2489. 🇬🇮 Gibraltar Commemorates Churchill’s 150th Birth Anniversary.

 

New issues.

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

25 April 2024 - 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Winston Churchill - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Stephen Perera and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

20 April 2024 - 160th Birth anniversary of Lala Hansraj, educationalist - 1 stamp. Rating:- **.

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

25 April 2024 - Centenary of the publication of the final edition of The Freeman’s Journal - 1 self-adhesive stamp printed in sheets of 8. Designed by Zinc Design and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ****.

2488. 🇮🇲 Churchill In Paris - IOM Commemorates The Liberation Of Paris. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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 Day quintet depicts Sir Winston Churchill in Paris after its liberation by Allied forces. He is shown waving to celebrating crowds alongside the French leader De Gaulle who had fled to England when the Germans occupied France. This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Winston Churchill and a number of Commonwealth territories will release stamps to commemorate the significant anniversary.

 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 23 April 2024 - Happy St George’s Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Born on St George’s Day - 

And the important English artist, JMW Turner -

And Prince Louis of Cambridge -

2487. 🇧🇧 Barbados Issues New Definitive Set.

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 featured in Blog 2486. Rating:- 0.

2486. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Commemorates Popular Music Group.

 

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 Malta Airlines - 3 stamps. Designed by MaltaPost and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14.5.Rating:- ***.