KGVI 1948 NICE DISPLAY CHANNEL ISLANDS 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION MINT MNH

ALL STAMPS ARE MINT NEVER HINGED

(Issued 10^th May 1948)

BLOCKS OF  2

Set of 2

Stamps: 

                                           C1              1d    Red             Gathering Vraic (seaweed)

C2           2½d    Blue            Islanders Gathering Vraic

 

Two special stamps were released 1d and 2½d, dedicated to the Channel Islands on the third anniversary of Liberation. The design has focused on vraicing, or seaweed gathering designed by John Minton, local artist Edmund Blampied, and J R R Stobie, a staff artist with Harrisons..

All stamps are held in Hawid stamp mounts and can easily slide out for inspection.

Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class Letter.