2831. 🇦🇺 Australia Post’s Excess Continues In 2026.

 

New issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

🇨🇽 Issues inscribed ‘Christmas Island’ -

6 January 2026 - Chinese new year - 3 gummed stamps (Au$8.60), 3 self-adhesive stamps from ‘sheetlets’ of 5 x $3.50 costing $17.50, 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps costing $8.60, 1 ‘Zodiac sheet’ containing within it 12 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 3 different stamps and costing $17.30, 1 ‘Calendar sheet’ containing 13 different stamps and costing $17.15. and 1 ‘888’ ‘gold’ miniature sheet containing 6 identical stamps and sold for $120. Designed by Chrissy Lau and Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 15 x 14. Rating:- *.

Issues inscribed ‘Australia’ -

20 January 2026 - ‘My Little Pony stamp pack’, personalised My Stamps - 1 pane containing 9 different stamps costing $19. Rating:-0.

13 January 2026 - Regional heritage - 3 gummed stamps costing $5.10, 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 20 stamps costing $34 and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by Ive Group and perforated 15 x 14. Rating:- 0.

27 January 2026 - Endangered birds - 3 gummed stamps costing $5.10, 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps, 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 costing $17 and 1 ‘Special pack’containing a miniature sheet which has all three stamps plus a fourth stamp which is not available from any other source and sold for $12. Designed by Jo Muré and Frances McMahon and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 x 15. Rating:- 0.

10 February 2026 - Creatures of the Paleozoic - 4 gummed stamps ($6.80)  and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps (6.80). Designed by Jason Watts and Keith Downes and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14 x 15. Rating:- 0.

24 February 2026 - Eremophilas (desert plants) - 2 gummed stamps (costing $3.40 and 2 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 20 (costing $34). Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 15 x 14. Rating:- 0.

Commonwealth Countries which are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025.

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas 

Belize

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon

Cayman Islands 

Cook Islands including Rarotonga

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn

Dominica

Gabon

Ghana 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Lesotho 

Montserrat 

Nauru 

Nevis

Niue

Papua New Guinea 

Rwanda

St Kitts or St Kitts Nevis

Saint Lucia

South Africa

Solomon Islands 

Tokelau 

Tonga

Tonga Niuafo’ou 

Turks and Caicos 

Tuvalu 

Uganda

United Republic of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia

Therefore, up until the end of November, 35 out of 89 (39.3%) Commonwealth philatelic entities are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025. This compares with 37 out of 88 (42%) at the end of October. Note BIOT has been restored to the list of entities as it remains a British Overseas Territory for a short time at least. At the end of November 2024, 32.6% of entities had not issued any postage stamps.

2830. 🇵🇰 Pakistan Commemorates United Nations Anniversary.

 

New issues -

🇳🇷 Nauru Post -

 26 October 2022 - Birth centenary of Hammer de Roburt, first president of Nauru -  1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. In addition to the single stamp from ordinary sheets reported in Blog 2245 a miniature sheet containing the same stamp was also issued. This appears to have been the last postage stamp to have been issued by Nauru Post to date. Rating:- *****..

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post -

2025 - Artifacts of Myanmar - 1 miniature sheet containing 8 previously issued but redrawn definitives. Another issue in this year’s fascinating series of miniature sheets of previous issues. Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

24 November 2025 - Diamond jubilee of the Bharat Scouts and Guides - 1 stamp. Rating:- *.

24 November 2025 - Platinum jubilee of HT Kharagpur - 2 stamps issued as a Se-tenant pair. Rating:- **.

19 November 2025 - Birth centenary of Sri Sathya Sai Baba - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- **.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

24 November 2025 - 80th anniversary of the United Nations Organisation - 2 stamps in a se-tenant pair. Designed by Abu Obaidah Ayyas and Hasnain Mahmud and lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Karachi and perforated 14. Rating:- ***.

2829. 🇨🇦 Canada’s Cartoonists.

 

New issues -

🇨🇦 Canada Post - 

20 November 2025 - Canadian cartoonists, second issue, graphic novelists - 6 self-adhesive stamps issued in booklist of 12 (2 panes each containing a complete set). Designed by Subplot Design Inc and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating:-**.

🇮🇳 India Post -

November 2025 - My Stamp personalised stamps (usually sold with attached labels in sheetlets of 12 and at a premium) - 

25th anniversary of Samriddhi Bavan - 1 stamp.

November - 

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

21 May 2025 - KESEF Philatelic Exhibition  - 1 stamp. Previously issued stamp reissued with overprint applied. Rating:- ***.