585. More Queen Elizabeth II Longest Reign Philatelic Items.

  The latest list of philatelic products to be released by the US-based philatelic agency, IGPC, includes a number with the names of Commonwealth territories printed on them. As usual many of the subjects featured on the stamps have little or no relevance to the territories whose names appear on the items.  

  Several of the products commemorate the achievement of Queen Elizabeth II in becoming the longest reigning monarch of Great Britain and in so doing she also becomes the longest reigning monarch of territories such as Tuvalu and Papua New Guinea and so such issues may also be seen as being relevant to those particular territories although all such issues fail to draw attention to her role as their Head of State.

  I note that many of the sheetlets contain 6 stamps rather than four which generally used to be the number of stamps included in a sheetlet - could IGPC be feeling the pressure of the market where collectors are becoming more discerning about which new issues they buy and therefore reducing their purchases causing the philatelic agency to compensate for reduced sales by increasing the price of a sheetlet by including more stamps in it? Just a thought.

  Antigua And Barbuda - 2015 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning British monarch 1 sheetlet of 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet:-

  Ghana - 2015 - Birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge - 1 sheetlet of 4 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet:- 

 2015 - 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman - 1 sheetlet of 6 different stamps and 1 m.s.:-

  Guyana - 13 July 2015 - Birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge - 1 sheetlet of 4 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet:-

 4 May 2015 - Visit of the Duke of Cambridge to The People's Republic of China - 2 miniature sheets:-

  Nevis - 24 March 2015 - 1 sheetlet of 6 different stamps and 1 m.s.:-

  Papua New Guinea - 2015 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning British monarch - 4 stamps, 1 sheetlet of 4 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet:-

  St. Kitts - 2015 - Marine life of Taiwan - 1 sheetlet of 6 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet:-

  Tuvalu - 

  25 May 2015 - Birds of the South Pacific Ocean area - 1 sheetlet of 6 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet:-

  25 May 2015 - Italian aircraft of the Second World War - 1 sheetlet of 4 different stamps and 1 m.s.:-

  25 May 2015 - Commemoration of the late Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean statesman - 1 sheetlet of 5 different stamps and 1 m.s.:-

  25 May 2015 - Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning British monarch - 1 sheetlet of 8 different stamps and 1 m.s.:-

  25 May 2015 - Birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge - 1 sheetlet of 4 different stamps and 1 m.s.:-

  Grenada - 28 May 2015 - 150th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham lincoln, former US President - 1 sheetlet of 6 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet:-

  28 May 2015 - "Sailboats in Fine Art" - 1 sheetlet of 6 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet:-

  St. Vincent And The Grenadines - 2015 - German Zeppelins of the First World War - 1 sheetlet of 16 different stamps:-