2648. 🇳🇿 New Zealand To Commemorate 1950 Empire Games.

 

New Issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

5 February 2025 - 75th anniversary of the 4th British Empire Games held in Auckland inn1950 - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by YMC Design, Wellington and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

5 December 2024 - Veronaphil 2024 Philatelic Exhibition - 1 previously issued Greetings stamp reissued with attached label. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

New issue programmes for 2025 -

🇹🇷 Postal service of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus -

20 March 2025 - ‘Our cartoon artists’

8 May 2025 - EUROPA, National archaeological discoveries

16 October 2025 - Chess in Northern Cyprus 

12 November 2025 - Vocational high schools in the Üreten Genlick Project

🇵🇬 PNG Post (postal service of Papua New Guinea -

13 March 2025 - Traditional kenu paddles  - Stamps, 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir shret’. Further details awaited as with all the following issues -

16 April 2025 - 50th anniversary of Independence, part 1 - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’.

23 April 2025 - Fruit trees - Stamps, 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’.

14 May 2025 - 50th anniversary of Independence, part 2 - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’.

30 May 2025 - 50th anniversary of Independence, part 3 - Stamps, 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’ 

11 June 2025 -  Traditional round houses in the Highlands - Stamps, 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’

16 July 2025 - 50th anniversary of Independence, part 4 - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’.

13 August 2025 - 50th anniversary of Independence, part 5 - Stamps, 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’

28 August 2025 - Christmas - Stamps, 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’

2647 🇨🇦 From Far And Wide 4 - New Postal Rates In Canada Necessitate New Definitives.

 New Issues -

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

13 January 2025 Definitives necessitated by revised postal rates, ‘From Far And Wide’ Part 4 - 4 self-adhesive stamps issued in coils and/or booklets. Designed by Stephane Huot and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating:- *****.

$1.44c value - Point Prim Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island ‘Single rate’ - 1 coil stamp.

$1.75 value - Thousand Islands, Ontario, ‘US rate’ - 1 coil stamp.

$2.61 value - Restigouche River, New Brunswick, ‘Oversized rate’ - 1 stamp from booklets of 6 and 1 coil stamp.

$3.65 value - Qarlinngua sea arch, Nunavut, ‘International rate’ - 1 stamp from booklets of 6 and 1 coil stamp

2646. 🇬🇬 Guernsey To Commemorate Pioneer Clockmaker.

 

New Issues -

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

19 February 2025 - 250th anniversary of the birth of Nicolas Blondel, Guernsey clockmaker. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇵🇬 Post PNG (postal service of Papua New Guinea) -

The internet site of Post PNG has been updated and it now seems more clear which issues were actually released in Papua New Guinea in 2023 and 2024 -

2023 -

28 July Traditional canoe splashboards - 5 stamps and 2 miniature sheets (see Blog 2633).

28 July - Traditional was shields - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets (see Blog 2633).

July - Kundu and garamuts - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets. (See Blog 2616).

August - Meri blouse - Stamps and 2 miniature sheets. Further details awaited.

18 August - Ferns in Papua New Guinea - Stamps and 2 miniature sheets. Further details awaited.

2 October - Nadzab Tamadachi International Airport - 4 stamps and 3 miniature sheets (see Blog 2522).

22 November - Laulau fruit trees in Papua New Guinea - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets (see Blog 2616).

2024 -

3 June - Rock lobsters in Papua New Guinea - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’. Further details awaited.

7 June - Traditional grass skirts - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’. Further details awaited.

14 June - 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 ‘souvenir sheet’. Further details awaited.

14 June - Birds of the forest floor - Stamps and 2 miniature sheets. Further details awaited.

28 June - Saltwater fish, the Marlin - Stamps and 2 miniature sheets. Further details awaited.

17 July - State visit of Pope Francis - 1 ‘sheetlet’ and1 ‘souvenir sheet’. Further details awaited.

19 July - Coastal lighthouses - Stamps and 2 miniature sheets. Further details awaited.

2025 - No details of 2025 programme yet announced.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

20 February 2025 - Public architecture in Hong Kong, second issue - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by Paul Lam and lithographed. Rating:- **.

2645. 🇯🇪 Jersey To Commemorate Birth Centenary Of Gerald Durrell.

 

New issues - 

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

28 January 2025 - Birth Centenary of Gerald Durrell OBE, conservationist, founder of the Jersey Zoo and writer. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

11 January 2025 - 70th anniversary of PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) - 6 stamps issued as a block of 6 (2 rows of 3 different stamps) and 1 x Rs 100 miniature sheet.Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

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:- *