ALDERNEY

ALDERNEY.

Definitive stamps.
Hanging Rock and portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Second stamp in a set of 12, issued on 14.06.1983.
Face value: 4 Guernsey penny.
Design: Gordon Drummond (1921-2001).
Printed by Courvoisier-Attinger Arts Graphiques S.A., Biel/Bienne (Switzerland).
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 465,887 copies.
Size: 39.7 x 29 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. A2.
- Michel No. 2.
- Scott No. 2.
- StampWorld No. 2.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2.

Hanging Rock is a unique geological feature of sandstone 18 m (60 ft) high and 31 m (102 ft) above sea level, located on a cliff near Fort Essex, on the southeastern coast of Alderney Island.