2696. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail To Commemorate Winnie The Pooh Centenary.

 New Issues -

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

26 August 2026 - National Meelad-Un-Nabi festival, 2026 - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Department of Government Printing, Sri Lanka. Rating:- **.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

14 October 2026 - Winnie The Pooh - Royal Mail has now made public the news that this will be the subject of the extensive stamp issue to be released on this date which is the exact centenary date of the publication of AA Milne’s book about this character. Although numerous WTP stamps have been issued on this subject before, it is hard to complain about a centenary issue of an important (children’s’) book. Details awaited.

Commonwealth countries which are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2026, up until the end of August.

Anguilla 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands 

Australia Norfolk Island 

Australian Antarctic Territory 

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cook Islands including Rarotonga 

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn 

Dominica 

Gabon 

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Guyana 

Jamaica 

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Lesotho 

Maldives 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nevis 

New Zealand (Ross Dependency)

Niue 

Papua New Guinea

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda 

St Kitts/St Kitts Nevis

Saint Lucia 

St Vincent and the Grenadines 

Samoa 

Seychelles 

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 August, 43 (48.9%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2026.This compares with 52.3% at the end of July 2026 and 50% at the end of August 2025.

2964. 🇲🇼 Malawi Surcharges Continue.

 

New issues -

🇲🇼 Malawi Post -

27 July 2026 - Provisional definitive, previously issued stamps surcharged in back ink - 5 stamps. This issue is currently being sold on Zirinsky Stamps internet site. Rating:- **.

🇳🇦 Nam Post (postal service of Namibia) -

4 August 2026 - The Petrified Forest - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps (illustration of the complete miniature sheet will be added when available). Designed by Helge Denker and lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

15 June 2026 - 25th anniversary of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation - 1 stamp. lithographed. Rating:- ***.

5 August 2026 - ‘Youm-e-Istehsal’, ‘Day of Exploitation’ ‘First anniversary of the revocation of Article of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir by the Indian government’ - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *.

2963. 🇯🇲 Jamaica Commemorates College Anniversary In 2025 Issue.

 

New issues - 

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

2025 - Remote airstrips - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, one containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

23 August 2026 - Commemoration of Ramphal Mandal, a ‘Freedom Fighter’ who was hanged after confessing to the brutal murder of four Sikh officials of the British imperial government in India - 1 stamp. Designed by Shri Kamleshwar Singh. Rating:- *.

🇯🇲 Jamaica Post -

8 September 2025 - 175th anniversary of St George’s College - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****. These photographs appear on the Spectre of Stamps internet site and are currently offered for sale by that dealer.

🇰🇪 Kenya Post -

3 June 2026 - 63rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kenya and the former Soviet Union. Previously reported in Blog 2937 this issue appears to be made up of 4 stamps rather than a miniature sheet. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

2962. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Post - It’s Lord Of The Rings Time Yet Again.

 

New Issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

2 September 2026 - 25th anniversary of the release of The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring, a movie based on the book by JRR Tolkien filmed in New Zealand locations. New Zealand Post has on a number of occasions released numerous stamps on the subject of this and other movies in the series - 1 sheetlet containing 9 different stamps. Designed by Sacha Lees and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5 x 14. Cost equal to £14.12. There are also 9 miniature sheets each containing a different single stamp with a total price equal to £14.12 which are lithographed with the addition of gold foil. Rating:- *.

2962. 🇧🇲 Bermuda Commemorates The Bermuda Regiment.

New issues -

🇧🇲 Postal service of Bermuda -

17 September 2026 - 65th anniversary of the Bermuda Regiment - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇧🇧 Barbados Post -

17 August 2026 - Bajan rum shops - 5 stamps. Designed by Gail O’Kane, a local artist. Lithographed. Other illustrations awaited. Rating:- ****.