New issues -
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand Post -
5 June 2024 - New Zealand’s participation in the Paris Olympic Games, 2024 - 4 stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14. Rating:- *.
๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka Post -
21 May 2024 - State Vesak Festival - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.
21 May 2024 - Vesak, 2568, paintings - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.
๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka Post -
21 February 2024 - Scouting and Guiding in Sri Lanka - 10 stamps, 10 stamps in a sheetlet and 2 miniature sheets each containing 5 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.
New issues.
๐ฎ๐ช An Post (postal service of the Republic of Ireland) -
1 February 2024 - St Brigid’s Day and the Imbolc Festival - 2 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.
๐ฎ๐ณ India Post -
25 January 2024 - ‘Bharat - Mother of Democracy’- 1 miniature sheet containing 3 different stamps. Rating:- ***.
25 January 2024 - ‘Includive elections - the Election Commission of India’ - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.
๐ฏ๐ช Jersey Post -
14 February 2024 - Post and Go, revised Jersey Flag with the royal cypher of King Charles III - 1 stamp in 6 different values. Rating:- *****.
New issues.
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore Post -
1 December 2023 - 10ths anniversary of The Purple Parade, a local “ground-up movement to raise awareness, foster inclusion and celebrate the abilities of persons with disabilities” - 4 stamps. Designed by Sonny Lee and lithographed by Secura and perforated 13. Rating:- ***.
๐ฑ๐น Stamperija (Lithuania-based purveyor and producer of paraphilatelic products under contract from the postal administrations of a number of sub-Saharan African countries). In most cases there is little or no chance that these products are ever sold normally at post offices in the countries whose names are printed on them or used on genuine mail posted in those countries.
๐น๐ฌ Togo -
Alleged ‘date of issue’ - 28 June 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III - 2 miniature sheets, the first containing 4 ‘stamps’ and the other a single ‘stamp’. Though Stamperija products are not usually mentioned in this Blog, this ‘issue’ is included here so that collectors are aware of all the products released by Commonwealth postal services, or released in their name, which relate to the king’s coronation. Although the price of these products is very high, collectors generally view these products as being worthless and of no resellable value. Caveat emptor. Rating:- 0.
New issues -
๐ฎ๐ฒ Isle Of Man Post Office -
5 January 2023 - The Triskelion, First Manx stamps to be inscribed with the royal cypher of King Charles III - 4 gummed stamps. Designed by EJC Design and lithographed by bpost and perforated 11.5. Rating:- ****.
๐ผ๐ธ Samoa postal service -
2022 - Surcharges. Steven Zirinsky, the expert in modern surcharged stamps and the stamps and postal history of Pacific area territories, is now offering for sale on his internet site, some new surcharges which I assume to have been issued in recent months by the Samoan postal service. The Samoan postal service seems to be delving deeper into time for previously issued stamps to surcharge - these items go back as far as 1981 - more than forty years. There are a range of values including, as we have previously seen, a number of high values which, not surprisingly given the face value and likely rarity, are expensive to buy though the lower values are more affordable. The new items are:-
1981 International Year of The Disabled - $30 on various values - 5 stamps. The illustrations are not in the correct proportions but give an idea of the nature of the surcharge (one of the original stamps is also illustrated in the correct dimensions) -
Correct dimensions (unsurcharged stamp) -
1982 Commonwealth Games - $5 on various values - 4 stamps -
2001 Butterflies - 5 stamps (self-adhesive and printed in a se-tenant strip) each one surcharged $60 -
1991 Parrots - $10 surcharges on various values - 3 stamps -
1995 Samoan landscapes - $40 surcharges on various values -
