Ihs : Lottery : Some Bonnie Irish Lassies......

Victor Kiam said once,
"I liked the shaver so much, I bought the company"

Well, I liked the Cinderella so much...........

1933

somewhere or another, I have some of these. just need to dig them out and get them scanned. along with some other interesting pieces of postal history involving the IHS.

these labels were issued by the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes in the mid-30's, to promote their lottery. the name/address at the bottom of the pane actually has nothing to do with the labels, as they were "authorized agents" to accept the moneys and depot slips sent in from abroad. (the lottery was illegal in most countries, so you couldn't just mail it in to the IHS headquarters).


another tidbit of info on these - not sure how it was done, but the placement of the girls were random on the sheets. (for example, on Rods sheet above, the nurse in the top left corner might be found on the far right of the 2nd row on another sheet)

Those are great Rod! I can see what attracted you to them.
The stern looking nurse certainly seems out of place amongst the fancy dress of the others, until I was able to read (with difficulty) at the top that she, the bride and Colleen, were exceptions to the traditional fancy dress rule.
Very nice.

I thought this was about dogs (Lassies).

They are beautufil lasses.

Cheers all,
I felt a bit guilty, was outside my collecting target
Ireland, bit of an impulse buy,
but then I realised I could fit it into my "lotteries" thematic,

Thanks for the subsidiary info Kuhli.

there are those who would cringe at seeing this image, Rod. the French lottery stamps are only found attached to the lottery tickets (the "control number" stamped onto your stamps correspond to the lottery ticket number).


yes, I used to collect French lottery tickets, too. as a matter of fact, I think I still have a few stragglers floating around. will add that to my scavenger hunt list.

a few of your Irish lasses on the actual IHS tickets.






should I go on?

Kuhli,
Now I am REALLY glad I bought that Minisheet!
guess who will be eBay hunting... :)

To all those I offended, some de-cringing copies for you
(not mine, I lost them in an SCF auction / sale)

Smauggie, I am a huge fan of Van Morrison,
it shall always be an Irish lassie to me :)

I was looking for dogs ,this turned out to be very interesting ,they are unique and beyond me ,but the info recieved is well worth reading and gaining some kind of gainful knowledge of something new

Lots of Dog threads on SCF Teflon...... :)

Grrrrufff!

Just so cool.

Rod,

funny you should post those particular French tickets. they were mine, at one time. I posted the pictures here, to spark some conversation about the "stamp" labels attached. they were indeed eventually sold via delCampe (or here, possibly, I do not remember).

Silver Jubilee Souvenir sheet:
An impulse purchase after viewing and reading this excellent post.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

Thought I'd shown these before, but I could be wrong. It's all a blur!



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