1934 GAA 2d bottom marginal single on a small cover from Dublin to Colorado with neat slogan cancel machine cancel USE THE TELEPHONE

Irish Commemorative Stamps: 1934 GAA First Day Cover (hand-addressed)

Irish Commemorative Stamps: 1934 GAA 2d on a small cover from Dublin to Colorado, USA dated 27th July 1934 – the first day of issue 1934 GAA 2d bottom marginal single on a small cover from Dublin to Colorado with neat slogan cancel machine cancel USE THE TELEPHONE   Other Irish Stamps in this series:…

1934 GAA anniversary - Solid Lines & Missing Laces Variety

Irish Stamps / Varieties & Errors: 1934 GAA – b) Solid Lines & Missing Laces Variety

Irish Commemorative Stamps: 1934 GAA anniversary – b) Solid Lines & Missing Laces Variety   Other Irish Stamps in this series: Irish Commemorative Stamps 1929-59: Irish Commemorative Stamps: 1929-1939 Irish Commemorative Stamps: 1940-1949 Irish Commemorative Stamps: 1950-1959      

1934 GAA anniversary - Solid Lines & Broken Wave Variety

Irish Stamps / Varieties & Errors: 1934 GAA – a) Solid Lines & Broken Wave Variety

Irish Commemorative Stamps: 1934 GAA anniversary – Solid Lines & Broken Wave Variety   Other Irish Stamps in this series: Irish Commemorative Stamps 1929-59: Irish Commemorative Stamps: 1929-1939 Irish Commemorative Stamps: 1940-1949 Irish Commemorative Stamps: 1950-1959      

1934 (May 15) New York-Rome record flight attempt crashed in Co. Clare, U.S. airmail 8c. stationery envelope cancelled New York despatch, with Leact Ui Concubair c.d.s. and signed by both pilots, Pond & Sabelli.

Irish Airmails: 1934 (May 15) New York-Rome record flight attempt – crashed at Lahinch, Co. Clare

Irish Airmail Cover: Lieutenant Cesare Sabelli (Italy) and Captain George Pond (USA) had left Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York at 7.24am on May 14. They were on board a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker monoplane named the Leonardo da Vinci. Instead of flying ‘non-stop’ from New York to Rome, they crash-landed in Hennessy’s farm at…

Irish Commemorative Stamps: 50th Anniversary of the founding of the GAA (1934)

1934 was the 50th anniversary of the founding of the GAA. It was commemorated by the issue of a single, inconspicuous stamp that portrayed a hurler. Being a low value, it is a comparably common stamp in both used and unused (or mint) condition. Its first day cover, however, is a different matter and being…