Ireland

Ireland, or Eire, is an island country west of Great Britain.
 * Until the end of 1921, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom and used British stamps.
 * In February 1922, provisional overprints on British issues reading Rialtar Sealadac na héirann 1922 in Irish insular script. There were several printings identifiable by printer.
 * Beginning in 1922, overprints reading Saorstat Eirann 1922 were produced in six types.
 * Soon after that, stamps were issued inscribed ÉIRE, again in insular script. Aside from a lettering style change, this has been used continually to date.
 * The 1948-65 airmails are inscribed AER-POST.
 * Postage dues are inscribed postas le híoc; they were bilingual since 1980 with POSTAGE DUE added.

 File:Ireland Harrison coil.jpg|Harrison and Sons coil printing. Note machine-trimmed perfs at top and bottom. File:Ireland 3p airmail.jpg|1948 airmail. File:Ireland book.jpg|1958 3p Constitution issue. File:Ireland coin.jpg|10p currency issue of 1978. File:Ireland self adhesive.jpg|1995 32p self adhesive. File:Ireland Cable.jpg|2008 transatlantic cable issue. File:Ireland postage due.jpg|2p postage due. 

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