3016. 🇬🇾 New Issues From Guyana.

 

New issues -

🇬🇾 Guyana Post Office Corporation -

29 October 2026 - Official commissioning of the Bharrat-Jagden bridge (2025) - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

18 September 2026 - Guypex 2026, 60th anniversary of Guyana’s membership of the United Nations Organisation - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇲🇼 Malawi Post - 

late 2026 - Christmas, previously issued Christmas stamps reissued with surcharges apllied. The values are the same as the 2025 surcharges but these have the original value obliterated by 3 lines rather than 2 lines which was the case in 2025. Rating:- ****.

late 2026 - additional surcharges on previously issued definitive stamps-

Surcharges on K65 stamp in red - 6 stamps (K900, K1200, K1800, K2328, K2450 and K2700.

Surcharges on K105 value in black - 5 stamps -  K1314, K1835, K1865, K2160 and K2400.

3015. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Reveals 2027 New Issues.

 

New issues -

🇮🇳 India Post -

13 November 2926 - Commemoration of Dr Ram Bex Singh (scientist working on renewable energies) - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

New issue programmes for 2027.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

5 January 2027 - Chinese New Year, Year of the Ram - 4 stamps, 2 single stamp miniature sheets and 2 ‘Heart-warming stamps’ plus 1 ‘gold and silver’ miniature sheet marking the end of the Year of the Horse and the start of the Year of the Ram containing 2 different stamps and 1 sheetlet of 16 stamps containing 4 blocks of 4 stamps, each showing a different animal of the Chinese zodiac. Designed by Wong Chun-Hong and lithographed. Rating:- ****.

25 February 2027 - Definitives, new denominations - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2027, date to be confirmed - The Northern Metropolis - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Tong Wai-Ping and lithographed. Rating:- ***.

15 April 2027 - National Security Education Day - further details awaited.

27 May 2027 - Development of public housing in Hong Kong, second issue - 4 stamps (2 se-tenant pairs) and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Toby Ng and lithographed. Rating:- **.

17 June 2026 - Hiking trails in Hong Kong, fourth issue - the Hong Kong Trail - 4 stamps, 1 miniature sheet and 1 stamp booklet. Designed by James Leung Wai-mo and lithographed. Rsting:- **.

🇯🇴 Jordan Post -

11 November 2026 - 60th anniversaries of the Jordanian Arabic Language Academy, Yarmouth University and the Vocational Training Corporation - 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

3014. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail Football Season 1 Stamps.

 

New issues -

🇫🇯 Fiji Post - 

10 November 2026 - 65th anniversary of the first Fijians being recruited to serve in the British Army - 4 stamps. Designed by Timaima Williams (local artist) and lithographed. Rating:- *****.

This issue is interesting because of the involvement of the British High Commission in Suva in the launch of these stamps. Western nations in general, and the United Kingdom in particular, have largely ignored the potential of philatelic diplomacy while China in particular is especially good at promoting its interests and projecting a positive image of itself by its collaboration with small and poor nations especially in the Pacific and also Africa and by involving itself in joint issues or sponsorship of certain stamp releases. China has played an important role in Fijian issues of recent years and so this issue goes some way to restore a diplomatic balance. Hopefully the British government might pick up on this idea and seen the potential benefits of involving itself in philatelic diplomacy.

The launch ceremony in Suva -

2026 - Definitives, surcharges - 85c xxx on 63c in black, Not previously reported in this blog, I think. Rating:- ***. See Blog 2924.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

1  December 2026 - ‘Football, Season 1” - 10 stamps, presumably produced as 5 se-tenant pairs (including Manchester City, just one of them shown below). These poor quality illustrations are the best I can do at present taking them from the illustrations for a sale of RM postcards on an internet auction site. There may be additional items. As this is titled ‘Season 1’ and only 4 English football teams are featured it seems to me that this must be the first issue of a prolonged annual series on football clubs to be released over a number of years. 

3013. 🇨🇦 Canada Celebrates Hanukkah.

  

New issues -

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

9 November 2026 - Hanukkah, Jewish religious festival - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in booklets of 6. Designed by Hélène L’Heureux from a painting by Jacqueline Kott-Wolle and lithographed by Lowe-Martin. Rating:- ****.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh Post -

4 November 2026 - National Revolution and Solidarity Day - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.