Sunday 30 October 2016

854. South Georgia Commemorates BBC's Filming On Zavadovski Island And Tristan Commemorates Early Settler.


  The postal service of South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands will issue a set of 4 stamps on 28 November 2016 to mark the filming of some of the wildlife of Zavodovski Island by those producing the second series of the BBC's "Planet Earth". The stamps depict four superb photographs, all featuring penguins, which were extremely well-chosen by Creative Direction as usual. The stamps were designed by Bee Design from photographs by Elizabeth White and BBC Natural History Unit and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Yet another beautiful issue from the Creative Direction/Pobjoy Stamps stable. Rating:- ***** (of course).


  Creative Direction is also responsible for the production of yet more excellent stamps - a set of four from the Tristan Da Cunha postal service which commemorates the 180th anniversary of the arrival of Peter Green on the island and the wreck of the American schooner Emily of Stonnington on which he had been travelling. William Peter Green was born Pieter Willem Groen in Netherlands and he was ine of three men who decided to settle on Tristan after the shipwreck. He married Mary Jacobs in December 1836 and they had 8 children and eventually, in 1857, Peter became the Headman of the island's community. He held that position until 1902 when he died at the age of 93. 
  The stamps were designed by Andrew Robinson, the 35p featuring a painting of Katwijk in Netherlands, where Green was born, by Emil Neumann, and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. The issue will be released on 10 November 2016. Rating:- *****.



853. Hong Kong Commemorates Dr Sun Yat-sen and Hong Kong's 2017 New Issue Programme.


  Hong Kong Post will issue a set of 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet, 1 booklet containing 2 different miniature sheets and a pack containing a miniature sheet which contains all of the stamps issued by Hong Kong Post, China Post and Macao Post to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun Yat-sen on 12 November 2016. Sun Yat-sen, physician and revolutionary, was the first president and founding father of The Republic of China. The issue was designed by Michael Fung and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.










  Hong Kong Post's proposed new issue stamp programme for 2017 is as follows:- 

  7 January - Lunar new year, Year of The Rooster - 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet, 1 silk miniature sheet, 2 "Heart-warming" "mini panes" and 1 "gold and silver" miniature sheet depicting the lunar new year animals - the monkey and the rooster. The issue was designed by Kan Tai keung.






  16 February 2016 - World Heritage in China series no. 6 (Kiaping Diaolou and villages) - 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Lee Ying-chi.


  23 March 2016 - Calligraphy and paintings of Professor Jao Tsung-i - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Carl Cheng Chi-ming.





  24 March - Revitalisation of historic buildings in Hong Kong - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Eric Chan.




  16 May - "Outdoor fun" - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Simon Chung.




  13 June 2016 - Centenary of numbered typhoon symbols - 5 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Deigned by Yan Kallen.





  1July - 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

  18 July - Children's stamps - the Five senses - 5 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Peter Ng Seong-ho.





  17 August - Rare and precious plants in Hong Kong - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Bob Kwan.



  19 September - Hong Kong shopping streets - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Clement Yick.




  17 October - Qipao (women's traditional costumes) - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Tony Ho from illustrations by Yolanda YC Law and Mel Chan, students of the Dept. of Design Foundation Studies, Hong Kong Design Institute.





  14 November - Bamboo carvings in the Hong Kong Museums collection - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Shirman Lai.