2985. 🇫🇰 More Falkland Islands Dogs.

 

New issues -

🇫🇰 Falkland Islands postal service  -

2 November 2026 - Falkland Islands dogs (2nd issue) - 4 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Rating:- *****

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

28 September 2026 - Truth and Reconciliation - 4 self-adhesive stamps issued in booklets with 2 of each stamp. Designed by Blair Thompson of Believe In from illustrations by Emily Kewageshig Jason Sikoak  and Christi Belcourt and lithographed by Lowe Martin Rating:- **.

2984. 🇸🇬 First Lenticular Stamps From Singapore.

 

New issues -

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

8 September 2026 - International Literacy Day - 2 stamps issued in a se-tenant pair in sheetlets of 8. Lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation Karachi. Rating:- ***.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post  -

9 October 2026 - ‘Singapore Then & Now’, World Post Day - 2 miniature sheets sold in a folder, each containing a single stamp, both are produced as lenticular stamps.  Rating:- ***.

8 October 2026 - World Post Day, My Stamp - 1 sheetlet of 7 My Stamp stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

25 September 2026 - Five Nation Stamp Exhibition held in Kangaroo, Perlis - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

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

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

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 

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 September, 39 (44.3%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued, or have not had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2026. This compares with a figure of 48.9% at the end of August 2026 and 42% at the end of September 2025.

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: - ***.

2982. 🇲🇹 Malta To Issue Another Religious Festivals Sheetlet.

 

New issues -

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

30 September 2026 - Religious festivals of Malta - 1 sheetlet containing 10 different stamps. Designed by Mark Micallef Perconte and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇪 An Post (postal service of the Irish Republic) 

24 September 2026 - Modern Irish literary fiction - 4 self-adhesive stamps. Designed by Jack Smyth and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

2981. 🇮🇳 India Commemorates Notable Film Star Uttam Kumar.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

4 September 2026 - Birth centenary of Uttam Kumar (1926-80), late Indian film star - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

5 September 2026 - 75th anniversary of Dinamalar Tamil newspaper - 1 stamp. Rating:- **.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

5 October 2026 - Centenary of the British Grand Prix (motor racing) - in addition to the set of 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 8 stamps(see Blog 2978) a ‘Prestige booklet’ costing £34.74 will also be issued. Printed by Words and Spaces. Rating:- 0.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

 15 September 2026 - 10th anniversary of elections e services - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***..

 17 September 2026 - Centenary of the London Buddhist Vihara - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.