New issues -
🇮🇲 Isle of Man Post Office -
21 April 2026 - Birth centenary of Queen Elizabeth II (‘fashion legacy of Her Majesty’ - 6 stamps costing £13.48 and 1 pack costing £35 and containing 2 panes, one a sheet of 12 stamps (2 each of stamps from Isle of Man, Ascension Island, Bahamas, Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Tristan Da Cunha) and the other sheet made up of 18 different Isle of Man stamps). Lithographed. Rating:-*****.
New issue programmes.
The philatelic dealer, Spectre of Stamps has reported the following new issue programmes for 2026 -
🇲🇼 Postal service of Kenya -
Birds and butterflies
Diplomatic relations with Russia.
No dates of issue have been reported yet.
🇸🇨 Postal service of Seychelles -
June 2026 - 50th anniversary of independence
October 2026 - 165th anniversary of the establishment of the Seychelles postal service
🇧🇲 Postal service of Bermuda -
Remaining issues are -
May 2026 - Perot post office cancellations
August 2026 - 60th anniversary of the Bermuda Regiment
That multi-country sheet is ridiculous but of course the Atlantic islands have been doing it since 1980(?).
ReplyDeleteAt least they are all the same currency!
The Atlantic islands have issued multiple joint issues celebrating events and a few sheets but these generally contain a single stamp from each territory. This is something new and with all the stamps self adhesive creates versions of the stamps that are not available in the territory themselves, but are probably valid for postage as Isle of Man handles their philatelic production.
DeleteJust a small correction regarding Kenya stamp program 2026. The announced Birds & Butterflies edition has been renamed to just "Butterflies". We hope to be able to present images soon.
ReplyDeleteI looked at the second sheet and I believe it is only 12 stamps. The six 2026 stamps appear to be printed but cancelled with a gold postmark.
ReplyDeleteKenya: not seen on site, Release on 10/6/2025. 6 stamps topic - 8th Anniversary for Standard Gauge Railway. Recently required from Bombay Stamps.
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