2024 Competition Palmares

For a brief period towards the start of the German occupation of Guernsey, the civilan Post Office, which continued in operation, ran out of 1d stamps.  Eventually new stamps were printed on the islands, but for three months from 27th December 1940 the postal authorities allowed GB bisected 2d stamps to be used, with a postal value of 1d.  This display shows the various bisects that were used and includes erroneous, forged and combination covers.

IN 1942, Edmund Blampied was approached to design replacements stamps to cover the shortage of the Arms stamps. The Germans nominated the subjects for the designs. Blampied’s designs were sent to Paris for turning into fresh drawings suitable for reproduction and printing and six values were issued. This display includes examples of Blampied’s artwork, composite essays, photographic essays and proofs.

The entry aims to cover the period from the post office being set up in the Islands in 1794, the uniform postal tariff, the occupation and liberation, an example from the regional area and ending with Postal Independence (the amnesty period for the use of pre independence stamps)

The displasy gives details and examples of Red Cross messages carried by the German supply flights from Guernsey following the Allied invasion of Europe and by the SS Vega.

This sixteen sheet display consists of Feldpost mail to and from the island of Alderney during the German Occupation, including two items of Feldpost mail from the early period of the Occupation, a rare Registered Feldpost item from L46048, concluding with two items of mail sent by internees from two of the concentration camps based on Alderney.

Sixteen sheet display showing handstamps applied to mail arriving in France from the Channel Islands 1755 - 1839. These handstamps would have been applied at the French port of arrival.

Exhibit illustrates the various types of Squared Circles, with some of the known variation.

Within the Channel Islands, only Jersey was to introduce a Penny Post system but it was only in use for a short period of time. With the setting up in Jersey in the 1830s, a new two-line boxed handstamp "Jersey/Penny Post" was introduced and boxed handstamps No's 1-4 were allocated to St. Aubin, Gorey, St Peter's and St. Clements respectively. Penny Post items from the latter 3 offices are extremely scarce but covers from all 4 offices are shown.