Postcard
Collection object
2004.0111
H. 9.1 W. 14.6
Postcard, b/w. First Day of Issue. Drawing of St Mary's Cathedral from Thomond Bridge, with two stamps bearing same image attached on front top left. Stamps 5p blue and 10p olive green, issued to commemorate 800th anniversary of (supposed) founding in 1168. Circular cancellation, Baile Atha Cliath/ 27, around 26 VIII/ 68. First Day of Issue, typed in Irish and English at bottom. Reverse printed in blac; Post card at top; HSL in box at bottom left; upwards as divider, Printed in the Republic of Ireland; Address, over five lines to right under box for stamp. Addressed in pencil to Hibernian Stamps/ Dublin 8.