XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

Well, this is an interesting issue. If you're like me the first question you will ask is "What is Milk-a-Punch Sunday?" I had no idea but fortunately the Guernsey Stamps website tells you everything you need to know. It says: "Alderney’s Milk-a-Punch celebration, observed on the first Sunday in May, reflects a long-standing tradition of marking the seasonal turning point between winter and summer. Though now associated with gatherings in the island’s pubs, the custom recall

Guernsey's latest issue is EUROPA, with the theme "united in the love of stamps". There are six stamps in this issue, all of them very different from each other. Guernsey Stamps' website tells us more about the EUROPA stamp programme, which is 70 years old this year. "EUROPA is a long standing tradition that Guernsey Post has taken part in for 50 years. Issued annually, Guernsey’s EUROPA stamps interpret shared themes through subjects connected to the Bailiwick’s heritage,

Sark's third issue was released today and the theme is "An Artist's View" of the island. The artist is Louise Hill and she has painted the following landscapes: 75p - La Grande Greve 97p - Porte du Moulin £1.45 - La Coupee £1.54 - Buddhist Carving £1.90 - Cows and La Peigneurie £1.95 - Les Autelets and Brecqhou £2.96 - Creux Harbour £4.86 - Point Robert Lighthouse The Guernsey Stamps website doesn't say much about these places. However, it does have an interesting "behind t