New issues -
🇵🇬 Post PNG Ltd (postal service of Papua New Guinea) -
‘Personalised stamps’ released officially by Post PNG Ltd - stamps with attached labels -
7 September 2023 - 48th anniversary of Independence 2 stamps. Printed digitally.
The official nature of these issues is demonstrated by postings on the Post PNG Ltd Facebook page -
September 2025 - it has been announced that postage stamps will be released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the granting of Independence to Papua New Guinea which falls on 16 September 2025. It is expected that there will be a royal visit to the country by King Charles III, King of Papua New Guinea. Designs of possible stamps have not yet been revealed.
Previous Facebook pages make reference to issues of recent years including the commemoration of the King’s late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, Insects of Papua New Guinea and Nadzab Tomodachi Airport.
🇬🇧 🏴 Royal Mail -
27 July 2025 - England Women’s Team’s victory in the European Women’s Football Championships - commemorative postmark.
Amid a frenzy of English self-congratulation Royal Mail has announced that it will be using a special commemorative postmark to celebrate the second consecutive victory of the England Women’s Football Team in the European Women’s Football Championship. The postmark states, “It’s Home. Again./Champions of Europe 2025./England Women’s/Football Squad” which just about says all that needs to be said. First day of usage was 27 July 2025.
A similar postmark was used for a limited period in 2022 when the England Women’s team first won the European Championship and it stated, “Congratulations England!/Women’s European/Football Championships/31 July 2022” and I suppose anyone interested in collecting the theme of Football on stamps would be delighted to an example of these postmarks to their collection (except perhaps anyone living in Spain, the national team of which was defeated by the English team in the final game of the Championships.
Had Royal Mail decided to rush out a stamp to commemorate the women’s’ victory, I imagine it would have been a very popular issue sought after enthusiastically by the normally non-stamp collecting general public but those who are in charge of stamp issues at Royal Mail are generally keener on celebrating with a stamp issue important British national icons such as Peanuts, Star Trek and Batman, rather than pulling their fingers out and commemorating national events and anniversaries which have captured the national mood and imagination. So, a postmark it is then.
