An Post issues sixteen 1916 centenary stamps
An Post have issued sixteen 1916 centenary stamps.
"Huge national and international demand is expected for the ‘1916-2016 Eighth Definitive Stamp Series’ commemorating the key founding event of the modern Irish state."
The stamps are grouped into four categories: Leaders and Icons; Participants; Easter Week and The Aftermath.
Although each image represents an individual subject, the themes also reflect a chronological progression from the lead-up to the Rising through to its aftermath.
The stamps have been designed as a narrative rather than as 16 individual images.
“These will be the ‘everyday’ stamps, available for the rest of this year at all Post Offices and in special souvenir packs and booklets too at www.irishstamps.ie,” An Post’s Anna McHugh explained.
“A special feature of the set is the use of Augmented Reality (AR) linking the stamps to a wealth of additional material by scanning them with the CEE Explorer Smartphone App.
"This hi-tech feature also links users to connected material in An Post’s new GPO Witness History visitor centre - which opens to the public on Easter Tuesday (March 29th). Booking is now open at www.gpowitnesshistory.ie”.
