New issues

French Polynesia June 28: Folklore 47F Stone lifting

67F Singing

61F Dancing July 7: Philex France 89 Bicentenary of the French Revolution and the

“Bounty”

100 F Mutiny on the Bounty 200 F Miniature sheet, storming of the Bastille Solomon Islands June 30: Sea Slugs 22c Phyllidia varicosa 70c Chromodoris bullocki 80c Chromodoris

leopardus

$1.50 Phidiana indica July 20: Moon Landing

22c Splashdown

35c Lift off 80c View of the Earth $4 Miniature sheet showing the moon Tonga: May 18; Butterflies 42s 57s $1.20 $2.50

August 22 Sports

32s Rugby

42s Tennis 57s Cricket October 23-50th Anniversary of the first

flight to Tonga

November 9 Christmas November 17 UPV Con ference Niuafo’ou June 6 and August 1 The Planet Earth. Nearly two years have gone into the research and design of this set.

Is The Surface 2s The Crust 5s Volcanoes 10s Surface Cools 15s Seas Form $1 Amphibians & Insects

$1.50 Dinosaurs 20s Mountains Form 32s First Rivers 42s First Plants 50s Early Life 57s Coal Forests $2 Early birds & Mammals $5 Early Man and Domes treated Dog Cook Islands May 30 $9 overprint July 12 $l4 overprint July 14 20th Anniversary of Moon Landing 40cx2 Blast off 55cx2 Landing on the Moon 65cx2 Moon walk 75cx2 Return to Earth $4.20 Moon Walk July 3 Bicentenary of the Discovery of Aitutaki 55c The Bounty 65c Breadfruit 75c Map 95c Bounty at anchor $1.65 Bligh and Christian $4.20 Bligh adrift Papua New Guinea July 12 Small Birds 20t x 2 Berrypecker 35t Ifrit 45t Flyrobin 70t Scrubwren 20t overprint on 17t Aner nonefish

The proposed Frama stamp issue will not appear this year. Instead on September 6 four stamps will be issued featuring Ceremorial Dance Struc tures. I rather doubt now that a Frama stamp will appear at all.

Kiribati June 28 Birds and their Young 15c x 2 Reef Heron slx2 Tropic bird In each case the top stamp of the pair shows the adult whilst the bottom stamp shows the young bird.

Vanuatu July 5: Philex France 89 and 200th Anniversary of the French Revolution. 100 Vatu se tenenat Eiffel Tower and Philexfr

ance logo.

100 Vatu miniature sheet Revolt of French Troops in Nancy 1790.

In the next stamp box I will feature details on the recent Pacific Region Phi latelic Marketing work

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