Jersey's Black History - £1.20 Sheet

£12.00

A Sheet of 10 Stamps from our 'Jersey's Black History' issue.
South African artist Pola Maneli hilights individuals who played a part in Jersey's Black History with his powerful illustration style.
The stamp sheets give the discerning collector access to all the printer’s marks and any additional information on the selvedges. The selvedges include the traffic lights which is a term used by collectors to denote the check dots (or colour dabs) printed in the sheet margins of stamps printed by modern offset litho or photogravure methods. They assist in checking that all the colours have printed correctly.
Most of our selvedge sheets also contain a plate number; a numeral, occasionally with a letter suffix, usually inscribed on the sheet margins to denote the plate from which the stamps were printed - for example 1A.
All our mint/cto products are carefully prepared by our own team and supplied in glassine bags to ensure you receive them in pristine condition.

Date of issue	20-10-2022
Withdrawal date	20-10-2024
Printer	bpost, Belgium
Size	Stamp die size 40mm x 30mm
Process	four colour process offset lithography plus litho metallic gold ink
Denominations	£1.20

Additional Information

Hortense Watson - Windsor Crescent Servant

Born in Grenada in 1821, Hortense was owned by William Burke, a British enslaver who, following the abolition of slavery, received compensation for 1,289 freed slaves as part of the Slave Compensation Act of 1837. Many former enslavers used such funds to move to places like Jersey. Hortense was freed but remained with the family as a servant following their move to Windsor Crescent, Jersey, in 1841. Burke left Hortense £15 per year for life in his will.