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Welcome to the new Website of the Irish Philatelic Circle
The Circle seeks to further the study of the Stamps and Philately of Ireland.
Amongst the areas of interest to our members are:-
Pre stamp material, Irish Postal history from earliest times, GB stamps used in Ireland, Registered, Express and Censored mail, Postage due items, the Transition Period (1916-25), Irish overprints on GB stamps (1922-35), First Day Covers, Airmails, including first flights, Maritime mail, Destination mail, Postmarks and Cancellations of all sorts and above all the Stamps themselves from Overprints to Modern material, anything Irish in fact, and that includes Northern Ireland just as much as the Republic.
Amongst the benefits of membership of The Irish Philatelic Circle:-
- Quarterly journal (Irish Philately)
- Regular meetings in London
- Annual general meeting and display competition
- Regular auctions for members to buy and sell
- and the means to contact those with a common philatelic interest
The majority of our members are in Britain and Ireland but we have members from all around the World and you are welcome to join us wherever you may live.
To find out more or join the Circle please contact either our Secretary Ray How or the Webmaster Stan Challis who will be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
A selection of recent articles from Irish Philately is available by clicking on the links at the right. These will be changed from time to time but to get the full content you will need to become a member.
The Members’ Area is available only to members of the Irish Philatelic Circle and contains a growing library of information that is generally not readily available elsewhere together with details of other projects being undertaken by the Membership.
Members: - If you have not already contacted me for your password, please do so by clicking on my contact details above.
We now receive the Journal of the GBPS on a regular basis. Please go to Members pages to find out what is in the current edition. I will be happy to let you have copies of articles that are of interest to you.
Graeme Murray is working on the next section of ‘Beyond the Catalogues’ covering the 1933 Holy Year issue. His handywork will appear in the September issue of Irish Philately. If you have any specialised information for him please contact him directly or via the Webmaster .
The June issue of Irish Philately should now be with members; if your copy has not arrived by 1 July please let the Secretary know. The contents include:-
- The Gerls Revisited - Brian Warren (new information 25 years after withdrawal)
- Irish Postage Rates revision 2009
- Northern Ireland’s Postbus - Colin Peachey
- The Busy Biro - the story of the 1976 15p US Bicentenary missing colout - J Kuhn
- Volvo Ocean Race - John Mullen
- Irish Savings Stamps (part 3) - Brian Warren
- The Eucharistic Congress issue of 1932 - co-ordinated by Graeme Murray
- Interview with John Lennon
- plus Auction Watch and Query Corner
making for a very full issue!
Officers 2008-9
- President: Paddy Smithers, Dublin
Vice President: Barry Cousins, Malaysia Secretary: Ray How, Essex, England Treasurer: Martin Taylor, Leicester, England Editor and Webmaster: Stan Challis, Guernsey - Auctioneer: Paddy Smithers, Dublin
Irish area secretary: John Lennon, Dublin Southern area secretary: Peter Wood, London Committee members: Brian Warren, Dublin; Jacques Renollaud, Paris; Finbar O’Mahony, Dublin; Frans Hermse, Netherlands; John Matthews, Donegal, Ireland; Michael Priestley Edinburgh.