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I am excited about the upcoming week for a number of reasons, several of which are fairly non-philatelic. Sunday the 25th marks the official beginning of the Lunar New Year, the second of three New Years which are enthusiastically celebrated in my adopted home of Phuket, Thailand. There is a Chinese clan shrine just a few steps from my front-door and I anticipate a long night of hourly fireworks explosions. This leads to about a week of New Years festivities which is immediately followed by one of my favorite local events: the annual Old Town Phuket Festival with plenty of great food and music in this UNESCO City of Gastronomy.
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Alderney
The Christmas Story
30 October 2019
DATE OF ISSUE: 30 October 2019
DESIGNER: Denyse McGahy
PRINTER: Cartor Security Printing
VALUES: 43p. 48p, 65p, 66p, 80p, 90p, 98p
PROCESS: Offset Lithography
STAMP SIZE: 28mm deep x 45mm wide
PAPER: PVA Gummed 110gsm
SHEET: 10
PERFORATION: 13.25 x13.5
CYLINDER: A
DESCRIPTION: The festive season is almost upon us, and for this year’s Alderney and Guernsey Christmas stamps depicting the Christmas story, we enlisted the talents of local artist Denyse McGahy who created the stamps through her painstaking paper cutting work.
43p Stamp: Baby Jesus in a Manger
48p Stamp: Journey to Bethlehem
65p Stamp: Bethlehem
66p Stamp: No room at the Inn
80p Stamp: Shepherds watching their flock
90p Stamp: Three Wise Men
98p Stamp: Nativity Scene
SET OF 7 STAMPS: £4.90 (Mint or CTO)
SHEETS OF 10: £49.00 (Mint or CTO)
FIRST DAY COVER: £6.10
PRESENTATION PACK: £5.80 – A convenient and attractive method of displaying and storing Guernsey Post commemorative and definitive stamp issues is the presentation pack folder. Housed in a proprietary stock card, to which is attached a cover incorporating details of subject matter and specifications, the pack fits our own special ring binder.
MINIATURE SHEET: £1.00 (Mint or CTO)
MINIATURE SHEET FIRST DAY COVER: £2.20
MINIATURE SHEET PRESENTATION PACK: £1.90
These stamps and other products can be ordered from Guernsey Stamps and Collectibles.
