Pigeon post. Herm Island. A small envelope bearing special 1/- stamp cancelled with a crisp CDS for 4th Nov 1950. Mail dispatched from Herm Island in the English channel, first much reach an adjacent island 'Albert's Pier' where the PO is located.

Pigeon post. Herm Island. A small envelope bearing special 1/- stamp cancelled with a crisp CDS for 4th Nov 1950. Mail dispatched from Herm Island in the English channel, first much reach an adjacent island 'Albert's Pier' where the PO is located. Pigeon messages are written on special flimsy forms which are then tied to the leg of the bird and flown to the PO/. The 1/- stamp was printed by Waterloo and sons of London. Most unusual.