622) Jonathan Swift: 350th Birth Anniversary: Famed satirist and poet features on Irish Silver €15 silver proof Commemorative Coin issued by the Central Bank of Ireland on 30.11.2017:
The Central Bank of Ireland has officially launched (30th November) their latest silver crown coin which is in recognition of the 350th Anniversary of the Birth of satirist and poet Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), whose wit and outlook on life in Ireland during his lifetime is remembered from his many works and essays.
Educated at Trinity College and later appointed Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Swift is regarded as one of the foremost prose satirists in the English language.
He is best remembered as the author of "Gulliver’s Travels", an adventure story involving several voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, which was first published in 1726.
The author is remembered as the writer of "A Tale of a Tub, "A Modest Proposal" and, of course, "Gulliver’s Travels", Swift’s single greatest work.
Swift is also widely remembered as having authored “A Modest Proposal,” a satirical commentary which focused on the conditions of poor children in early 18th century Ireland.
Given its full title of “A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making them Beneficial to the Public,” (published in 1729), his tongue-in-cheek proposal, in effect, was to fatten up these undernourished children and feed them to Ireland’s rich landowners. Such was the acute problem in the country with the unequal distribution of wealth between the landed gentry and those who worked on the land as indentured servants, which often resulted in children being raised in such conditions which saw them die in infancy.
Swift’s tongue-in-cheek proposal, by selling poor children as food for wealthy families, explained in satirical terms how this would solve all of Ireland’s problems from domestic abuse to poverty.
The book "Gulliver's Travels" recounts the voyages of Lemuel Gulliver to four exotic lands where he encounters a series of ironic illustrations of humanity. However, the work can be more accurately described as an incisive critique on the imperfections of human nature.
Swift was appointed to the Deanery of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin in 1713, a position he held until he passed away in 1745. His remains are interred at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
As tribute to Jonathan Swift, the Central Bank of Ireland had included a portrait of him on their new series of Punt bank notes which were issued from 1971. The purple ten-pound had a portrait of Dean Jonathan Swift positioned to the right side on the front. The background contains a reproduction of the Coat of Arms of Dublin from a City Council resolution against a letter by Swift from April 1735.
The note entered circulation in 1976 until it was replaced with a new series in 1993 and ultimately with the euro single currency in 2002.
The Commemorative Coin:
The commemorative €15 silver proof coin aptly features the character of Jonathan Swift’s best known work as a Lilliputian ship sails across the open pages of Gulliver’s Travels.
The coin was befittingly launched at Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral where the poet was buried more than 272 years ago.
Assisting in the launch were two of Dublin’s youngsters who were today’s representatives of Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” as well as to his novel Gulliver’s Travels, which chronicles the journey of Lemuel Gulliver and his contact with Lilliputians. The backdrop of the launch was the splendour of the Cathedral who still fondly remembers Swift as Dean from 1713 until his death.
The Reverse of the 15 Euro Silver coin
The Reverse of the €15 silver proof coin depicts the legs and shoes of Gulliver standing on an opened book, Gulliver’s Travels, with a ship in the background, signifying his travels to strange and distant lands..
In the lower centre is mentioned "Gulliver's Travels" and "15 EURO".
The Obverse of the €15 silver proof coin illustrates the national symbol of Ireland, the Harp, along with the word "EIRE" to the left of the harp and the year of issue, "2017", seen to the right.
The specifications of this coin are:
Denomination: €15 ; Metal Composition: .925 Sterling Silver (Ag); Weight: 28.28 grams; Diameter/Size: 38.61 mm; Coin Quality: Proof; Maximum Mintage: 2,000 pieces; Minted by : Mayer Mint GmbH, Germany on behalf of the Central Bank of Ireland. Designer (Obverse side): Polish designer Sebastian Mikolajczak;
Remarks: The €15 silver proof coin is contained within a plastic capsule and comes in its own elegant presentation box along with a certificate of authenticity attesting to its issue limit.
More about the life of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Born on the 30th November 1667 in Dublin, Ireland, Jonathan Swift was the second child and only son of his parents.
His father, and family beforehand, were natives of Herefordshire in England. His father accompanied his brothers to Ireland to earn their living in law after the destruction of their family’s estate during the English Civil War, as their father supported the royalist cause.
Jonathan, however, spent much of his early adult life in England before returning to Dublin to serve as Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin for the last 30 years of his life. It was during this time in his life when he would write most of his greatest works which he would be best remembered for. As the author of A Tale Of A Tub (1704), Gulliver’s Travels (1726), and “A Modest Proposal” (1729), Swift is widely acknowledged as the greatest prose satirist in the history of English literature. Ironically, he wrote much of his best work anonymously or under several pseudonyms.
Swift’s father died just months before he was born and, as a result, his mother returned to England shortly after giving birth where she left Jonathan in the care of his uncle in Dublin.
It was perhaps inevitable that young Jonathan would look to make his mark in the literary world since Swift’s extended family had several interesting and very impressive literary connections.
His grandmother, Elizabeth (née Dryden) Swift, was the niece of Sir Erasmus Dryden, who was the grandfather of the poet John Dryden. The same grandmother’s aunt, Katherine (née Throckmorton) Dryden, was a first cousin of Elizabeth, wife of Sir Walter Raleigh — the famed explorer and favourite courtier of Queen Elizabeth I. His great-great-grandmother, Margaret (née Godwin) Swift, was the sister of Francis Godwin, author of The Man in the Moone, which influenced parts of Swift’s own stories of Gulliver’s Travels.
His uncle, Thomas Swift, married a daughter of the poet and playwright Sir William Davenant, who was a godson of William Shakespeare. It was this uncle who served as Swift’s guardian and benefactor and who sent him to Trinity College Dublin, at the age of 14, where he earned his B.A. and at the same time befriended writer William Congreve.
Swift also studied for his M.A. before the Glorious Revolution of 1688 which brought to the English throne Princess Mary, daughter of King James II, and her husband, the Dutch Prince Willem of Orange, jointly as King William III and Queen Mary II.
This great change compelled Jonathan to move to England, where his mother found a secretarial position for him under the English statesman, Sir William Temple.
For the next ten years, Swift worked in Surrey’s Moor Park as the secretary to Britain’s foremost diplomat where he acquired an M.A. from Hart Hall, Oxford University, in 1692 and eventually, a doctorate degree in divinity from Trinity College Dublin in 1702.
In 1704, Swift anonymously released "A Tale of a Tub" and "The Battle of the Books", and although widely popular with the masses, which was harshly disapproved of by the Church of England.
Ostensibly, it criticised religion, but Swift meant it as a parody of pride, not worship. Notwithstanding, his writings earned him notoriety as well as a reputation for satire and in some cases insult in London.
With the rise of the Conservative Party, who formed the government in 1710, Swift was asked to become editor of The Examiner, their official newspaper. With this new position, he became fully immersed in the political landscape and began writing some of the most cutting and well-known political pamphlets of the day, including “The Conduct of the Allies,” which was an attack on the Whigs — the leading opposition party. As he was privy to the inner circle of the Conservative government, Swift revealed his private thoughts and feelings in a steady stream of letters to his wife Stella, which was later published as “The Journal to Stella.”
Before the fall of the Tory government, which occurred with the arrival of Prince-elector George of Hannover, who succeeded Queen Anne in 1714, Swift hoped that his services would be rewarded with a church appointment in England.
However, Queen Anne, who had taken a dislike to Swift, thwarted these efforts.
Her dislike of Swift had been attributed to A Tale of a Tub, which she thought blasphemous, but may have been compounded by “The Windsor Prophecy” where Swift, with a surprising lack of tact, advised the Queen on which of her bedchamber ladies she should and should not trust.
With the return of the Whigs, the best position his friends and supporters could secure for him was the deanery of St. Patrick’s, which, was not in the Queen’s realm of a gift. His best option at that time was to leave England and return to Ireland.
It was after Swift’s return to Ireland that he penned what the literary world is most familiar with as Gulliver’s Travels, or its full name "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships". The work is both a satire on human nature and a classic of English literature. He himself claimed that he wrote Gulliver’s Travels “to vex the world rather than divert it,” . The book became popular as soon as it was published. The travel begins with a short preamble in which Lemuel Gulliver, the pseudonym of Swift, gives a brief outline of his life and history before his voyages.
e is well remembered for, “A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick,” commonly referred to as “A Modest Proposal,” was published in 1729.
In 1742, Swift suffered a stroke which left him unable to speak and aside from his lack of vocal communication, he was realising his worst fears of becoming mentally disabled.
On the 19 October 1745, Swift died at the age of almost 80-years-old.
He was buried in his own cathedral next to Esther Johnson in accordance with his wishes. The bulk of his fortune of £12,000 was left to found a hospital for the mentally ill, originally known as the “St. Patrick’s Hospital for Imbeciles,” which opened in 1757 and still exists today as “St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services.”
He was buried in his own cathedral next to Esther Johnson in accordance with his wishes. The bulk of his fortune of £12,000 was left to found a hospital for the mentally ill, originally known as the “St. Patrick’s Hospital for Imbeciles,” which opened in 1757 and still exists today as “St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services.”
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Central Bank of Ireland issues:
1) Jonathan Swift: 350 th Birth Anniversary 15 Euro Silver Proof coin features his most famous work "Gulliver's Travels" : Coin issued on 30.11.2017
Bank of England Banknotes:
1) A Ten Pounds Banknote issued on Charles Dickens (Writer) also depicting a cricket match from his novel "The Pickwick Papers"
2) A Ten Pound Banknote issued on Charles Darwin (English Naturalist) also depicting the HMS Beagle, Darwin's magnifying glass, a humming-bird & flora that he may have seen on his voyage.
3) A Five Pounds Banknote issued on George Stephenson (an Engineer) also depicting "Rocket" his Railway Locomotive and Skeene Bridge on theStockton Darlington Railway (1825) - since withdrawn
4) A 20 Pounds Banknote issued on Michael Faraday (a Scientist) issued in 1991, since withdrawn from circulation in 2001
5) Great Britain's first circulating polymer Banknote on Winston Churchill issued by the Bank of England in the denomination of 5 Pounds on 13.09.2016
6) Jane Austen: features on the second circulating Polymer Banknote of 10 Pounds denomination to be released on 14.09.2017
Inspirations from Scottish History (Clydesdale Bank Banknotes):
1) The Legend of King Bruce & the Spider on Banknotes
2) Commemorating Sir William Arrol and his creation the Forth Rail Bridge by issues of Britain's first ever 5 Pound Polymer Banknote
Banknotes from Bank of Scotland:
1) The Ryder Cup Commemorative Banknote: A 5 Pounds Banknote issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2014
British Crown Dependencies:
1) Specimen Banknotes from the States of Jersey
2) Coinage and Currency from the States of Jersey
3) Currency & Coinage of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
4) Currency & Coinage of Gibraltar : An Overseas Territory of Great Britain
5) Coinage of Gibraltar: (A British Overseas Territory): An Uncirculated Decimal Coin Collection Set minted by the Tower Mint, UK in 2010
6) The Isle of Man: An Uncirculated Decimal Coin Collection Set minted by Pobjoy Mint, UK in 2015
7) The Centenary of the ill-fated Titanic (15.04.1912 - 15.04.2012): An Alderney Five Pound Coin Commemorating the Maritime Legend
8) "Man of Steel": A Superman Movie: A set of stamps brought out in 2013 by Jersey post, the States of Jersey, commemorating Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill who played Superman in the Movie
9) Coins & Currency of Bermuda
10) The Bailiwick of Jersey - Presently circulating coinage - Pounds and Pence
11) St. Helena & Ascension Islands: An Uncirculated Coin Set from 2003
12) The Legend of the "HMAV Bounty" is interwoven with the heritage of the Pitcairn Islands: An uncirculated coin set from Pitcairn Islands in 2009 depicting the icons/relics of the Bounty minted by the New Zealand Mint
13) Currency of the Falkland Islands: A British Overseas Territory (BOT) Pounds & Pence
14) Falkland Islands Penguins: 50 Pence Coin Series: The first Coin in the Series of four coins: the Rock-Hopper Penguin
15) Falkland Islands Penguins: 50 Pence Coin Series: The Gentoo Penguin:Second Coin in the series of four coins issued on 20.06.2017
1) Jonathan Swift: 350 th Birth Anniversary 15 Euro Silver Proof coin features his most famous work "Gulliver's Travels" : Coin issued on 30.11.2017
Bank of England Banknotes:
1) A Ten Pounds Banknote issued on Charles Dickens (Writer) also depicting a cricket match from his novel "The Pickwick Papers"
2) A Ten Pound Banknote issued on Charles Darwin (English Naturalist) also depicting the HMS Beagle, Darwin's magnifying glass, a humming-bird & flora that he may have seen on his voyage.
3) A Five Pounds Banknote issued on George Stephenson (an Engineer) also depicting "Rocket" his Railway Locomotive and Skeene Bridge on theStockton Darlington Railway (1825) - since withdrawn
4) A 20 Pounds Banknote issued on Michael Faraday (a Scientist) issued in 1991, since withdrawn from circulation in 2001
5) Great Britain's first circulating polymer Banknote on Winston Churchill issued by the Bank of England in the denomination of 5 Pounds on 13.09.2016
6) Jane Austen: features on the second circulating Polymer Banknote of 10 Pounds denomination to be released on 14.09.2017
Inspirations from Scottish History (Clydesdale Bank Banknotes):
1) The Legend of King Bruce & the Spider on Banknotes
2) Commemorating Sir William Arrol and his creation the Forth Rail Bridge by issues of Britain's first ever 5 Pound Polymer Banknote
Banknotes from Bank of Scotland:
1) The Ryder Cup Commemorative Banknote: A 5 Pounds Banknote issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2014
British Crown Dependencies:
1) Specimen Banknotes from the States of Jersey
2) Coinage and Currency from the States of Jersey
3) Currency & Coinage of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
4) Currency & Coinage of Gibraltar : An Overseas Territory of Great Britain
5) Coinage of Gibraltar: (A British Overseas Territory): An Uncirculated Decimal Coin Collection Set minted by the Tower Mint, UK in 2010
6) The Isle of Man: An Uncirculated Decimal Coin Collection Set minted by Pobjoy Mint, UK in 2015
7) The Centenary of the ill-fated Titanic (15.04.1912 - 15.04.2012): An Alderney Five Pound Coin Commemorating the Maritime Legend
8) "Man of Steel": A Superman Movie: A set of stamps brought out in 2013 by Jersey post, the States of Jersey, commemorating Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill who played Superman in the Movie
9) Coins & Currency of Bermuda
10) The Bailiwick of Jersey - Presently circulating coinage - Pounds and Pence
11) St. Helena & Ascension Islands: An Uncirculated Coin Set from 2003
12) The Legend of the "HMAV Bounty" is interwoven with the heritage of the Pitcairn Islands: An uncirculated coin set from Pitcairn Islands in 2009 depicting the icons/relics of the Bounty minted by the New Zealand Mint
13) Currency of the Falkland Islands: A British Overseas Territory (BOT) Pounds & Pence
14) Falkland Islands Penguins: 50 Pence Coin Series: The first Coin in the Series of four coins: the Rock-Hopper Penguin
15) Falkland Islands Penguins: 50 Pence Coin Series: The Gentoo Penguin:Second Coin in the series of four coins issued on 20.06.2017
16) Falkland Islands Penguins: 50 Pence Coin Series: The Third Coin in the Series of four coins: the King Penguin
Famous Battles:
1) Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's Exile to St. Helena: (Part I): A One Crown Commemorative coin issued by the Ascension Island (minted by Pobjoy Mint UK)
2) Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's Exile to st. Helena: (Part II) 1) A 5 GBP Coin issued by the Royal Mint UK. 2) A"Drie Landen Zilverset" ( ot the "Three Lands Silver set") containing coins issued by the Royal Dutch Mint including coins of Netherlands, Belgium and UK
3) Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain by issuing a 50 Pence coin by the Royal Mint UK
Gold Coins:
1) Gold Sovereigns issued in 2013 & 2014 by MMTC-PAMP in India under licence from the Royal Mint, UK, carrying the "I" Mint Mark
2) Gold Half-Sovereigns minted by MMTC-PAMP in India in 2014 under licence from the Royal Mint UK bearing the "I" Mint Mark
Silver Coins:
1) A 20 Pound Silver coin minted for the first timr by the royal Mint UK: reverse design carries the famous St. George slaying the dragon design found on Gold Sovereigns
British India Coinage:
1) East India Company Quarter Anna Copper Coin which is one of the first issues under the Coinage Act 1835
2) Victoria Coinage: When she was Queen and afterwards Empress
3) Edward VII: King & Emperor Coinage
4) George V King Emperor Coinage
5) George VI: The last of the British India Emperors Coinage
Other British Royalty:
1) Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations (1952-2012): A Five Pound Commemorative coin issued by the Royal Mint, UK
2) Commemorating Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953: A Five Pound Coin minted by the Royal Mint UK in 2013, depicting the Imperial State Crown
3) The Royal Coat of Arms of the UK: Great British 2012 Coin Set (Uncirculated) issued by the Royal Mint UK
4) Prince George's Christening Ceremony celebrated with coins issued by the Royal Mint UK in 2013
5) The British Empire: A Case of Numismatic "segregation": (Guest Post by Rahul Kumar)
6) 1) The Portrait Collection: Various Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II on Coinage 2) The Fourth & Final Circulating coinage of the Portrait designed by Ian Rank-Broadley and the First Edition of the portrait of the Queen made by Jody Clark
British Coinage:
1) The contribution of the Great British One-Pound coins in keeping alive the historical legends/emblems/heritage of the UK (1983 onwards)
2) Transformation of a Five shilling Coin (Crown) into the UK Twenty-five Pence & then the Five Pound Coin
3) Transformation of the Two Shilling Coin (Florin) Coin into the UK Ten Pence
4) The 350th Anniversary of the Guinea: A Two Pound Coin issued by the Royal Mint UK celebrating the milestone
5) The new 12-sided One Pound UK Coin introduced into circulation on 28.03.2017
Commemorative British Coinage:
1) Commemorating the Bicentenary of Charles Dickens: A Two pound coin celebrating his literary contributions during the Victorian Era
2) Commemorating 50 Years of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - presently called the World Wide Fund for Nature by issue of a Fifty Pence coin by the Royal Mint, UK
3) Coins commemorating London Olympics & Paralympics (2012)
4) Commemorating 150 Years of the London Underground : Two pound Coins minted by the Royal Mint UK, showing the "Roundel" logo and a train emerging from a tunnel
5) Commemorating the 100th Birth anniversary of Christopher Ironside with his " Royal Arms" design on a 50 Pence coin issued by the Royal Mint, UK
Famous Battles:
1) Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's Exile to St. Helena: (Part I): A One Crown Commemorative coin issued by the Ascension Island (minted by Pobjoy Mint UK)
2) Bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and Napoleon's Exile to st. Helena: (Part II) 1) A 5 GBP Coin issued by the Royal Mint UK. 2) A"Drie Landen Zilverset" ( ot the "Three Lands Silver set") containing coins issued by the Royal Dutch Mint including coins of Netherlands, Belgium and UK
3) Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain by issuing a 50 Pence coin by the Royal Mint UK
Gold Coins:
1) Gold Sovereigns issued in 2013 & 2014 by MMTC-PAMP in India under licence from the Royal Mint, UK, carrying the "I" Mint Mark
2) Gold Half-Sovereigns minted by MMTC-PAMP in India in 2014 under licence from the Royal Mint UK bearing the "I" Mint Mark
Silver Coins:
1) A 20 Pound Silver coin minted for the first timr by the royal Mint UK: reverse design carries the famous St. George slaying the dragon design found on Gold Sovereigns
British India Coinage:
1) East India Company Quarter Anna Copper Coin which is one of the first issues under the Coinage Act 1835
2) Victoria Coinage: When she was Queen and afterwards Empress
3) Edward VII: King & Emperor Coinage
4) George V King Emperor Coinage
5) George VI: The last of the British India Emperors Coinage
Other British Royalty:
1) Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations (1952-2012): A Five Pound Commemorative coin issued by the Royal Mint, UK
2) Commemorating Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953: A Five Pound Coin minted by the Royal Mint UK in 2013, depicting the Imperial State Crown
3) The Royal Coat of Arms of the UK: Great British 2012 Coin Set (Uncirculated) issued by the Royal Mint UK
4) Prince George's Christening Ceremony celebrated with coins issued by the Royal Mint UK in 2013
5) The British Empire: A Case of Numismatic "segregation": (Guest Post by Rahul Kumar)
6) 1) The Portrait Collection: Various Portraits of Queen Elizabeth II on Coinage 2) The Fourth & Final Circulating coinage of the Portrait designed by Ian Rank-Broadley and the First Edition of the portrait of the Queen made by Jody Clark
British Coinage:
1) The contribution of the Great British One-Pound coins in keeping alive the historical legends/emblems/heritage of the UK (1983 onwards)
2) Transformation of a Five shilling Coin (Crown) into the UK Twenty-five Pence & then the Five Pound Coin
3) Transformation of the Two Shilling Coin (Florin) Coin into the UK Ten Pence
4) The 350th Anniversary of the Guinea: A Two Pound Coin issued by the Royal Mint UK celebrating the milestone
5) The new 12-sided One Pound UK Coin introduced into circulation on 28.03.2017
Commemorative British Coinage:
1) Commemorating the Bicentenary of Charles Dickens: A Two pound coin celebrating his literary contributions during the Victorian Era
2) Commemorating 50 Years of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - presently called the World Wide Fund for Nature by issue of a Fifty Pence coin by the Royal Mint, UK
3) Coins commemorating London Olympics & Paralympics (2012)
4) Commemorating 150 Years of the London Underground : Two pound Coins minted by the Royal Mint UK, showing the "Roundel" logo and a train emerging from a tunnel
5) Commemorating the 100th Birth anniversary of Christopher Ironside with his " Royal Arms" design on a 50 Pence coin issued by the Royal Mint, UK
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3) Celebrating the Centenary of Agatha Christie's first Crime Novel and 40th Anniversary of her passing away by issue of a set of 6 stamps by Royal Mail, UK
4) Queen Elizabeth II's 90th Birthday: A Souvenir Sheet issued by the Royal Mail, UK featuring four generations of Windsors on 21.04.16
5) 50 Years of Pink Floyd: Two Commemorative Stamp sets brought out by Royal Mail UK on 07.07.2016
6) Kaleidoscopes: 200th Anniversary: Postage stamps issued by Jersey Post on 10.07.2017
1) 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta - the Universal Guidepost to Liberty and Freedom
2) "Man of Steel": A Superman Movie: A set of stamps brought out in 2013 by Jersey post, the States of Jersey, commemorating Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill who played Superman in the Movie
3) Celebrating the Centenary of Agatha Christie's first Crime Novel and 40th Anniversary of her passing away by issue of a set of 6 stamps by Royal Mail, UK
4) Queen Elizabeth II's 90th Birthday: A Souvenir Sheet issued by the Royal Mail, UK featuring four generations of Windsors on 21.04.16
5) 50 Years of Pink Floyd: Two Commemorative Stamp sets brought out by Royal Mail UK on 07.07.2016
6) Kaleidoscopes: 200th Anniversary: Postage stamps issued by Jersey Post on 10.07.2017
7) Windmills and Watermills: A set of six stamps issued by Royal Mail UK on 13.07.2017
8) "Coastal Eclipses": Stamps from Alderney Islands: Six Special Heat Sensitive Stamps issued by Guernsey Post on 19.07.2017
9) Bats of Gibraltar: A set of four stamps issued by Gibraltar Post in collaboration with the WWF on 30.11.2017
8) "Coastal Eclipses": Stamps from Alderney Islands: Six Special Heat Sensitive Stamps issued by Guernsey Post on 19.07.2017
9) Bats of Gibraltar: A set of four stamps issued by Gibraltar Post in collaboration with the WWF on 30.11.2017
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