2944. 🇸🇸 South Sudan Commemorates Fifteenth Anniversary Of Independence.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

2026 - My stamps, personalised stamps usually issued in sheets of 12 with attached labels and at a premium price -

? July - Trishul Indian Defence Museum in Moradabad - 1 stamp.

? July - Samvadhan Sahitya Vatika, public park in Moradabad - 1 stamp.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

There has been a slight change in the Royal Mail stamp calendar for the rest of the year and one of the “tbc” issues has been moved to 1 December though Royal Mail has not yet identified what the ‘tbc’ are -

🇸🇭 St Helena postal service -

The government of St Helena has published a list of previous stamp issues which are now to be demonetised -

🇸🇸 Postal service of South Sudan - 

9 July 2026 - 15th anniversary of the achievement of independence from Sudan - 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Rating:- ***. More illustrations to be added when available.

2943. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Post Features Daffodils And Old Postcards.

 

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

5 August 2026 - Centenary of the National Daffodil Society, Cancer Day - 1 miniature sheet containing 6 different stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie and digitally printed by New Zealand Post and perforated 14.5 x15. Rating:- **.

5 August 2025 - Early postcards - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 15. Rating:- *. Attractive stamps but there is no obvious reason for their issue and NZ Post now releases far too many stamps and too many issues per annum.

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

2 July 2026 - Assumption of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union by the Republic of Ireland - 1 self-adhesive stamp, Designed by Boyle Design Group and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- **.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

13 July 2026 - Euromed, Mosaics of the Mediterranean - 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp. Designed from photographs by Daniel Cilia and Sebio Aquilina and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- *****.

🇵🇬 PNG Post (postal service of Papua New Guinea) -

22 August 2025 - The traditional Papua New Guinea roundhouse - 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

This issue is depicted on the E bay internet site of the dealer Spectre-of-Stamps and should be available to buy shortly.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

1 July 2026 - National Institute of Health Sciences, Kalutara - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Illustration will be added when available. Rating:- ***.

2942. 🇲🇼 More Malawi Surcharges.

 

New issues -

🇲🇼 Malawi Post -

2026 - Provisional issue, surcharges in RED on previously issued stamps (surcharges on the same stamps in black were reported in Blog ). Rating:- ***.

The following issues are reported by Spectre-of-Stamps on its internet site -

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post -

15 June 2026 - Stamp from previous ‘Indigenous flowers’ set reprinted with ‘2026’ imprint. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇰🇮 Postal service of Kiribati -

17 October 2026 - 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s third voyage - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇿 postal service of Belize -

17 July 2026 - Definitive issue, various subjects - 11 values. Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

2941. 🇺🇸 Colonial Rebels Make Unilateral Declaration Of Independence.

 🇺🇸 Postal service of the Thirteen Colonies akaThe United States of Artificial Intelligence -

  4 July 2026 - 250th anniversary of the illegal unilateral declaration of independence by the British colonists in North America - 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp and 1 label without value inscribed on it but sold for £5 in a special pack. The stamps show the rebel leaders debating the so-called ‘Declaration of Independence’, the rebel armed forces commander, Washington, crossing the Delaware river with his troops prior to the Battle of Trenton, the Battle of Yorktown where His Majesty’s forces surrendered and HM King George III discussing the loss of the colonies after Yorktown. The miniature sheet includes the King George III stamp with a depiction of the traitor Benjamin Franklin in the margin and the valueless label depicts the treacherous rebel army leader George Washington. Designed by Gemini. Rating:- *****.

Despite the illegality of the current regime in our 13 North American colonies we say “Happy 250th birthday” to the USA!

Meanwhile the postal service of United States of America itself is commemorating the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence by issuing a stamp featuring a hamburger which you can neither eat nor lick as it’s a self-adhesive stamp. From Washington to Hamburger, the story of a nation.

  Below is depicted a copy of the American rebels’ Declaration of Independence rediscovered recently in the British National Archives, one of only 11 surviving copies printed in New Hampshire. The document was seized by the Royal Navy on Christmas Eve 1776 when HMS Raisonable captured an American privateer, the Dalton, off the coast of Portugal, after pursuing it for seven hours -