2622. 🇬🇧 New definitives, Operation Tabarin And Sledge Dogs from British Antarctic Territory.

New issues -

🇬🇧 Postal service of British Antarctic Territory -

10 December 2024 - Definitives, Local seals and whales - 12stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

15-20 December (date to be confirmed) - 80th anniversary of Operation Tabarin - 6 stamps. Designed by Bee Design from photographs of the British Antarctic Survey and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

15-20 December 2024 - Sledge dogs - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design from photographs of the British Antarctic Survey and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- ******.

Production of all of the above issues was coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle Of Man Stamps and Coins for information about the above issues.

2557. 🇳🇿 Ross Dependency Extremophiles Issue.

 

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

Issues inscribed Ross Dependency -

4 September 2024 - Mount Erebus ‘Extremophiles’ - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Helcia Berryman of Mopsy Creative and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- ***.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

24 August 2024 - Commemoration of Sridhara Vincent Subasinghe (philanthropist and social worker) - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Department of Government Printing Sri Lanka. Rating:- **.

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

6 March 2024 - ITB Berlin 24 Travel Trade Show, important tourist sites of Oman - 7 miniature sheets, 1 containing 6 different stamps and the others a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:-****.

2506. 🇮🇪 Irish Republic Public Art Featured On Latest Issue.

New Issues -

🇮🇪 An Post (postal service of the Republic of Ireland) -

30 May 2024 - Public art - 4 self-adhesive stamps sold in a booklet containing one of each stamp. Designed by Unthink and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- **.

🇮🇳 India Post -

2024 - 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting hosted by the Indian Government in Kuch, My Stamp personalised stamp - 1 stamp issued in sheetlets of 12 with attached labels and sold at a premium.

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

Aitutaki Cook Islands 

Anguilla 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Bahamas 

Belize

 British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon

Cayman Islands 

Cook Islands including Rarotonga 

Dominica 

Gabon 

Ghana

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Jamaica 

Kenya

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Malawi 

Maldives 

Montserrat 

Nauru 

Nevis

Nigeria 

Niuafo’ou

Niue

Papua New Guinea 

Penrhyn Cook Islands 

Pitcairn Islands 

Ross Dependency 

Rwanda

St Helena 

Saint Lucia 

St Kitts

St Vincent and The Grenadines 

Samoa

Solomon Islands 

The Gambia

Tokelau 

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago 

Tuvalu 

Uganda 

United Republic of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia

Therefore by the end of May, 49 out of 88 (55.7%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf any legitimate postage stamps in 2024. This compares with the figure of 55 (62.5%) at the end of April 2024 and with the figure of 35 (39.8%) at the end of May 2023.