January 2023 – Collecting Stamps of Ireland

Ireland: 2023 Stamp Programme

Posted on 25 Jan 2023 by fitzjameshorse

The first issue in 2023 of The Collector (An Post’s quarterly bulletin) features the planned progamme for stamp issues for the year.

January	50th Anniversary: European Membership	1
February	Stamp for Ireland (Book of Kells)	2
March	Women in Public Life	4
March	Irish Country Music	5
April	Seán O’Casey (Three Dublin Plays)	3
April	Centenary: Birth of President Hillary	1
May	Junk Kouture	4
May	Europa: Peace	2
August	Bicentenary: Royal Hibernian Academy	2
September	Centenary: Ireland Accepted into League of Nations	1
September	Cancer Awareness	2
October	50th Anniversary: Sydney Opera House	1
November	Christmas	5
November	Centenary: Death of James Condon	2
TBA	Definitives: Art	12

2023 Stamp Programme

It is likely that a stamps will be issued for the (Women’s) Football World Cup (Ireland have qualified) and the (Men’s) Rugby World Cup (Ireland have qualified.

Mail

196 Countries

Posted on 18 Jan 202318 Jan 2023 by fitzjameshorse

The second of the two items I purchased on eBay arrived today. Eritrea.

Very well priced at under £3. It is remarkablethat so much mail from smaller countries was sent to institutions like the BBC and to universities.

Mail from Eritrea during the Italian occupation and from the time Eritrea was part of Ethiopia are quite common but mail from the post-independence years are not readily available.

This leaves just three nations outstanding. PDR (North) Korea, Timor Leste and South Sudan.