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The
2011 Solheim Cup
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Post have issued a single stamp for the Solheim Cup
2011 which is being played at the Jack Nicklaus designed
Killeen Castle Golf Club which features in their monthly
magazine for July 2011, The
Collector. The stamp will be sold as a single stamp
or in sheetlets of 16 or as part of a First Day Cover
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Ryder
Cup Commemorative Stamp Collection
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Post the Irish postal body have issued four stamps as
part of the celebrations commemorating Ireland's hosting
of the Ryder Cup 2006 at the K-Club. The stamps feature
Irish players who were part of previous Ryder Cup teams
who won or retained the cup and also the Arnold Palmer
designed K Club, the 2006 venue. Also issued with the
commemorative stamps is a Prestige booklet containing
16 stamps (four of each) written by Dermot Gilleece.
This issue is only to commemorative the Irish participation
in the Ryder Cup event.<Click Pictures to enlarge>.
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First
Day Cover (FDC) incorporating all the stamps and a
picture of Des Smyth (Vice Captain) : Number Issued
6,000
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Side
1 of card included with FDC.
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48
cent stamp (Darren Clarke, Paul McGinley and Padraig
Harrington: Eamonn Darcy, Christy O'Connor Jnr and
Philip Walton) : Number Issued 410,000
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Side
2 of card included with FDC.
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cent stamp (Final hole and clubhouse of Arnold Palmer
designed K Club) : Number Issued 280,000 |
60
cent stamp (Harry Bradshaw, Ronan Rafferty and Christy
O'Connor Snr.) Number Issued 280,000 |
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Who's
missing!
Who
were the Irish players who represented their country
but weren't on a winning side before the 2006 Ryder
Cup?
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Fred
Daly 1947-49-51-53
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Norman
Drew 1959
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Jimmy
Martin 1965
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Hugh
Boyle 1967
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Eddie
Polland 1973
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John
O'Leary 1975
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Des
Smyth 1979-81
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Booklet (contains 4 of each stamp issued together with
Dermot Gilleece's narrative.) Number issued : 10,000 |
David
Feherty 1991
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Ryder
Cup 2006 Stamp Collection
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FDC:
Issued 25 July 2006.
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FDC
Card Insert : Issued 25 July 2006.
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FDC:
Issued 25 July 2006.
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first ever lenticular (moving image) stamps were issued
on the 14 September 2006 featuring a drive and classic
bunker escape. Previously these stamps were limited
to two-three frames but technology advances allowed
these stamps to show fifty frames of finer lenticular
images. The stamps were produced by a New Zealand company
(Outer Aspect) and an Australian company (SEPSprint)
to print them such is the specialist nature of the processes
required. They were printed in pairs and 500,000 were
produced. |
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Other
Irish golf related issues
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European
Amateur Golf Championship FDC including stamps issued
1975.
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European
Amateur Golf Championship Card included with FDC.
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Maxi
card commemorative for GUI Centenary.
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Maxi
card commemorative for Walker Cup 1991 at Portmarnock.
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FDC
commemorative for GUI Centenary and Walker Cup 1991
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1999
Darren Clarke Tribute Stamp issued by Tadjikstan |
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Commemorative
stamp for Concorde flight from Rochester to Dublin
with Ryder Cup team.
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