Guernsey Stamps News Bulletin May 2019

GUERNSEY STAMPS AND COLLECTABLES

MAY 2019 VOL 11 No 3

200th ANNIVERSARY: QUEEN VICTORIA & PRINCE ALBERT 75th ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY

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Welcome Welcome to the spring edition of our Philatelic News Bulletin. We start the season by attending the Essen Show in Germany where, in conjunction with Philagentur, we are delighted to have a stand featuring our small Post & Go DKU (GG03) that will vend the Guernsey Flag with the overprint ‘Messe Essen 9-11 May 2019’, which will be expertly manned by Dean, our Philatelic Manager.

Landings, one of the most remarkable Allied wartime operations. The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune – and termed D-Day - were the landing operations that took place on June 6, 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord. It was a bold operation that eventually resulted in the liberation of France - and later Europe - from Nazi control.

Released on 29 May, our Guernsey commemorative stamps celebrate the births of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert 200 years ago. Victoria’s reign marked a period of great cultural, industrial and political change and expansion of the British Empire. Together with Prince Albert, she made Buckingham Palace a powerful symbol of the British Monarchy and also their family home.

Among the British military forces taking part in the D-Day Landings were individuals from Alderney, including William John (‘Kelly’) Barker, Private Charles Edmund Benfield and Signaller George Paltridge.

Also to be released on 29 May is our Alderney issue, which marks the 75th anniversary of The D-day

We would like to thank everyone who attended Stampex in February and we look forward to seeing some of our European customers at Essen.

We hope you enjoy these new issues.

Customer Corner Spring Stampex 2019 The Spring Stampex fair took place in the middle of February under beautiful blue skies and unusual warm temperatures. Islington was glowing in the sunshine!

As usual we attended and shared the stand with Channel Island colleagues Jersey Post, the Isle of Man and for the first time, the Faroes and Southern Irelands AnPost.

Dean Le Clerc, our Philatelic Manager, was accompanied

by Christina Goodwin, one of our Philatelic Co-ordinators who was attending for the first time. The stand was located opposite Royal Mail and housed our desktop Post & Go unit (GG03), which vended the Bailiwick Flower designs with the Spring Stampex overprint. This proved to be very popular with our P&G collectors, along with our latest pictorial P&G stamps to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Guernsey Old Car Club, which vended from the exhibition (GG01) kiosk located on the Post & Go stand along with our Guernsey Flag design. As always, we were extremely pleased to see our regular customers and meet many new ones. As the show progressed more and more visitors attended and unusually for us our busiest day was Saturday. Our most popular commemorative issue at the show was our Alderney new issue to mark 120 years since the Sinking of the SS Stella, together with the Post & Go new issue 50th Anniversary of the Guernsey Old Car Club, although all our latest issues were of interest to most.

Thank you for those who came to see us - it is always a pleasure to meet our customers in person, and for making the show a success.

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Christina Goodwin at Spring Stampex 2019

Overseas Registered Post We would like to bring to your attention that as of 1st April 2019 the overseas registered postage charge has increased to £11.00 This increase applies to any product sent to a European and International destination. Please note this also applies to bank notes - all bank notes and gold foil products will be automaically sent using registered post.

How to Order By post Complete the order form and send to: Guernsey Philatelic Bureau FREEPOST GU267 Envoy House La Vrangue St Peter Port Guernsey Channel Islands GY1 5SS By phone Please call us on +44 (0) 1481 716486 between 8.30am and 5pm Monday to Friday Online You can also order securely online at www.guernseystamps.com Email: philatelic@guernseypost.com The Royal Philatelic Society London If you wish to join or find out more contact: John Triggs FRPSL Email: Guern1974@cwgsy.net www.rpsl.org.uk Tel: 01481 725847 Channel Islands Specialists Society

Anyone wishing to join the CISS, buy one of the Society’s excellent publications, or find out more, should write to: Mark Bailey 36 Jerrymoor Hill Finchampstead Workingham Berkshire RG40 4UG www.ciss1950.org.uk

Guernsey Philatelic Society The society meet on regular intervals, for details contact Sue Gamblin.

Email: sjgamblin@cwgsy.net Tel: 07781 113038

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2019 STAMP PROGRAMME GUERNSEY 22 JANUARY 2019 LUNAR NEW YEAR: YEAR OF THE PIG 2019 13 FEBRUARY 2019 JOHN WILSON ARCHITECT 1 APRIL 2019 EUROPA: NATIONAL BIRDS 29 MAY 2019 200TH ANNIVERSARY: THE QUEEN VICTORIA & PRINCE ALBERT 20 JULY 2019 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON LANDING 24 JULY 2019 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRINCE CHARLES’ INVESTITURE 24 JULY 2019 SEPAC: OLD RESIDENTIAL HOUSE 1 OCTOBER 2019 50TH ANNIVERSARY - POSTAL INDEPENDENCE (POSTAL) 1 OCTOBER 2019 50TH ANNIVERSARY - POSTAL INDEPENDENCE (PHILATELIC) 30 OCTOBER 2019 GUERNSEY CHRISTMAS STAMPS

ALDERNEY 13 FEBRUARY 2019 120 YEARS: THE SINKING OF THE SS STELLA 29 MAY 2019 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY 24 JULY 2019 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN KEATS ‘ODES TO A.....’

30 OCTOBER 2019 ALDERNEY CHRISTMAS STAMPS 11 NOVEMBER 2019 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF REMEMBRANCE DAY POST & GO 13 FEBRUARY 2019 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GUERNSEY OLD CAR CLUB (GG01 & GGO2) POST & GO 13 FEBRUARY 2019 GUERNSEY FLAGS: SPRING STAMPEX OVERPRINT (GG01) POST & GO 1 APRIL 2019 GOCC: CRUISE SHIP OVERPRINTS POST & GO 7 -10 MAY 2019 GUERNSEY FLAGS: 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION POST & GO 9 -11 MAY 2019 GUERNSEY FLAGS: ESSEN 2019 OVERPRINT (GG03) POST & GO 1 OCTOBER 2019 GUERNSEY FLAGS: 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF POSTAL INDEPENDENCE POST & GO 19 DECEMBER 2019 GOCC: CHRISTMAS UNDERPRINT (GG02)

Programme details and issue dates are subject to change without prior notice.

200th Anniversary: Queen Victoria & Prince Albert Issue date: 29 May 2019 Set of six stamps: £4.47

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We are delighted to celebrate the births of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert 200 years ago with our commemorative stamps. The issue depicts them both individually and as a couple and features images of their marble busts in white against a rich black background, carved in 1855 by Joseph Durham.

When researching the imagery to feature on the stamps, we discovered that the first photographic portrait of Prince Albert dates from 1842, while the earliest photograph of Queen Victoria (a double portrait with the Princess Royal) was taken by the painter Henry Collen around 1844.

Here are some interesting facts about the royal couple: Victoria moved the royals to Buckingham Palace Before Victoria ascended the throne, British royals had lived at various residences, including St James’s Palace and Windsor Castle. Just three weeks after becoming Queen, Victoria moved into – and ruled from Buckingham Palace.

Mastermind of The Great Exhibition Among other things, Albert took an active interest in the arts, science, trade and industry and, together with Henry Cole, he was the driving force behind the Great Exhibition of 1851, with a view to celebrating the great advances of the British industrial age. The event proved to be the most successful ever staged and became one of the defining points of the nineteenth century. The profits were used to create educational buildings including the Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Royal Albert Hall (originally known as Imperial College London) and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The first to wear white on her wedding day Women typically wore their favourite dresses on their wedding day, regardless of its colour. Victoria opted to wear a white satin and laced gown, a tradition that continues today.

Albert helped to avert war In the autumn of 1861, Albert intervened in a diplomatic row between Britain and the United States and his influence probably helped to avert war between the two countries.

Victoria was multilingual As her mother was German, Victoria grew up speaking fluent German and English. During her education she learnt to speak some French, Italian, and Latin and, when she was older, Victoria began to learn Hindustani.

She developed a close friendship with her Indian servant, who taught her some phrases so that she could converse with her servants.

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48p Stamp: Queen Victoria Portrait Bust 65p Stamp: Queen Victoria & Prince Albert 66p Stamp: Prince Albert 80p Stamp: Queen Victoria & Prince Albert 90p Stamp: Portrait of Queen Victoria 98p Stamp: Prince Albert Portrait Bust

First Day Cover: £5.67

Date of issue Designer Printer

Cartor Security Printing

Values

48p, 65p, 66p, 80p, 90p, 98p

Process

Also available: Presentation Pack: £5.37 Sheets of 10: £44.70

29 May 2019 The Potting Shed

Stamp size Paper Sheets Perforation Cylinder

Offset Lithography 43.5mm deep x 30mm wide 110gsm unwatermarked PVA Adhesive 10 13.25 x 13.25 A

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Issue date: 29 May 2019

75 years ago, the forces of 13 Allied countries gathered in Britain before launching the historic operation to liberate Europe. Winston Churchill, who was British Prime Minister at the time, described the D-Day Landings as “undoubtedly the most complicated and difficult” operation that had ever taken place.

On 6 June 1944 and during the long summer that followed, men from all over the world went to fight in the Battle of Normandy to help liberate Europe from German occupation.

Among the British military forces taking part in the D-Day Landings were individuals from Alderney, including William John (‘Kelly’) Barker, Private Charles Edmund Benfield and Signaller George Paltridge.

William John (‘Kelly’) Barker Born in Guernsey on 10 April 1925, William Barker – known as Kelly – was going out on fishing boats from a very young age. By the time he was 12 or 13 he worked on the ‘Joybell’, which operated between Guernsey and Sark.

In 1941, having lied about his age, he joined the Navy and saw active service in many areas of war. In 1944, he took part in Operation Overlord and was involved with the American landings, for which he was awarded one of many medals.

After the war, having spent some time in England, Kelly and his family soon returned home. In 1977, he joined Alderney Electricity until his retirement in 1990. Kelly passed away on 17 November 2002.

Private Charles Edmund Benfield Private Charles Edmund Benfield of the 1st Dorsets was part of the first wave of infantry to arrive at Gold Beach (Jig Sector) on D-Day. Having been part of the effort to liberate Arromanches, on 14 June, whilst the 1st Dorsets were attacking through woods, five of their men were killed, five were lost and forty injured - including Private Benfield who was wounded in both thighs by mortar splinters. He was evacuated back to the UK the following day where he received a glowing testimonial on his discharge. Private Benfield was awarded six medals for his involvement in numerous campaigns, including the 1939-45 Star and the 1939-45 War Medal.

Signaller George Paltridge George Paltridge served in 4 Commando when his unit landed on Sword Beach to take a strong point and gun battery in Ouistreham.

After capturing the emplacements in Ouistreham the commandos joined up with the rest of the 1st Special Service Brigade to reinforce the 6th Airborne Division at the Orne bridges, including Pegasus Bridge.

Mr Paltridge was among those wounded and he was sent back to England and spent some time on leave in his hometown of Blackpool before returning to combat.

In 2014, Mr Paltridge described the events of 70 years ago as “terrible, but we got through it, we had to do it. It’s a job to explain, very frightening to tell the truth, but it was what we had been training for so it had been expected really and I did what was expected of me.” He passed away in Alderney at the age of 93 in 2016.

Also available: First Day Cover: £5.67 - First Day Cover Miniature Sheet: £4.20 Presentation Pack Miniature Sheet: £3.90

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Set of 6 stamps: £4.47

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48p Stamp: Mosquito attacking E-boats 65p Stamp: Pegasus Bridge 66p Stamp: Invasion Begins 80p Stamp: St George 90p Stamp: 6 Commandos Sword Beach 98p Stamp: Outskirts of Villers-Bocage

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Miniature Sheet: £3.00

Sheets of 10: £44.70

Date of issue

29 May 2019

Illustrator

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Designer

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Printer

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Values

48p, 65p, 66p, 80p, 90p, 98p

Process

Offset Lithography

Stamp size

30mm deep x 43.76mm wide

M/Sheet

100mm deep x 140mm wide

Sheet Stamp

40.94mm deep x 48mm wide

Paper Sheets Perforation Cylinder

Phosphor Gummed Stamp Paper 103gsm 10 14 x 14.167 A

Guernsey Post & Go powered by Royal Mail Bailiwick Flowers 2019 (GG04) £4.26

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50th Anniversary of the Guernsey Old Car Club 2019 G Series £4.76

Guernsey Flags 2019 (GG04) £4.26

Also available 50th GOCC - Stampex GGO4 Back Office Strips: £4.26

GG03 DKU SCHEDULE From 1st April, our DKU (GG03) will be located at the Guernsey Information Centre (G.I.C.) and will be vending the Guernsey Old Car Club stamps with a welcome overprint in Guernsey French to tourists or cruise ship passengers.

The DKU will be at the spring Essen stamp fair from 9th – 11th May, where it will vend the Guernsey Flag with the overprint ‘Messe Essen 9-11 May 2019’.

The DKU will be removed from the G.I.C on the 3rd May and relocated back there on the 14th May where it will continue to vend cruise ship welcome overprints.

New £20 The Great War Bank Note: £30 1914 - 1918 The States of Guernsey is delighted to present a new version of the £20 to commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War (1914 - 1918)

Whilst the overall note design and security features are similar to the full circulating note, there are a number of specific changes that have been made to the note to mark this anniversary: 1) Commemorative text can be found on the top of the front of the note.

2) The serial number has a special prefix for ‘The Great War’.

3) There are multiple poppy motifs throughout the front and back of the note. a) The security hologram shows a poppy. b) There is a wreath of poppies around the gold seal. c) On the back of the note there is a prominent multi-coloured image of poppies.

These notes are available to purchase as uncirculated notes in Mint Condition.

Please note all orders will be sent by registered post at a charge of £8 UK, £11 Inertnational.

£20 Diamond Jubilee Guernsey Bank Note B Haines Signatory £30.00

1) Serial number prefix QE 2) ER and laurel leaves around the gold seal.

3) Commemorative text at the top of the front of the note.

Joint WWI First Day Cover 1914 - 1918 Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Great War: ÂŁ17.50

Limited Edition Uncut Imperforate Press Sheet: ÂŁ40.00

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We have produced a limited edition imperforate sheet which contains a set of each of the stamp issues we have released over the last five years. A wonderful show piece for this series which honours the people of the Bailiwick who made the ultimate sacrifice.

The five issues from the Great War series are: Part 1 - The Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, issued 11.11.14 Part 2 - The Post Office Rifles, issued 11.11.15 Part 3 - The Guernsey Blue Jackets, issued 11.11.16 Part 4 - The Great War in the Air, issued 8.11.17 Part 5 - Lest We Forget, issued 8. 11. 18

John Wilson Book Published by Blue Ormer Publishing, 2018 Available on-line at: (www.blueormer.co.uk) Price: £6.99

Blue Ormer Publishing

St George: John Wilson, Architect

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Castle Carey: John Wilson, Architect

GUERNSEY £2.31

Meat Market: John Wilson, Architect

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Elizabeth College: John Wilson, Architect

GUERNSEY £1.54

Bonamy House: John Wilson, Architect

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Les Arcades: John Wilson, Architect

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Roseneath: John Wilson, Architect

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St James: John Wilson, Architect

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“John Wilson (floruit 18161830) was certainly the most important figure in [Guernsey’s] architectural development. He was plainly an experienced and sophisticated practitioner when he arrived. Wilson built mostly in stucco - though he preferred to dignify it with the title ‘Roman cement’. He was flexible enough to design in the classical, Gothick, or Jacobethan styles. He was admired by his contemporaries, and is admired again today, but was deeply despised in the interregnum”. Text taken from Book Introduction.

Stamps issued 13th February 2019

SPONSORED HANDSTAMPS Sponsored handstamps are now available. We can produce to your design a handstamp marking a specific date. We will then cancel your Philatelic items for you using this handstamp. This service is available for £50.

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Please note sponsored handstamps can only be sent undercover, only items that have been cancelled with the date of posting can be sent through the normal postal system.

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This price of the Yearbook is £70.84 - which is the face value of the stamps included.

You don’t pay any extra for the book.

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