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:- ***.