2397. 🇨🇦🇬🇧 Canada Commemorates World War 2 Heroine; Postal Museum Says Goodbye To Post And Go.

 

New issues -

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

7 November 2023 - Commemoration of Mona Parsons, Canadian Second World War heroine - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in a booklet of 10 and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing 5 identical stamps. Designed by Larry Burke and Anna Stredulinksky of Burke and Burke.Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

8 November 2023 - Remembrance - previously issued ‘Poppy’ Post and Go stamps dispensed from kiosks at the National Postal Museum with additional inscriptions. A001 - ‘The Postal Museum/Lest we Forget ‘23’; A013 - ‘Mail Rail/Lest we Forget ‘23’. 

1 - 31 December 2023 - A001 reel 1 to dispense ‘Winter greenery’ 1st Class stamps, A001 reel 3 to dispense 2nd Class Winter Greenery stamps, A013 to dispense Winter Greenery stamps (only until 27 December 2023) and A001 reel 5 to dispense Mail coach stamps.

27 - 31 December  2023 - A001 reel 1 to dispense ‘Anniversary Machins’ with inscription’End of Post & Go at/The Postal Museum, A001 reel 6 to dispense ‘Union Flag’ Post & Go stamps with inscription ‘End of Post & Go at/The Postal Museum’ and A013 reel 3 to dispense 1st Class Machins with inscription’End of Post & Go at/The Postal Museum’.

🇺🇸 Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC) (U.S.A.-based producer and purveyor of philatelic items under contract from various postal administrations) - 

Illustrations of various previously announced issues have now been published - 

See Blog 2359 - 

🇬🇩 Grenada -

10 July 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III, King of Grenada - 2 miniature sheets.

18 November 2023 - Elvis Presley (American entertainers) - 2 miniature sheets - 

🇬🇾 Guyana - 

26 April 2023 - The Hyacinth macaw - 2 miniature sheets -

🇹🇻 Tuvalu -

12 June 2023 - 2 issues - the Golden plover and the Ruddy turnstone - 2 miniature sheets for each issue - 

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

26 October 2023 - Commemoration of the Mohammed bin Rashid Library - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 2 stamps and the other a single stamp item. Rating:- ****.

2 November 2023 - 25th anniversary of Sharjah University - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp and an additional AED5 miniature sheet as part of the overall item (!). Rating:- ***.

2280. 🇳🇬 🇦🇺 Nigeria Commemorates Inauguration of PAPU Tower; Australia Commemorates Sydney Opera House.

 

New issues.

🇳🇬 NIPost, Postal service of Nigeria -

2 September 2023 - Inauguration of the PAPU (Pan-African Postal Union) Tower in Arusha, Tanzania - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 identical stamps. Lithographed by NSPM plc. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

8 October 2023 - Commemoration of Samrat Hemachandra Vikramaditya, former emperor of India, defeated by Akbar - 1 stamp. Rating:- ****.

🇦🇺 Australia Post-

10 October 2023 - 50th anniversary of Sydney Opera House - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps and 1 x $3  self-adhesive stamp from booklets of 5. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.4 x 14. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

18 October 2023 - Post and Go stamps, The Postal Museum - Temporary exhibition. ‘Dressed to Deliver’ (postal service uniforms) - 6 previously issued stamps with additional inscription, ‘The Postal Museum/Dressed to Deliver’. To be dispensed by kiosk A001 and also sold in limited number of presentation packs dispensed from Back Office machine.

2195. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post’s Issues, January To June 2023.

New issues.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

10 January 2023 - Lunar New Year, Year of the Rabbit - 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet with ‘special printing effect’, 1 ‘silk’ miniature sheet and 2 ‘Heartwarming’ stamps released in 2 ‘mini-panes’ each containing 12 stamps. Rating:- ****.

10 January 2022 - Lunar new year, ‘Gold and silver’ miniature sheet and silver hot foil $10 stamps - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps and 4 different (rabbit, tiger, ox and rat) stamps issued in ‘mini-panes’ of 16 stamps. Rating:- *****.

10 January 2022 - Lunar new year, the Twelve animals of the Lunar new year cycle - 1 large miniature sheet containing 12 different stamps and 4 miniature sheets each containing 12 different stamps all of the same value. Rating:- *.

14 February 2023 - Seasonal trees in Hong Kong - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Rating:- ***.

23 March 2023 - Hong Kong Museums collection, Jingguanlou - 6 stamps, 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp and 1 ‘mini-pane’ containing 2 sets of 6 stamps. Rating:- **.

18 April 2023 - ‘A Tribute to Healthcare workers’ - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Rating:- ***.

4 May 2023 - ‘24 Solar terms, Summer - 6 stamps. Rating:- *.

13 June 2023 - Hong Kong toys, 1970s to 1980s - 6 stamps and 1 ‘mini-pane’ containing 2 sets of 6 stamps. Rating:- *.

🇮🇳 India Post -

3 November 2022 - 70th anniversary of Assam Medical College - 1 stamp. Rating:- **.

🇬🇧 

Royal Mail -

11 November 2022 - Post and Go machine dispensed stamps, ‘Lest we forget’, Remembrance Day - Postal Museum, Kiosk A001 - 1 stamp dispensed in coils of 6. ‘Poppy’ stamp with additional inscription reading ‘The Postal Museum/Lest We Forget’. To be dispensed from 11 November - 30 November.

1 December 2022 - Christmas, Winter Greenery stamps (2 x 2nd Class and 2 x 1st Class) with added inscription reading ‘The Postal Museum’ dispensed from Kiosk A001. To be dispensed from 1 - 31 December.

1 December - Christmas, Winter Greenery stamps (2 x 1st Class) with added inscription reading ‘Mail Rail’ dispensed from Kiosk A013.

🇶🇦 Qatar Post - 

25 October 2022 - FIFA World Cup Football Championships, Qatar, Previous Qatar teams’ football victories  - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. This issue was described in Blog 2186 but it appears that a miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps was also released and it is now depicted here.