In celebration of the occasion of Her Majesty
the Queen’s 90th Birthday, Guernsey Post will vend limited edition
Guernsey flag stamps from its GG02 Series Post & Go kiosk at Envoy House.
The stamps will bear a special commemorative message on the underprint – HM The Queen Happy 90th Birthday – and will be available to purchase the week prior to Her Majesty’s Birthday Parade and official birthday festivities, from 6th June-30th June.
Guernsey Post has already announced the release a set of six stamps to celebrate The Queen’s 90th Birthday, which will be issued on 25 May and depict Her Majesty enjoying Trooping the Colour, her spectacular birthday parade, over the past five years.
Guernsey Post’s acting head of philatelic, Bridget Yabsley, said: - “We have commemorated significant periods in the Sovereign’s life with Guernsey and Alderney stamps over the years and are delighted to be able to celebrate this significant occasion not only with a set of carefully selected stamps, but also with our Post & Go products.
“Our Post & Go kiosk continues to be really popular and we wanted to extend this commemorative theme to our Post & Go customers too,” she explained.
Notes
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The
Post & Go kiosk is located in the reception area of Envoy House, opposite the
main office reception desk.
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Guernsey
Post & Go stamps carry identification numbers unique to the machine and a
session number to show where and when they were issued.
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Available
to buy in strips of six for £3.70, the stamps vend in the following values:
o
Gsy letter up to
100g – 43p
o
UK letter up to 100g
– 57p
o
Gsy large letter
up to 100g – 58p
o
EUR letter up to
20g – 64p
o
ROW letter up to
20g – 70p
o UK large letter up to 100g – 78p