2353. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Remembers Queen Elizabeth II.

 

New issues.

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post - 

6 September 2023 - Commemoration of the late Queen Elizabeth II - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvis and lithographed by Brebner print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- *****. The designs depict photographic portraits of Her late Majesty taken during her visits to the country.

🇳🇿 Ross Dependency postal service - 

6 September 2023 - Scott Base, ‘Home on Ross Islands’ - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Helcia Merryman and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

Tweets reporting Post and Go issues with one day only additional inscriptions to commemorate visiting cruise ships - 

10 August 2023 - Visit of the Ambition.

2314. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail Warhammer Stamps - The Silliest British Issue Ever?

 

🇬🇧 Royal Mail - 

8 June 2023 - Warhammer - 6 stamps (3 vertically se-tenant pairs) and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Details awaited.  While depiction of this issue remains embargoed by Royal Mail to philatelic dealers and philatelic media, a source in the media surrounding gaming has published some photographs on the internet of the new stamps in the presentation pack. The illustrations are therefore poor quality but give an idea to the ordinary collector of what they will be like when they are released. Each design seems to feature a diorama of miniature figures - elves and other fantasy creatures all about to do battle with each other. 

At a time of important international events and notable national anniversaries which should be noted on the United Kingdom’s national postage stamps but are not, the subject of this issue seems bizarrely trite and immature and, ultimately, laughable and silly. What depths Royal Mail stamps have sunk to. Little wonder that British stamp collectors are giving up buying Royal Mail new issues. Better quality illustrations will be featured in a future edition of this Blog when available.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

Tweets reporting Post and Go issues with one day added inscriptions commemorating visiting cruise ships.

27 May 2023 - Visit of the Renaissance -

2295. 🇮🇪 Irish Republic Commemorates Former President.

 

New issues -

🇮🇪 An Post, postal service of the Republic of Ireland -

27/April 2023 - Birth centenary of former President Patrick Hillery - 1 stamp. Designed by So Studio and lithographed by Cartor. Self-adhesive. Rating:- ****.

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post -

29 April 2023 - 250th anniversary of the first newspaper published in Mauritius - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post Office -

17 April 2023 - Eid Mubarak - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

25 April 2023 - Visiting cruise ships, Visit of MSC Virtuosa. Strip of 6 Post and Go stamps with additional inscription. Dispensed by the desktop unit GG03 situated in the Guernsey Information Centre in St Peter Port.

🇲🇾 Malaysia Post -

27 April 2023 - Personalised stamps, Se temku, Centenary of the Old Frees Association  - 2 stamps issued in a sheetlet of 10 stamps (5 x 2).

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

5 May 2023 - Post and Go stamps, Coronation of King Charles III - 12 stamps. Jersey Arms stamps dispensed in strips of 6 different stamps from kiosk JE02 (Broad Street post office) and JE03 (Jersey Post Headquarters, Rue Des Pres, St Saviour) all with the additional inscription, “God Save The King!”. Illustrations awaited.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

5 May 2023 - Post and Go stamps, Coronation of King Charles III. “All Royal Mail” Post and Go stamps will be dispensed with the inscription ‘A New Reign’ from 5 May to 2 June 2023. Illustrations awaited.

Interesting recent social media posts:-

Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla -