LUNAR NEW YEARYEAR OF THE SNAKE
+ 100 YEARS OF GERALD DURRELL: CONSERVATION
+ POST & GO: PROTECTED PLANTS
+ sepac: architectural history
Welcome to Jersey Stamps
Welcome to the first stamp bulletin of 2025!
We hope you’ve had an enjoyable new year so far. In this bulletin, we’ll be detailing the first four issues of 2025, as well as looking back on previous 2024 collections.
In keeping with previous years, we started 2025 by celebrating Chinese New Year with our Lunar New Year - Year of the Snake issue, designed by Chief Art Consultant of China Post, Wang Huming.
The second series of stamps to be released in January was the new tariff issue 100 Years of Gerald Durrell: Conservation Gerald Durrell was a renowned conservationist, who made Jersey an integral part of his legacy.
Issued in February, Post & Go: Protected Plants, illustrates protected plants found across various locations within Jersey. The illustrator behind the beautiful botanical artwork for these stamps was British artist, Hannah George.
Available in late March, SEPAC: Architectural History, features eight historical buildings that tell the story of Jersey’s architectural history throughout the centuries. The issue has been illustrated using watercolour by British artist Jenny Costello.
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As always thank you for your continued support and we hope you enjoy reading all about our upcoming issues!
The Jersey Philatelic Team
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES
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2 JANUARY 2025
LUNAR NEW YEAR - YEAR OF THE SNAKE
Chief Art Consultant at China Post, Wang Huming, returns for the tenth Chinese New Year issue, Lunar New Year - Year of the Snake. The stamp features a golden snake to represent good fortune and wisdom for the upcoming year, while the miniature sheet’s snake design includes the use of blue and green to represent this year’s zodiac element, wood.
This collection includes a single stamp, miniature sheet, presentation packs, first day covers, a special postmark and postcards.
Products: Single stamp (£1.65), miniature sheet (£4.00), stamp first day cover & presentation pack (£2.95 each), miniature sheet first day cover & presentation pack (£5.30 each), block of four (£6.60), pair set (£3.30), sheet of ten (£16.50) and postcards (50p each).
Designer: Wang Huming
Printer: Cartor, France
Process: Four colour process offset lithography plus gold metallic ink with varnish
Stamp die size: 36mm x 36mm
Miniature sheet: 95mm x 125mm
From an early age, Wang loved drawing, feeling as if it was written into his DNA and ‘never doubted that he would be an artist’. During middle school, he would participate in an art club, as well as the City Youth’s Palace to learn and refine his drawing and painting technique. He went on to attend one of the best art academies in China majoring as a graphic designer. You can find out more about Wang and his artistic journey into the world of philatelic at: www.jerseystamps.com/blogs/news
100 Years of Gerald Durrell: Conservation celebrates the extraordinary legacy left behind by beloved conservationist Gerald Durrell. Born in India in 1925 Gerald ‘Gerry’ Malcolm Durrell dedicated his life to the conservation of wildlife. Gerald was highly passionate about preserving the natural world and thanks to the success of his book ‘My Family & Other Animals’ was able to open Jersey Zoo in 1959.
Products: Set of 8 stamps (£19.30), souvenir miniature sheet (£4.20), stamp set first day cover & presentation pack (£20.60 each), souvenir miniature sheet first day cover & presentation pack (£5.50 each), pocket money set (£2.00), complete sheet set (£193.00), block of four set (£77.20), pair set (£38.60), individual sheet sets (prices vary) and individual postcards (50p each).
Images: Courtesy of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.
Printer: bpost, Belgium
Process: Four colour process offset lithography
Stamp die size: 35mm x 35mm
Souvenir Miniature Sheet size: 90mm x 110mm
DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST
The animals featured within these eight stamps, include the Alaotran gentle lemur, the Ploughshare tortoise, a telfair’s skink, the Mauritius kestrel, a pygmy hog, the black lion tamarin, a mountain chicken frog and two red-billed choughs. These species have all been supported by huge conservation efforts, with one of the most successful being the Mauritius kestrel, which in the 1970s only had four known individuals remaining in the wild. Today there are roughly 800 individual Mauritius kestrels in the wild. Find out more at: www.jerseystamps.com/blogs/news
POST & GO: PROTECTED PLANTS
Illustrator: Hannah George Printer: Cartor, UK
Process: Digital
Stamp die size: 25mm x 56mm
Jersey’s rich landscape consists of a variety of beautiful plant life. Post & Go: Protected Plants, issued 28 February 2025, celebrates these species that often go unnoticed.
The plant varieties illustrated for this issue include Devil’s-Bit Scabious, Fern, Forget-Me-Not, Lesser Water-Plantain, Wild Celery and Star Sedge. The Post & Go stamps include a strip of six stamps, which cover each 100g destination tariff.
Products: Set of 6 stamps (£10.55), stamps first day cover (£11.85) and a stamps presentation pack (£11.85).
ARTIST FEATURE:
HANNAH GEORGE
The artist behind the intricate botanical artwork is British illustrator, Hannah George. As a child, Hannah carried a sketchbook to capture the world around her, and after graduating from Falmouth University in 2005, decided to turn her passionate hobby into a career. Hannah, specialises in using a combination of watercolour, pencil, ink and digital processes to produce stunning artwork, as seen in this issue. Find out more about the artist at: www.jerseystamps.com/blogs/news
sepac: ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
Illustrator: Jenny Costello
Printer: bpost, Belgium
Process: Four colour process offset lithography
Stamp die size: 30mm x 40mm
Souvenir Sheetlet size: 90mm x 180mm
The Small European Postal Administration Co-operation (SEPAC) selected the theme of Architectural History for 2025.
SEPAC: Architectural History highlights Jersey’s architectural history, illustrating some of the island’s longest standing buildings in a beautiful watercolour style. For example, 16 New Street is considered one of the finest remaining examples of a Georgian style building reflecting the architectural fashions of 18th century Jersey.
This collection includes a set of eight stamps, a souvenir sheetlet, presentation packs, first day covers, a special postmark and postcards.
Products: Set of eight stamps (£19.30), souvenir sheetlet (£19.30), stamp first day cover & presentation pack (£20.60 each), souvenir sheetlet first day cover & presentation pack (£20.60 each), block of four (£77.20), pair set (£38.60), individual sheet sets (prices vary) and individual postcards (50p each).
ARTIST FEATURE:
JENNY COSTELLO
Jenny Costello is the British artist commissioned to create the artwork for the issue. Her artwork style includes the combination of watercolour and linework, which helps to frame each historic building. Living and working in Staffordshire UK, Jenny has honed her skills over the years in order to produce fluid artwork. You can find out more about Jenny Costello and the architectural history of each building within our blog page: www.jerseystamps.com/blogs/news
Mint notes & coins
The States of Jersey has been producing its own currency since July 1963. Jersey banknotes and coins are available for sale in mint, uncirculated condition, accompanied by a beautiful commemorative wallet.
All of Jersey’s mint banknotes bear a hand-engraved, intaglio portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, as well as the words ‘States of Jersey’ above the island’s crest. The central vignettes on both the front and reverse feature important Jersey landmarks.
The coins have a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, and the reverse of each coin features iconic imagery of the island.
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