All Posts Tagged With: "Stamps"

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

New Stamps Celebrate Jersey’s Nature

Isle News, 19 October 2009 – The latest stamp issue from Jersey Post features a selection of the more colourful fungi which abound in the Island’s countryside at this time of year.
The six stamps form the third issue featuring fungi in the Jersey Nature Series. The stamps, First Day Cover envelope and Presentation Pack have been [...]