2878. 🇬🇬 Guernsey’s EUROPA And New Post & Go Stamps.

New issues -

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

1 April 2026 - 70th anniversary of EUROPA stamps - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Chris Elligott & lithographed by Cartor & perforated 13 x 13.5. Rating:- *.

1 April 2026 - Post and Go, Forts of Guernsey - 12 stamps - 6 dispensed from kiosk GG03 (with added inscription G.I.C.) and 6 from GG04 (no additional inscription). Designed by Toby Dixon and lithographed by Cartor. Self-adhesive. Rating:- ***.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

4 March 2026 - Centenary of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation. Rating:- **.

2026 - New Rs 50 definitive depicting Jinnah - 1 stamp. Rating:- ****.

2688. 🇲🇹 More Fine Mediterranean Cats From Malta.

 

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

4 April 2025 - Cats, second issue. Designed by Andrew Micallef and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- *****.

🇨🇦 Commemoration of the late Brian Mulroney, 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 - 1993. - 1 self-adhesive stamp issued in booklets of 10. Designed by Paprika using a photograph taken by Bill McCarthy and lithographed by Colour Innovations. Rating:- ***.

New issue programmes 2025 - 

🇳🇦 Nam Post (postal service of Namibia) -

2544. 🇮🇳 🇧🇩 India’s Olympic Games Stamps; New Philatelic Future For Bangladesh?

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

5 August 2024 - Olympic Games 2024 hosted by Paris - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- ***.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

6 August 2024 - Wetland birds (see Blog 2529) - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps (the basic stamps were illustrated in Blog 2529, the miniature sheet is now also illustrated here). Designed by Elvense Illustration and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *.

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

8 August 2024 - Joint issue of the ASEAN Post organisation. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

Commonwealth events 

Downfall of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh 5 August 2024.

  After months of violent protests against her regime, the primeminister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of the country’s leader at the time of the war of Independence against Pakistan, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has resigned as protestors stormed her official residence. Hasina fled the country in an aircraft supplied by the country’s military and is seeking refuge in India. During the demonstrations against her oppressive and failed regime, thousands have been killed. Following Hasina’s fight to India a mob tore down a statute of Sheikh Mujib in Dhaka, in a manner similar to the demolition of the statue of Salam Hussein in Baghdad after his overthrow.

  This momentous event will undoubtedly have an important effect on the stamps which are issued by the Bangladesh postal administration as for several years many, if not most, stamp issues have iconised Sheikh Mujib as the Father of Bangladesh and as well as featuring Mujib have also frequently depicted Sheikh Hasina. Presumably the stamp subjects and designs were chosen at the behest of Hasina’s government to glorify her increasingly unpopular regime.

  So Bangladesh appears to face a new future and with it its postage stamps and I assume we have seen the back of Hasina’s frequent philatelic depictions.

Bangladesh’s most recent stamp issue (17 May 2024) ostensibly to commemorate World Telecommunication and Information Society Day but used as an excuse to include portraits of Hasina and Mujib in the design - 

23 September 2022 - one of several recent stamps depicting Hasina and Mujib - 

28 September 2022 - stamp commemorating Hasina’s 75th birthday -

2524. 🇰🇳🇰🇳 High Value Definitives From St Kitts And Nevis.

 

New issues -

🇰🇳 St Kitts postal service

11 June 2024 - ‘Local stamps’, presumably definitives on the subject of the 40th anniversary of Independence. Lithographed. A curious selection of values - 10, 30c, $30 and $100. Rating:- ***.

🇰🇳 Nevis postal service - 

6 June 2024 - High value definitives - 2 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

🇵🇬 Post PNG (postal service of Papua New Guinea) -

2022, 2023 and 2024 issues (see Blogs 2522 and 2533).

Discussion on Stampboards has partly clarified the dates of issue of the more recent issues from Post PNG. However some doubts remain. A comment by dwyoung52 states that the Nadzab Tamadachi International Airport was definitely issued on 2 October 2023. The commentator received the items making up the issue at the time.

  On 1 July 2024  dwyoung52 also reported that, “The stamp sets for 2022 Freshwater fish and the 2023 sets for War shields, Canoe splashboards and Laulau fruit trees have been printed but not released as the sheetlets and souvenir sheets associated with all four issues have still not been printed due to in-house issues. This was the information initially supplied back in January 2024 by PNG Post and was reconfirmed last month as still being the case. PNG Post did receive the freshwater fish back in July 2023 but I have no information about date of issue. The issue date for the Nadzab Tamadachi International Airport was 2 October 2023”..

After I drew dwyoung52’s attention to the K6.90 values of the Freshwater Fish, Canoe splashboards and War shields all being featured used on cover on the internet shop site of Steven Zirinsky he responded, “When I saw those stamps on Zirinsky’s website I contacted PNG Post re. These stamps be used when supposedly they had not been released. Didn’t get an answer but was offered the opportunity to purchase the stamp sets for War shields, Canoe splashboards and Laulau Fruit Trees which have been printed.

It seems therefore that we may summarise the recent release and availability of Post PNG issues thus -

2 October 2023 - Nadzab Tamadachi International Airport - 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet (‘sheetlet’) containing 4 different stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps.

2023 or 2024 - Freshwater fish (intended for release initially in 2022, received by PNG Post in July 2023) - 4 stamps, 1 ‘sheetlet’ and 1 miniature sheet. The K6.90 value is known to be used on mail dated 17 May 2024.

2024 - War shields - 4 stamps (‘sheetlet’ and miniature sheet not available for release). The K6.90 value is known to be have been used on mail dated 17 May 2024.

2024 - Canoe splashboards - 4 stamps (‘sheetlet’ and miniature sheet not available for release). The K6.90 value is known to have been used on mail dated 17 May 2024.

2024 - Laulau fruit trees - 4 stamps (initially intended for release on 22 November 2023. ‘Sheetlet’ and miniature sheet not available for release. The set of 4 is known to have been offered for sale to a customer on 1 or 2 July 2024. The issue was designed by Banian Masiboda of Art Base Advertising and printed in lithography).

🇴🇲Oman Post -

24 June 2024 - 30th anniversary of Oman LNG - 4 stamps issued in sheetlets of 8 (2 of each stamp) and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2514. 🇬🇬 Guernsey Post To Commemorate Local Arts And Crafts Society.

 

New issues - 

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

25 July 2024 - Centenary of the Sarnia Arts and Crafts Club, various works of art by local artists - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

The following have been announced by the USA-based Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation but appear to be likely to be in local use -

🇰🇳 Postal service of Nevis -

6 June 2024 - High face value stamps, Seal and arms of Nevis - 2 stamps. Illustrations not yet available.

🇰🇳 Postal service of St Kitts -

11 June 2024 - Independence Square - 1 stamp

11 June 2024 - National heroes - 1 stamp

11 June 2024- ‘Local issue’ - 4 stamps

11 June 2024 - Sir Robert Bradshaw, former Primeminister of St Kitts - 1 stamp

11 June 2024 - Clock tower - 1 stamp

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

28 June 2024 - Centenary of The Causeway linking Singapore to Malaysia - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2504. 🇲🇾 Malaysia Commemorates Its Friendship With China.

 

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

  

31 May 2024 - 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Malaysia and The Peoples Republic of China, Joint issue - 2 stamps as a se-tenant pair. Lithographed. Rating:- ***

  It has to be said that the designs of the pair of stamps issued by China Post as its contribution to this joint issue are altogether more stylish -

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -

26 January 2024 - ‘Great Independence Day and National Day 2024’ - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***

7 March 2024 - ‘The Historic 7 March’ Day 2024 - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

17 March 2024 - anniversary of the birth of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Father of Bangladesh - 1 stamp. Rating- ***.

17 May - World Telecommunications and Information Society Day - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

🇫🇯 Fiji Post -

2024 - Previously issued definitives with surcharges applied (various values on 81c value) - 10 stamps. Rating:- ****.

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

17 April 2024 - Fiftieth anniversary of June Oman magazine - 1 stamp printed in sheetlets of six. Lithographed. Rating:- **.