2360. 🇨🇦🇲🇹 Canadian Feminists And Maltese Saints.

 

New issues.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

28 August 2023 - Quebec feminists - 3 self-adhesive stamps issued in booklets of 6 (2 of each design). Designed by Paprika and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating:- *

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

31 August 2023 - ‘Festa’, Maltese religious festivals - 10 stamps. Designed from photographs by Mark Micallef Perconte and lithographed by Printex and perforated 13 x 14. Rating:- ****.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

21 September 2023 - Hong Kong vegetables - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Benny Lau and lithographed. Rating:- **.

🇯🇪 Guernsey Post -

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

24 August 2023 - Return of the Ambience.

25 August 2023 - Return of the Virtuosa.

26 August 2023 - Visit of the Island Princess.

  Commonwealth countries and territories whose postal administrations are not known to have issued or had issued on their behalf any legitimate postage stamps during 2023 up until the end of August:-

Anguilla 

Belize

British Indian Ocean Territory 

Brunei Darussalam 

Cameroon 

Dominica 

eSwatini

Gabon

Kenya 

Kiribati (due to issue a new definitive series on 4 September) 

Lesotho 

Malawi

Maldives 

Montserrat 

Nauru 

Nevis 

Nigeria 

Niue

Penrhyn Cook Islands 

Rwanda

St Kitts

Saint Lucia 

Samoa 

Seychelles 

Solomon Islands 

South Africa 

Tokelau 

Trinidad And Tobago 

Turks And Caicos Islands 

Uganda 

United Republic Of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia

  For the present at least therefore, the list remains unchanged from those at the ends of both June and July with 33 of the 88 (37.5%) Commonwealth philatelic entities not yet having issued, or having had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps. This compares with a figure of 33.7% at the end of August 2022. 

  As well as the new expected Kiribati definitives, a Caribbean ‘minibus’ issue is also expected in September to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Eastern Caribbean Community Bank which may include new issues from the postal services of Anguilla, Dominica, St Kitts (plus Nevis), Montserrat and Saint Lucia.

2313. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Issues July To December 2023.

 

New issues.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

25July 2023 - ‘Intangible cultural heritage’ - Hong Kong-style milk tea making technique - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheet, each containing a single stamp. Designed by Lai Wai-ying. Rating:- **.

22 August 2023 - Cultural landmarks in Hong Kong - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Peter Ng Seung-ho. Rated:- **.

21 September 2023 - Vegetables of Hong Kong - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Benny Lau. Rating:- **.

20 October 2023 - Hong Kong landscapes - mountains - 6 stamps and 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp. Designed by Eric Wong. Rating;- **.

23 November 2023 - Development of railway services in Hong Kong - 6 stamps and 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp (one miniature sheet is self-adhesive). Rating:- **.

19 December 2023 - ‘Hong Kong - past and present’, Hong Kong postal headquarters - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet.Rating:- ***.

2250. 🇲🇾 Rabbits And Other Pets From Malaysia.

 

New issues -

🇲🇾  Pos Malaysia - 

23 February 2023 - Pets, Lunar new year, Year of the Rabbit - 3 stamps issued as a se-tenant triptych and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

13 February 2023 - Agricultural goods - 1 sheetlet containing 12 different stamps. Rating:- ****.

🇺🇸 Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC) (American producer and seller of philatelic products under contract with some Commonwealth postal services). All rated:- 0.

🇬🇩 Products inscribed Grenada Petite Martinique and Carriacou -

6 January 2023 - Seabirds of the Caribbean, overprinted Orcoexpo 2023 Stampshow (Anaheim) - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps.

🇬🇾 Products inscribed Guyana -

22 January 2023 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Rabbit - 4 stamps issued in a sheetlet of 12 stamps (3 of each stamp).

30 December 2022 - 50th anniversary of the Concorde aircraft - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

30 December 2022 - Visit of US President Biden to the United Kingdom - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

30 December 2022 - Desert cactus flowers - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 6 different stamps and the other a single stamp.