2912. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail Is Celebrating Britain With Morecambe And Wise.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

14 May 2026 - ‘Celebrating Britain’, Morecambe and Wise (British comedian double act - marking the birth centenary of Eric Morecambe and 101st birth anniversary of Ernie Wise - 1 ‘Collectors sheet’ containing 10 x 1st Class rate self-adhesive Union Flag stamps with cameo of King Charles III and attached labels. Rating:- *.

A cheerful and worthwhile subject but why are they not commemorated in a simple stamp set and why not use the previous Morecambe and Wise commemorative stamp instead of the Union Flag stamps?

2911. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Celebrates Water Boat Parade.

 

New issues -

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

16 April 2026 - Centenary of the Pakistan Academy of Letters - 1 stamp. Lithographed by Pakistan Security Printing Corporation, Karachi. Rating:- ***.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

18 June 2026 - Intangible cultural heritage, the Tao O Dragon Boat Water Parade - 4 stamps, 2 miniature sheets and 1 ‘mini-pane’ containing 2 sets of 4 stamps. Designed by Wong Ka-lee and lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇦🇪 Emirates Post (postal service of the United Arab Emirates) -

6 May 2026 - 50th anniversary of the unification of the UAE Armed Forces - 1 miniature sheet containing 5 different stamps. Designed by Yasmin A Mulla and lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

26 June 2026 - Macao 2026 Specialised Philately Exhibition - 1 miniature sheet containing 5 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *

2910. 🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Europa Stamps Feature Previous Europa Designs.

 

New issues -

🇮🇲 Isle Of Man Post Office -

20 May 2026 - EUROPA, 70th anniversary of Europa stamps - 5 stamps in a se-tenant strip of 5 different stamps and a sheetlet of 6 x £2.63 stamps (£15.75). Designed by EJC Design and lithographed by bpost and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *.

🇮🇪 An Post (Postal service of the Republic of Ireland) -

7 May 2026 - Protect Nature - 2 self-adhesive stamps from sheetlets of 4. Designed by CI Studio and lithographed by Enschedé. Rating:- ***.

🇹🇬 Aurescollections/Stamperija products inscribed République Togolaise  - (Togo) -

4 May 2026 - Extraordinary wildlife - 14 stamps from sheetlets of 16 containing 2 sets as blocks of 8) and 1 miniature sheet. Rating:- 0.

2908. 🇬🇧 First View Of Royal Mail Castles Stamps.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

21 May 2026 - Castles  - 8 stamps, 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps and 1 Collectors sheet containing 8 different stamps and attached labels (price £15.60). Further details awaited. There is no reason for this expensive issue and the designs are lacking in originality. Very poor effort. Rating:- *.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post - 

31 March 2026 - International Anti-corruption Day (2025) - 1 stamps and attached. Lithographed. 

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

8 May 2026 - EUROPA, 70th anniversary of Europa stamps - 2 stamps. Designed by Klaus Welp and Jersey Stamps and lithographed by bpost. Rating:-*.