2634. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post Commemorates Radio Communications.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

16 December 2024 - Centenary of radio communication in Sri Lanka - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post - 

2024 - My stamp, personalised stamps with attached labels sold by India Post in sheetlets of 12 at a premium price. -

30th anniversary of IndusInd Bank - 1 stamp -

Nada Mantana, ‘Hall of Musical Tones’, Avadhoota Datta Peetham, Sri Ganathapi Sachachidananda Ashram in Mysuru - 1 stamp - 

60th anniversary of Engineers India Limited - 1 stamp - 

125th anniversary of manganese mining by MOIL Limited - 1 stamp - 

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

After a month-long strike of postal workers, Canada Post resumed activity earlier this week after the Canada Industrial Relations Board determined on 17 December that negotiations between the workers and the crown corporation were in a stalemate and therefore ordered the employees to return to work under their existing contracts which have been extended to May 2025 to allow more time for negotiations to take place.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

14 January 2025 - first issue of the year. Comments in Stamp Boards reveal that the issue will be made up of 8 stamps (4 se-tenant pairs - 2 x 2nd Class domestic rate, 2 x £1, 2 x 1st Class domestic rate and 2 x Airmail rate with a total cost of £12.60) plus 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different 1st Class stamps costing a total of £6.60p.

This combination of values is similar to that of previous issues commemorating television programme anniversaries, children’s books or entertainment anniversaries and the ilk.

A comment by Henry Gilbert in Blog 2631 has indicated that the next issue will be released on -

18 February 2025 - yet another Music Giants issue commemorating, apparently,AC/DC, another aged popular music group. this time Australian but, apparently, with members of it born in Great Britain. That being the case, there will doubtless be a multitude of tiresome products associated with the issue including the basic set, a miniature sheet, a 4 stamp self-adhesive booklet, a Prestige booklet with an accompanying highly expensive ‘deluxe limited edition’ version, ‘Collectors sheets’, ‘Fan sheets’ etc etc etc.

Australia Post previously commemorated this musical ensemble on 2 occasions - firstly, in 2018 when it released one of its dreadful, exorbitant ‘Stamp packs’ which drew criticism because some of the labels attached to the Greetings stamps which made up the sheet showed American versions of the featured album covers rather than the Australian versions.

A single stamp, of uninspiring design, had been issued previously as part of the 2013 ‘Australian Legends’ set.

2618. 🇬🇮 Gibraltar Celebrates 320 Years Of British Rule.

 

New Issues -

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

20 November 2024 - 320th anniversary of British rule in Gibraltar - 1 stamp. Designed by Stephen Perera using an illustration by Leslie Gaduzo and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- *****.

This issue celebrates the capture of Gibraltar during the War of Spanish Succession by a combined Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral sir George Rooke. This marked the beginning of continuous British sovereignty over Gibraltar.

🇦🇪 Emirates Post (postal service of the United Arab Emirates) -

19 November 2024 - Muzahmi Protected Area in Ras Al Khaimah - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp.Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post - 

21 November 2024 - 125th anniversary of the birth of Harekrushna Mahtab - 1 stamp. Printed by .Security Printing Press Hyderabad. Rating:- ***.

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post -

21 November 2024 - Centenary of Engineering Education in Myanmar by the establishment of the Engineering Department of Rangoon University. Designed by the Ministry of Science and Technology and lithographed by Security Printing Works (Myanmar) and perforated 14. Rating:- ***.

2594. 🇶🇦🇯🇪 Qatar UPU issue., Jersey’s Dairy Industry.

New issues -

🇶🇦 Qatar Post -

9 October 2024 - 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union - 1 stamp printed in sheetlets of 8=and 2 miniature sheets (1 perforated and 1 imperforate). Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

15 August 2024 - 55th anniversary of CICO Consulting Engineers - 1 miniature sheet containing 8 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

 1 October 2024 - 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Qatari Armed Forces - 6 stamps probably produced as a miniature sheet. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

24 October 2024 - The Jersey dairy industry - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Chris Wormald and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *. Charming designs but set against the huge new issue programme, just another excessive issue.

2307. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Commemorates Vesak Festival.

 

New issues -

4 May 2023 - State Vesak Festival - 1 stamp. Rating:- *****.

4 May 2023 - Vesak - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Rating:- *****.

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post -

13 May 2023 - 250th anniversary of the death of Philbert Commerson, botanist - 1 stamp. Rating:- *****.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

10 May 2023 - 50th anniversary of National Engineering Services Pakistan (PVT) Ltd. - 1 stamp. Design “supplied by the customer” and lithographed by National Security Printing Company Karachi and perforated 13. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

2023 - My Post personalised stamp, 33rd anniversary of India ITME Society - 1 stamp with attached label  issued in sheetlets of 12 and sold at a premium.

1923. 🇲🇾 Malaysia Celebrates Its Island Treasures.

 

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia issued a set of 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet on 5 August 2021 on the subject of  ‘Treasures of Malaysia’. The treasures in question are beautiful islands which are part of the country. The issue was designed by Koo Jye Shen and Hoen Yun. Rating:- ****.

  🇧🇩 The postal service of Bangladesh issued a single stamp on 5 August 2021 to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the Birth of Captain Sheikh Kamal, a Bangladesh martyr. Rating:- ***.

🇵🇰 The postal service of Pakistan issued a single stamp on 1 August 2021 to commemorate the Centenary of NED University of Engineering and Technology in Karachi. The Pakistan postal service describes the stamp as having been designed “by the customer” (I assume this stamp was sponsored by the University) and lithographed by National Security Printing Company, Karachi and is perforated 13. Rating:- **.

🇦🇺 Australia Post continued its series of stamps depicting Australian Gold medal winners at the Tokyo Olympic Games by issuing on 5 August 2021 the following issued in sheetlets of 10.:-

Sailing, Men’s 640 class - Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan.

Skateboarding, Men’s park - Keegan Palmer.