2183. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail And Alderney Christmas Stamps.

 

New issues.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail - 

3 November 2022 - Christmas, The Nativity - 6 stamps ((cost £8.53p), 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps (cost £8.53p), 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ of 20 stamps (cost £23.05p), 2 booklets (8 x 1st (cost £7.60p) and 8 x 1st (cost £5.44p)). Designed by Baxter and Bailey and printed in gravure by Cartor and perforated 15 x 14.5. Rating:- **.

It’s pleasing that there are only 6 stamps this year and note the domestic  ‘Large’ rate stamps are now the same size as the ordinary 1st and 2nd Class rate stamps. This issue is very similar to some other RM Christmas stamps and really not very interesting.

I will add better quality illustrations when possible.

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🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -

7 June 2022 - Population and Housing Census 2022 - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

Issues inscribed ‘Alderney’

16 November 2022 - Christmas, Pantomimes Robin Hood - 7 stamps. Designed by Nick Watton and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- ***.

New issue programmes.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

In a tweet Guernsey Post has indicated that it’s 2023 first quarter new issue programme will include sets to commemorate the late Queen Elizabeth II and the 150th anniversary of Jules Verne’s novel, Around The World in Eighty Days.

2182. 🇬🇮 Gibraltar Commemorates Local Artist.

 

New issues.

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

20 October 2022 - 150th Birth anniversary of Gustavo Bacarisas (Gibraltarian srtist) - 3 stamps and 1 single stamp miniature sheet. Designed by Stephen Perera from art by Bacarisas and lithographed by Bpost. Rating:- ***.

🇧🇳 Brunei Postal Services Department -

23 September 2021 - Opening of Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Bridge - 3 stamps and 1 single stamp miniature sheet. Issue previously featured in Blog 2112 with illustrations of the 3 stamps but illustration of miniature sheet now added here.

🇨🇦 Canada Post - 

28 October 2022 - In Remembrance, Tommy Prince MM - 1 self-adhesive stamp from a booklet of 10 identical stamps and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing 5 identical stamps. Previously featured in Blog 2181 but more illustrations now added here -

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post - 

8 October 2022 - World Post Day, 175th anniversary of the Post Office Mauritius stamps and 250th anniversary of Mauritius postal services - 2 stamps and 2 single stamp miniature sheets. This issue was featured in Blog 2175 but only as two miniature sheets and it is now known that the 2 stamps were also issued in ordinary sheet format - single stamps therefore illustrated here:-

2181. 🇭🇰 Dinosaurs Roam The Streets Of Hong Kong.

 

New issues.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

15 November 2022 - Dinosaurs - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing the 6 stamps. Designed by Carl Cheng Chi-Ming from illustrations by Tak yeo-Choi. “dinosaur images provided by Higher Visions GmbH, paleoartists Davide Bonadonna and Market Hallett”. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇸 South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands postal service -

14 October 2022 - The South Sandwich Islands, part 2 - the Central islands - 6 stamps issued as 3 se-tenant pairs. Designed by Bee Design using photographs taken by Andy Black, Tom Hart/Penguin Watch and J Black/GSGSSI. Lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5.  Production coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Angela Warner of Pobjoy Stamps for information about this issue. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

18 October 2022 - 90th General Assembly of INTERPOL - 1 stamp. Rating:- **.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

 28 October 2022 - Commemoration of Tommy Prince MM, Remembrance Day - 1 stamp. Further details awaited. Rating:- ***.

2180. 🇨🇦 Canada Post Commemorates Aviators.

 

New issues.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

17 October 2022 - ‘Canadians in flight’, second issue, 75th anniversary of CAE Inc, makers of flight simulators - 5 self-adhesive stamps issued in a booklet of 10 and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps. Designed by Ivan Novotny of Taylor/Sprules Corporation and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating:- ***.

🇦🇺 Australia Post 

🇨🇽 Issue inscribed Christmas Island Australia -

1 November 2022 - Christmas - 2 gummed stamps, 1 gummed miniature sheet containing both stamps, 1 pack containing 1 ‘Embellished sheet’ made up of 20 x 65c self-adhesive stamps, 1 ‘sheetlet’ of 5 x $2.60c stamps and 1 ‘sheetlet’ of 10 x 65c. Designed by Imogen Joy and Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and Rapid Labels (self-adhesive sheet of 10). Rating:- **.

🇦🇺 Issues inscribed Australia -

1 November 2022 - Christmas- 5 gummed stamps (3 secular designs and 2 religious designs), 1 gummed miniature sheet containing the 2 ‘religious’ designs, 1 ‘Embellished’ sheet pack containing 2 sheets of 10 (one of the ‘Peace’ stamps and the other of the ‘Joy’ stamps, 2 booklets of self-adhesive stamps (one containing 10 each of the ‘Peace’ and ‘Joy’ stamps and the other a ‘sheetlet’ of 5 ‘Noël’ stamps,  2 ‘Religious’ booklets of self-adhesive stamps (one containing 20 x ‘Madonna and Child’ stamps and the other a ‘sheetlet’ of 5 x ‘Angel’ stamps). Designed by Gavin Ryan and Simone Sakinofsky. Lithographed by RA Printing (religious), EGO (secular) and Rapid Labels (self-adhesive sheet of 10). Rating:- **.

Stamp packs - sold at a premium  (all rated 0) - 

2022 - Blinky Bill Christmas stamp pack - 2 panes of 12 different stamps (24 different stamps) sold for $17.95c

2022 - Elf (American film) - 2 panes of 12 different stamps (24 different stamps) sold for $17.95c.

2022 - Centenary of Australia Post- QANTAS Cooperation - 1 pane of 12 different stamps sold for for $15.50c

2022 - Thor Love And Thunder (American comic book) - 1 pane of 12 different stamps sold for $16.50c.