Commonwealth Stamps Opinion: 265. Commonwealth New Issues.

Sunday, 30 June 2013

265. Commonwealth New Issues.

Following on from Blog 264, another long list of Commonwealth new issues which originate from a large philatelic agency situated in New York. I do not yet know the dates of issue for these various items:-

Antigua And Barbuda:-

60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Antigua And Barbuda - sheetlet of 6 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet.

The Gambia:-

Flowers of Africa - 2 sheetlets of 4 different stamps and 1 m.s.

History of art - 2 sheetlets each of 3 different stamps and 1 m.s.

Pope Benedict XVI - 2 sheetlets each of 4 different stamps and 2 m.s.

Aircraft carriers of foreign navies - sheetlet of 4 stamps and 1 m.s.

Bees of Africa - sheetlet of 4 different stamps and 1 m.s.

75th anniversary of Howard Hughes' first round the world flight - 2 sheetlets each of 4 different stamps and 2 m.s.

Anniversaries of space-related events - 2 sheetlets each of 4 different stamps

60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Head of The Commonwealth - 2 sheetlets each of 4 different stamps and 2 m.s.:-

Grenada:-

Pope Benedict XVI - 1 sheetlet of 4 stamps and 1 m.s.

Election of Pope Francis - 1 sheetlet of 4 stamps:-

It is worth noting that 53% of the population of Grenada are said to be Roman Catholics so philatelic commemorations of both the outgoing Pope and the election of his successor could be considered quite appropriate for Grenada unlike the above mentioned issue from The Gambia which commemorates Pope Benedict since 90% of the population of that country are Sunni Moslems and only 9% are Christians although the large proportion of that population is Catholic.

History of art - 3 sheetlets each of 3 different stamps

Ancient Rome - Sheetlet of 6 different stamps and I m.s.

Grenada Grenadines:-

Election of Pope Francis - 1 m.s.:-