They have not announced the winners for 2015 but the place featured on the bottom left stamp, St Pierre du Bois, is in the running for the coastal prize. The bottom middle stamp is St Martin's Church and lastly the Albion Tavern in St Peter Port whose claim to fame is that it is the closest Public House to a church in the British Isles. A perfect example of how to locate a pub, head for the church spire and you will find a pub nearby. I suspect your eye will be more taken by the postbox. The stamp images were photographed by the clematis nurseryman and breeder Raymond Evison (his clematis display won a gold medal at this year's Chelsea Flower Show).
Nature can put on a show without any human intervention, I have my own favourite place for the next flower which bloom in abundance around a pond in a hollow on a local fellside,
An entry to Sunday Stamps II, this weeks theme - Flowers - see more growing here
4 comments:
You're right, my eye was drawn to the post box. An unusual color - are they all blue in Guernsey?
I think irises are amazing flowers, and the one on the stamp is no exception.
I liked the Guernsey set but the Liechenstein iris is really beautiful.
Yes all the postboxes in Guernsey are blue (except the historic one which retains the red) it's a nice shade isn't it. . I could be wrong but I think they all became blue on postal independence.
Oh my goodness, but these stamps are so lovely! This makes me want to visit even more!
And irises are a sentimental favourite of mine.
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