Jethou is a small island that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is privately leased from the Crown, and not open to the public. Resembling the top of a wooded knoll it is immediately south of Herm. Articles A Stamp A Day: Isle of…
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Alderney is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is the closest of the Channel Islands to France and to the United Kingdom. Articles Philatelic Pursuits: The Stamp Issuers: Alderney Forums Stampboards: A Visual Stamp Catalogue: Alderney…
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Herm is one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It is located in the English Channel, north-west of France and south of England. Herm was first discovered in the Mesolithic period, and the first settlers arrived in the…
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Brecqhou is one of the Channel Islands, located off the west coast of Sark where they are now geographically detached from each other. Brecqhou is politically part of both Sark and the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It has been established in the courts that Brecqhou is a tenement of Sark. The…
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Sark is a part of the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, which forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament. Sark is one of…
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Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an island and self-governing Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers,…
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Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency. The island has a mixed British-Norman culture, although British cultural influence is stronger. It is the second largest of the Channel Islands, an island group…
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Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Wales closely shares its political and social history with the rest of Great Britain, and a majority of the population in most areas speaks English as a first language, but the country has retained a distinct cultural identity. Welsh…
View More United Kingdom: WalesScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The country also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state…
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The Philatelic Trader’s Society welcomes Marcus Orsi as Vice Chairman on the council. Marcus will join council supporting Simon Carson the new Chairman.
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