Guernsey 2016 Stories of the Great War (3)

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue Date : 11th November 2015
  • Designed by : Charlotte Barnes
  • Printed by : BDT International of Dublin
  • Print Process : Offset Lithography
  • Sheet Format: 10 (5 by 2)
  • Stamp Size: 40.64mm x 36.85mm
  • Paper/Gum: 110gsm Unwatermarked and PVA
  • Perforations: 14 x 15
  • Withdrawn: Still on Sale. Stamps available at FACE VALUE from WOPA. Click on:Guernsey 2016 Stories of the Great War (3)


Stories from the Great War, third issue. Guernsey 'bluejackets' (Guernseymen who served in the Royal Navy)

  • Designs all include contemporary press reports, mostly from the Guernsey Evening Press
  • The 70p includes a portrait of Lord Kitchener, who died along with Wilfred Cochrane in the sinking of HMS Hampshire off the Orkney Islands, 1915

Sheet Stamps

43p Able Seaman James Gale
57p Stoker 1st Class George Arthur Hicks
58p Sailors T Gibson & H Broadbent
64p Able Seaman Wilfred Cochrane
70p First Class Petty Officer Harold de Putron Taylor & Lord Kitchner
78p Able Seaman John Helman

First Day Cover

FDC

Presentation Pack

Pack(front cover)

Prestige Booklet

  • Contains six panes of gummed stamps, each pane with four copies of each value per pane (2 x 2)
Prestige Booklet Sold at £14.68p
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