2924. 🇫🇯 A Flood Of Fiji Surcharges.

New issues -

  The stamp dealer, Prince Stamps, based in Spain, is offering a large number of new surcharges fron Fiji Post which are stated to have been released in 2026. I believe these were being sold at the Fiji stand at the Boston International Stamp Exhibition just finishing. There were also some commemorative issues for sale -

23 May 2026 - Fiji traditions - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

23 May 2026 - Boston International Philatelic Exhibition, Fiji’s natural heritage - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

19 May 2026 - 147th Girmit Era (see Blog 2918). The designs of this set have been pre iously shown in tbis blog but a number appear to have been printed with name of the country omitted from the stamp design. Rating:- *****.

2026 - Various surcharges totalling 43 different stamps as illustrated below. Rating:- ****

Commonwealth countries and territories which are not know to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2026 up until the end of May.

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

Kenya

Kingdom of eSwatini

Kiribati

Lesotho 

Malawi 

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 

Solomon Islands

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 May, 51 out of 88 ( 57.95%) of Commonwealth philatelic entities had not issued, or had not had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps in 2026.This compares with 59.1% at the end of April 2016 and 58.2% at the end of May 2025.

2923. 🇬🇬🇯🇪🇬🇬 More Issues From The Channel Islands.

 

New issues -

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

12 June - 150th anniversary of the Band of the Island of Jersey - 6  stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Lithographed by bpost. Rating:- *.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

7 July 2026 - Jellyfish of local waters -6 stamps and 1 ‘prestige booklet’ (further details awaited). Lithographed. Rating:-*.

 🇬🇬 Guernsey Post (issued inscribed Alderney) - 

7 July 2026 - Restoration of the Bonne Terre Watermill - 6 stamps.Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

1 February 2026 - 50th anniversary of the Journal of Oman Studies - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2922. 🇵🇳 Update On Pitcairn.

 

New issues.

🇬🇸 Bounty Post (postal service of Pitcairn Islands) - 

2023 - Friends of Pitcairn Islands - 2 stamps issued as a se-tenant pair. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

2023 - commemoration of Dr William and Mrs Emily Ancrum (see Blog 2782) - 3 stamps in a se-tenant strip. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.  It was suggested that this issue had been released in 2025 but it appears that the year of issue by Tower Stamps was 2023.

2024 - The Pitcairn stamp designs of Jennifer Toombs (1940-2018) - 4 stamps issued as a se-tenant strip with a valueless label depicting the designer between the 2nd and 3rd stamps. Lithographed. Rating:-*****.

A very worthy subject.

All of the above items have been recently offered for sale on an internet auction site by Vmpetrol.

The American revolution.

In Blog 2920 I reported on the recent issues by the United States Post Office which commemorate the 250th anniversary of the rebellion of the Thirteen British colonies in North America and the declaration of Independence which established the United States of America. A further issue was released on 23 May 2026 which takes the form of a 2 pane ‘prestige booklet’ sold for US$28.95. The two panes are identical and each contain 10 different self-adhesive stamps which depict artefacts - ‘treasures’ - of the revolutionary period. These include a map of the Battle of Yorktown, the flag of the American Commander-in-chief, revolutionary currency, the badge of Mikitary Merit and a teapot with a revolutionary inscription. This is an interesting approach to commemorating the age of revolution and the issue was designed by Ethel Kessler.

2921. 🇯🇴 Jordan Commemorates 80 Years Of Independence.

 New issues -

🇯🇴 JO Post (postal service of Jordan) -

25 May 2026 - 80th anniversary of Independence (Transjordan was liberated from Turkish rule in 1918 during the First World War and became a League of Nations Mandate of Great Britain in 1920 with the establishment of the Emirate of Transjordan on 1 April 2021 and full independence from Great Britain being achieved on 22 March 1946 as the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan) - 1 miniature sheet containing 8 different stamps and 1 booklet containing 9 different panes (1 containing the 8 stamps and the other each containing a single stamp). Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

The booklet - 

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

22 May 2026 - Wood carvings of Embekke Devalaya - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

? May 2026 - 60th anniversary of the Institute of Packing, My Post - 1 stamp with attached label sold above face value in sheetlets of 12.

🇵🇬 Post PNG (postal service of Papua New Guinea) -

2025 probably - Fruit trees of Papua New Guinea - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, 1 containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

2025 (probably) - Birds of the Forest floor - 4 stamps and 2 miniature sheets, one containing 4 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

How hard is it to design an appealing set of postage stamps in 2026?

Answer - Not hard at all.

This set of 4 stamps depicting Labrador retrievers was created using AI in about 10 minutes.

Surely these are better than the recent set of Royal Mail Castles stamps. If RM wants me to provide it with future stamp designs, Gemini and I are standing by. Oh yes! For a nice juicy fee please.