Pitcairn postage stamps for 2021 are short & sweet. Only two sets, featuring QEII and Prince Philip, were issued. Normally, Pitcairn puts out between 5 and 6 sets but the pandemic threw the schedule to the winds. As well, the people who ran the Pitcairn Islands Philatelic Bureau for the last 16 year,  retired September 2020.  Louise and Russell Watson handed philatelic duties over to Tower Mint Limited of London, UK. 

Tower Mint joined in celebrating QEII’s 95th and mourning the death of Prince Philip, common themes through the Commonwealth in 2021. Hopefully, they return to the usual interesting stamps that made Pitcairn so fun to watch. 

Queen Elizabeth II 95th Birthday   

6 stamps, 3 sheets of 40, FDC, cancel
Lithography

• $1 Photograph of Princess Elizabeth aged 9, taken in 1935.
• $1 Photograph of Princess Elizabeth on her wedding day, 20th November 1947.
• $2 Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh on her coronation day at Buckingham Palace, 1953.
• $2 Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee at the London celebrations of her Silver Jubilee in 1977 by Peter Grugeon.
• $3 Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II making her broadcast to the Commonwealth from Buckingham Palace on 7th March 1999
• $3 Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II visiting she visits the Royal Mail Windsor delivery office in Berkshire to mark the 500th anniversary of the postal service on 20th April 2016. 

Release date:  November 20, 2021

Prince Philip Memorial 

4 stamps, 2 sheets of 40, FDC, cancel 
Lithography

• $1.80 Photograph of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in his uniform as an Admiral of the Fleet in 1953.
• $2 Photograph of Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten and Princess Elizabeth on the announcement of their engagement in 1947.
• $2.20 Photograph of the Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II at Broadlands, Hampshire in November 2007.
• $3.00 Photograph of The Duke of Edinburgh as he met service personnel from the Army, Navy and RAF during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Armed Forces Parade and Muster in Windsor, Berkshire.

Release date: December 4, 2021

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