2669. 🇮🇪 Irish Republic’s St Patrick’s Festival Issue.

 

New Issues -

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

20 February 2025 - St Patrick’s Day Festival - 4 self-adhesive stamps. Designed by Detail and lithographed by Enschedé in sheetlets of 4 (one of each stamp). Rating:- ***. 

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

20;February 2025 - 60th anniversary of the first flight between Pakistan and China - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing 3 different stamps. Designed by Omair Obaid (stamp) and Iftikar Amad (miniature sheet) and lithographed by National Security Printing Company Karachi and perforated 13. Rating:- ***.

2668. 🇦🇺 Australia Post New Issues.

 

New Issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

February 2025 - Chinese New Year, Hello Kitty!, My Stamp stamp pack - Pack containing a sheetlet of 9 different stamps and what is described as a single “large lookalike stamp not suitable for postage [face value $1.50]” and sold at a premium of $17. Rating:- 0.

11 March 2025 - ‘Living seashells’ - 3 gummed stamps (total face value $4.50) and 3 self-adhesive stamps sold in individual booklets of 10, each costing $15 (total cost $45). Designed by Janet Boschen from photographs taken by Brian R Mayes and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.5. Rating:- *.

🇨🇽 Issue inscribed Christmas Island Australia -

18 March 2025 - Cultural festivals - 4 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by c. Visua and lithographed by Southern Impact  and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- **.

25 March 2025 - 50th anniversary of colour television in Australia - 1 gummed stamp and 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in ‘sheetlets’ of 5 costing $15. Designed by Lynda Warner and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- ***.

8 April 2025 - Raptors, Birds of Prey - 3 gummed stamps, 3 self-adhesive stamps sold in individual booklets of 10 each costing $15 and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Tim Hancock of Backpack and lithographed by EGO and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- *.

15 April 2025 - ‘Postcards From The Front’, part 2 - 2 gummed stamps, 1 self-adhesive stamp from booklets of 10 costing $15, 1 self-adhesive stamp from a ‘sheetlet’ of 5 costing $14.50 and 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps. Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by EGO and RA Printing and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- *.

🇦🇺 Issues inscribed Australian Antarctic Territory -

22 April 2025 - The Aurora Australis - 4 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by Southern Colour Print and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ***.

20 - 23 March 2025 - Sydney Stamp and Coin Expo 2025 - 1 miniature sheet containing 3 different stamps, also issued daily for the 3 days of the exhibition with cancellations applied for each individual day and in high limited editions of 150. Rating:- 0.

‘Stamp packs’ containing personalised My Stamps, all sold at a premium (all rated 0) -

2025 - Looney Tunes Easter stamp pack - 1 sheetlet of 12 different stamps sold for $29. 

Bambi stamp pack sold for $24 - 1 pane of 9 different stamp and 1 pane of 5 gummed Greetings stamps with attached labels.

Mandalorian - 1 pane of 9 different stamps and 1 “large lookalike stamp not suitable for postage” (face value $1.50), all sold for $17.

2667 🇺🇸 🇹🇻 Trump Issues From IGPC; 2024 Issues From Tuvalu.

 

New Issues -

🇺🇸 Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC) (Exploitative US-based philatelic agency with contracts to release products with the names of various of some Commonwealth countries or territories printed on them). Illustrations will be added when available.

All these products are rated 0.

🇦🇬 Products inscribed Antigua and Barbuda -

Stated ‘date of issue’ may not reflect the true issue date in post offices in Antigua and Barbuda.

12 December 2024 - Election of Donald Trump as President of the United States - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing a single stamp and the other 6 stamps.

12 December 2024 - Shanghai Expo, the Great Wall of China - 2 miniature sheets, one containing a single stamp and the other 4 different stamps.

12 December 2024 - Insects - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 6 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

12 December 2024 - Coral reefs - 2 miniature sheets, one containing a single stamp and the other 6 different stamps.

12 December 2024 - Caribbean snakes - 2 miniature sheets, one containing a single stamp and the other 6 different stamps.

🇬🇭 Products inscribed Ghana -

Stated ‘date of issue’ may not reflect the true date of issue in Ghana post offices.

12 December 2024 - Election of Donald Trump as President of the United States - 2 miniature sheets, one containing a single stamp and the other 5 different stamps.

12 December 2024 - The planets of the Solar System - 3 miniature sheets.

🇹🇻 Products inscribed Tuvalu -

Stated ‘date of issue’ may not reflect the true date of issue in Tuvalu post offices.

18 December 2024 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Dragon - 2 miniature sheets one containing a single stamp and the other 4 stamps

18 December 2024 - Traditional Chinese attire - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 6 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

18 December 2024 - ‘Love and Hope’ - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 6 different stamps and the other a single stamp.

18 December 2024 - ‘Life under the sea’ - 2 miniature sheets, one containing a single stamp and the other 6 different stamps.

18 December 2024 - 75th anniversary of the assassination of Mohandas Gandhi, Indian politician - 2 miniature sheets.

2666. 🇮🇳 🇱🇰🇵🇰 More South Asian New Issues.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

13 February 2025 - Maha Kumbh 2025 - 1 miniature sheet containing 3 different stamps. Rating:- ****.

16 February 2025 - 50th anniversary of autonomy of the National School of Drama and 25th anniversary of Bharat Rang Mahotsav - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps. Rating:- ****.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

15 February 2025 - Earth Summit Dambana Sri Lanka - in addition to the single stamp featured in Blog 2664, a circular miniature sheet containing the same stamp was also issued. Rating:- *****.

15 February 2025 - Commemoration of Professor Sangeeth Nipun Sandath Nandasiri - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

5 February 2025 - Kashmir Solidarity Day - 1 stamp. Designed by Muhammad Pervaiz Rachid and lithographed by National Security Printing Company Karachi. Rating:- ***.

2665. 🇮🇪 Irish Republic Commemorates 150 Years Of Rugby Union.

New issues -

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

13 February 2025 - 150th anniversary of Rugby Union in Ireland - 2 self-adhesive stamps in sheetlets. . Designed by Unthink and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

28 February 2025 - Post and Go stamps, protected wild flowers of Jersey - 6 stamps dispensed by various kiosks Designed by Hannah George’s. Rating:- ****.