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The History Sale 19th April 2016
A rare full sheet of “Celtic Cross” Sinn Fein Propaganda Labels, c. 1916. A printed sheet of 72 stamps (8 columns x 9 rows),
with blank edging (one gap), and with m/ss annotation in pencil in top rt. hd. corner, ‘Seized 6/16,’ glued back.
Rare, particularly in blocks. Each label depicts a Celtic Cross with ringed centre, inscribed ‘Eire’ & ‘Sinn Fein’ & decorated
with shamrocks. These labels were first printed in 1908 with the intention of attaching the to all Sinn Fein Correspondence
on the opposite side to the British postage stamp, as a visible sign of Irish Nationalism, & to raise funds for the Sinn Fein
cause.
€ 600 - 1,000