Jersey 2015 Victory and Liberation
From Stamps of the World
- Commemorates the 70th anniversary of Jersey's liberation after WWII and 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill
- Issue date : 9th May 2015
- Designed by : Hat Trick Design Consultancy
- Printed by : Cartor Security Printers of France
- Sheet Format: 10 (2 by 5)
- Stamp Size: height 30mm x width 40mm.
- Perforations : 12.9 x 13.2
- To be Withdrawn: 9th May 2017
47p ~ ‘V’ with inscription ‘9TH MAY 1945’, and pennants
57p ~ 'V' with Royal Naval destroyer HMS Beagle (on which German forces surrendered)
64p ~ 'V' with Arms of Jersey (three golden lions)
73p ~ 'V' with the SS Vega (Red Cross relief supply ship which arrived off Jersey from Lisbon, December 31, 1944), and map of its route
85p ~ ‘V’ for Victory set in stonework of St Helier’s Royal Square
95p ~ ‘V’ and microphone, noting Churchill’s broadcast to the nation at 3pm on May 8, 1945
Contents
Sheet Stamps
First Day Cover
Presentation Pack
Miniature Sheet
- Sheet Size: Height 94mm x Width 131mm
- Stamp height: 71½mm High x Width 58mm.
- Print process : Intaglio (Combination Recess and Offset Lithography}
- Engraved by: Martin Mörck from a Photo by Yousuf Karsh
- Perforations : 13 x 13.25
£3 ~ portrait of Churchill after a photography by Yousef Karsh, taken in Canada, December 1941
Border bears quotation from Churchill's 'Victory' broadcast
First Day Cover
Presentation Pack
Souvenir Sheet
- Sheet Size: 100mm High x 150mm Wide
- Stamp Size: height 30mm x width 40mm.













