2552. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Issue Highlights Mental Health Awareness

 

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

4 September 2024 - Mental Health Awareness Week, 50th anniversary of the Mental Health Health Foundation NewZealand - 5 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps. Designed by Helen Perkins and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 15. Rating:- *. 

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

23 September 2024 - “Children’s stamps - Chinese idioms and their stories” 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed Abdelkrim Asrar and lithographed. Rating:- **.

2551. 🇵🇰 Pakistan Post Celebrates Olympic Gold Medallist.

New issues -

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

14 August 2024 - 78th National Day (77th anniversary of Independence), Commemoration of Arshad Nadeem’s winning of the gold medal in the Men’s Javelin competition at the Paris Olympic Games 2024 - 1 stamp. Design “supplied by the customer” (whoever that may be) and lithographed by National Security Printing Company Karachi and perforated 13. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇲 Isle of Man Post Office -

16 September 2024 - ‘Small island of wonder’ - 6 stamps. Designed by Colleen Corlett and lithographed. Rating:- *.

30 September 2024 - 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union. Printed in lithography. Rating:- ***.

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post - 

31 July 2024 - Butterflies of Myanmar - 1 stamp. Designed by Cho San Lin and Ahmonoo and lithographed by Security Printing Works (Myanmar) and perforated 14. Rating:- *****.

2550. 🇦🇺 Australia Post’s Upcoming Issues.

 

New issues - 

2 September 2024 ‘Kids’ Showtime Greats’ - 5 gummed stamps $7.50), 5 self-adhesive stamps from 5 booklets of 10 (one for each stamp - total cost $75), 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps ($7.50) and 5 ‘stamp packs’ each containing 9 different My Stamp  stamps and each sold as a collection for $80 though the total face value is only $75). Designed by Coombes Whitchurch Design and lithographed by RA Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- 0.

2024 - Stamp packs - sheets of My stamps personalised stamps issued in packs. All rated 0.

Bluey - Pane of 12 different stamps sold for $21 -

Centenary of May Gibbs’ Bib and Bub - 1 pane of 12 different stamps sold for $21 -

Hello Kitty - pane of 9 stamps sold for $16.50 -

Blondie (veteran American popular music group) - pane of 12 different stamps sold for $20 -

85th anniversary of Batman (American comics character) - 1 pane of 12 different stamps sold for $21 -

Ghost Busters (American movie) - 1 pane of 9 different stamps sold for $16.50 -

Gremlins (American movie) - 1 pane of 12 different stamps sold for $20 -

23 September 2024 - Centenary of Brownlow - 1 gummed stamp issued in sheetlets of 10. Designed by SE Products and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- **.

2024 - Solidarity with Ukraine - 1 My Stamp issued in a ‘sheetlet’ of 5 and sold for $15.

1 October 2023 - 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union - 2 gummed stamps (cost $5.60),2 self-adhesive stamps from individual booklets for each value - a booklet of 10 x $1.50 and a ‘sheetlet’ of 5 x $4.10 - total cost of the 2 booklets being $35.50). Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by RA Print and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- **.

🇨🇨 Issue inscribed Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands -

8 October 2024 - Hermit crabs - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps (cost $4.50 for set and $4.50 for miniature sheet). Designed by and lithographed by and perforated. Rating:- ***.

12 September 2024 - Canberra Stamp Show - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing all 4 different stamps and the other 3 different stamps (cost $8.75). Rating:- *.

15 October 2024 - ‘Kalkadoon Dreaming - 4 gummed stamps (cost $6), 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps (sold for $6) and 4 self-adhesive stamps from 4 individual booklets each containing 10 stamps, total cost $60). Designed by Chem’ee Sutton and Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- *.