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1 The Revea er QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE EIRE PHILATELIC ASSOCIATION ISSN Vol. 46, No.3 Whole Number 205 GEIMHREADH - Winter 1996 Definitive Irish Security Stamp Ptg Ltd. printing Varieties Ensch~e printing USA-Ireland-USA Covers Capex '96 World Philatelic Exhibition The 1922 Pictorial Machine Company Essays EPA Convention & Exposition Results at BALPEX ' EPA Elections EPA's Neil StacklFred Dixon Publications Fund William P. Hickey Gibbons Notes Definitive Varieties Neil Stack Postmarks of County Westmeath II Irish Philately on the World Wide Web Affiliate No The American Philatelic Society Affiliate -- Federation of Philatelic Societies of Ireland Member -- Council of Plilatelic Organizations

2 Page 42 THE REVEALER Winter 1996 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE A great time was had by all in Hunt Valley near Baltimore for this year's convention and exhibition of the EPA. Thanks are offered to Joe Foley, General Chairman of BALPEX; Pat Stilwell-Walker, Coordinator of Judges and Exhibits; Bob Moskovitz, Coordinator for our Convention; and BALPEX, for their hard work making our presence in Baltimore more than welcome and a success. All three are former Presidents of our Association. Dave Brennan, Peter Bugg and Myron Hill, ill also were instrumental in making the weekend a success. A special thank you to Bob Benninghoff for making available Best Irish Exhibit prizes. Two lovely Waterford Crystal Post Offices (from the village series) grace the homes of Anna Liffey and Steve Suffet, winners of the Best Irish Exhibit and the Best One-Frame Irish Exhibit, respectively. Starting in 1997, the EPA will recognize its 25-year plus members by awarding them a certificate in recognition of their continuous support to the EPA. Names will be published in The Revealer, and recipients will be invited to attend the Annual General (Continued on next page) I THE REVEALER ISSN Published quarterly by the Eire Philatelic Association: Membership dues are as follows: U.S. ($12.00); Canada/Mexico ($15.00); all other countries ($20.00). Address Changes: Send address changes to the Publisher, Patrick J. Ryan, Sr., P.O. Box 2757, Universal City, TX, USA STAFF Editor/Publisher/Distributor: Assistant Editor: Associate Editor: Patrick J, Ryan, Sr. P.O. Box 2757 Robert J. Joyce Oak Shadow Anthony Finn 19 Kennington Rd. Universal City, TX, USA (210) San Antonio, TX, USA Templeogue, Dublin 6W, Ireland Advertising Manager: John L. McManus 100 Pamola Park Millinocket, ME, USA THE REVEALER Back Issues: Patrick McNally P.O. Box 12143, Alcott Sta. Denver, CO, USA OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OFFICERS Presiden~' Charles J. G. Verge P.O. Box 2788, Postal Station 'D' Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP SW8 Vice President. North America: David J. Brennan 221 Claremont Rd. Bernardsville, NJ, USA Vice President. Europe: Anthony Finn 19 Kennington Rd. Templeogue, Dublin 6W, Ireland Secre4J1:yIChapter Coordinator: Michael J. Conway 74 Woodside Circle Fairfield, CT, USA Treasurer: William A. O'Connor P.O. Box 1437 Fallbrook, CA, USA Immediate Past President: Robert E. Moskowitz 1634 East Baltimore SI. Baltimore, MD, USA EditorlPublisherlDistributor - THE REVEALER: Patrick J. Ryan, Sr. P.O. Box 2757 Universal City, TX, USA DIRECTORS Honorary Chairman of the Board: Col. B.B. Zellers James Maher Richard McBride Otto Jung George Ryan Robert J. Joyce Ian Whyte AI/ction & Trading Post Manager: Joseph E. Foley P.O. Box 183, Riva, MD, USA Librarian & Special QUers: Peter E. Bugg 5 Forest SI., Franklin, MA, USA Historian: Garvin F. Lohman 1543 Sacramento St. Apt #3, San Francisco, CA, USA Publjcilv: Youth/School Program Manager: APS Representative: Joseph E. Foley P.O. Box 183, Riva, MD, USA ISSUE DEADLINES Summer - I June Winter - I December Fall- I September Spring - 1 March CHAPTER COORDINATORS Commodore John Barry Chapter Members reside in NJ, NY, PA Coordinator: David J. Brennan, PO Box 704, Benardsville, NJ Connecticut Chapter Members reside in CT and Western MA Coordinator: Michael J. Conway, 74 Woodside Circle, Fairfield CT James Hoban Chapter Members reside in MD, V A, DC Coordinator: Robert E. Moskowitz, 1634 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD John McCormack Chapter Members reside in the greater Boston area Coordinator: Peter E. Bugg, 5 Forest St., Franklin, MA Lone Star Chapter Members reside in Central TX Coordinator: Robert J. Joyce Oak Shadow, San Antonio, TX Northern California Chapter (NORCAL) Members reside in Northern CA Coordinator: David Laraway, 2070 N. Bechelli, #30, Redding, CA Rhode Island Chapter No Coordinator, write to Mr. Conway Southern California Chapter (SOCAL) Members reside in Southern CA Coordinator: William A. O'Connor, PO Box 1437, Fallbrook, CA Philadelphia Area Chapter Members reside in Greater Philadelphia area Coordinator: Richard O'Brien, 26 Nine Gates Road, Chadds Ford, PA IIIII II II I II I IIII I I The Association Secretary will write the appropriate coordinator when a new member joins the Association and provide the coordinator with the name and address of the new member. The role of the coordinator is to contact the new member, welcome the member to the Association and invite the member to join the local chapter.

3 Winter 1996 THE REVEALER Page 43 Meeting where they will be presented with their certificate. Members unable to attend will receive certificates in the mail. Our 50th anniversary celebration preparations are well under way. Peter Bugg, Joe Foley and Dave Brennan will keep you apprised of developments as we get nearer to Our main party will be in Boxborough, Massachusetts, that year, so please start planning. Work continues on transferring the EPA's incorporation from California to the East Coast. Right now, Maryland seems to be the state which will be recommended to the membership by the Annual General Meeting in The Board agreed with the motion that fu~ure Annual General Meetings and Conventions be held at a location that is in close proximity to where a significant number of Association members live. With the above in mind, future Conventions and Exhibitions will be held in: San Francisco 1997 Chicago Philadelphia (subject to the agreement of the. Chicagopex Organizing Committee) Boxborough, Mass 2000 (EPA 50th Birthday Party) One of the EPA's mandates is education. At BALPEX, we did that in spades. First of all, Pat Stilwell-Walker, Joe Foley, Karl Winkelmann and I presented seminars. Thanks to all for taking the time to produce and give these lectures. In addition, the Board of Directors agreed to restart a Publications Committee and fund it appropriately. More on this will be found in a separate article in the next issue. Suffice it to say that the EPA this year has published Bill Murphy's Irish Air Mail, which is our first book in a very long time will see the appearance of Peter Bugg's primer on Irish coil stamps: The First 55 Years of Irish Coils. The major change however can be appreciated by our members with their this issue of The Revealer. The EPA is pleased to start a series of free publications for its members. Bill Murphy is the author of the first of a series of airmail small pamphlets. I hope that you will enjoy it and we have others coming up. If you have any manuscript which you might find appropriate for this type of publication please contact me is an election year. The EPA needs the help of its members to lead it to its 50th anniversary and beyond. I will be stepping down as your President after two two-year terms. It's up. to others to take on the mantle. If you are interested in helping run your Association, please contact the Past President, Bob Moskowitz, the Nominating Committee Chairman. Bob can be reached at 1634 East Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21231, USA. SECRETARY'S REPORT New Members New members are accepted subject to no objections received within 45 days of publication. #2498 Ward R. Kraemer, 312 Bridle Path Lane, Annapolis, MD #2499 Jay M. Gregg, 1321 Woodlawn, Rolla, MO #2500 Robe.rt W. Stewart, Paddle CI., Orlando, FL #2501 Eoin F. Boyle, 165 Rathgar Road, Dublin 6 Ireland. #2502 J. Peter Maybury, 23 SI. Annes Crescent Grasscroft, Saddleworth, UK OL4 4JH. #2503 Edward Savage, 27 Belmont Close Burscough, Ormskirk, Lanes, England L40 7TR. Deceased CORRECTION: In the Fall Issue Secretary's Report, JamesA. Moran should have been listed as residing in Westfield, NJ, preceding his death. Your editor regrets the error. #0459 Thomas G. Cunniffe, East Northport, NY. #0862 Patri~k E. Kennedy, Poughkeepsie, NY. Resignations #2367 William F. Oakes, New York. #0393 Gerald Brady, Ireland. #0458 Robert Abernathy, Virginia. #1822 James W. Farrell, Jr., Pennsylvania.. #1268 Neil Johnson, Pennsylvania. #0700 Waller C. McCaw, Canada. #2133 Hugh McGoldrick, Scotland. #2237 Jerome Pocius, New Jersey. Changes of Address #F1997 Patrick J. Dillon, 1370 Drift Rd., Westport, MA #L2480 Brian G. Kestner, P.O. Box 664, Millbrae, CA #2212 Dennis L. Calkins, 411 Quarters, Quantico, VA 22134~1n3. #1802 Charles Wolf M.D., 7476 Vintage Ln., W. Bloomfield, MI #F2476 Hans Bergdoll, Krumpterstr 10, , Muenchen, Germany. #2406 G. Craig Johnson, P.O. Box 5514, Bellevue, WA #1593 Robert Kemper, 2030 Clear River Lane, Hacienda Heights, CA #1017 James G. Lawless, P.O. Box , Ypsilanti, MI #1083 Goetz Weihmann, Kreuznacher Str 24, Stuttgart, Germany. #2312 Bradley Mcinnes, 1724 The Chase TH #39, Mississauga, ON Canada L5M 4P2. Membership Status Membership as of August 24, New Members... 6 Deceased... 2 Resignations... 8 Membership as of November 28,

4 Page 44 THE REVEALER Winter 1996 USA-Ireland-USA Covers by Hans Bergdolt, Waterford/Boston, Massachusetts; 1902 There was a letter posted from Boston, Mass., via New York to Ireland in 1902 (17 Nov.). It was addressed to "Mr. James Shields, Tower, Co. Donegal, Ireland", the most northwestern part of the isle. Postmen from three countries tried hard to deliver the letter to Mr. Shields, but there is no place called "Tower" in Co. Donegal, nor elsewhere in Ireland, as far as I could find out. First stage on the way was Dunkineely, Co. Donegal (29 Nov. 1902). Close to this village is Mount Swyne's Castle. It seems the post office regarded this to be the "Tower" to which the cover was addressed. But this was not the case, and the letter was carried on to Ardara documented by manuscript "not for Croogh, Dunkineely" and "to Ardara" and cds of Ardara (5 Dec. 1902). Washington D.C. 3 Jan. 1903, Dead Letter Office, same day, and finally, back in Boston 4 Jan New York; 1900 Mr. Seligman was a first class cabin passenger traveling to the States onboard the S.S. Oceanic in January The ship was one of the ocean liners sailing from Britain to the USA via Queenstown (the former COVE) in the harbour of Cork. On the right hand side of the cover are several manuscript redirection attempts to be found: "Strabane"; "To Letterkenny"; "not for Letterkenny". This is documented by the cds of the particular post office: Letterkenny 6 Dec :30 A.M.; Londonderry 6 Dec :15 P.M.; Strabane 6 Dec. 1902/4 P.M., Strabane TELEGRAPHS 7 Dec.; and at last, Letterkenny 8 Dec. The strike of the telegraphic hands tamp is inexplicable. I assume the telegram messenger unsuccessfully tried to deliver the letter. This would account as well for the unusually short period in which the letter was carried within three counties (Dobegal, Londonderry, Tyrone). \ Last of all, probably in the Returned Letter Branch Office in Belfast (not documented by cds), the cover got a boxed INSUFFICIENTL Y ADDRESSED handstamp, and was returned, as usual, in these days to Washington D.C. It arrived Somebody in New York sent a letter addressed to "Mr. Seligman, I Cabin Passenger, S.S. Oceanic, bound West, Queenstown, Ireland" arriving in Queenstown I~ January 1900/6:45 A.M. But the ship had left already for Its voyage across the ocean and the letter could not be delivered onboard. Instead, it got a boxed handstamp SHIP SAILED, ~nd a double ring cds Queenstown 12 Jan. 00/8:30 P.M. alongside. Next office was the Returned Letter Branch in Cork. Offices like this were dealing with undeliverable letters. They redirected or returned the letters, or opened the covers if the sender was not apparent from outside. In the USA, the~e offices are called "Dead Letter Offices". Cork R.L.B. struck Its small double ring cds on front of the cover and returned it to the States where it arrived in Washington D.C. "Dead Letter Office" 20 January 1900 and back in New York next day: Even without a particular interest in Irish postal history this appears as a beautiful and remarkable cover. But giving it an extraordinary feature is the small RETURNED LETTER BRANCH/CORK double ring cds which is quite different in size and shape from the handstamps used in Dublin and Belfast R.L.B. contemporaneously. Cyril Dulin from Geneva, Switzerland described the same handstamp for 13 August 1900 (Irish Philately, March 1991, p. 2) stating that this was the first he had seen so far. I, myself, have only seen the one illustrated above. It seems to be extremely rare. +

5 Winter 1996 The 1922 Pictorial Printing Machine Company Essays (Continued from last issue) by William P. Fletcher (EDITOR'S NOTE: Figures referred to in this conti~uation article were displayed in the last issue. Please refer to It.) Discussion. Essays from the sheet of thirty with 12mm margin?1 rul~, which corresponds with the plate in the ~o~al P~ilatehc Society's museum, are most likely to be the original print. ~he material seen,[ex Field] is in emerald green and line perforation 14:(Fig 2). I would sugg.est these are very rare. lt seems likely that the essays pnnted from the second plate of twenty five [5 x 5], without jubilee lines, was ~a.de at the time of the 1922 coinpetition.' The second plate printings lack the clarity of the original jubilee line plate, and I have only seen this imperforate in blue green on coarse cream coloured ungummed paper (Fig 3) and these also seem rare. The pedigree of the other Pictorial Printing, Machine Company essays is unclear. The third type of essays appe?r with a blurred worn plate appearance with coloured areas In the gutter between the cliches (Fig 5). These I call Plate 3, the 'later printings'. The bulk of the ess~ys pres~nt~y s~en on the market come from this group. These later printings ~~ fro~ a plate of 30 [5 x 6] with no jubilee lines. The ~m.nting IS blurred and lacks clarity, but this may be due to printing on a softer absorbent paper. No other colour than shades of green are recorded in the comprehensive sales of the Bute [1952] and Preston [1959] collections. The Agnew [1?3?] and Ve~ey [1933] sales did not have any of Picto,rial PrIntIng ~achine Company essays as an individual lot. The T~m FI71d sa~e [1966]' had, apart from the essays in green, a SIngle In sepia from the third plate. We need firm eviden~e to show t~at the essays in colours other than green were printed at the tim of 7 the 1922 competition. More probably, they are repnnts produced later, and the blurring and ~ark.s in the marg~n :rre possibly due to corrosion and detenoration of, the pnnting plate. Perhaps it is significant that all. the,'later essays seen are imperf and easier to produce than perforated sheets. Conclusion, " EssaysJrom Plates One and Plate Two are most li~~ly the essays submitted for the 1922 Permanent Issue compe~ition. Proof is needed that the essays from.plate Three were contemporary to the 1922 competition. If none is forthcoming, should we be better to describe the essays from Plate Three as reprints? CheckList Plate One [the original plate].,. Sheet of 30 [5 x 6] with 12mm marginal rule. Gummed paper. Cliche size 18.5 x 21.75mm. Paper size 152mm x? Clear fine print. Sun and its reflection lines fine and clear ld. Emerald Line Perf 14 Plate Two. Sheets of 25 [5 x 5]. No Marginal rule. Wide sheet margins.. Ungummed yellow/cream course paper. Cliche size x 22.0mm. THE REVEALER Page 45 Paper size 122mm x 137mm Print lacks clarity of original plate. Courser impression, frame thicker. Sun's rays thicker and reflection lines joined. Id. Blue green Imperf Plate Three. Sheets of 30 [5 x 6]. No Marginal rule. Narrow sheet margins. Gummed paper. Cliche size x 22.0mm. Paper size mm x mm. ' Blurred, even courser print, with thickened uneven frame lines. Appearance of plate deterioration with coloured' area in gutters between cliches. Sun's rays thicker, and occasional blobs at the end of the rays. Zenith line thick below sun. ' Id Turquoise Imperf Id Sepia Imperf Id Purple Imperf Id Scarlet Imperf Exists in 'gutter pairs' Only items I have seen or have been verified are recorded; therefore, this listing is probably incomplete. From which printing plate come the other essays reported, and the imperf essay in black from the Stafford Johnson sale, is not known. Confirmation of other colours that exist, whether perforated or imperforate, and on gummed or ungummed paper, are requested with details as to which group material held belong. Any further information or views on these essays would be most welcome. -{This article is an update with additional material of an article that appeared in the Irish Stamp News , Volume 2 Number 9 & 11.J References. I Robson Lowe Sale of 11 May lots 811 [the plate] and [the blocks]. " " 2 Munk H. KohIBriefmarken - Handbuck 1926~36. Irish Free State [section translated by Zervas H G, Collectors:: Club Philatelist 1941; 20:151].. 3 Robson Lowe sale of2 Apr 1958, lot Robson Lowe. '1922 Ireland 1972' A booklet published in 1972 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the First Permanent Issue: 5 Feldman D. 'Handbook of Irish Philately' Hibernian Stamp Co. Sales of 18 Mar 1978, lot 707; of 31 Mar 1984, lot 717; and of23 Mar 1985, lot MacDonnell D. Letter dated 2 Feb MacDonnell Whyte. Post-Bid Sale of 18 Dec 1993, lot MacDonnell Whyte. Auction dated 28 Oct 1995, lot Hiberia Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of Ireland edition.,.. TREASURER'S REPORT The Association would like to thank the following members for their generous contributio~s for the year which were above and beyond the yearly dues: Jacqueline Adkins, Lawrence J. Barrett, Charles Bodt, Joseph W. Bowler, Henry E. Bright, William Burnham, Walter Butler, Terry D. Canning, James F. Carey, Kevin C. Carroll, A.H. Chadwick, Ralph Chaiet, Robert F. Cochrane, Lawrence (see REPORT on page 50)

6 Page 46 THE REVEALER Winter 1996 EPA Elections by Bob Moskowitz In accordance with the EPA Bylaws, Article X, the President of EPA shall appoint a nominating committee for elective offices. The committee shall be composed of the immediate past president, the secretary, and a member at large. The committee for the coming election (August, 1997) will, therefor, be made up of Bob Moskowitz, Michael J. Conway, and Myron Hill III. Nominations are now being accepted for the following offices: President; Vice-President, North America; Vice President, Europe; Directors (six offices). All nominations must be submitted to the Nominating Committee in writing on or before April 1, All candidates must submit the signatures of five EPA members in good standing and must agree in writing to serve in the office to which they are elected. The official ballot will be sent to members with the summer issue of The Revealer. Ballots will be returned to two scrutineers, one a resident of North America and one a resident of Europe. The scrutineers will count the ballots, notify the current president of the results, and return the ballots to the Secretary. The results of the election will be published in The Revealer. The two scrutineers will be named at a later date. Please note that an EPA member may nominate himselflherself if he/she obtains the five required signatures. A personal note: I hope I will not be forced at some time in April to call people asking them to stand for a particular office. I hope that by April 1, 1997, my desk will be awash in a sea of nominations. I hope I will see many new names on the ballot. This request for "new faces" is NOT meant to discourage current officers from standing for another term: your experience will be helpful. If, however, you choose not to stand for another term, I hope you will attempt to convince another member to stand for the office you are vacating. I am especially hopeful that each EPA chapter will nominate one or more chapter members. Please mail all nominations to Bob Moskowitz / Immediate Past President EPA / 1634 E. Baltimore St. / Baltimore, MD Please, all nominations must be postmarked no later than April I, (Sorry, I am not on the Internet.).. William P. Hickey EPA Member #1 by Joseph E. Foley To those of us that were fortunate enough to know him, Bill Hickey was the indefatigable enthusiast of Irish stamps and, indeed, of all things Irish. Bill's death on April 6th of this year is a great loss to all of us. He was born in East Providence, Rhode Island and raised in Tralee, Ireland. He returned to Rhode Island in 1920 and lived there ever since. In 1950, he, together with Neil Stack and Frank McCormick of Dublin, founded the Eire Philatelic Association. Bill was member number 1 and was justly proud of it. He was also our first president and, in the early days, did double duty as secretary of the fledgling society. His daughter Elaine remembers Bill printing the early issues of The (continued on next page) Field A ward for Dave Brennan (R) presents Bill Murphy (L) with the Thomas E. Field Award for for his new book Irish Airmail The presentation was made during the Irish Airmail Society's Annual Meeting held in conjunction with Stampa 96 at the Riverside Centre in Dublin. Neil Stack Co-Founder, EPA by Joseph E. Foley In 1950, two stamp collectors from the United States and a dealer in Dublin founded the Eire Philatelic Association. Neil Stack, one of the three, passed away on October 26, He was the founding vice president and treasurer of the Association. Neil was also the first editor of The Revealer, a position he held from 1951 to During this formative period he not only edited, but wrote much of the excellent material in those early issues. In 1952, he traveled to Dublin and met with the Irish Post Office. It was largely through his efforts that the Post Office updated their stamp operations. He was also instrumental in securing the agreement of the Post Office to use more "gentle" canceling devices. Additionally, Stack held a number of leadership positions in the EPA: president , director ; and again from In 1986, he was made Governor Emeritus, and in 1991 Neil Stack received the Thomas Edwin Field Award. Even when not holding an office in the EPA, Neil was always helpful, quietly and unobtrusively offering guidance and advice, as well as solving problems. I doubt that anyone person knows the full extent of his contributions. His final contribution was a remembrance in his will for the Association he helped to found. A proposal to use this donation as the nucleus of a publication fund, named in his honor, is with the Board of Directors at this writing. Neil's wife, Elsie, predeceased him. His full name was Thomas O'Neil Stack. He will be missed by all of us... j j

7 Winter 1996 THE REVEALER Page 47, -, Revealer in their basement when she was a little girl. He went on to hold maqy other offices of the group including historian.. For many years, no gathering of Irish stamp collectors, from Washington DC to northern New England, was complete without Bill Hickey. He was invariably cheerful and enjoyed helping someone new to the hobby. Bill could always be counted on to produce some fascinating stamp or cover to show the group. Over the years Bill made a number of trips back to Ireland and became well known and well liked on both sides of "the pond".. In addition to the EPA, he was a member of the Rhode Island Philatelic Society and the Irish Ceilidhe Club of Rhode Island. In the 1930's, he served in the l03rd Field Artillery of the RI National Guard. He leaves his wife Agnes, four children, nine grandchildren, and a great grandson to whom we express our deepest sympathy. I think Bill was very happy to see the organization he founded, grow and prosper. He certainly was responsible for bringing a bit of enjoyment into many of our lives. Thank you ~ + Irish Philately on the World Wide Web by Charles J. G. Verge Some of us have become addicted to the World Wide Web (WWW or Web). Browsing through it opens up a myriad of new worlds. There are many possibilities for the future of philately in this new mode of communications. There are currently many sites on the Web which are of interest to collectors. One advertises itself as the only full length stamp magazine in cyberspace. Another is looking for individual collectors to create exhibits using the techniques and language of the Web including hypertext. Most of us are not at this point in our development. But... for those who have started, or who wish to do so, here are some WWW addresses where you can find Irish philately. hhp:j/ourworld.compuserve.comlhomepagesjaranman.epa.htm is where you can find our own EPA's unofficial web site. Our sister organization, the FAI, can be found at hhp:j/members.aol.comlirlandphillfai.htm (GermanJEnglish). Others are: An Post - A variety of things including postal rates and stamp designs. Aer Lingos - hhp:jjwww.aerlingus.ie/ For those of us into aerophilately. Irish Airmail Society hhp:j/members.aol.com/karlfranzwlindex.html Also for Karl Winklemann' s home page. William Murphy - hhp:j/members.aol,comlirishairs Where you will find your updates to Bill's new Irish Airmails book which is available through our special offers section. Michael Giffney - hhp:llaoife.indigo.ie/~links.html Dublin dealer Mike Giffney's home page and where you can find the latest in Irish new issues and phone cards for sale. The Laraway - This site was a pleasant surprise for me. Dave Laraway has scanned many of Ireland's stamp varieties and continues to do so. They are blown up colour reproductions where it is easy to see the variety, re-entry or flaw. In addition to that, you can download the images and use them to illustrate your collection. The WWW is an opportunity. Please use it and report new Irish web sites to our editor for the convenience of others. + Capex '96 World Philatelic Exhibition Awards and Results for exhibits of Irish material. Gold Large Vermeil Vermeil Large Silver Silver Silver Bronze - Pat Stilwell-Walker (United States) Ireland: Postal History, 1660's through the 1890's Gary Ryan (United Kingdom) Revenues of Ireland used for Judicial Purposes Jacques Renollaud (France) La poste entre l'lrlande et la Grande-Bretagne, Kenneth Magee (Canada) Ireland, William Moore (Ireland) Irish Postal History to 1900 Karl Winklemann (Ireland) Postal Isolation of Ireland: British Censorship of Irish Mail - WWII Eugene Labiuk (Canada) G.B. used in Ireland - Queen ViCtoria"Era EPA Convention and Exhibition Results at BALPEX '96 VERMEIL MEDALS: "Anna Liffey" The Postal Markings of Dublin, , EPA Medal and Best Irish Exhibit (Waterford Crystal Post Office) Garvin Lohman Revenue Stamps of Ireland Peter Bugg Adhesive Revenue Stamps of Ireland: Peter Bugg Daniel O'Connell and Ireland's First Commemorative SILVER MEDALS: Karl Winkelmann ONE-FRAME COMPETITION: Irish Uniform Foreign Airmail Rates GOLD MEDALS: Stephen L. Suffet Ireland: Time of Troubles, , Best Irish One-Frame Exhibit (Waterford Crystal Post Office: David 1. Brennan Railway Letter Stamps of Ireland SILVER MEDALS: Myron G. Hill, m Irish Airmail Stamps + +

8 Page 48 THE REVEALER Winter 1996 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, Regarding Charles Verge's letter on the WWI POW item preprinted "Ireland" (Revealer Fall 1996), this was for use at the Limburg Camp. This camp was principally for captured Irish soldiers who, as volunteers, fought in the British army against the Germans. from the envelope illustrated in Mr. Verge's letter, there were the postcards shown in Figs. I & 2. All I have seen were, in essence, thank you cards for parcel received from different aid organisations that had been set up to bring comfort and cheer to the prisoners. Since some of these organisations were in England rather than Ireland, this accounts for the often seen scratched out "Ireland" and scripted in "England" used as a replacement. Another type used was that shown in Fig. 3. This was not preprinted "Ireland" on the address side, but on the reverse (Fig. 4) is printed "Royal Irish Fusiliers Prisoners ". ~'d ~oyal Irish Fusiliers Prisonel's' fund. Ac!ir:noJl'lled,eme-nt or Parcel T6lJ'CIiTled in own Handwriting.., I'~ave this day. received yo~r par~~1 dat.dj~..7:.ff,. ~::.~\~c..:... :":"".. :...l..l:. :....in"':~f~l.:.:.:... condltlon.. Surcestio;";"' any.1:...:;/' ~{~...}:.:...:.:.. ~~;...'.. :~... ~.... -!.. " \,.,.: (., /..f.:'.:,. >'. Figure I R'ltl: No..'..,... ~.. r. Nam.I...:.:../... :"... Camp No..../.1..':n Full A~dre~...-::k;~t:-.{.. :.:.~ f1..::l4d,::.:.. =;!... ~... ::...,... Till. C.rd i. to be!wa' on rt'c,(ipl or.,.,"1. A. c:h.n!!~ o(.flol~ li~i"u'" ~ lioti61td AT.OtU:. tu Mr. nrilw.cr Ta.. uljt. HUll. Se<:. to the Fllatd. :\"""1/0:11. Figure 4 :I...-; ' '3.1' Ii I ~ II ~I Figure 2 Ireland. Figure 5 Figure 6 \If Ill' ~I l... "'.. ~ - "'~-. ' 1,.'1 ~I.~I n....,... o-.u...!.ii &7--. D~ IJII..D..... ~I... actttail ii.i...oilpo~~.""'h."""""'. '-I J... Nfa.CrIlb. \to."cru.dl... n...tt.._..., 'u~ H.-y. 11- K. Mcu...a. IT.~, 5.". ~! trj.'u;i'.r' n.,.' w. haoe/onijarj.j you l...jag _.mau parul4 10' Chrhlmas, wilh our '-I umbe... p~.' ac/cn".oi(j,e r.cerpl. menllonln, ~D articla rece;uej.'~ 'be..iiuociauon. llvui IW3,t;'-: Figure 3 Actually, there were several different items of stationery used. Apart from the envelope illustrated in.mr. Verge's letter, there were several different items of stationery used. Apart Fund". Most of the soldiers were, of course, attac?ed.to Irish Regiments of the British Army. A.not~er type, which IS much scarcer than the others, is shown In FIgs. 5 & 6 (address and reverse side). As may be seen, this is prepri~ted ~or deliv.ery to rather than sent from, Limburg (although In this case It was

9 -, 0 /f Winter 1996 THE REVEALER Page 49 actually sent to another camp). From the Irish Women's Association, it asked for confirmation that the soldier had received the parcel sent. The Limburg camp had, of course, particular significance in connection with the Easter Uprising. It was at this camp that Roger Casement attempted, with singular lack of success, to entice the Irish soldiers to form part of the operation that was to be attempted. Even the German High Command were surprised at the naivety of the suggestion. May I also take this opportunity to request some information on the Limburg camp postmark. Those I have seen on envelopes are either code *(LAHN)a. or *(LAHN)d. The only code I have seen on any of the postcards is *(LAHN)a. Does anyone have any other codes? C.1. Dulin, Geneva 5 October 1996 Dear Editor: I read with interest Charles J.G. Verge's letter in the Fall edition The Revealer' concerning the Feldpostbrief envelope. Some years ago, I acquired a folded postcard,; illustrated below, similar in many ways to this envelope, but perhaps even more curious. First, may I query if Charles' photocopy is of an envelope or indeed a card. r-~-~-- - -"~ -... ~ #*:~.-~~~--=-~~~::~~~.-.':'~~--~.;l''-~.. - ~ LuNUl)M.ES.---! ".. :' ::..~ 0 lletdpostbrijlt.: 213:;5 ;.\;< -- - l >,t:k;riegsgefan!!""",,""semhrnr - ttl. - - _-~- J\.~6 J "'Addiiiii.--- -it. A~~\ := :" ~'--?J._L_ J---/. o~ if,r-:7y:ii/?t.-(.{~ :. /=-~~ ',- /9 71rrru;;;;;7J-,/- ~:'.~;:\,,~ ~,o "':l.~-f. po- f?r..4~/l;:-» t',,l!.. --Sl /?- ~~y,-~c:::~~ ;- kleiad liiiiiii"d. :",,_o:~,"'; :.,... "\.... r~ -~,~ Don't write anything on this page, ' - 1~ except your Gennan address! The card illustrated here is similar in concept to the later Irish Letter Cards but was not however designed to be sealed by sticking down 'the edges. The pencil mes~age on the.inside was written on 10 March 1915 [... I don t suppose It (the war) will last much longer] by Sgt Major W. Hartnett, II Bat, 4 Comp, to his wife at Brighton, England. It was canceled by a " I LIMBURG (LAHN) datestamp nearly two weeks later on 23., 3. 15, and then by a red LONDON FS [Foreign Section] PAID I machine cancel on APR lo 15; it also has a red F.a. hands tamp, all similar to the cancels and handstamps on Charles Verge's photocopy though these are seven months earlier. In addition, it has a two line red censor cachet Gepruff und friegegeben / Garnison - Kommando with an initial above, and also a red circular cachet reading,garnison,- Kommando / * Limburg a.l. * This card was, however,-incorrectly printed Ireland. This error was corrected by overprinting with a black bar and by printing the correct Ireland alongside., ': " I had not been able to discover for certain why the card was especially pre-printed Ireland, and had not helli'd of or seen anything similar until Charles' copy appeared. It was suggested to me that cards must'have been specially produced for Sir Roger Casement's "Irish Brigade", the majority of which was recruited at Limburg Prisoner of War Camp. Initially, I found this hard to believe as after recruitment the Brigade members were removed from the POW camp and given relative freedom, so there would not have been a need for a printed POW card. Then came the thought that perhaps the cards were printed as a special concession for Irish prisoners of war, as lm inducement to make them amenable to the call to move to the 'other side'. I had some difficulty in finding detailed information on both Limburg Camp and the "Irish Brigade" (sometimes the "German-Irish Brigade"). Hickey & Doherty's "A Dictionary of Irish History " states under the Sir Roger, Casement entry: "During a visit to the USA in 1914 he made contact with the German Embassy through John Devoy and Clan nil Gael. Casement traveled to Berlin in October 1914 where he was unsuccessful in his efforts to raise an Irish Brigade from among the Irish prisoners~of~war.'", ' It was intended that the Brigade should be lead by Irish officers supplied with German arms, but the members would not be paid by Gennany. Casement toured various POW camps during late 1914 and through 1915 but succe-eded in recruiting just 52 members from among the thousands of lrishborn soldiers in the British army who were POWs. At this point in the war, thousands of Irish born soldiers were very loyal to the British crown, many coming from families which for economic necessity had 'taken the Queen's / King's shilling', i.e. had enlisted in the Army, for generations. Others had fought believing that their loyalty would lead to Ireland being granted some form of freedom at the end of the war. The best information has come from the newspaper reports of the trial of John Dowling, an ex-lance Corporal in the Connaught Rangers. Mobilised on 6 August 1914, he was sent to France, and less than three weeks later, on 26 August, he was returned as 'missing and a prisoner of war' in the retreat from Mons. Having been sent to Limburg Camp, he enlisted in the Irish Brigade and some years later, iri May 1918, he was put ashore from a German submarine off the coast of County Caire. Arrested almost immediately, he was taken to the Tower of London before being tried by Courtmartial for 'voluntarily serving with the enemy', etc. The Saturday Record and Clare Journal newspaper of 13 July 1918 in its report on the Court-martial stated: "The prisoner pleaded not guilty to the charges, in which it was alleged that while a prisoner of war in Germany, between December 1914 and December 1915, he (Dowling) voluntarily served with the enemy, joining the Irish Brigade, a military (see LEITERS on page 55)

10 Page 50 THE REVEALER Winter 1996 The EPA's Neil Stack! Fred Dixon Publication Fund 1. THE FUND by Charles J.G. Verge, President The late Neil Stack left the EPA $500 to establish a Publication Fund. The Board of Directors, at the BALPEX meeting, added $334 left to the EPA by the late Fred Dixon, to create the nucleus of the EPA's Publication Fund to be called the Neil StacklFred Dixon Publication Fund to honor the two benefactors. In addition, the Board has added to the fund the value of the sales of the EPA's new publication, Irish Airmails by Bull Murphy. The Fund will be under the direction of the President and the Treasurer who will co-opt subject matter experts to review any manuscripts and to give recommendations to the Fund managers. The Editor of The Revealer will act as an Advisor to the Publication Fund managers. An annual report will be presented to the Board of Directors on the status of the Fund. The purpose of the Fund will be to publish scholarly works on Irish philately or postal history. It will effect the publication, printing and distribution of these literary works. Authorized expenses would be limited to the author's direct expenses such as typesetting, supplies and halftone pictures necessary to produce a camera-ready copy of the work. The fund is not authorized to cover research trips, computers and their peripherals, or mileage allowances. The Fund managers, in coordination with the Special Offers manager, the printer, and in consultation with the author, will decide the size of the print run. All cost data will be included in the setting of a sales price for the publication. In addition, the Fund Managers are authorized to manage the Fund without further referral to the Board of Directors, save for the Annual Report to it. Basically, the Publications Fund would be a revolving fund. The fund will be capped at the total amount of the sales of the Murphy book and the bequests noted above. From then on, funds from the sale of the books published by the Publication Fund through Special Offers, or through other means, would act as the funds replenishment mechanism. Any surplus at the end of the fiscal year over the capped amount would be returned to the general account of the EPA 2. THE PUBLICATIONS The Fund's first publication was Bill Murphy's Irish Airmails. The second will be a book on coils by Peter Bugg. Should you have any manuscript you wish to have considered, please contact me directly and give me a detailed description of your project/manuscript. 3. FREE PUBliCATION One of our members suggested that the Board consider approving the distribution of publications free to members. The Board decided to opt for a variation on this request. The Publication Fund described above was instituted, but the Board agreed to the printing and distribution free to members of pamphlets on Irish philatelic subjects which are too narrow to warrant books on their own. It could also be an expanded article which would be too long for The Revealer. The first of these is in this issue of The Revealer. Bill Murphy is again the author for this inaugural pamphlet: Airway Letters To And From Belfast Including Air 'Railex" Letters. Hope you enjoy the efforts of your Board to respond to our educational mandate, and to present you with interesting reading on some of the more unknown segments of Irish philately. + Gibbons Notes Definitive Varieties by Joseph E. Foley (EDITOR'S NOTE: Even though the SG Catalogue refers to a 3.00 Stamp, this is a typo as this set had no such value. It should be refered to as a 5.00 Stamp as indicated in the displays.) The July 1996 issue of Gibbons Stamp Monthly noted and illustrated the differences between the definitives printed by Enschede and the earlier prints by Irish Security Stamp Printing Ltd. A. Irish Security Stamp Ptg Ltd printing (coarse background screen. Less distinct centre detail) Two Types of 20, 28, 52p: Two Types of l, 2, 5: B. Enschede printing (fine background screen. Clear centre detail) C. Irish Security Stamp Ptg D. Enschede printing Ltd. printing In the low values, Gibbons has assigned "b" numbers for the Enschede printings of the 20, 28 and 52p values. The illustrated distinction for the Ensched6 printings of these values is a fine background screen and clear center detail while the earlier printing has a coarse background screen with less distinct center detail. The difference in the high values, the 1, 2 and 5 values is in the symbol itself. The easiest point being the shorter bottom horizontal stroke on the Ensched6. + REPORT (continued from page 45) Corr, Henry W. Curran, Paul E. Daugherty, Rev. W.E. Davey, Terence AG. Dendy, Ray Doherty, William V. Donlon, Joseph D. Duffin, Kathleen Elam, George Etoe, George Fabian, Richard C. Fitzpatrick, Rev. J. Brendan Fleming, John G. Fluck, Joseph V. Gallagher, Daniel and Anne Galvin, James J. Gavaghan, David T. Gillen, James L. Hall, Timothy (see REPORT on page 56)

11 Winter 1996 THE REVEALER Page 51 Postmarks of County Westmeath II by Anthony Hughes December 1839 saw the end of the old. system whereby letters were charged by, distance and,number of sheets. The introduction of the 4d penny post, on the 5th of December 1839, meant major change for the Post Office. This 4~ ~ould or could not be paid in advance. Some towns had ~peclal ~d handstamps ma~e; but none are fe,corded' \ as used III Westmeath. '.,.,1" The Uniform 4d Post was a short lived temporary measure, and on January 10th 1840, the Uniform Penny Post was established. This meant that ajl letters under 112 ounce could travel anywhere within the United Kingdom and Ireland for Id if paid in advance, or 2d when not paid in advance. These new rules brought with them a lot of new handstamps. The boxed PAID AT handstamps were used a lot more. The first of these new handstamps were 1 d stamps to show postage paid, and, 2d to show that postage was due. In Westmeath, Athlone was the only town to have a Id hands tamp, while Athlone and three other towns wer~ known to have had a 2d: Killucan, Kilbeggan and Mullillgar. (I suspect the latter three date from later than 1840; more information would be appreciated.) The next major (and very visible) change was t~e introduction of the Postal Label (Stamps). The result of this was, of course, the "Penny Black" and "Two Penny Blue" stamps. They went on sale on the 1st of May 1840, but were not to be used until the 6th of May. The new Postage Stamp had to be canceled to prevent re-use. This was done with a Maltese Cross (MX) shaped hands tamp. In Westmeath, eleven Post Offices were issued with Maltese Crosses (see map below). These were hand made in England and vary only slightly from one another, with one major exception - MULLIN GAR. Why William Gordan, Post Master in Mullingar, notched his MX, we will probably never know, but he made it unique and one of the most sought after and expensive of ajl the Irish MX's. By now, most of the towns in Westmeath with MX'salso had Circular Date Stamps (C.D.S.), the exceptions being,bailymore and Killucan, still utilizing their mileage marks, and Drumcree, which employed an undated namestamp. In June 1844 all the MX's were replaced by Diamond Killer handstamps. Each town was allocated a number and'tliis number appeared in the center. In total, fourteen Diamond KiJlers were issued in Westmeath at this time: TOWN NUMBER TOWN, NUMBER Athlone 18 Killucan 275* Ballymore 49 Kinnegad 291 Ballynacargy 51 Moate 331 Castlepollard 120 Mullingar 345 Castletown Delvin 123 Rathowen 392 Drumcree 183 Rochfort Bridge 395 Kilbeggan 261 TyrreJlspass 441 *In 1852, the 275 of Killucan was mistakenly replaced by the 276 of Killybegs, County Donegal. The KiJler Diamonds were issued mostly to post towns or main offices although some sub offices were also issued with them. In Westmeath, the Sub Offices (SO) that were issued 'with Diamonds were: Ballymore 49, SO to Moate; Drumcree 183, SO to Castlepollard and'castietown Delvin; and Killucan 275, SO to Kinnegad. By 1841, Boherquill had disappeared off the post office lists. At this time there were eighteen post offices in Westmeath. Between 1844 and 1859, twenty-six new offices were to open, bringing the total number to forty-four. WESTMEATH POSTAL MAP 1840/44

12 Page 52 THE REVEALER Winter 1996 Probably, all the new offices were issued with undated name stamps. These came in different sizes and shapes and are described very well in Undated Namestamps of Ireland by William Kane, 1986 FAI Schriftenreihe/ Band 6. The Penny Post handstamps stayed in use for some time, particularly the Kilbeggan Penny Post handstamp used on Castletown (Geoghegan) letters until the early 1850's. The list of the undated namestamps in Westmeath are shown below, along with the list of post offices that, logic says, there should be handstamps, but none known. I would appreciate any information on these handstamps. The arrival of the railway in Westmeath in 1847 meant many changes, not least the re-routing of mail; also the Dublin Mail Coach ceased to run. The first railway station to open in Westmeath was Killucan on the 6th of December This was followed on October 2, 1848 by Mullingar. The fourth train to arrive in Mullingar, at 19: 15 hrs from Dublin, was a mail train (although no mail was carried for another five months). Castletown (Geoghegan), Moate and Athlone were all reached in The Galway and Sligo line parted in Mullingar just as the old Mail Coaches had. Commercial trains started running on the Sligo line in 1855 with Multyfarnham opening in the same year. The Post Office List of 1855 shows quite a few changes from the 1841 list, especially additional post offices. Also some post offices have been down graded to Sub Offices (SO): Castlepollard, Castletown Delvin, Kinnegad, Milltown Pass, Drumcree, Rochfort Bridge and Tyrrellspass - all SO's to Killucan.. Ballynacargy, Castletown (Geoghegan) and Kilbeggan - SO's to Mullingar. The Diamonds are also listed, though how many were still in use, I don't know. Castlepollard mail was now canceled in Killucan. Tyrrellspass no longer canceled adhesives. They were being canceled by the 331 Diamond of Moate, though a Tyrrellspass C.D.S. was applied. Westmeath Towns ARCHERSTOWN (1853) opened as a SO to Killucan, used the undated namestamp shown below 1855/56. A THLONE In 184~, - e...;. the Post Master of Athlone was Rob~rt Moore. The to~nh~d special Id~nd 2d handstamps a~d IS recorded as bemg Issued with two MX's and two ~Iamonds numbered 18. Its first C.D.S. dates from 1836 and 10 total, used at least two types of CDS The D' d' b... lamon was to e replaced by the English type spoon in In. - 2 ~~L~~ ~JU17trl -=-,(.:~~L01, " OC I Br1 ~~ ~ BALLINCE)A (1848) under Mullingar. The mark shown below is not recorded by William Kane, but he does record another as (2C) used in The one shown dates from BALLIN,,?-GORE (1847) under Mullingar. By 1853, Balhnagor seems to have been going via Moate, and the handstamp shown below, had the word Mullingar removed. BalJi,1!!L9ora Mtdhi1gar BALLINAHOWN opened between 1852 and 1855 under Athlone. No handstamp was recorded. BALLINALACK SO to Rathowen opened between 1849 and No handstamp recorded. BALLYKEERAN (Athlone) opened between 1852 and No handstamp was recorded. BALL YMORE By 1836, Ballymore was a Sub Office of Moate and was not issued with an MX. But in 1844, it was issued with Diamond number 49. It continued to use its old mileage mark until at least By 1858, the mileage mark was replaced by a small straight line handstamp, and its stamps canceled by the 331 Diamond of Moate. -- BALLYMOR 56 BALL"t'MOPeE BALLYNACARGY was issued with an MX and a C.D.S. in 1840, and Diamond number 51 in By 1855, it was a Sub Office of Mullingar. -- BAYLIN opened between 1852 and 1855 as an SO of Athlone. Kane records an undated name stamp (4B) in BUNBRUSNA opened between 1849 and 1852 under Rathowen. No handstamps known. CASTLEPOLLARD In 1840, its undated namestamp was replaced by a C.D.S. and an MX was also issued. In 1844, the Diamond number 120 was used, and by 1849, a C.D.S. with code letters at the base appeared. Codes A & B are known. By 1855, it is an SO of Killucan and has a small C.D.S. for use as a transit, but the stamps on letters are canceled by the erroneous 276 Diamond of Killucan.

13 Winter 1996 THE REVEALER Page = _." (CASTLETOWN) DEL VIN in 1840, was issued with both a C.D.S. and an MX. It was allocated the Diamond number 123 in June Sometime between the 16th of November and the 12th of December 1848 its C.D.S. was out of commission, and while waiting for the new one, the old mileage mark was called out of retirement. By 1855, Delvin was an SO of Killucan~ Clo71"", &It(J1f, ~thtoy COLLINS TOWN opened between 1845 and ~ccording to Bill Kane, it used an undated namestamp (2A). COOLE opened in 1855 under Rathowen. No handstamp recorded for this period. CORALS TOWN opened between 1852 and 1855 under Killucan. No handstamprecorded. CREGGAN opened between 1852 and 1855 under Athlone. No handstamp recqrded. DALYSTOWN opened between J857 and 1859 under Mullingar. Bill Kane records (4C) used in DRUMCREE was not issued with an MX in 1840 and continued to use its mileage mark. According to the list of 1841, it was an SO of both Castletown Delvin and Castlepollard. In 1844, it was issued with Diamond 183 and using an undated namestamp as shown below. --~ -.:183==- DRUl1CREE --~ Castletown - In FAI book Irish Post Towns there are three Castletowns which cause quite a bit of confusion: 1) Castletown Delvin, 2) Castletown Geoghegan, also known as Castletown Mullingar in the late 1840's, 3) Castletown Finea, also known as Castletown Muliingar in the 1920's - 30's. CASTLETOWN (GEOGHEGAN) was the receiving house of the Kilbeggan Penny Post and that mark was used on its letters until at least Their stamps were also canceled by the 261 Diamond of Kilbeggan. By 1853, it was an SO of Moate and its stamps canceled by the Moate 331 Diamond. In 1854, it is under Mullingar and the stamps canceled with the Mullingar 345 Diamond. The undated namestamp below is seen along side both the 331 and 345 Diamond stamps. CASTlETQWN CLONLOST opened between 1849 and 1852 under Killucan and used the handstamp as shown below. DRUMRANEY opened between 1857 and It is not certain whether it was under Athlone or Moate. No handstamp is known.... DYSART opened between 1852 and 1855 as an SO of Mullingar. No handstamp known. FINEA originally an SO of Granard, (County Longford) Penny Post. I have not seen this town's Penny Post handstamp or know of an undated namestamp. In 1855, it was an SO of Edgeworthstown, County Longford.. GAYBROOK opened between 1852 and 1855 a~ an SO of Mullingar. Undated handstamp shown below.. GLASSON was originally a receiving house for both the Athlone and Ballymahon, (County Longford) Penny Post. Both towns used their Penny Post marks on Glasson letters. By 1850, it was using the handstamp shown below, and by 1855, it was an SO of Athlone. CLASSON e' Cl.ONLOST CLONMELLON was originally a receiving house for the Athboy Penny Post. By 1855, it was an SO of Kells, County Meath. HORSELEAP opened between 1852 and 1855 as an SO of Moate and used the handstamp shown below recorded in HO~ SE LEAP...