Jersey. A History of Jersey's Emergency Services
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02.04.2023
On 1 April 2023, Jersey Post issued a series of "A History of Jersey's Emergency Services".
Eight stamps of the series show historical and modern vehicles used by various emergency services: police, firefighters, doctors and rescuers.
The author of postage stamps is the famous Norwegian artist and engraver Martin Mörck. Martin Mörk has been designing and engraving stamps and banknotes as well as portraiture and illustration for over 40 years. This year the thousandth stamp created by the talented artist will be published. Martin Mörk has been working fruitfully with the Jersey Post for several years, creating dozens of series of postage stamps.
If you move chronologically, then on the postage stamps of the series are depicted: Lord St. Helier fire engine (c. 1905), Ford Model T field ambulance (1917), RNLB Elizabeth Rippon (1948-1975), Jaguar MkII police car (1960s), and modern transport: King Air 200 air ambulance, BMW i3 electric police car, Channel Islands Air Search and Inshore fire & rescue craft. Jersey landmarks and scenery including Mont Orgueil Castle, Corbière Lighthouse, La Rocco Tower, St Helier town centre and Police Headquarters can be seen in the backgrounds of the stamps.
According to the artist, work on each series of postage stamps is not just a design development, it is always a coherent story on a given topic. Creating stamps is always a deep, multifaceted project, immersion in history. Martin Mörk likes his paintings to be historically accurate, with real backgrounds and colors. He completely immerses himself in the project, creates sketches and pictures in his head, and only after a complete vision of the whole story arises, the artist begins to implement his idea on paper.
Saint Helier Fire Brigade
The £1.65 postage stamp depicts a horse team from the St. Helier Fire Brigade. The Saint Helier Fire Brigade was established in 1902 and consisted of two officers, a foreman and 12 firefighters, all of whom were volunteers. The fire brigade was originally equipped with a horse-drawn hand pump, but in 1905 a steam pump from Shand Mason called the Lord St Helier was purchased. It is a steam-horse team with a steam pump that is depicted on a postage stamp.
In those days, the fire brigade rushing to the fire was an impressive sight. The horses galloped, the brass of the steam boiler and the firemen's helmets shone brightly, smoke rose from the chimney, and sparks fell from under the hooves of the horses.
Sources: jerseystamps.com, www.theislandwiki.org
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