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title: Sinn Féin 'Éire' propaganda stamps (pair, 1907)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sinn-fein-postage-stamps-1907/
description: A pair of postage-stamp-sized labels carry a Celtic cross with interlace panels and shamrocks, the word ÉIRE (Ireland) across the cross arms, in green…
section: Collection
---

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# Sinn Féin 'Éire' propaganda stamps (pair, 1907)

A pair of postage-stamp-sized labels carry a Celtic cross with interlace panels and shamrocks, the word ÉIRE (Ireland) across the cross arms, in green and black with perforated edges. The tell is the form: the sign of a sovereign state's post is borrowed for a movement that had no post of its own, so the label asserts statehood by looking like it.

## Text on the object

Original (Irish) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
ÉIRE [accent not clearly legible]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Ireland
```

[← An Answer to Mark Twain (Brussels pamphlet cover, 1907)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/an-answer-to-mark-twain-1907/) ["As to Japanese Exclusion" (Puck cover, 13 March 1907) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/puck-as-to-japanese-exclusion-1907/)

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