2949. 🇬🇧 First Sight Of Royal Mail Military Aircraft Stamps.

 

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

30 July 2026 - Military jet aircraft, 30th anniversary of the death of Sir Frank Whittle - 8 stamps (2 se-tenant strips of 4 x 1st Class)  and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. The miniature sheet commemorates Sir Frank Whittle, the 30th anniversary of whose birth occurs on 8 August 2026 who invented the jet engine. Lithographed. Further details to follow and better quality illlustrations will be provided when available. Rating:- **.

2948. 🇨🇦 Canada Commemorates Centenary Of The Royal Canadian Legion.

 

New Issues -

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

17 July 2026 - Centenary of the Royal Canadian Legion - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in booklets of 6. Designed by Blair Thomson from a photograph by Jo Thomson, both of Believe In and lithographed by Colour Innovations. Rating:-*****.

🇲🇼 Malawi Post  -

?2025 - provisional definitive, K1320 on K105 - previously issued definitive stamp reissued with surcharge applied in black. I have not been aware of this value up to now - the stamp is currently being sold by Bombay Stamps from its internet site and is described as”rare”. Rating:- *****.

?2026 - provisional definitive, surcharge in red - 2 stamps. Previously issued butterfly stamps reissued with surcharges applied - K300 on K2 and K440 on K65. Other surcharges in red are reported in Blog 2942. These 2 previously unreported stamps are being auctioned on an internet site. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

17 July 2026 - Agriculture and horticulture and wildlife of Aranchal Pradesh - 2 miniature sheets each containing 6 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇼 Botswana Post -

27 November 2026 - ‘Threads of life - the Mophane story of Botswana’ 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:-*****. A first day cover of this issue, previously unreported, is shown on the Spectre Stamps blog internet site but further information is awaited.

2947. 🇸🇬Singapore Issue Commemorates 61st Anniversary Of Independence.

 

New issues -

🇮🇲 Isle of Man Post Office -

31 July 2026 - 150th anniversary of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway and 50th anniversary of Isle of Man National Transport  - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

 🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

16 July 2026 - Medicinal mushrooms - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post - 

7 August 2026 - 61st anniversary of Independence - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2946. 🇹🇷 Northern Cyprus Features Handicrafts Motifs.

 

New issues -

🇯🇴 Postal service of  Jordan -

13 July 2026 - EUROMED, Traditional mosaics of the Mediterranean - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 3 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

7 July 2026 - Personalised My Stamp, Scott Pendlebury’s 433 record-breaking VFL/AFL Game  1 stamp available cancelled only on a ‘Medallion cover’ costing A$45. Rating:- 0.

13 July 2026 - ‘Paralympic of the Year’, Ben Tudhope - 1 stamp sold in sheetlets of 10 costing $17. Rating:- **.

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

8 July 2026 - Traditional motifs of local handicrafts - 4 stamps. Designed by Saziye Aladag, Hasan Saydam, Raul Ersadal and Berhice Sőnmes Brian and printed by Devlet Basimevi. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇿 postal service of Belize -

17 July 2026 - Definitives - 11 stamps. These stamps are now featured on the Spectre Stamps internet site and are likely to be offered for sale by that dealer from the date of issue. Lithographed. Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

2945. 🇨🇾 Cyprus New Issue Depicts Old Cars.

 

New issues -

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

10 July 2026 - 2 issues both printed by Baltic Banknote High Security Printing -

Euromed, traditional mosaics of the Mediterranean - 1 stamp.(illustrated at the head of this Blog). Rating:- *****.

Old cars - 4 stamps. Rating:- *****.

🇱🇹 Stamperija (exploitative ‘philatelic agency’ based in Lithuania) -

🇹🇬 Products inscribed ‘République Togolaise’ (Togo) -

2026 (no date specified) - Boston 2026 International philatelic exhibition, Trump’s 80th birthday - 2 miniature sheets’, one containing 4 different ‘stamps’ and the other a single ‘stamp’. Rating:- 0.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

11 August 2026 - Tales of St Helier - 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 8 stamps. Designed by Becca Thorne, Lithographed. Rating:- *.

🇶🇦 Death of the former Emir of Qatar.

It was announced on 12 July 2026 that the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, who had been featured on a number of postage stamps and who had been in longstanding ill health had died. He had ruled Qatar from 27 June 1995 to 25 June 2013 when he abdicated in favour of his son Tamim bin Khalifa al Thani who is the present Emir of Qatar. He had seized power in a coup in 1995 overthrowing his father Khalifa bin Hamad al Thani and during his reign Qatar became the country with the highest per capita income in the world. Qatar was a British Protectorate from 1916 to 1971.