Witch Trials of Jersey - Miniature Sheet First Day Cover

£6.30 / In Stock

This First Day Cover displays the miniature sheet from our 'Witch Trials of Jersey' issue. Illustrated by Petra Dufkova.

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	31-08-2025
Withdrawal date	31-08-2027
Designer	Illustrated by Petra Dufkova.
Printer	Cartor, France
Process	four colour process lithography
Denominations	80p, £1.20, £1.35, £1.90, £2.30, £3.00, £3.90, £4.85

Additional Information

The first day cover includes the miniature sheet depicts a crowd gathering for the execution of Marie Esnouf who was sentenced to death in 1648. Her execution was said to have drawn crowds that hadn't been seen since the Prince visited Jersey.

About the trials

Jersey, a small Channel Island, experienced disproportionately high rates of witch trials relative to its population. Between the 1560s and 1660s, at least 65 individuals were tried, with 33 executed. Most were women, often older or marginalized, accused of healing, cursing, or consorting with the devil. Trials typically followed community suspicion, with guilt decided by an inquiry of 24 men.