We often talk about countries that were the first to issue a stamp of some type, but what about the last? The latest country to issue its first postage stamp is Sark, a dependency of the UK, on 27 August 2025.
Sark issued its first postage stamps, marking a historic milestone.
It is the first island to issue British stamps for more than 40 years, after Alderney launched its own stamps in 1983.
The milestone saw the release of two Sark stamp issues, under the postal administration of Guernsey, the first on August 27th and a second on September 3rd.
The first issue marked the island’s wartime history with stamps highlighting key moments from the Nazi German Occupation during World War II and the 80th anniversary of the island’s liberation.
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About Sark
Sark (Sercquiais: Sèr or Cerq, French: Sercq) is an island in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, and part of the archipelago of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a self-governing British Crown Dependency, with its own set of laws based on Norman law, and its own parliament. It was a royal fiefdom until 2008, when the Constitution of Sark went into effect.
Sark has a population of about 500. Including the nearby island of Brecqhou, it has an area of 2.10 square miles (5.44 km2). Little Sark is a peninsula joined by a natural but high and very narrow isthmus to the rest of Sark Island.
Sark is one of the few places in the world where cars are banned from roads, and only tractors, bicycles, and horse-drawn vehicles are allowed. In 2011, Sark was designated as a Dark Sky Community and the first Dark Sky Island in the world.
