Guernsey Stamps

Issue date: 1 April 2020

Our Europa set entitled 'Mail Ships' and is part of the 2020 theme of Ancient Postal Routes. They feature six mail and packet ships that sailed between Guernsey and the UK.

Before air mail took off in the twentieth century, sending post to the Channel Islands was only possible by sea and crossing the English Channel.

Issue date: 1 April 2020

To mark the 250th anniversary of William Wordsworth's birth with have issued this wonderful set of commemorative stamps.

William Wordsworth was one of the central figures in the English Romantic revolution in poetry. He is remembered as a poet with a profound love of nature and for breaking with traditional poetry to appeal to the common people.

Issue date: 12 February 2020

We celebrate the unique beauty of the seas around the Bailiwick of Guernsey with our latest Post & Go stamps, which depict some of the fishing boats that operate in the Bailiwick.

Fishing in the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a common past time, whether for commercial reasons or a lifelong hobby - and sometimes both.

Issue date: 21 January 2020

We are delighted to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of the highly acclaimed composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

Over the course of the year we will release four stamps culminating in October with the release of a souvenir sheet and prestige booklet. 
This stamp depicts a large bronze statue of Beethoven, which stands on the Munsterplatz in Bonn, Beethoven's birthplace.

Issue date: 21 January 2020

Guernsey Post is delighted to announce the release of a new set of 16 definitive stamps depicting birds found on the island of Alderney in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. 

Despite its small size, Alderney’s habitats include heathlands, woodlands, rich farmland, cliffs, dunes and offshore stacks. Its west coast and Burhou Island have been designated a Ramsar site, a wetland of worldwide importance. 

Issue date: 21 January 2020

Alderney's west coast and the Burhou islands were recognised by the United Nations as wetlands of international importance in 2005.

The site is managed by Alderney Wildlife Trust, with other groups/organisations supporting the work.  Its designation ensures it is gently managed, conserving and maintaining its ecological character, diverse habitats, flora and fauna and protecting it for future generations.

Issue date: 21 January 2020

We are delighted to release our seventh set of stamps celebrating the Chinese New Year and, specifically, the Year of the Metal Rat 2020, created once again by Sydney based artist, Chrissy Lau.

According to the Chinese zodiac, each Chinese New Year is characterised by one of 12 animals. The first animal in the cycle is the rat.

Issue date: 11 November 2019

The 100th anniversary of Remembrance Day is our final 2019 issue for Alderney and is a beautiful miniature sheet with a poppy shaped stamp.

Letters and poems from WW1 soldiers sent back from the trenches make up the background design.

Issue date: 30 October 2019

The festive season is almost upon us, and for this year's Alderney and Guernsey Christmas stamps depicting the Christmas story, we enlisted the talents of local artist Denyse McGahy who created the stamps through her painstaking paper cutting work.

Issue date: 30 October 2019

The festive season is almost upon us and, for this year's Guernsey and Alderney stamps depicting the Christmas Story, we enlisted the talents of local artist, Denyse McGahy who created this year's Christmas stamps through her painstaking paper cutting work.

Issue date: 1 October 2019

When the States of Guernsey took over the running of postal services from HM Government in 1969, the island began to design and produce stamps through its own philatelic bureau.

Issue date: 1 October 2019

The 1st October 2019 sees Guernsey Post celebrating our 50th anniversary of Postal Independence.

This vibrant set of stamps depicts some of the key developments since Guernsey became an independent post administration on 1 October 1969.

Issue date: 24 July 2019

The latest SEPAC issue celebrates old residential houses and Guernsey Post's contribution features not only an historic property, but a work-of-art, once home to one of the greatest French writers.

Issue date: 24 July 2019

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the investiture of His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, as Prince of Wales by the Queen.  An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched the colourful ceremony, which took place on 1 July 1969 at Caernarfon Castle in Wales.

Issue date: 24 July 2019

Born 31 October 1795 in London, John Keats is one of the greatest English poets and a key figure in the Romantic Movement. 

During his short life Keats wrote some of the most beautiful and timeless poems in the English language.

Issue date: 20 July 2019

We are absolutely delighted to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landings on July 20 1969.

The Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy, the eight day mission took the crew on a 935,000 mile journey to another world.

Issue date: 29 May 2019

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.

Issue date: 29 May 2019

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.

Issue date: 22 January 2019

5th February 2019 marks the start of the next Chinese New Year when the animal sign will be the Pig, as depicted on our stamps. Each of our stamps reflects the pig’s cultural association with an abundance of wealth and prosperity with the Chinese symbol for pig depicted in red on each stamp.