#Guernsey stamps
Guernsey Post marks 70th Anniversary of Alderney Week with 6 stamps
Guernsey Post recently presented to collectors` attention a set of six stamps issued to celebrate 70th Anniversary of Alderney Week – one of the greatest Channel Islands’ biggest annual festivals. This is an eight-day event which dates back to 1949 that has grown to become the greatest annual themed summer carnival. The stamps were illustrated by Andrew Robinson who has tried to captur
Endangered Species: The Black Rhinoceros. A bright miniature sheet with one stamp presented by Guernsey Post
FindYourStampsValue.com hurries to present to your attention a special miniature sheet with one stamp by Guernsey Post featuring the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) that is the most well-known of the five living rhinoceros species. This is the 12th species to feature as part of Endangered Species series by Guernsey Post with the previous editions of which you may get acquainted here. Also kno
Guernsey Post is celebrating an endangered Bailiwick bird. 4 new stamps introduced
To celebrate the Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis), now classified as an endangered species in the Bailiwick, Guernsey Post prepared for releasing a stamp issue with stunning images created by artist Andrew Robinson. The stamps are being released in collaboration with the WWF. FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to introduce to your attention these four bright stamps and encourage you to appreciate an
Schoolchildren have designed gorgeous Christmas stamps
In spring this year Guernsey Post launched a competition for schoolchildren to design its 2014 Christmas stamps. According to info got by FindYourStampsValue.com a set of 7 stamps for both Guernsey and Alderney were chosen and these items feature new Christmas issue. This release is available beginning from the 6th of November. The competition helped to introduce the children involved to concepts
Christmas 2013 – When Santa got stuck up the Chimney Guernsey stamps
Music has long been a feature of the Christmas season and its celebrations. Whilst the earliest chants, litanies, and hymns were Latin works intended for use during the church liturgy, rather than popular songs, over time the words and music has evolved. Today's musical Christmas celebrations comprise a variety of genres from traditional carols, emotive melodic arrangements, to fun "sing-a-long" f
Stamp collection to celebrate bestseller
A new stamp collection is being issued in Guernsey to celebrate the publishing success of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society novel. The book has already sold more than three million copies worldwide. It was written by American author Mary Ann Shaffer who died before the book was finished, so her niece Annie Barrows completed it. It is based on the wartime occupation of the islands a
National Trust of Guernsey Stamps
Guernsey Post has issued a set of six stamps featuring six examples of Guernsey's natural beauty, historic buildings and heritage. The National Trust of Guernsey is celebrating its 50th anniversary and is delighted that the Guernsey Post Office is marking this special year with an issue of stamps featuring lands and properties entrusted to the care of NTG. Moreover the stamps will be launched on
Stamps celebrate 100 years of Naval Aviation
Guernsey Post is delighted to mark the Centenary of Naval Aviation with a special stamp issue featuring six naval aircraft from the 20th and 21st centuries. It is 100 years ago since the Admiralty ordered the first airship, the Mayfly, to embark on a development programme for military aviation and the eventual formation of the Royal Naval Air Service. In the years that followed naval aviation prov
Guernsey Post celebrates 500th Anniversary of Henry VIII's coronation
To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the coronation of 'Bluff King Hal' Guernsey Post commissioned a fabulous series of paper sculptures created by talented artist Gail Armstrong. Each sculpture, perfect in every diminutive detail, was then photographed to create a unique series of stamps, which all depict a key highlight in Henry's dynamic life and reign. The set includes stamps featuring a yo
Guernsey: 'Mr. Men and Little Miss' Stamps
Guernsey has issued a set of six stamps honoring the characters in the "Mr. Men and Little Miss" children's books and television series. The books were devised, drawn and written by Roger Hargreaves, born in 1938 in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire. Hargreaves began his career with a Bradford advertising agency before moving to London, where he joined a similar company and rose to the position of creative d
