Displays at latest Lanarkshire Philatelic Society’s meeting focus on German Occupation of Jersey and island’s stamps

At the Lanarkshire Philatelic Society’s latest gathering, the astonishing fact of the Nazi swastika overprinted on British stamps issued in Jersey in 1940 was highlighted. During the German Occupation of Jersey, mail was sent to prison camps in Germany using German stamps, as the use of British stamps was forbidden. Jersey designed their own stamps bearing the Arms of Jersey, and after the war, British stamps were used again until Jersey gained postal independence in 1969. The Society’s next meeting will feature a display on The Lanark Collection, welcoming anyone interested in stamps, postal history, and postcards.

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