2827. 🇼🇸 Samoa Joint Issue With China.

 

New issues -

🇼🇸 Samoa Post -

6 November 2025 - Joint issue with the People’s Republic of China, 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, pigeons. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

13 November 2025 - Hanukkah (Jewish religious festival) - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in booklets of 6. Designed by Subplot Design Ltd and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post - 

8 November 2025 - My Stamp personalised stamps, 50th anniversary of NHPC Ltd, a governmental power company specialising in hydropower and renewable energy - 1 sheetlet of 12 different stamps with attached labels sold at a premium. 

🇺🇸 Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC) -

🇬🇾 Products inscribed Guyana -

12 December 2024 - ‘Prince William’ - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 6 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- 0.

12 December 2024 - ‘Prince William and Princess Kate’ - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 5 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- 0.

12 December 2025 - Re-election of Donald Trump as President of the United States - 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 6/different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- 0.

🇬🇾 Guyana Post Office Corporation -

25 July 2025 - Low carbon development strategy - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

35 October 2025 - 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Guyana and tge Dominican Republic - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇰🇳 Nevis Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications - 

7 November 2024 - Centenarians 2024 - 1 miniature sheet containing 6 different stamps honouring 3 Nevis centenarians. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2818. 🇸🇬 Festive Food From Singapore; Cyprus Joint Issue With Vietnam.

 

New issues -

🇸🇬 🇨🇾 Singapore Post -

7 November 2025 - ‘Festive Treats’ - 4 circular stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

30 October 2025 - 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhalai Patel (politician & former deputy prime minister of India) - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

🇨🇾 1 December 2025 - Joint issue with the postal service of Vietnam, 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries - 2 stamps with attached labels.. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

2802. 🇳🇿New Zealand Highllights Biosecurity.

 

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

5 November 2025 - Biosecurity protection - 5 stamps. Designed by Helcia Berryman of Mopsy Creative and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5. Rating:- *.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

9 November 2025 - 15th National Games - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet issued in a $68 ‘Joint souvenir pack’ containing the 4 Hong Kong Post stamps, 4 stamps issued by Macau Post & Telecommunications and 3 stamps issued by China Post. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

Thanks to G. James for information about this issue.

🇧🇼 Botswana Post -

2024 - Botswana’s first digital census - 2 stamps. Lithographed. I have so far failed to report this issue about which I presently still have no other information. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

?November 2025 - Joint issue with the Liechtenstein postal service, birds of prey - 2 miniature sheets each containing 2 different stamps (1 each of a stamp from both postal services). Further details awaited.

2796. 🇬🇧 New Definitive From Royal Mail.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

30 September 2025 - New tariff £3.40 definitive - 1 stamp. Printed in gravure by Cartor. Self-adhesive. Perforated 15 x 14.5. Rating:- **. Why are the colours (this is ‘dark green’) used for these stamps so depressing?

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

19 September 2025 - Joint issue with the postal service of Thailand - 1 miniature sheet containing both stamps was also issued in addition to the 2 single stamps described in Blog 2787.

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post -

? September 2025 - Butterflies of Myanmar - 1 miniature sheet containing 11 previously issued stamps reissued combined in a miniature sheet of one of each stamp. Rating:- ****.

🇧🇧 Barbados Post -

29 September 2025 - 70th anniversary of the Barbados Fire Service - 5 stamps. Further details and illustrations awaited.

🇱🇹 Stamperija or associates -

🇹🇬 Products inscribed Togolese Republic -

5 September 2025 - numerous products on various subjects - 

A. Amphibians of India -

B. Endemic species of India - 

C. Owls of India - 

D. Surcharges, World Day of tgeEnvironment -

E. Surcharges, Turtles -

F. Surcharges, Fungi - 

G. Surcharges, Owls - 

H. The African baobab - 

Commonwealth 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 

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

Samoa

Solomon Islands 

South Africa

Tokelau 

Tonga

Tonga Niuafo’ou 

Turks and Caicos Islands 

Tuvalu 

Uganda 

United Republic of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia 

Therefore, on 1 October, 37 out of 88 (42.0%) Commonwealth philatelic entities appear to have not issued, or not had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025. This compares with 50.0% at the end ofAugust and 37.1% at the end of September 2025.

First issues of 2025 from Mauritius, Mozambique, New Zealand Ross Dependency, Pitcairn Islands, The Gambia and Guyana.