Stamping a New Identity
This stamp album belonged to Newport J. D. White, the Keeper of Marsh’s Library.
This section for the new Irish state begins with British stamps overprinted with ‘Saorstát Éireann 1922’.
When the new state began to print its own stamps, they featured symbols of Ireland, including a Franciscan friar at work, and a map of the island — notably without the border with Northern Ireland.
This section for the new Irish state begins with British stamps overprinted with ‘Saorstát Éireann 1922’.
When the new state began to print its own stamps, they featured symbols of Ireland, including a Franciscan friar at work, and a map of the island — notably without the border with Northern Ireland.
Marsh's Library
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Citation:
Stamping a New Identity,
Marsh's Library Exhibits: ‘Changed Utterly?’ curated by Elaine Doyle and Jason McElligott,
accessed April 22, 2026,
https://web.marshlibrary.ie/digi/exhibits/show/irishrevolution/item/637
