2023 London Sheep Drive (Issued on October 28, 2023)

 

First day cover of the 2023 London Sheep Drive stamp (click on the image for a larger image)

deluxe proof (click on the image for a larger image)

Transcamster Bog issued a stamp to commemorate the Laird's visit to the 2023 London Sheep Drive, which was organized by the Worshipful Company of Woolmen on September 24, 2023. The Woolmen's Company, one of the livery companies of London, organizes the annual Sheep Drive to raise money for the Woolmen's Charity and the Lord Mayor's Appeal. The Laird exercised his right as a Freeman of the City of London to herd sheep into the City across a bridge over the River Thames. Southwark Bridge was used in 2023.

The stamp depicts a photo of the group of sheep that the Laird herded.

Thirty (3) French-style deluxe proofs of this stamp were also printed on cardstock.

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Charles III Coronation (Issued on May 6, 2023)

 

First day cover. Click on the image for a larger image.

Deluxe proof. Click on the image for a larger image.

Transcamster Bog's stamp issued this stamp to commemorate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The stamp shows Hugo Burnand's photo of the royal couple in the Blue Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace.

For the first time, Transcamster Bog produced a French-style deluxe proof of this issue. It is printed on cardstock. Only 30 deluxe proofs were made, and a small number will be sold to collectors.

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Flora Macdonald (Issued on January 24, 2023)

 

First day cover (click on the image for a larger image)

Transcamster Bog's first issue of 2023 depicts Flora Macdonald, the Jacobite who saved Bonnie Prince Charlie by disguising him as her Irish maid Betty Burke and putting him on a boat with her to Skye. The design is based on a portrait of Flora Macdonald by Allan Ramsay. The portrait is now in the Ashmolean Museum. 

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Queen Elizabeth II In Memoriam CORRECTED DESIGN (issued on November 7, 2022)

 

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A collector noticed that the Queen Elizabeth II In Memoriam stamp of November 4, 2022, had a design error: the year of the Queen's death is shown as "1922" instead of "2022:, Transcamster Bog local post rushed a corrected version into production. The new stamp shows the correct year of "2022" and was issued on November 7, 2022. Since philatelists would consider it a different design, not a variety, it has a designated first day of issue and a first day cover.

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Queen Elizabeth II In Memoriam DESIGN ERROR (issued on November 4, 2022)

 

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Transcamster Bog local post has issued this stamp to honour the late Queen Elizabeth II. The stamp shows a photo of the Queen that the Royal Family tweeted on the day she died.

After the stamp was issued, a collector noticed that the year of the Queen's death is incorrect, shown as "1922" instead of "2022". A revised version was quickly produced and issued on November 7, 2022. The design error version was not withdrawn and remains on sale.

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Bahamas Visit 2022 postal card (Issued on July 14, 2022)

Bahamas Visit 2022 postal card with first day of issue cancel and paquebot marking (click on the image for a larger image)

This postal card is Transcamster Bog's second postal stationery item. It was issued to commemorate the Laird's visit to the Bahamas on the so-called maiden voyage of the cruise ship Disney Wish in 2022 (Although the cruise was billed as a maiden voyage, there had already been a crew-only voyage and a VIP's and tourism industry cruise earlier). 

The picture side of the card depicts the ship Disney Wish at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, where she was built.

Cards with first day of issue cancels also have the Transcamster Bog paquebot marking because the cards were carried aboard the ship.

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CAPEX 22 postal card (Issued on June 9, 2022)

 

The postal card with its first day of issue cancel. Click on the image for a larger image

Transcamster Bog issued its first postal stationery item, a postal card, to commemorate CAPEX 22, the international stamp show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The picture side of the postal card and the local post indicium show a photo of Toronto Harbour, photographed by the Laird of Transcamster Bog.

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