New issues -
🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -
7 May 2025 - ‘Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show’ - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Chris Jones of Graphetti and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14 x 14.5. The subject of this issue appears to be just another example of the random selection of aspects of modern popular culture which large postal services choose to feature on their postage stamps at this present time to cash in on anything they can, no matter how trivial. New Zealand Post, in its publicity, is forced to underline that the country’s connection with the writer of this musical play and film is that, though born in England, O’Brien was brought up in New Zealand from the age of 10 years. The issue is not linked to any particular event or anniversary and appears to be quite unnecessary given that New Zealand Post now releases far too many issues and stamps.
Rating:- 0.
Meanwhile, a far more worthwhile issue of real significance -
🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -
1 May 2025 - 80th anniversary of Guernsey’s liberation from German military occupation - 6 stamps. Designed by Two Degrees North and lithographed by Bpost.
Rating:-*****.
