2904. 🇧🇲 Bermuda Commemorates Royal Visit.

 

New issues -

🇧🇲 Bermuda postal service -

30 April 2026 -Royal visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Bermuda (30 April - 1 May) - 1 previously issued high value stamp overprinted. Rating:- ***.

🇲🇲 Myanmar Post -

30 April 2026 - 70th anniversary of the 6th Buddhist Council - 7 stamps. Lithographed by Wazi Security Printing Works. Rating- *****.

Commonwealth countries and territories not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025 up until the end of April.

Anguilla 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands 

Australia Norfolk Island 

Australian Antarctic Territory 

Barbados 

Belize 

Botswana 

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon

Cook Islands including Rarotonga

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn

Dominica 

Gabon

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Guyana 

Jamaica 

Kenya

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Malawi

Maldives 

Mauritius 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nevis

New Zealand Ross Dependency 

Niue

Papua New Guinea 

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda

St Helena 

St Kitts/St Kitts Nevis

St Vincent and the Grenadines 

Samoa 

Seychelles 

Solomon Islands 

Tokelau 

Tonga

Tonga Niuafo’ou 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Turks and Caicos Islands 

Tuvalu 

Uganda 

United Republic of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia 

Therefore at the end of April, 52 out of 88 (59.1%) Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued or are not known to have issued, or have had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps in 2026. This compares with 64.8%at the end of March 2026  and 63.6% at the end of April 2025.

2893. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail Commemorates Birth Centenary of Queen Elizabeth II.

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

21 April 2026 - Birth centenary of Queen Elizabeth II - 8 stamps (4  vertically se-tenant pairs) and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 more different stamps. Presumably there will be other items. Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

This issue was shown prematurely on the Royal Mail and Collectables E Bay page and reported by Fairy Foot on Stamp boards. The miniature sheet is charming depicting as it does, portraits of the Queen with her beloved pet corgis and horses. Better quality illustrations will be shown here when available.

2767. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 King Charles Makes His First Appearance On Scottish Definitives.

 

New Issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail  

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Issues for Scotland -

14 August 2025 - Definitive stamps with the cameo head of  King Charles III included in the design - 2 stamps with barcodes. Self-adhesive. Designed by Tayburn from art by Anton Morris and Frank Pottinger. Lithographed by Cartor and perforated 15 x 14.5. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

7 August 2025 - Birth centenary of MS Swaminathan, geneticist - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -

5 March 2025 - Commemoration of the July Mass Uprising - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

🇨🇶 Products inscribed ‘Sark’ - 

27 August - 80th anniversary of the liberation from occupation by Nazi German forces - 1 sheetlet containing all 8 stamps included in the basic set plus labels. See Blog 2764. Designed by Sue Daly and lithographed by Brebner Print. Sold in a pack for £17.50. Rating:- ***.

2764. 🇸🇭 New Issues From Tristan Da Cunha And Sark.

 

🇸🇭 Postal service of Tristan Da Cunha -

29 August 2025 - Communications in Tristan Da Cunha - 4 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- ****.

15 September 2025 - The paintings of Jimmy Rogers - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Rating:- *****. . 

  Thanks to Isle Of Man Stamps and Coins for information about the above issues. Creative Direction was responsible for the coordination of the production of the 2 sets.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

🇨🇶 Products inscribed Sark -

27 August 2025 - 80th anniversary of the liberation of Sark from Nazi German occupation at the end of the Second World War and the Royal visit to Sark by The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

Thanks to Stewie 1980 for the information that illustrations of the issue are available to view

2749. 🇯🇪 Jersey Recalls 2024 Royal Visit.

 

New issues -

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

15 July 2025 - 1st anniversary of the visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Jersey - 6 stamps. Designed from photographs by Max Burnett and Andy Le Gresney and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- ****.

🇸🇩 Postal service of Sudan -

July 2025 - 80th anniversary of the League of Arab States - 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

9 July 2025 - EUROMED, Mediterranean resources - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2729. 🇸🇬🇬🇬 Singapore New Issue Features Endangered Flora; Guernsey’s Royal Visit.

 

New Issues -

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

30 May 2025 - Critically endangered flora of Singapore - flora of coastal forests - 4 perforated stamps and 1 ‘mini-pane’ containing 4 imperforate stamps. Designed by Teo Nam Siang and lithographed by Secura and perforated 13. Rating:- ****.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

14 June 2025 - First anniversary of the Royal Visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps. Designed by Bridget Yabsley from photographs taken by Chris George and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *****.

2724. 🇲🇾 🇱🇰 Malaysia Commemorates160th Anniversary Of ITU; Sri Lanka Vesak Festival.

 

New Issues -

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

17 May 2025 - 160th anniversary of the International Telecommunications Union - 2 stamps issued asa se-tenant pair and 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different circular stamps Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

 10 May 2025 - Vesak 2569 (religious festival),Pothgul Raja Maha Vijaraya paintings. 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

10 May 2025 - State Vesak Festival - 1 stamps issued. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

14 June 2025 - 1st anniversary of the Royal visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Guernsey - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Further details awaited.

16 July 2025 - 1st anniversary of royal patronage of the Guernsey golden goat, described as “a special definitive issue” - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different £5 stamps. Further details awaited. Rating:- *.