#Otd 1922: The Irish Free State, Saorstát Éireann, came into being. For 1 day it encompassed all of Ireland. 7 Dec, N Ireland opted out & remained part of UK. 📷1st stamp (included whole of Ireland) issued 6 Dec 1922. 📷British stamps were overprinted with Saorstát Éireann. pic.twitter.com/DzwWMpq3Tw
— Irish History Bitesize! (@lorraineelizab6) December 6, 2021
It will come again.
FIGHT!
Meanwhile…
This day 100 years ago – 6 December 1921 – the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed.
It offered the Irish Free State “the same constitutional status” as Canada or Australia, but allowed Northern Ireland to opt out of its jurisdiction.
It was later passed in the Dáil by 64-57 votes. pic.twitter.com/e7e8RQd78P
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) December 6, 2021
I’ll have to double check, but I’ve a few of that one on the left… And I’m fairly positive I’ve a few of the green and red on the top right too with that ‘Saorstat’ stamp :)
* pushes glasses up bridge of nose *
I have a lot of 1928 (and later) coins with ‘Saorstat Eireann’ included but so many were produced they are only worth very little.
Those stamps must be MUCH rarer?
High denomination overprinted stamps are worth more. Sometimes if such stamps are postmarked clearly on an intact envelope, they may fetch high prices. All low denomination overprints, whether postmarked or mint, are of historical and philatelical value to young and old stamp collectors. Treat them as heritage artifacts.
Allowed northern Ireland to opt out. Not “forced Partition on the country.”
It was forced if you lived in Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, South Armagh, or South Down.