Stamps from Guernsey catalogue

1,430 items

The Channel Island of Guernsey is located in the English Channel, off the French coast. The British Crown Territory of Guernsey is a bailiwick that also includes the Channel Islands of Alderney, Herm and Sark. From 1969 Guernsey no longer belongs to the postal area of the Ver More

The Channel Island of Guernsey is located in the English Channel, off the French coast. The British Crown Territory of Guernsey is a bailiwick that also includes the Channel Islands of Alderney, Herm and Sark. From 1969 Guernsey is no longer part of the postal area of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its own stamps are used.

There had been regional British stamps of Guernsey since 1958, but they were also valid in the rest of the United Kingdom and were used in conjunction with the regular British stamps.

During World War II, from 1940 to 1945, Guernsey was occupied by the German Reich. The island, like Jersey, fell under the German Military Administration in France. From 1941, German occupation stamps were issued for Guernsey. These remained valid until the spring of 1946.

Note: British Regional Stamps of Guernsey (1958-1969) strictly speaking belong in the Great Britain collection area. German occupation stamps of Guernsey actually belong in a separate collecting area.

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Coat of arms of Guernsey (1941)