2622. 🇬🇧 New definitives, Operation Tabarin And Sledge Dogs from British Antarctic Territory.

New issues -

🇬🇧 Postal service of British Antarctic Territory -

10 December 2024 - Definitives, Local seals and whales - 12stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

15-20 December (date to be confirmed) - 80th anniversary of Operation Tabarin - 6 stamps. Designed by Bee Design from photographs of the British Antarctic Survey and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

15-20 December 2024 - Sledge dogs - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design from photographs of the British Antarctic Survey and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- ******.

Production of all of the above issues was coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle Of Man Stamps and Coins for information about the above issues.

2606. 🇬🇧🇫🇰🇬🇸 South Atlantic Endurance Issues At Last.

 

New Issues -

British South Atlantic and Antarctic Territories -

5 November 2024 - Joint issue to commemorate the discovery of the wreck Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance. Designed by Abé Design using photographs taken by Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust and National Geographic and Scott Polar Research Institute, Lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Production coordinated by Creative Direction. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇧 Postal service of British Antarctic Territory - 2 staamos and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp.

🇫🇰 Postal service of the Falkland Islands - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single.

🇬🇸 Postal service of South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp.

  Thanks to Isle of Man stamps and Coins for information about these issues.

  Information about these issues was delayed until the day of issue at the request of the copyright holders of the images featured in the designs.

2439. 🇬🇧 As Storms Hit Britain Royal Mail Celebrates Weather Forecasting.

 

New issues 

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

1 February 2024 - Weather Forecasting, 170th anniversary of the Met Office (Meteorological Office) -  8 stamps (4 se-tenant pairs - 2 x 2nd, 2 x 1st, 2 x £2 and 2 x £2.20). Designed by Hat-trick design and lithographed by Cartor. Perforated  14.5 x 14. Rating:- *****.

  This is an excellent set and as well as the basic anniversary, even if it is not, perhaps, the most significant (170th) it also includes commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first appearance by a woman presenter of the weather forecast on British television; a tie-in with the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D Day landings; a commemoration of the British Terra Nova Expedition in Antarctica and a stamp featuring a Space theme (which is unusual on British stamps if one excludes science fiction stamps relating to space).

2351. 🇬🇧 🇫🇰 🇬🇧🇧🇸🇬🇸🇸🇭 Coronation Celebration Issues From Bahamas, Antarctica And The South Atlantic.

 

New issues.

🇬🇧 Postal service of British Antarctic Territory -

21 August 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

🇫🇰 Postal service of Falkland Islands -

21 August 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇧 Postal service of Ascension Island -

7 September 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇸 Bahamas Post Office -

7 September 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇸 Postal service of South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands - 

7 September 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****. 

🇸🇭 Postal service of Tristan Da Cunha -

7 September 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

Production co-ordination of the above issues was by Creative Direction. Thanks to Juliet Warner of Pobjoy Stamps for information about these issues.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -

5 August 2023 - 74th anniversary of the birth of ‘Great Freedom Fighter Martyr’ Captain Sheikh Kamal - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing 3 circular stamps. Designed by Bani Adam (stamp) and Sanjiv Kanti Das (miniature sheet). Lithographed by Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh), Gazipur. Perforated 12.5. Rating:- ***.