Herm Island

Herm Island is in the English Channel off the coast of Guernsey and is a part of Guernsey.

Extremely limited postal service was provided by the British post office from 1925 until 1938. It was then occupied along with the rest of the Channel Islands from June 1940 to May 1945.  File:Herm pigeon.jpg|1/- pigeon mail stamp. File:Herm arms.jpg|6d definitive, year unknown. File:Herm Europa.jpg|1963 11d Europa. 
 * It began issuing its own local stamps in 1949 for carriage of mail to Guernsey. Additional British postage was needed for carriage beyond. These were 1/- stamps used on pigeon mail carried by homing pigeons. While telephone service to Guernsey was begun about a year later, the pigeon post apparently continued for some time afterwards.
 * In 1954, a set of triangle stamps were issued for local post service to Guernsey.
 * A conservative issue policy followed in contrast with bogus local posts for islands with no inhabitants.
 * In 1969, Guernsey opened a post office on Herm, ending the local post.

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