Guernsey:SEPAC: Old Maps

On 1 September 2021, Guernsey Post’s Philatelic Bureau issued a set of six stamps depicting sections of an old map of "Garnsey" (Guernsey) illustrated by John Speed, one of the most famous British cartographers of the 17th century, whose visually stunning county and country maps are highly collectable and sought after around the world.

Issue Description
Speed (1552-1629) is noted for placing England into the mainstream of map publishing which had been dominated by the Dutch since the late sixteenth century.

He began by issuing maps of Great Britain in 1611 in his famous "Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine". This remarkable work took over 15 years to assemble and is one of the most influential atlases of the British Isles ever published. It contains maps of the entire British Isles, the individual nations, and separate maps for the counties.

Stamps
Guernsey’s stamps depict various sections of Speed’s “Garnsey” map and feature the historic Parish and Island names :
 * £ 0.50: S. Michaell The Vale, Chasteau de Vale and S. Sampson
 * £ 0.70: Herme, Great Sarck, Little Sarke and Brehoe
 * £ 0.73: S. Martyn, The Towns & Cornet castle
 * £ 1.00: The British Garnsey
 * £ 1.15: Tortuville, S. Andrew, S. Peters de Boys and S. Saviour
 * £ 1.20: S. Peters de Boys, Roke Hayue, Hanoys and The Howe.

First Day Cover
The First Day Cover is a pictorial envelope with the six stamps from the issue affixed and postmarked.

SEPAC Folder
The stamps featured in the twelfth edition of the special folder entitled Old Maps 12 contain stamps from the participating postal administrations of Åland, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Guernsey, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta and Monaco. All the stamps bear the official SEPAC logo.

SEPAC Series
Other Issues under the SEPAC theme include: