Monthly Archives: April 2021

Guernsey Post releases second stamp in centenary series for Royal British Legion

Guernsey Post announces that it will release of the second of four stamps in its series commemorating the 100thanniversary of the Royal British Legion. The second stamp will be issued on the 15 May 2021, 100 years after the British
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Guernsey stamps mark The Queen’s historic birthday

Guernsey Post has marked the occasion of The Queen’s 95th birthday with commemorative stamps depicting various aspects of Her Majesty’s life. The stamps were issued on 21 April, The Queen’s actual birthday, when she became the first British monarch to reach the age
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Guernsey’s Europa stamps depict critically endangered national wildlife

Guernsey Post’s philatelic bureau has released stamps featuring some of the species of endangered wildlife found in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The Europa stamps depict species that are locally registered from critically endangered through to near threatened.Bridget Yabsley, head of philatelic
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Guernsey stamps recognise UN’s International Year of Fruit and Vegetables

Guernsey Post’s philatelic bureau has released stamps in recognition of one of the United Nations’ observations for 2021: the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. The beautifully illustrated Alderney stamps, which have been designed by Guernsey artist Petra Palmeri (issue
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Jersey’s surfing heritage celebrated with new commemorative stamps

Surfing is the subject of a set of six stamps and a miniature sheet to be issued by Jersey Post on 18 May 2021.The stamps feature contemporary images by Jersey photographers: Matt Porteous, Andy Le Gresley, BAM Perspectives and Richard
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Colourful moor frogs on 2021 Europa stamp from Åland

On 7 May, Åland Post issues its contribution to the 2021 Europa stamp series on the theme endangered wildlife, a stamp featuring moor frogs, a protected species. “I painted the moor frog in profile to illustrate its characteristics and made
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Great Northern War in Åland commemorated on stamp

On 7 May, Åland Post commemorates the 300th anniversary of the Great Northern War, one of the worst disasters to strike Åland. The majority of the Åland population fled and, for eight years, Åland lay desolate. The stamp visualizes the
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