Stamp of approval for photographer from An Post

A Cork photographer is set to leave his stamp on the 2014 festive season, having had his work selected by An Post to adorn thousands of Christmas card and letter envelopes this month.

Mitchelstown man Bill Power said that he is absolutely delighted that his photographs of the stained glass windows in Millstreet’s St Patrick’s Church will be used on an Post’s €1 and 68c Christmas 2014 stamps, and revealed that the news that his work had been selected came completely out of the blue.

“I had taken the picture a few years ago, and the company who designed the stamp saw it on a website and contacted me for permission to use it. They first called me last April, but didn’t say why they wanted to use it at the time,” Mr Power explained.