Guernsey
Post is delighted to announce that it will release a set of six stamps to
celebrate the occasion of Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th Birthday.
The Queen celebrates two birthdays each year. Her actual birthday falls today, on 21 April, and her official birthday, on a Saturday in June, which is celebrated by an occasion known as Trooping the Colour, a spectacular birthday parade, which is depicted on five of the stamps.
Stamp details:
42p – The Queen celebrates her official birthday in London on 11 June 2011 and attends the ceremony of Trooping the Colour.
56p – Her Majesty joins other members of the Royal family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after Trooping the Colour on 16 June 2012.
57p – Her Majesty watches the Guards march past outside Buckingham Palace after Trooping of the Colour on 15 June 2013. The ceremony is carried out by fully trained and operational troops from the Household Division (Foot Guards and Household Cavalry) on Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall.
62p – Queen Elizabeth II takes the salute during Trooping the Colour to celebrate her official birthday on 14 June 2014. From the reign of Edward VII onwards, the Sovereign has taken the salute in person at Trooping the Colour.
68p – Her Majesty stands on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping the Colour for her annual birthday parade on 13 June 2015.
Completing the set is a stamp, which shows Her Majesty smiling upon her arrival at Tweedbank station in Scotland on 9 September, 2015, the date she became Britain’s longest-serving monarch (77p).
Guernsey Post’s acting head of philatelic, Bridget Yabsley, said: - “Over the years we have commemorated significant periods in the Sovereign’s life with Guernsey and Alderney stamps. We are particularly thrilled to be able to celebrate the significant occasion of Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday with a set of carefully selected stamps, which many people will identify as a time of celebration.”
The stamps are available to pre-order from 12th
May by visiting www.guernseystamps.com or by contacting philatelic customer
services on (01481) 716486.