1327. 🇬🇧 Miniature Sheet Celebrates Great British Stamp Issues.

  🇬🇧 The invaluable site - Norvic Philatelics Blog - has drawn attention to news of an early Royal Mail issue of 2019. In the September Newsletter of the Royal Philatelic Society of London (due to celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2019) was announced that Royal Mail will issue a miniature sheet on 15 January 2019 to commemorate this notable philatelic anniversary. As illustrated below, the announcement reveals that the sheet will include a stamp to represent each reign and the featured stamps will be the 1891 £1 green, the 1910 Tyrian plum 2d, the 1913 2/6d Seahorse, the 1936 Penny ha'penny, the 1940 Halffpenny Penny Black Centenary commemorative and the 1953 Tuppence Halfpenny Coronation commemorative. It sounds like it will be an excellent issue.

  🇮🇳 In Blogs 1235 and 1288 I covered the subject of My Post issues by India Post released during 2018 up to 7 July. Further issues are now listed below. They follow the usual pattern of being issued as 12 stamps with attached labels per sheet sold at a premium price.

11 July - 50th anniversary of Christ University, Bangalore.

1 August 2018 - Paper Day.

15 August 2018 - Kurunji, Kerala.

August 2018 - Victoria Memorial, Kolkata.

29 August 2018 - Commemoration of Lilavati Hospital, 2 sheets.

7 September 2018 - 70th anniversary of Ashok Leyland.

18 September 2018 - Karma Parab.

30 September 2018 - Dr MGR Centenary, Valedictory Function, Chennai.

October 2018 - Centenary of the National Institute of Nutrition in Hyderabad.

4 October 2018 - Rayat Shiksan Sanstha.

October 2018 - The Taj Connemara hotel, Chennai.

October 2018 - 20 Years of Hyundai motors in India.

1325. 🇺🇸 As Sure As Night Follows Day ....

  🇺🇸 As sure as night follows day, there are more philatelic products from the US-based purveyors of such items, IGPC. Some of them, as always, have the names of Commonwealth countries printed on them.

  🇦🇬 Antigua And Barbuda - 1 October 2018 - Bees (as depicted in Blog1303 but date of issue now reported).

  1 October 2018 - Magnificent frigate bird - date of issue now reported (see Blog 1303).

  🇬🇲 The Gambia - 10 October 2018 - Green monkey - date of issue now reported (see Blog 1303)

  3 October 2018 - Chinese New Year, Year of The Pig - date of issue now reported (see Blog 1303).

  3 October 2018 - Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - date of issue now reported (see Blog 1303).

  2018 - Zebras - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps.

  🇬🇩 Grenada - 3 August 2018 - Elvis Presley (US music performer) commemoration - 1 miniature sheet. See also Blog 1291.

  🇬🇾 Guyana - 19 October 2018 - 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Brazil (illustrated in Blog 1303 but date of issue now reported).

   20 November 2018 - Tanagers (birds) - 1 miniature sheet containing 6 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps. Rating:- 0.

  2018 - Leafcutter ants - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- *.

  🇲🇸 Montserrat - 16 October 2018 - St Patrick's Day - As depicted in Blog 1303 but date of issue now available. IGPC gives the date of issue as 29 October 2018 but the issue was not put on sale in Montserrat itself until the date given here.

   18 August 2018 - Hummingbirds and Montserrat oriole - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps.

  2018 - Last flight of the Concorde - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- 0.

  🇰🇳 Nevis - 2018 - Visit of US President Trump to The United Kingdom - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- 0.

  🇻🇨 St Vincent And The Grenadines - 2018 - Visit of US President Trump to Canada - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- 0.

  2018 - 50th anniversary of the First manned lunar landing - 1 miniature sheet containing 3 circular stamps. Rating:- 0.

  2018 - Tropical eels - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps.

  2018 - Honey bees - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps.

1326. 🇮🇪 Irish Christmas Stamp Features Elf On The Shelf.

  🇮🇪 An Post, the postal service of the Irish Republic, has issued 8 self-adhesive stamps for use on Christmas mail. One stamp which depicts 'The elf on the shelf' has been issued in a pack of 6 with 6 accompanying postcards. The other stamps are issued in a €19 booklet containing 18 x €1 stamps (making a discount of €1) and in a €5 booklet containing 4 x €1 and 2 x 50c stamps. The issue was designed by Detail and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13. Rating:- **.

  🇦🇺 If there's a collector who feels that they haven't had enough opportunity to spend loads of money on stamps from Australia Post, fresh opportunities have arisen with the launch of its 2018 Impressions series of limited edition philatelic items.

  Chinese New Year, Year of The Pig - 1 miniature sheet sold in a plastic display stand and sold for $99.00c. Printed with '99.99% pure gold'. Rating - 0.

  'Australian Stamps 2018' - 5 sheetlets, 1 containing 16 different stamps, 1 containing 19 different stamps, 1 containing 8 different stamps, 1 containing 14 different stamps and 1 containing 30 different stamps. Sold for $116.95c in a limited edition of 200. Rating:- 0.

  'Territories Stamps 2018' - 2 sheetlets containing stamps inscribed Christmas Island, Australian Antarctic Territory, Cocos (Keeling) Islands or Norfolk Island. One sheetlet contains 24 different stamps and the other 17 different stamps. Sold for $57.95 in a limited edition of 200. Rating:- 0.

  'War Stories', 1 sheetlet containing 24 different stamps and the other containing 25 different stamps. Sold for $49.95c. Rating:- 0.

  🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post issued a se-tenant pair of previously issued stamps with overprints applied to commemorate the Phila Bangla philatelic exhibition which was held in Dhaka from 27 to 31 July 2018 on, I assume, the opening day of the exhibition. Rating:- **.