2837. 🇬🇧 Royal Mail Issue To Feature Stranger Things.

 

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

13 January 2026 - Stranger Things - It appears that the first issue of 2026 (made up of a multitude of expensive products) will be on the subject of a Netflix television  programme titled Stranger Things with which I am wholly unfamiliar but which is described by Wikipedia as an “American series … the first season was released on Netflix on July 15 2016” and “the fifth and final season is being released in three parts in November and December 2025”. Wikipedia informs us that the programme combines “elements of horror, science fiction, mystery, fantasy and coming of age drama”. Presumably this is one of those cult productions which few know about but those who do are prepared to spend a lot of money on items related to it. 

Rating:- 0.

🇬🇧 Postal service of the British Antarctic Territory -

I reproduce below news of a new postbox presented to the territory by HM King Charles III as described by the BBC News internet page -

New issues -

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

10 December 2025 - Joint issue with the Russian postal service, 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries- explorers Ahmed bin Majid and Alana’s Nikitin  - 1 stamp issued in sheetlets of 9 and 1 miniature sheet containing a single circular stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

16 December 2025 - 250th birth anniversary of Jane Austen, author of novels - 1 ‘Collector sheet’ containing 10 identical‘Union Flag’ stamps with attached labels and sold at a premium (£18.20). Rating:- *.

2825. 🇱🇷🇬🇧🇬🇸 Malaysia Stamp Week, BAT Huts And South Georgia Marine Science Issues.

 

New issues -

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia - 

13 November 2025 - Stamp Week, Classic animations - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

🇬🇧 Postal service of British Antarctic Territory -

late November 2025 - Historic Antarctic huts and bases, part 1 - 6 stamps (3 se-tenant pairs). Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇸 Postal service of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands -

18 December 2025 - Discovery investigations - the centenary of marine science- 4 stamps ( 2 se-tenant pairs). Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by by Cartor and perforated 13.5 x 13. Rating:- *****.

Production of the 2 above issues was coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle Of Man Stamps & Coins for information about these stamps.

One that got away -

🇬🇧 Royal Mail -

10 November 2025 - Centenary of the birth of the extremely important stage and screen actor, the Welshman Richard Burton CBE. Preferring to issue a set celebrating the role of ducks in the history of Britain and a set commemorating the invention in the United States of a board game, Royal Mail missed the opportunity to commemorate the birth centenary of Sir Richard Burton, one of Britain’s greatest actors, a notable figure in modern Welsh history and famous for his relationship with Elizabeth Taylor.

  True, Royal Mail did feature Burton in his role as Henry V on a stamp as part of an issue released in 2018 to commemorate the bicentenary of the Old Vic but it does seem that he is a figure worthy of commemoration on the centenary of his birth and a stamp issue intended to do that also of course gives the opportunity to highlight Wales, one of the countries of the United Kingdom.

  This is another example of a stamp issue that got away though the Ducks issue may be relevant as Burton starred in the movie The Wild Geese. See also Blogs 2781 and 2805.

2813. 🇬🇧🇫🇰🇬🇸 More New Issues From The South Atlantic And Antarctica.

 

New issues -

🇬🇧 Postal service of the British Antarctic Territory -

Where further issues (see also Blog 2812) -designed by Bee Design (Aurora and Expeditions set) and Andrew Robinson (Great skua set). All lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

The BAT Antarctic Survey Logistics Expedition 2025 - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp - 

The Great Skua - 4 stamps -

The Aurora Australis - 4 stamps -

🇫🇰 Falkland Islands postal service - 

12 November 2025 - The Aurora Australis - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

🇬🇸 Postal service of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands -

13 November 2025 - ‘Heritage’ - 6 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

The production of all the above issues was coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle Of Man Stamps and Coins for information about these issues..

New issues programmes 2026 -

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post - issues inscribed Guernsey or Alderney or Sark -

Guernsey Post not pulling any punches.

2812. 🇬🇧🇫🇰🇸🇭 Issues From British Antarctic Territory, Tristan Da Cunha And The Falklands.

New issues -

🇬🇧 Postal service of British Antarctic Territory -

“Expected mid-November 2025” - Diatoms - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 31.5. Rating:- ****.

🇸🇭 Postal service of Tristan Da Cunha -

20 October 2025 - Landscapes of Tristan Da Cunha - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Design and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 14.5. Rating:- *****.

🇫🇰 Postal service of the Falkland Islands -

5 December 2025 - Sights of the Falkland Islands, Lighthouses - 4 stamps. Designed by Bee Designnand lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13.5. Rating:- *****.

Production of all of the above items was coordinated by Creative Direction. Thanks to Isle of Man Stamps & Coins for information about the above issues.

🇫🇯 Fiji Post -

29 November 2025 (see Blog 2771) - China 2024 philatelic exhibition, 50th anniversary of the discovery of Terracotta warriors at Xian - 1 miniature sheet containing 4 different stamps. Details of this issue were given previously in Blog 2771 but the miniature sheet is mentioned here again to tie in with the news of the 2025 Philakorea issue below.

17 September 2025 - Philakorea Philatelic Exhibition, Seoul, 17 - 21 September 2025 - 1 stamp and 2 miniature sheets both containing a single stamp. Previously issued items reissued with overprints applied. Rating:- ***.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Post -

20 October 2025 - Deepavali - 1 stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.