2554. 🇲🇿 Mozambique Appoints New Postal Operator.

 

🇲🇿 Correio Expresso de Moçambique (postal service of Mozambique) -

24 May 2024 - It was announced that the government of Mozambique had appointed Correio Expresso de Moçambique (CORRE) as the new universal postal service provider in Mozambique, three years after the Mozambique government had terminated the former national postal service, Correios de Moçambique. 

  The shareholders of the new postal service are Correios de Portugal and Empresa Nacional de Correios de Moçambique and CORRE stated that,”The company offers a wide range of services, including the collection, processing, transport and distribution of urgent and express documents and goods, both nationally and internationally, as well as courier, transport and logistics services”.

  The statement claimed that the appointment represents a significant step in the liberalisation and and modernisation of the postal service in Mozambique, “promoting greater efficiency and quality in the services provided to our citizens”. 

  There is no report of the new service, which seems to be largely centred on the delivery of parcels and express postal services, has so far issued, or intends to issue in the future, any postage stamps but collectors will need to keep their eyes open for any interesting items coming out of this new postal service officially recognised as the state postal service in Mozambique.

New issues -

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

20 August 2024 - Kandy Esala Perahera - 1 long stamp (2015 mm x 50mm) and I miniature sheet containing the same stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇯🇲 Jamaica Post -

 25 July 2024 - Bicentenary of the Anglican Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Previously described in Blog 2548 but better quality illustration now shown below -

🇧🇲 Bermuda postal service -

26 June 2024 - Commemoration of Mary Prince, former slave - 4 stamps. Previously described in Blog 2521 but better quality illustrations now shown below - 

898. Malta Commemorates Its Presidency Of Europe.

   🇲🇹 Malta Post will issue a miniature sheet on 12 January 2017 to commemorate the country's assumption of the Presidency of the Council of The European Union. The rather expensive item (€3.59c) was designed by Sean Cini and lithographed by Printex and perforated 13 x 14. This is an item of historical interest as it features the national flags of the member states of The European Union including that of The United Kingdom and will doubtless be one of the last philatelic items to do so before The United Kingdom leaves The European Union in a couple of years time. Rating:- ***.
   🇯🇪 Jersey Post will issue 6 new "Crest of Jersey" definitive stamps on 2 February 2017 The issue was designed by True North and printed in lithography. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇬 In Blog 881I mentioned the issue which Guernsey Post plans to release on 18 January 2017 to commemorate a subject of no relevance to the island whatsoever but which nevertheless does seem to require 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet to be put on sale. The subject of course is the Lunar New Year which has inspired numerous depictions of cockerels as previous blogs have illustrated and I now include a depiction of Guernsey Post's miniature sheet (above). Rating:- 0.

🇲🇾 More roosters! In Blog 896 I mentioned and illustrated the 3 stamps and 2 miniature sheets which were released by Pos Malaysia on 10 January 2017 but there was also an accompanying "My stamp"-style sheetlet which contains 2 x 4 different stamps as depicted below. Quite an attractive item. Rating:- ***.

🇧🇩 Below I depict 2 further issues of 2016 from the Bangladesh postal service. The first commemorates "World Telecommunication and Information Society Day" and the second commemorates the Golden Jubilee of the University of Chittagong. Both designs are rather cluttered and I do not know the dates of issue though the Chittagong University stamp has the inscription "18 November 2016" which presumably was the day on which the stamp was released. Rating:- ***.