2734. 🇮🇪 Irish Contemporary Art.

 

New issues -

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

5 June 2025 + Contemporary Irish art - 4 self-adhesive stamps issued in a booklet costing €6.40. Designed by Atelier David Smith and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ****.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

4 June 2025 - Revenue stamp, Rs1000 - 1 stamp. This is described as a ‘Revenue stamp’ but illustrations show it used postally as a first day cover and so one may question whether or not this is both a postal and a revenue stamp.

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

5 June 2025 - Centenary of the Elenion Primary School, Nicosia - 1 stamp. Printed by Baltic Banknote High Security Printing. Rating:- ***.

2280. 🇳🇬 🇦🇺 Nigeria Commemorates Inauguration of PAPU Tower; Australia Commemorates Sydney Opera House.

 

New issues.

🇳🇬 NIPost, Postal service of Nigeria -

2 September 2023 - Inauguration of the PAPU (Pan-African Postal Union) Tower in Arusha, Tanzania - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 identical stamps. Lithographed by NSPM plc. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

8 October 2023 - Commemoration of Samrat Hemachandra Vikramaditya, former emperor of India, defeated by Akbar - 1 stamp. Rating:- ****.

🇦🇺 Australia Post-

10 October 2023 - 50th anniversary of Sydney Opera House - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps and 1 x $3  self-adhesive stamp from booklets of 5. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.4 x 14. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

18 October 2023 - Post and Go stamps, The Postal Museum - Temporary exhibition. ‘Dressed to Deliver’ (postal service uniforms) - 6 previously issued stamps with additional inscription, ‘The Postal Museum/Dressed to Deliver’. To be dispensed by kiosk A001 and also sold in limited number of presentation packs dispensed from Back Office machine.

2142. 🇧🇸🇫🇰 Water Birds From Bahamas And Seafarers Mission Commemorated By Falklands.

 

New issues.

🇧🇸 Bahamas postal service 

15 September 2022 - Wetland birds - 6 stamps. Designed byBee Design from photographs by Candis Marshall and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:-

🇫🇰 Falklands Post Service Ltd -

20 September 2022 - 25th anniversary of the Lighthouse Seamfarers Mission - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design from photographs by Penguin News, Jo Summers and Ian France and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- ****.

Thanks to Juliet Warner of Pobjoy Stamps for information about this issue.

2115. 🇹🇹 Trinidad Surcharges Commemorate Lady McLeod And Platinum Jubilee.

New issues.

🇹🇹 T&T Post (Trinidad And Tobago) -

2022 (date of issue not yet known) - Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II and the 175th anniversary of Trinidad and Tobago’s first postage stamp, the Lady McLeod  - 2 stamps, surcharges and overprints on previously issued definitive stamps. Rating:- ****.

🇨🇦 Canada Post  - 

21 July 2022 - Vintage carousels - 5 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 and 1 miniature  sheet containing 2 sets of the same stamps. Designed by René Milot and Paprika and lithographed by Lowe Martin. A vibrant, colourful and original issue. Rating:- *****.

MaltaPost - 

11 July 2022 - Euromed, Marine archaeology and historical cities of the Mediterranean - 2 stamps. Designed by University of Malta and Dave Gratian and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- ***.

1863. 🇯🇪 Jersey Post To Participate In Devoted To Your Service Omnibus.

 🇮🇳 India post issued a single stamp on 12 April 2021 to commemorate the late Rajyogini Dadi Janki who died at the age of year of 104 in March 2020. She was the administrative head of Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Spiritual University, the world’s largest spiritual organisation run by women. Rating:- **.

 🇦🇺 Australia Post has revealed its plethora of new stamp issues for the coming 2 months:-

10 May 2021 - ‘National heritage’ - 3 gummed stamps. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by Ego and perforated 14.5x14. Rating:- **.

18 May 2021 - Migratory shorebirds -  3 gummed and 3 self-adhesive stamps each sold in a booklet of 10 of each design and 1 gummed miniature sheet. Designed by Kevin Stead and Kevin Downes and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- **.

🇨🇨 18 May 2021 - issue inscribed ‘Cocos (Keeling) Islands’ - The Manta ray - 4 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.

1 June 2021 - Doves and pigeons - 4 gummed stamps and 4 self-adhesive stamps from coils and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Sonia Young and lithographed by Ego and perforated 14 x 15.5. Rating:- **.

🇳🇫 22 June 2021 - issue inscribed ‘Norfolk Island’ - Land snails - 2 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing the 2 stamps. Designed by Simone Sakinofsky and lithographed by Ego and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.

The following issues will also be released in the form of ‘stamp packs’. Rating of them all:- 0.

Spirit Untamed - 1 sheet containing 12 different stamps

Pokémon - 2 gummed sheets each containing 10 identical ‘hearts  balloons’ stamps with attached labels.

Space Jam 2 - 12 different stamps

AFL and NRL ‘collections’ - 36 sheets (18 for individual teams of AFL each costing A$25.50 - 10 x 2 different stamps per sheet, 16 for individual teams of NRL each also costing A$25.50 - 10 x 2 different stamps per sheet plus 2 further sheets of 20, one for the AFL and the other for the NRL containing all the stamps of each issue and each sold for A$49.00. The ‘one of everything’ collector can therefore obtain the lot for the trifling sum of A$965. How can one say no?

AAWFL final 2021 - 1 gummed miniature sheet containing 8 x identical ‘map of Australia’ stamps, sold for $15.95.

This makes a total of 119 new stamps plus 6 miniature sheets/sheetlets - a total of 125 items in 2 months. Stamperija could take some lessons from Australia Post when it comes to having a cynical attitude towards its collector customers.

  🇯🇪 Jersey Post will participate in the eleven territory mini-omnibus issue to commemorate the 95th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II by the release on 21 April 2021 of 6 stamps in the style of the issues from the other territories. Rating:- ***.