1613. 🇮🇪 An Post Commemorates The Irish Abroad.

🇮🇪 An Post, the postal service of Ireland, issued a set of 5 stamps (a set of 3 horizontally se-tenant and a vertically se-tenant pair) on 27 February 2020 on the subject of ‘The Irish Abroad’. The issue ties in with the upcoming St Patrick’s Day celebrations on 17 March. The issue was designed by Zero-G and lithographed by Enschedé and perforated 13.5 x 14. Rating:- ***.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post issued a single stamp on 24 February to commemorate the birth centenary of  Kalsoori Panibharatha (1920 - 2005), a veteran traditional dancer. Rating:- **.

Commonwealth philatelic entities which have not yet issued stamps during 2020.

For those sort of people who like lists, such as myself, this is always fun. This year Maldives has rejoined The Commonwealth and so returns to the list of Commonwealth philatelic entities though it is not surprising that it rapidly disappeared from the list as Maldives Post allows the philatelically incontinent producer of paraphilatelic items, Stamperija, which is really a philatelic entity in itself, to to release items on its behalf which are usually frequently issued and numerous. This year I will also omit Gibraltar Swiss Post and Universal Mail United Kingdom which are second string philatelic entities though if any items are released by them during 2020 a mention of them will be made in the ongoing Blog.

 * indicates that issues are expected soon.

Anguilla

Antigua And Barbuda

Ascension 

Australian Antarctic Territory *

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Bahamas

Barbados 

Belize

Bermuda

Botswana

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Brunei Darussalam 

Cameroon

Cayman Islands 

Cook Islands 

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn

Cyprus, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus *

Dominica

ESwatini

Falkland Islands *

Ghana

Grenada *

Grenada Carriacou And Petite Martinique *

Guyana *

Jamaica

Kenya

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Malawi

Mauritius 

Montserrat *

Mozambique

Nauru

Nigeria

Niue

Papua New Guinea *

Ross Dependency 

St Kitts 

Saint Lucia

St Vincent And The Grenadines

Samoa

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Solomon Islands

South Africa

South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands

Tokelau

Tonga

Tonga Niuafo’ou 

Trinidad And Tobago

Tristan Da Cunha *

Turks and Caicos Islands

Tuvalu

Zambia

Fifty seven Commonwealth philatelic entities are therefore not known to have issued any stamps during 2020 up to the end of February.