2538. 🇨🇦 🇸🇬 Canada Commemorates Film Director Norman Jewison; Singapore’s 59th National Day.

 

New issues -

24 July 2024 - Commemoration of the late Norman Jewison (1926-2024), film director - 1 self-adhesive stamp issued in booklets of 6. Designed by Russell Gibb of Russell Gibbs Design and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating:- *****.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

1 August 2024 - 59th National Day celebrations, “Together as one united people”- 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 stamps. Designed by Lim An-ling and lithographed by Secura and perforated 13. Rating:- *****.

2537. 🇯🇪 🇳🇿 Jersey Commemorates Debussy’s Visit; New Zealand’s Olympic Mascot.

 

New issues.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

25 July 2024 - 120th anniversary of Claud Dubussy’s (French music composer) visit to Jersey - 6 stamps (total cost £9.31) and 2 miniature sheets, one containing a single stamp and the other all six stamps costing £5 and £9.31 respectively - cost of all items £23.62p. Designed from illustrations by Will Bertram and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *.

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

26 July - Goldie, the New Zealand teams’s mascot at the Olympic Games hosted by Paris - 1 miniature sheet containing 6 different stamps sold for NZ$19.90. Designed by Wayne Rattray and Nick Jarvie and digitally printed by Collectables, New Zealand Post, Whanganui and perforated 14.5. Rating:- *.

2536. 🇲🇹🇵🇰 Malta Commemorates Olympic Games; Pakistan Commemorates Open University.

 

New issues.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

26 July 2024 - Malta’s participation in the Olympic Games, Paris - 3 stamps. Designed by MaltaPostplc and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- **.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

23 July 2024 - Golden jubilee of Allama Iqbal Open University - a block of 4 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

24 July 2024 - Birth centenary of Mukesh (singer) - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing the same stamp. Designed by Sankha Samanta. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

My Stamps (personalised stamps usually issued in sheets of 12 with attached labels and sold at a premium’ - 

2024 - Raigad Fort - 1 stamp.

2024 - 75th anniversary of Madras Institute of Technology - 1 stamp.

2024 - Sindhudurg Fort - 1 stamp.

2024 - Bhakti Shakti - 1 stamp.

2024 - Rajmudra - 1 stamp.

2535. 🇧🇼 Botswana’s Beautiful Birds Series Features Finches And Waxbill.

 

New Issues.

🇧🇼 Botswana Post - 

20 June 2024 - ‘Beautiful birds of Botswana’, first series  - Waxbill and finches - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇯🇪 Jersey Posy -

15 July 2024 - Royal visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Jersey, Post and Go stamps - 7 different stamps (1 coil strip of 6 different Jersey Arms stamps with additional inscription ‘King Charles III &/Queen Camilla Visit’ dispensed from kiosk JE02 and 1 Jersey Flag stamp (from coil in several values) dispensed from JE03 with additional inscription’King & Queen/Royal Visit’). Rating:- ***.

2534. 🇫🇯🇮🇲 More Fiji Surcharges; IOM Issues ‘Postage Paid Labels’.

 New issues -

🇫🇯 Fiji Post -

?2023 or 2024 - Previous definitive surcharged. This is different from the 40c on 81c stamp reported in Blog 2504 which had 2 Xs obliterating the 81c value while here there are 3 Xs.

?2023 or 2024 - There are also 11 surcharges on the 63c Fiji goshawk stamp - 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c, 6c, 20c, 23c and 40c (all with the previous value obliterated by XXX plu# tge 40c and a 50c with the previous value obliterated by XX.

I do not know the precise date of issue of these surcharges.

There are also 2 new surcharges on the 44c purple swamp hen stamp - 40c surcharges with either XX or  XXX used to obliterate the 44c value.

The Fiji Bird definitive surcharges have been dealt with previously in Blogs 2504, 2021, 1792, 1143, 791 and 743.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

23 July 2024 - 60th anniversary of Peel Engineering - 1 sheetlet containing 12 different self-adhesive stamps described rather bizarrely by IOM Post Office as, “4 stamps from the 2006 Peel Cars issue paired with a block of 8 Postage Paid labels …”. Interestingly, as far as I can make out from the illustration provided on the IOM Stamps and Collectibles site, the 8 ‘Postage Paid’ labels do not appear to bear the Royal cameo or cypher which suggests that this issue did not receive royal approval. Perhaps it is because it is a promotional issue possibly sponsored by the company featured on it and therefore royal approval would suggest that the King is promoting these products - I’m speculating here obviously. Still, if the actual issued stamps do not include evidence of royal approval then that would be an interesting development making the issue well worth obtaining. Designed by EJC Design and lithographed. Cost - £17.50. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

25 July 2024 - ‘Guernsey by Day and Night’ (self-adhesive booklet stamps) - 10 stamps (5 x local internal Guernsey rate and 5 x rate to the United Kingdom) - 10 x GY rate booklet, 2 of each stamp, sold for £6.50p, booklet of 50 GY stamps sold for £32.50p, 10 x UK rate booklet, 2 of each stamp, sold for £12 and booklet of 50 UK stamps sold for £60. A set of the 10 stamps costs £9.25. Designed from photographs by Chris George and Ben Fiore and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- ***.