2401) "Seagull Mischief", Guernsey, a British Crown Dependency (BCD): SEPAC - 2022: "Local Beverages" Theme: Guernsey Post has issued a set of four Postage Stamps depicting seagulls as Beer, Ice Cream, Mackerel and Gache thieves: Date of Stamp set issue: 22.06.2022:
About Sepac:
The Small European Postal Administration Cooperation (SEPAC) is an association of 13 European Postal Authorities:
- Åland,
- the Faroe Islands,
- Gibraltar,
- Greenland,
- Guernsey,
- Iceland,
- the Isle of Man,
- Jersey,
- Liechtenstein,
- Luxembourg,
- Malta,
- Monaco, and
- Vatican City.
Luxembourg was not originally a member of SEPAC but it joined at the end of 2006. San Marino decided to leave and is no longer a member, as of 03/2020. SEPAC is smaller than PostEurop.
Vatican City does not participate in these issues.
The following criteria are requisites for membership:
- The postal administration must be located in Europe.
- The postal administration must be independent.
- The postal administration must have a small market with more than 50% of its philatelic customers living outside the country.
The theme of the 2022 SEPAC Stamp Issue is ”Local Beverages”:
Guernsey Post has issued a set of four Postal Stamp depicting seagulls as Beer, Ice Cream, Mackerel and Gache thieves (Gache is a local dish of Guernsey. It is a special bread made with raisins, sultanas, cherries and mixed peel. In Guernesiais Gache means "cake").
Seagulls will scavenge for just about anything they can get their beaks on as these playful set of stamps created for the latest SEPAC issue by talented Guernsey artist James Colmer show.
Herring gulls are a very common sight in the island but not a welcome addition to anyone’s picnic!
They are very clever creatures when it comes to mealtimes and use their keen sense of smell and great vision but they have developed a taste for human food, swooping in for any tasty tidbits they can find in their hunt for an easy meal.
Seagulls are one of the few birds that can drink saltwater thanks to special glands above their eyes which eliminate excess salt so they can fly far out to sea on the hunt for food without dehydrating.
Saltwater has got to be better for them than the sunbather’s Guernsey beer that one audacious seagull goes for.
Seagulls might not be fussy about what they stick in their beaks, but Breda happens to be an award-winning beer, having won silver at the International Brewing Awards back in 2013.
Randalls Brewery have been turning malted barley, hops, water and yeast into this popular 5% abv pale lager since 2008 and one stamp in this series bears the SEPAC logo to tie in with this year’s SEPAC theme of locally made beverages.
James was commissioned to create this playful set of stamps featuring some of the island's hungry herring gulls for Guernsey Post's latest SEPAC issue.
The Stamp:
The four SEPAC - 2022 Stamps depict seagulls at their mischief in various ways:
52p stamp: Gache Thief
79p stamp: Stealing Mackerel Thief
£1.10 stamp: Beer Thief
£1.35 stamp: Ice Cream Thief
The First Day Cover (FDC) depicts an artist's representation of seagulls at left on the lookout for carrying out a mischievous food raid.
The four SEPAC - 2022 postage Stamp set issued are affixed at top right. The special Cancellation Stamp is of Guernsey Post Office and the Cancellation is dated - "22.06.2022".
Four Sheetlets (S) of the four variants consisting of 10 Stamps each.
A Presentation Pack (PP)
Four Maxi Cards
A Maxi Card has all three essential features on the same side - The picture/photograph, the stamp and the special cancellation postmark.
Post Cards - Front and Back
Technical details:
Issue Date: 22.06.2022
Designer: James Colmer
Process: Offset Lithography
Size: 40.00 mm (deep) x 30.00 mm (wide)
Values: 52p, 79p, £1.10, £1.35
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