Guernsey Stamps Philatelic Bulletin July 2016

GUERNSEY STAMPS

& COLLECTABLES BULLETIN

500 YEARS OF POSTAL HISTORY GUERNSEY: POSTCROSSING 2016 RAMSAR: HERM

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JULY 2016 VOL 10 No 7

Welcome Welcome to the July issue of our Stamp Bulletin We attended the World Stamp Show held in New York and it was great to see lots of new faces amongst some of our regular customers. The Post & Go exhibition kiosk accompanied us and we have World Stamp Show NY2016 Post & Go B-Series overprints available for both our Guernsey Flags and Bailiwick Life issue - further details are available in this bulletin.

On the 14th July we celebrate Postcrossing’s 11th Birthday with two new stamps which were designed by Sue Hamon from our Marketing team. In keeping with the fun and ever expanding hobby these stamps depict the colourful fauna and flora that can be found around the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Later in July we have two new issues, the 500th Anniversary of Postal History and Ramsar: Herm. Our Postal History issue depict some of the key developments in the postal service during the past 500 years. We are particularly thrilled to include stamps which specifically reflect Guernsey’s significance in postal history, including a depiction of one of the oldest pillar boxes in the British Isles, which is still in use in Guernsey today.

And finally our Ramsar Herm stamps complete our Ramsar series. We issued stamps in 2006, 2007 and 2008 as areas in Guernsey, Alderney and Sark were formally designated as Ramsar Sites under the Convention of Wetlands. In February 2016 Herm, Jethou and the Humps, a collection of rocky islets just off the northeastern corner of Herm, joined their ranks. Once again beautifully illustrated

by Wendy Bramall our stamps reflect the wonderful fauna, flora and diversity of the new Ramsar Site.

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Guernsey Post attended the World Stamp Show in New York from the 28th May - 4th June 2016

We attended the World Stamp Show in New York and issued a Commemorative Souvenir Sheet, depicting our famous Golden Guernsey Cow. The sheet includes the NY 2016 logo which was designed especially for the show. Thank you to all who came and visited our stand.

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2016 STAMP PROGRAMME GUERNSEY 14 JULY 2016 POSTCROSSING 27 JULY 2016 RAMSAR: HERM 27 JULY 2016 500 YEARS OF POSTAL HISTORY 8 NOVEMBER 2016 GUERNSEY CHRISTMAS STAMPS 11 NOVEMBER 2016 STORIES FROM THE GREAT WAR: PART 3

ALDERNEY 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 ALDERNEY - 950 YEARS: BATTLE OF HASTINGS 8 NOVEMBER 2016 ALDERNEY - CHRISTMAS STAMPS

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Guernsey Postcrossing 2016 NEW ISSUE: Set of two stamps: £1.34 Issue date: 14 July 2016

Postcrossing is a project that allows anyone to receive postcards from interesting places all over the world.

Founder Paulo Magalhães originally introduced the idea in Portugal; his goal was to connect people across the world through postcards, independent of their location, age, gender, race or beliefs. The motivation behind the project was simply the fact that he liked to receive mail, especially postcards.

The project started initially as a hobby for Magalhães and he developed the original idea by creating an online platform to support this offline pastime, launching the Postcrossing website on July 14, 2005. Its unexpected success swiftly demonstrated that the idea was in fact much more popular than he had predicted.

On the 11th of April 2008, Postcrossing reached it’s first million of exchanged postcards, surpassing all expectations.

To date over 35,687,093 postcards have been received because of this project.

The Postcrossing process is actually quite simple, if you send a postcard, you will receive one back from another Postcrosser from somewhere in the world. Plus the element of surprise of exactly where the postcard has come from is an added bonus!

The Postcrossing project celebrates its eleventh birthday this July and to mark the occasion Guernsey Post has produced two very special stamps.

Guernsey Post has been delighted to support this project since 2014 when the first Guernsey Post Postcrossing stamp was issued. Since then Postcrossing has become a global phenomenon, bringing together many people across the world.

Via this postal project new friendships have been made, new languages learned and numerous cultural facts about other countries and people understood.

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Sheets of 10: £13.40

Postcards: £0.50 each

Also available, a selection of FDI and Maxi cards.

First Day Cover: £2.54

Date of issue Designer

14 July 2016 Sue Hamon

Printer

Lowe-Martin

Values

EUR, ROW

Process Stamp size Paper Sheets Perforation Cylinder

Presentation Pack: £2.24

Offset Lithography 30mm deep x 36mm wide 110gsm unwatermarked PVA Adhesive 10 13.3 x 13.3 A

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Ramsar Herm NEW ISSUE: Set of 6 Stamps £3.70 Issue date: 27th July 2016

Our Ramsar stamp sets have featured islands of the Bailiwick including Guernsey, Sark and Alderney. The latest in the series focuses on the tiny island of Herm.

There could be no better artist to work with on this project than the talented Wendy Bramall, who in fact grew up in Guernsey.

As a child Wendy was encouraged to draw from life and the beautiful surroundings of Guernsey with beaches, rockpools and nature in abundance provided plenty of subject matter.

From Guernsey Wendy went to Winchester to undertake a years Foundation in art. She then spent three years at Harrow School of Art, following which she was employed by the Natural History Museum in London.

Wendy is now a freelance illustrator and we tasked her with taking up her binoculars once again, this time alongside a camera and sketchbook as she accompanied the Ramsar team to learn more about the sites newly designated in Herm.

We spoke to Wendy about her memories of the islands and this unique series of stamp issues: “I enjoyed an idyllic childhood growing up in the parish of St Peters only a five minute walk from l’Eree beach and Fort Saumarez shingle beach.

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My parents encouraged my love of natural History and drawing and I enjoyed birdwatching with the local experts. I remember the sea watches we did in the spring with our binoculars locked on to migrant birds and watching gannets diving way out to sea whilst we had flasks of hot tea and biscuits to keep us warm.

On taking on this project, I enjoyed being part of the Ramsar team and revisiting the islands.

Working on Guernsey Postal Stamps is a privilege especially the Natural History issues as I feel I am giving back something to the island and I hope that the stamps reflect the wonderful variety of wildlife and history of the Bailiwick and the work of the people working to conserve it.”

Take a mini trip around Herm.

Using the impressive technology of AR (augmented reality) you can see the areas of the Ramsar site up close and without getting your feet wet! Simply download the FREE Sepac app from the App Store, (the same one we used for our Europa musical instruments and Marine Life issues). Then, have your set of stamps handy, open the app and hold your device over a stamp, this will activate the augmented reality video see Herm at its best!

Sheets of 10: £37.00

Presentation Pack: £4.60

Also available: Souvenir Sheet £3.70 Souvenir Sheet First Day Cover: £4.90

Date of issue Designer Printer Value Process Stamp size Paper

27 July 2016

43p Stamp: Oysters 57p Stamp: Mint Sauce Worm 58p Stamp: Cowrie Shell 64p Stamp: Burial Chamber 70p Stamp: Common Tern 78p Stamp: Burnet Rose

Wendy Bramall Lowe-Martin 43p, 57p, 58p, 64p, 70p, 78p Offset Lithography 26mm deep x 40mm wide 110gsm unwatermarked PVA Adhesive

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500 Years of Postal History NEW ISSUE: Set of six stamps: £3.70 Issue date: 27th July 2016

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ROYAL MAIL COACH 1784 - 500 YEARS OF POSTAL HISTORY

64 GUERNSEY

R. M. UNDERGROUND RAILWAY 1927 - 500 YEARS OF POSTAL HISTORY

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ARIADNE: R. M. STEAM BOAT 1824 - 500 YEARS OF POSTAL HISTORY

SMITH STREET, ST PETER PORT. 1883 - 500 YEARS OF POSTAL HISTORY

70 GUERNSEY

78 GUERNSEY

POST OFFICE TOWER 1965 - 500 YEARS OF POSTAL HISTORY

HEATHROW DISTRIBUTION CENTRE 2003 - 500 YEARS OF POSTAL HISTORY

The history of the postal service in the UK reflects the enormous societal and political change that has taken us from sixteenth century Tudor England to the United Kingdom today.

For this special commemorative issue, our stamps depict some of the key developments in our postal service during the past 500 years. We are particularly thrilled to include stamps which specifically reflect Guernsey’s significance in postal history, including a depiction of one of the oldest pillar boxes in the British Isles, which is still in use in Guernsey today.

Although letters from Guernsey have been recorded since the fifteenth century, a post office was not established in the Bailiwick until 1794 and then only as a war measure. A regular postal link between Great Britain and the islands was inaugurated on 13 February, the same year that Mrs Anne Watson was appointed the first postmistress of Guernsey.

In 1840, the uniform Penny Post was introduced using the famous Penny Black stamp which was available from Guernsey’s only post office in the Arcade in St Peter Port, the island’s capital. In 1883, Guernsey had a post office constructed at Nelson Place, a handsome building in Smith Street, St. Peter Port, designed to meet Post Office requirements.

During the German Occupation of Guernsey, there was a huge shortage of British stamps, resulting in stamps being printed on the island ever since 1941. It wasn’t until 1969, when the States of Guernsey took over the running of postal services from HM Government, that the island began to design and produce its own stamps.

In March 1984, Guernsey Post Office opened its first purpose built headquarters at Guelles Road, St Peter Port. 2001 marked the year of commercialisation when the Guernsey Post Office became Guernsey Post Ltd, a constitutional change that enabled it to operate far more flexibly in response to the challenges of working in the modern market place. Having outgrown the original building, the new company then moved a few hundred yards to its current base - Envoy House – in 2002.

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Presentation Pack: £4.60

Sheets of 10: £37.00

First Day Cover: £4.90

Miniature Sheet: £2.00

Date of issue

27 July 2016

Designer

Robin Carter

Printer

BDT International

Values

43p, 57p, 58p, 64p, 70p, 78p

Process Stamp size M/Sheet M/Sheet Stamp Paper Sheets Perforation Cylinder

Offset Lithography 30mm deep x 36mm wide 100mm deep x 140mm wide 51.46mm deep x 51.66mm wide 110gsm unwatermarked PVA adhesive 10 13.5 Stamps 13.5 - M/S Stamp 13 A

Also available: Miniature Sheet First Day Cover: £3.20 Miniature Sheet Presentation Pack: £2.90

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Guernsey Post and Go Powered by Royal Mail Guernsey Post & Go is a new generation of self-adhesive stamps that joined the Post & Go family from Royal Mail in February 2015.

As with Royal Mail, Guernsey Post & Go stamps carry unique idenification numbers depending on the machine and session number of where they were issued. If you already collect Royal Mail Post & Go stamps, this is a perfect opportunity to add a new, exciting product to your collection.

Guernsey Post & Go The Bailiwick Life series Set of six stamps: £3.70

All Guernsey Post & Go exhibition stamps are printed on a Royal Mail Series II machine and carry a ‘G series’ session number (GGO1).

The Guernsey Post & Go Envoy House kiosk - prints G Series (GGO2) Stamps with an Envoy House overprint.

Guernsey Post & Go stamps can be purchased directly from the Guernsey Philatelic Bureau and are available as ‘B Series’ printed from Royal Mail’s Back Office machine and carry the exhibition overprints. We can also provide our ‘G Series’ (GG02) Envoy House kiosk stamps at face value plus a 50p administration charge.

Occassionally our Envoy House kiosk will print with an underprint commemorating well known anniversaries or local celebrations. We advertise these underprints via social media, emailers, on our website and via Intelligent AR newsletters - www.iarroyalmailpostandgo.com

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Products available

B Series Guernsey Flag New York overprint strip May 2016

B Series Guernsey Flag with Spring Stampex overprint Feb 2015 B Series Guernsey Flag with No overprint Feb 2015 B Series Guernsey Flag with Essen overprint May 2015 B Series Guernsey Flag with Europhilex overprint May 2015 B Series Guernsey Flag with Stampex Autumn overprint Sep 2015 B Series Guernsey Flag with New York overprint May 2016 G Series Guernsey Flag with Envoy House locator print Sep 2015 B Series Guernsey Flag with Spring Stampex overprint Feb 2016

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B Series Bailiwick Life New York overprint strip May 2016

B Series Bailiwick Life Stampex Spring Receipt Feb 2016 B Series Bailiwick Life with New York overprint May 2016 G Series Bailiwick Life with Envoy House locator print Feb 2016

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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 ÂŁ50.

Please allow a minimum of 4 weeks notice. All sponsored handstamps will be shown in our Philatelic News and will be available for up to one year from the date specified.

If you require the items to be mailed from Guernsey you must ensure that they bear the correct amount of postage.

Only Guernsey or Alderney stamps will be cancelled.

It is your responsibility to ensure your design does not infringe others Intellectal Property rights. We reserve the right to refuse any design we deem to be inappropriate.

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