Tag Archives: Jersey

2014 Jersey 350th Anniversary of New Jersey

On 15 September 2014 Jersey Post issued a set of stamps to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the state of New Jersey in the United States. Two of the stamps in the set feature lighthouses. Barnegat Lighthouse is on Long Beach Island, New Jersey and marks the southern approach lanes to New York harbor. Corbière Lighthouse, located on the extreme south-western point of Jersey was the first lighthouse in the British Isles to be constructed from concrete.

Barnegat L/H | 15 Sep 2014 Barnegat L/H | 15 Sep 2014

Barnegat L/H | 15 Sep 2014 Barnegat L/H | 15 Sep 2014

La Corbière L/H | 15 Sep 2014 La Corbière L/H | 15 Sep 2014

La Corbière L/H | 15 Sep 2014 La Corbière L/H | 15 Sep 2014

Barnegat & La Corbière L/H | 15 Sep 2014 Barnegat & La Corbière L/H | 15 Sep 2014

Jersey April 2013

This stamp and souvenir sheet depict Corbiere, the horse that won the Grand National Championship in Liverpool in 1983 with the lighthouse for which he was named in the background. The stamp was issued on 11 April 2013.

La Corbière L/H | 11 Apr 2013 La Corbière L/H | 11 Apr 2013