Description: This vertically oriented pair features an elegant line-engraved profile bust of Dean Jonathan Swift wearing a traditional draped shoulder cloak and a soft fabric cap. Printed in a crisp, slate-green monochromatic ink on an unwatermarked white paper base, the background illustrates the sweeping stone arches and vaulted ceiling of a cathedral interior. The Irish country name "ÉIRE" arcs dynamically in a stylized Celtic font across the top left corner, mirrored by a pre-decimal "3p" face value denomination on the right. A clean margin block at the base balances the design, displaying the title text "SWIFT 1667–1745" set in an italicized serif typeface.
Circa: 1967
Condition: Unused pair. Some damage on lower right corner.
Notes:
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the Georgian era and one of the foremost prose authors in the history of English and World Literature.
"Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it." - Jonathan Swift