100 Years of Gerald Durrell: Conservation - Stamps First Day Cover

£20.60 / In Stock

This First Day Cover displays the stamps from our '100 Years of Gerald Durrell: Conservation' issue.
Eight photos featuring various animals who remain vital to Durrell's conservation efforts. Images courtesy of Durrell Wildlife.

This First Day Cover is an exclusively produced item; all the stamps are affixed to a specially commissioned full-colour envelope and cancelled with a Jersey Post First Day of Issue special date stamp. Information and technical details of the issue are printed on the reverse.

Date of issue	28-01-2025
Withdrawal date	28-01-2027
Designer	Images courtesy of Durrell Wildlife
Printer	bpost, Belgium
Size	Stamp size: 35mm x 35mm. Souvenir Miniature Sheet size: 95mm x 125mm.
Process	four colour process lithography
Denominations	80p, £1.20, £1.35, £1.90, £2.30, £3.00, £3.90, £4.85

Additional Information

Gerald Durrell was an exceptional conservationist, and it is thanks to his love and care for the natural world that many of the species in this issue have been preserved. In his 1972 book “Catch Me a Colobus”, Gerald noted: “Remember that the animals and plants have no M.P. they can write to; they can’t perform sit-down strikes or, indeed, strikes of any sort; they have nobody to speak for them except us, the human beings who share the world with them but do not own it.”

The species that are featured within the stamp issue, include:

Alaotran Gentle Lemur
Ploughshare Tortoise
Telfair’s Skink
Mauritius Kestrel
Pygmy Hog
Black Lion Tamarin
Mountain Chicken Frog
Red-billed Chough

These species have all been supported by huge conservation efforts, with one of the most successful being the Mauritius kestrel, which in the 1970s was on the brink of extinction with only four known individuals in the wild. Thanks to the restoration work started by Durrell, the species’ population increased.