Macao, Kiribati, Kenya and Jamaica are among the countries reviewed closely for the Vol. 4 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue.

The €1.90 international-rate stamp shows the national flags of Estonia and the United States.

The four new Scott regional catalogs are British Commonwealth, Germany and Areas, France and Colonies, and Portugal and Colonies.

Reunion issued its own stamps from 1852 until Jan. 1, 1975, when they were superseded by the stamps of France.

The stamp pictures Ardem Patapoutian, the Armenian-American molecular biologist who shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with David Julius.

The nondenominated, permanent-rate (currently 92¢) stamps honor Harry Daniels, Jose Kusugak and Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier.

Ukrposhta reported June 15 that almost 834,000 Ukrainians voted in the contest, with the winning design receiving 340,000 votes.

Tusass, the postal administration of Greenland, continued the Ghost Stories in Greenland series with two stamps issued May 31.

Swiss Post recently issued what it called a “living” stamp. Swiss Post said that the color was the stamp’s special feature, adding that “it’s the first stamp ever printed with chlorophyll pigments — in other words the substance responsible for the green colour of plants. This means the stamp is completely natural and ‘living’. The green will change over time depending on the effect of light.”

The latest stamps are from Spain and four countries represented by the new-issue agency Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corp.

The unveiling of a new Canadian stamp honoring Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier occurred June 15 in Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan.

The stamp is of interest to British Empire, southern Africa and world classic stamp collectors.

In addition to Kusugak, the first set in the Indigenous Leaders series will feature Harry Daniels and Chief Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier.

The new 2023 Scott Specialized Catalogue of United Nations Stamps is the essential reference work for collectors of United Nations postage stamps and postal stationery.

Canada Post unveiled the Harry Daniels stamp June 13 at an event in Regina, Saskatchewan.

The nondenominated, permanent-rate Vintage Travel Posters stamps were printed in booklets of 10. The issue also includes two souvenir sheets.

Royal Mail said in a press release that the stamps “are sure to melt the hearts of stamp and cat enthusiasts everywhere.”

Also this week, a closer look at cachetmakers directories, and celebrating a pair of Lebanon airmail stamps issued in 1971 for the 25th anniversary of the United Nations.

Douglas Muir, former senior philately curator for the Postal Museum, authored the 300-page book about the museum’s philatelic collections.

Great Britain and related areas received a significant review for Vol. 3 with thousands of value changes made for all of the areas.