For immediate release – 19 January 2015
Guernsey Post announces that it is to release a stamp issue to celebrate the life of Winston Churchill 50 years following his death (issue date 22 January).
The Guernsey issue miniature sheet comprises three £1.00 stamps depicting different images: one shows Churchill addressing a crowd from the roof of a car in a street in Manchester, ‘A Born Orator’; another stamp shows him painting at an easel at Chartwell, the family home; and the largest of the three stamps is a profile of Churchill on VE Day, ‘The War has been won’.
A former war correspondent and author, Churchill is most admired for a parliamentary career that spanned 64 years, which brought respect and admiration for his unique contribution to world affairs. Churchill enjoyed three spells as British Prime Minister; two consecutive spells as coalition from May 1940 to May 1945; as conservative from May 1945 to July 1945; and later again from 1951 to 1955.
Guernsey Post’s head of
philatelic, Dawn Gallienne said: “After the Second World War Churchill was invited to Guernsey so
that people could show him their warmth and gratitude for securing the Islands’
Liberation; we are delighted to be able to commemorate his life through our
stamp issue.”
-End release-
Press enquiries to:
Sarah Amies, pr consultant, 01484 687040/07811 133973
Dawn Gallienne, head of philatelic at
Guernsey Post, 01481
733524
Note to editors:
SPECIFICATION
Date of issue: 22 January 2015
Designer: Two Degrees North
Printer: Lowe-Martin
Values: £1 x 3
Process: Offset Lithography
Stamp sizes: 30mm deep x 40mm
wide (2 Stamps), 48mm deep x 60mm
wide (1 Stamp)
Paper: 110gsm
unwatermarked / PVA Adhesive
Perforation: 14 x 15
Cylinder: A