Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
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Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
1d ago
New issues.
?? New Zealand Post.
1 May 2024 - ‘Split Enz’, veteran music popular group, 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- *.
?? Royal Gibraltar Post Office.
16April 2024 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Dragon, Post and Go machine-dispensed stamps - 1 design in various values. Designed by Stephen Perera from illustration by cBajena and Sieuwhong @ istockphotos.com and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- *
?? MaltaPost.
19 April 2024 - Inaugural flight of KM ..read more
Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
3d ago
New issues.
?? Postal service of Ascension Island.
29 April 2024 - Insects of Ascension - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****. Thanks to Maxine Cannon of Isle of Man Post Office for information about this issue.
?? Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC), United States-based producers and purveyor of philatelic items with contracts with some Commonwealth philatelic postal services to produce such products in their name -
?? Products inscribed The Gambia -
The items previously listed in Blog 2483 can now be il ..read more
Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
3d ago
New issues.
?? Postal service of Tristan Da Cunha -
18 April 2024 - Garden flowers in Tristan Da Cunha - 4 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.
?? Canada Post -
15 April 2024 - Endangered Canadian species of frog - 2 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 (2 of each stamp) & 1 gummed miniature sheet containing 1 of each stamp. Designed by Jocelyle Saulnier of Joce Creative from illustrations by Emily S Damastra and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating ..read more
Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
6d ago
New issues.
?? Jersey Post -
28 May 2024 - Definitive series, Jersey Arms with cameo of King Charles III and £5 value depicting King Charles III - 11 stamps. Further details awaited. Rating:- ****.
?? Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC) (USA-based producer and purveyor of philatelic products under contract from a number of Commonwealth postal services). All the following are rated ‘0’-
?? Products inscribed The Gambia -
Stated date of issue - 10 July 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III, Head of The Commonwealth - 2 miniature sheets.
Stated date of issue - 17 Decembe ..read more
Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
6d ago
New issues.
?? Singapore Post -
26 April 2024 - Criticality endangered flora of Singapore, flora of the lowland dipterocarp forests - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.
?? An Post (postal service of the Republic of Ireland) -
11 April 2024 - Centenary of the establishment of constitutional bodies in the Irish Free State - 2 self-adhesive stamps. Designed by Ger Garland and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:-***.
?? Myanmar Post -
10 April 2024 - Butterflies endemic to Myanmar, third issue - the Common yellow swallowtail - 1 stamp. Designed by Ahmonoo from an illustration by ..read more
Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
1w ago
New issues.
?? Postal service of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus -
2 April 2024 - Anniversaries, TL3.50 - Centenary of Inner Wheel (an international women’s voluntary movement) and TL5.50 - 60th anniversary of the Turkish Maarif College. Designed by GK Sönmezer and printed by Devlet Basimevi. Rating:- ***.
?? Guernsey Post
Issue inscribed ‘Alderney’ -
30 April 2024 - Tercentenary of the Casquets Lighthouse - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****
Issue inscribed ‘Guernsey’ -
14 May 2024 - ‘Clematis Gold - Diana’s Delight’ - 1 miniature sheet containing ..read more
Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
1w ago
New Issues.
?? Royal Mail -
16 April 2024 - Centenary of the issue of the first British commemorative stamps - 10 stamps (2 horizontal strips each of 5 different se-tenant stamps) (cost £13.50)) and 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing the 10 different self-adhesive stamps with attached labels sold for £14.70). Total cost of these items - £28.20p). Designed by Hat-trick Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:-   ..read more
Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
1w ago
New issues.
?? Kuwait Post -
24 February 2024 - 33rd anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation by Coalition forces; Kuwaiti martyrs in the struggle against the Iraqi occupiers - 100 stamps issued in 5 sheets each of 20 different stamps depicting victims of the Iraqis. Lithographed. Rating:- ****. The Iraqis killed about 1000 Kuwaitis during their occupation of the country. Some of the victims have been featured in previous issues marking the anniversary.
?? Mauritius Post -
8 April 2024 - 75th anniversary of the World Health Organisation - 1 stamp. Lithograp ..read more
Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
2w ago
New issues.
?? Royal Gibraltar Post Office -
25 April 2024 - EUROPA Underwater fauna and flora - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera from illustrations by Jonathan Pointer and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- ***.
?? Cyprus Post -
3 April 2024 - €1 surcharge on €0.43 Centenary of Scouting in Cyprus stamp of 2013 - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.
Official commemorative covers -
?? Canada Post -
2 April 2024 - The subject of official covers is not a subject I report too frequently in this Blog but I am interested to see that Canad ..read more
Commonwealth Stamps Opinion
2w ago
?? Guernsey Post -
14 May 2024 - EUROPA, Underwater fauna and flora - 6 stamps. Designed by Chloe Sarre from illustrations by Wendy Bramall and lithograph printed. Rating:- ***.
?? Bermuda Post Office -
4 April 2024 - Fruits (these seem to be the low value stamps in a new definitive series with the royal cypher of King Charles III, being issued piecemeal). Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.
?? Hong Kong Post -
9 May 2024 - Intangible cultural heritage, Chung Chao Jiao Festival - 4 stamps, 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp and a ‘mini-pane’ contai ..read more