2988. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail Commemorates Winnie The Pooh Publication Centenary.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

14 October 2026 - Centenary of the publication of AA Milne’s Winnie The Pooh book (classic English childrens’ book) - 6 stamps (3 vertically se-tenant pairs) (£10.80), 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps (£7.20), 1 Prestige booklet containing 4 panes including 1 pane of King Charles III definitives - 1 x 1p, 1 x 50p, 2 x £1 and 1 x £2) (£27.76) and a limited edition deluxe prestige booklet with identical contents but in a ‘limited edition’ (£49.99), booklet of 4 self-adhesive ‘Winnie the Pooh’ stamps (£7.20), 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 10 stamps (£19.20) and 4 ‘Fan sheets’ each costing £8 (total £32). Designed by Supple Studio and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5 x 14. Total cost - £154,15 (or without the deluxe booklet (£104.16p). Rating:- **.

2987. 🇬🇬 Guernsey Post To Issue Fourteen Stamps For Christmas 2026.

 

New issues -

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

Issue inscribed Guernsey -

2 November 2026 - Christmas, local interpretation of the nativity - 7 stamps. Designed by Charlie Buchanan and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- ***.

Issue inscribed Alderney

2 November 2026 - Christmas angels - 7 self-adhesive stamps.. Designed by Chloe Sarre and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- ***.

18 November2026 - 110th anniversary of the battle of the Somme, Guernsey’s contribution - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

And so, to a more  recent conflict -

🇮🇱 Israel Post -

This edition of Commonwealth Stamps Opinion is posted on 7 October 2026 which marks the third anniversary of the massacre in Israel of at least 1195 people - including 828 civilians and 38 children - and the taking of a large number of hostages by terrorist Palestinian groups including Hamas and other Islamist organisations. This act of terrorism in turn led to Israeli forces attacking the Hamas militants with the result that thousands of Palestinians in Gaza died during the ensuing war. Although there has been no stamp issue this year referring to the terrorist assault on innocent Israeli civilians, Israel Post did issue a single stamp one year ago to remember the victims of the terrorist attack of 7 October 2023 and to remind the world of the act of infamy which had the most severe consequences for the perpetrators and innocents alike.

2986. 🇦🇺 Australia Commemorates Pooh Centenary With ‘My Stamps’.

 

New issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

6 October 2026 - Centenary of the publication of AA Milne’s Winnie The Pooh children’s book, a landmark English language children’s piece of literature - .Disney obtained a licensing deal from Milne’s widow in 1961 and US$350 million for full worldwide rights in 2001. My Stamps - 12 self-adhesive stamps issued in packs containing 2 panes of 6 plus 1 miniature sheet’ containing 4 identical gummed greetings stamps and a sheetlet of 4 of the same stamp with attached labels. Sold at a premium for Au$39.00. Oddly, considering this is an Australian stamp issue, the character Kanga is not featured on any of the 12 stamps though the baby Roo is one of the depicted characters. Rating:- 0.

🇮🇳 India Post -

1 October 2026 - Centenary of the Union Public Service Commission - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***

🇹🇷 Postal service of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus -

10 October 2026 - Butterflies of Cyprus - 2 stamps. Designed by GK Sônmezer and lithographed by Devlet Basimani. Rating:- *****.