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SINN FEIN PROPAGANDA LABELS A rare collection of ''Celtic Cross'' Sinn Fein Propaganda Labels, c. 1916. In two printed sheets, a full sheet of 72 (8 columns x 9 rows) and another sheet of 48 stamps (8 columns x 6 rows), with blank edging. Rare in these blocks. Each label depicts a Celtic Cross with ringed centre, inscribed ''Eire'' & ''Sinn Fein'' & decorated with shamrocks. These labels were first printed in 1908 with the intention of attaching them to all Sinn Fein Correspondence on the opposite side to the British postage stamp, as a visible sign of Irish Nationalism and to raise funds for the Sinn Fein cause. Provenance: Collection of Lt. Col. J.C.W. Madden, who commanded a battalion of the Irish Fusiliers in Dublin during 1916. Previous stamps from this collection sold in these rooms and had an inscription that stated that they were taken from the GPO, 1916 SINN FEIN PROPAGANDA LABELS A rare collection of ''Celtic Cross'' Sinn Fein Propaganda Labels, c. 1916. In two printed sheets, a full sheet of 72 (8 columns x 9 rows) and another sheet of 48 stamps (8 columns x 6 rows), with blank edging. Rare in these blocks. Each label depicts a Celtic Cross with ringed centre, inscribed ''Eire'' & ''Sinn Fein'' & decorated with shamrocks. These labels were first printed in 1908 with the intention of attaching them to all Sinn Fein Correspondence on the opposite side to the British postage stamp, as a visible sign of Irish Nationalism and to raise funds for the Sinn Fein cause. Provenance: Collection of Lt. Col. J.C.W. Madden, who commanded a battalion of the Irish Fusiliers in Dublin during 1916. Previous stamps from this collection sold in these rooms and had an inscription that stated that they were taken from the GPO, 1916