2024 Stamp Issues
Commemorative Issue "Diplomatic Dinner in Balangrad City, 2024.01.06"
On 2024.01.06, the Government of the Parliamentary Monarchy of Duckionary invited a number of Micronations to a Diplomatic Dinner. In addition to participants from Obscurium, Pleiso and New Rubix, also the Postmaster General of Posta tal Musograd, representing the F.M., was invited to the event which was very relaxed and interesting. Some of the attendees were also able to visit the offices of the Musogradian stamp printing house "yourstamps" after the dinner.
PtM issued a stamp to commemorate the event, combining the well known "Bramborska Gate" as a symbol of Balangrad City with the flags of Duckionary, Obscurium, New Rubix and Pleiso (from left to right). The participants received First Day Covers of the issue.
- Date of Issue: 2024.01.06
- Design: J.Schwarz
- Free perforation, matt paper
- Printed with Kyocera printer
- Value: CW 1.75
- Order No. FM202401 - single stamp (CW 1.75)
Commemorative Issue "Year of the Dragon 2024"
The Chinese "Year of the Dragon" begins in February 2024. Posta tal Musograd does not usually celebrate the Chinese New Year, but has made exceptions for the Year of the Dragon 2012 and the Year of the Horse 2015 . For 2024, a pair of stamps celebrating the Year of the Dragon was issued, displaying a pair of dragons chasing each other. The inscriptions are in Traditional Chinese, Musosloviansk and English. The graphics of the CW 3.00 stamp is based on an original crayon painting, with the graphics of the 2.00 stamp having been derived from the drawing by AI technology. The printing sheet consists of 2 x 6 se tenant pairs.
- Date of Issue: 2024.01.31
- Design: J.Schwarz
- Free perforation, matt paper
- Printed with Kyocera printer
- Value: CW 2.00 + 3.00
- Order No. FM202402 - pair of se tenant stamps (CW 5.00)
Commemorative Issue "Supporting Ukraine against russian aggression"
On 2022.02.24, the russian army started a full scale war against Ukraine, which is still ongoing and in an uneasy stalemate after two years of severe fighting. Most western nations reacted too slow to this final step into a new era of warfare. Analysts in the F.M. predicted the unfolding events already in 2008 and in detail in 2021 and early 2022 , documented also by respective PtM stamp issues .
The 2024 stamp issue depicts a destroyed russian T72B tank which was displayed in front of the russian embassy in Berlin, Germany (aka Balangrad City) in February 2023. The photo was taken by the Postmaster General and processed to enhance the "NAFO" meme and Ukrainian flag on top of the tank and to remove the russian flag from the embassy building. The sign in front of the tank shows the text "russland vernichtet unsere Zukunft", ie "russia destroys our future".
An explanatory text was printed on the reverse side of the stamp, using technology recently developed by yourstamps . The stamp was printed in small sheets containing six stamps each, with Ukrainian and English border texts. We apologize for the spelling error on the border - "russian" would have been the correct spelling.
The 2CW surcharge will be donated to the "United24 Dronation" campaign supporting the Ukrainian army. For international philatelic sales, the full sales amount will be donated. Alternatively, to receive a minisheet, customers may donate an amount of 24€ / US$ 24 directly to the project . For this, a screenshot confirmation of the transfer is required. Offer valid as long as stock available.
- Date of Issue: 2024.02.24
- Design & photo: J.Schwarz
- Free perforation, matt paper
- Printed with Kyocera printer
- Value: CW 2.00 + 2.00 surcharge
- Order No. FM202403 - single stamp (CW 4.00)
- Order No. FM202403s - small sheet containing six stamps (CW 24.00)
Commemorative Issue - "The Kraken Wakes - Sea Surface Temperature Crisis"
About one year ago, some Climate scientists invented the phrase "Gobsmacking Bananas" to describe a strange phenomenon they could not explain, an extreme rise of sea surface temperatures in all oceans around the globe. Based on satellite measurements , the temperatures were about 0.3°C higher than any seen since the start of compareable measurements. Now, one year later, the rise continues, with the current value again 0.2°C higher than last year. Until now, the oceans served as a buffer for the climate, but that phase is probably over now. As the sea surface couples to the atmosphere and injects humidity and energy into it, we are already seeing strange weather phenomena in many regions caused by the temperature jump.
In 1953, John Wyndham published the classic science-fiction novel "The Kraken Wakes" , in which he described the melting of the polar ice by a race of alien invaders which had settled in the deepest oceans. The denial, belated action and ensuing chaos and breakdown of society are accurately described. Of course, today, we are the aliens.
The inscription on the stamp refers to the novel and through it to the poem "The Kraken" by Alfred Tennyson which inspired John Wyndham. A chart showing the sea surface temperature of the temperate zones between 1981 and today serves as background.
The stamp is printed in small sheets of six, with sheet border pieces decorated with the current global sea heat map connected to each stamp.
- Date of Issue: 2024.02.28
- Design: J.Schwarz
- Fixed perforation, matt paper
- Printed with Kyocera printer
- Value: CW 0.75
- Order No. FM202404 - single stamp (CW 0.75)
- Order No. FM202404s - small sheet containing six stamps (CW 4.50)
Commemorative Issue - "Immanuel Kant and Anton Bruckner anniversaries"
With this issue, the anniversaries of Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804) and Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) are honoured. Immanuel Kant is probably the most important philosopher of modern times. He is most famous for his concept of the " categorical imperative " as a moral guideline for everybody, Although according to some accounts he never left his home town of Königsberg, there is ample proof that he founded a number of secondary schools as a wandering scholar, e.g. in Balangrad City and Musograd City .
Anton Bruckner is an Austrian composer and organist. As a composer, he created nine large scale symphonies which usually are categorized as "Late Romantic" but containing structures and harmonics pointing towards the future. This conflict made it difficult for both his contemporaries and the general public of the late 20th century to accept him as one of the most important composers of classical music.
The two stamps were printed together in a small sheet containing 3 of each type in a chessboard layout, The sheet border contains descriptive texts in 2 fields attached to the respective stamps. The stamp images were taken from Wikimedia both for Kant and Bruckner .
- Date of Issue: 2024.04.26
- Design: J.Schwarz
- Small Fixed perforation, matt paper
- Printed with Kyocera printer
- Value: CW 2.00 / 3.00
- Order No. FM202405 - two se tenant stamps (CW 5.00)
- Order No. FM202405b - two stamps with border pieces containing descriptive text (CW 5.00)
- Order No. FM202405s - small sheet containing six stamps (CW 15.00)
Commemorative Issue - 150st Anniversary of first Balanda issue of Jules Verne's "20'000 Leagues under the Seas"
Although Jules Verne's 200th birthday is still 4 years into the future, Posta tal Musograd decided to issue a stamp celebrating one of his finest and most famous works, the novel "20'000 Leagues under the Seas", as one of our regular designers, A. Wulf, had created a beautiful drawing of an Octopus (or maybe Hexapus) which reminded both of us of the novel. The French version of the novel was first printed in 1869/70, but the Balanda / German version came later, in 1874, 150 years ago. ( Balanda is the Musosloviansk term for the variant of the German language which is the main language of the Balanda Republic in the Federated Micronations,)
The stamp was printed in small sheets of 8 stamps, each connected to a graphically enhanced border piece. The "information line" containing the name of the designer, the year and "Posta tal Musograd" was not set in black as usual, but in grey, to reduce interference with the design. This technical feature was introduced by yourstamps in 2024.
- Date of Issue: 2024.04.26
- Design: J.Schwarz
- Free perforation, matt paper
- Printed with Kyocera printer
- Value: CW 1.50
- Order No. FM202406 - single stamp (CW 1.50)
- Order No. FM202406s - small sheet containing eight stamps (CW 12.00)
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