DescriptionDaunt Rock lightship rescue postage stamp.jpg
English: 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.)
Date
Source
Own work
Author
Irish Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. Own photograph of stamp.
A work made by an officer or employee of the Government or State of Ireland in the course of his or her duties, created before 1st January 1974; or
A work made by an officer or employee of either House of the Oireachtas in the course of his or her duties, created before 1st January 1974; or
A sound recording, film, live broadcast or live cable programme of the proceedings of either House of the Oireachtas created before 1st January 1974; or
A bill or enactment of the Government of Ireland made available to the public before 1st January 1974.