2445. 🇯🇪 Jersey Commemorates RNLI Bicentenary.

New issues.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

4 March 2024 - Bicentenary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution - 6 stamps and 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 panes and sold for £27.93p. Designed by RNLI Creative and lithographed by Brebner Print. Rating:- ****.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

3 February 2024 - 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Belarus - 1 stamp. Designed by Mughiz Khan and lithographed by National Security Printing Company, Karachi and perforated 13. Rating:- *.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

2 February 2024 - Waterfalls of Sri Lanka (see Blog 2443) - 10 stamps and 1 miniature sheet in the form of a sheetlet containing all 10 stamps. The sheetlet was not reported in previous Blog but is now illustrated below. Rating:- ****.

Death of the President of Namibia.

The President of Namibia, Hage Geingob, died in office at the age of 82 on 4 February 2024. He was succeeded by the Vice President, Nangola Mbumba, who will remain in office until November 2024 when general elections will be held. It seems likely that Nam Post will release stamps to commemorate the life of President Geingob.

President Geingob

President Mbumbs

2443. 🇱🇰🇸🇬 Sri Lanka Waterfalls And Singapore Otters.

 

New issues.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

2 February 2024 - Waterfalls of Sri Lanka - 10 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇸🇬Singapore Post -

22 March 2024 - Machine-vended stamp, Otters - 1 self-adhesive stamp. Delightful. Rating:- *****. 

New issue programmes for 2024.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

5 January - Chinese New Year, Year of the Dragon - see Blog 2390

April - Critically endangered species of flowers, Flora of lowland dipterocarp forests

June - Centenary of the Causeway

July - Olympic Games, Paris

August - National Day 

September - Jurong Lake Gardens 

October - Childhood hobbies 

November - The Peranakan Museum 

2274. 🇧🇼 Important Bird Areas Of Botswana.

 

New issues -

🇧🇼 Botswana Post -

23 March 2023 - Important bird areas of Botswana - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Shatgani Basupi from art by Keitshupile Tshiba and lithographed by Southern Colour Print. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office - 

12 April 2023 - Manx waterfalls - 6 stamps. Designed by Tracey Dean and lithographed by bpost and perforated 11.5. Another reasonably attractive but wholly unnecessary issue released against a background of ridiculously excessive stamp issuing. Programme - *.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

4 May 2023 - ‘24 Solar Terms - Summer’ - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

2077. 🇸🇭🇲🇾 Tristan’s Role In Falkland’s Liberation; Malaysia’s Waterfalls (And A Frog). 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

 

New issues.

🇸🇭 Tristan Da Cunha postal service - 

16 May 2022 - 40th anniversary of the liberation of The Falkland Islands from Argentinian occupation - 3 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Production coordinated by Creative Direction. Rating:- *****.

  Thanks to Juliet Warner of Pobjoy Stamps for information about this issue.

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

12 May 2022 - Waterfalls of Malaysia - 3 stamps. Designs depict Lata Kinjang waterfall in Perak, Tawai waterfall in Sabah and Kubah waterfall in Sarawak. Rating:-*****.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post - 

10 May 2022 - 150th anniversary of the FA Cup - 8 stamps and 3 miniature sheets. Previously featured in Blogs 2064 and 2069 but the third miniature sheet has not been illustrated here previously but is now featured below. A five pane Prestige booklet costing £24.72p was also issued.

1955. 🇬🇬 Guernsey Post Christmas Issues Revealed.

 

  🇬🇬 Guernsey Post has 3 new issues lined up for release in the coming weeks. On 3 November 2021 a set of 7 Christmas stamps inscribed Guernsey will be issued on the subject of the story of the nativity. The stylised art is by Frances Lemmon, a local artist, and the self-adhesive stamps were lithographed by bpost. Rating:- ***.

  On 11 November 2021 Guernsey Post will also release the final part of its set of 4 stamp issue, released piecemeal throughout the year, to commemorate the Centenary of the Royal British Legion. The fourth stamp is accompanied by a miniature sheet containing all four stamps in the set so that the composite design  has a poppy wreath at the centre of the block of 4 stamps. A worthy issue. Rating:- ****.

  There will also be second Christmas issue but this time inscribed ‘Alderney’ also to be released on 3 November 2021. Also on a religious theme the design features quotations from the New Testament relating to the events of Christmas, set against a background suggestive of stained glass. I am never keen on stamps which use texts rather than illustrations as a basis for design - a picture speaks a thousand words - and why Guernsey Post yet again needs to issue 14 stamps to commemorate Christmas is a mystery deeper than the mystery of Christmas itself. The designs were by Joe Smith and the stamps were lithographed by Southern Colour Print and are perforated 14.5. Rating:- **.

  🇹🇹 It appears that TTPost, the postal service of Trinidad And Tobago, has issued a set of 12 stamps on the subject of Scenic Views around this beautiful Caribbean country. I have no details including the date of issue and the only (blurred) illustration available at present is of what looks like a presentation pack containing all 12 stamps. Very attractive. Rating:- ****.