2088. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail’s Appealing Cats.

 

New issues.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

9 June 2022 - Domestic cats - 8 stamps. Further details and better quality illustrations to follow. Attractive designs. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇪 An Post (Republic of Ireland postal service) -

26 May 2022 - Colāisti Samhraidh (summer college) - 2 stamps, Designed by Detail and lithographed by Enschedé and perforated 13.5. Produced in sheets of 16 in se-tenant format. Rating:- ***.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -

24 May 2022 - 60th anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s bringing of the National Poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam, and his family to Bangladesh - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

22 June 2022 - ‘Seagull mischief’ - 4 stamps. 1 value - the £1.10 - is Guernsey Post’s  contribution to the 2022 SEPAC omnibus issue by obliquely referencing the 2022 theme (local drinks) by depicting a seagull sipping from a discarded drink can. Amusing designs by James Colmer and lithographed by Bpost. A wholly unnecessary issue. Rating:- *.

2087. 🇺🇸 IGPC Cashes In On Diana Memorial Issues. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

 

New issues.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

27 May 2022 - Art Deco architecture in Singapore - 6 stamps (previously reported in Blog 2084, now reported again with more details and better quality illustrations). Designed by Lim Wenbin and Leeyau Chun Chuan of Pinch Design and lithographed by Secura and perforated 13.

🇺🇸 Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation - All products are rated 0.

🇦🇬 Products inscribed ‘Antigua And Barbuda’ -

2022 - no stated dates of issue - 

Aircraft of World War 2 - 2 miniature sheets 

Commemoration of the late Diana Princess of Wales (25th death anniversary)  - 2 miniature sheets 

🇬🇲 Products inscribed ’The Gambia’ -

14 March 2022 - Commemoration of the late Diana Princess of Wales (25th death anniversary) - 2 miniature sheets.

14 March 2022 - Aircraft of World War 2 - 2 miniature sheets.

All products stated date of issue - 18 April 2022 -

125th anniversary of  the Spanish-American War - 2 miniature sheets 

Baboons - 2 miniature sheets 

Commemoration of Muhammad Ali (United States boxer) - 2 miniature sheets.

🇬🇩 Products inscribed’Grenada’

14 March 2022 - Commemoration of the late Diana Princess of Wales (25th death anniversary) - 2 miniature sheets.

14 March 2022 - Aircraft of World War 2 - 2 miniature sheets.

🇬🇩 Products inscribed ‘Grenada Carriacou And Petite Martinique’ -

18 April 2022 - West Indian manatee - 2 miniature sheets.

🇻🇨 Products inscribed ‘St Vincent And The Grenadines’ -

All products - stated date of issue - 30 May 2022 -

Aircraft of World War 2 - 2 miniature sheets 

Insects of the Caribbean - 2 miniature sheets

Commemoration of Muhammad Ali (United States boxer) - 2 miniature sheets 

Commemoration of the late Diana Princess of Wales (25th death anniversary) - 2 miniature sheets.

🇹🇻 Products inscribed’Tuvalu’ - 

4 April 2022 - Commemoration of the late Diana Princess of Wales (25th death anniversary) - 2 miniature sheets.

4 April 2022 - World War 2 aircraft - 2 miniature sheets.

🇰🇮 Kiribati postal service - 

12 October 2020 - 75th anniversary of the United Nations Organisation - 4 stamps. Designed by Derek Miller. Rating:- ***.  Regrettably I have overlooked this issue until now but I now record it here for completeness.

2086. 🇭🇰 Exquisite Porcelain Featured On Hong Kong Museum Set. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

 

New issues.

🇭🇰  Hong Kong Post (see also Blog 2085) - 

26 May 2022 - Hong Kong Palace Museum - 6 stamps and 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp and 1 ‘mini-pane’ containing 2 sets. Designed by Bon Kwan and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- *****.

22 September 2022 - Intangible cultural heritage, cheongsam making technique - 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp and 1 ‘mini-pane’. Further details awaited.  Rating:- ***.

15 November 2022 - Dinosaurs - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Further details and illustration awaited.

6 December 2022 - Miss 13 Dots Comics (local popular publication) - 6 stamps and 2 single stamp miniature sheets. Further details awaited. Rating:- **.

🇶🇦 Qatar Post 

19 May - 2022 - La’eeb, Official mascot of the FIFA 2022 Football World Cup championships to be held in Qatar - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps. Rating:- ***.

2085 🇧🇲 Bermuda Commemorates Historical Society. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

 

New issues.

🇧🇲 Bermuda Post Office -

19 May 2022 - Centenary of the St Georges Historical Society- 4 stamps. Designed by Bermuda Post Office and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating:- ****.

🇧🇼 Botswana Post - 

18 May 2022 - International Museums Day, the reinvigoration of Botswana’s national monuments and museums - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing the 2 stamps. Further details awaited. Rating:- ****.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

1 July 2022 - 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Jason Chum. Rating:- ****.

1 July 2022 - 25th anniversary of the stationing of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in Hong Kong - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Lee Ying-chi. I bet the freedom-loving people of Hong Kong believe that this is an anniversary really worth celebrating with a stamp issue. Rating:- **.

18 August 2022 - Fruit - 6 stamps, 1 miniature sheet and 1 ‘mini-pane’. Designed by Peter Ng-Seing-ho. Rating:- ***.

2084. 🇲🇺 New Mauritius Definitives Depict Extinct Birds. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

 

New issues.

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post  - 

20 May 2022 - Definitive issue, Species of extinct birds - 3 stamps. Designs depict Mauritius wood pigeon, Mauritius blue pigeon and Rodrigues parakeet. Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

18 April 2022 - 80th anniversary of the award of the George Cross to the island of Malta. 1 ‘map’ greetings stamp with attached label.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

27 May 2022 - Art Deco architecture in Singapore -  6 stamps. Further details awaited. When available better quality illustrations will be posted. Rating:- ***.

2083. 🇨🇦 Canada Post To Issue A Stamp For Ukraine. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

 

New issues.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

7 July 2022 - Help for Ukraine - 1 self-adhesive stamp from a booklet of 10 identical stamps. Design by Isabelle Toussaint Design graphique (first used on an issue of 2010) the new booklet being designed by Hélène Heureux. Lithographed by Lowe Martin. The price of each booklet includes a donation of $1 to the Canada UKRAINE Foundation. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

3 June 2022 (until 1 July 2022) - Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Post and Go stamps (Guernsey Flag stamp with additional inscription ‘The Queen’s/Platinum Jubilee’ - 1 stamp. To be dispensed from kiosk GG02.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

3 June 2022 (until 1 July 2022) - Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Post and Go stamps, Machin Head stamp with additional inscription’The Queen’s/Platinum Jubilee’. To be dispensed at multiple museum sites, kiosks A002, A003, A004, A006, A007, A009 and A010. There will also be an item released at Kiosk A001, The Postal Museum.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -

4 January 2022 - Golden Jubilee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

12 January 2022 - 50th anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s assumption of power as prime minister of Bangladesh - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

20 January 2022 - 50th anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s homecoming to Bangladesh - 1 stamp. Rating:- ****.

February 2022 - 70th anniversary of Amar Ekushey and 50th anniversary of the observing of the Ekushey February in Bangladesh - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

7 March 2022 - Historic 7 March Day, 2022 - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

26 March 2022 - Salimpur Wireless Station - the receiving and transmitting station of the declaration of Bangladesh’s independence by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 26 March 1971. Rating:- ***.

8 April 2022 - Bangladesh Scouts Day - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.