Posts Tagged ‘Jersey’

Europa 2013 – Jersey

Europa 2013 - Jersey

Jersey post issued a set of four stamps featuring postal vehicles as a part of Europa 2013 series. The stamps depicts various vehicles used for carrying and delivering posts. EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations and bears the official EUROPA logo, a PostEurop registered trademark under the aegis of PostEurop in [...]

Titanic – 100 years – Jersey

Titanic - 100 years - Jersey

Jersey post issued a miniature sheet to commemorate 100 years of sinking of RMS Titanic. Ten people with a Jersey connection are known to have been on board RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage although the figure does vary. The precise number has always been difficult to define due to the confusion on the night, [...]

Christmas 2011 – Jersey

Jersey Post issued six stamps depicting Christmas Tree Decorations. The tradition of decorating trees at Christmas began centuries ago. Decorations which started with sweets, gingerbread, nuts and paper roses, were followed by tinsel and a huge variety of miniature dolls, instruments, glass beads, baubles and so on, remaining to this day an indispensable part of [...]

Jersey Scenery III – Sepac

Jersey Post has issued the third set in the series of postage stamps entitled ‘Jersey Scenery’. The six stamps will feature photographs of some of the Island’s beautiful landscapes and landmarks. One stamp within the set will also be included in the Small European Postal Administrations Corporations (SEPAC) joint issue and will feature the SEPAC [...]

50th Anniversary of Jersey’s Finance Industry

2011 marks the 50th anniversary of Jersey’s modern financial services industry when the Island first began to export its financial expertise and intellectual capital to the world. A particular gravure printing effect together with a silver embossing gives the Miniature Sheet the appearance of a bank note.

Archaeology II – Buried Treasure

The second issue in Jersey Post’s series entitled ‘Archaeology’ has been issued featuring various coins which form part of the hoard of 2500 Celtic coins and pieces of jewellery which were unearthed by a farmer on his land at Le Catillon in Grouville, Jersey in 1957. The coins are all on display at Jersey’s La [...]

Royal Wedding – HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton

Jersey post issued a postage stamp to celebrate the Royal Wedding of HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton.

85th Birthday of HM The Queen

Jersey Post will celebrate the 85th birthday of HM The Queen with this £3 commemorative stamp in which she is portrayed during Her 2005 visit to Jersey. After one year, the stamp will become the new £3 value in Jersey Post’s Definitive range of postage stamps.

Marine Life IV – Squirts and Sponges

A selection of colourful squirts and sponges which can be found in the sea surrounding Jersey. Tunicates, also known as urochordates, are members of the subphylum Tunicata or Urochordata, a group of underwater saclike filter feeders with incurrent and excurrent siphons that is classified within the phylum Chordata. While most tunicates live on the ocean [...]

Women of Achievement II

Celebrating 100 years since the Nobel Prize for Chemistry was awarded to Marie Curie, four stamps will feature just a few of the many women whose achievements are internationally renowned.


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