by catpaw | 31 Dec, 2021 | Stamps
The US 2022 stamp program offers up a rich sampling of American history and culture. I spent a fun afternoon chasing down interesting links and videos to share with you about the topics and artists involved with the program. Not all material has been attached below (as of publishing date) because I’m saving a few treats for the actual release days.
2021 produced 2 sets that were tops in my view. The first was April’s Espresso Drinks. The team of artist Terry Allen and designer Gary Breeding produced a delicious and classic 4 stamp set.
Breeding’s use of different typography for each drink created a wonderful, vintage feel to the designs.
The next set was artist Ryan Feerer’s first design for USPS. He was thrilled to be asked to work with Greg Breeding to produce what I think is an iconic set of Americana.
I’m so thankful that @gregbreeding gave me the opportunity to work on this. Such an amazing human being and incredible to work with. I can’t express how much this project means to me. My grandfather was a postmaster in a small New Mexico town. He would’ve been so proud!
Ryan Feerer June 25, 2021 in a Twitter conversation (I added the italics & bolding)
I hope to see Feerer return to stamp design duties one day.
The new year is a banner year for women in history, with Edmonia Lewis, Katharine Graham, Women Cryptologists and Eugenie Clark each honoured. Good history, good artwork and a rich stable of talented designers have produced another fun year for American stamp collectors.
US 2022 stamp program
January
Blueberries
1 stamp, cover, cancel, coils, sheets of 20
offset microprint
Artist: John Burgoyne
Designer: Derry Noyes
Release date: January 9, 2022
U.S. Flags – forever stamp
1 stamp, 2 cancels, sheets of 20, booklets of 20, pins
Designer/artist: Laura Stutzman
Release date: January 9, 2022
Love 2022
2 stamps, sheet of 20, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels, release ceremony memento, framed stamps, press cut sheets
You can download a list of all the LOVE stamps (and designers) issued by the USPS since January 1974 Love Series Stamps (usps.com). The first was designed by Robert Indiana. This is Bailey Sullivan’s first LOVE stamp.
Designer/artist: Bailey Sullivan
Release date: January 14, 2022
Year of the Tiger
1 stamp, sheet of 20, FDC, 2 cancels, on in colour, red envelope, pins, presentation pack, release ceremony memento, press cut sheets
**USPS licensed VeVe to create and issue NTF cryptos of the Lunar New Year issues. The Tiger, Ox and Rat stamps can be seen Crypto Stamp Catalogue | Bitter Grounds Magazine
Artist: Camille Chew
Designer: Antonio Alcalá
Release date: January 20, 2022
Edmonia Lewis – Black History Month
1 stamp, sheet of 20, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels, framed stamp (9.5″x11.5″), 1st day release ceremony memento, press sheets
offset microprint
45th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors Edmonia Lewis, the first African American and Native American sculptor to earn international recognition. The stamp art is a casein-paint portrait based on a photograph of Lewis by Augustus Marshall made in Boston between 1864 and 1871.
USPS issuing Edmonia Lewis Black Heritage Forever stamp Jan. 26 – Newsroom – About.usps.com
Edmonia Lewis is considered the first professional BIPOC sculptor in the United States and the first to achieve international acclaim. Even though much of her work has not survived into the 21st century, Lewis used her art to depict the stories of women and Indigenous people with reverence and beauty. Shattering gender and racial expectations in the 19th-century U.S., her life story is a testament to the ability to succeed despite adversity. Edmonia Lewis | National Women’s History Museum (womenshistory.org)
Artist: Alex Bostic
Designer: Antonio Alcalá
Release date: January 26, 2022
February
Palace of Fine Arts
1 stamp, mini sheet of 4, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels
offset microprint
The Palace of Fine Arts is located in the Marina District of San Francisco. If you ever get a chance to visit San Francisco, take it and don’t miss seeing this beautiful piece of architecture.
Following the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco was inspired to show the world how it had risen from the ashes. So, in 1910, business and civic leaders convened to discuss making the city the site of the century’s first great world’s fair, a grand exposition to honor the completion of the Panama Canal. In two hours, $4 million was raised and San Francisco beat competitors like New Orleans and Washington, D.C. to host the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
Palace of Fine Arts Event Venue in San Francisco
Designer: Greg Breeding
Artist: Dan Cosgrove
Release date: February 14, 2022
Monument Valley
1 stamp, mini sheet of 4, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels
offset microprint
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park | Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation
Designer: Greg Breeding
Artist: Dan Cosgrove
Release date: February 14, 2022
March
50th anniversary of Title IX
4 stamps, sheets of 20 (with all 4 designs), 4 FDCs, 2 cancels, release ceremony memento, portfolio, pin
press cut sheets also available, NFT available.
offset
“Title IX is a civil rights law prohibiting discrimination based on sex in any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX – Newsroom – About.usps.com
- runner
- swimmer
- gymnast
- soccer player
Read more about Title IX (ed.gov).
Artist/designer: Melinda Beck Melinda Beck – illustration and design
Release date: March 3, 2022
African Daisy
1 stamp, sheets of 10, FDC, 2 cancels
African daisy Osteospermum
Designer: Greg Breeding
Photograph: Cindy Dyer Cindy Dyer Photography
Dyer’s photographs previously appeared on Water Lilies Forever in 2015 and Ferns in 2014 & reissued in 2015 as Forever stamps
Release date: March 14, 2022
Mountain Flora
4 stamps, 4 FDCs, 2 cancels
framed stamps, notecards also available
- pasqueflower Anemone patens
- wood lily Lilium philadelphicum
- alpine buttercup Ranunculus adoneus
- Woods’ rose Rosa woodsii
Artist: Lili Arnold Lili Arnold | California Printmaker & Illustrator
Hand-drawn & digital techniques were used to create these 4 stamps
Designer: Ethel Kessler
Release date: March 14, 2022
April
Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
1 stamp, sheets of 10, FDC, 2 cancels
Designer: Derry Noyes
Illustrator: Shel Silverstein, from his book The Giving Tree
Welcome to Shel Silverstein | Shel Silverstein
Release date: April 8, 2022
Flags on Barns
4 stamps, 4 covers, cancel
pencil and watercolour
Designer: Stephanie Bower
Release date: April 14, 2022
George Morrison 1919-2000
5 stamps, 5 FDCs, 2 cancels, ceremony memento, notecards, sheet of 20 , presscut sheets
- “Sun and River,” 1949, watercolor and crayon on paper.
- “Phenomena Against the Crimson: Lake Superior Landscape,” 1985, acrylic on canvas.
- “Lake Superior Landscape,” 1981, acrylic on canvas.
- “Spirit Path, New Day, Red Rock Variation: Lake Superior Landscape,” 1990, acrylic and pastel on paper.
- Untitled, 1995, color pencil on paper
George Morrison was an Ojibwa modernist landscape artist. This video features a fascinating lecture on George Morrison, by Dr. Patricia Marroquin Norby (Purepecha), Associate Curator of Native American Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
One of the nation’s greatest modernist artists and a founding figure of Native American modernism, George Morrison challenged prevailing ideas of what Native American art should be, arguing that an artist’s identity can exist independently from the nature of the art he creates. He is best known for his abstract landscape paintings and monumental wood collages, which draw on childhood memory and reflect a deep and abiding connection with the natural world. USPS News Release March 17, 2022
Artist: George Morrison
Designer: Antonio Alcalá
Release date: April 22, 2022
Sunflower Bouquet
1 stamp, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels, sheet of 20, notecards also available
offset, microprint
Digital photographer: Harold Davis Harold Davis | Creative vision, quality, and craft in photography and digital art (digitalfieldguide.com)
Designer: Ethel Kessler
Release date: April 24, 2022
Tulips
1 stamp, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels, sheet of 20, notecards also available
offset, microprint
Digital photographer: Harold Davis
Designer: Ethel Kessler
Release date: April 24, 2022
May
Eugenie Clark
1 stamp, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels, sheet of 20, ceremony memento, framed 11.5 x 8.5 stamp
Eugenie Clark was affectionately known as “the Shark Lady”. She was a pioneer in studying marine life in their natural surroundings. She conducted 72 submersible dives and an untold number of scuba dives during her career. Among her many awards are National Geographical Societies Franklin L. Burr Award, the Explorers Club Medal, and American Society of Oceanographers’ Medal of Excellence. A newly discovered dogfish was named in her honour Squalus clarkae.
Eugenie Clark – Women in Exploration
Artist/designer: Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya
Earlier in my career, my goal was simply to convey scientific ideas and findings in more compelling ways. My goals were to inform and inspire. Over time, I’ve set my sights higher, challenging people to reexamine their beliefs, truly understand someone else’s perspective, and consider what a better world could look like. I believe art has a responsibility to question preconceived notions and create new possibilities. Bio — Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya—Multidisciplinary Artist (alonglastname.com)
Release date: Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Women’s Rowing
4 stamps, 8 FDCs, 2 cancels, sheet of 20, Release Day Ceremony Memento
Artist/designer: Nancy Stahl
Previous stamps by Stahl include 2011 Vanishing Species, 2008 Dragonflies, 2007 Christmas Sweater, 2016 Soda Favourites.
Unveiling ceremony will be held at Philadelphia Girls’ Rowing Club
Release date: May 13, 2022
Mighty Mississippi
10 stamps, sheet of 10, Release Day Ceremony Memento, FDCs, 2 cancels
USPS also released Field Note books with one of stamp affixed to the cover & canceled with FD cancel.
Mississippi River – American Rivers
Designer: Ethel Kessler
Release date: May 23, 2022
June
Katharine Graham
1 stamp, sheet of 20, FDC, 2 cancels, unveiling ceremony souvenir
Artist: Lynn Staley
Designer: Derry Noyes
Release date: June 14, 2022
Floral Geometry
2 stamps, sheet of 10, sheet of 4, 2 FDCs, 4 cancels
water colour and foil
Designer: Spaeth Hill
Release date: June 20, 2022
Red-headed Duck 2022-2023
Hunting permit stamp
1 hunting license stamp, souvenir sheet, 2 FDCS, silk cover, cancel
Not for postal use.
Stamp features James Hautman’s “Redheads”
The FDC has a pencil sketch of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) by artist Rebekah N. Night.
Release date: June 24, 2022
Green-winged Teal 2022-2023
Jr. duck stamp
1 stamp
No for postal use. Not to be used as a hunting stamp
Artist – Madison Grim
Release date: June 24, 2022
July
Nancy Reagan
1 stamp, sheet of 20, FDC, 2 cancels
Designer: Greg Breeding
Release date: July 6, 2022
Mariachi
5 stamps, 5 FDCS, 2 cancels, stamp portfolio
Sorry, no images for the cancels. They were so tiny, I couldn’t grab a good capture. Hoping for better shots later.
Growing up I remember nostalgic weekends listening to the uniquely Mexican sound of Mariachi music in Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City. Colorful songs that tell stories of celebration, struggles, lost love and joy. Mariachi music is an emblem of Mexican cultural heritage with roots in the United States and followers around the globe. Excited and honored to share the vibrant spirit of Mariachi music with five new Mariachi Forever stamps I created for the United States Postal Service.The 2022 Mariachi stamps will be available soon online and at a post office near you. ¡Viva Mariachi!
Rafael López Jan. 18, 2022
This website has some interesting information on mariachi music and it’s origins Puro Mariachi – History
Designer: Rafael López Rafael López | Official site of Illustrator, Rafael López. (rafaellopez.com)
Release date: July 15, 2022
Pete Seeger (1919-2014)
1 stamp, sheet of 16, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels, 12″ x 24″ poster
There isn’t enough room here to cover Seeger’s storied career. PBS produced a superb show on him and it’s worth the watch.
Designer: Antonio Alcalá
Photographer: Daniel Seeger
Release date: July 21, 2022
August
National Marine Sanctuaries
16 stamps on a sheet, portfolio, 16 FDCs, 2 cancels
NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
The back of this sheet displays a map of the National Marine Sanctuaries, by illustrator Todd M. Detwiler
Designer: Greg Breeding
Release date: August 5, 2022
Pony Cars
5 stamps, 5 FDCs, 2 cancels, portfolio, FD issue pin
USPS also released 5 Field Note books with one of stamp affixed to the cover & canceled with FD cancel
- 969 Ford Mustang Boss 302
- 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
- 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
- 1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7 GT
- 1969 AMC Javelin SST
Artist: Tom Fritz
Fritz provided artwork for the 2013 Fritz’s Muscle Cars set.
Designer: Zack Bryant
Release date: August 2022
Elephants
1 stamp, booklets, FDC, cancel, FD pin
Artist: Rafael López Rafael López | Official site of Illustrator, Rafael López. (rafaellopez.com)
Designer: Derry Noyes
Release date: August 12, 2022
September
James Webb Space Telescope
1 stamp, sheet of 25, FDC, 2 cancels
A dedication ceremony held:
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, at 11 a.m. ET
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
2 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002-4945
Designer: Derry Noyes
Artwork: James Vaughan and an image provided by NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute
Release date: September 8, 2022
Christmas 2022 – Holiday Elves
4 stamps in booklets of 20, 4 FDCs, 2 cancels
A special release ceremony will take place on Sept. 15 at:
Santa Claus House
101 St. Nicholas Drive
North Pole, AK 99705
Special guest at the ceremony will be Santa himself. It’s rumoured Blitzen will take time out of his schedule to attend a well.
Artist: Don Clark
Designer: Antonio Alcalá
Release date: September 15, 2022
Christmas 2022 – Virgin and Child
1 stamp, sheets of 12, FDC, 2 cancels
Features 16th c oil on panel by an attributed to Master of the Scandicci Lamentation, during Italian Renaissance. Held in the Robert Dawson Evans Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The BFA has an excellent digital image online of the painting Virgin and Child – Results – Advanced Search Objects – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (mfa.org)
Designer: Greg Breeding
Release date: September 22, 2022
Charles M. Schulz – PEANUTS
10 stamps on a sheet of 20, 10 FDCS, 2 cancels, stationary set, field journal notebooks, “Nothing Echoes like an Empty Mailbox” centenary set, stamp pin on a cancelled card
A special release ceremony will take place
Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, at 12 p.m. PDT
Charles M Schulz Museum & Research Center
2301 Hardies Lane
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Designer: Greg Breeding
Photographer: Douglas Kirkland
Release date: September 30, 2022
October
Kwanzaa
1 stamp, sheet of 20, FDC, 2 cancels
Each year, millions of African Americans gather with friends and family throughout the week of Kwanzaa to honor the holiday’s seven founding principles — unity (umoja), cooperative economics (ujamaa), purpose (nia), creativity (kuumba), and faith (imani). Postal Service Dedicating Kwanzaa Forever Stamp – Newsroom – About.usps.com
Official release date:
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, at 11 a.m. CDT at:
America’s Center Ferrara Theater
701 Convention Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63101
Original art: Erin Robinson
Designer: Antonio Alcalá
Release date: October 8, 2022
Snowy Beauty
10 stamps, 10 FDCs, 2 cancels
Designer: Gregory Manchess
Release date: October 11, 2022
Women Cryptologists of World War II
1 stamp, FDC, 2 cancels, sheet of 20
offset
Official release ceremony:
National Cryptologic Museum
8290 Colony Seven Road
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701
If you checkout the selvedge edges on the sheets, you’ll see 4 messages that you need to decipher:
ZRPH QF UB SWRORJLVWV RIZRUOGZDULL, FLSKHU, DQDOBCH and VHFUHW
If you decode the messages, leave a comment below.
To learn more about women cryptologists these resources are accessible.
Sharing the Burden: Women in Cryptology during World War II – a 25 pg pdf that is approachable and fascinating.
WWII Women Cracking the Code | National Air and Space Museum (si.edu) The Smithsonian’s brief overview.
Code Girls by Liza Mundy, published New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2018
Designer: Antonio Alcalá
Release date: October 18, 2022
Hanukkah
1 stamp, sheets of 20, FDC, 2 cancels
offset
A special release ceremony will take place
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, at 11 a.m. ET
Temple Emanu El
4545 Brainard Road
Orange Village, OH 44022-1503
Designer: Jeanette Kuvin Oren
Release date: October 20, 2022
TBA
Butterfly Garden Flowers
2 stamps
Planting a Butterfly Garden: The Ultimate Guide – Gardening Channel
Stuhmiller used a combination of traditional and digital tools to create the art. After hand-carving the images into linoleum blocks, she inked the blocks and pressed them onto paper. The artist then scanned the images into the computer and added color digitally. As in most traditional block printing, the color palette is limited.
Postal Service Issues Nonprofit Butterfly Garden Flower Stamps – Newsroom – About.usps.com
Designer: Antonio Alcalá
Artist: Rigel Stuhmiller Rigel Stuhmiller (@rigel.stuhmiller) • Instagram photos and videos
Stuhmiller is a printmaker and illustrator who specialises in botanical art.
Release date:
The above is not a full list of the 2022 stamp program. More will be released by the USPS as the year progresses. In the meantime, check out Peeking at USPS stamps 2021 to see all of last year’s stamps.
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by catpaw | 30 Dec, 2021 | country Stamps, Stamps
Believe it or not, it’s time to look at the 2022 Austrian stamps. Not sure how Österreichische Post will top their mask and mittens from 2021, but I’m sure they’ll come up with something. If there’s one thing Austrian stamp designers excel in, it’s creating unusual and fun shapes. This year, we get toques – or woolen hats to the rest of the world.
The hats are a nice follow up to the wildly popular Mini FFP2 Mask.
David Gruber created this mini masterpiece that was embroidered on PPE material.
A number of established series will continue into 2022. They include:
- vintage motorcycles and cars
- musical instruments
- Historic Postal Vehicles
- classic Austrian stamps
- anniversaries for important Austrian industries
- EUROPA
- Christmas
Also scattered throughout the year will be further topics dealing with history, music and art.
Images will be replaced as the year progresses with better ones as Austria issues each stamp. NOTE: All crypto stamps can be found on the specialty world crypto stamp page.
January
Chocolate – interesting facts by Josef Zotter
24 page booklet with 2 postcards, 4 stamps & recipes
This booklet was created with Styrian chocolatier Joseph Zotter. Zotter Online Shop & World of Experience | Zotter Chocolate.
Release date: January 3, 2022
Austrian superfoods
booklet of 4 stamps
Release date: January 3, 2022
Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889 – 1951
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, info sheet, black print
offset
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Designer: Marion Füllerer
Füllerer’s outstanding design last year was 50 Years of STAUD’s Vienna.
Release date: January 19, 2022
Arrival of the stagecoach
series: Historic Postal Vehicles
1 stamp on a souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel, black print, info sheet
offset
Designer: Regina Simon
Simon also designed last year’s Historic postal vehicles stagecoach souvenir sheet as well as 4 other stamps.
Release date: January 19, 2022
Lohner-Porsche Mixte: first automobile with a serially produced hybrid propulsion system
Series: vintage cars/vehicles
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, black print, info sheet
offset
The 1899 Lohner Porsche, the first Hybrid Vehicle? (hybrid-vehicle.org)
The history of Porsche begins electrically – Porsche Newsroom
Designer: David Gruber
Gruber designed 11 stamps for the 2021 season, including the 2021 vintage vehicle stamp Pullman Graf & Stift SP 8 Pullman and the unique Christmas Mittens.
Release date: January 21, 2022
100 years of RIESS enamelware
1 stamp, packet of 4, FDC, cancel, info sheet
Offset
This company has a rich tradition, with its roots dating back to the year 1550. That is when the original pan forge was founded in Ybbsitz in the Lower Austrian Mostviertel region. The manufacture of high-quality porcelain enamel kitchenware began here in 1922. Riess
The stamp shows a selection of colourful pots from the “Pastel” series that has been popular since the 1950s. RIESS uses natural raw materials to produce handmade pots, pans, and other kitchenware that are long-lived and recyclable.
The typical porcelain enamel results from iron that has been fused with siliceous glass at a temperature of 850°C, which creates a hard, non-porous and cut-resistance surface that is easy to clean while being odourless. Commemorative stamp 100 years RIESS enamel – PostAG
Designer: Anita Kern
Anita designed the following stamps for 2021 – Murbodner Dirndl, for the Classic Costumes series, Freimarken 1899 / Postage stamps from 1899, Austrian Federal gardens, 100 years of Austrian Philatelist Associations , Stamp Day 2021, 1905 Stamps of the Monachy, and 100 Years of Messe Wien.
Release date: January 21, 2022
February
Local Animal Kingdom
series 4
1 sheet of 4 stamps
- Brown rat
- European green toad
- Aesculapian snake
- tawny owl
Release date: February 1, 2022
St. Francis of Assisi Church, Vienna
series: Churches
series 1
1 stamp
Although no price appears on this stamp, Austria Post has it listed for 2,50 Euro.
Austria, city of Vienna, Saint Francis of Assisi Church (Kirche zum Heiligen Franz von Assisi) 1910.
Release date: February 1, 2022
Kiki Kogelnik – Dark Beauty
series: Contemporary Art in Austria
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, black print, info sheet, packet of 4
offset
Kiki Kogelnik | Artist Profile | NMWA
Designer: Regina Simon
Release date: February 10, 2022
TITAN 350 Sport
series: vintage motorcycles
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, black print, info sheet
offset
Titan Motorcycles of Austria (cybermotorcycle.com)
Designer: David Gruber
Release date: February 11, 2022
Wollhaube – woollen hats
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, info sheet
offset
Woolen hats, or as we call them in Canada – toques!
Designer: David Gruber
Release date: February 16, 2022
Trombones
Series: musical instruments
1 stamp, FDC, cancel packet of 4, sheets of 10, black and white print sheet of 10, info sheet
offset
Designer: Kirsten Lubach
Release date: February 16, 2022
March
** Note: Austria traditionally releases a series of stamp packs in early March featuring Loyalty Bonus stamps and a variety of themes, including flowers and animals. These issues don’t always appear in some online catalogues, but I think they belong here. Quite often there are no designer notes or details to accompany the descriptions. I also include the annual spring postcard packages as well.
Happy Easter – stamps & stickers
2 stickers and 4 stamps
Release date: March 1, 2022
Colourful Flowers
20 self-adhesive stamps
Release date: March 1, 2022
Blooming Joy – Loyalty Bonus Stamps
20 stamps
Designer: Brigitte Heiden
Styrian artist Heiden has appeared on Loyalty Bonus stamps starting in 2010. She also designed the 2022 March 5 Loyalty Bonus single issue stamp and cancel.
Release date: March 1, 2022
Bumblebee
series: animals
1 stamp
Release date: March 1, 2022
Sacred Art
second in a series titled Sacred Art
2 stamps on a souvenir sheet
St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna
Mailänder Dom – Milan Cathedral in Milan, Italy
Release date: March 1, 2022
Flowers
4th in series
4 stamps on a sheet
Release date: March 1, 2022
Pets – our favourites
8th in series
8 stamps
Release date: March 1, 2022
Enjoyment from all over the world
20 stamps
Food and beverages from around the world.
Release date: March 1, 2022
Lionfish
Series 1
1 stamp
Release date: March 1, 2022
Animal babies on the farm
postcard booklet with 6 postcards and stamps
Release date: March 1, 2022
Animal Children in Schönbrunn Zoo
postcard booklet with 6 postcards and stamps
Homepage – Vienna Zoo (zoovienna.at)
Release date: March 1, 2022
Loyalty bonus brand 2021 – Black deadly nightshade
1 stamp, cancel
offset
Not for general sale. Sent to subscribers.
Atropa belladonna
Designer: Brigitte Heiden
Heiden Brigitte: Hügelland – Schöcklland (huegelland.at)
Heiden has designed Loyalty Bonus stamps starting in 2010 with Rose “Centifolia bullata”.
Release date: March 5, 2022
1908 Definitive Stamps – 60-year anniversary of Emperor Francis Joseph I’s accession to the throne
2 stamps on a souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel, black and white print, info sheet
offset
The original stamp was released January 1, 1908
This is part of an ongoing series that highlights classic Austrian stamps from the past.
Designer: Anita Kern using Koloman Moser original work
kerndesign – core design
Kern is the author of the Austrian Graphic Design in the 20th Century series. Among the many stamps she has designed include the include Definitives of Austria (2016, 2017, 2020, 2021) Heraldry I & II, Classic costumes (2013 to 2021).
Release date: March 5, 2022
Doesn’t hurt at all!
3rd in COVID series
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, info sheet
The stamp is composed of “material of sensitive skin plasters, has a “dressing pad” and an adhesive strip that can be peeled off – just like a real plaster” Österreichische Post
Designer: David Gruber
Release date: March 15, 2022
Steinhendl – Alp Stone Hen
1 stamp, 2 FDCs, cancel, sheet of 10, black print & sheet (non postal), info sheet
offset
Note: there are line drawings of the stein in the sheet margins. They are hard to make out unless you expand the image.
The Stein is one of the oldest chicken breeds in Austria, originating in the Alps. Because of shifts in farming practices in the 1970s, raising Steins decreased dramatically, to the point where only about 200 can be found worldwide.
Stein Chicken | Schloss Hof Estate
Designer: Kirsten Lubach
Lubach designed 6 stamp last year including Lenten Veil of Millstatt (Carinthia) – Adam and Eve and Jochberger Hummel
Release date: March 25, 2022
Austrian Movie Museum
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, black print (non postal), info sheet
offset
Since 1964, the Austrian Film Museum has been dedicated to the preservation, research and presentation of the medium of film. Its activities are as diverse as the medium itself: the Film Museum operates a cinema, preserves collections, and is a research and educational institution.
Above all, however, the Film Museum is a place of encounter with images and stories that, in the best case, can change our view of the
world. Film is the most important new art form and provides the most impressive contemporary documents since the beginning of the 20th century. Film Museum – Home
Designer Gertie Fröhlich (1930–2020) designed the Museum’s logo, basing the fish on the mythical “Zyphius”. “Gertie Fröhlich had seen this fantasy animal in a historical publication and thought that an animal that can live both on land and in the water would be a fitting symbol for the Film Museum, which she hoped would never go under.” Commemorative stamp Film Museum – PostAG
Ziphius | A Book of Creatures
Designer: Anita Kern
Release date: March 31, 2022
Standing together for peace: Help for the people of Ukraine
Semi-postal
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, black print (non postal), info sheet
offset
This stamp is 1€ + a 2€ surcharge. For every stamp sold, 1€ will go to organisations providing help to the displaced Ukrainians fleeing the war being waged on them. Funds will be directed to Nachbar in Not and UNICEF.
Nachbar in Not – Neighbours in Need
NIN was formed in 1992, in the wake of the Yugoslavian war. It sought to provide humanitarian aid to some of the 1.5 million people fleeing to (hopefully) safety. Since that time NIN has provided help to Darfur, countries devastated after the 2004 Tsunami, Haiti, Pakistan, Romania, and others.
Designer: David Gruber
Release date: March 31, 2022
April
1st Easter Bunny Post Office
1 Easter Bunny postmark
6 postcards featuring “Holly Pond Hill” designed by Susan Wheeler & 6 stamps
1 souvenir sheet of 3 stamps featuring “Calvary Graz”
Following the long running success of long running Christmas Post Office, Austrian Post started up a special Easter Bunny Post office. Special cards and post marks were created for the event.
Special date:
April 11, 2022 from 10am to 2pm Pfarre Graz-Kalvarienberg, Kalvarienbergstraße 155, 8020 Graz
April 12, 2022 from 10am to 2pm at Pfarre Osterwitz, Osterwitz 1, 8530 Deutschlandsberg
Ruster Ausbruch DAC Golden Yellow Sweet Wine
1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 10, black print sheet of 10 (not valid or postage), info sheet, 2 FDCs
Austria’s ‘Ruster Ausbruch’ given DAC status – The Drinks Business
Rust | Austrian Wine
10. Nobly Sweet Wines | Austrian Wine
The city of Rust is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is well known for it’s nesting storks, an image used in the stamp. You can watch the storks here Webcam Rust (Burgenland): Stork-Webcam (webcamgalore.com)
Designer: David Gruber
Release date: April 30, 2022
Alexander Roda Roda (April 13, 1872 – August 20, 1945)
1 stamp on a souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel, black print (non postal), info sheet
offset
As a former army officer, Roda Roda knew what he wrote about. After all, it was mostly because of his humorous stories that he was stripped of his officer rank. This prompted him to have his uniform tailored into a red vest. Together with his monocle, this jacket was his trademark whenever he appeared in comedy clubs.
Commemorative stamp Roda – PostAG
German Biography – Roda Roda, Alexander (deutsche-biographie.de)
Roda was a satirist, humourist and writer. The caricature, used on this stamp, was the work of German artist Albert Weisgerber (1878-1915). He was an early expressionist and illustrator who was active in the vibrant Munich café scene prior to WW1.
Designer: Marion Füllerer
Release date: April 22, 2022
400th anniversary of the death of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
1 stamp, cancel, black print (non postal), info sheet
offset
Feast Day of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen (catholic-saints.info)
Born 1578, died April 24, 1622. Beatified 1729. Canonized 1746. The image used in this stamp is a wooden sculpture carved sometime in the 17th century and is kept at the Sigmaringen monastery.
Designer: Kirsten Lubach
Release date: April 22, 2022
World Heritage UNESCO – Baden bei Wien
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, info sheet, black print
Nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Site status. It’s considered as part of the “The Great Spa Towns of Europe“.
Baden bei Wien – Home
Designer: Anita Kern
Release date: April 23, 2022
Christian Eisenberger – Untitled (head), 2009
Series: Young Art in Austria
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, info sheet, black print (non postal)
offset
Artist: Christian Eisenberger – Christian Eisenberger
Designer: Theresa Radlingmaier
Release date: April 26, 2022 *Previously slated for a June release
May
EUROPA 2022 – Der Eisenerzer Wassermann
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheets of 50, non-philatelic black and white print, info sheet
offset & hot foil printing
The Eisenerz Waterman (merman)
This is a legend from the Styrian mountains that explains how the Erzberg district became a rich source of iron ore. Locals near Leopoldsteiner Lake (near Erzberg) captured a “waterman” or a merman. The creature bargained with his captures and promised untold riches if they would release him. In return for his freedom, the people of Erzberg would receive one of the following rewards “gold for ten years, silver for a hundred years, or iron ore forever.”
After a great deal of thinking and discussion, they settled on iron ore and have been mining iron from the mountains since that time. After granting their reward, the merman leapt into a spring and disappeared. The spring is still called the Black Puddle.
How the ore got into the Erzberg | steiermark.com
Designer: Marion Füllerer
Release date: May 7, 2022
Maria Perschy (1938 – 2004)
1 stamp, 2 FDCs, cancel, sheet of 10
offset
Internationally famous Austrian actress Maria Perschy — The Movie Database (TMDB) (themoviedb.org)
Designer: Kirsten Lubach
Release date: May 27, 2022
Landscapes – Amazing places in Austria
4 stamps, FDC, cancel
offset
Designer: Roland Vorlaufer
Release date: May 27, 2022
900th birthday of Frederick I Barbarossa: The Staufer Emperor
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
offset
Friedrich I Holy Roman Emperor from 1135 to 1190.
Frederick I Barbarossa in History | Student dictionary | Learning Aids (lernhelfer.de)
If you are looking for an interesting primer on Friedrich I, try SciHi Blog. Their entry on Barbarossa is approachable and interesting Life and Legend of Frederick Barbarossa – SciHi BlogSciHi Blog, so a good starting point to learn about this pivotal person in European history.
Designer: Karin Klier
Release date: May 27, 2022
May Postcard Booklets & Stamp sheets
6 postcards and 6 stamps
4 postcards & 4 stamps
4 postcards & 4 stamps
20 stamps
20 stamps
8 stamps
Postcard booklet – Auguste Renoir, Albrecht Dürer, Gustav Klimt at Lake Attersee
Stamps – Caricature Museum Krems, 125 years Secession, Chinese Paintings
Release date: May 2, 2022
June
Local Animal Kingdom
series 4
1 sheet of 4 stamps
- Dragonfly
- pond newt
- magpie
- Iltis
Release date: June 1, 2022
Augustiner Bräustübl Mülln – Monastery with a world-famous brewery
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
offset
Augustiner Bräustübl Mülln traces it’s origins to Salzburg where the brewery was founded by Augustinian monks in 1621.
Augustiner Bräu Salzburg Mülln – Brewery, Bräustübl and beer garden in Salzburg – Beer tradition for 400 years – Augustinerbier
Designer: Regina Simon
Release date: June 10, 2022
Raab-Ödenburg- Ebenfurter Railway
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
offset
Home (raaberbahn.at)
Designer: Peter Sinawehl
Release date: June 11, 2022
Pilgrimage Church of Maria Straßengel
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
offset
This Gothic church was established in the 14th C. It as built between 1346 and 1355. Some of the original stained glass remains intact.
For map fans, you can find the church at 47°6’47.114″ N 15°20’19.802″ E.
Designer: Kirsten Lubach
Release date: June 26, 2022
Giuseppe Arcimboldo – Water, 1566
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (also spelled Arcimboldi; 1527 – July 11, 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of such objects as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books – that is, he painted representations of these objects on the canvas arranged in such a way that the whole collection of objects formed a recognisable likeness of the portrait subject. Giuseppe Arcimboldo – The Complete Works – giuseppe-arcimboldo.org
Designer: Kirsten Lubach
Artwork is held by Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
Release date: June 29,2022
MQ Libelle – MuseumsQuartier Vienna
1 stamp, cancel
offset
On September 4th 2020, the most beautiful cultural terrace in Vienna opened on the roof of the Leopold Museum. With free entry, MQ Libelle offers a view over the centre of the city to the Vienna mountains. Visitors are right above, yet right in the middle of the lively events taking place at the largest cultural complex in Europe. Named after its dragonfly shape, the space was designed by the architects Laurids and Manfred Ortner, who realised the MuseumsQuartier site in its current form at the end of the 1990s. MQ Dragonfly represents the creation of a new space for art and cultural projects over the rooftops of Vienna. Two of Austria’s most important artists have designed the central elements of the terrace and building. Eva Schlegel has designed MQ Libelle’s glass wall, while Brigitte Kowanz has created the iconic lighting fixtures on the terrace. MQ Libelle – MuseumsQuartier Wien (mqw.at)
Designer: Karin Klier
Release date: June 29, 2022
Austria’s 2022 season is continued here Austria July to December
Don’t forget Austria’s 2021 stamps.
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by catpaw | 30 Dec, 2021 | country Stamps, Stamps
It’s time for a look at Turkey’s 2022 stamps. I discovered a lot about Turkey last year, by way of researching their 2021 stamp program. A couple of gems popped up that gave me a fresh appreciation of Turkey’s history and art. The best of last year was definitely Paintings of Our Turkish Painters featuring Turkish artist Devrim Erbil.
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The only disappointing thing about the Turkish stamp program is the lack of information on designers. I’m still scouring the internet looking for details, but so far no luck.
This year is already exciting. I’ve plunked in some details ahead of the stamps releases, in hopes you become as excited as I am about the topics. So far they include the popular EUROPA and EUROMED competitions. This year’s EUROPA covers myths and legends and EUROMED is underwater archaeology. Turkey will also issue a stamp for the 2022 Qatar FIFA championship and another COVID issue along with a number of important centenaries.
A good year coming up and I’m looking forward to seeing the designs.
January
Nostalgic Means of Transportation
4 stamps, FDC, cancel, 4 sheets of 9
digital
- AFC Brill TC-44 Trolleybus
- MAN Electric Tramway Motor Car
- Vapored and Single-Propeller Ferry of Şirket-i Hayriye
- E-8000 Series Alstom Suburban Train
Designer: Eray Coşkun
Industrial designer, Coşkun has a special passion for motor art. You can read a little more about him here Eray Coşkun Art – in 2 motorsports.
Release date: January 7, 2022
February
Reflections
2 stamps, FDC, cancel, 2 sheets of 10
digital
Photographers: Okan Akyürek, Erdal Türkoğlu
Release date: February 24, 2022
March
Alaeddin Yavaşca
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Biography – Prof. Dr. Alaeddin Slowly (alaeddinyavasca.com)
Release date: March 1. 2022
Combating the Global Pandemic
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Release date: March 11, 2022
Opening of the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge (Çanakkale 1915 Köprüsü)
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
The Çanakkale is also known as the Dardanelles Bridge. 1915 Çanakkale (1915canakkale.com). This will be the longest suspension bridge in the world when it opens March 2022. Çanakkale Köprüsü produced this time lapsed video of the bridge being built. It’s fun to watch and marvel to consider.
Release date: March 18, 2022
Wild Flowers
2nd in series
5 stamps
digital
Release date: March 21, 2021
Cittaslow Cities
definitives
The Movement of Cittaslow was born in 1999 through the Paolo Saturnini’s brilliant intuition, past Mayor of Greve in Chianti, a little town of Tuscany.
The new idea of considering the town itself and thinking of a different way of development, based on the improving of life quality , moved him to spread his thoughts all over our country. Fastly his ideals were endorsed by Mayors of towns of Bra (Francesco Guida), Orvieto ( Stefano Cimicchi) and Positano ( Domenico Marrone) as well as they met later the president of slow food Carlo Petrini’s support. The main goal of Cittaslow, was and still is today, to enlarge the philosophy of Slow Food to local communities and to government of towns, applying the concepts of ecogastronomy at practice of everyday life. Association | Cittaslow International
Release date: March 24, 2022
April
EXPO’21 Hatay
1 stamp on souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel
digital
Homepage – EXPO 2021 Hatay
Designer: Cüneyt Akin
Release date: April 1, 2022
Mustafa Kemal Pasha
Definitives
2 stamps, FDC, cancel
Digital
FDC Photo: Department of Atatürk Research Centre of Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History
Designer: Hakan Dogu
Release date: April 7, 2022
Kite
2 stamps, FDC, cancel, 2 sheets of 9
digital
Kite Museum | Turkey’s only Kite Museum and Kite Workshop (ucurtmamuzesi.net)
Designer: Esra Ilter Demirbilek
Demirbilek is known for her children’s book illustrations at home in Turkey and internationally. She took an interesting path to graphic design, via a 16 year engineering career. Some of her best known works are Çılgın Deneyler Kulübü and Yeryüzü Takımı.
Release date: April 23, 2022
May
EUROPA 2022 – Stories and Myths
2 stamps, FDC, cancel
Turkey has previously won the EUROPA online competition 6 previous times.
Köroglu
Köroglu is a just, brave, courageous, warm hearted, faithful hero and folk poet in the tradition of the Turkish folk tale.In the stamp image, Koroglu was expressed on a rampant gray horse spreading its wings in a desire to avenge his father (Ürüşan baba), who had unjustly lost his eyes at the behest of the local ruler. While the ‘ram’s horn’ motif symbolizes the heroism of Köroglu, the ‘eye motif’ on the evil eye bead reminds of Köroglu’s father, who lost his eye due to horse selection. These motifs, which are embroidered into weavings and beads, also reflect Anatolian Aesthetics.
PTT Turkish Post office
Designer: Selçuk Ören Selçuk Ören | COMIC BOOK WRITER & ILLUSTRATOR (selcukoren.com)
Check out Ören’s website to see some of his great graphic novel artwork.
Release date: May 9, 2022
Cheeses from Turkey
2 stamps, FDC, cancel, sheet of 10
Kars Kashar / Kars Eski Kaar Peyniri – traditional hard cheese from northeastern Turkey. Made of cow’s milk and sometimes mixed with sheep or goat milk. From the provinces of Kars and Ardahan
Van herbed / Van Otlu peyniri – a sheep or cow’s milk cheese with origins dating back 200 years and using traditional herbs from the region. From the province of Van. Garlic and wild herbs are used in it’s creation.
Diyarbakir knitted – a cheese from Diyrabakir region, southeastern Anatolian region. Gets it’s name from the knitted shape.
Trabzon string cheese – from the Black Sea mountain region.
Balikesir Basket cheese – cheese from the Aegean sea region of Turkey.
Çorum Kargı – from the Black Sea region. Made with yeast with fig juice and non-iodized salt. Made without heat treatment and matures in 3 months.
Ezincan Tulum – white creamy sheep’s milk cheese made with yeast and kemah salt.
Çanakkale Ezine – mix of sheep, goat and cow milk from Anatolian region. Animals graze on natural vegetation of the Çanakkale area, including marjoram, sage, oregano, mint and thyme. Full fat, brined cheese.
All About the Wide Variety of Turkish Cheese (thespruceeats.com)
Release date: May 17, 2022
June
World Environment Days
2 stamps, FDC, cancel, sheet of 10
digital
World Environment Day | United Nations
Designer: Orhan Ateş
Ateş is a illustrator and teacher from Bursa, Turkey. His children’s illustrations are often whimsical and charming. Freelance illustrator | Orhan ATEŞ (orhanates.net)
Release date: June 5, 2022
Crabs
2 stamps, FDC, cancel, sheets of 10
digital
Designer: Hülya Kormaz
Release date: June 21, 2022
July
Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil – Neurosurgeon of the Century
Yaşargil was named Neurosurgeon of the Century in 1999 by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. He was responsible for training a generation of neurosurgeons.
In the micro-neurosurgical anatomical laboratory in Zurich, he trained around 3000 colleagues from all continents, representing all surgical specialties. He participated in several hundred national and international neurosurgical congresses, symposia, and courses as an invited guest. Yaşargil is held in high regard in the Turkish society and is respected as an exemplary role model for Turkish youth. Mahmut Gazi Yasargil – Global Shakers
Designer: Sergal Dokgöz
Designer FDC: Derya Paçal
Release date: July 6, 2022
EUROMED 2022 – Marine Archaeology
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Uluburun Shipwreck
Late Bronze Age shipwreck found off the coast of Uluburun (Grand Cape), Turkey. Archeologists estimate the wreck dates from around the 14thc BCE. Constructed from Lebanese cedar, it was capable of carrying up to 20 tons of cargo. When it was discovered, it proved to be a great find because it’s cargo had not been plundered, giving archeologists a chance to examine it’s ancient cargo.
The ship, probably originally from Phoenicia/Canaan, dates to between 1330 and 1300 BCE and was carrying a full cargo of trade goods, perhaps from a port in the southern part of ancient Lycia and likely on its way to the Greek mainland. Uluburun Shipwreck – World History Encyclopedia
According to the World History Encylcopedia, the ship carried raw materials needed to make bronze.
Designer: Eray Coşkun
Designer FDC: Selçuk Ören
Release date: July 9, 2022
August
2022 Islamic Solidarity Games
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
digital
The 5th Islamic Games will run from August 9 to 18, 2022 at Konya, Turkey
Designer: Sergal Dokgöz
Release date: August 9, 2022
Canyons
2 stamps, FDC, cancel
digital
Natural Wonders of the Canyons in Turkey – Turkey Holidays 2021 (turkeyholidaydiary.com)
Release date: August 18, 2022
Centenary of the Great Victory
2 stamps, FDC, cancel
digital
In photos: Türkiye commemorates 100th anniversary of the Great Victory (trtworld.com)
Designer: Feride Ortaç
Release date: August 30, 2022
September
Our Cultural Assets – Uşak
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
digital
Uşak is province in the internal areas of Turkey. It’s known for it’s Ushak (also called Oushak) carpets. Oushak Rugs – The Rich History and Stunning Beauty of Handmade Rugs (alrug.com)
Designer:
Release date: September 1, 2022
Flower Miniatures from Illuminated Manuscripts
5 stamps
digital
Transforming nature into art
Designer: Sebat Kirçat
Release date: September 15, 2022
Neşet Ertaş 1938-2012
2 stamps, 2 stamps on 2 souvenir sheets, FDC, cancel
digital
Turkish folksinger. Neşet Ertaş – ANA SAYFA (nesetertas.com.tr)
This video is from a 2003 Turkish TV show Beyaz. Although there are many audio recordings on-line, I opted for this show because it features a great live performance. If you speak Turkish, you’ll get much more out of the clip, but the performances are excellent and you don’t need to speak the language to appreciate him and his talents.
In these clips you can see Erta playing a traditional instrument called a bağlama.
Designer: Harkan Arslan
Release date: September 25, 2022
October
World Post Day
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 10
offsest
Designer: Sonja Denovski/Universal Postal Union
Release date: October 9, 2022
Centenary of the Armistice of Mudanaya | Mudanya Mütarekesi
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
offset
Designer: Ferid Ortaç
Release date: October 11, 2022
December
Common Life in Nature
2 stamps, 2 sheets of 10, FDC, cancel
Details coming
Release date: December 14, 2022
by catpaw | 27 Dec, 2021 | Espresso fueled mumblings, Stamps
Christmas Island’s 2022 stamps start off much like they did in 2021 – with a New Year bang. Artist Chrissy Lau is a busy person. Not only has she completed both of Christmas Island’s 2021 and 2022 Lunar New Year stamps, she was also responsible for Guernsey’s beautiful postal works of art. This year is the Year of the Tiger and, seriously, how can you go wrong with tigers as a motif?
Australia’s Post Office issued 3 sets for Christmas Island stamps last year. Sea turtles were bookended by the New Year and Christmas stamps. The largest set to be issued was the annual Lunar new year and this year is no different. Australia’s post office went full throttle on cancels, numismatic covers, gold foil stamps and more. It’s a huge selection of collectables.
Not much else to say other than “Enjoy”.
January
Year of the Tiger
cancels for Australia
mini sheet and FDC
FDCs
sheets of 10
numismatic covers and coins
Release date: February 8, 2021
gold minisheets
Numimatic card & coin, medallion set
Lunar Calendar pack
Lion Dance pack
3 stamps, FDCs, cancels, mini sheets, full sheets, numismatic covers, medallions, foil sheets
Designer: Chrissy Lau
Lau designed the 2021 Year of the Ox stamps for Christmas Islands and Guernsey.
See all the Tiger stamps.
Release date: January 6, 2022
November
Christmas
2 stamps, souvenir sheet of 2, sheetlet pack (2 sheets), 2 gutter strip sheets, 2 FDCs, cancel
Artist: Imogen Joy
Designer: Jo Muré
Release date: November 1, 2022
All done with 2022? Take a trip to 2021 Christmas Island stamps for 2021 | Bitter Grounds Magazine
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by catpaw | 25 Dec, 2021 | Stamps
Poland’s 2022 stamp program offers a variety of themes, ranging from the Year of the Tiger, important Polish citizens and the ever popular EUROPA competition. Along with the stamps, FDCs, cancels & sheets Poczta Polska also issues an annual postcard program, and I’ll add details below before the new year starts.
2022’s themes will include:
- military topics
- religious topics
- sports teams
- notable anniversaries
- animals
- comic book characters
- and plants
Please note: I rely on Google and Bing translate, which means occasionally I get the an accent or translation wrong. If you spot an error, please post a correction in the comments and I’ll make changes.
January
Mark Edelman 1919-2009
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Intaglio – rotogravure
Marek Edelman – Social activist – Recollecting my parents – Web of Stories
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: January 2, 2022
XXIV Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, souvenir sheet of 9
rotogravure
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Konarzewski created the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympic stamps
Release date: January 24, 2022
XIII Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, souvenir sheet of 9
offset
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Konarzewski designed the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2020 Dubai Expo stamps
Release date: January 24, 2022
#♥ZaPolskimMundurem
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
rotogravure
#♥ZaPolskimMundurem is a nationwide campaign thanking uniformed services protecting Polish borders
Designer: Poczta Polska S.A.
Release date: January 27, 2022
Poles to the World – Józef Gosławski
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
rotogravure
The stamp depicts the building of the Baku City Council by Józef Gosławski. This monumental 3-storey building with features of Baroque and Classicist architecture is still considered the best administrative building in the capital of Azerbaijan and the most important project of the Polish architect. Along the upper edge of the stamp there is: the inscription “POLAND” and the denomination marking of PLN 4, and along the right edge the name of the series – “Poles to the world”. In addition to the stamp, the Polish Post has issued, in a limited version, an FDC envelope, i.e. an envelope on the First Day of Circulation. It depicts the image of Józef Gosławski surrounded by his family, designed on the basis of one of the few surviving photographs of the famous architect. Polish News Release
Designer: Poczta Polska S.A.
Release date: January 31, 2022
February
Chinese New Year – Year of the Tiger
1 stamp, sheet of 8, FDC, cancel
Designer: Andrzej Gosik
Gosik designed the 2021 Year of the Ox stamp.
Release date: February 1, 2022
80th anniversary of the Home Army
1 stamp, sheet of 5, FDC, cancel
offset
Poland marks 80th anniversary of WWII Home Army resistance movement | Notes From Poland
[Issued on the] 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Home Army – the largest underground military organization in Central Europe during World War II, organized to fight the German and Soviet occupiers. On this occasion, the Polish Post introduces a philatelic issue commemorating the figure of Iwona Krugłowska pseudonym “Iwa” – a Soldier of the Home Army and an employee of the Main Post Office in Warsaw. Polish News Release
Iwona Krugłowska was a soldier in the Home Army. She and her entire family were captured by the Nazis May 18, 1944. After the Gestapo finished interrogated & tortured her, she was executed in July 1944 in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Previous design 2021 Battle of Chochim, 400th Anniversary
Release date: February 14, 2022
100 Years of Civil Service
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
offset
Designer: Jacek Konarzewski
Release date: February 17, 2022
30th Anniversary of the Resumption of Polish-Azerbaijani Diplomatic Relations
postcard
1 postcard, cancel
offset
Diplomatic relations were resumed February 21, 1992
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: February 21, 2022
Diplomatic Posts After Regaining Independence
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheets of 12
rotogravure
Designer: Poczta Polska S.A.
Release date: February 28, 2022
March
National Day of Remembrance of “Cursed Soldiers” / “Żołnierze Wyklęci”
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheets of 12
rotogravure
Cursed or Doomed Soldiers commemorates anti-communist and independence underground fighters. You can learn more here Cursed Soldiers – Forgotten Heroes (ipn.gov.pl) (In Polish but translates well into English) and here National Day of Remembrance of the “Cursed Soldiers”. The ceremony will be attended by representatives of the MEDIA SWS – TV Republika (telewizjarepublika.pl)
On October 21, 1963, in a manhunt of SB (Security Service) and ZOMO (Motorized Detachments of the Civic Militia) officers in the village of Majdan Kozic Górnych in the Lublin region, Józef Franczak “Laluś”, the last soldier of the independent Second Polish Republic, was killed.
Sergeant Józef Franczak “Lalek” – Biographies – Cursed Soldiers – Forgotten Heroes (ipn.gov.pl)
Designer: Adam Kultys
Release date: March 1, 2022
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
stamp, FDC, cancel
rotogravure
Louis Pasteur | Science History Institute
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: March 7, 2022
200th Anniversary of the Birth of Ignacy Łukasiewicz
1 stamp on a souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel
offset
Inventor of kerosene lamp.
In the 19th century, a Polish pharmacist invented the kerosene lamp – a device that quickly went on to light up Europe. He also went on to open the first oil mine and kerosene refinery in the world, becoming a pioneer of the oil business. But business wasn’t his only forte: he became a philanthropist and was a pillar of his community. Meet Ignacy Łukasiewicz. Ignacy Łukasiewicz: The Generous Inventor of the Kerosene Lamp | Article | Culture.pl
Designer: Poczta Polska
Release date: March 8, 2022
Easter
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
rotogravure
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: March 17, 2022
100th anniversary of KKS Lech Poznań
1 stamp, sheets of 5, FDC, cancel
offset
Lech Poznań – Oficjalna strona klubu KKS Lech Poznań (lechpoznan.pl)
Designer: Agnieszka Sancewicz
Photograph colouring: Mirosław Szponar
Release date: March 19, 2022
Poles saving lives
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
offset
On our stamp we presented the Kowalski family, whose deed and fate became a symbol of Polish commitment to help Jews. Such “Kowalskis”, who stood on the side of an innocent man, on the side of good, and this despite the highest punishment introduced by the occupant, were hundreds of thousands on a national scale. Today’s anniversary is the most appropriate opportunity to remind about the courage and sacrifice of many brave Poles, both those known and appreciated after the war, as well as those anonymous, although deserving of no less respect– emphasizes Tomasz Zdzikot, President of Poczta Polska. Polish Post News release
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: March 24, 2022
We are with you!
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
rotogravure
Issued in support of Ukraine. Inscription on stamp reads “We are with you!” in Polish and Ukrainian. The image on the FDC is the statue of “Independence Monument”, the Statue of Berehynia, located in the central square Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv.
Designer: Paweł Myszka
Release date: March 25, 2022
History of Polish sports organizations
Postcard
1 stamp, cancel
offset
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: March 25, 2022
April
Józef Mackiewicz 1902-1985
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
rotogravure
writer, novelist and political commentator
Designer: Jacek Konarzewski
Release date: April 1, 2022
Sacred Art
Postcard
1 postcard
offset
Designer: Jacek Konarzewski
Release date: April 12, 2022
EUROPA 2022 – folktales
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 9
offset
The legend of Krak and the Wawel dragon
We finally have a dragon! Yoair Blog – The world’s anthropology blog publication has an excellent synopsis of the tale and it’s variations. If you are interested in dragon myths, don’t miss Yoair’s page on the history of dragons and myths.
The Wawel Dragon was a beast which lived in a den under Wawel Hill and terrorised all the inhabitants of King Krak’s town. They had to feed to the monster by giving him offerings of cattle, while other tales speak of that hellspawn eating nothing but virgins. No knight could vanquish the monster, until a young shoemaker Skuba outsmarted the Dragon. He stuffed a ram’s hide with sulphur and pitch, and put the doctored ram in front of the Dragon’s Den. The monster caught the bait and devoured the ram. Immediately, he felt a bad pain and burning in the throat. To quench his thirst, the Dragon started to drink from the Vistula River. However, as water cannot extinguish burning sulphur, the gases produced by the fires inside him made the beast explode. All the townsfolk revelled in the news and the heroic shoemaker was properly rewarded. To commemorate the vanquishing of the Dragon, Bronisław Chromy designed a sculpture of the beast which now stands by the river at the foot of Wawel, near the Dragon’s Den. The legend of the Wawel Dragon – Kraków Travel (krakow.travel)
Designer: Maciej Jędrysik
Jędrysik designed Poland’s 1st place winning 2020 Europa – Ancient Mail Routes issue.
Release date: April 21, 2022
Dogs
6 stamps on a sheet, 3 FDCs, cancel
non-perforated versions also available
offset + stochastic screen stamp
- Bernese shepherd dog
- golden retriver
- Scottish setter
- French bulldog
- west highland terrier
- long-haired miniature dachshund
Designer: Andrzej Gosik
Gosik is a self confessed lover of all animals.
Release date: April 25, 2022
Birds of Polish Parks
4 stamps on a sheet of 8, 2 FDCs, cancel
offset
Designer: Paweł Myszka
Myszka created the March “We are with you” Ukraine support stamp
Photographer: Maciej Zdziarski, journalist and photographer captured the birds in parks from Warsaw, Krakow and Szczecin.
“Birds of Polish parks” polskieradio24.pl has an brief article talking to Zdziarski about this set. The article is in Polish, so use Google translate.
Enjoy some birdwatching in Poland:
Release date: April 27, 2022
Beauty of Poland
6 stamps, 3 FDCs, cancel
offset
- Drohiczyn – city dating back 1,000 years. Drohiczyn (pamsm.org)
- Puszca Białowieża – Białowieża Primeval Forest straddles the border with Belarus. It covers (on the Polish side) 63.2 thousand ha. The Białowieża “National Park was created in 1932 and recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. It is a unique biosphere, home to
The expansive Białowieża forest is one of the last and largest lowland, mixed-broadleaf, virgin forests in Europe. Massive patches of old-growth forest and flooded forest cover the area, scattered with symbolic, giant, ancient oak trees. Spanning two countries, the forest is protected as a national park on both sides of the border …”Bialowieza Forest – Frankfurt Zoological Society (fzs.org)
Białowieża Forest – UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- Tykochin – first mentioned in records in 11th century. Home – Plac Czarnieckiego 10
- Meczet W Kruszynianach – the green building in the stamp is the Kruszyniany Mosque, the oldest Tartar mosque in Poland, appearing in records in 1717. Sightseeing – Kruszyniany
- Supraśl – village roots date back past it’s recorded origins in the 1500s. It’s official foundations lay with monks of Rule of St. Basil the Great monestary. Archeological records hint of a possible Neolithic settlement nearby. History of Supraśl (suprasl.pl)
- Pałac Branickich Białystok – referred to as the Versailles of Poland. Originally constructed in 16th c, by the Wiesiołowski family. It originally built as a defensive structure and gradually transformed into baroque palace. Branicki Palace Bialystok | Beauty of Poland (theuniquepoland.com)
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Ochendzan designed last year’s Battle of Chochim, 400th Anniversary souvenir sheet.
Release date: April 28, 2022
30th Anniversary of the Resumption of Polish-Georgian Diplomatic Relations
postcard
1 postcard
offset
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: April 28, 2022
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
rotogravure
Canonized: May 16, 2004
Designer: Agnieszka Sancewicz
Release date: April 30, 2022
Patrons of Polish – Matka Boża Jasnogórska
1 stamp, souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel, sheet of 9
Designer: Bożydar Grozdew
Release date: April 30, 2022
May
70 years of the Polish Radio Free Europe
postcard
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: May 3, 2022
Zbigniew Wodecki (1950-2017)
Series: Stars of Polish music
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 12
offset
Zbigniew Wodecki – Biography | Artist | Culture.pl (available in English and Polish)
Designer: Agnieszka Sancewicz
Release date: May 6, 2022
80th Anniversary of the Activities of the POSK Polish Library in London
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 9
offset
POSK :: Library
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: May 8, 2022
National Museum in Warsaw
postcard
3 postcards, cancel
National Museum in Warsaw (mnw.art.pl)
Designer: Paweł Myszka
Release date: May 20, 2022
Mother’s Day
postcard
1 postcard, cancel
Designer: Jacek Konarzewski
Release date: May 20, 2022
Poles in Siberia
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Aleksander Czekanowski (1833-1876)
Geologist and explorer. He was suspected of participating in the January Uprising and imprisoned 1863. This led to a 12 exile to Siberia. This page (in English) has a good write up on Czekanowski and his work Aleksander Czekanowski – discoverer of Siberian Traps – Institute De Republica (iderepublica.pl).
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: May 23, 2022
100th anniversary of the Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education in Warsaw
Postcard
1 postcard, cancel
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: May 25, 2022
Maria Wittek(1899-1997) – the first female general in the Polish
postcard
1 postcard, cancel
During the Invasion of Poland (1939) she was the commanding officer of the Women’s Military Assistance Battalions. In October 1939 she joined the underground ZWZ which later became the Home Army. She was head of Women’s Army Services on the staff of gen Grot-Rowecki and later gen. Bor-Komorowski. She fought in the Warsaw Uprising and was promoted to Lt. Colonel. After the capitulation to the she avoided being taken prisoner and left the ruins among the civilians. She continued in her staff position of the Home Army until its dissolution in January 1945. Maria Wittek | Military Wiki | Fandom
Designer: Poczta Polska S.A.
Release date: May 30, 2022
50 years of the Comic Book “Kajko and Kokosz”
1 stamp on souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel
A comic created by Janusz Christa Kajko and Kokosz – Wikipedia.
The characters were recently adapted to a Netflix series Watch Kayko and Kokosh | Netflix Official Site
Designer: Joanna Fleszar-Haspert, Radosław Gieremek
Release date: May 31, 2022
June
Jubilees of the Pontifical Mission Societies
3 stamps on souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel
Designer: Agnieszka Sancewicz
Release date: June 3, 2022
Jan Olszewski
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Lawyer, politician, Prime Minister
Designer: Poczta Polska S.A.
Release date: June 4, 2022
30th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Diocese of Elbląg
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: June 6, 2022
100th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Silesian Voivodeship Police
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
Designer: Roch Stefaniak
Release date: June 9, 2022
Polish Cities – Lubliniec
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
rotogravure
Designer: Andrzej Gosik
Release date: June 9, 2022
Corpus Christi in Spycimierz
Postcard
1 postcard, cancel
Designer: Poczta Polska S.A.
Release date: June 15, 2022
Anniversary of the Return of Upper Silesia to Poland
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheets of 12
rotogravure
Designer: Adam Kultys
Release date: June 20, 2022
Polish Spas
Postcard
2 postcards, 2 cancels
Designer: Agnieszka Sancewicz
Release date: June 21, 2022
125th anniversary of the birth of Henryk Dobrzański (1897-1940) pseudonym Hubal
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheets of 12 (tête-bêche)
offset
Henryk Dobrzański: A Crazy Major – Polish History (in English)
Designer: Poczta Polska S.A
Release date: June 22, 2022
Sacred art
Postcard
1 postcard, cancel
Designer: Jacek Konarzewski
Release date: June 22, 2022
1050th Anniversary of the Battle of Cedynia
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheets of 12
offset
June 24, 972 Battle of Cedynia | Military Wiki | Fandom
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: June 24, 2022
200 years of “Ballads and Romances” by Adam Mickiewicz
Postcard
1 postcard, cancel
Designer: Jan Konarzewski
Release date: June 25, 2022
Polska Zobacz Więcej | Poland See More
2 stamps, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels, 1 sheet of 8
offset
Designer: Roch Stefaniak
Release date: June 28, 2022
100th anniversary of the Polish Botanical Society
postcard
1 postcard, cancel
Designer: Paweł Myszka
Release date: June 28, 2022
30th anniversary of Polish-Slovenian diplomatic relations
Postcard
1 postcard, cancel
Designer: Poczta Polska S.A.
Release date: June 29, 2022
75th Anniversary of the Publication of the Emigration Magazine “Kultura”
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
rotogravure
WHAT IS KULTURA?
KULTURA is a media company for the global creative community. We support activists, artists, entrepreneurs, and makers, collectively known as culture creators, in their creative endeavors through written and visual content, events, workshops, and grants. In doing so, we hope to inspire those who will undoubtedly follow.
KULTURA | Uncovering The Next Culture Creators (kulturamag.com)
Designer: Bożydar Grozdew
Release date: June 30, 2022
Miron Białoszewski (1922-1983)
1 stamp, FDC, cancel
rotogravure
Writer, playwright, poet, actor
Miron Białoszewski – Biography | Artist | Culture.pl (in English, available in Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian)
Designer: Paweł Myszka
Release date: June 30, 2022
Lost architectural treasures
2 stamps, 2 FDCs, 2 cancels, 1 sheet of 8
offset
Designer: Jarosław Ochendzan
Release date: June 30, 2022
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by catpaw | 25 Dec, 2021 | Espresso fueled mumblings, Stamps
I just finished posting all last year’s issues and I’m already plunging into France’s 2022 stamps. Hopefully this year I won’t take so long writing about them. But damnit, I kept tripping over information to include and falling down history rabbit holes. 2021 was a hell of a lot of fun to explore.
I think the highlight of 2021 was Christophe Laborde-Balen’s tribute to French author Jean de la Fontaine. The philatelic folder and detailed souvenir sheet contained references to 10 of de la Fontaine’s fables. The set was pure delight. Hungary and Monaco issued stamps for de la Fontaine’s 400th anniversary as well, but France did the best job.
Another thrill this year was the 75th Autumn Philatelic Fair, which brought a bumper selection of Mariannes, including in two posters.
They are prints of artist Yseult Digan’s 2018 Marianne (with Elsa Catelin on engraving duties). These are so frame worthy, I actually covet them. The 75th Fair produced so many collectibles, I would have struggled to contain myself if I’d attended. Maybe one day I’ll make it to the Fall Fair.
New this year: When I remember, I’ll post upcoming artist signings. Le Carré d’Imprimerie arranges for designers/engravers to attend sessions to sign stamps, covers and philatelic souvenirs. All signings take place at Le Carré d’Encre, 13 bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS.
This section covers January to May. To see June to September stamps click here France 2022 stamps – June to Sept | Bitter Grounds Magazine.
Enough of 2021, let’s head off to 2022. Here’s hoping the year brings about easier times for all of us.
Cheers
Catpaw
January
Our Blue Planet
Booklet of 12 stamps
Photogravure
Designer: Etienne Théry
Théry will be signing Our Blue Planet booklets on Friday Jan. 7, depending on Covid restrictions.
Release date: January 10, 2022
Molière 1622-1673
1 stamp, sheet of 10, philatelic souvenir
Intaglio
Molière | Alloprof – playwright, actor, director
Designer: Stéphane Humbert-Basset
Humbert-Basset’s work may be familiar to some. His artwork has appeared on the covers of Jazzman, Harper’s and L’Express. His interests extend into video work and music. His portfolio now includes over 30 stamps and cancels.
Engraver: Pierre Bara
Bara engraved the 2021 Citroën Méhari Stamp Festival set, the Gustave Roussy 1874-1948 stamp and Chaplin – The Kid 100 year anniversary stamp.
Humbert-Basset & Bara will be signing this set on Friday, January 14, 2022 unless Covid restrictions cause a cancelation.
Release date: January 17, 2022
Chinese New Year – Year of the Tiger
2 sheets of 4 stamps, cancel
“It has been so long since the memory of men remembers it, the Jade Emperor, in the kingdom of Heaven, decided to organize a race between all the animals.”
This legend has it that the first three to arrive were the rat, by cunning, the buffalo, by its power and, finally, the third was the tiger who crossed the river – the last obstacle – and arrived, exhausted, at the feet of the Emperor. Admiring, the sovereign granted him the third place in the Chinese calendar. Chinese New Year – Year of the Tiger | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)
“It is important for me to bring the culture to which I am attached to life, to allow it to cross boundaries, and to allow others to be a part of it. I try to tell stories in such a way that they become universal.” Chen Jiang Hong 2013
Designer: Chen Jiang Hong
Paris based, Chinese artist Chen Jiang Hong designed the 2021 Year of the Ox stamps. He won the Prix Albertine Jeunesse in 2019 or his book The Tiger Prince.
Chen Jiang Hong will be signing stamps on Jan. 24, depending on Covid restrictions.
Release date: January 24, 2022
Daniel Boulanger 1922-2014
1 stamp, sheet of 15, cancel
Offset
The writer Daniel Boulanger is dead (lefigaro.fr)
Designer: Valérie Besser
Besser will be signing stamps on Friday, January 21 depending on Covid restrictions
Photographer: Ulf Andersen
Release date: January 24, 2022
Valentine’s Day – Saint-Louis
2 stamps, 2 sheets of 12, souvenir sheet of 5, cancel
This year’s Valentine’s heart stamp was designed by the company Saint-Louis. Last year Chanel designed the set. This annual series began in 2000.
Designer: Saint-Louis
In 1767, Louis XV authorized the construction of a glassworks on the site of the former glassworks of Münzthal of the sixteenth century. The king granted it the title of “Royal Glassworks of Saint-Louis”. Fifteen years later, with the development of the crystal formula, the Manufacture became Cristallerie Saint-Louis. Heart Saint-Louis stamp block | The ink square (lecarredencre.fr)
Release date: January 31, 2022
February
Louis Pasteur 1822-1895 – bicentennial of his birth
1 stamp, sheet of 12, philatelic souvenir, info sheet
Intaglio
2022: the bicentenary of Louis Pasteur’s birth
Bicentenary of the birth of Louis Pasteur | #Pasteur2022
Louis Pasteur | Science History Institute
Click on the sheet of stamps to see the details in the margins.
Designer: Patrick Dérible, using photo by photographer Atelier Nadar
Dérible was born on Saint Pierre and Miquelon. He has designed numerous stamps for the small island.
Engraver: Pierre Bara
Bara will be signing stamps etc on the first day of release.
Release date: February 4, 2022
Animals at Dusk
booklet of 12 stamps, cancel
Designer: Christelle Guénot
Release date: February 11, 2022
Crafts – Luthier
1 stamp, sheets of 12, cancel
Intaglio
A luthier is a person who builds stringed instruments.
Designer: Florence Gendre
Engraver: Line Filhon
Release date: February 14, 2022
Chartres en lumières
8 stamps on souvenir sheets
digital
Release date: February 14, 2022
Shellfish & Crustaceans
4 stamps on a souvenir sheet, cancel, sheets of 15, philatelic souvenir
photogravure
Designer: Broll & Prascida
Shellfish & Crustaceans is Broll & Prascida’s 10th stamp design. Illustrator Anne-Charlotte Laurans named her company after “two imaginary languages invented by his nephew at the age of 2”. 2021 designs weere Faience Factory of Gien and France’s EUROPA 2021 – Endangered Species.
Photographs from the info cards: © Wil Meinderts / Buiten-beeld / Minden Pictures / Biosphoto.
© Luciano Candisani / Minden Pictures / Biosphoto. © Yves Lefèvre / Biosphoto. ©WaterFrance – Agency / Wolfgang Poelzer / Biosphoto.
Release date: February 21, 2022
Palindrome
4 stamps in booklet, cancel
digital
Designer: Sarah Lazarevic
Release date: February 22, 2022
Séraphine Louis 1864 – 1942
1 stamp, sheet of 9, cancel
photogravure
Painting: Tree of Paradise (1929) There is a second Tree of Paradise painting, created 1925 with the tree leaning to the left. This painting is held by the Georges Pompidou Center. The Tree of Paradise – Centre Pompidou
Artist: Séraphine Louis
Seraphine Louis – 14 artworks – painting (wikiart.org)
Also known as Séraphine de Senlis. Who was Séraphine de Senlis? – Women’n Art has an interesting page on Louis.
Designer: Aurélie Baras Aurélie Baras – Graphic Designer (aureliebaras.com)
Baras began her career as a graphic designer in 1994. She designed the first Valentine’s Day heart stamp for La Poste in 2000. She has designed stamps for New Caledonia, T.A.A.F., and La Poste. Her designs often tend towards bold prints and patterns. Stamp designs for 2021 Animal Footprints – Guess!, and Flower Motifs.
Release date: February 25, 2022
March
Rosa Bonheur 1822-1899
1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 9, souvenir sheet in a philatelic souvenir
offset, rotogravure
Stamp features Bonheur’s work on the 200th anniversary of her birth.
Rosa Bonheur | Artist Profile | NMWA
Rosa Bonheur Biography, Life & Quotes | TheArtStory
Artist: Rosa Bonheur
Bonheur was the first female artist to be awarded the Legion of Honor.
Designer: Valérie Besser
Release date: March 4, 2022
Stamp Festival – Green Getaway
1 stamp, souvenir sheet, sheet of 15, cancel
photogravure
Souvenir sheet artist: Baptiste Stéphan
Baptiste Stéphan – Marie Bastille Marie Bastille
Designer: Elsa Catelin
Release date: March 14, 2022
Les Grands Voyageurs – from Marco Polo to Amélia Earhart
booklet of 12 stamps
photogravure
Has a QR code that links to info and engravings about each explorer/adventurer.
Cover image: British Library, London, UK © British Library Board. All Rights Reserved/Bridgeman Images.
Interior: Private Collection © Lookand Learn/Bridgeman
First pane:
- Marco Polo: Palazzo Tursi, Genoa, Italy Luisa Ricciarini/Bridgeman
- Fernand de Magellan: Unknown Artist, (19th century)/Private Collection/Stefano Bianchetti/Bridgeman
- Christopher Columbus: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA/Bridgeman
- Jacques Cartier: ©National Maritime Museum, Greenwich/Bridgeman
Second pane:
- James Cook: ©National Maritime Museum, Greenwich/Leemage/Bridgeman
- Jeanne Barret : Private Collection ©Giancarlo Costa/Bridgeman
- Roald Amundsen: Private Collection ©Giancarlo Costa/Bridgeman
- Nellie Bly : Private Collection Photo ©Aunaies/Bridgeman
Third pane:
- Gertrude Bell : Private Collection Prismatic
- Isabelle Eberhardt: © MEPL/Bridgeman
- Alexandra David-Neel : © MEPL/Bridgeman
- Amelia Earhart: © Granger/Bridgeman Images.
Text supplied by Elise Herbeaux
Designer: Agence Huitième Jour
Agence’s extensive portfolio includes over 20 stamps. They designed the 2021 N7 The holiday route and Louis de Funès 1914 -1983 stamps.
Their Spring Fruits won the Most beautiful Stamp Collector 2020.
Release date: March 14, 2022
Cité Internationale de la Langue Française – Villers-Cotterêts
Site officiel de la mairie de de Villers-Cotterêts – Accueil (mairie-villerscotterets.fr)
Designer: Clovis Rétif using original photo by Benjamin Gavaudo / Centre des Monuments Nationaux
Engraver: Louis Genty
Genty is a new face for French engraver fans. His first stamp, which he both designed and engraved, was last year’s Napoleon I for Andorra. You can read about his first philatelic design here Louis Genty engraves his first postage stamp for Andorra – Art of the Engraved Stamp (artdutimbregrave.com).
Release date: March 19, 2022
Solar oven of Odeillo – Pyrénées-Orientales
1 stamp, sheets of 15, info page, cancel
Odeillo is home to the world’s most powerful solar oven in the Catalan Pyrenees (pyrenees-cerdagne.com) (in French)
Designer: Stéphane Humbert-Basset
Stéphane Humbert-Basset maintains a fascinating website that includes a blog and numerous videos that offer a glimpse into where he finds inspiration. His portfolio includes over 30 stamps, including last year’s Chaplin – The Kid 100 year anniversary. Humbert-Basset designed the 2022 April 100th anniversary of the Territoire de Belfort set.
Release date: March 25, 2022
April
Spring Vegetables – Asparagus
2nd in collector’s series Les Exclusives
4 stamps in a booklet
offset
4,000 copies issued and sent with subscriptions
Designer: Absinthe Agency
Release date: April 1, 2022
Henri Rouart 1833 – 1912
1 stamp, sheets of 15, info page, cancel
Photogravure
Impressionist artist Rouart was co-founder of ‘Société Anonyme des Artistes. Rouart, Henri (impressionism.nl)
Artist: Edgar Degas | painting oil on canvas, 1871, © Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
Designer: Mathilde Laurent
Release date: April 11, 2022
100th anniversary of the Territoire de Belfort
1 stamp, sheets of 15, cancel
photogravure
Centenary of the Territoire de Belfort: official website of the event (centenaire90.fr)
The stamp goes on sale in April, but the cancel bears a March date to coincide with a signing session with Stéphane HUMBERT-BASSET at the Carré d’Encre from 10:30 to 12:30 on Friday, March 11.
Release day: April 14, 2022
Treasures of Notre-Dame – The Great Organs of Notre-Dame
1 stamp on a souvenir sheep, cancel
intaglio
Notre Dame’s Famous Grand Organ is being restored | 2020 (friendsofnotredamedeparis.org)
Designer: Sarah Bougault Transmission of a craft – Atelier Bougault – Desquand
Bougault is both a designer and engraver. Her first stamp was the 2010 Mother Teresa for France.
Engraver: Elsa Catelin
Release day: April 18, 2022
Cross-impressions
Annual Red Cross stamp
10 stamp in booklets format, cancel
photogravure
The booklet shows samples of printed wool from the Museum of Printing on Fabrics/Le Musée de l’Impression sur Etoffes collection.
Designer: Corinne Salvi
Release date: April 25, 2022 (general sale date)
European Capitals – Ljubljana
4 stamps on souvenir sheet, cancel
Mixed intaglio offset
Visit Ljubljana – capital of Slovenia
Designer: Alain Bouldouyre Alain Bouldouyre | Collaboration and more | Memo Paris US The Journey is the Destination blog
Bouldouyre is an illustrator and writer of travel sketches
Engraver: Line Filhon
Release date: April 25, 2022
May
Flowers and Sweets
12 stamp in booklet format, cancel
Photogravure
Designer: Isabelle Simler
Some of you may recognise Isabelle Simler’s style. Her works have appeared on posters, books and stamps. She specialises in wonderful and periodically whimsical illustrations of both flora and fauna. She won New York Times/NY Public Libraries Best Illustrated Children’s book, in 2017, for Plume (Feather). Her cats are awesome! Her works have appeared in a number of THE ORIGINAL ART shows in NYC (2020, 2018, 2017). Seeing Simler show on a stamp brings nothing but delight. I just wish she’d squeezed in a little black cat somewhere in this new set.
Release date: May 9, 2022
Europa 2022 – Myths and Legends – Mélusine
1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 9
intaglio
This is a fascinating folk tale that is explained in great detail here Melusine – World History Encyclopedia. It’s a great read. But short version is Melusine was young woman cursed by her mother to live a double life. Every Saturday, she would turn into a serpent like or mermaid like creature every Saturday She was doomed to be alone until she found a man who would both respect her request to not disturb her on Saturdays and, would also love her unconditionally if he found out she was cursed.
Cue her marriage to a great noble man, who one day spied on her, thus forcing her to leave. The story has a number of variations, but this is one of the most familiar. It’s basically an very old cautionary tale about truth, loyalty and lying. The legend pops up in many folk stories throughout Europe, including Germanic and Norse tales, like The Swan Maiden and the Valkyrie. Eastern European stories involving Baba Yaga, also use the transformation mythology to teach lessons. But check out the link above for a first class write up that touches on the Melusine’s influence across Europe. It’s an easy read and fascinating.
Designer: Daria Schmitt
Daria Schmitt will be signing covers from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6.
Engraver: Pierre Albuisson
Release date: May 9, 2022
Souvigny – Allier
1 stamp, sheets of 12, cancel
intaglio
Located in the heart of the historic province of Bourbonnais, Souvigny has preserved a rich architectural heritage, mainly due to its affiliation to the Abbey of Cluny: first donation made to the abbey, Souvigny became “Eldest Daughter” of Cluny.
Souvigny (allier-auvergne-tourisme.com)
Designer/engraver: Sophie Beaujard
Release date: May 15, 2022
Solitude c. 1772-1802
1 stamp, cancel, sheets of 15
offset
This stamp was unveiled during a ceremony March 24, 2022 at the Hôtel de la Marine. It was created in collaboration with the Foundation for the Memory of Slavery and the Centre des Monuments Nationaux.
Solitude was a former slave in Guadeloupe. She fought against the French attempt to re-establish slavery in Guadeloupe during Napoleon’s reign. In 1802, while 3 months pregnant, she was captured by French forces and sentenced to hang. The day after she gave birth, she was taken out and executed, November 19, 1802. Her child became the property of a slave owner.
Her story was lost or over 100 years until French author André Schwarz-Bart re-discovered her in the 1960s. Solitude is now considered a hero of anti slavery in Guadeloupe.
Designer: Geneviève Marot genevievemarot.com
Release date: May 16, 2022
Émile Erckmann 1822-1899 & Alexandre Chatrain 1826-1890
1 stamp, sheets of 12, cancel
intaglio
Erckmann-Chatrian – Babelio (in French)
Erckmann-Chatrian – Wikipedia (in English)
Designer: Bruno Ghiringhelli
Artist Charles Gilbert-Martin (1839-1905) using a photo by Roger-Viollet
Engraver: Claude Jumelet
Release date: May 23, 2022
Jeanne Moreau 1928-2017
1 stamp, sheets of 12, cancel
photogravure
French actress, screenwriter, director & singer
Jeanne Moreau, who appeared in over 130 films over a period of sixty-five years and was declared “the greatest actress in the world” by none other than Orson Welles, has passed away in Paris at the age of eighty-nine. Jeanne Moreau, 1928–2017 | Current | The Criterion Collection
Here’s a short recording of Moreau singing
Designer: Aurélie Baras
Photograph: Jeanne Moreau during filming of “Eva” in Venice, 1961 (photo b/w) / Farabola / Bridgeman Images
Release date: May 23, 2022
Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris – 95th Congress of the French Federation of Philatelic Associations
1 stamp, sheet of 10, cancel
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Designer/engraver: Sarah Lazarevic from a photo by © Antoine Meyssonnier
Cancel designer: Valérie Besser
Release date: May 27, 2022
Centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb 1922-2022
1 stamp, sheet of 9, cancel, souvenir folio
photogravure, folio intaglio
Designer: Éloïse Oddos using a photo by © Araldo de Luca / Aurimages
Release date: May 27, 2022
Sarah Moon – photographer
1 stamp, sheets of 9, cancel
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Artist: Sarah Moon from her Histoires d’hirondelles
Sarah Moon is an award winning French photographer who began her career in photography in 1970. One of the best short bios I found on here is rom the Hundred Heroines website: Sarah Moon – French Photographer – Hundred Heroines.
Looking into Sarah Moon’s extraordinary photographs is comparable to looking through a two-way mirror. The mirror surface becomes the print and the viewer has the privilege of standing on the ‘other-side’ looking through the image at the same time. The living creatures are rendered so ‘still’ and conversely the inanimate objects, such as the dolls, become human and expressive with their own inimitable character, ultimately mirroring each other. There is an atmosphere and intensity, which is constantly apparent that sets her work apart. It is also the range of subject matter, the banal, the incidental, and the secret that Sarah Moon allows us to see in a new and extraordinary light. Sarah Moon – French Photographer – Hundred Heroines
NOTE: Sarah MOON will host a signing session from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, May 27.
LOCATION:
Le Carré d’Encre, from 10am to 5pm
13 bis rue des Mathurins 75009 PARIS
Designer: Valérie Besser
Release date: May 30, 2022
The Garden of Balata – Martinique
1 stamp, cancel, philatelic souvenir, info sheet, sheet of 15
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English — Jardin de Balata
Designer: Latitude Co
Layout: Bruno Ghiringhelli
Release date: May 30, 2022
June to September stamps have been moved here: France 2022 stamps – June to Sept
You can see all the 2021 stamps from France in two articles – France’s 2021 stamps – Jan to June and France 2021 philately July to Dec. Leave a comment and let me know which are your favourite stamps.
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