XANTHE'S
STAMP MAGAZINE

Jersey's latest issue celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Band of the Island of Jersey. It is a set of six stamps with photography by the Jersey Evening Post. There is also a miniature sheet, which shows an old photograph of the band. The Jersey Stamps website doesn't tell us a lot about these - for example, I'd like to know when the black and white photograph of the band was taken but no information is given. Design Quality – I am quite disappointed by the design of thes

The Isle of Man's latest issue is another one dedicated to motor sport. I have no interest in motor sport at all, although I understand it is important to the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man Stamps and Coins website tells us more about these stamps: "From the McLaren 675LT and Lamborghini Huracán STO to the Ferrari 488 Pista Spider and McLaren 720S, each stamp reflects a distinct expression of modern performance. The Nissan GT-R R35 represents tuning culture at its most extreme

I have a lot of new stamps to review and I'm going to start with this one from the Faroe Islands about their native horse. I had never heard of a Faroese Horse before. It is basically a small pony that was critically endangered in the 1960s but since then things have improved thanks to a breeding programme. Faroese people are clearly very proud of their horse and it's not the first time that it has appeared on a Faroe Islands stamp. Here's a set of two stamps from 1993. The P