2593. 🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Dashes To Cash In On Aurora Sightings.

 

New issues -

🇮🇲 Islle Of Man Post Office -

25 October 2024 - ‘The Lights of Mann’, photographs of the aurora borealis as seen in th Isle of Mann - 6 stamps (total cost £10.64, 1 Prestige booklet costing £22.04 and 1 booklet pane containing all 6 stamps sold separately and costing £10.64 (cost of issue £43.32). Designed by Isle of Man Advertising using photographs by David Lovelady, Ron Strathdee, Andrew Reeves and Visit Isle Of Man. Lithographed by bpost and perforated 11.5. Rating:- *.

28 October 2024 - Christmas - 6 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and EJC Design and lithographed by bpost and perforated 11.5. Total price - £10.68. Rating:- **.

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

30 November 2023 - 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Oman and Switzerland - 2 stamps. Lithographed. This issue has not previously been mentioned in this Blog. Rating:- ***.

2200. 🇬🇧 Carter’s Discovery Of The Tomb Of Tutankhamun.

 

New issues.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail - 

24 November 2022 - Centenary of the discovery of the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt by the English archaeologist Howard Carter  - 8 stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps and I Prestige booklet made up from 4 panes including one pane of 5 Machin Head with barcode stamps sold for £21.95p. Designed by Andy Altman and lithographed by  Cartor and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ****** (six stars! - a superb collection of designs on a subject of major historical importance commemorating the achievement of an important Briton). I assume this is also an historically notable issue as I expect it will be the last to feature the cameo of the late Queen Elizabeth II. This was certainly a case of leaving the best till last.

🇪🇬 Egypt Post -

13 November 2022 - Centenary of the discovery of the Pharoah Tutankhamun - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -

15 November 2022 - 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Singapore, Joint issue depicting birds - 2 stamps issued as a se-tenant pair. Designed by Teo Nam Siang and lithographed by Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Gazipur. Perforated 12.5. Rating:- ****.

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

16 November 2022 - 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Hamdan bin Hamad bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps, 3 of which depict three generations of the rulers of Dubai. Rating:- ****.

1800. 🇦🇺 Australia Post Reveals First Issues Of 2021.

 

🇦🇺 Australia Post has published details of its first tranche of new issues for 2021. The organisation seems to think that Christmas Island requires a vast number of products with its name printed on them so that it can cash in in every imaginable philatelic way on the Chinese New Year celebrations. It’s sad to see that new issue stamp collecting has fallen into such a deep hole from which I doubt it can ever be salvaged. Sad also that when one thinks of the new issues coming from Australia one also thinks of the products of IGPC and Stamperija with which they have much in common.

8 January 2021 - 🇨🇽 Issue inscribed Christmas Island Australia - Chinese New Year, Year of The Ox - 3 stamps, 1 miniature sheet, 1 ‘gold’ miniature sheet (cost $99) containing 3 different stamps, 1 ‘Zodiac sheet’ containing 15 different stamps costing $13.20, 1 x ‘888 Lunar new year’ gold miniature sheet containing 6 stamps costing $88, 1 prestige booklet costing $29.95, 1 ‘Calendar sheet’ containing  12 different stamps costing $15.50 plus other items. 

The issue was designed by Chrissy Lau and lithographed by RA Print and perforated 14.5.Rating:- *.

25 January 2021 - ‘Memorable Moments’ - 5 gummed stamps and 4 self-adhesive stamps each from individual booklets of 10 and 1 ‘Wedding’ Prestige booklet costing $35.95c and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing 5 different stamps. Designed by Keith Downes and Sonia Young and lithographed by EGO and perforated 15 x 14. Rating:- 0.

9 February 2021 - Centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force - 2 gummed stamps, 1 miniature sheet, 2 self-adhesive stamps from coils and 1 sheetlet of 12 different My Stamps (cost $15.50c). Designed by Jamie and Leanne Tufrey and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.

9 February 2021 - 🇳🇫 Issue inscribed ‘Norfolk Island Australia’ - Lizards of Norfolk Island - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing the 2 stamps. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14 x 14.5 Rating:- ****.

16 February 2021 - ‘Frontline Heroes’ - 5 se-tenant gummed stamps, 5 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 and 1 miniature sheet. Further details and illustrations awaited.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post has released the designs of its Chinese new year stamps due for issue in 2021. The stamps commemorate the Year of The Ox. Further details are awaited.