New Issues -
🇸🇭 Postal service of Tristan Da Cunha -
24 November 2025 - Dogs, part 1 - 4 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson with the backgrounds based on photographs by Julia Gunther and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Production coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle of Man Stamps and Collectables for information about this issue. Rating:- *****.
🇮🇳 India Post -
October 2025 - My Post personalised stamp, Birth centenary of Gaura Devi, conservationist - 1 stamp with attached labels issued in sheetlets of 12 and sold at a premium.
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
Belize
British Antarctic Territory (several issues are expected to be released during November)
British Virgin Islands
Cameroon
Cayman Islands (it has been stated that no new stamps are planned for issue during 2025)
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
Samoa
South Africa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tonga Niuafo’ou
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Vanuatu
Zambia.
This list remains unchanged from last month. Hence 37 out of 88 (42%) Commonwealth postal entities appear to have not issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025. This compares with 34.8% at the end of October 2024.
Why do you feel the TdC issue deserves five stars?
ReplyDeleteWK replying - Good question. The issues of TDC, Ascension, Falklands, BAT and South Georgia are usually very well designed, interesting and attractive. Generally they have a very reasonably priced face value. The issues are almost entirely of local relevance and the number of issues per year are gauged to not be excessive while being adequate in number to continue to stimulate interest in the stamps of those 5 territories. All these factors make me allocate 4 or 5 stars to nearly all of these issues. I hope that TDC and the other similar territories continue to do things the way they presently do them & wish that more philatelic entities would follow the same model.
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