Tristan da Cunha Withdrawn Stamp Issues

Stamp issue: The Blue Belt Programme

Issue date: 29th November 2021

202111 Mint Stamps (45p, 80p, £1.00, £2.10) £4.35 Shop > 202112 First Day Cover (with 45p, 80p, £1.00, £2.10 stamps) £5.55 202113 Mint Souvenir Sheet (with 45p, 80p, £1.00, £2.10 stamps) £4.35 202114 First Day Cover (with souvenir sheet) £5.55

Stamps commemorating the establishment of Tristan's Marine Protected Zone, the largest in the Atlantic, as part of the UK's Blue Belt Programme.

Designs: 45p - Tristan Lobster, 80p - FPS Wave Dancer, £1.00 - Blue Shark (Prionace glauca), £2.10 - Coral Species, and FDCs - Blue Shark

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Stamp issue: 60th Anniversary of Tristan's 1961 Volcano, Part 1

Issue date: 3rd November 2021

202109 Mint Stamps (45p, 60p, £1.10, £1.80) £3.95 Shop > 202110 First Day Cover (with 45p, 60p, £1.10, £1.80 stamps) £5.15

Stamps commemorating the 60th anniversary of Tristan da Cunha's 1961 volcanic eruption and the evacuation of the population to England.

Designs: 45p - Evacuees transshipping from the Frances Repetto to the liner Tjisadane; 60p - Tristania, with the new volcanic cone rising above the village; £1.10 - Islanders arriving in Southampton on the RMS Stirling Castle; £1.80 - An island family arriving at Pendell Camp, Surrey; FDC - Longboats ferrying evacuees from Little Beach to the fishing boats, with the new volcano behind.

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Stamp issue: HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021

Issue date: 23rd September 2021

Stamps commemorating the life of HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021.

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Stamp issue: Sharks: Part 2

Issue date: 14th July 2021

202105 Mint Stamps (45p, 70p, £1.10, £1.50) £3.75 202106 First Day Cover (with 45p, 70p, £1.10, £1.50 stamps) £4.95

This set of stamps shows four of the shark species found in Tristan waters.

Designs: 45p - Bluntnose Sixgilled Shark (Hexanchus griseus), 70p - Great Lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps),
£1.10 - Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), and £1.50 - Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

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Stamp issue: 60th and 50th Anniversaries of Decimalisation

Issue date: 26th May 2021

202103 Mint Stamps (50p, 90p, £1.15 & £2.00) £4.55 202104 First Day Cover (with 50p, 90p, £1.15 & £2.00 stamps) £5.75

Stamps commemorating the anniversaries of the two occasions that Tristan decimalised its currency.

Designs: 50p - Early trade with ships; 90p - World War II Navy Station: Potatoes & chits;
£1.15p - First Decimalisation, 1961; £2.00p - Second Decimalisation, 1971.

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