2131. 🇳🇿 Even More Lord of The Rings Stamps From New Zealand Post.

 

New issues.

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

7 September 2022 - 20th anniversary of the film The Two Towers made in New Zealand by the New Zealand-born director, Peter Jackson - 6 stamps and 6 single-stamp miniature sheets. Designed by Sasha Lees and lithographed by Southern Colour Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- ***.

🇹🇷 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus postal service -

There is a revised new issue programme for the rest of 2022 - 

19 September 2022 - Traditional houses

3 October 2022 - FIFA World Cup Championships, Qatar 

6 December 2022 - Anniversaries.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

12 August 2022 - Maltese Festivals - 1 sheetlet containing 10 different stamps. Designed by MaltaPost plc from photographs taken by Mark Micallef Perconte and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- ***.

2130. 🇲🇾 Topping Stamps From Malaysia.

New issues.

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

4 August 2022 - Indonesia 2022 philatelic exhibition - 1 stamp (previously issued stamp reissued with exhibition loge applied). Rating:- **.

4 August 2022 - MAHA 2022, National agricultural industries exhibition - 2 miniature sheets, previously issued items with additional inscriptions depicting the exhibition logo. Rating:- **.

 

10 August 2022 - Men’s headgear - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Rating:- ****.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post - 

11 August 2022 - Post and Go stamps (machine-vended) - 120th anniversary of the Battle of Flowers (local festival) - 6 stamps - ‘Coastal flowers’ stamps with additional inscription reading ‘Battle of Flowers’ dispensed from 11- 31 August from kiosks JE02 and JE03.

🇳🇦 Nam Post (postal service of Namibia) -

2022 - 75th anniversary of the granting of independence to India - 1 sheetlet containing 5 identical stamps with attached labels.

2129. 🇺🇸 Latest IGPC Products.

 New issues:- 

🇺🇸 IGPC Agency products with the names of Commonwealth philatelic entities printed on them:-

🇦🇬 Antigua And Barbuda -

No stated date of issue - Fallow deer - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 5 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

No stated date of issue - Magnificent frigate bird - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 5 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

🇬🇲 The Gambia -

11 July 2022 - 40th Birthday of the Duke of Cambridge - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 6 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

8 August 2022 - three issues - a. Primates of Africa - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 5 different stamps and the other a single stamp; b. The spotted hyena - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 5 different stamps and the other a single stamp; c. The warthog - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

🇬🇩 Grenada -

11 July 2022 - 40th birthday of the Duke of Cambridge - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

🇬🇾 Guyana -

4 July 2022 - 3 issues on the subject of wildlife a) The bush dog - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp; b) The pygmy marmoset - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 6 different stamps and the other a single stamp; c) The rainbow boa - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 5 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

🇰🇳 Nevis -

7 March 2022 - Skyscrapers of the world - 1 miniature sheet containing 6 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp.

6 July 2022 - 2 issues -  a) Poinciana (flowers) - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 6 different stamps and the other a single stamp; b) Vervet monkeys - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 6 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

11 July 2022 - 40th birthday of the Duke of Cambridge - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 4 stamps and the other a single stamp.

🇹🇻 Tuvalu - 

11:July 2022 - 40th birthday of the Duke of Cambridge - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 6 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

All the above products are rated 0.

2128. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Post Withdraws Issue Prior To Release.

New issues.

🇮🇳 India Post -

2 August  2022  - 75th anniversary of the Independence of India, the history of the national flag  - 1 miniature sheet containing a single circular stamp. Rating:- *****.

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

Withdrawn prior to issue - the set of 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Maori Language petition due to have been released on 3 August 2022. New Zealand Post Collectables released the statement shown below on 3 August 2022 and announced that the issue would not now take place having received “additional feedback from stakeholders that was received after the products were printed. While extensive consultation took place in the development of the designs, some expectations were not met and as a results the stamps cannot be issued in their current form or on the planned date”.  

  NZ Post has form on producing designs ostensibly to honour the Maori community in the country but instead producing designs which offend rather than please. The previous such case occurred in 2006 when NZ Post prepared an issue celebrating Māori performing arts - the kapa haka - which was made up of 5 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing the 5 stamps. Unfortunately the designs used cartoons to depict performers in the kapa haka and the depiction of the Maori people in the designs was judged by some to be offensive. As a result the issue was withdrawn, as with the present issue, prior to release but 8 people did receive copies of the stamps and so they do exist in collectors’ hands but are of course very rare. 

  It is quite amazing that New Zealand Post has once more got itself into this situation. Postal administrations in liberal democracies really should steer away from releasing stamps which have a racial theme. In this era when many people rejoice in being given the opportunity to be offended, it’s a recipe for disaster. Perhaps NZ Post will finally learn its lesson.

The 2006 issue - 

2127. 🇲🇺 50th Anniversary of Mauritius’ Relations With China.

 

New issues.

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post -

?25 July 2022 - 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mauritius and The Peoples Republic of China - 1 miniature sheet containing 6 different stamps. Thanks to super for drawing attention to this issue. The information accompanying the illustration was unfortunately all in Mandarin but I glean that this is another one of those issues which is a gift from the Chinese Peoples Republic to a partner country, in this case Mauritius.

   It’s a very unusual item for Mauritius Post to put on sale and some of these items are easily accessible and others are excruciatingly difficult to track down. As I wrote in Blog 2078 a similar gift item from China to Vanuatu took several years to appear on the market and then only from a dealer in China and another one dating back to 13 September 2018 and shown on the Facebook page of Maldives Post at that time and commemorating the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Maldives has never been offered by any dealer up to yet as far as I know. Any information about this issue would be welcomed. 

  The Maldives 3 sheetlets and 1 miniature sheet were publicised very shortly before the pro-China Maldivian president Abdulla Yameen lost power on 16 November 2018 to President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih whose government was far less sympathetic to the Chinese Peoples’ Republic and this antipathy towards China may have affected the release of these items.

The Maldives sheets - 

  The China-Mauritius item is particularly surprising as a single stamp has already appeared from Mauritius Post commemorating the anniversary although I still do not know the precise date of issue of the stamp.

Collecting new issues remains interesting and sometimes very challenging.

🇶🇦 Qatar Post -

July 2022 (precise date to be confirmed) - Heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps. Rating:- ***.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

8 August 2022 - ‘Building a Green and Resilient Singapore’ - 5 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps. Designed by Pinch Design Pte Ltd and lithographed by Secura rating:- ***.

🇳🇦 Nampost, Namibia postal service -

22 July 2022 - The Sandhof lily - 3 stamps. Designed by Helge Denker and printed in lithography. Rating:- *****.