2149. 🇬🇧 The New King.

 

  On the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, during the course of the afternoon of Thursday 8 September 2022, Charles Prince of Wales automatically succeeded to the throne of the United Kingdom and fourteen other realms taking the name Charles III. Hence the Elizabethan age of postage stamps gave way to the Carolean era and any stamps issued by or on the behalf of, Commonwealth postal services from that date could be located to a whole new section in the stamp catalogues leaving, after 70 years, the Elizabethan period behind them.

  The forerunner stamps depicting the Prince of Wales issued prior to King Charles’ succession are touched on in Blog 489 (30 October 2014) - Commonwealthstampsopinion.blogspot.com/2014/10/489-king-charles-iii.html  - though some water has flowed under the bridge since then.

King Charles spoke to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and Commonwealth after returning to London from Balmoral in Scotland where HM Queen Elizabeth had passed away. He confirmed that his wife - Camilla Duchess of Cornwall - would henceforth be known as the Queen Consort and that his eldest son, William Duke Of Cambridge, would now take the title Prince Of Wales.

Meanwhile Royal Mail published a Q&A item on its internet site dealing with its intended actions on currently announced new stamp issues and stamps depicting King Charles III:-

The New York based philatelic agency, IGPC, which is contracted to produce stamps for several Commonwealth postal authorities highlighted The Queen’s death on its internet site:-

  Let us hope that any items it produces to commemorate the late Queen are tasteful, dignified and not exploitative.

  Pos Malaysia made reference to The Queen’s passing on its Facebook page:-

And here is Jersey Post’s first reaction to The Queen’s death:-

  And so the reign of King Charles III begins. God save The King!

1907. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail At The Seaside.

  🇬🇧 Now displayed on the Royal Mail Stamps and Collectables internet site are the various items due to be issued on 22 July 2021 under the title ‘Wild coasts’, a very agreeable set of 10 stamps, 1 miniature sheet, 1 ‘Collector’s sheet’ and I counter booklet of 2 self-adhesive stamps plus 4 Machin Head definitive stamps all depicting British marine wildlife. I have previously shown illustrations of the stamps here but now include the better quality illustrations in this Blog. The 10 stamps were designed by Steers McGiven Eves and the miniature sheet was designed by Royal Mail Group Ltd from illustrations by Maïti Franchi and were lithographed by International Security Printers. The stamps are perforated 14.5 and those in the miniature sheet are perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- ***.

Upcoming new issues from Guernsey Post are:-

Issues inscribed ‘Alderney’ - 1 September 2021 - ‘Celebrating the Life of Prince Philip’ - 4 stamp                                                1 September 2021 - Frances Burnett Hodgson and The Secret Garden - 6 stamps (see Blog1906)

 Issues inscribed ‘Guernsey’  -   1 September 2021 - Sepac - Old maps of Guernsey - 6 stamps.

                                                     1 September  2021 - Centenary of The Royal British Legion, part 3 - 1 stamp.

                                                

  

1502. 🇺🇸 Latest IGPC Issues Feature Wildlife, The Moon And Archie.

🇺🇸 The US-based philatelic agency, IGPC, has detailed its most recent and upcoming new issues with the names of some of its client countries printed on them. The prevailing fashion for subjects featured on these philatelic items continues to be local wildlife and British royalty.

🇬🇲 The Gambia

7 August 2019 - Beaches Of The Gambia - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Rating:- *.

7 August 2019 - Hippopotami - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Rating:- *

🇬🇩 Grenada 

30 August 2019 - 50th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 3 different stamps which reproduce the stamps issued by Grenada in 1969 to commemorate the moon landing and the other containing a single stamp. Rating:- 0.

3 September 2019 - The Nine-banded armadillo - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 3 different stamps and the other containing a single stamp. Rating:- *.

8 September 2019 - The Roseate spoonbill - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 4 different stamps and the other containing 2 different stamps. Rating:- *.

🇬🇾 Guyana 

21 August 2019 - Birth of Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (7th in line to the British throne) - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps.

🇲🇸 Montserrat

 15 August 2019 - Birth of Archie Mountbatten-Windsor 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 4 different stamps and the other containing a single stamp. This is the first stamp issue of the year from Montserrat. Rating:- 0.

🇹🇻 Tuvalu.

9 September 2019 - Birth Bicentenary of Queen Victoria - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Rating:- 0.

9 September 2019 - Orange skunk clown fish - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- *.

9 September 2019 - Surgeonfish- 1 miniature sheet containing 6 different stamps. Rating:- *.

18 September 2019 - Seabirds - 2 miniature sheets, one made up of 4 different stamps and the other containing a single stamp. Rating:- *.

🇯🇪 The Post and Go stamps to be issued by Jersey Post in connection with Autumn Stampex 2019 Philatelic exhibition which I mentioned previously in Blog 1479 (6 x Primates stamps with additional ‘Autumn/Stampex 2019’ inscription and ‘Jersey Flag’ with ‘Jersey Post/Celebrates 50 Yrs’ additional inscriptions) are now illustrated below:-