Continue reading “New Issues 2020: Canada (Colored Hockey Championship)”
Day: November 1, 2019
Posti News Releases | Posti Online Shop
06 May 2020
EUROPA: Ancient Postal Routes
The 2020 Stamp Programme for Finland was announced by Posti on 17 October 2019.
From the Posti press release published on 17 October 2019:
The theme of the 2020 Europa stamps is ancient postal routes. As the subject of the stamp, Posti chose Santa Claus, who takes his own routes up in the aurora-lit sky, travelling to every corner of the world in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. The EUROPA: Ancient Postal Routes stamp sheet, designed by Klaus Welp, contains 10 international no-value indicator stamps.
Posti News Releases | Posti Online Shop
06 May 2020
Finland National Flag
The 2020 Stamp Programme for Finland was announced by Posti on 17 October 2019.
From the Posti press release published on 17 October 2019:
The stamp featuring the Finnish flag was created through a design competition. The winner of the competition, Ville Tietäväinen, designed a stamp that uses the Finnish national landscape as a starting point. In the stamp, half of the Finnish flag is reflected on the surface of a still lake, forming a blue cross. The Blue Reflection stamp sheet has 10 domestic no-value indicator stamps.
Hong Kong Post Stamps | 2020 Stamp Programme
23 June 2020
World Heritage in China (Series No. 9):
Qinghai Hoh Xil
Press Release announcing the 2020 Stamp Programme (14 October 2019)
The following is from Hong Kong Stamps’ webpage 2020 Stamps Issuing Programme and Introduction:
Qinghai Hoh Xil is the subject for World Heritage in China Series No. 9. Located in the north – east of the Qinghai – Tibetan Plateau, this site was inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List as natural heritage in 2017. Its distinctive geographical and climatic settings have nurtured a unique ecology and rich biodiversity. The stamp sheetlet showcases the natural grandeur of Hoh Xil and wild species of Class I state protection recorded there, such as Tibetan antelope, wild yak, Tibetan wild ass and golden eagle. For the first time ever, the sheetlet is affixed with a “widescreen” stamp to underscore the theme.
Design: Eric Shum