New Issues -
🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -
7 March 2025 - Royalpex 2025 National Philatelic Exhibition held in Palmerston North - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 of the previously issued ‘Native Pollinators’ stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- **.
Travel down the highways and bye-ways of Commonwealth stamp collecting for news and views about Commonwealth stamps.
New Issues -
🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -
7 March 2025 - Royalpex 2025 National Philatelic Exhibition held in Palmerston North - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 of the previously issued ‘Native Pollinators’ stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- **.
New Issues -
🇬🇧 Royal Mail -
5 November 2024 - Christmas, UK cathedrals in winter - 5 self-adhesive stamps. 2nd Class domestic rate - St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, 2nd Class Large - Cathedral Church of Christ, Liverpool (Anglican), 1st Class - St Patrick’s Cathedral Armagh; Ist Class Large - St Deiniol’s Cathedral, Bangor, £2.80 - Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood, Westminster (Roman Catholic). Various items expected. Further details and illustrations to follow.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -
25 October 2024 - Philex 2024 Philatelic, Coin and Banknote Show - 1 stamp. Previously issued stamp reissued with overprint applied. Rating:- ***.
2025 New Issue Programmes -
🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -
Issues inscribed Guernsey -
6 January 2025 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Snake.
6 January 2025 - The Royal Golden Guernsey Goat
19 February 2025 - 250th anniversary of Nicolas Blondel, clockmaker
19 February 2025 - Post and Go stamps, The Bailiwick seashore
23 April 2025 - EUROPA, National archaeological discoveries
23 April 2025 - 250th birth anniversary of JMW Turner, English artist
23 April 2023 - 80th anniversary of the liberation from German occupation, first issue
14 July 2025 - 80th anniversary of the liberation from German occupation, second issue
14 July 2025 - Main tourist attractions of Guernsey (delayed from 2024)
Issues inscribed Alderney -
6 January 2025 - Alderney blue plaque tour
23 April 2025 - The Wombles Trail
14 July 2025 - 20 years of Postcrossing.
New issues.
🇸🇬 Singapore Post -
15 November 2022 - Joint issue with Bangladesh Post, Birds - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing the 2 stamps. Designed by Teo Nam Siang and lithographed by Secura Pte Ltd and perforated 13. Rating:- *****.
Previously mentioned in Blog 2191 but now further details and better illustrations provided here.
🇧🇸 Bahamas postal service -
25 November 2022 - Christmas, Junkanoo - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design from photographs by Candis Marshall and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.
Production coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Angela Warner of Pobjoy Stamps for information about this issue.
🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -
11 November 2022 - ‘WPS 100’ Philatelic Exhibition, (Centenary of Wellington Philatelic Society) - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 stamps. Rating:- ***.