2482. 🇸🇬 Endangered Singapore Flora.

 

New issues.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

26 April 2024 - Criticality endangered flora of Singapore, flora of the lowland dipterocarp forests - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇪 An Post (postal service of the Republic of Ireland) -

11 April 2024 - Centenary of the establishment of constitutional bodies in the Irish Free State - 2 self-adhesive stamps. Designed by Ger Garland and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:-***.

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post -

10 April 2024 - Butterflies endemic to Myanmar, third issue - the Common yellow swallowtail - 1 stamp. Designed by Ahmonoo from an illustration by Cho San Lin and lithographed by Security Printing Works (Myanmar) and perforated 14. Rating:- *****.

2481. 🇹🇷 🇬🇬 New Stamps From Northern Cyprus And Guernsey.

 

New issues.

🇹🇷 Postal service of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus -

2 April 2024 - Anniversaries, TL3.50 - Centenary of Inner Wheel (an international women’s voluntary movement) and TL5.50 - 60th anniversary of the Turkish Maarif College. Designed by GK Sönmezer and printed by Devlet Basimevi. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post 

Issue inscribed ‘Alderney’ -

30 April 2024 - Tercentenary of the Casquets Lighthouse - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- **** 

Issue inscribed ‘Guernsey’ - 

14 May 2024 - ‘Clematis Gold - Diana’s Delight’ - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. RTing:- *.

2480. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail Celebrates 100 Years of British Commemorative Stamps.

 

New Issues.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

16 April 2024 - Centenary of the issue of the first British commemorative stamps -  10 stamps (2 horizontal strips each of 5 different se-tenant stamps) (cost £13.50)) and 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing the 10 different self-adhesive stamps with attached labels sold for £14.70). Total cost of these items - £28.20p). Designed by Hat-trick Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:-  ****.

2479. 🇰🇼 Kuwait Issues 100 Stamps To Commemorate 33rd Anniversary Of Liberation.

New issues.

🇰🇼 Kuwait Post -

24 February 2024 - 33rd anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation by Coalition forces; Kuwaiti martyrs in the struggle against the Iraqi occupiers - 100 stamps issued in 5 sheets each of 20 different stamps depicting victims of the Iraqis. Lithographed. Rating:- ****. The Iraqis killed about 1000 Kuwaitis during their occupation of the country. Some of the victims have been featured in previous issues marking the anniversary.

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post -

8 April 2024 - 75th anniversary of the World Health Organisation - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

News of Commonwealth Post Offices -

From Businesstech - 

What future, South African postage stamps?

2478. 🇨🇾🇬🇮 New Surcharge From Cyprus, Europa Stamps From Gibraltar.

 

New issues.

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

25 April 2024 - EUROPA Underwater fauna and flora - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera from illustrations by Jonathan Pointer and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- ***.

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

3 April 2024 - €1 surcharge on €0.43 Centenary of Scouting in Cyprus stamp of 2013 - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

Official commemorative covers -

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

 2 April 2024 - The subject of official covers is not a subject I report too frequently in this Blog but I am interested to see that Canada Post has issued this item commemorating the Centenary of the Royal Canadian Air Force rather than issue a postage stamp to mark the notable anniversary. I can not recall special covers rather than postage stamps having been issued by Canada Post as a means of commemorating important events and anniversaries but perhaps my memory fails me. Regardless, there may be all sorts of reasons why Canada Post has produced this item rather than a postage stamp but it is interesting nonetheless. The stamp cancelled on the cover comes from the 2019 Aviators set. Perhaps the issuing of commemorative covers is to be a new trend with this particular postal administration.

2477. 🇬🇬 Guernsey’s EUROPA Stamps And Fruit From Bermuda.

 

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

14 May 2024 - EUROPA, Underwater fauna and flora - 6 stamps. Designed by Chloe Sarre from illustrations by Wendy Bramall and lithograph printed. Rating:- ***.

🇧🇲 Bermuda Post Office -

4 April 2024 - Fruits (these seem to be the low value stamps in a new definitive series with the royal cypher of King Charles III, being issued piecemeal). Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

9 May 2024 - Intangible cultural heritage, Chung Chao Jiao Festival - 4 stamps, 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp and a ‘mini-pane’ containing 2 complete sets. Designed by Carl Cheng Chi-Ming and lithograph printed. Rating:- *****.

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