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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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Ryder
Cup Commemorative Stamp Collection
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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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| Prestige 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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| Ireland's
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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