New issues -
🇯🇪 Jersey Post -
28 June 2023 - Commemoration of the late Queen Elizabeth II, Royal visits to Jersey - 6 stamps. Lithographed with spot silver ink by bpost. Rating:- ****.
8 June 2023 - Warhammer (range of toy soldiers) - 6 stamps issued in vertically se-tenant pairs, 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps plus a limited edition (5000 in total) ‘Warhammer Fan sheet 40000’ containing 3 identical stamps and sold for £7.50 and a ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 10 different stamps with attached labels sold for £18.30p. Designed by Common Curiosity and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5. Rating:- 0.
New issues -
🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -
28 May 2023 - 50th anniversary of the award of the Joliot-Curie Peace medal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - 1 stamp. Rating:- **.
🇮🇳 India Post -
29 May 2023 - Inauguration of the new Indian Parliament building - 1 stamp. Rating:- **.
New issue programmes - 2023
🇵🇬 PNG Post (postal service of Papua New Guinea -
July 2023 - Traditional canoe splashboards
July 2023 - Traditional war shields
July 2023 - Lau Lau fruit trees in Papua New Guinea
July 2023 - Papua New Guide-made products - chocolate
July 2023 - Birds of the Forest floor
July 2023 - Kundu and garamuts
August 2023 - Traditional grass skirts
August 2023 - Papua New Guinea faces - Highlands and Momase
August 2023 - Meri Blouse
Commonwealth countries and territories whose postal services are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps so far in 2023 -
Anguilla
Belize
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Cameroon
Dominica
eSwatini
Gabon
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Maldives
Montserrat
Nauru
Nevis
Nigeria
Niue
Penrhyn Cook Islands
Rwanda
St Helena
St Kitts
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Seychelles
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Tokelau
Trinidad And Tobago
Turks And Caicos Islands
Uganda
United Republic Of Tanzania
Vanuatu
Zambia
By the end of May therefore, 35 out of 88 (39.8%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities had not yet issued, or were not known to have issued, or were not known to have had issued on their behalf, any new legitimate postage stamps during 2023. This compares with 47.1% at the end of May 2022.
🇬🇧 Royal Mail -
8 June 2023 - Warhammer - 6 stamps (3 vertically se-tenant pairs) and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Details awaited. While depiction of this issue remains embargoed by Royal Mail to philatelic dealers and philatelic media, a source in the media surrounding gaming has published some photographs on the internet of the new stamps in the presentation pack. The illustrations are therefore poor quality but give an idea to the ordinary collector of what they will be like when they are released. Each design seems to feature a diorama of miniature figures - elves and other fantasy creatures all about to do battle with each other.
At a time of important international events and notable national anniversaries which should be noted on the United Kingdom’s national postage stamps but are not, the subject of this issue seems bizarrely trite and immature and, ultimately, laughable and silly. What depths Royal Mail stamps have sunk to. Little wonder that British stamp collectors are giving up buying Royal Mail new issues. Better quality illustrations will be featured in a future edition of this Blog when available.
🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -
Tweets reporting Post and Go issues with one day added inscriptions commemorating visiting cruise ships.
27 May 2023 - Visit of the Renaissance -
New issues.
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Hong Kong Post -
25July 2023 - ‘Intangible cultural heritage’ - Hong Kong-style milk tea making technique - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheet, each containing a single stamp. Designed by Lai Wai-ying. Rating:- **.
