88 FEBRUARY 2016 w ww.stampandcoin.co.uk€0.05 – 125th anniversary of the opening of
the Corinth Canal: painting of open
canal, ship waiting to pass
€0.38 – Bicentenary of the Filiki Eteria
Friendly Society: portrait of three of
the founders, Emmanuel Xanthos
(1772-1852), Athanasios Tsakalov
(1790-1851) and Nikolaos Skoufas,
(1779-1818). Campaigned for
liberation of Greek territory
from Turkey
€0.72 – 150th anniversary of the union of
the Ionian islands with Greece: laurel
wreaths and symbols of the islands
(artifacts). Notes transfer from
British rule
€0.90 – Thessaloniki, European Youth Capital
for 2014: inscribed head
€1.50 – 50th anniversary of the University
of Ioannina: emblem (a falcon) and
stylised building
€1.95 – St Cosmas of Aetolia, 1714-1779:
mural of the Orthodox monk from
Mount Athos and Greek nationalist,
with tablet
Notes: a set of six maximum cards
was also released032 Songbirds of the Greek Countryside,
five values in sheets and in booklets, and two
self-adhesive values in booklets
Issue date: March 20, 2014; Design: Anthoula
Lygka; Printer: Enschedé, offset; Perforations:
13.5 x 13, or die-cut 13.75 (self-adhesives)(A) sheet stamps, from sheets of 25 (gummed)
€0.72 – Nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos
€0.72 – Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris
€1.00 – Linnet, Carduelis cannabina
€1.62 – Eurasian Siskin, Carduelis spinus
€2.62 – Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis(B) booklet stamps, from booklet with five one-
stamp panes
Miniature sheet pack (sold at €12.00): contains
five minisheet-panes each with one stamp
pane of €0.72 – Nightingale
pane of €0.72– Greenfinch
pane of €1.00 – Linnet
pane of €1.62 – European Siskin
pane of €2.62 – Goldfinch(C) self-adhesive booklet (€7.20): contains ten
stamps affixed to inside covers
€0.72 x 10 – Nightingale,
Luscinia megarhynchos
Cover depicts nightingale on branch(D) self-adhesive booklet (€7.20): contains ten
stamps affixed to inside covers€0.72 x 10 – Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris033 Definitives. The Months of the Year
as depicted in Folk Art, twelve values in
sheets, in strips of five, and two self-adhesive
values in booklets
Issue date: April 24, 2014; Design: Eleni
Apostolour; Printer: Enschedé, offset; (A) sheet
stamps: sheets of 25. Perforations: 13½ x 13¾
€0.02 – April. Red-dyed Easter eggs (lying in
meadow), barn swallows, butterflies
and five-spot ladybird
€0.20 – July. Wooden utensils
€0.40 – December. Three men
felling a fruit tree
€0.50 – January. Sliced pomegranates, and
snow scene in village
€0.72 – March. Barn swallows over town
(and pole with model swallow tied
with ribands or martenitsi)
€0.80 – August. Melons and figs on a table
€0.85 – June. Wheat-straw being woven into
craft object
€0.90 – November. A god holding ripened
plants, and lit candle amongst
mound of nuts and seeds
€1.00 – September. Ripening grapes hanging
from a vine, and picked
grapes in basket
€2.62 – May. Wreath of cut flowers, for
Protomaia (May festival)
€3.00 – February. Red and white carnival
(Shrove Tuesday) mask
€3.10 – October. Plough, and man ploughing
with single horse(B) ‘coil’ stamps. Sold in strips of five of a
single design/value. Perforations: imperf x 13.5
(horizontal format designs) or 13.5 x 1mperf
(vertical format designs, the €0.20 and €0.85)
€0.02 April; €0.20 July; €0.40 December;
€0.50 January; €0.72 March; €0.80
August; €0.85 June; €0.90 November; €1.00
September; €2.62 – May; €3.00 – February;
€3.10October (all designs as sheets of 25, but
change of perforation)(C) Self-adhesive booklet (€7.20):
€0.72 x 10 – March. Barn swallows over town
(and pole with model swallow tied with ribands)
Cover depicts swallows flying over houses (also
model swallow with ribands)
(D) Self-adhesive booklet (€8.00):
€0.80 x 10 – August. Melons and
pomegranates on a table
Booklet stamps are die-cut perf 13.6 x 13.6
Cover depicts melons and pomegranates
Notes: all designs have imprint date ‘2014’
A set of twelve maximum cards was also releasedMONTSERRAT
(previously listed in September 2015 issue)034 Roses, four values in a sheetlet, and a
miniature sheet
Issue date: July 20, 2015; Printer: C & C Secrity
Print, China, offset; Perforations: 13.9 x 13.9, or
12.5 x 125 (miniature sheet).
Sheetlet: $3.25 yellow rose; $3.25 scarlet rose;
$3.25 deep pink rose; $3.25 pale pink
white rose
Miniature sheet: $7 two roses
Border: pale pink rose
Notes: roses are not namedNEW ZEALAND
(previously listed in August 2015 issue)035 Matariki 2015 (Maori New Year).
Kowhaiwhai patterns (craft artworks),
six self-adhesive values and a gummed
miniature sheet
Issue date: June 3, 2015; Design: Rangi Kipa
and Roy McDougal; Printer: Southern Colour
Print, offset; Perforations: die cut 9½ x 10
(sheet stamps) or 13.8 x 13.8 (miniature sheet)
Sheet stamps: sheets of 25
80c – Digiwhaiwhaii, by Johnson Witehira
80c – Tçnei au tçnei au (This is Me, This is
Me) by Kura Te Waru Rewiri
$1.40 – Haki from the series Whakahokia
mai te mauri by Kylie Tiuka
$2.00 – Banner Moon from the Land Protest
series by Buck Nin
(1975, reworked 1982)
$2.50 – Part of the Te Hatete o Te Reo series
by Ngatai Taepa
$3.00 – Taona Marama (Night Lights of the
City) by Sandy Adsett
Self-adhesive panel (sold flat): contains 80c;
80c; $1.40; $2.00; $2.50; $3.00 as sheet
stamps (separately spaced, plain surround)
Miniature sheet: six stamps se-tenant in two
rows of three, gummed
80c; $1.40; $2.00; $2.50; $3.00 as
sheet stamps036 ‘Kiwi Kitchen’: popular cuisine, eighteen
gummed values in a sheetlet
Issue date: July 1, 2015; Design Jason Kelly
(artworks); Printer: Southern Colour Print, offset;
Perforations: 14.6 x 14.4
Sheetlet: five rows of stamps,
se-tenant (2,4,4,4,4)
80c – Asparagus rolls (asparagus wrapped in
buttered slices of bread)
80c – Kiwi onion dip (relish made from onion
soup mix, cream, lemon juice or vinegar)
80c – Puha and pork (boiled on stove)(^042) 80c – Calling-your-bluff ‘oister’
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