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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 2723936, member: 22729&quot;]This is the latest addition to my Irish political counterstamp collection. I bought it from a guy in Ballymena, N. Ireland a few weeks ago. He told me he got this one and a few others at a car boot sale recently.</p><p><br /></p><p>The phrase &quot;We Will Maintain&quot; is a shortened form of an old Unionist political slogan &quot;This We Will Maintain&quot;, and dates back to the parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland in 1949 known as the Chapel Gates Election. The slogan has also been used more recently, so this example, the only one I&#039;ve ever seen, may be a 20th anniversary piece since it&#039;s struck on a 1969 coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The phrase is a reference to Northern Ireland maintaining its constitutional ties to Great Britain. Unionists (Loyalists) are staunch opponents of Home Rule, or the severing of ties to the UK. I was happy to add this to my collection, because it may very well be unique. Thanks for looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[ATTACH=full]617830[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]617831[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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