Guernsey, Gibraltar, Jersey and Isle of Man issue joint Limited Edition WWI Commemorative Envelope
Guernsey Stamps announces that a special commemorative envelope, limited to 1000 editions, will be issued by Britain’s Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territory comprising Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey and Gibraltar to mark 100 years since the signing of the Armistice Treaty (issue date: 11 November 2018).
The collaboration brings together one stamp from each of the postal administrations’ First World War issues released in recent times to commemorate 100 years of the Great War. The stamps, which are cancelled with the date 11.11.18, are affixed to a specially designed envelope entitled ‘Remembering the Sacrifices of our Men and Women in WWI – Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey Remembers’.
A card inserted into the envelope tells the story of each of the stamps which are as follows:
• Gibraltar Remembers: The Gibraltar War Memorial
• Guernsey Remembers: Guernsey’s war-time volunteers
• Isle of Man Remembers: The ANZAC Memorials of Rayner Hoff
• Jersey Remembers: Jersey’s men and women who became embroiled in WWI
The Limited Edition envelope is available to pre-order from each of the four postal administrations at: www.guernseystamps.com, www.iomstamps.com, www. jerseystamps.com, www.gibraltar-stamps.com.
Notes to editors
The stamps affixed to the four Island Limited Edition Commemorative Envelope were originally released as part of the following stamp issues:
Isle of Man: ANZAC Memorials of Rayner Hoff issued 4.8.18
Guernsey: Stories from the Great War, part 1 issued 11.11.14
Jersey: The Great War, 100 Years, part 5 – Armistice & Remembrance – issued 4.8.18
Gibraltar: Gibraltar Military Heritage - issued 25.7.17