating Stamps. Supplement No. 47 May 1971 p. 217

PERFINS: Irish Perfins or Spifs. F.J. Gommo Spring 1972 pp. 818-822

POSTAGE DUE STAMPS: New Postage Dues - Recently Issued. January-February 1953 p. 102 United Kingdom Dues Used in the Free State. Tyrone March-April 1951 p. 6 Irish Free State Postage Dues. J. Walsh Jan. 1960 p. 441; (same title) Miss N. Wright Jan. 1960 p. 443. Addenda and correction March 1960 p. 448

Ireland Postage Due Variety. J. Foley July 1965 p. 603 Postage Dues Permanent Issue. Supplement No. 22 July 1965 p. 100

POSTAGE METERS: Postage Meter Machines and Labels. Supplement No. 34 January 1968 pp. 157-159 H I Postage Meter Marking. April-June 1968 p. 678

POSTAL HISTORY OF IRELAND (T.E. Field Memorial Lecture): • (Part 1) July 1970 pp.735-6; (Part II) Fall 1970 p. 743; (Part Ill) Winter 1970-

71 p. 749; (Part IV) Spring 1971 pp. 764-5; (Part V) Fall 1971 pp. 788-9 POSTAL MARKINGS:

(a) Charity Marks. An Interesting Charity Marking. M.G. O'Reilly Nov-Dec 1956 p. 293 Irish Charity Letters. Supplement No. 47 May 1971, p. 220

(b) Free"Franks ' Dublin Free Franks 1660-1840 W. Kane Mar.196l pp.498-9.Supp.3l Apr 1967p.140

(c) Late Fee & Too Late Stamps Late Fee Letters and Too Late Markings. Supp.No.47 May 1971 pp.2l9-220

(d) Scroll Scroll Types. Supplement No. 47 May 1971 p. 220

(e) Te legraphic Telegraphic Code Letters of Irish Post Offices. Supp.No.3l April 1967 p. 139

(f) Parcel Post (see Parcel Post, supra) POSTAL SAVINGS BANK AND STAMPS: Post Office Savings Bank (and Stamps) Supp. No. 40 April i969 pp. 186-188

• New 6d Postal Savings Stamp. Oct-Dec. 1969 p. 715

POSTAL STATIONERY (see also Air,T,.et,ter, Sheets) Che'ck List from 1924 to 1962.-"S]lpp~ No. 13 Oct. 1963 pp!49-56! Corrections and Additions. Supplement ,NO. 35 April 1968 p. 161

Postal Stationery of I~eland. J. Walsh. March 1958 p. 357 (general); May 1958 pp. 359,361-362 (erivelopes); Sept. 1958 pp.377-8,380-8l (registered envelopes); Nov. 1958 pp. 385-7 (postcards, letter cards and wrappers).

Check List of the Postai Stationery of Ireland. F.Dixon Mar. 1959 p. 402 Postal Stationery Stamped to Order. F.E. Dixon Jan. 1964 p. 578 Stationery (1966) April~June 1967 p. 651 5d Size H Registered Enevelopes. J. Walsh July 1970 p. 737 New Postal Stationery Items. 2/9 Registered Envelope.Summer 1971 p. 7~7' An Irish Philympia Card. J.E. Foley Summer 1971 p. 774 Official Envelopes. W. Kane July 1958 pp. 370=371 Official Envelopes and Government Franks & postmarks. Supplement No. 35 W. Kane

and F. Dixon. April 1968 pp. 162-164 POSTCARDS (see Postal Stationery) POSTMARKS AND CANCELLATIONS (see also Postal Markings):

(a) Bishopp Marks The Bishopp Marks. Tubbercurry. March-April 1951 p. 3

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(b) Easter Rising 1916 (see Easter Rising) Dublin Barred Cancel Oct. 1964 pp.59l,594;(cornments) deBurca Jan.1965 p. 596

(c) Handstamps Dublin Handstamps. W. Kane Nov-Dec. 1960 pp. 482-83 Dublin Handstamps 1813-1846. W. Kane. September 1962 pp. 541-542 Dublin Double Circle Cancellations. F.E. Dixon Supplement No. 27 p. 124 Postal Handstamps of MOnaghan 1965. Dr. deBurca October 1965 pp.607-608 Irish Rubber Handstamps 1885-86. Dr deBurca July 1966 p. 634

(d) Machine Post Offices Using C.)ncelling Machines (with da1Zes of first issue) Supp. No.

47 May 1971 pp. 217-218 The Machine Cancellations of Sligo. M. Leonard April 1970 pp. 731-732

(e) Maltese Cross The Maltese Cross Postmarks. Tubbercurry. Sept-Oct. 1951 p. 6

(f) Mileage Marks Mileage Marks. Tubbercurry Nov-Dec. 1951 p. 2 Irish Mileage Marks. Supplement No. 31 April 1967 p. 138 Irish Mileage Marks. M.G. Moxter. Supp. No. 45 July 1970 pp. 205-212

(g) Military 4t Curragh Camp Postmarks. Oct-Dec. 1969 p. 716

(h) Numerical Numerical Cancellations. N. Stack. (Part 1) Nov. 1954 p. 192; (Part 2) Jan.

1955 p. 202; (Part 3) Mar. 1955 p. 210; (Part 4) May 1955 p. 220; (note) Jan. 1955 p. 205.

Numerical Cancellations. W. Kane. Sept. 1960 pp. 474-475; (further notes) Dr. deBurca Jan. 1961 p. 490 and W. Kane May 1961 pp. 508-509

The First Numerical Cancellation of Ireland. Dr. deBurca Sept. 1961 p.5l7 (i) Paid Stamps

Irish Paid Stamps. Tubbercurry (Part 1) Jan. 1952 p. 8; (Part 2) Mar. 1952 p.7; (Part 3) May 1952 p.5

Irish Provincial Post office Stamps on Prepaid Letters. F.E. Dixon Supplemenl No. 27 July 1966 pp. 117-121

(j) Special and Temporary 1944 Irish Philatelic Exhibition. Fall 1971 p. 781

(k) Spoons Irish Spoon Cancellations. M.G. O'Reilly May 1955 p.2l8; reprinted in Supp­lement No. 27 p. 123; MOre on the Spoon Cancellations. September 1955 p.238 .. The Duplex Spoon Cancellations. Supplement No. 31 April 1967 p.137

(1) Triangular Irish Triangular Cancellations. M. Leonard Jan 1954 p. l52;July 1954 p. 181 A Word About Triangular Cancellations. N.Stack Mar. 1954 p. 158; reprinted

in Supplement No. 27 p. 122 The Triangular Obliterating Stamps. Supplement No. 31 April 1967 p.140

POST OFFICES: The Post Offices of Cavan. J. Walsh April-June 1968 pp. 677-678 The Post Offices of MOnaghan from 1922. BdeBurca Jan. 1966 pp. 611,613-618 The Islands of Ireland. Mrs. A. Casler. November 1961 p. 521

PROPAGANDA LABELS, POLITICAL LABELS, LOCALS AND IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY STAMPS: The Fenian Labels. T. Parks. March-April 1953 pp. III I.R.A. Labels. N. Stack Nov-Dec. 1952 p. 93 Political Labels. N. Stack (Part 1) May 1951 p. 2; (Part 2) Sept.195l p. 8 Other Political Labels. May-June 1951 p. 8 Fenian Issue of 1866. R. Gray January 1960 p. 441 Political Labels of Ireland. J. Foley. May 1961 p. 505; (comments) March 1962p.

528 (deBurca) Political Labels of Ireland. Supplement No. 2 Sept. p.5-8. Corrections H.L. G.Leslie Fletcher November 1961 p. 521.

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a Irish Republican Army Stamps of 1922. Supplement No.3 November 1961 pp.9-l2. Sinn Fein Labels. F.E. Dixon November 1959 p. 432 Irish Stamps:A Retrospect. April-June 1966 pp.62l-622 Interesting Labels. W. Hickey July-Sept. 1966 p. 632 An Irish Republican Postmark. Jan. 1961 p. 493; (reply) F.E.Dixon May 1961 p.507 Two Interesting Items. J.E. Foley Spring 1971 p. 765 The Fenian Postcard. J. Foley Summer 1971 pp.769-770; (correction) Fall 1971 p.792 British Stamps Overprinted by the Irish Republican Philatelic Office (Ulster

1971) J. Foley. Winter 1972 pp.807-809 The Origin of the Imperial Union Labels. J.E. Foley Spring 1972 p. 811 The Wexford Regums Mystery. J.J.Brady Spring 1972 pp. 813-816 Irish Republican Army Censored Covers 1922-23. Supplement No.43 Jan. 1970 pp.197-8 The Looted Irish Stamps. Supplement No. 43 January 1970 pp.199-200

RAILWAY LETTER POST AND TRAVELLING POST OFFICES: The Irish Railway Letter Post. Ballyshannon. (Part 1) Nov. 1951 p.4; (Part 2)

Jan 1952 p.7; (Part 3) Mar 1952 p.3;(Part 4) May 1952 p.5;(Part 5) July 1952 p.3; (Part 6) Sept. 1952 p.88

Irish Railway Express Letter Stamps. Supplement No. 23 August 1965 pp.lOl-l04 Anphilex (Railway Letter Post) Spring 1972 p. 824

ttList of Travelling Post Offices and Sorting Carriages. (Part 1) July 1955 p.229; (Part 2) September 1955 p. 235

The Irish Mail Train. W. Kane January 1959 p. 392 Travelling Post Offices of Ireland. W. Kane (Part 1) January 1959 p. 391; (Part

2) March 1959 p. 401 Travelling Post Offices. Supplement No. 25 December 1965 pp. 109-112

REGISTRATION ENVELOPES (see Postal Stationery) REVENUES:

The Revenues in Irish Philately.T.Armstrong. (Part 1) Nov. 1952 p.95; (Part 2) Jan. 1953 p.l04; (Part 3) Mar. 1953 p.l09; (Part 4) May 1953 p.120; (Part 5) July 1953 p.127

Overprinted Unemployment Insurance. F.E. Dixon January 1964 p. 577 The Revenue Adhesive Stamps of Ireland Prior to 1922 (Check List) Supp.No.32 pp.

141-146; The Revenue Stamps of Great Britain Overprinted by the Free State (Check List) pp.147-148

The Definitive Designs of Irish Fiscal Stamps. Supplement No.33 Oct.1967 pp.149-56 The Impressed Duty Stamps. S.B. Frank and J. Schonfe1d. Supp. No.37 July 1968

• pp.169-172; (continued) Supp.No.38 Oct.1968 pp.173-180; (con't)Supp.No.39 Jan. 1969 pp.181-184 .

SHIP LETTER STAMPS: Ship Letter Stamps.Tubbercurry (Part l)July 1952 p.5; (Part 2) Sept. 1952 p.87 Ship Letter Stamps. M.G.O'Reil1y (Part 1) Nov. 1952 p.95; (Part 2) Jan.1953 p.lOO;

(Part 3) March 1953 p.110 The Ship Letter Stamps.Supp.No.28 Nov 1966 pp.125-6;H&K Packet p.127;Paquebot

Handstamps p.128 Inaugural Sailings:Belfast,Dun Laoghaire to Heysham 1970. Fall 1970 p.746 The Irish Catapult Cover. J. Brady Fall 1971 pp.779-780 Another Malcomson & Bell Cover. Spring 1972 p. 825

SLOGAN POSTMARKS AND CANCELLATIONS: Slogan Postmarks. M.G.O'Reilly Jan. 1957 p.303 Slogan Postmarks. F.E.Dixon (1960)May 1961 pp.503-4;(196l)Mar 1962 p.529;(1962) Jan 1963 p.55l; (1963)Apr 1964 p.579; (1964)Ja" 1965 p.597; (1965)July 1966 pp.633-634; (1966)July 1967 p. 655; (1967)Apr 1968 p. 676

THOM OVERPRINTS (see Overprinted Issues) WATERMARKS :

The Royal Cypher GVR Sub Varieties.M.G.O'Reilly Nov. 1956 p.294 Watermarks- Inverted and Reversed. P.Adams Mar 1953 p.114

WRAPPERS (see Postal Stationery) 841

A TRIBUTE TO JOHN J. WALSH, REVEALER EDITOR

".If you want a task done well --- appoint a person who is too busy to accept it .. '" A brief summary of John's career is especially applicable to our editor.

John is a native of Utica, New ·York, graduated from Hamilton College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and from Albany Law School of Union University with the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Juris Doctor.

He entered the political field and was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1937, serving until 1941 when he was elected City Judge of Utica. His outstanding ability was recognized as he was relected for five consecutive terms by increasing majorities. January 1, 1959, upon his election to the position of Oneida County Judge he resigned as City Judge. He was re-elected to his current position in 1964 for tt

ten year term.In 1967 he was elected as one of the delegates from his senatorial district to the Ninth New York State Constitutional Convention held in Albany to revise and update the basic laws of the state, and served as a member of its Judiciary committee.

Demanding as his position has been,he has always found time to be a speaker or toastmaster for civic, fraternal and church events.John is a member of count­less organizations and has contributed his time and energy, particularly to the welfare of youth. Among his outstanding honors are the "Notre Dame Medal" given by the Xaverian Brothers of the Notre Dame High School and the "Man and Boy" award from the Boy's Club of Utica.

John's interest in the stamps of Ireland was sparked when he made a trip to Ireland with his parents at the age of twelve. His special interests are the Postal Stationery and the Revenue Stamps of Ireland. The current interest in Revenues, of which there was little information available at the time, is at­tributed to his writing on the subject. John considers working on stamps as a means of relaxation to ease the pressure of his position andfue numerous demands made upon his spare time by the community.

John received from Neil Stack, the first editor, in the April-June 1957 is- .. sue his welcome as the Revealer's new editor.The Revealer continued to be issued bi-monthly until July-August 1963 when the editor announced that .. beginning Oct-Dec 1963 publication dates would be quarterly. Supplements, .each dealing with a different phase of Irish Philately, were started with the July-Aug 1961 issue. They have been a regular part of the publication since that date. Although find-ing the time to edit our journal may to many seem like an impossible task, the copy has always been sent to the printer on time by John to meet the required publication date. For those members fortunate enough to have a complete Revealer file, a perusal will show that our editor has contributed more th!ln his share of the interesting and informative articles on all phases of Irish Philately.

With this .final issue, the appreciation of the entire membership is extend­ed to Judge John J. Walsh for the OUTSTANDING job he has done as editor of The Revealer. " .

Fifteen years as ~ditor of The Revealer should be considered by the members as a great contribution to the growth and recognition of the Eire Philatelic Association in the philatelic world. I know that Judge ·John J. Walsh, our retir­ing editor,. would appreciate a well deserved "Tharik You" from all members."

Bill ·McCaw, Vice President

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