Ramsar stamps for the Bailiwick of Guernsey

Ramsar stamps for the Bailiwick of Guernsey

25 August 2006
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Guernsey celebrates Lihou Island Ramsar designation

The Guernsey Philatelic Bureau has announced the issue of a series of postage stamps celebrating the designation on 1 March 2006 of Lihou Island and L'Erée Headland as a Wetland of International Importance. As the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands is a crown dependency of the United Kingdom, the Ramsar site designation was made through the UK. Excerpts from the materials: