2936. 🇨🇦 Canada Commemorates More Indigenous Leaders.

 

New issues -

🇮🇪 An post (postal service of the Irish Republic) -

18 June 2026 - 75th anniversary of Comhaitas Ceoltióirí Éireann Comöradh - 1 self=adhesive stamp produced in sheetlets of 4. Designed by DesignWorks and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ****.

19 June 2026 - Indigenous leaders (2026 series), leaders in sports activities - 3 self-adhesive stamps issued in booklets of 6 (3 panes, each pane containing of a particular stamp). Designed by Tétro and lithographed by Colour Innovations. Rating:- ***.

🇺🇸 Intergovernmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC) -

This USA-based purveyor & sometimes manufacturer of philatelic items had been dormant for over a year as regards updating its internet site but now appears to have come out of hibernation and has brought the list of issues it sells up to date for June 2026. Almost all newly reported issues are from client postal services which produce their own stamps and as regards territories for which IGPC is mostly responsible there has been virtually no activity though there is one new issue from The Gambia which I have not noticed before - 

🇬🇲  Issues inscribed The Gambia -

30 April 2025 - Re-election of Trump as President of the United States of America - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 2 different stamps and the other 6 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- 0.

2935. 🇬🇧 Waterfalls Stamps Now Featured On Royal Mail Internet Site.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

23 June 2026 - Waterfalls - 10 stamps (2 se-tenant strips of 5). Designed by Studio Mean and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5 x 14. Attractive photographs but banal design. A randomly chosen subject not related to any notable event nor anniversary. A catchpenny issue - cost £13.55 - but pleasingly, no additional items. Rating:- *. Only for the one-of-everything collector.

2934. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh Commemorates FIFA World Cup.

 

New issues -

🇧🇩 postal service of Bangladesh -

11 June 2026 - FIFA World Cup Football championships hosted by Mexico, Canada and USA - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Jasim Uddin and lithographed by The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd Gazipur and perforated 12.5. Rating:- ***.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

30 July 2026 - Biodiversity, 2nd issue - 4 stamps. Designed by Abdelkrim Asrar and lithographed. Rating:- **.

20 August 2026 - Hong Kong Past and Present series, Kowloon City District - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Lai Wai-yin and lithographed. Rating:- **.

17 September 2026 - Lingnan craftsmanship: Guangcai, (The Canton Famille Rose porcelain) making technique - 4 stamps in a se-tenant block and 2 miniature sheets each containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

5 November 2026 - 24 Solar terms -Winter - 6 stamps (3 se-tenant pairs) and 1 miniature sheet containing 24 different stamps as 12 se-tenant pairs. Designed by Sherman Lau and lithographed. Rating:-**.

17 December 2026 - Development of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. The illustrations do not depict the values inscribed on the stamps. Rating:- **.

🇬🇭 Ghana Post -

24 May 2024 - ‘Cryptostamp’ commemorating the 25th anniversary of the accession of the Otembuo Osei Tutu II, King of the Ashanti Kingdom - 1 stamp.

2933. 🇬🇮 Second Set Of Dogs From Gibraltar..

 

New issues -

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

30 June 2026 - Breeds of dogs - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a further 6 different stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera and photographs by Envato and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- **.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

20 June 2026 - Maltese architecture - 4 stamps. Designed from photographs by Maria Christina Bugeja and Mariah Grech and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

16 June 2026 - “One million refugees welcomed to Australia since the Second World War”, 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in a ‘sheetlet’ of 5 identical stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

Thanks to Anonymous for drawing my attention to this issue.

🇲🇼 Malawi Post -

?2026 - Surcharges on previously issued miniature sheets commemorating the late Diana Princess of Wales (see Blog 2917) - 3 miniature sheets each containing 4 different stamps with surcharges applied. A reader of this blog asked whether these were machine-printed surcharges or applied by hand. Now I have a set I can confirm that the surcharges are clearly applied by hand,