Details of Tristan da Cunha postage stamps issued during 2010.
Tristan Traditions II

Issued 24th November 2010

 

 

201039
Mint Stamps (25p, 35p, 70p, £1.60)

201040

First Day Cover with 25p, 35p, 70p, £1.60 stamps

Technical Specifications from CASCO

Designer – Andrew Robinson; Printer – The Lowe-Martin Group; Process - Lithography
Stamp Size – 28mm x 42mm; Format - 24 (2 x 12); Perforation - 13 per 2cm;
Paper Type – Tullis Russell 110gsm
Conservation Definitives

Issued 1st November 2010
This important new set of Definitives issued by the Tristan da Cunha Post Office
replace the Birds Definitives issued on 1st June 2005.

The stamps highlight recent conservation work carried out on the Tristan da Cunha islands.
The First Day Cover envelopes feature a Northern Rockhopper Penguin and the logos of the RSPB and OTEP who are the major partners in working with the Tristan Conservation Department to monitor the islands' precious fauna and flora, also working to eradicate alien species that may threaten endemic wildlife.

1p featuring
the New Conservation RIB

3p featuring
Eradication of New Zealand Flax on Nightingale Island

5p featuring
Ringing Tristan Albatross

8p featuring
Hag's Tooth on World Heritage Site Gough Island

10p featuring
the Inaccessible Rail

15p featuring
World Heritage Site
Inaccessible Island

25p featuring
counting Sub-Antarctic Fur Seals

35p featuring
eradication of Sagina plant on Gough Island

70p featuring
eradication of Loganberry plants at Sandy Point
£1 featuring
ringing the Atlantic Yellow-Nosed Albatross
£2 featuring
the Gough Bunting
£5 featuring
counting
Northern Rockhopper Penguins
201035 - 12 Mint Stamps (shown above)

201036

First Day Cover with 1p, 3p, 5p, £5 stamps

201037

First Day Cover with 8p, 10p, 15p £2 stamps

201038

First Day Cover with 25p, 35p, 70p and £1 stamps

Technical Details from CASCO

Designer – CASCO Studio ~ Printer – The Lowe-Martin Group ~ Process - Lithography
Stamp Size – 28mm x 42mm ~ Format - 24 (2 x 12)
Perforation - 13 per 2cm ~ Paper Type – Tullis Russell 110gsm

Island Family Surnames

Issued 6th September 2010

 

Collectors specialising in locally inspired stamp issues
will be delighted with this special issue to commemorate
Tristan family surnames with stamps representing
the nations from whence the original settlers came,
illustrated by their national flags and birds
native to their home country.

The stamps feature the current surnames:
Green, with the Dutch flag and an Oystercatcher;
Swain with the England St George’s flag and an Avocet
(used also on the RSPB logo);
Glass with the Scotland St Andrew’s Flag or Saltire
and a Golden Eagle;
Hagan / Rogers with the US Stars and Stripes
and an American Bald Eagle;
Repetto / Lavarello with the Italian Flag and a Hoopoe
(emblem of the Italian League for Bird Protection).

 

201033 -

5 x 50p Mint Stamps for £2.50
   
   

     

201034 -

First Day Cover with 5 x 50p Stamps

Technical Specifications from CASCO :

Designer-Nick Shewring; Printer - Lowe-Martin Group; Process –Lithography Stamp Size - 32mm x 38mm;
Paper – Unwatermarked; Perforation - 13 per 2cm

History of the British Isles Part 2
Issued 16th July 2010


Stamps as shown on FDC Below

201023
8 x 35p Mint Stamps


201024

First Day Cover

with 8 x 35p Stamps

 

 

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201025
Battle of Agincourt Sheetlet
with 6 x 35p stamps

201026
Thomas Beckett Sheetlet
with 6 x 35p stamps

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201027
Battle of Trafalgar Sheetlet
with 6 x 35p stamps

201028
Engineering and Transportation Sheetlet
with 6 x 35p stamps
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201029
Votes for Women
with 6 x 35p stamps
201030
The Great Depression
with 6 x 35p stamps
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201031
Wireless Age
with 6 x 35p stamps
201032
Second World War
with 6 x 35p stamps
 

Technical Specifications from CASCO
Design and Layout - CASCO Studio ; Printer - The Lowe-Martin Group ; Process - Lithography
Stamp Size - 36mm square; Paper - CASCO Crown watermarked; Perforation - 13 per 2 cms

London 2010 Stamp Exhibition
also featuring George V (the Philatelist King) as 2010 is the 100th Anniversary of his Accession to the throne
Issued on 8th May 2010

201021

Mint £1.50 Souvenir Sheet

Image to follow

201022 First Day Cover
with £1.50 Souvenir Sheet

Technical Specifications from CASCO
Format - Sheetlet comprising single £1.50 stamp block perforated out
Design and Layout - CASCO Studio ; Printer - BDT International Security printing Ltd. ; Process - Lithography
Stamp Size - 28.45mm x 42.58mm ; Perforation - 14 per 2 cms Watermark - CASCO Crown

70th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain / Douglas Bader Foundation
Issued on 18th March 2010


Stamps depicted on
the sheetlets below

201011

Mint Stamps (2 x 25p; 2 x 50p; 2 x 70p)



201012

Souvenir Sheet
with Sir Douglas Bader £1.50 stamp

 

 

 

Left : 201013

Battle of Britain Pilots
25p Sheetlet of
6 stamps 1

 

Right : 201014

Battle of Britain Pilots
25p Sheetlet of
6 stamps

 

 

Left : 201015

Battle of Britain Pilots
50p Sheetlet of
6 stamps 1

 

Right : 201016

Battle of Britain Pilots
50p Sheetlet of
6 stamps

 

 

Left : 201015

Battle of Britain Pilots
70p Sheetlet of
6 stamps 1

 

Right : 201016

Battle of Britain Pilots
70p Sheetlet of
6 stamps


201019

First Day Cover

with 6 Mint Stamps (2 x 25p; 2 x 50p; 2 x 70p)

   



201020

First Day Cover

with £1.50 Souvenir Sheet

Technical Specifications from CASCO
Design and Layout - CASCO Studio ; Printer - The Lowe-Martin Group ; Process - Lithography
Stamp Size - 28mm x 42mm ; Paper - CASCO Crown watermarked; Perforation - 13 per 2 cms
Souvenir Sheet Size 70mm x 110mm with single 28mm x 42 mm stamp

History of the British Isles Part 1
Issued 15th January 2010

 

201001

8 x 35p Mint Stamps


201002

First Day Cover

with 8 x 35p Stamps

 

 

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201003
Battle of Hastings Sheetlet
with 6 x 35p stamps

201004
Peasants' Revolt Sheetlet
with 6 x 35p stamps

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201005
King Henry VIII Sheetlet
with 6 x 35p stamps

201006
English Reformation Sheetlet
with 6 x 35p stamps
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201007
Elizabethan Era
with 6 x 35p stamps
201008
English Civil War
with 6 x 35p stamps
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201009
Scientific Innovation
with 6 x 35p stamps
201010
Bonnie Prince Charlie
with 6 x 35p stamps
 

Technical Specifications from CASCO
Design and Layout - CASCO Studio ; Printer - The Lowe-Martin Group ; Process - Lithography
Stamp Size - 36mm square; Paper - CASCO Crown watermarked; Perforation - 13 per 2 cms