2939. 🇫🇰🇸🇭 New Issues From Falkland Islands And Tristan Da Cunha.

New Issues -

🇫🇰 Postal service of the Falkland Islands -

3 August 2026 Airmail postcard rate stamps (£1,60), the gentoo penguin - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in a booklet of 10 for £16. Designed by Bee Design from a photograph by Sara Jenner and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- *****.

🇸🇭 Postal service of Tristan Da Cunha -

4 July 2026 - 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by the rebelling North American colonists - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different £2.50 stamps. Designed by Andrew Robinson and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5 x14.5. Rating:- ***.

Production of the above 2 issues was co-ordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle of Man stamps and Coins for information about this issue.

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

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda 

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia Norfolk Island

Australian Antarctic Territory 

Barbados 

Belize

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon

Cook Islands including Rarotonga 

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn 

Dominica 

Gabon 

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Guyana

Jamaica

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Maldives 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Nevis

New Zealand Ross Dependency 

Niue

Papua New Guinea 

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda

St Helena 

St Kitts/St Kitts Nevis

Saint Lucia 

St Vincent and the Grenadines 

Samoa

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 June, 49 out of 88 (55.7%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps in 2026. This compares with 58.2% at the end of May 2026 and 53.4% at the end of June 2025.

2938. 🇵🇰 Pakistan Commemorates FIP Centenary.

 

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

18 June 2026 - Centenary of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie (FIP) - 3 stamps in a se-tenant strip issued in a sheetlet of 3 x 3) and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

9 July 2026 - Moths - A photograph of a PHQ depicting one of the stamps has been posted on the internet. There is no reasonable excuse for this set - it is just another excessive issue depicting a random subject against the background of 16 issues plus other items which Royal Mail is issuing during 2026. Rating:- *.

🇦🇪 Emirates Post - postal service of United Arab Emirates - 

25 June 2026 - Opening of Zayed National Museum - 1 miniature sheet containing 5 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2937. 🇰🇪 Kenya Celebrates Its Friendship With Russia.

 

New issues -

🇰🇪 Kenya Post -

3 June 2026 - 63rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Kenya - 4 stamps possibly from sheets or possibly 1 miniature sheet containing the 4 stamps or both. Further details awaited. Rating:- ****.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

1 July 2026 - Mammals as state emblems - 4 gummed and 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Rachel Gyan and Jason Watts and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:-***.

26 June 2026 - Macao 2026 Philatelic Exhibition - 1 miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *.

23 June 2026 - Gabby’s Dollhouse stamp collection - My stamp  ‘Stamp pack’ sold for A$37 containing 2 panes each of 9 different stamps and 1 pane containing a ‘miniature sheet’ made up of 4 x $1.70 wattle gummed stamps and a sheetlet of 4 of the same $1.70 stamps with attached labels. Rating:- 0.

 - Minnions and Monsters - My Stamp ‘Stamp pack’ costing $19 and containing a pane of 9 x $1.70 different stamps. Rating:- 0.

13 August 2026 - Queensland Stamp and Coin Show 2026 - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 identical stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

🇨🇶 Issues inscribed Sark -

7 July 2026 - Victor Hugo in Sark - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by James Colmer and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13 x 13.5. Rating:- *.

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:- ****.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

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.