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.

2827. 🇸🇭 New Definitives From Ascension Island In 2026.

 

New issues -

🇸🇭 Postal service of Ascension Island -

30 January 2026 - Definitives, Seabirds of Ascension - 16 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and Rating:-*****.

🇫🇰 Postal service of the Falkland Islands -

15 January 2026 - Summer - 4 stamps. Designed by Louise Larke and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13 x 13.5. Rating:- ****.

30 January 2026 - Local postal rate booklet - 1 stamp in booklet of 10 sold for £3.80p. Designed by Sarah Stannard and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- ****.

Production of the above issues was coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle of Mam Stamps and Coins for information about these issues.

🇸🇨Seychelles Postal Service -

30 April 2025 - Seychelles’ hosting of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup - 1 stamp. This issue was originally described in Blog 2714 but it is now possible to provide an illustration of the actual stamp.

🇮🇳 India Post -

November 2025 - My Stamp personalised stamps. Stamps with attached labels sold by India Post usually in sheetlets of 12 and at a premium price.

10th anniversary of AMRIT Pharmacy - 1 stamp.

The Rezang La war memorial (Chushal, Ladakh) commemorating the Battle of Rezang La (18 November 1962) which was fought against Chinese forces - 1 stamp.

Devbhoomi Rajat Utsav, Uttarakhand (I) - 1 stamp.

Devbhoomi Rajat Utsav, Uttarakhand - (II) - 1 stamp -

2768. 🇮🇪 An Post Discovers Earliest Irish TV Aerial.

 

New issues -

🇮🇪 An Post (postal service of the Republic of Ireland) -

7 August 2025 - Youth Clubs - 2 self-adhesive stamps. Designed by CI Studio and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

31 July 2025 - 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O’Connell, 19th century Irish politician (see Blog 2762)  - 2 stamps

Brian Warren has been kind enough to draw my attention to this item written by Hugh Linehan and published in the Irish Times - 

  Thanks to Brian for pointing out this article. It’s a gem.

🇮🇳 India Post -

5 August 2025 - 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and The Philippines, Joint issue, flowers - 2 different stamps issued in a miniature sheet. Rating:- ****.