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Eight Definitive Series 16DL2
The category, Participants, highlights the breadth of forces involved in the fighting. Dublin Metropolitan Police Constable James O’Brien and rebel Sean Connolly became the Rising’s first two fatalities. The image of the Malone brothers demonstrates the complexity of Irish identities and responses to the war and the Rising. Lieutenant Michael Malone fought with the Irish Volunteers and was killed during the battle of Mount Street Bridge. His brother, Sergeant William Malone, of the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers, was killed in the battle of Ypres, in May 1915. Dr Kathleen Lynn and Elizabeth O’Farrell represent the role played by female combatants. Dr Lynn was a medical campaigner and suffragist, and an officer with the Irish Citizen Army. Cumann na mBan member, Elizabeth O’Farrell, played a prominent role in the general surrender. Emphasising the role of the rank-and-file, the image featuring Jack Doyle and Tom McGrath is one of only two surviving photographs of the rebels taken inside the GPO during Easter Week.
The stamps feature Augmented Reality, and when scanned by a smartphone with the CEE App installed, will give access to background information on the Rising, and also link customers to gpowitnesshistory.ie. Participants strip of 4 Product Code: 16DL2 Technical details Date of Issue: January 21, 2016 Value & Quantity: 16 x 70c Stamp Design: Zinc Design Consultants Stamp Size: 56mm x 25mm Paper: Raflatac Thermal P200 Colour: Multicolour with phosphor tagging Make - up: Strip of 4 Perforations: 11 x 11.25 Printing Process: HP Indigo high resolution digital print Printer: Label Art Ltd Price: €2.80 |
