2763. 🇸🇭 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

2763. 🇲🇾 Roses From Malaysia.

 

New issues -

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia - 

30 July 2025 - Flowers of Malaysia, third issue, Roses - 4 stamps in 2 se-tenant pairs and 1 scented miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed by Henan Post Printing Company, China. Rating:- ****.

🇦🇪 Emirates Post (postal service of United Arab Emirates) -

3 August 2025 - Arab Postal Day, Joint issue with the postal administrations of other Arab states - 1 stamp printed in sheetlets of 6 identical stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post -

8 August 2025 - National Day, 60th anniversary of Independence - 7 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Sonny Lee and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14. Rating:- ***.

2762. 🇮🇪 Irish Republic Commemorates 19th Century Politician.

 

New issues -

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

31 July 2025 - 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O’Connell, Irish politician - 2 self-adhesive stamps produced in sheetlets of 8. Designed by Zinc from illustrations by David Rooney and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- *****.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

28 August 2025 - ‘Hello Kitty & Friends’ - 1 pack containing 3 panes and sold for A$37. Panes 1 and 3 each containing 6 different self-adhesive stamps and pane 2 contains a gummed self-adhesive miniature sheet made up of 4 identical Greetings stamps depicting flowers with attached labels and a ‘gutter strip’ of 4 of the same stamps also with attached labels.

What trash. And expensive trash at that.

Rating:- 0.

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 

Barbados 

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 

Guyana 

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Malawi 

Mauritius 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nauru 

Nevis

New Zealand Ross Dependency 

Niue

Papua New Guinea 

Pitcairn 

Rwanda 

St Kitts or St Kitts Nevis 

Saint Lucia 

St Vincent and the Grenadines 

Samoa 

Solomon Islands 

South Africa 

The Gambia 

Tokelau 

Tonga

Tongs Niuafo’ou

Turks and Caicos Islands 

Tuvalu 

Uganda 

United Republic of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia 

Therefore, at the end of July, 47 out of 87 (54%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities appear to have not issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025. This compares with 55.2 at the end of June 2025 and 48.9% at the end of July 2024.

2761 🇨🇶 Not Content With 16 Issues During 2025 Guernsey Post Now Finds It Necessary To Issue Stamps For Sark.

 

New Issues - 

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post - 

🇨🇶 Products inscribed Sark -

27 August 2025 - Sark during the German occupation and the 80th anniversary of liberation, marked by a royal visit by the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence - ?3 stamps. Further details and illustrations awaited.

3 September 2025 - Definitive series, wild flowers of Sark - 15 stamps. Further details awaited. Rating:- 0.

🇦🇪 Emirates Post (postal service of United Arab Emirates) -

30 July 2025 - 20th anniversary of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood - 1 stamp issued in a sheetlet of 4 identical stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2760. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 A Postmark It Is Then.

 

New issues -

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

‘Personalised stamps’ released officially by Post PNG Ltd - stamps with attached labels -

7 September 2023 - 48th anniversary of Independence 2 stamps. Printed digitally.

5 September 2025 - 49th anniversary of Independence - 2 stamps. Printed digitally.

The official nature of these issues is demonstrated by postings on the Post PNG Ltd Facebook page - 

September 2025 - it has been announced that postage stamps will be released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the granting of Independence to Papua New Guinea which falls on 16 September 2025. It is expected that there will be a royal visit to the country by King Charles III, King of Papua New Guinea. Designs of possible stamps have not yet been revealed.

Previous Facebook pages make reference to issues of recent years including the commemoration of the King’s late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales, Insects of Papua New Guinea and Nadzab Tomodachi Airport.

🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Royal Mail -

27 July 2025 - England Women’s Team’s victory in the European Women’s Football Championships - commemorative postmark.

  Amid a frenzy of English self-congratulation Royal Mail has announced that it will be using a special commemorative postmark to celebrate the second consecutive victory of the England Women’s Football Team in the European Women’s Football Championship. The postmark states, “It’s Home. Again./Champions of Europe 2025./England Women’s/Football Squad” which just about says all that needs to be said. First day of usage was 27 July 2025.

  A similar postmark was used for a limited period in 2022 when the England Women’s team first won the European Championship and it stated, “Congratulations England!/Women’s European/Football Championships/31 July 2022” and I suppose anyone interested in collecting the theme of Football on stamps would be delighted to an example of these postmarks to their collection (except perhaps anyone living in Spain, the national team of which was defeated by the English team in the final game of the Championships.

  Had Royal Mail decided to rush out a stamp to commemorate the women’s’ victory, I imagine it would have been a very popular issue sought after enthusiastically by the normally non-stamp collecting general public but those who are in charge of stamp issues at Royal Mail are generally keener on celebrating with a stamp issue important British national icons such as Peanuts, Star Trek and Batman, rather than pulling their fingers out and commemorating national events and anniversaries which have captured the national mood and imagination. So, a postmark it is then.