2021 IRELAND NEW ISSUE ICE MEN~IRISH ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS N RATE SETENANT PR MNH

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******COVID UPDATE ON IRISH STAMPS ISSUED IN 2021****************
ALL IRISH STAMPS THIS YEAR WILL BE ISSUED IN SELF-ADHESIVE FORMAT
AND FIRST DAY COVERS ISSUED BY AN POST WILL HAVE NO INSERT CARD
BUT WILL NOW HAVE PRINTING ON REVERSE OF COVER.
Ireland:  2021 Ice Men~Irish Antarctic Explorers N Rate Setenant Pair MNH
Irishmen were at the heart of Antarctic expeditions during what is regarded as the ‘golden age’
of such missions in the 1800s and early 1900s. It is fitting therefore that we salute these
courageous explorers by issuing four stamps to highlight the role played by eight Irishmen,
who were members of various challenging and pioneering expeditions.
Kilkea, County Kildare-born Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean from near Annascaul,
County Kerry                                 have achieved wide recognition over the years but the other six explorers featured on our
stamps are
less well known.
These are Ballinacurra, County Corkborn Edward Bransfield, Patrick Keohane                                      (Courtmacsherry, County Cork), Robert Forde (Bandon, County Cork), Francis Crozier (Banbridge,                                   County Down) and brothers Tim and Mortimer McCarthy from Kinsale, County Cork
This is the N Rate Self-adhesive Setenant Pair MNH