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Dairy industry celebrated with set of stamps

Jersey Post A montage of six stamps which are illustrations of dairy-related scenes. They are a woman milking a Jersey cow (60p), the face of a Jersey cow (98p), a man pouring milk from a bucket into a churn (98p), a milk float (£1.65), a block of butter next to a slice of bread and a knife (£2.15) and a Jersey calf suckling from its mother in a field (£2.95).Jersey Post
The stamps celebrating the island's dairy industry were designed by Chris Wormell

Jersey's dairy industry is being celebrated with a special set of stamps.

The island's postal service said the set of illustrations were designed to celebrate farmers and the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society.

The six stamps, which show the products and processes of the dairy sector, were designed by British illustrator Chris Wormell.

They include hand milking, a portrait of a Jersey cow, a milk churn, a block of butter, a calf with its mother and a milkmaid.

Jersey Post An illustration of a woman wearing a long skirt and bonnet pouring milk from a jug into a churn that is on a small wooden cart. A Jersey cow is watching her. Over the picture is the markings of a stamp, reading £5 and JERSEY, and there is a title reading The Jersey Dairy Industry. Jersey Post
The postal service said Jersey cows were "a beloved part of Jersey's heritage"

Jersey Post said: "The Jersey dairy industry has undergone various changes throughout the years, but something that has remained strong within the industry is the importance of preserving Jersey cows.

"The bovine is a beloved part of the Jersey's heritage and continue to produce rich milk for islanders."

Mr Wormell designed the first two issue of the historical series, 150 Years of Brewing in Jersey in 2021 and A History of Knitting in Jersey in 2023.

The stamps were issued on Thursday.

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