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,

2932. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail New Issue Features Waterfalls.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail  -

23 June 2026 - British waterfalls - 10 stamps (1 strip of 5 x 2nd se-tenant stamps and 5 x 1st se-tenant stamps). Prior to the imminent release of the designs of the new stamps the issue is now for sale on eBay. When available, better quality illustrations will be added and further information added. Rating:- *.

The 10 stamps as featured on an upcoming Buckingham Covers first day cover -