JERSEY

JERSEY.

Map of Caesarea, Latin name of the island of Jersey, with forteresses, by Thomas Phillips (1680).
Fourth stamp in a set of 4, issued on 05.02.1980.
Face value: 25 Jersey pence.
Design: T.H.O.S. Phillips.
Printed by Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Haarlem, Netherlands.
Printed: Offset lithography.
Print: 379,743 copies.
Size: 35.2  x 27.3 mm.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 209.
- Michel No. 215.
- Scott No. 225.
- StampWorld No. 209.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 225.
- Unificato No. 209.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 209.

Caesarea is the ancient name, in Latin, of the island of Jersey, belonging to the Channel Islands.

Thomas Phillips (1635-1693) was an military engineer and topographical watercolourist, came to Ireland from England in the winter of 1685 during the reign of James II to survey and report on the principal fortified places, castles, forts, and garrisons and to draw exact designs of their present condition and estimate the cost of any necessary repairs. He had worked in the Channel Islands (1679), making maps and plans of probable landing places and of defences needed.