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P (85c) Unidentified Chinese man,
photographed by C.D. Hoy c1912
P (85c) St. Joseph’s Convent School, by
Michel Lambeth (1960)

023 Canadian Country Music Artists, five
values and a miniature sheet
Issue date: July 31, 2014; Design: Sabrina
McAllister and Xerxes Irani, or Roy White, and
SubPlot Design; Printer: Lowe-Martin Group,
offset; Perforations: die-cut 13 x 13.25 (booklet
stamps) or 12.5 x 12.5 (miniature sheet)

(A) Self-adhesive booklet ($8.50):
contains ten copies of
P (85c) Renée Martel (b.1947,
Drummondville, Québec)
Cover depicts Renée Martel beside waterway
(B) Self-adhesive booklet ($8.50):
contains ten copies of
P (85c) Shania Twain (b.1965,
Windsor, Ontario)
(C) Self-adhesive booklet ($8.50):
contains ten copies of
P (85c) k d lang (Kathryn Dawn Lang, b.
Consort, Alberta, 1961
(D) Self-adhesive booklet ($8.50):
contains ten copies of
P (85c) Hank Snow (b. Clarence Eugene
Snow, Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, 1914,
d.1999 in Tennessee)
Cover depicts Hank Snow on a horse
(E) Self-adhesive booklet ($8.50):
contains ten copies of
P (85c) Tommy Hunter, singer and radio
presenter (b. 1937, London, Ontario)

(F) Miniature sheet: contains five gumnmed
designs in column of three and row of two
P (85c) Hank Snow; P (85c) Renée Martel; P
(85c) Shania Twain; P (85c) Tommy Hunter; P
(85c) k d lang, all designs as booklet stamps

GIBRALTAR
(previously listed in November 2015 issue)

024 Flag of Gibraltar. Post & Go Labels,
single self-adhesive design
Issue date: May 13, 2015 (issued from
machines in Gibraltar from July 2015); Self-
adhesive, offset printed, values and
coding by thermography
Vending Machine Labels (Post & Go),
denominated by rate bands,
depicting Gibraltar flag
Local standard; UK Letter up to 20g; UK Letter
up to 40g; EU Letter up to 20g; Worldwide up to
20g; Registered Fee (this strip priced at £6.24),
sold philatelically in strips of six different (this
strip priced at £6.24)

Notes: initial release was in London, at
Europhilex 2015, and subsequently at Gibraltar
House. These labels could not be used to
prepay postage in or from the UK

025 Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s Longest
Reigning Monarch, one value in a
sheetlet of four
Issue date: May 30, 2015; Design: after
photograph taken by Cecil Beaton; Printer:
Lowe-Martin Group, Canada, offset and gold foil
embossed; Perforations: 13 x 13
Sheetlet (2 x 2) contains
£10 x 4 copies – Queen Elizabeth II wearing
royal regalia, photographed in 1955

Sheetlet (2 x 2), has edition number in border,
for example ‘0655 of 1000’, in gold. Sold in
plastic pack with ‘certificate of authenticity’,
at £40. Contains
£10 x 4 copies – Queen Elizabeth II wearing
royal regalia, photographed in 1955

026 Squadrons of the Royal Air Force, part
four, four values and four further values in a
miniature sheet
Issue date: August 31, 2015;
Design: John Batchelor (illustrations), layout
by Stephen Perrera; Printer: BDT, offset;
Perforations: 13.25 x 13.25
(A) sheet stamps:
54p – 520 Squadron, established 1943.
Handley Page Halifax (1944)
64p – 544 Squadron, established 1942. Vickers
Wellington Mk IV dropping torpedo
70p – 600 Squadron, established 1925. Bristol
Blenheim Mk IV, c1940
£2 – 608 Squadron, established 1930 (Auxiliary
Air Force). de Havilland Vampire Mk V, 1949
Notes: the 70p and £2 designs include a view
of the Rock of Gibraltar
(B) Miniature sheet: contains four designs
bearing badge and Squadron motto
54p – Badge of 520 Squadron, Tomorrow’s
Weather Today (bird and branch)
64p – Badge of 544 Squadron, Quaero
70p – Badge of 600 Squadron,
Praeter Sescentos
£2 – Badge of 608 Squadron, Omnibus ungulis

027 Greetings and SEPAC. ‘You Stamps’.
six non-denominated values
Issue date: September 7, 2015; Design: from
photographs by Nicholas Ferrary; Printer: BDT,
offset; Perforations: 14 x 14
(A) inscribed G for Gibraltar postage
G (10p) – Moorish Castle
G (10p) – Rock of Gibraltar (general aerial view)
G (10p) – Weddings. Hands wearing rings,
and roses

(B) inscribed E for European postage
E (44p) – Moorish Castle
E (44p) – Rock of Gibraltar (general aerial view)
E (44p) – Weddings. Hands wearing rings,
and roses
Notes: the Moorish Castle designs are inscribed
‘SEPAC’ noting Small European Postal
Administrations Cooperation. These six designs
were also available in sheets of twenty stamps
(of one design) and twenty labels personalised
to order with a supplied image

028 Inauguration of The University of
Gibraltar, September 21, 2015, one value
Issue date: September 21, 2015; Design:
Stephen Perera; Printer: BDT, offset;
Perforations 13.25 x 13.25
80p – Badge of the University of Gibraltar
and sea surface

029 Christmas 2015 and New Year 2016,
five values
Issue date: November 2, 2015; Design: Stephen
Perera; Printer: BDT, offset; Perforations: 14
x 14
G (10p) – Christmas tree (with snow)
40p – Decoration of bowed ribbon
with holly leaves
64p – Wrapped box parcel. Inscribed
‘Happy New Year’
70p – Reindeer decoration
80p –‘Merry Christmas and Happy New Year’
(decorative text)

030 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta,
two values in a miniature sheet
Issue date: November 13, 2015; Design:
Stephen Perera, from illuminated text of
document; Printer: Cartor, offset; Perforations:
13.85 x 13.1
Miniature sheet: contains, se-tenant
£2 – Portion of Magna Carta, with illuminated P
£2 – Portion of Magna Carta with illuminations
of heraldic shields
Border bears further details of the document,
and logo of Gibraltar International
Literary Festival

GREECE
(previously listed in April 2015 issue)

Correction. The Greek Presidency of the
European Union (April 2015 issue) was released
on January 15, 2014

031 Anniversaries and Events 2014,
six values
Issue date: February 17, 2014; Printer:
Enschedé, offset; Perforations:
13.25 x 13.75; printed in sheets of 25

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