2677. 🇧🇲 🇫🇯 Bermuda To Feature Local Whales; More Fiji Surcharges.

New issues -

🇧🇲 Bermuda Post Office -

20 March 2025 - Whales of Bermuda waters - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇫🇯 Fiji Post -

?2024 - Additional surcharged definitives - 15 stamps. Previously issued ‘Bird’ definitives reissued with surcharges applied to 63c and 81c values to create new values. The stamps are generally in two forms - with ‘XX’ or ‘XXX’ obliterating the original values as illustrated below -

See also Blogs 2504 and 2534.

🇮🇳 India Post - 

February 2025 - Centenary of Patna Medical School and Hospital, My Stamp personalised stamp sold by India Post - 1 stamp with attached label sold in sheetlets of 12 at a premium price. 

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

3 March 2025 - Centenary of the Jhelum Military College - 1 stamp. Designed by ‘the customer’(presumably, the Military College) and lithographed National Security Printing Company Karachi. Rating:- **.

2622. 🇬🇧 New definitives, Operation Tabarin And Sledge Dogs from British Antarctic Territory.

New issues -

🇬🇧 Postal service of British Antarctic Territory -

10 December 2024 - Definitives, Local seals and whales - 12stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

15-20 December (date to be confirmed) - 80th anniversary of Operation Tabarin - 6 stamps. Designed by Bee Design from photographs of the British Antarctic Survey and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

15-20 December 2024 - Sledge dogs - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design from photographs of the British Antarctic Survey and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- ******.

Production of all of the above issues was coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle Of Man Stamps and Coins for information about the above issues.

2416. 🇦🇺 Australia Post’s First Issues of 2024.

 

New issues.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

🇳🇫 Issue inscribed Norfolk Island Australia -

8 January 2024 - Humpback whales - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by Southern Impact. Perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ***

22 January 2024 - Nostalgic tinned fruit labels - 3 gummed stamps and 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets and 1 miniature sheet containing the 3 stamps. Rating:- 0.

🇨🇽 Issue inscribed Christmas Island Australia -

29 January 2024 - Lunar new year, Year of the Dragon - 3 stamps, 1 miniature sheet including all 3 stamps, 1 ‘Zodiac sheet’ containing 15 different stamps, 1 ‘Calendar sheet’ containing 12 different stamps and 2 Dragon ‘gold’ miniature sheets each sold for A$109.95. Designed by Chrissy Lau and Sharon Rodziewicz and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- **.

13 February 2024 - Australian ground parrots - 3 gummed stamps, 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Kevin Stead and Sonia Young and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- **.

20 February 2024 - ‘Retro audio’ - 3 gummed stamps and 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets. Designed by Melissa Webb and Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- 0.

🇦🇺  Issue inscribed Australian Antarctic Territory -

20 February 2024 - Petrels - 4 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Sharon Rodziewicz and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 x 14.5 Rating:- ****.

27 February 2015 - Gert Sellheim travel posters - 3 gummed stamps, 3 self-adhesive stamps from a single $24 booklet and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Simone Sakinofsky and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- 0.