GUERNSEY / GUERNESEY - GERNÉSI.
Lanscapes.
Grand Greve Bay, in Sark Island.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 03.08.1976.
Face value: 11 Guernsey pence.
Engraved and printed by Courvoisier S.A., Switzerland.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 349,773 copies.
Size: 29.3 x 48.7 mm.
Catalogues
- AFA No. 132.
- Michel No. 139.
- Scott No. 139.
- StampWorld No. 132.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 143.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 134.
Sark Island (in French, Sercq; in Sercquiais, Sèr or Cerq) is a royal fief, which forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, near the French coast of Normandy (which, politically, are not part of the Kingdom United). The island, including the nearby private island of Brecqhou, has an area of 5.44 km2 (2.10 sq mi), and an estimate population of about 500. Sark consists of two main parts: Greater Sark, to the north, and Little Sark to the south, connected by a narrow isthmus called La Coupée that is 91 m (300 ft) long and has a 100 m (330 ft) drop on each side. Sark's highest point, called Le Moulin, is 114 m (374 ft) above sea level. Although English is the official language, many locals speak Sercquiais (or Sark-French, a local Norman dialect close to French). A characteristic of this island is that the circulation of cars is not allowed, only tractors, bicycles and horse-drawn carts. The island can only be accessed by sea. The Grand Greve Bay, depicted on the stamp, is located in the western part of the Isthmus of La Coupée.
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