New issues.
🇮🇳 India Post -
1 March 2023 - 75th anniversary of Central Base Post Office - 1 stamp. Rating:- ****.
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory postal service.
In response to an enquiry from this Blog about whether any new stamp issues were planned in the foreseeable future and in particular any new stamps to commemorate the late Queen Elizabeth II or any related to the the succession of King Charles III either commemorative or definitive the following reply was received -
“The BIOT mailing system is temporarily on hold status. However you can still purchase BIOT stamps on our website as souvenirs. There is no new issue of stamps until further notice”.
There therefore seems no prospect of any BIOT new issues in the foreseeable future and furthermore there is no operating postal system serving the territory.
Commonwealth countries and territories whose postal services are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps so far during 2023 -
Aitutaki Cook Islands
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Australian Antarctic Territory
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Botswana
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Cameroon
Cayman Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia
Cook Islands
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Dominica
eSwatini
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Jamaica
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Maldives
Mauritius
Montserrat
Nauru
Nevis
Nigeria
Niuafo’ou Tonga
Niue
Papua New Guinea
Penrhyn Cook Islands
Pitcairn Islands
Ross Dependency
Rwanda
St Helena
St Kitts
Saint Lucia
St Vincent and The Grenadines
Samoa
Seychelles
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks And Caicos Islands
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Vanuatu
Zambia
By the end of February therefore, 55 out of 88 (%) Commonwealth philatelic entities remained on the list. This compares with 55 at the end of February 2022.
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