2735. 🇦🇺 Australia International Post Stamps Feature Opals.

 

New issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

24 June 2025 - International postage, Opals of Australia - 3 stamps. Designed by Sharon Rodziewicz and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14. Rating:- ***.

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

2 July 2025 - Native Frogs - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:- **.

2735. 🇸🇭 St Helena Depicts Birds Which No Longer Breed On The Island.

 

New issues -

🇸🇭 Postal service of St Helena -

19 May 2025 - Species of birds which no longer breed in St Helens - 4 stamps and1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

2025 - The Chenab railway bridge, the world’s highest railway bridge, on the Jammu to Srinagar railway line, personalised My Stamp personalised stamp - 1 stamp with an attached label printed in a sheetlet of 12 and sold at a premium price. 

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

30 June 2025 - 125th anniversary of Jersey Operation House - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by Abi Overland and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- ****.

2734. 🇮🇪 Irish Contemporary Art.

 

New issues -

🇮🇪 An Post (postal service of the Republic of Ireland)

5 June 2025 + Contemporary Irish art - 4 self-adhesive stamps issued in a booklet costing €6.40. Designed by Atelier David Smith and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ****.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

4 June 2025 - Revenue stamp, Rs1000 - 1 stamp. This is described as a ‘Revenue stamp’ but illustrations show it used postally as a first day cover and so one may question whether or not this is both a postal and a revenue stamp.

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

5 June 2025 - Centenary of the Elenion Primary School, Nicosia - 1 stamp. Printed by Baltic Banknote High Security Printing. Rating:- ***.

2733. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail Commemorates 350th Anniversary Of The Royal Observatory.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

12 June 2025 - 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich - 6 stamps (3 se-tenant pairs, all 1st Class domestic rate) (cost £10.20),1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps (cost £6.80) and 1 Prestige booklet (cost £24.79) containing 4 panes, one of which is a pane of 4 King Charles III definitives (2 x 2nd Class & 2 x 50p values). Designed by Steers McGillen Eves and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5.The definitive pane is self-adhesive & printed in gravure. Rating:- .*****.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post - 

5 May 2025 - EUROPA, Archaeological discoveries - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 stamps inscribed ‘EUROPA’ (part of set of 6 - see Blogs 2701 and 2706). This item has not previously been reported here. Lithographed by bpost. 

2732. 🇮🇳 India Commemorates Legendary Queen.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

31 May 2025 - Birth tercentenary of Ahilya Bai Holkar, legendary Queen of Indore - 1 stamp. Printed by Security Printing Press, Hyderabad. Rating:- ***.

🇹🇷 Postal service of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus -

8 May 2025 - EUROPA, Important national archaeological discoveries - 2 stamps. Designed by GK Sönmezer and printed by Devlet Basimevi. Rating:- ***.

🇶🇦 Qatar Post - 

12 May 2025 - Reopening of the Dar Alkutub Al Qatariya, the first national library in Qatar, established in 1962 and the 34th Doha International Book Fair - 1 self-adhesive circular stamp. Rating:- ***.

New issue programmes - 

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

7 August 2025 - 24 Solar terms, autumn - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by Shirman Lai & lithographed.

15 August 2025 - Twin panda cubs - 6 stamps and 4 miniature sheets, one containing 1 x $10 stamps, 1 x $50 stamp (embossed), 1 containing all 6 stamps (gummed) and 1 containing all 6 stamps (self-adhesive). Further details awaited.

23 September 2025 - Hong Kong Hiking Trails (3rd issue), The Wilson Trail - 10 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 10 stamp and 1 booklet containing 10 x $2.20c self-adhesive stamps. Further details awaited.

21 October2025 - Development of aviation in Hong Kong - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single $10 stamp.

25 November 2025 - Christmas - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, both containing all 4 stamps, one gummed and the other self-adhesive. Further details awaited.