2961. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Commemorates Distinguished Paediatrician.

 

New issues -

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

1 July 2026 - Centenary of the National Institute of Health Sciences - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

26 July 2026 - Commemoration of the late Professor Priyani Elizabeth Soysa, distinguished paediatrician (1925 - 2023) - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

31 July 2026 - 225th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

1 September 2026 - Native island wildlife of Jersey - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by Holly Gilbert (Jersey Post) and lithographed. Rating:- *.

2960. 🇬🇧 Pets Of All Types From Royal Mail

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

20 August 2026 - Pets - 10 stamps issued in 2 se-tenant strips of 5 (5 x 2nd Class & 5 x 1st Class). Designed by Royal Mail Groups Ltd and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5. Rating:- *.Total cost - an unusually restrained £13.55, there being no extra items such as booklets, miniature sheets, Collectors sheets etc etc.

Post scriptum - the comments below report that the photograph used for the goldfish stamp was previously used by the United Stamps Post Office in the design of one of the stamps it issued in 2016. The photograph was bespoke for use as the design for the United States stamp along with others which made up a set on the subject of Pets. The photographs for the set, including the goldfish stamp, were taken by Eric Isselée.

2959. 🇸🇭 Endemic Invertebrates Featured On New St Helena Definitive Series.

 

New issues -

🇹🇨 St Helena postal service -

1 August 2026 - Definitive issue, endemic invertebrates - 12 stamps and 1 sheetlet containing all 12 stamps. Lithographed by 999 Security Printing Ltd. Rating:- *****.

🇨🇲 Campost (Cameroon Postal Services) -

2026 (date of issue not yet known) - Ratification by President Paul Biya of the African Union Convention on preventing and combating corruption adopted in Maputo in 2003 - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

13 August 2026 - Wolves - 4 self-adhesive stamps issued in booklets of 8 (2 of each stamp). Designed by Andrew Perro and lithographed by Lowe-Martin. Rating:- *****.

2958. 🇬🇧 First Look At Royal Mail Pets Stamps..

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

20 August 2026 - Pets - 10 stamps in 2 se-tenant strips (5 x 2nd class and 5 x 1st class). A local post office is showing a presentation pack of this upcoming issue on its Facebook page. Rating:- *.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

20 August 2026 - Hong Kong Past and Present, Kowloon - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Lai Wai-ting and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- **.

🇯🇴 Jordan Post -

28 April 2026 - World Day for Safety and Health at Work - 3 stamps in a vertically se-tenant strip. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2957. 🇮🇳 Handlooms Of India.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

7 August 2026 - Handlooms of India - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Rating:- *****.

🇮🇪 An Post (postal service of the Republic of Ireland) -

30 July 2026 - Centenary of the Army Equitation School and of the Aga Khan Cup - 2 self-adhesive stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp.Designed by Red&Grey and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

🇯🇴 Postal service of Jordan -

2 August 2026 - ‘Jerusalem - capital of Arab women 2025-2026’ - 1 previously issued stamp with overprint and surcharge applied to it. Rating:-***