2709. 🇲🇹 Malta Commemorates Pope Francis. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

 

New issues -

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

26 April 2025 - Commemoration of the late Pope Francis, former Head of the Roman Catholic Church - 1 x €1.50 stamp. Designed by MaltaPost and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- *****.

9 May 2024 - EUROPA, Archaeological discoveries - 2 stamps (€1.91 and €2). Further details and illustrations awaited.

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

8 May 2025 - EUROPA, Archaeological discoveries - 2 stamps (£1.96 and £3.16) and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera from artwork by Jonathan Pointer and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- ***.

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post -

29 April 2025 - ‘Twelve seasonal festivals and flowers’ of Myanmar - 1 sheetlet of 12 different stamps which were issued originally in 2019 but are now combined for the first time as a single unit. Rating:- ****.

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

22 April 2025 - Joint issue with Russia, 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Oman and Russia. It was announced during the State visit of Sultan Haitham bin Tarik to Russia that the two countries’ postal services would release a joint stamp issue to commemorate their friendship. The report in Muscat Daily explains the issue but I have not yet seen an illustration of the stamp itself.

2708. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail To Commemorate End Of Second World War Anniversary.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

1 May 2025 - ‘Valour and victory - stories of the Second World War’, 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe - 10 stamps (2 strips of 5 - 5 x 2nd Class and 5 x 1st) (total face value £17), 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps featuring Vera Lynn, ‘The Forces Sweetheart’) sold for £6.80, 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 panes (pane 4 being made up of King Charles III definitives - 1 x 20p, 2 x 50p and 2 x £1, code M25LMPIL) and sold for £28.65, 1 Collectors sheet containing 1 of each stamp with attached labels and sold for £18.20 and 1 set of 10 ‘gold stamps’ sold in a presentation box for £149.99. Designed by Supple Studio and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14 x 14.5.

Rating:- *.

 

7 May 2025 - EuroPhilEx stamp exhibition, Birmingham.

1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps (this is the above Vera Lynn miniature sheet with additional inscriptions). (‘Limited edition’ of  7500’). Designed by Together Design London Ltd and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5 x 14. Sold for ££6.80p.

1 ‘Collectors sheet containing 10 x ‘Union Flag’ stamps with attached labels (see Blog 2702) sold for £18.20  (‘Limited edition’ of 5000’). Rating:- ***.

2707. 🇦🇺 Upcoming Issues From Australia Post.

 

New Issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

6 May 2025 - World Heritage islands of Australia - 3 stamps. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by RA Print and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- *.

20 May 2025 - Endangered freshwater fish - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating;- *.

🇨🇨 Issues inscribed Cocos (Keeling) Island Australia -

20 May 2025 - Corals of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Sheet of 50 stamps (se-tenant strips of 5 of each value - see comment by Anonymous below, for which thanks). Designed by Sharon Rodziewicz and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14.5. Rating:- ***.

10 June 2025 - Bark painting of Arnheim Land - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Simone Sakinofsky and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.5 x 14.Rating:- *.

🇳🇫 Issue inscribed Norfolk Island Australia  - 

17 June 2025 - Norfolk Island nature - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Jonathan Chong and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- ***.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 St George’s Day -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

23 April 2025 - A tweet from Royal Mail commemorating St George’s Day. I love the idealised picture used to represent England!