2015 Stamp Issues
Stamp Issue: Early Mail Ships DefinitivesIssue date: 8th December 2015 |
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This definitive stamp issue depicts a selection of ships that carried mail to and from the island between 1904 and 1953. 1p - HMS Odin, 2p - RMS Asturias, 5p - SS Empress of France, 10p - HMS Carlisle, 25p - Barque Ponape, |
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Stamp Issue: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland150th Anniversary of the Publication Issue date: 1st December 2015 |
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These stamps celebrate 150 years since Alice's Adventures in Wonderland were published by Lewis Carroll (real name Charles Dodgson). The author's brother Edwin Dodgson was the missionary teacher on Tristan da Cunha during the 1880s. |
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Stamp Issue: The Lifeboat DisasterIssue date: 27th November 2015 |
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This set of stamps commemorates the sad day in 1885 when most of the island's able bodied men were mysteriously lost at sea while taking trade goods out in the island's lifeboat to a passing vessel - the SV West Riding. 35p - Sighting the SV West Riding. 70p - Launching the lifeboat. 90p - Rough seas. £1.20 - The SV West Riding. |
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Stamp Issue: HM Queen Elizabeth II: Britain's Longest ReignIssue date: 9th September 2015 |
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This set of stamps celebrates Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becoming the longest reigning Monarch in British history on 9th September 2015, surpassing the reign of her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. 35p - Coronation publications. 45p - HMY Britannia. £1.10 - Order of the Garter, Windsor Castle. £2.00 - Trooping the Colour. |
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Stamp Issue: 800th Anniversary of the Magna CartaIssue date: 15th June 2015 |
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This set of stamps commemorates the 800th anniversary of the granting of the charter by King John that forms the basis of Common Law rights to liberty and justice in countries around the world. 35p - King John, 1926. 80p - The Residency. 90p - The Administration Building. £1.50 - Seals, 2013. |
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Stamp Issue: USS Hornet Captures HMS PenguinThe final Action of the War of 1812, 23 March 1815 |
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This set of stamps marks the bicentenary of the capture HMS Penguin by the USS Hornet on the 23rd March 1815 off Tristan da Cunha in the last action of the War of 1812 - the last time that the UK and the USA were at war with each other. £1.50 - USS Hornet. £1.50 - HMS Penguin. £2.50 - The battle off Tristan da Cunha. |
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Stamp Issue: The 'Potato Essays'A Petition for Postage Stamps |
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This sheetlet shows nine stamp designs, with face values in pence and potatoes, submitted by Allan Crawford with his 1946 petition to the UK Postmaster General for Tristan da Cunha to have its own postage stamps. Also featured is Tristan's first official stamp, the overprinted St Helena definitive. The issue is to be launched at the Europhilex Stamp Exhibition London 2015, which marks the 175th Anniversary of the Penny Black. |
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