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:- ****.

3012. 🇨🇾 Cyprus Celebrates Christmas.

 

New issues -

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

8 November 2026 - Christmas - 3 stamps. Printed by Baltic Banknote High Security Printing. Rated:- *****. 

🇳🇷 Naoero Post -

April 2026 - Japan Expo 2025, the Naoero pavilion at the exposition - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

What’s happening in Commonwealth countries which have stopped issuing stamps?

  The number of Commonwealth postal administrations which issue postage only rarely or not at all seems to increase gradually as the years go by. Take Rwanda and Cameroon for instance. The Rwandan postal service quite remarkably is not known to have issued any postage stamps since 2010 and new issues from from Cam Post are extremely infrequent - there had been no new issues from Cameroon since 2021 until a single stamp was released earlier this year. So, given that both countries still have operating postal services, which stamps are actually being used on any mail posted in those countries?

  Some clues may be gleaned from a couple of 2026 covers which appear to be non-philatelic and which have recently been offered for sale on internet auction sites. Firstly, a cover from Rwanda showing usage of two stamps from the 2010 issues and secondly, a cover from Cameroon in which stamps dating back decades have been applied to the envelopes suggesting that Cameroon’s post offices have a large number of old issues from the philatelic boon years which are still in stock and available to use up.

  Why waste money producing new stamps when you have got large numbers to hand to still make use of?