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Welcome to the Website of the Irish Philatelic Circle
Introduction: The Circle seeks to further the study of the Stamps, Philately and Postal History of Ireland. Amongst the areas of interest to our members are:-
- Irish Postal history from earliest times
- GB stamps used in Ireland
- the Transition Period (1916-25),
- Irish overprints on GB stamps (1922-35)
- First Day Covers
- Registered, Express and Censored mail
- Maritime mail
- Airmails including first flights
- Destination mail, rates and routings
- Postage due items
- 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 (note: temporally suspended owing to lack of suitable cost effective venue)
- 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 Membership Secretary Martin Taylor or the Webmaster Stan Challis who will be pleased to answer any questions you may have. Annual membership fee is £15 sterling (Euro18 or $23) - these are unchanged for 2013.
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.
DVD A DVD of past issues of Irish Philately from 1960 to 2009 is available. Price for members is Euro22 (£20 or USD33): for non-members the price is Euro30 (£27 or USD45) to include post and packing. Please contact Martin Taylor for more details.
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 the 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.
PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING at Lansdowne Hotel, Dublin, 11.30am Saturday 6 April 2013.
The March issue of Irish Philately should now be with Members. The contents include:-
- British Forces Postal services in Northern ireland
- Belfast’s First Receiving House
- Murder Most Foul (letters of 1818)
- Mail Centre Postmarks and Tagcodes
- 1948 - 150th Anniversary of 1798 Rising issue
- Making the Mail go Faster (part III)
- Cinderella Stamps of Ireland (part XI)
Copy date for the June 2013 edition is 10 June 2013. Input appreciated by the Editor!
NEW PUBLICATIONS - for your bookshelf.
Paul Carter of the British Postmark Society has recently published a detailed listing of all KRAG cancelling machines used in Britain and Ireland. This is the first comprehensive listing of all Irish machines and in consequence this volume is recommended. Details are available on the British Postmark Society website (see useful links page for details).
Post Office Buildings: Although non philatelic, my attention has been drawn to a new book ‘Lost Post’, a study of Post Office buildings in Ireland (mainly the Republic), with a large number of photos and diagrams showing the contrasting layout of the various offices. Written from an architectural viewpoint, copies may be obtained from the author, Maire Crean, at stg£21 including postage. Maire’s address is Augha, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow.
I am advised of a new publication which may be of interest to members - ‘History of the Mail Routes to Ireland to 1850′ written by George Ayres. More detail can be found at www.lulu.com
Officers 2012-2013
- President: Barry Cousins, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Vice President: Brian Warren, Dublin Secretary: Douglas Law, Co Durham, England Treasurer: Martin Taylor, Leicester, England Editor and Webmaster: Stan Challis, Guernsey - Auctioneer: Martin Taylor, Leicester, England
Irish area secretary: John Lennon, Dublin Southern area secretary: Peter Wood, London Committee members: Paddy Smithers, Dublin; Jacques Renollaud, Paris; Frans Hermse, Netherlands; John Matthews, Donegal, Ireland; Updated 14 March 2013