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Robert Ballagh postage stamp designs

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One stamp design was rejected by the government, after stamps had already been printed, possibly due to political interference; the stamps and plates were destroyed. A version of the stamp was eventually released more than 15 years later. On another occasion, in 1994, he was commissioned to produce
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and commemorations of various other Irish statesmen, issues related to Scouting, Guiding and the Boys' Brigade, Irish festivals, the Irish lighthouse authority and one of Ireland's annual "love stamps".
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and the first telephone transmission, the golden jubilee of Ireland's national electricity utility, the centenaries of the births of
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stamps commemorating five Irish Nobel Prize winners; four were released but the fifth was cancelled when the Irish postal service,
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that the British government should make a formal objection, even though no other international borders were shown, either.
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Ballagh's first postage stamp design was released on 4 September 1973. It commemorated the centenary of the
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Irish stamps by Ballagh (1973), commemorating the centenary of the World Meteorological Organisation
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and depicted a weather map of northwestern Europe. His portrayal of Ireland did not show
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Ballagh, Robert (6 November 1994). "Making a mark with tiny paintings".
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Later design contracts included the centenaries of the
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Postage stamp designs by Irish artist Robert Ballagh
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postage stamp
Robert Ballagh
Irish postal service

World Meteorological Organisation
the border with Northern Ireland
Ian Paisley
British House of Commons
Universal Postal Union
Patrick Pearse
Éamon de Valera
An Post
Ernest Walton
World Meteorological Organisation
Universal Postal Union
first telephone transmission
Scouting
guiding
Johannes Scotus Eriugena
Electricity Supply Board
first east-west transatlantic flight
Catherine McAuley
Arrival onshore
Pádraig Mac Piarais
An Óige
Éamon de Valera
Boys' Brigade
Seán Mac Diarmada
Andrew Jackson
European Parliament

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