Friday 10 June 2016

774. Mauritius Depicts Aquatic Life On New Set.


  Mauritius Post issued a set of 4 stamps on 6 June 2016 on the subject of Freshwater Fauna of Mauritius. It is 6 months since the island's postal service last issued a stamp - on 7 December 2015 it released a single stamp to commemorate the Bicentenary of the National Archives. Only 4 new stamps plus 1 reprinted  Rs7 definitive were issued by Mauritius during 2015. Rating:- ****.


  Philatelic Collector Inc., the US-based "Boutique Philatelic Agency", as it likes to be known, has released details of its latest philatelic products on behalf of its 3 client postal administrations - those of Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga. The agency seems to have quietened down a little on its new issue release recently and it's hard to moan too much about what is in the latest batch of products.

Cook Islands - 10 May 2016 - 90th Birthday of Elizabeth II, Queen of The Cook Islands - 1 miniature sheet of 2 different stamps. Rating:- ***.


  - 27 May 2016 - Marine Life - the Marae Moana marine park in The Cook Islands - 12 stamps. Designed by Alison Bjertnes and printed in lithography. Rating:- **.



Issues inscribed "Aitutaki Cook Islands" - 10 May 2016 - 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II - 1 miniature sheet of 2 different stamps. Designed by Alison Bjertnes and lithographed. Rating:- ***.


  - 27 May 2016 - Marine life - 9 stamps. Designed by Alison Bjertnes and lithographed. Rating:- **.




Issues inscribed "Penrhyn Cook Islands" - 10 May 2016 - 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II - 1 miniature sheet of 2 different stamps. Designed by Alidon Bjertner and lithographed. Rating:- ***.


  - 27 May 2016 - Marine life -11 stamps. Designed by Alison Bjertner and lithographed. Rating:- **.



Samoa - 28 April 2016 - 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II - 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Alison Bjertnes and lithograph printed. Rating:- ***.


Tonga - 3 May 2016 - 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II - 1 miniature sheet of 2 different stamps. Designed by Alison Bjertnes and printed in lithography. Rating:- ***.


  - 25 April 2016 - Quatercentenary of the arrival of the Dutch in Tonga - 1 miniature sheet of 4 different stamps. The designs which depict the explorers Schouten and Le Maire are by Derek Miller. Lithograph printed. Rating:- ****,


  - 14 March 2016 - Worldwide Fund For Nature - the Banded iguana - 4 stamps with white frames and 1 sheetlet of 16 (no frames) which provides 4 blocks each containing one each of the different stamps. Designed by Melissa Cato and printed in lithography. Rating:- ****.






Issues inscribed "Niuafo'ou" - 3 May 2016 - 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II - 1 sheetlet of 2 different stamps. Designed by Alison Bjertnes and printed in lithography. Rating:- **


  - 25 April 2016 - Quatercentenary of the Dutch explorers in Tonga - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Designed by Derek Miller and printed in lithography. Rating:- ****.


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