1533. 🇭🇰 More 2020 Issues From Hong Kong Post.

🇭🇰 The designs of most of the remaining stamps (see Blog 1532) to be issued by Hong Kong Post during 2020 are depicted below.

21April 2020 - Children’s Stamps, ‘Chess Games Delight’ (board games) - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Alex Ng. Rating:- **.

21 May 2020 - ‘Hong Kong Museums Collections’, Art from the Chou Lo Lou collection - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Arde Lam. Rating:- ***.

23 June 2020 - World Heritage in China series (9), Qinghai Hoh Xil - 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Eric Chum. Rating:- **.

24 July 2020 - Hong Kong’s participation in the Tokyo Olympic Games - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Hikoko Ito. Rating:- **.

18 August 2020 - Ocean Park in Hong Kong - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Wong Fun- fun. Rating:- ****.

17 September 2020 - Hong Kong as an international legal hub - further details awaited.

13 October 2020 - Hong Kong Past and Present, Victoria Harbour - 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Colin Tillyer. Rating:- ****.

27 November 2020 - ‘Bruce Lee’s legacy in the world of martial arts’ - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Gideon Lam. Rating:- ****.

No date yet indicated, 2020 - Centenary Of Hong Kong Correctional Service - details awaited.

1532. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post’s First Issues Of 2020.

 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post has announced its new issue programme for 2020 and the earliest issues of the year are mentioned here:-

11 January 2020 - Lunar New Year, Year of the Rat - 4 stamps, 1 single stamp miniature sheet, 1 ‘silk’ miniature sheet and 2 ‘Heart warming’ sheets each containing 12 stamps with attached labels. Rating:- ****.

11 January 2019 - Lunar New Year, gold and silver sheet. 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Simon Chung. Lithographed with silver hot foil printing and 22k gold plating. Rating:- ****.

4 February 2020 - ‘24 Solar terms’, Spring - 6 semicircular stamps (3 se-tenant pairs). Designed by Sherman Lai, the designs depict ‘Spring commences’, ‘Spring showers’, ‘Insects waken’, ‘Vernal equinox’, ‘Bright and clear’ and ‘Corn and rain’. Rating:- ***.

10 March 2020 - Centenary of YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) activity in Hong Kong. 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Michael Miller Yu. Rating:- ****.

🇬🇧 Universal Mail United Kingdom issued a new strip of 5 stamps with the date 07/19 on the subject of the University of Glasgow. This is a ‘Bespoke’ issue and not obtainable from Universal Mail but only from the client university and therefore it is an issue with extremely limited availability. Rating:- 0.

🇮🇳 India Post issued 4 scented stamps and 2 miniature sheets on 15 October 2019 as the second issue of stamps titled ‘Indian perfumes’. The scents and designs feature orange blossom and agar wood. Rating:- ****.

India Post also issued an almost monochromatic set of 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet on 19 October 2019 on the subject of ‘Historical Gates of Indian forts and monuments’ which are interesting but a great deal is lost by the absence of colour in the designs. Rating:- **.