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T1 (1) 1/2d green on piece w/ Great Britain 161 [MID] [LAR] |
Notes: The six-odd weeks from 17 February to 31 March, 1922, marked the first phase of the so-called Transitional Period in Irish postal history. During this time the nascent Irish Post Office remained under the authority and control of the British Post Office, despite the fact that the first stamps of the Irish Free State - the Dollard and Thom overprints - were released to the public on 17 February. The transfer of postal authority from Britain to Ireland was to take place on 1 April. During these weeks both the new overprints and the British stamps previously in use were valid as prepayment of postage - though no official post office circular, Irish or British, specifically stated as much until the end of March.
Mixed frankings from this period combining overprinted (Irish) and unoverprinted (British) stamps are rare. The example above pairs the 1 1/2d red-brown (161) with the 1/2d Dollard overprint to pay the standard 2d inland letter rate. It is postmarked Duleek (a town southwest of Drogheda), 2 March 1922.
Provenance: Dr. Charles Wolf
Bibliography: Dulin 1989, 45-53.
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