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.
- Date
- 1907
- Period
- Pre-1914
- Made by
- Sinn Féin
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Stamp
- Issuer type
- Party
- Leader
- Henry Campbell Bannerman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (1907 labels; Commons PD-old)
Sinn Féin, 1907, via Wikimedia Commons
Text on the object
ÉIRE [accent not clearly legible]
Ireland
