February Postings 2021

February

 

12.02.2021 : Chinese New Year, The Year of the Ox. 

For those who are celebrating this, here I would like to wish you all, Happy New Year.

祝您們: - 新年快樂; 身體健康; 出入平安; 老小平安; 年年有餘; 大吉大利; 心想事成; 機靈活潑; 恭喜發財; 工作順利。

 

1st February 2021

URUGUAY - Two polymer notes of 20 and 50 pesos uruguayos both issued in 2020. These are general circulating notes. The designs are very similar to the last paper banknotes issued for the same denominations. 

 

5th February 2021

SAUDI ARABIA - This is a new 5 riyals polymer note issued on 05.10.2020. This is also the first polymer banknote ever issued by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The design of this note is basically the same as the one first issued in 2016 but instead printed on polymer substrate.

 

10th February 2021

SAMOA - A complete set of five specimen notes printed in 2017. These notes are not printed with any year date but every note is printed with a control number on the bottom left hand corner. Both the 50 and 100 tala are hybrid notes.  

12th February 2021 - The Year of The Ox

LEBANON - A commemorative banknote of 100000 livres, issued on 07.12.2020 to celebrate the Centennial of the Creation of Grand Liban (Greater Lebanon) 1920-2020. The 100000 livres note is printed on polymer substrate.

 

16th February 2021

UKRAINE - This is an official souvenir commemorative banknotes issued on 26.11.2020 celebrating Ukrainian Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk (b.1951-2018) as the first astronaut of independent Ukraine. This is a non legal tender note. 

22nd February 2021

IRAN - A banknote of 20000 rials presumably issued in 2018 P153c. This is just an odd note I have in my collection. I believe this series was first issued in 2015.

 

23rd February 2021

CHINA -  19 sets of mint stamps (59 pieces plus 3 miniature sheets) issued in a hard folder album commemorating specially protected wild animals of China. This album was issued in 2000 but I do not know if this was an official issue.

26th February 2021

PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Here, I have uploaded 3 banknotes of Papua New Guinea all issued in 1988 with the signatures of Sir Henry ToRobert (b.1942-(Governor) and John Vulupindi (Secretary, Department of Finance). I posted these notes today as I just learnt from the news that Papua New Guinea first Prime Minister Sir Michael has just passed away at the age of 84. Sir Micahel Somare was born in 1936. He became Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea following gaining independence from Australia on 16.09.1975 to 1980. He then became the Prime Minister again between 1982 to 1985; 2002 to 2010 and then another 77 days from 17.01.2011 to 04.04.2011. He retired from politics in 2017. His portrait has been printed on the 50 kina banknotes (both paper and polymer) since 1989.