2692. 🇸🇬 Singapore Features Kebaya Costumes.

 

New issues -

🇸🇬 Singapore Post - 

4 April 2025 - ‘Multinational inscription of Kebaya on UNESCO’ - Kebaya (traditional blouse-dress combination worn by women in Peranakan communities in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia - 4 stamps. Designed by Syed Ismail of Pinch Design Pte Ltd and lithographed by Secura and perforated 13. Rating:- *****.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

23 March 2025 - 130th anniversary of the discovery of X rays - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Khalid Nawaz and Rana M Younis and lithographed by National Security Printing Company Karachi and perforated 13. Rating:-  **.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

23 April 2025 - Places to visit in the Bailiwick - 4 stamps. Designed by Caroline Cummins and lithographed. These designs were originally intended to be used for the SEPAC issue due for release on 25 July 2024 but did not appear “due to unforeseen circumstances”. It was originally intended to use the royal cipher on the stamps rather than the cameo of King Charles and, not surprisingly, the face values are now different from those originally intended (65p, £1.20, £2.71 and £4.31 - now 69p, £1.37, £2.82 and £4.63 - a total increase of 62p - what a difference 8 months makes. Rating:- 0.

Originally proposed SEPAC stamps -

2324. 🇧🇸 Bahamas Commemorates 50th Anniversary Of Independence.

 

New issues.

🇧🇸 Bahamas postal service -

6 July 2023 - 50th anniversary of Independence - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Production coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Angela Warner of Pobjoy Stamps for information about this issue. Rating:- ****.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post Office -

15 June 2023 - Fruit of Sri Lanka - 20 stamps and 1 sheetlet containing all 20 Stamps. Rating:- ****.

15 June 2023 - UNESCO World Heritage sites in Sri Lanka, Sigiriya - 4 stamps and 4 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp. Rating:- ****.

1951. 🇲🇺 Mauritius In Space.

 

  🇲🇺 The postal service of Mauritius will issue a single stamp on 7 October 2021 to commemorate the achievement of putting the country’s first satellite, MIR-SATI, into space. A colourful stamp commemorating a notable national achievement. Rating:- ****.

  🇮🇳 India Post issued a single stamp on 2 October 2021 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Martyrs of Solapur. The four individuals named on the stamps had taken part in protests in Solapur against the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi in the face of marshall law which had been imposed by the British. The protests turned into rioting during which the British shot a number of the protesters and two British policemen were killed by the rioters, one being shot and the other burned alive. A number of the rioters were arrested and the four men featured on the stamp were sentenced to death for their participation in the protests and hanged on 12 January 1931. Subsequently they have been seen as martyrs for the cause of Indian independence. Rating:- ****.

  🇵🇰 The postal service of Pakistan issued a single stamp on 30 September 2021 to commemorate the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority and the achievement of Pakistan having 100 million broadband subscribers. The issue was lithographed by National Security Printing Corporation Karachi and is perforated 13. Rating:- **.

  A second stamp was also issued on 30 September 2021 to commemorate the Inauguration of the 1100MW Karachi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 which took place on 21 May 2021. The printing details are the same as for the Digital Pakistan issue. Rating:- **.

🇯🇲 We may expect Jamaica Post to release a new issue of stamps on or about 31 October 2021 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Jamaica Post Office. News of the stamps is awaited.

  🇭🇰 The ten year-long series of miniature sheets released by Hong Kong Post which features World Heritage sites in China finally comes to an end on 12 October 2021 with the issue of the tenth sheet in the series as well as a miniature sheet containing the stamps from all 10 sheets in the series. The final single stamp miniature sheet depicts South China Karst and was designed by Kar-wai Cheng and was lithographed by Enschedé and is perforated 14. The 10 stamp miniature sheet was designed by the same designer and also lithographed by Enschedé and the stamps in the sheet have varying perforations. Interesting and colourful items but the scenes depicted are not local to Hong Kong itself. Rating:- **.

1717. 🇧🇩 Mourning Stamps From Bangladesh.

🇧🇩 Gene W of Colnect has been kind enough to inform me of 2 new issues from the postal service of Bangladesh. The most recent was issued on 15 August 2020 to mark National Mourning Day and takes the form of a sheet of 18 different stamps marking the 45th anniversary of the assassination of the Father of the Nation - Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - and the murders of many members of his family - men, women and children - by a cabal of army personnel involved in a conspiracy. Seventeen of the stamps depict victims of the massacre. Colnect records that the stamps were printed in lithography and digitally and perforated 12.5. Rating:- ****.

A single stamp was also released on 7 June 2020 to commemorate 6 Points Martyr Day. On 7 June 1966 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman launched a movement aimed at opposing Pakistani rule in what was then East Pakistan on the basis of a six-point political and economic programme. In demonstrations in support of Sheikh Mujib, the Pakistan authorities shot dead eleven demonstrators who are now known as the 6 Points Martyrs. Colnect reports the printing as having been by lithography and digital printing and the stamp is perforated 12.5. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post commemorated India’s Independence Day with the issue of a set of 5 stamps and I miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps on 15 August 2020. The stamps depict UNESCO World Heritage sites in the country and this particular issues features places of worship. Rating:- ****.

🇬🇧 The latest addition to my Royal Mail Machin Head definitives collection with a M20L code is the 5p value from counter sheets with the code M20L MAIL. So now I have  the following:-

Self-adhesive:-

From counter sheets - M20L MAIL - 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 2nd, 1st, 2nd Large, 1st Large, 1st Large signed for, Special Delivery 500g, with no news that I know of so far of the 1p, 50p, £1, £2, £3 and £5.

 New values from counter sheets - M20L MAIL - £1.42, £1.63, £1.68, £2.42, £2.97, £3.66, £3.82.

 From Business sheets - M20L MBIL - 2nd. No news of the 2nd Large and 1st Large but the 1st is now being sold by dealers on E Bay.

From booklets of 4 x 1st Machin Head plus 2 x commemoratives - M20L MCIL - 1st

From booklets of 12 - M20L MTIL - 2nd and 1st

From booklets of 4 - M20L MFIL - No news of 2nd Large though the 1st Large is said to be on offer on E Bay.

From booklets of 6 - M20L MSIL - no news of 1st.

Gummed stamps:-

From Prestige booklets - M20L MPIL - 1p, 5p, 20p, 50p, £1.63p.