P=have O=don’t have it
The Bailiwick of Guernsey
is a British Crown Dependency in the English Channel off the coast of
The Bailiwick, as a
governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the
Although its defence is
the responsibility of the
See: Great Britain
Scott: #56P,#57P,#58P,#59P
Issued: 1.6.1971
Thomas de la Rue, Founder of Security Printers
Inside
#56:
Inside
#57: GB #22O
Inside #58:
Inside #59: US Conferate States #6O
Scott: #426P,#427P,#428P,#429P,#430P
Issued: 3.5.1990
150th Anniversary, Penny Black
Inside #426: GB #1 [T-A]
Visit: The Penny Black Plate project http://www.arcieriminerva.it/SOS/homeSOS.htm
Inside #427: GB #3 P
Inside #428: GB #255 P
Inside
#429:
Inside
#430:
Scott: #430aP
Scott: #430bO
Issued to promote Guernsey participation at the
Thanks to Lou for scan and info
Scott: #446P,#447P,#448P
Issued: 8.2.1991
50th Anniversary, Occupation
Stamps
Inside #446-8:
Guernsey Prestige Booklet #448aP 3
panes: 448a IP,
448a IIP,
448a IIIP
Scott: #425O
Issued: 27.02.1990
Europa 1990
Inside #425: Guernsey #297O
Lou wrote:
Last night, I was trolling the internet, not looking for anything in
particular, when a stamp from Guernsey caught my eye. Part of a set issued for
Europa 1990, Guernsey #425 showed a postal clerk and customer, but on the
wall behind them there appeared to be a vague stamp. I scanned the issue, and
on enlarging it, I felt it was possibly an identifiable stamp showing an actual
place. It occurred to me that the designer probably created his art
using an actual post office photograph, and since the stamp
filled a background space, he kept it in his work.
I went to Delcampe and entered a search for "Guernsey
views". A very few minutes later, I found the stamp-- Guernsey #297,
issued in 1984 as part of a long set showing various tourist sites around
Guernsey. Pictured is a view of La Coupée,
a one hundred mile roadway on the isthmus between Big Sark
and Little Sark Islands.
This Sos may not be for everyone, but I thought it was a
bit exciting to find it thirty-one years after its issue, so I decided to
share my find. I've already found both stamps and a
first day cover to add to my collection.
Thanks to Lou Guadagno
Scott: #452P
Issued: 1.4.1991
Europa 1991
Inside #452:
Inside #452: Guernsey #12P
Inside #452: Guernsey #15P
Inside #452:
Guernsey FCD 1969
Thanks to Lou Guadagno
Scott: #523O,#520-522,#524
Issued: 27.7.1993
Birth Bicentennial, Thomas de la Rue, Printer
Inside
#523: GB #22O
Scott: #523aO
Scott: #597-602O
Issued: 21.8.1997
Communications
Inside #601:
Scott: #680-3O
Issued: 27.4.1999
Herm, Our Island Jewel
Inside
#680-3:
(Thanks to Lou for the scans)
Herm is an island off
finding a tenant to run it, the
following proviso was imposed: "That the governing principle... shall be
to ensure that the natural attractions and peacefulness of that island are
preserved and are made available to all who visit it".
When Peter and Jenny Wood
took over the tenancy in 1949 Herm was derelict and overgrown. They gradually
enhanced the countryside, repaired the buildings, made the island fit for
visitors and the Bailiwick of Guernsey gained a wonderful new attraction which has captured the hearts of thousands over
the years. The stamps combine new designs with detail from some of Herm's
carriage labels, on the 50th anniversary of their introduction. The labels (not
strictly speaking stamps) were used until 1969, when the Guernsey Post Office
took over control of its own affairs from the British Post Office and opened a
sub-post office in Herm.
The larger part of the
stamp design features the Burnet Rose on dunes behind Shell Beach, while the
four-doubles (the Bailiwick's old unit of currency equivalent to one old penny)
carriage label shows the Yellow Horned Poppy, Yellow Flag Iris and Wallflower.
Here we see Puffins on the cliffs with Belvoir Bay in the distance, while the
5d. (five pre-decimal pence) carriage label shows
the Kentish Plover,
Oystercatcher and Common Tern.
The Small Heath butterfly
is a common sight around the island; the 6d. (six
pre-decimal pence) carriage label shows a Red Admiral and a Painted Lady.
Shell Beach, named for
the amazing variety of shells washed up by the Gulf Stream, is one of Herm's
most famous features.
Here we depict the
Variegated Scallop, Dogwhelk, European Cowrie and Painted Topshell, while the
one shilling (equivalent to five new pence) carriage label shows the Garfish
and the Ballan Wrasse.
********
Lou wrote: I really like
this set design wise, and I found it interesting that it gave some legitimacy
to the
What I had not been aware
of when the stamps were issued, is that they were printed in decorated
sheetlets of 10 stamps, with background info and enlargements of the label and
stamp artwork without inscriptions.
The designer, Colleen
Corlett, was very kind and sent us "in progress plates" of the full
set.
Thanks to
Colleen Corlett: www.colleencorlett.com
Scott:
#1214-9O
Issued:
31.7.2013
The
200th Anniversary of the Guernsey Press and Star
Inside
#1216: Guernsey #N1O
Thanks to
Prof. Plinio Richelmi and Martin Hirschbühl
Scott:
#1300O
Issued:
01.05.2015
175th
Anniversary of The Penny Black
Inside #1300: G.B. #1 [Q-B]
Thanks to Lou Guadagno and Prof. Plinio Richelmi
Scott:
#1328O
Issued:
11.11.2015
Stories
From the Great War, Part 2
Inside #1328: G.B. #128c (rose ink printing
1911) P
The stamp is reproduced
from a letter from a Guernsey soldier to his sweetheart; the purposely angled
placement on the
envelope has a secret meaning: "Longing to see you again"
Thanks to Lou Guadagno
Scott:
#????-?P
Issued:
01.10.2019
50th
Anniversary of Postal Independence
Inside
#????a:
|
|
|
|
|
Guernsey
#145P |
Guernsey
#8PP |
Guernsey
#38O |
Guernsey
#34O |
Guernsey
#J3O |
Inside
#????b:
|
|
|
|
|
Guernsey
#194O |
Guernsey
#182O |
Guernsey
#251O |
Guernsey
#283P |
Guernsey
#305O |
Inside
#????c:
|
|
|
|
|
Guernsey
#410P |
Guernsey
#429P |
Guernsey
#502O |
Guernsey
#419O |
Guernsey
#488O |
Inside
#????d:
|
|
|
|
|
Guernsey
#544O |
Guernsey
#703O |
Guernsey
#663O |
Guernsey
#538O |
Guernsey
#679O |
Inside
#????e:
|
|
|
|
|
Guernsey
#991O |
Guernsey
#859O |
Guernsey
#809O |
Guernsey
#950O |
Guernsey
#795O |
Inside
#????f:
|
|
|
|
|
Guernsey
#1220O |
Guernsey
#1250O |
Guernsey
#1132O |
Guernsey
#1145O |
Guernsey
#???? (2019) O |
Thanks to Lou Guadagno
Scott:
#????-?O
Issued:
10.06.2021
Postcrossing
Inside #????-?:
Guernsey #????-? (Self SOS)
Best website related:
http://www.guernseystamps.com/
Peter Gladman
http://www.petersstamps.com/index.html
Wish List
Guernsey
#N1-#N3
Guernsey
#13
Guernsey
#14
Guernsey
#34
Guernsey
#38
Guernsey
#J3
Guernsey
#182
Guernsey
#194
Guernsey
#251
Guernsey
#297
Guernsey
#305
Guernsey
#419
Guernsey
#425
Guernsey
#488
Guernsey #494
for Hong Kong
Guernsey
#502
Guernsey #524
for Hong Kong
Guernsey
#544
Guernsey
#538
Guernsey
#584a
Scott:
#597-602
Guernsey
#663
Guernsey
#679
Scott:
#680-3
Guernsey
#703
Guernsey
#795
Guernsey
#809
Guernsey
#859
Guernsey
#950
Guernsey
#991
Guernsey
#1220
Guernsey
#1250
Guernsey
#1132
Guernsey
#1145
Scott:
#1216
Guernsey
#???? (2019)