Archive for the ‘United Kingdom’ Category

#1383 South Georgia 22/12/04

This rare postcard from South Georgia was sent by Wolfgang, thank you very much! It was posted on December 4 at King Edward Point and arrived on February 3, 2023.

The picture side shows a view on Grytviken, the stamp on the back commemorates Shackleton‘s Cross on South Georgia.

#1382 South Georgia 22/12/04

This beautiful cover from South Georgia was sent by Wolfgang, thank you very much! It was posted in King Edward Point on December 4, 2022 and arrived on February 3, 2023.

The stamp commemorates the humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).

#1379 Falkland Islands 22/11/30

This amazing cover from the Falkland Islands was sent by Wolfgang, thank you very much! It was posted in Stanley on November 30 and arrived on December 16, 2022.

See also: #906 Falkland Islands 15/02/11

#1344 Falkland Islands 22/01/08

This beautiful cover from the Falkland Islands was sent by Jinesh, thank you very much! It was posted in Mount Pleasant on January 8 and arrived on February 3, 2022.

The stamps depict the Cobb’s wren (Troglodytes cobbi) and the two-banded plover (Charadrius falklandicus).

#1297 Jersey 20/06/08

This very nice cover from Jersey was sent by Vítor, thank you! It was posted on June 8 and arrived on June 15, 2020.

The 2012 stamps depict the airplanes Hawker Siddeley Trident and DeHavilland DH86.

#1289 Turks and Caicos Islands 19/06/11

This very nice cover from the Turks and Caicos Islands was sent by Tristan, thank you very much! It was posted in Providenciales on June 11 and arrived on June 24, 2019.

The left stamp depicts the pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor), the middle stamp depicts the Cuban cattleheart (Parides gundlachianus), and the right stamp depicts the Cuban dismorphia (Dismorphia cubana).

#1271 Tristan da Cunha 17/04/18

Patrik has sent this nice cover from the remote island Tristan da Cunha, thank you! It was posted on April 18 and arrived on June 28, 2017.

See also: #818 Tristan da Cunha 14/04/03

#1268 British Virgin Islands 19/12/??

Here is another very nice cover from the Caribbean, which was sent by Wolfgang, thank you very much! It was posted in Tortola in December and arrived on January 23, 2020. The stamps depict the sugar-apple fruit (Annona squamosa).

There is a ship cachet of the MS Berlin on the cover too.

#1263 Jersey 19/12/16

Jean Pierre has sent this very nice cover from Jersey, thank you very much! It was posted on December 16 and arrrived on December 30, 2019.

The left stamp commemorates the European Football Championships, the next stamp commemorates the HMS Royal Sovereign, the right stamp commemorates the Chinese Year of the Rooster.

#1258 Cayman Islands 20/01/10

Here is another very nice cover from the Cayman Islands, which was sent by Wolfgang, thank you very much! It was posted at Watering Place Post Office on Cayman Brac on January 10 and arrived on January 20, 2020.

#1257 Cayman Islands 20/01/08

This very nice cover from the Cayman Islands was sent by Wolfgang, thank you very much! It was posted in North Side on January 8 and arrived on January 20, 2020.

The left stamp depicts a Grand Cayman parrot (Amazona leucocephala caymanensis), the right stamp commemorate the XX Commonwealth Games.

#1255 Gibraltar 19/12/16

This very nice cover from Gibraltar was sent by Jean Pierre, thank you! It was posted on December 16 and arrived on December 30, 2019.

#1252 United Kingdom 19/10/14

Raymond has sent this very nice cover from Northern Ireland. It was posted in Belfast on October 14 and arrived on November 4, 2019.

The stamps depict a herring and a red gurnard.

#1241 United Kingdom – Lundy 19/08/29

On September 2 I received this nice cover from Lundy, UK. It was posted on August 29 and cancelled again by the Royal Mail on August 30, 2019.

The stamp commemorates the visit of the royal family to Lundy in 1977.

#1223 Cayman Islands 18/12/27

This very nice cover from the Cayman Islands was sent by Tristan, thank you very much! It was posted in Hell on December 27, 2018 and arrived on February 11, 2019.

The left stamp commemorates the Boer goat.