Sunday, 31 March 2024

2476. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh’s Commemoration Of First Bengali Woman Doctor.

 


New issues.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -

3 October 2023 - Death centenary of Dr Kadambini Ganguly, first Bengali female doctor - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

15 December 2023 - ‘Great Victory Day 2024” - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.


🇨🇦 Canada Post -

28 March 2024 - Eid - 1 self-adhesive stamp lithographed in booklets of 6 by Colour Impressions. Designed by Kristine Do using photographs by Maya Visnyei. Rating:- **.





Commonwealth countries and territories which are not yet known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf any postage stamps during 2024 up until the end of March -


Aitutaki Cook Islands 

Anguilla 

Antigua And Barbuda 

Bahamas 

Barbados 

Belize 

Bermuda 

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon 

Cayman Islands 

Cocos (Keeling) Islands 

Cook Islands including Rarotonga Cook Islands 

Dominica 

Gabon 

Ghana

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Jamaica 

Kenya 

Kingdom of eSwatini

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Malawi 

Maldives 

Montserrat 

Namibia

Nauru

Nevis 

Nigeria 

Niuafo’ou Tonga

Niue 

Papua New Guinea 

Penrhyn Cook Islands 

Pitcairn Islands 

Ross Dependency 

Rwanda 

St Helena 

St Kitts

Saint Lucia 

St Vincent And The Grenadines 

Samoa 

Seychelles 

Sierra Leone 

Solomon Islands 

Togo

Tokelau 

Tonga

Trinidad And Tobago 

Tristan Da Cunha 

Tuvalu 

Uganda 

United Republic of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia 

Therefore by the end of March, 56 out of 88 (63.7%) Commonwealth philatelic entities are not yet known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf any legitimate postage stamps. This compares with the figure of 61 (69.3%) at the end of February 2024 and a figure of 40 out of 88 (45.5%) at the end of March 2023.

Thursday, 28 March 2024

2475. 🇦🇺 Australia Post New Issue Explosion.

 New issues.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

See also Blog 2474.

3 April 2024 - Greetings stamps - 8 gummed stamps, 1 gummed ‘sheetlet’ containing all 8 stamps and 7 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 each sold for $15 and 1 ‘Wedding’ booklet containing the $3 Wedding stamps sold as part of a ‘Wedding Collection’ for $48.95c. Designed by Sonia Young, Australia Post Design Studio and Jeanette Fallon (wattle & kangaroo stamps) and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- **.












2024 - My Stamp Stamp packs - all rated ‘0’.

Kung Fu Panda - sheetlet containing 12 different stamps sole for $20.




2024 - House of Dragon stamp pack containing sheetlet of 12 different stamps sold for $20.



3 May 2024 - Star Wars - Darkside stamp pack containing sheetlet of 12 different stamps sold for $21.




2024 - Spider Man - stamp pack containing sheetlet of 12 different stamps sold for $20?




16 April 2024 - ANZAC Day 2024, ‘Picturing War’ - 3 gummed stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps and 3 self-adhesive stamps each from booklets of 10 of the same design each sold for $15? Designed by Janet Boschen and lithographed by RA Print and perforated 14.5. Rating:- ***.









🇨🇽 Issue inscribed ‘Australia Christmas Island’.

23 April 2024 - 50th anniversary of Christmas Island Airport - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Andrew Hopwood and Jason Watts and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ****.





🇨🇨 Issue inscribed ‘Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

7 May 2024 - 40th anniversary of the granting of Self-determination to Cocos (Keeling) Islands - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Melinda Coombes of Coombes Whitchurch Design and lithographed by Southern Impact (stamps) or EGO (miniature sheet) and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ****.



21 May 2024 - Centenary of Round-Australia Flights - 2 gummed stamps and 2 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 (5 of each design) sold for $15. Designed by Andrew Hogg Design and lithographed by RA Print and perforated 14 x 14.5.  Rating:- ****.





4 June 2024 - ‘Sky Country - The Seven Sisters’ (Aborigine art) - 3 gummed stamps and 3 self-adhesive stamps each from booklets individual to the design and containing 10 stamps, each booklet sold for $15. Designed by Sharon Rodziewicz and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14.5. Rating:- *.








🇳🇫 Issue inscribed ‘Australia Norfolk Island’ -

11 June 2024 - Fishing in Norfolk Island - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Simone Sakinofsky and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.




2024 - NRL ‘Stamp packs’ and ‘Team stamp packs’ - 1 pack containing a double pane of 18 different stamps sold for $30 and 17 packs each containing sheetlets of 12 x $1.50c stamps - all of the same design but each pack having a different design and costing $20 each (total cost of these products $370). Rating:- 0.




 24 June 2024 - Australia’s participation in the Olympic Games hosted by Paris - 1 stamp. Designed by Tim Hancock of Backpack and lithographed by RA Print in sheetlets of 10 identical stamps. Perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- **.




15 April 2024 - AFL Stamp pack containing a sheetlet of 18 different $1.50 My Stamps sold for $30 and 18 AFL Team packs each containing sheetlets of 12 x $1.50 identical My Stamps, each pack having a different design and each sold for $20 (total cost of these products $390). Rating:- 0.



2024 - 85th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz (American movie) - Stamp pack containing 2 panes, one with 9 different My Stamps and the other containing what is described as a “giant look-a-like stamp” (whatever that means) which takes up the whole pane. The cost for the pack is $16.50. Rating:- 0.





2024 - 65th anniversary of Sleeping Beauty (Walt Disney feature length cartoon movie) - Stamp pack containing 2 panes, 1 pane being made up of 9 different $1.50 self-adhesive My Stamps and the other made up of 5 gummed Tulip Greetings stamps with attached labels and the pack sold for $24. Rating:- 0.



2024 - Winnie The Pooh (American cartoon movies based on British children’s book)  - Stamp pack containing 1 pane of 12 different My Stamps and sold for $21. Rating:- 0.



Who actually buys all this trash?