Ireland (Éire), Scott #157 (Hibernia #C53), used(o), 1957, Tomás O'Criomhtain (anglicised as Thomas O'Crohan) (1855-1937), Irish author, a simple man with a simple past; a native and fisherman of the Irish-speaking Great Blasket Island ("An Blascaod Mor") near the coast of the Dingle Peninsula in southwest Ireland, he began to write down his life experiences in his native Irish language in a diary in the years after World War I; this grew to become his life story and was published as "An t-Oileánach" – a book describing the lives of small community of rural farmers and fishermen; the book is noted for its brevity and lack of emotion; his writings are considered classics of Irish-language literature and the central texts of the Gaelic Revival; they portray the unique way of life, now extinct; and are of great human, literary, linguistic, and anthropological interest; interestingly, the island of Great Blasket was abandoned, with its few remaining citizens evacuated, in 1954, when living there became unsustainable; 2 pence, recessed engraved, perforated: 14x15, watermarked: upright, multiple reverse print "e" (Scott watermark #162, Hibernia watermark e upright), dull purple, Scott 2019 catalog value: 25¢, slightly off-centered, light, broken-up, wavy line cancellation over main image, sound back, hinge gum remnant, good perforations. This is not a 'bait-and-switch' offering. The stamp you see will be the one you receive.
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