Sunday, 8 October 2017

1097. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong's 2018 New Issue Programme.



  🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post has outlined its new issue programme for 2018:-

  1 January - Definitives, new values. Designs of 2014 reused. Rating:- ***.



  27 January 2018 - Lunar new year Year of The Dog - 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet in paper, 1 silk miniature sheet and 2 "Heartwarming sheets" each containing 15 identical stamps with attached labels (the stamps in the 2 sheets are different from each other). Designed by Kan Tai-keung. Rating:- ***.





  27 January 2018 - Lunar new year animals, Rooster and Dog. 1 miniature sheet printed with silver foil and gold-plate. Designed by Kan Tai-keung. Rating:- ****.


  27 February 2018 - Festive customs - 6 stamps. Designed by Cheng Kar-wai. Rating:- ***.



  22 March 2018 - Hong Kong by night (2nd issue) - 4 stamps. Designed by Carl Cheng Chi-Ming. Rating:- ****.


 

  8 May 2018 - 150th anniversary of Hong Kong fire services - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Yuen Kam-shing. Rating:- *****.





  7 June 2018 - "Inclusive communication" - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Chan Ching-sui. Rating:- *.




  17 July 2018 - Children's issue, "Fun with numbers and symbols" Designed by Alex Tang. Not that much "fun" actually. Rating:- *.




  10 August 2018 - China World Heritage series part 7, Temple of Heaven, Beijing. 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Tony Ho. Rating:- ****.


  9 October 2018 - Chinese Opera repertory - 6 stamps. Designed by Arde Lam. Rating:- *****.




  9 November 2018 - Bicentenary of Ying Wa College - 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Freeman Lau. Rating:- ****.


  6 December 2018 - Characters in Jin Yong's novels - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Rating:- *****.





  🇮🇳 India Post issued a single stamp on 7 October 2017 to commemorate the country's Rapid Action Force. A sign of the times, I think. Rating:- ***.


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