The Annual General Meeting of the ÉPA will be a virtual meeting held via Zoom. The meeting will take place on Saturday, October 10, 2020, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. You must have Zoom downloaded on your computer to attend the meeting. The meeting will be followed by a PowerPoint presentation entitled The Border Between TwoContinue reading “ÉPA Annual General Meeting”
A new link has been added to the ÉPA website. The International Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Ireland shows meter stampps going back to 1926. There are four categories: irish Free State, Republic, special stamps generated only by Post Office Meters, and special stamps generated only for Parcel Post. On our home page go to Links, then GeneralContinue reading “Meter Stamps of Ireland”
Dear fellow members of the ÉPA. Although the Spring 2020 Revealer was sent out about a month ago, the pandemic has caused major delays at the Post Office. Bulk mail is the lowest priority, and with fewer flights and fewer healthy workers, the mail is delayed. The good news is that members have started toContinue reading “Spring 2020 Revealer”
Irish Meters Catalogue On-Line by Ray Murphy Have you ever looked at a postage meter imprint and said “I wish I knew more about them, but there are no references to the Irish ones”? Well, now there is one. and it is available on-line! The web site is under Wikipedia ( wikipedia.org), page down toContinue reading “Irish Meter Stamp Catalog”
In August, many thoughts will turn to the Irish Rugby Team’s participation in the World Cup in Japan (September 20 – November 2). Two stamps will be issued by An Post on August 29 featuring the achievements of two people closely associated with the success of the Irish Rugby Team: Manager, Joe Schmidt, and playerContinue reading “Rugby”
by Raymond MurphyThis is a series of articles on what tools are available to help the collector. Some may be basic, and some advanced. It is not necessarily related only to Irish collecting, but Irish examples will be used as available. What is a watermark? The correct answer is that it isn’t something, but ratherContinue reading “Tools for Philatelists – Watermarks”
On January 31, 2019, An Post issued its ninth definitive series, “A History of Ireland in 100 Objects” – Phase III.The series offers an intriguing insight into Irish life from the 8th to the 20th century. Drawn from the newspaper series and book of that title by Irish Times journalist, Fintan O’Toole, the selection ofContinue reading “Ninth Definitive Series”
Robert Benninghjoff’s award-winning exhibit Irish Coil Stamps 1922 to 1940 has been uploaded to our website. This five-frame 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 SE for Saorstat Eireann toContinue reading “Irish Coil Stamps 1922 to 1940”
On 25 January 2018, An Post iissued Phase II of the Ninth Definitive Stamp Series – ‘A History of Ireland in 100 Objects, a selection’. The series is based on Fintan O’Toole’s book, ‘A History of Ireland in 100 Objects’, a project which originally involved The Irish Times, The National Museum of Ireland and theContinue reading “An Post Issues Ninth Definitive Series”
2017 Annual General Meeting of the Éire Philatelic Association The 2017 Annual General Meeting of the ÉPA was held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in conjunction with the Milwaukee Philatelic Society’s MILCOPEX 2017, on September 15-17. Our AGM was brought to order by President Rich Kelly with a moment of silence for two deceased members, Brian O’LoaneContinue reading “MILCOPEX 2017”