150 Years of the JSPCA

Jersey – The Jersey Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) was founded in 1868 with a mission to change attitudes of the general public towards animals and in 1913 local resident, Miss Frances Elizabeth Wilson, founded the JerseyRead More

World Bee Day

Slovenia – In December 2017, in response to an initiative from Slovenia, the United Nations unanimously proclaimed 20 May as World Bee Day. This was the culmination of a several-year campaign by the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry andRead More

65th Anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation

Alderney – To mark the 65th anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation in 2018, we are delighted to depict Her Majesty at numerous events, including her 80th birthday and Golden Jubilee celebrations. The stamps depict some of the words from theRead More

Scops Owl – Silver Coin

Tokelau – Scops Owls Tokelau has pre-approved 16 stylised owl designs, in the Wisdom of Owls Series, the first of which, the Scops Owl, pictured below, will be released in 2018. Scops owls mostly belong to the genus Otus, theRead More

NEW Royal Wedding LTD Sheet

Limited Edition sheet – Only 500 produced Gibraltar – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held at 12:00 BST on 19 May 2018 at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. The groom, Prince Harry, is a memberRead More

65th Anniversary of the Coronation

Gibraltar – The coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II as sovereign of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon took place 65 years ago on 2 June 1953, at Westminster Abbey. Elizabeth ascended the throneRead More

2018 Seawalls of Tokelau

Tokelau – Discover more about life atop an extinct volcanic peak. Settled about 1,000 years ago, these low-lying coral atolls are home to around 1,500 people who inhabit its limited 12 square kilometres of land. With rising sea levels aRead More

2018 Reconnecting New Zealand

New Zealand – On 14 November 2016, a magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck 15km north-east of Culverden, North Canterbury. The event’s impact on road and rail infrastructure was instant and devastating. The South Island itself moved, thousands of landslides came down, andRead More