2422. 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands Commemorates The Coronation.

 

New issues.

🇻🇬 BVI Post (postal service of the British Virgin Islands -

19 December 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and printed in lithography. Further details awaited. Rating:- ****

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

8 December 2023 - Joint issue with Egypt, 66th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Egypt - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

This is the Egyptian stamp - 

10 December 2023 - Commemoration of the late Professor Stanly Wijesundara - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

13 December 2023 - 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the University of Moratuwa - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

19 December 2023 - ‘Hong Kong Past and Present’, Hong Kong Post Headquarters - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Chau So-hing and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- ***.

2230. 🇧🇸 Bahamas Commemorates Majority Rule In Bahamas Parliament.

 

New issues -

🇧🇸 Bahamas postal service - 

10 January 2023 - 56th anniversary of the achievement of Majority Rule in the Bahamas Parliament - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Production coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Angela Warner of Pobjoy Stamps for information about this issue. Rating:- ****.

🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands postal service - 

10 January 2023 - 20th anniversary of British Virgin Islands office in London - 1 stamp. Pobjoy Stamps has confirmed the date of issue of this stamp. See Blog 2213.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

2022 - New Rs68 definitive, Allama Iqbal (Sir Muhammad Iqbal, poet, writer, politician) -1 stamp. Lithographed by National Security Printing Company, Karachi. Rating:- ***.

2023 Stamp Programmes.

🇮🇪 An Post (postal service of the Republic Of Ireland)

5 January - 50th anniversary of The Irish Republic’s membership of the European Union - 1 stamp

23 February - ‘Stamp for Ireland’, the Book of Kells - 2 stamps

2 March - Women in public life - 4 stamps 

23 March - Irish country music - 5 stamps

6 April - Sean O’Casey’s three Dublin plays - 3 stamps 

27 April - Birth centenary of President Hillery - 1 stamp 

4 May -  ‘Junk Kouture’ - 4 stamps 

9 May - EUROPA, ‘Peace, the highest value of humanity’ - 2 stamps

10 August - Bicentenary of the founding of the Royal Hibernian Society - 2 stamps 

7 September - Centenary of the admission of the Irish Free State to the League of Nations - 1 stamp

21 September - Cancer awareness and research - 2 stamps

19 October - 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sydney Opera House - 1 stamp 

2 November - Christmas - 5 stamps (to be confirmed)

23 November - Centenary of the death of James Gandon - 2 stamps 

Date to be advised - “10th definitive series”, Art on stamps (part 2) - 12 stamps.

1901. 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands Commemorates Olympic Games.

 

🇻🇬 The postal service of the British Virgin Islands will issue a set of 4 stamps on 22 July 2021 to commemorate The British Virgin Islands participation in the Olympic Games. The set was designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and the stamps are perforated 13.5. Thanks to Juliet Warner for information about this issue. Rating:- ****.

🇬🇧 As mentioned in earlier Blogs on 1 July 2021 Royal Mail issued a set of 6 stamps commemorating the 70th anniversary of Dennis and Gnasher (comic characters) plus 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps, a counter booklet containing 6 stamps - 4 x 1st Class  Machin Head definitives and 2 stamps from the miniature sheet, and a ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 10 stamps (5 each of the Dennis and Gnasher stamps from the miniature sheet) with attached labels. The issue was designed by The Chase and lithographed by International Security Printers and the stamps are perforated 14. Rating:- *.

1839. 🇸🇭🇧🇸🇬🇧🇻🇬🇫🇰🇬🇸🇸🇭 Devoted To Your Service Omnibus Due 21 April.

🇸🇭🇧🇸🇬🇧🇻🇬🇫🇰🇬🇸🇸🇭  Pobjoy Stamps has sent out details of an omnibus issue to be released by the 7 postal services for which it and Creative Direction, produce, distribute and publicise new issues, to commemorate the 95th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. The omnibus was designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and the stamps are perforated 13.5. As can be seen the designs are similar to those already announced or issued by the postal services of Isle of Man and Gibraltar to commemorate this memorable birthday and are on the the theme of Devoted to your Service. Each issue is made up of 6 stamps and there is an additional very charming single-stamp miniature sheet from The British Virgin Islands. It is planned that all issues will be released on the actual date of The Queen’s birthday - 21 April 2021. There will also be similar issues from Guernsey Post and Jersey Post. Perhaps we are over-familiar with some of the photographs used in the designs but it’s lovely to have a good old-fashioned omnibus issue beautifully produced:- *****.

Thanks to Juliet Warner of Pobjoy Stamps for information about these issues.

Ascension Island:- 

Bahamas - 

British Antarctic Territory - 

British Virgin Islands - 

Falkland Islands -

South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands -

Tristan Da Cunha - 

Royal Mail’s latest Philatelic Bulletin reveals that the next 2 issues from the company will be:-

16 March 2021 - ‘The Legend of King Arthur’ - 5x 1st Class rate stamps and 5 x £1.70p stamps. Total cost - £12.75p.

16 April 2021 - ‘Classic science fiction’ - 2 x 1st Class rate, 2 x £1.70p and 2 x £2.55 stamps. Total cost - £10.20p.

  While there is much about the United Kingdom that deserves to be featured on its national stamps but has never been honoured in that way, sets on both of these subjects have been released in the past. Bizarre. Those who plan the new issue programme obviously have a very limited world view and even more limited view and knowledge of the country.

Isn’t it all just completely dull now? and, one asks oneself, can I be bothered? I’m afraid the answers are a) yes and b) no.

  I see that the Bulletin also announces the withdrawal of the Treaty of Arbroath miniature sheet just before the holding of the elections to the Scottish Parliament. I guess that the withdrawal was probably due anyway but the withdrawal is timely since the elections will be all about having a second referendum (neverendum) on Scottish independence and so I assume that Royal Mail would have found it awkward  having on sale during the election campaign a philatelic item which commemorates a document which embraces Scottish independence. One wonders whether or not the Scottish Nationalists will notice that Royal Mail will still be selling the recently issued miniature sheet which celebrates the very existence of the entity called The United Kingdom.