Friday 28 February 2020

1613. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช An Post Commemorates The Irish Abroad.


๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 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 Enschedรฉ and perforated 13.5 x 14. Rating:- ***.




๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ 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.

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