2832. 🇧🇸 Bahamas Christmas Stamps.

 

New issues - 

🇧🇸 Bahamas postal service -

20 November 2025 - Christmas, ‘Little angels’. Lithographed. This issue is featured on the website of the stamps dealer Spectre Stamps. Rating:- *** (resistibly cute).

27 November 2025 - 40th anniversary of Bushy’s Brewery - 1 sheetlet of 8 identical stamps and 8 non-postally valid labels sold in a pack costing £27.50 which also contains a sheet of ‘stickers’ and 8 reproduction beer mats. Limited to an edition of 1000. Rating:- 0.

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

3 December 2025 - Avatar Fire and Ash - 1 sheetlet containing 6 different stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie and printed digitally by Collectables, Whanganui and perforated 14.5. 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.

2792. 🇳🇿 New Zealand’s Christmas Stamps.

 

New issues - 

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post - 

1 October 2025 - Christmas - 5 gummed stamps, 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets and 1 miniature sheet containing all 5 gummed stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvis and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5. Rating:- **.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

 25 September 2025 - Commemoration of Rick Wakeman, veteran popular musician and longterm resident of Isle of Man - 6 stamps (total cost £12.81), 1 ‘Prestige booklet’ containing 4 panes (price £25.62), 1 ‘pane’ containing all 6 stamps (£12.81), 1 perforated ‘sheetlet’ containing all 6 stamps (£12.81) and 1 imperforate ‘sheetlet’ (“rare imperforate sheetlet …. limited to just 750 editions”) (cost £25). Designed from art by Roger Dean. Lithographed. Total cost of all the above items - £89.05. Rating:- 0.

2786. 🇨🇾 Cyprus Says “Stand Up To Bullying”.

 

New issues -

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

19 September 2025 - ‘Say No To Bullying’ campaign - 1 stamp issued in a sheetlet of 8 stamps. Lithographed by Baltijas Banknote of Latvia. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

11 September 2025 - My Stamp personalised stamp, Centenary of Raymond Ltd - 1 stamp with attached label issued in sheetlets of 12 and sold at a premium.

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

🇳🇿 Issues inscribed Ross Dependency -

1 October 2025 - Penguins - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Nicky Dyer and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14 x 14.5.Rating:- *****.

2772. 🇳🇿 New Zealand To Issue New Round Kiwi Stamps.

 

New issues -

🇨🇰 Cook Islands Philatelic Bureau/Philatelic Collector Inc. -

2023 (no dates specified)

Products titled ‘Birds of the World’ with high face value. No products inscribed Cook Islands Penrhyn. No other details available. Each entity is stated to have released sets of 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing 2 sets of the same stamps plus 4 ‘Deluxe souvenir sheets’ each containing a single stamp but illustrations of these are not available for all entities. Lithographed. Rating:- 0.

🇨🇰 Products inscribed Cook Islands -

2023 - The Pacific reef heron -

🇨🇰 Products inscribed Rarotonga -

2023 - The Morepork -0

🇨🇰 Products inscribed Aitutaki Cook Islands -

2023 - The peregrine falcon -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

3 September 2025 Round kiwi stamps - 5 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps. Designed by Sacha Lees and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5. Rating:- **.

Interestingly New Zealand Post seems to have taken it upon itself to rename the country as ‘Aotearoa New Zealand’.