Show irish postage on a recently received letter were two postage stamps one tho the familiar red stamp the other on an unfamiliar stamp of a dull gheen both canceled by the post office at which the he mis elve had been mailed tho the green stamp carried in the oval a figure in bloing flowing floing rubea robes discoursing sweet music upon a harp in the top panel was a as the legend birne on each of the two side panels was the inscription 1 sinn ren all the lettering being in III the trish irish character the bottom panel displayed dla played a cou couchant cliant hound on small shields in the four corneda cognets were inere the blazons blazonis of the kingdoms of ulster leinster and con naught maught this irish postage will not cairy a letter far unless re enforced reinforced by stamps of more solid collateral value but it serves as aa a vent for national enthusiasm and contributes a little to the cause |