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Daunt Rock lightship rescue postage stamp

Name: Daunt Rock lightship rescue postage stamp
Brand: Ireland

Ireland · 1974 ·

Postage stamp (40×30mm) valued 5 pence issued by the Irish postal service on 28 March 1974 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution . The stamp depicts the lifeboat Mary Stanford rescuing seamen from the lightship Daunt during a hurricane in 1936.(Stamp designer: Michael Byrne, incorporating a painting by Bernard Gribble.)

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postage

Image: Irish Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. Own photograph of stamp. · License: Public domain

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Estimated Values by Condition

Superb(S)

Perfectly centered, fresh, no faults

Extremely Fine(XF)

Well centered, fresh colors

Very Fine(VF)

Nicely centered, minor flaws

Fine(F)

Average centering, acceptable

Good(G)

Off-center or visible wear

$0.5

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