Yearly Archives: 2020

Guernsey stamps celebrate Rupert Bear’s 100th birthday

Guernsey Post is delighted to announce that Rupert Bear, the children’s character made famous in the stories published in the Daily Express newspaper, celebrates his 100th birthday this year and will appear on a set of Guernsey issue stamps, to be
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Guernseys artists’ work depicted on stamps 

Guernsey Post announces that it will release a six-stamp set showcasing the work of Guernsey artists on 21 July 2020.
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Champion golfer to feature on Jersey stamps and souvenir coin

The 150th birth anniversary of Jersey golfer, Harry Vardon, will be celebrated with six stamps, a Miniature Sheet and a souvenir coin to be issued by Jersey Post on 9 July 2020. One of golf’s greatest ever players, Vardon won
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Luxembourg new stamp issues in June 2020

Post Luxembourg is issuing a new series of stamps on June 9th 2020.A special stamp will commemorate the 150 years of the Diocese of Luxembourg.Furthermore, another special stamp will commemorate the 40 years of the “Arts” section in secondary education.
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Children’s designs to feature on Bailiwick stamps

Guernsey Post is delighted to announce that 12 children have won a competition and will see their designs featured on one of two stamp sets – #GuernseyTogether and #AlderneySpirit.
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Charles Dickens celebrated with Jersey stamps

Charles Dickens, widely regarded as the greatest author of the Victorian era, will be commemorated with a set of eight stamps to be issued by Jersey Post on 9 June 2020, 150 years since the author’s death. Created by Mark
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Åland stamp penetrates wondrous world of tubing

On 5 June, Åland Post issues a stamp promoting Optinova Group, world leader in the manufacture of polymer-based tubing for medical and industrial applications and one of the largest companies in Åland.
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First luminous Åland stamp depicts mythical nocturnal predator

On 5 June, the mysterious bat adorns a luminous postage stamp by Åland Post, the first time an Åland stamp glows in the dark. It is the Åland contribution to the 2020 Nordic series on the joint theme mammals issued
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Guernsey Post commemorates 250th anniversary of William Wordsworth’s birth

Guernsey Post’s philatelic bureau has issued a set of commemorative Alderney stamps to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of William Wordsworth, one of the central figures in the English Romantic revolution in poetry (issue date: 1 April 2020).
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Guernsey stamps depict historic mail ships

Guernsey Post’s philatelic bureau has released stamps depicting mail and packet ships that sailed between Guernsey and the United Kingdom, for this year’s PostEurop stamp issue, Ancient Postal Routes (issue date: 1 April 2020).
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