ALDERNEY

ALDERNEY.

Historical maps.
Herman Moll's Map (1724).
First stamp in a set of 5, issued on 07.07.1989.
Face value: 12 Guernsey penny.
Design: John E. Cooter.
Printed by Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Haarlem, Netherlands.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 48.3 x 32.3 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 37.
- Michel No. 37.
- Scott No. 37.
- StampWorld No. 37.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 37.
- Unificato No. 37.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 37.

Herman Moll (1654? -1732) was a cartographer, engraver, and publisher, probably originally from the Netherlands. In 1678 he opened a book and map store in London. He produced maps from his studies of the work of other cartographers. In the 1690s he published his first major independent work, the successful Thesaurus Geographicus, a comprehensive description of the Earth from compilations by the leading geographers and travelers of his day. He later published a book with 56 new and accurate maps of the British Isles, and between 1711 and 1717 he published, in monthly deliveries, his Atlas Geographus, which was followed by other outstanding works.

ALDERNEY

ALDERNEY.

Historical maps.
Wartime Occupation Map, 1943.
Fourth stamp in a set of 5, issued on 07.07.1989.
Face value: 32 Guernsey penny.
Design: John E. Cooter.
Engraving by Joh. Enschedé.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 48.3 x 32.3 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 40.
- Michel No. 40.
- Scott No. 40.
- StampWorld No. 40.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 40.
- Unificato No. 40.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 40.

The German occupation of the Channel Islands lasted for most of World War II, from 30 June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945. Alderney was the only Channel Island to be evacuated during as the island became part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall. The Nazis built four labour camps on Alderney. The Nazi Organisation Todt operated each subcamp and used forced labour to build fortifications in the island including bunkers, gun emplacements, air raid shelters, tunnels and concrete fortifications. The camps commenced operating in January 1942. The five-year German occupation came to an end on 16 May 1945 and the first day the islanders were able to return to their island on December 15 is known as Homecoming Day, an event still celebrated in Alderney with an annual Bank Holiday.

ALDERNEY

 ALDERNEY.

Definitive stamps.
Corblets Bay and Queen Elizaberth II.
Ninth stamp in a set of 12, issued on 14.06.1986.
Face value: 15 Guernsey penny.
Design: Gordon Drummond (1921-2001).
Printed by Courvoisier-Attinger Arts Graphiques S.A., Biel/Bienne (Switzerland).
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 740,519 copies.
Size: 37.9 x 29 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 9.
- Michel No. 9.
- Scott No. 9.
- StampWorld No. 9.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 9.
- Unificato No. 9.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 9.

Corblets Bay is located on the northernmost of the island, near the city of Saint Anne, and has a very popular beach. On its eastern side, at an altitude of 16 m (52.5 ft), is Fort Corblets (visible on the stamp), a now-ruined Victorian defensive construction built in the 1850s.

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.

ALDERNEY

ALDERNEY.

Definitive stamps.
Location Map of Alderney.
Seventh stamp in a set of 12, issued on 14.06.1983.
Face value: 13 Guernsey penny.
Design: Gordon Drummond (1921-2001).
Printed by Courvoisier, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland).
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 671,772 copies.
Size: 39.7 x 29 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 7.
- Michel No. 7.
- Scott No. 7.
- StampWorld No. 7.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 7.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 7.

Alderney French: (Aurigny; Auregnais: Aoeur'gny) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is 5 km (3 mi) long and 2.4 km (1.5 mi) wide. The island's area is 8 km2 (3 sq mi), making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick. It is around 15 km (10 mi) to the west of the Cotentin Peninsula, in Normandy (France), 30 km (20 mi) to the northeast of Guernsey and 100 km (60 mi) from the south coast of Great Britain. In March 2018 , the island had a population of 2019. Alderney has had its own postal administration since 1983: this stamp belongs to the first set issued.

ALDERNEY

ALDERNEY.

Definitive stamps.
Map of Alderney Island, Coat of Arms and portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
First stamp in a set of 12, issued on 14.06.1983.
Face value: 1 Guernsey penny.
Design: Gordon Drummond (1921-2001).
Printed by Courvoisier, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland).
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 1,337,865 copies.
Size: 39.7 x 29 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1.
- Michel No. 1.
- Scott No. 1.
- StampWorld No. 1.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1.

Alderney (French: Aurigny; Auregnais: Aoeur'gny) is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is 5 km (3 mi) long and 2.4 km (1.5 mi) wide. The island's area is 8 km2 (3 sq mi), making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick. It is around 15 km (10 mi) to the west of the Cotentin Peninsula, in Normandy (France), 30 km (20 mi) to the northeast of Guernsey and 100 km (60 mi) from the south coast of Great Britain. In March 2018 , the island had a population of 2019. Alderney has had its own postal administration since 1983: this stamp belongs to the first set issued.