2867. 🇬🇧 Roses From Royal Mail.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

26 February 2026 - Roses - 10 stamps (2 se-tenant strips each of 5 stamps (one strip 5 x 1st Class and the other 5 x 2nd) costing £12.85 and 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ costing £14. Designed by Charlie Smith Design from artwork by Marie Burke & lithographed by Cartor & perforated 14.5. 2026 would have been  the 150th anniversary of the Royal Rose Society but unfortunately it was dissolved in 2017. Some lovely designs but part of an overcrowded and excessive new issue programme. Rating:- *.

2866. 🇳🇿 New Zealand Commemorates Most Successful Local Film.

 

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

4 March 2026 - 10th anniversary of The Hunt For The Wilder-people, New Zealand’s most successful local film - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print. Rating:- *.

🇮🇳 India Post -

13 February 2026 - Inauguration of Sevastopol Teerth, the new primeminister’s office building complex 1 stamp. Rating:- *.

2026 - My Stamps, personalised stamps sold by India Post in sheetlets of 12 with attached labels and at a premium -

Mount Carmel Schools founded by Neena Mohini Williams in 1972 - 1 stamp.

70th anniversary of the Ashok Hotel in New Delhi - 1 stamp.

2865. 🇮🇳 India Features Traditional Puppets.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

13 February 2026 - Traditional puppets of India - 8 stamps issued in a setenant block as part of a sheet of 16 stamps (2 sets of 8). Rating:- ****.

🇫🇯 Fiji Post -

14 February 2026 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Horse - 4 stamps produced in cooperation with the ‘Chinese Cultural Centre’ marking Fiji’s “timeless bond” with the Chinese People’s Republic. Lithographed. Rating:- *.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post - 

28 February 2026 - Bees - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed from photographs by Glen Perotte, a Jersey photographer. Lithographed. Rating:- *.

2864. 🇮🇪 An Post To Commemorate United States Rebellion.

 

New issues -

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

24 February 2026 - 250th anniversary of the American rebellion - 1 stamp featuring the Ulsterman John Dunlap who printed the early copies of the rebels’ Declaration of Independence - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

9 March 2026 - ‘From the Ocean to the Stars’, photographs taken by the American “astronaut and aquanaut” Nicole Stott - 6 gummed stamps (cost £12.21), 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps but in self-adhesive format (£12.21) and 1 prestige booklet of self-adhesive stamps (£19.81). Designed by Glazier Design and lithographed. Nicole Stott is the wife of the Isle Of Man-born American Chris Stott, founder and principle director of ManSat and the “Isle Of Man government’s Representative to the Space Community”. Well, there we have it! Rating:- 0. 

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

2026 (exact date awaited) - Birth centenary of the late Queen Elizabeth II - further details awaited but the design of one of the stamps has been revealed.

2863. 🇦🇺 Australia Commemorates Birth Centenary Of Queen Elizabeth II.

 New issues -

🇦🇺Australia Post -

7 April 2026 - Birth centenary of the late Queen Elizabeth II - 3 stamps (cost A$5.10) and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ****.

🇨🇽 Products inscribed ‘Christmas Island Australia’ -

2 March 2026 - ‘Digi-stamp’ (Cryptostamp stamps), Year of the Horse - 3 products with face values of $1.70, $3.40 and $3.50 each sold for $15. Designed by Chrissy Lau. Rating:- 0.

10 March 2026 - WB Gould’s Sketchbook of Fishes - 3 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:-*.

17 March 2026 - The art of Eileen Mayo - 3 gummed stamps ($5.10) and 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 costing $17 and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps ($5.10). Designed by Janet Boschen and lithographed RA Printing and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- **.

24 March 2026 - Photography in Australis - 3 gummed stamps and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Simone Sakinofsky and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 or 14.5. Rating:- *.

17 February 2026 - ‘Disney villains’ ‘stamp pack’ sold for $19 and containing 1 pane of 9 different My Stamp stamps. Rating:- 0.

24 February 2026 - 20th anniversary of the movie ‘Cars’ - Stamp pack containing 2 panes each of 6 different My Stamps - 12 stamps in all and sold for $23. Rating:-0.

24 March 2026 - Peppa Pig Collection ‘stamp pack’ sold for $37 containing 2 panes of My Stamps each containing 6 different stamps (a total of 12) and 2 sheetlets each containing 4 identical ‘birthday cake’ Greetings stamps. Rating:-0.

14 April 2026 - ‘Preparing for Peace - World War I posters’ - 2 gummed stamps costing $4.70, 2 gummed stamps, 2 self-adhesive stamps from each either a booklet of 10 ($17) or ‘sheetlet’ of 5 ($15) and1 gummed miniature sheet containing both stamps. I Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.5 x 14 or 14 x 14.5. Rating:- *.