Irish Coil Stamps 1922 to 1940
The exhibit shows the importance of coil stamps in the development of commercial mail in Ireland from Independence in 1922 until 1940 when the only change was in the stamp paper watermark from S E for Saorstat Eireann to e for Éire.
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Next Event
The ÉPA is scheduled to have its 2026 Annual General Meeting in conjunction with the BALPEX. The show is scheduled for August 7-9, 2026, at the BWI Marriott Airport, 1743 West Nursery Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090. Our AGM will take place on Saturday, August 8th, at 11:00 am Eastern, both in person and via Zoom. You will receive a Zoom link several days before our AGM. In addition to a business meeting, there will be a presentation on Irish philately. Please join us in Baltimore! We are having an informal dinner on Friday evening at a local restaurant. Stop by our table for details. There is also an award banquet on Saturday evening. We hope to receive some awards from our 55 frames of Irish philately in the exhibit area. We look forward to seeing you.
History of the Eire Philatelic Association
The First 70 Years
The Beginning – The Éire Philatelic Association in the 1950s
The year was 1948. In Brooklyn, Neil Stack, a 36 year old accountant, was occupying his spare time with his collection of Irish postage stamps. He was quite enthusiastic in his collecting, working towards a complete collection of Irish issues. Like many collectors at the time he subscribed to Linn’s Stamp News and particularly enjoyed a column written by Frank R.A. McCormick.