All Posts Tagged With: "Jersey Post"

Rocks That Make Jersey Feature on New Stamps

Jersey News, 9 March 2010 – Rocks that make up the Island feature on a new set of postage stamps released by Jersey Post under the title of Petrology.
Petrology is the branch of geology that studies rocks, and the conditions in which rocks form. The stamp issue is dedicated to this discipline and follows on [...]

Jersey Post Offers Portuguese Community Free Services to Help Family Members in Madeira

Jersey News, 26 February 2010 –The Jersey Post Group is offering free calls on its pay-as-you-go mobile phone network, me:mo and MoneyGram transactions to members of the local Portuguese community who are wishing to contact and help loved ones in Madeira.
The me:mo offer is available to anyone with family members or close friends living in [...]

Free Postal Service Goes Islandwide

Jersey News, 18 February 2010 – Jersey Post is extending its SecureDrop delivery service to St Helier following successful trials last year in other parishes.
SecureDrop is a convenient and free service designed to provide Islanders with an alternative parcel delivery location. The purpose is to enable householders to nominate a place on their property where [...]

THE STAMP WITH A LUMINOUS NOSE

Jersey News, 8 February 2010 – Jersey Post is issuing a stamp that glows in the dark as part of a Europe-wide stamp issue celebrating popular children’s story books.
Having chosen Edward Lear’s Dong with the Luminous Nose to feature on the 80p stamp, Jersey Post asked the artist Michael Pollard – an accomplished book illustrator [...]

Jersey Post Meets National Health and Safety Standards

Jersey News, 19  January 2010 – The Health and Safety Manager at Jersey Post, David Grimes, has been made an accredited trainer by the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
The Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) is the chartered body for health and safety professionals and Mr Grimes is a Chartered Member. He applied [...]

First Stamps of 2010 Celebrate Girlguiding Centenary

Jersey News, 13  January 2010 – Jersey Post’s first stamp issue for 2010 marks the centenary of the Girl Guides, a youth organisation with ten million members worldwide and more than 500 in the Island.
The Girl Guides were founded in 1910 by Robert Baden-Powell a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer and founder of the [...]

Recycling Christmas Trees

Jersey News, 18 December 2009 – Jersey Post is helping Jersey Hospice Care to recycle Christmas trees and raise funds for the charity.
Jersey Hospice Care’s tree collection service is now firmly established in the Island’s new year calendar, providing a convenient and environmentally-friendly solution for disposing of unwanted Christmas trees. For a minimum donation of [...]

Jersey Islanders Invited to Vote for the Top Stamp of 2009

Jersey News, 14 December 2009 – Jersey Post is inviting Islanders to vote for their favourite stamp from the 13 sets issued in 2009.
A shortlist of the six most popular stamps selected by Jersey Post employees is available online and can be viewed at Jersey Post’s 2009 Stamp Competition display at Broad Street Post Office.  [...]

Jersey Post advise post early for Christmas

Jersey News, 20 November 2009 – Jersey Post is reminding Islanders to post Christmas cards and parcels as early as possible to beat the last minute rush.
In spite of the email revolution in communications, when it comes to the season of goodwill, Islanders still prefer the traditional method of relying on the postal services for [...]

Jersey Post Celebrates the Island’s Colourful Past

Jersey News, 10 November 2009 – The illustrious naval career of one of Jersey’s most distinguished sons is celebrated in the latest stamp issue from Jersey Post.
Sir George Carteret was not only a Bailiff of Jersey he also founded the American state of New Jersey and had the honour of proclaiming Charles II king in [...]