The Channel Island of
Jersey (in full: the Bailiwick of Jersey) is a crown dependency off the coast
of Normandy, France. The Channel Islands are the last remnants of the old Duchy
of Normandy, whose dukes went on to become kings of England from 1066.
Jersey started issuing
its own stamps in 1969 when the island got its own independent postal
administration. Over the years the stamps featured a variety of subjects. Also
Jersey Post has issued stamps with special printing techniques, like glow in
the dark, embedded Jersey granite, gold and silver, and even a genuine diamond.
I sent an envelope
with an International Reply Coupon to the Philatelic Bureau. The Bureau
chose the stamp and put it on the envelope.
Website of the Jersey
Philatelic Bureau: jerseystamps.com.
Date sent: 17 April
2017
Date postmark: 21
April 2017
Date received: 29
April 2017
Number of days: 12
Envelope in
collection: 20
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