Thursday, May 8

Ireland 2025

Ireland

Date of Issue: 8th May 2025

two stamps (N & W values = 1.65 & 2.65 €) - NOTE both stamps are self-adhesive

the N value stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 8 stamps and the W value stamp in a mini-sheet of 4 stamps only

stamp 1 - detail of an 8th-century bronze ladle adorned with a human head, discovered in Ballynapark, Co. Wicklow.

stamp 2 - Viking oval brooch of cast copper alloy with gilt, silver, and glass, probably from the 9th century. This brooch is one of a pair found in the grave of a woman believed to have been among the earliest Viking settlers in what is now Finglas Village, Dublin.

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