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This is the first part of what I hope will be a comprehensive listing of new stamp issues as they are released throughout the year. This project began as a simple spreadsheet on which I tabulated every release I could track down. It soon became a “mission” to make the listing as complete as I could make it without access to the catalogues (which are published long after the stamps are issued). I then intended to create an end-of-the-month illustrated blog article but that proved to be too massive of a project, especially with my work schedule and other activities. I have since decided to post the information as a page that I constantly update throughout the year (and, as such, will always be accessible from the top menu on the page). I will announce progress on the page through my “Weekly Phila-Bytes” columns.
The listings are chronological by date, and then alphabetical by stamp-issuing entity. The images come from a wide range of difference sources, some are high-quality scans, others are low-resolution promotional mock-ups. Those latter images will be replaced by better ones as soon as I can. If you own any of these stamps, I would appreciate any upgrade in scans of your actual stamps via email. Occasionally, there are links that lead to additional information, including technical details, of the various stamp issues.
I hope you find this compilation useful.
January 1, 2019
France
January 1, 2019: Definitive Stamp — Marianne (International Rate)
Israel
January 1, 2019: ATM Labels — Fighter Jets in the Israeli Air Force
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
January 1, 2019: Happy New Year 2019
Thailand
January 1, 2019: Year of the Pig
January 2, 2019
Algeria
January 2, 2019: International Year of the Periodic Table
Andorra (French Administration)
January 2, 2019: Coat of Arms Definitive (International Rate)
Belarus
January 2, 2019: 100th Anniversary of Byelorussian SSR
Belgium
January 2, 2019: Mourning Prior Philippe
Denmark
January 2, 2019: National Flag
January 2, 2019: Life of Vikings
January 2, 2019: Definitive Stamp — Wavy Lines & Hearts
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
January 2, 2019: American Bay Cabin
January 2, 2019: White Tern
January 2, 2019: Minerals — Sapphire
January 2, 2019: French Cruiser Colbert
January 2, 2019: Antarctic Horsefish
January 2, 2019: Kerguelen Island — Bras Jules Laboureur
January 2, 2019: Kerguelen Island — Lake Sediment Sampling Program
January 2, 2019: B2M Champlain
January 2, 2019: Insects — Neomaso Antarcticus
January 2, 2019: Yves Valette, 1920-2014
January 2, 2019: Mario Zucchelli, 1944-2003
January 2, 2019: Birds
January 2, 2019: Seashells
January 2, 2019: Restoration of Phylica Arborea Trees on Amsterdam Island
January 2, 2019: Photovoltaic Plant, Tromelin Island
Germany
January 2, 2019: Treasures of German Museums — “The Lonely Tree” by Caspar David Friedrich
January 2, 2019: Young Animals — Racoon
January 2, 2019: 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage
January 2, 2019: Endangered Animals – Harbor Porpoises
Netherlands
January 2, 2019: Beautiful Netherlands — Texel
January 2, 2019: Experience Nature
Spain
January 2, 2019: Engineering — Panama Canal
January 2, 2019: 12 Months, 12 Stamps — Huesca
January 2, 2019: Tourism
January 3, 2019
Moldova
January 3, 2019: National Emergency Service
January 4, 2019
Andorra (French Administration)
January 4, 2019: The Legend of the White Horse of Solana
Andorra (Spanish Administration)
January 4, 2019: Andorran Flag Definitive
Jersey
January 4, 2019: Year of the Pig
Lithuania
January 4, 2019: Symbols of the State — Flags
Maldives
January 4, 2019: Birds — Ibis
Monaco
January 4, 2019: International Circus Festival
January 4, 2019: 10 Years of the Fédération Mondiale du Cirque
Mongolia
January 4, 2019: Year of the Pig
Myanmar
January 4, 2019: 71st Anniversary of Independence
Norway
January 4, 2019: European Green Capital — Oslo
January 4, 2019: Antarctica
Romania
January 4, 2019: Council of the European Union Presidency
Singapore
January 4, 2019: Year of the Pig
January 5, 2019
People’s Republic of China
January 5, 2019: Year of the Pig
Sri Lanka
January 5, 2019: Theravada Tripitaka
January 5, 2019: AFC Asia Cup
January 6, 2019
Myanmar
January 6, 2019: Equestrian Festival
January 7, 2019
France
January 7, 2019: African Inspiration: Fabric
January 8, 2019
Christmas Island
January 8, 2019: Year of the Pig
Italy
January 8, 2019: 30th Anniversary of the Pitti Immagine Foundation
January 9, 2019
Croatia
January 9, 2019: 100th Anniversary of the Medjimurje Liberation
Russian Federation
January 9, 2019: Collection of Christmas — Omsk
Spain
January 9, 2019: International Year of the Periodic Table
Turkey
January 9, 2019: Precious Stones
January 10, 2019
People’s Republic of China
January 10, 2019: Chinese New Year Greetings Stamp
Sweden
January 10, 2019: Tulips
January 10, 2019: King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia
January 10, 2019: The Power of Handicrafts
United States of America
January 10, 2019: Hearts Blossom
Uruguay
January 10, 2019: Definitive Issue — José G. Artígas, 1764-1850
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, known popularly as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival (simplified Chinese: 春节; traditional Chinese: 春節; pinyin: Chūn Jié). For a number of years, my adopted home of Thailand issued Zodiac stamps usually on January 1 and then a Chinese New Year set (often depicting various deities) a few weeks later. Last year, there was no Chinese New Year stamp and that has been repeated this year as well. Many nations have released Year of the Dog stamps, most with a distinctive Chinese slant, and a few have released issues more focused on the Spring Festival itself. If you are a dog lover, there are some very attractive topical stamps issued so far in 2018. To read more about the background of Chinese New Year, please have a look at my article on A Stamp A Day.
BHUTAN: Year of the Dog, released January 20, 2018
![2018-01-20 [Bhutan] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-20-bhutan-chinese-new-year-miniature-sheet-1.jpg)
CANADA: Chinese New Year, released January 15, 2018
![2018-01-15 [Canada] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-15-canada-chinese-new-year-sheet-stamp.jpg)
![2018-01-15 [Canada] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-15-canada-chinese-new-year-booklet-stamp-2.jpg)
![2018-01-15 [Canada] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-15-canada-chinese-new-year-souvenir-sheet-international-rate-2.jpg)
![2018-01-15 [Canada] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-15-canada-chinese-new-year-souvenir-sheet-international-rate.jpg)
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Year of the Dog, released January 5, 2018
![2018-01-15 [Canada] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-05-china-chinese-new-year-1.jpg)
![2018-01-15 [Canada] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-05-china-chinese-new-year-2.jpg)
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: Spring Festival, released January 10, 2018
![2018-01-15 [Canada] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-10-china-spring-festival.jpg)
CHRISTMAS ISLAND: Year of the Dog, released January 8, 2018
![2018-01-08 [Christmas Island] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-08-christmas-island-chinese-new-year.jpg)
![2018-01-08 [Christmas Island] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-08-christmas-island-chinese-new-year-souvenir-sheet.jpg)
![2018-01-08 [Christmas Island] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-08-christmas-island-chinese-new-year-miniature-sheet.jpg)
FRANCE: Happy New Year, released February 2, 2018
![2018-01-08 [Christmas Island] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-02-chinese-new-year-sheet-france.jpg)
FRENCH POLYNESIA: Year of the Dog, released February 16, 2018
![2018-02-16 Chinese New Year [French Polynesia]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-16-chinese-new-year-french-polynesia.jpg)
GIBRALTAR: Year of the Dog, released January 30, 2018
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-30-gibraltar-chinese-new-year-pair.jpg)
GUERNSEY: Year of the Dog, released February 3, 2018
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-03-guernsey-chinese-new-year-6.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-03-guernsey-chinese-new-year-5.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-03-guernsey-chinese-new-year-4.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-03-guernsey-chinese-new-year-3.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-03-guernsey-chinese-new-year-2.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-03-guernsey-chinese-new-year-1.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-03-guernsey-chinese-new-year-miniature-sheet.jpg)
HONG KONG S.A.R., CHINA: Year of the Dog, released January 27, 2018
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-27-hong-kong-chinese-new-year-1.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-27-hong-kong-chinese-new-year-2.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-27-hong-kong-chinese-new-year-3.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-27-hong-kong-chinese-new-year-4.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-27-hong-kong-chinese-new-year-mini-sheet-1.jpg)
![2018-01-30 [Gibraltar] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-27-hong-kong-chinese-new-year-mini-sheet-2-printed-on-silk.jpg)
INDONESIA: Chinese New Year, released February 1, 2018
![2018-02-01 Chinese New Year [Indonesia]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-01-chinese-new-year-indonesia-2.jpg)
![2018-02-01 Chinese New Year [Indonesia]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-01-chinese-new-year-year-of-the-dog.jpg)
ISLE OF MAN: Year of the Dog, released February 8, 2018
![2018-02-01 Chinese New Year [Indonesia]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-08-isle-of-man-chinese-new-year-2.jpg)
JERSEY: Year of the Dog, released January 5, 2018
KAZAKHSTAN: Chinese New Year, released January 1, 2018
![2018-01-01 [Kazakhstan] Chinese New Year miniature sheet](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-01-kazakhstan-chinese-new-year-miniature-sheet.jpg)
KYRGYZSTAN: Chinese New Year, released January 30, 2018
MACAU, CHINA: Year of the Dog, released January 5, 2018
MALAYSIA: Working Dogs, released January 13, 2018
MONGOLIA: Year of the Dog, released January 5, 2018
![2018-01-05 [Mongolia] Chinese New Year](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-05-mongolia-chinese-new-year.jpg)
THE NETHERLANDS: Year of the Dog, released January 29, 2018
NEW CALEDONIA: Year of the Dog, released February 16, 2016
![2018-02-16 Chinese New Year [New Caledonia]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-16-chinese-new-year-new-caledonia.jpg)
NEW ZEALAND: Year of the Dog, released January 10, 2018
SINGAPORE: Year of the Dog (personalized stamps), released January 5, 2018
![2018-01-05 [Singapore] Chinese New Year [peronalized stamps]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-05-singapore-chinese-new-year-peronalized-stamps.jpg)
SLOVENIA: Year of the Dog, released January 26, 2018
![2018-01-26 Chinese New Year [Slovenia]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-26-chinese-new-year-slovenia.jpg)
TAJIKISTAN: Year of the Dog, released January 26, 2018
![2018-01-26 Chinese New Year [Slovenia]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-26-tajikistan-chinese-new-year.jpg)
THAILAND: Year of the Dog, released January 1, 2018
![2018-01-01 Year of the Dog [TH-1141]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-01-year-of-the-dog-th-1141.jpg)
UNITED NATIONS: Chinese New Year personalized sheet, released February 2, 2018
![2018-01-01 Year of the Dog [TH-1141]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-02-02-chinese-new-year-personalized-sheet-united-nations.jpg)
UNITED STATES: Zodiac Year of the Dog, released January 11, 2018
![2018-01-11 [United States] Year of the Dog [Honolulu, HI]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2018-01-11-united-states-year-of-the-dog-honolulu-hi.jpg)
WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS: Year of the Dog, released February 16, 2018
![2016-02-16 Chinese New Year [Wallis & Futuna]](https://philatelicpursuits.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2016-02-16-chinese-new-year-wallis-futuna.jpg)
As a teacher of English As A Foreign Language (EFL), I would like to start collecting stamps and postmarks portraying different aspects of education be they schools, students, classroom elements, or the teachers themselves. Thus, I’m thrilled by the recent stamps issued by the tiny nation of San Marino. Perhaps they will be the first I will add to an education-themed topical collection (I have yet to find them listed on eBay).
The pair of stamps released on 16 June honor World Teachers’ Day, held annually every 5 October since 1994 in order to mobilize support for teachers and to ensure that the needs of future generations will continue to be met by teachers. According to UNESCO, World Teachers’ Day represents “a significant token of the awareness, understanding and appreciation displayed for the vital contribution that teachers make to education and development.” Over one hundred countries currently observe this special day.
The 2015 San Marino set of stamps were designed by graphic artist Guido Scarabottolo. The 80 euro value features stylized students listening to a teacher holding a book in his hand while they are standing on piles of books, meaning that the roots of knowledge come from the same fertile soil. The 95 euro stamp portrays a teacher showing the light of knowledge to her students. This same image appears on the issue’s first day of issue cancellation.
There have been many stamps issued since the late 1950’s honoring education in all of its forms. I’ve identified a few on eBay that I’d like to purchase in the near future. This pair below was issued in 1997 for Thailand’s Children’s Day, held annually on the first Saturday of January. The stamp on the left illustrates a typical schoolyard scene with the students in the ubiquitous uniform of Thai government-run school – white tops with brown shorts for boys and blue skirts for the girls.
Teachers are generally greatly revered in Thailand and there are two days designated in the schools here in which to honor them. Wai Kru Day is on a Thursday in mid- to late June on which is held a ceremony where all of the students of the school will bow to the point that their knees and head are on the floor before presenting an elaborate flower arrangement to the teacher who happens to be sitting across from them. If it is a large school (as most here tend to be), the teacher may end up with fifty or more flower arrangements each which often end up in a large trash bin.
In January (the week following Children’s Day, on a Thursday once again), is Wan Kru which translates as “Teachers’ Day” and is simply an extra day off. The students seem to enjoy this more than the teachers do as it falls right at mid-terms and there are already way too many government, Buddhist and other holidays (days off without pay) during the November to February stretch. At any rate, I have yet to come across any stamps honoring these two special days for teachers. However, the stamp below was issued in mid-June 1998 honoring education in general so it may have been intended to mark Wai Kru as well.
My birth-country of the United States has issued numerous stamps on an education theme since the 1950s. A selection appears below:
As has the United Nations:
I quite like these from Vietnam, Mongolia, China, and Israel:
Beautiful maximum card from Greece:
I’m not usually a big fan of Disney stamps, but perhaps I’ll make an exception for this mini-sheet from St. Vincent and the Grenadines:
And, finally, here are two more marking various World Teachers’ Days – from The Philippines and Algeria:
What other education-related stamps do you recommend? Please leave images in the Comments…