2841. 🇲🇺 Mauritius Reprints Extinct Birds Definitives.

 

New issues.

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post -

2025 - Extinct birds definitives - reprinted values with ‘2025’ inscription on lower border - 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

December 2025 - 85th anniversary of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, personalised My Stamp sold by India Post in sheetlets of 12 with attached labels and at a premium price - 1 stamp.

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

30 October 2025 - Omani gemstones - 6 stamps produced in a sheetlet of one of each stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing 1 of each stamp (6 x 500 baisa) and a second limited edition miniature sheet containing all 6 designs but in a higher value (6 x 2 rials). Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2735. 🇦🇺 Australia International Post Stamps Feature Opals.

 

New issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

24 June 2025 - International postage, Opals of Australia - 3 stamps. Designed by Sharon Rodziewicz and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14. Rating:- ***.

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

2 July 2025 - Native Frogs - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- **.

2331. 🇧🇼 Diamond Industry Aspects Feature On New Botswana Definitives.

 

New issues -

🇧🇼 Botswana Post -

23 June 2023 - Definitive, the diamond industry in Botswana - 16 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Totang Motoloki and lithographed by Brebner Print. Rating:- *****.

 

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

27 June 2023 - Mountains of Malaysia - 2 stamps. Further details awaited. Rating:- ****.

2049. 🇬🇧🇺🇦 Royal Mail Ukraine Appeal Postmark. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

 

Current events.

  As Putin’s murderous and destructive assault on the people of Ukraine proceeds without conscience and apparently, given how well the Ukrainians have managed to slow down the Russian invasion, without any degree of competence, Royal Mail has introduced a postmark, which I have received on an item of mail, which promotes the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal (illustrated above and below). As can be seen the postmark has the message “UKRAINE/HUMANITARIAN/APPEAL” in a rectangle and underneath the message, “DONATE NOW AT/DEC.ORG.UK”. The postmark from Croydon Mail Centre is dated 14.03.2022.  It is good to see Royal Mail supporting this appeal to help the brave people of Ukraine and this I think must be the first philatelic item from a Commonwealth Country to show support for Ukraine as it stands up to the monstrous Putin and his gang of kleptocrats.

New issues.

🇮🇳 India Post -

20 March 2022 - 36th International Geology Congress - 2 stamps

🇲🇹 MaltaPost - 

2 April 2022 - Commemoration of the Papal visit of Francis I to Malta - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by MaltaPost and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- ****.

1993. 🇱🇰 A Gem Of An Issue From Sri Lanka.

 

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post issued a sheetlet of 10 different stamps and 2 labels on 6 December 2021 on the subject of Gems of Sri Lanka. A colourful and interesting issue. Rating:- ****.

🇧🇩 Previously released philatelic items with overprints applied were reissued on 10 December 2021 in Bangladesh to commemorate the Bangabandhu National Philatelic Exhibition. I am not presently sure if these are official new issues from Bangladesh Post or are products of the Bangladesh Philatelic Federation as part if the overprint reads, “Bangladesh Philatelic Federation celebrates BANGABANDHU  2021”. The issue is made up of 2 stamps, 1 miniature sheet from 1999 containing 2 different stamps and another miniature sheet dating back to 2005 containing 4 different stamps.

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post Office issued a pair of stamps on 2 December 2021 on the subject of costumes of the Inwa period of Myanmar history. The issue was lithographed by Security Printing Works (Myanmar) and the stamps are perforated 14. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post will issue a miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps to accompany the Year of The Tiger issue to be released on 19 January 2022 (see Blog 1981).

  🇯🇪 Jersey Post’s Post and Go stamps to be released early on 2022 will feature the subject ‘Fruits of the Sea’.