2646. 🇬🇬 Guernsey To Commemorate Pioneer Clockmaker.

 

New Issues -

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

19 February 2025 - 250th anniversary of the birth of Nicolas Blondel, Guernsey clockmaker. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇵🇬 Post PNG (postal service of Papua New Guinea) -

The internet site of Post PNG has been updated and it now seems more clear which issues were actually released in Papua New Guinea in 2023 and 2024 -

2023 -

28 July Traditional canoe splashboards - 5 stamps and 2 miniature sheets (see Blog 2633).

28 July - Traditional was shields - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets (see Blog 2633).

July - Kundu and garamuts - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets. (See Blog 2616).

August - Meri blouse - Stamps and 2 miniature sheets. Further details awaited.

18 August - Ferns in Papua New Guinea - Stamps and 2 miniature sheets. Further details awaited.

2 October - Nadzab Tamadachi International Airport - 4 stamps and 3 miniature sheets (see Blog 2522).

22 November - Laulau fruit trees in Papua New Guinea - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets (see Blog 2616).

2024 -

3 June - Rock lobsters in Papua New Guinea - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’. Further details awaited.

7 June - Traditional grass skirts - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’. Further details awaited.

14 June - 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’. Further details awaited.

14 June - Birds of the forest floor - Stamps and 2 miniature sheets. Further details awaited.

28 June - Saltwater fish, the Marlin - Stamps and 2 miniature sheets. Further details awaited.

17 July - State visit of Pope Francis - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and1 ‘souvenir sheet’. Further details awaited.

19 July - Coastal lighthouses - Stamps and 2 miniature sheets. Further details awaited.

2025 - No details of 2025 programme yet announced.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

20 February 2025 - Public architecture in Hong Kong, second issue - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by Paul Lam and lithographed. Rating:- **.