New Issues -
🇻🇨 St Vincent and The Grenadines postal service -
5 August 2025 - 50th anniversary of the West Indies’ Cricket World Cup victory in 1975 - 9 x EC$50 stamps featuring West Indies cricketing ‘Legends’. Lithographed. Total face value equivalent in pounds is £123.30 per set! Rating:- **.
New issues -
🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -
15 September 2025 - 25th anniversary of the Manx Aviation and Military Museum - 6 stamps (total face value £12.48p). Lithographed. Rating:- *.
15 September 2025 - 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain - 1 Collectors sheet containing 16 different stamps sold in a special pack for £20. Rating:- 0.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -
23 August 2025 - Mainamatipex 2025 philatelic exhibition - 4 stamps (1 previously issued definitive with overprint and surcharge applied spread over a block of 4 of the stamps). Rating:- **.
Commonwealth countries which are not yet known to have issued or had issued on their behalf any legitimate postage stamps during 2025 -
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
British Antarctic Territory
British Virgin Islands
Cameroon
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands including Rarotonga
Cook Islands Aitutaki
Cook Islands Penrhyn
Dominica
Gabon
Ghana
Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique
Guyana
Kingdom of eSwatini
Lesotho
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Nauru
Nevis
New Zealand Ross Dependency
Niue
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Islands
Rwanda
St Kitts or St Kitts-Nevis
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Solomon Islands
South Africa
The Gambia
Tokelau
Tonga
Tonga Niuafo’ou
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Vanuatu
Zambia
Therefore, at the end of August, 44 out of 88 (50.0%) (one new entity has been added in the form of Bailiwick of Guernsey Sark) of Commonwealth philatelic entities appear to have not issued, or not had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025. This compares with 54% at the end of July and 41.6% at the end of August 2024.
First issues of 2025 from Bailiwick of Guernsey Sark, Kiribati, Malawi and St Vincent and The Grenadines -
New issues -
🇲🇼 Postal service of Malawi -
2025, date presently unknown - Previously issued stamps reissued with surcharges applied - 3 stamps. Rating:- *****.
New issues -
🇮🇳 India Post -
24 August 2025 - Commemoration of Vithalpai Patel, first Speaker of the Indian Central Legislature - 1 stamp. Rating:***.
