New issues. ?? Isle Of Man Post Office - 29 April 2024 - 80th anniversary of the liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation - 10 stamps (5 stamps commemorate the D Day Allied landings and 5 stamps commemorate Operation Market Landing including the depiction of Manxmen involved in the operation, cost of set £15.50) and 1 Prestige booklet costing £23.50; 2 panes from the booklet - 1 commemorating D Day and the other Operation Market Garden are also sold separately. Designed by Isle Of Man Advertising and lithographed by bpost and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *. The £2.31 value of the D Da ..read more

New issues - ?? Barbados Postal Service - 15 April 2024 - New definitive series, the Gullies of Barbados - 11 stamps. Lithographed. Further details awaited. Rating:- ***. ?? Jersey Post - 28 May 2023 - Centenary of the Jersey Rotary Club - 6 stamps. Designed by SoDesign and lithographed. Rating:- **. ?? Royal Gibraltar Post Office - See Blog 2486. 16 April 2024 - Post and Go, Chinese New Year, Year of the Dragon, with additional inscription Philatelic HQ (GI05) - sold in 6 different values. The stamps without additional inscription sold from kiosk GI04 are fe ..read more

  New issues. ?? New Zealand Post. 1 May 2024 - ‘Split Enz’, veteran music popular group, 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie  and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- *. ?? Royal Gibraltar Post Office. 16April 2024 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Dragon, Post and Go machine-dispensed stamps - 1 design in various values. Designed by Stephen Perera from illustration by cBajena and Sieuwhong @ istockphotos.com and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- * ?? MaltaPost. 19 April 2024 - Inaugural flight of KM ..read more

  New issues. ?? Postal service of Ascension Island. 29 April 2024 - Insects of Ascension - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****. Thanks to Maxine Cannon of Isle of Man Post Office for information about this issue. ?? Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC), United States-based producers and purveyor of philatelic items with contracts with some Commonwealth philatelic postal services to produce such products in their name -  ?? Products inscribed The Gambia - The items previously listed in Blog 2483 can now be il ..read more

  New issues. ?? Postal service of Tristan Da Cunha  - 18 April 2024 - Garden flowers in Tristan Da Cunha - 4 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****. ?? Canada Post - 15 April 2024 - Endangered Canadian species of frog - 2 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 (2 of each stamp) & 1 gummed miniature sheet containing 1 of each stamp. Designed by Jocelyle Saulnier of Joce Creative from illustrations by Emily S Damastra and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating ..read more

New issues. ?? Jersey Post - 28 May 2024 - Definitive series, Jersey Arms with cameo of King Charles III and £5 value depicting King Charles III - 11 stamps. Further details awaited. Rating:- ****. ?? Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC) (USA-based producer and purveyor of philatelic products under contract from a number of Commonwealth postal services). All the following are rated ‘0’- ?? Products inscribed The Gambia - Stated date of issue - 10 July 2023 - Coronation of King Charles III, Head of The Commonwealth - 2 miniature sheets. Stated date of issue - 17 Decembe ..read more

  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 ..read more

  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 ..read more

  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:-   ..read more

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. Lithograp ..read more