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:- ****.