George Eliot 200th Birth Anniversary - 85p Sheet of Ten
George Eliot 200th Birth Anniversary - 85p Sheet of Ten
£8.50
Another of Eliot and Lewes’ favourite walks appears to have been along the east coast of Jersey to the north of Mont Orgueil: "Here we had the green or rocky slope on one side of us and on the other the calm sea stretching to the coast of France, visible on all but the murkiest days. But the murky days were not many during our stay, and our evening walks round the coast usually showed us a peaceful, scarcely rippled sea, splashing gently on the purple pebbles of the little scalloped bays.” The stamp sheets give the discerning collector access to all the printer's marks and any additional information on the selvedges.
| Date of issue | 01/11/2019 |
| Withdrawal date | 01/11/2021 |
| Designer | Peter Fancourt |
| Sheet | 10 |
| Size | 30mm x 40mm |
| Process | Four colour offset lithography plus metallic gold litho ink |
| Denominations | 85p |
Additional Information
2019 marks the 200th birth anniversary of George Eliot, one of the most important writers of the 19th century. Eliot produced several works during her lifetime but perhaps the most famous is Middlemarch, considered to be one of the greatest novels to be written in the English language.
Eliot, whose real name was Mary Ann Evans, visited Jersey in the summer of 1857 and stayed for three months with her partner George Lewes. The couple arrived by boat on Friday 15th May and found lodgings with the Amy family at Rosa Cottage in Gorey, on the east coast of the Island. It seems Eliot developed a great fondness for the Island during her stay and wrote of Jersey as “a sweet spot in our memories - while memories last.”
This stamp issue shows Jersey as it might have been seen through the eyes of George Eliot in the summer of 1857.
Additional Information
2019 marks the 200th birth anniversary of George Eliot, one of the most important writers of the 19th century. Eliot produced several works during her lifetime but perhaps the most famous is Middlemarch, considered to be one of the greatest novels to be written in the English language.
Eliot, whose real name was Mary Ann Evans, visited Jersey in the summer of 1857 and stayed for three months with her partner George Lewes. The couple arrived by boat on Friday 15th May and found lodgings with the Amy family at Rosa Cottage in Gorey, on the east coast of the Island. It seems Eliot developed a great fondness for the Island during her stay and wrote of Jersey as “a sweet spot in our memories - while memories last.”
This stamp issue shows Jersey as it might have been seen through the eyes of George Eliot in the summer of 1857.