2947. 🇸🇬Singapore Issue Commemorates 61st Anniversary Of Independence.

 

New issues -

🇮🇲 Isle of Man Post Office -

31 July 2026 - 150th anniversary of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway and 50th anniversary of Isle of Man National Transport  - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

 🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

16 July 2026 - Medicinal mushrooms - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post - 

7 August 2026 - 61st anniversary of Independence - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2408. 🇧🇼 New Botswana Issue Features Local Hippopotamuses.

 

New issues.

🇧🇼 Botswana Post - 

23 November 2023 - Hippopotamuses in Botswana - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Petrus Des Kuhlmann from illustrations by Itumeleng Motswetla and lithographed by Brebner Print. Rating:- *****.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

12 November 2023 - Deepavali - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. I addition to the single stamp reported in Blog 2403, a miniature sheet containing the same stamp was also released. Rating:- ****.

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

15 March 2023 - Gold award to Oman Post and its ranking as First in the world for EMS performance - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

1 September 2023 - Fiftieth anniversary of the Mwasalat Company (public transport) - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2272. 🇨🇾 🇸🇬 Cyprus Depicts Local Buses; Singapore Depicts Early Settlement.

 

New issues.

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

22 September 2023 - Old buses of Cyprus - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed by Baltic Banknote High Security Printing. Rating:- *****.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

29 September 2023 - Early Singapore river settlement - 4 stamps. Designed by Pinch Design Pte Ltd and lithographed by Secura and perforated 13. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

Tweets reporting Post and Go issues with one day only inscriptions to commemorate visiting cruise ships - 

23 and 25 September 2023 - Visit and revisit of the Seven Seas Splendour.

2070. 🇨🇦 Canada Commemorates Blues Singer 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

New issues.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

22 April 2022 - Commemoration of Salome Bey, Blues singer, who died in 2020 - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in booklets of 6. Designed by Paprika from an illustration by Dabid Belliveau based on a photograph by Doug Griffin. Lithographed by Lowe Martin. The back cover gives details of the singer’s life. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇲 Isle of Man Post Office -

5 May 2022 - Local buses, second issue - 6 stamps. Designed by ELC Design from illustrations by Peter Hearsey and lithographed by bpost and perforated 11.5. A remarkably unnecessary and dull issue. Rating:- *.