2857. 🇵🇰🇮🇳 First India And Pakistan Stamps Of 2026.

 

New issues -

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post - 

26 January 2026 - 25th anniversary of the Mid-country Refinery - 1 stamp printed in a sheetlet of 5 identical stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇮🇳 India Post -

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

25th anniversary of the maiden flight of light combat aircraft Tejas - 1 stamp.

Centenary of the Shillong branch of the State Bank of India.

Commonwealth countries not known to have issued or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2026 up until the end of January.

90 Commonwealth philatelic entities are included in the list of countries and territories at the start of 2026. These are:-

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda 

Ascension Island 

Australia 

Australia

Australia Christmas Island 

Australia Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Australia Norfolk Island 

Australian Antarctic Territory 

Bahamas 

Bangladesh 

Barbados 

Belize 

Bermuda

Botswana

British Antarctic Territory 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Brunei Darussalam 

Cameroon

Canada

Cayman Islands 

Cook Islands including Rarotonga

Cook Islands Aitutaki

Cook Islands Penrhyn

Cyprus

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus 

Dominica 

Falkland Islands 

Fiji 

Gabon 

Ghana 

Gibraltar 

Grenada 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Guernsey 

Guernsey Alderney

Guernsey Sark

Guyana

Isle of Man 

Jamaica 

Jersey 

Kenya

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Kiribati 

Lesotho 

Malawi 

Malaysia 

Maldives 

Malta 

Montserrat 

Mozambique 

Namibia 

Nauru 

Nevis 

New Zealand 

New Zealand Ross Dependency 

Nigeria 

Niue

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea 

Pitcairn Islands 

Rwanda 

St Helena

St Kitts/St Kitts Nevis

Saint Lucia

St Vincent and The Grenadines 

Samoa

Seychelles 

Sierra Leone 

Singapore 

Solomon Islands 

South Africa 

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 

Sri Lanka

The Gambia

Togo 

Tokelau 

Tonga

Tonga Niuafo’ou 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Tristan Da Cunha 

Turks and Caicos Islands 

Tuvalu 

Uganda 

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 

United Republic of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia 

Of these 16 philatelic entities 17.8%) are known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, legitimate postage stamps. These are - 

Australia 

Australia Christmas Island 

Brunei Darussalam 

Canada 

Cyprus 

Falkland Islands 

India

Isle of Man 

Jersey 

Malaysia 

New Zealand 

Pakistan 

Singapore 

South Africa 

Sri Lanka

United Kingdom 

Therefore at the end of January, 82.2% of Commonwealth philatelic entities have not issued, or not had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps. This compares with 84.1% at the end of January 2025 and 81.8% at the end of January 2024.

2856. 🇸🇭 Tristan Da Cunha Features Coastal Scenery.

 

New issues -

16 February 2026 - Coastal scenery of Tristan Da Cunha - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design from photographs by Nick Schönfeld and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5. Rating:- *****.

Production coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle of Man Stamps and Coins for information about this issue.

🇧🇳 Brunei Postal Services Company -

26 January 2026 - Diamond Wedding anniversary of the Sultan of Brunei and HM Duli Raja Isteri Pengaran Anak Hajah Saleha - 1 stamp and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. The high value miniature sheet is printed in very limited numbers, as with previous similar items, & will be hard to obtain. Rating:- *****.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

28 January 2026 - Black history month, Hip Hop in Canada - 3 self-adhesive stamps sold in booklets of 6 (3 panes each containing 2 examples of 1 of the designs). Designed by Nöel Nanton & Nadia Molinari of typotherapy and lithographed by Lowe Martin. Rating:- **.

New issue programmes for 2026 -

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

As published by the excellent stamp dealers, Spectre of Stamps -

2855. 🇳🇿 New Zealand To Commemorate Birth Centenary of Queen Elizabeth II.

 

New issues -

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

4 February 2026 - Birth centenary of Queen Elizabeth II - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14. Rating:- *****.

  We may expect a number of postal services to issue stamps commemorating the late queen during 2026. Of the 56 independent Commonwealth member states, for some time at least, she was Queen of all of them (or parts of them) apart from India, Brunei Darussalam, Tonga, eSwatini, Lesotho, Maldive Islands, Mozambique, Rwanda, Gabon and Togo. This list of philatelic entities over which she reigned are added to by the many dependent territories, some of which, I’m sure, will join in the philatelic commemoration of this great and much loved historical figure who became the longest reigning monarch in British history and who carried out her work with admirable dignity and ensured that her time as queen became known as the second Elizabethan age.

🇧🇹 Bhutan Post -

1 January 2026 - Lunar new year, Year of the Male Fire Horse - 2 miniature sheets, one containing a single stamp and the other 4 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2854. 🇲🇾 🇿🇦 Malaysia Features Local Pottery And South Africa Features Endangered Vultures.

 

New issues -

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

22 January 2026 - Malaysian pottery - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

21 January 2026 - Centenary of Sri Lankan cinema - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇿🇦 South African Post Office -

23 January 2026 - Endangered vultures - 1 sheetlet containing 5 different stamps. Designed by Rachel-Mari Ackermann from photographs by André Botha. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.