2644. 🇬🇸 South Georgia Celebrates 250 Years As A British Territory.

 

New issues -

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

17 January 2025 - 250th Anniversary of the possession of South Georgia by Captain James Cook in the name of Great Britain - 1 miniature sheet containing a single £5 stamp. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Rating:- *****.

31 January 2025 - Definitive series, the Weather - 12 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

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

🇧🇹 Bhutan Post -

7 January 2025 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Wood Female Snake - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing a single stamp and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

January 2025 - Chinese new year, Year of the Snake - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Rating:- 0.

February 2025 - Cats - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Further details and illustrations awaited. Rating:- *

2643. 🇬🇧 Vicar Of Dibley - Another BBC Comedy Featured On New Royal Mail Stamps.

 

New Issues.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

14 January 2024 - 30th anniversary of the first broadcast of The Vicar of Dibley, a charming, inoffensive  but generally unremarkable BBC comedy television programme - 8 gummed stamps (4 se-tenant pairs) costing £12.60p, 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps costing £6.60 and 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 10 self-adhesive stamps with attached labels sold for £17.10p. Total cost - £36.30p.  Designed by True North and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- *.

2642. 🇲🇲 Myanmar’s 77th Anniversary Of Independence.

 

New issues -

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post -

4 January 2025 - 77th anniversary of Independence - 3 stamps. Designed by the Ministry of Information and lithographed by Security Printing Works (Myanmar) and perforated 14. Rating:- *****.

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

5 January 2025 - Royal Oman Police Day - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

January 2025 - Glaxo Smith Kline Pharmaceuticals Ltd - 1 stamp with attached label sold in sheetlets of 12 at a premium price.

2025 New issue programmes -

🇮🇪 An Post (postal service of the Irish Republic) -

2641. 🇨🇦 French Canadian Authors Featured On Canada New Issue.

 

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

27 November 2024 - French Canadian modern novelists - 5 self-adhesive stamps issued in booklets of 10 (2 of each stamp). Designed by Stéphane Huot from illustrations by Martin Côté and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating:- ***.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

30:December 2024 - 50th anniversary of the Council of Islamic Ideology - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Security Printer Karachi. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

31 December 2024 - 50th anniversary of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Rating:- ****.

2640. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail 2025 Programme, Half Of It Atleast.

 🇬🇧 Royal Mail Stamp Programme 2025.

Well, the first half of the year at any rate.

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

31 December 2024 - Commemoration of Veer Meegmaya, a 12th century Indian saint - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

1 January 2025 - 50th anniversary of SOS Children’s Villages’ work in Pakistan - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.