2983. 🇬🇮 New Issues From Gibraltar and Pakistan.

 

New issues -

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

30 September 2026 - Centenary of the discovery of Gibraltar 2, the remains of a Neanderthal child - 5 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera from art by Mauricio Antón and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *****.

30 September 2026 - 50th anniversary of the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society - 2 miniature sheets each containing 6 different stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera art by Jonathan Pointer and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- *****.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

15 September 2026 - 25th anniversary of Cader College Palandri - 3 stamps issued as a se-tenant strip. Designed by Aashir Ali Khan and lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Karachi and perforated 13. Rating: - ***.

2907. 🇲🇹 Malta’s Europa Stamp.

 

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

9 May 2026 - EUROPA, 70th anniversary of Europa stamps - 1 stamp and 1 booklet containing 5 identical stamps. Designed by Klaus Welp and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- **. A horrible, tedious and incomprehensible design brings Europa stamps to an all time low - at least MaltaPost is only issuing a single stamp on this occasion.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

7 May 2026 - 250th anniversary of the rebellion of Britain’s North American colonies - 6 stamps. Designed by Glazier Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 11.5. The stamps depict Manx people involved in the conflict. Rating:- ****.

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post -

2026 - Freshwater flora (reprint with 2026 imprint) - 1 stamp.Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2026 - Seashells of Mauritius (reprint with 2026 imprint) - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2026 - Reprinted definitive, extinct species of birds with 2026 imprint in lower border (previously issued with 2024 imprint) - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

  The above illustrations of the Mauritius stamps are taken from the internet auction site of Spectre of Stamps which are offering them for sale.

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:- *.

2423. 🇬🇬🇯🇪 Channel Islands Busy Start To 2024 (No Surprise There Then).

 

New issues.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

4 January 2024 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Dragon - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Wang Huming and lithographed. Rating:- 0.

8 January 2024 - EUROPA, ‘Underwater fauna and Flora’ - 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps. Designed from photography by Nicola Miskin and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post - 

14 February 2024 - Post and Go stamps, the Arms of Guernsey - previously reported in Blog but all 6 stamps now illustrated. 

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

5 January 2024 - Lunar new year, Year of the Dragon - see Blog 2387

15 February 2024 - Anti-corruption in Hong Kong - see Blog 2387

14 March 2024 - Characters in Jin Yong’s novels II - 6 stamps, 3 single-stamp miniature sheets and 1 ‘mini-pane’ containing two of each stamp. Lithographed with additional hot foil stamping and 3D embossing on $20 miniature sheet by Cartor. Rating:- ***.

2136. 🇵🇰 Pakistan Commemorates 75th Anniversary Of Independence.

 

New issues.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

14 August 2022 - 75th of the achievement of Independence - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Rating:- *****.

🇶🇦  Qatar Post -

2022 (date of issue not yet known) - 25th anniversary of Qatar Airlines - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps.Rating:- *****.

🇯🇪  Jersey Post -

6 September 2022 - Jèrriais, The Jersey language - 6 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing a single stamp and the other containing all 6 stamps). Designed by Ron Mills and lithographed bpost. Rating:- **.