Lundy Island Cinderalla

Lundy (Norse for Puffin Island) is an island three and a half miles long and half a mile wide in the Bristol Channel between England and Wales. The first two Lundy stamps were issued on 1st November 1929 in the local "currency" ½ puffin pink and 1 puffin blue. They are valid for use between the Island and the Mainland. Stamps have been issued on Lundy regularly since then.

	Mr. Gerald King has produced an award winning Lundy alternative (spoof) collection. It includes a “1935 Silver Jubilee” set. The currency is in puffins. They are not legal tender.


Colour trials and essays were also undertaken. Note the differences in the name value (Lundy, Lundy I., Lundy Island)


"Vignette and Frame Proofs" of the Lundy Silver Jubilee issue, signed by Gerald King. Note the printers listed are Bradbury whereas the stamps are "printed" by De la Rue.

"Specimen" stamps from Lundy. It is not known how many were printed


The "extra-flagstaff" variety has also been described on the Lundy issue. They differ from the normal Bradbury variety which is constant in position in all four values (Row 9, Column 1). The ½p and 2p stamps have the extraflagstaff appearing in column 2 whilst the 1p and 9p varieties appear in the SW corner stamp. All varieties occur in the lowest row.

A special GPO Lundy island Silver Jubilee cancellation, dated 7 May 1935, ties this Lundy island alternative cover (from the G. King collection). The cover has been addressed to Mr. Alfred Garnett, a well-known character, from the TV series "Till death do us part" by Johnny Speight (The American spin off of this program was "All in the Family"). Very few covers have been produced and all covers and stamps are hand made.