Jersey Post is issuing a stamp that glows in the dark.

It's part of a Europe-wide stamp issue celebrating popular children's story books.

Edward Lears Dong with the Luminous Nose features on the 80p stamp.

As well as Lears character, Jersey Post chose the Pushmi-Pullyu from Dr Doolittle by Hugo Lofting, Rudyard Kiplings How the Elephant Got its Trunk and the Mad Hatters Tea Party, from Lewis Carrolls Alices Adventures in Wonderland to complete the issue.

The First Day Cover depicts Lear’s Owl and the Pussycat and the Presentation Pack features a very colourful scene of an open book with many well-known characters from favourite children’s stories bursting out from every page.

The other set of five stamps being issued is Jersey Maps.

The stamps were inspired by maps from 1685 to the satellite plotted modern-day map and were painted by stamp artist, Andrew Robinson. Mr Robinson is based in England and has been working with Jersey Post since 2005.