2946. 🇹🇷 Northern Cyprus Features Handicrafts Motifs.

 

New issues -

🇯🇴 Postal service of  Jordan -

13 July 2026 - EUROMED, Traditional mosaics of the Mediterranean - 2 miniature sheets, one containing 3 different stamps and the other a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

7 July 2026 - Personalised My Stamp, Scott Pendlebury’s 433 record-breaking VFL/AFL Game  1 stamp available cancelled only on a ‘Medallion cover’ costing A$45. Rating:- 0.

13 July 2026 - ‘Paralympic of the Year’, Ben Tudhope - 1 stamp sold in sheetlets of 10 costing $17. Rating:- **.

🇹🇷 postal service of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus -

8 July 2026 - Traditional motifs of local handicrafts - 4 stamps. Designed by Saziye Aladag, Hasan Saydam, Raul Ersadal and Berhice Sőnmes Brian and printed by Devlet Basimevi. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇿 postal service of Belize -

17 July 2026 - Definitives - 11 stamps. These stamps are now featured on the Spectre Stamps internet site and are likely to be offered for sale by that dealer from the date of issue. Lithographed. Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

2942. 🇲🇼 More Malawi Surcharges.

 

New issues -

🇲🇼 Malawi Post -

2026 - Provisional issue, surcharges in RED on previously issued stamps (surcharges on the same stamps in black were reported in Blog ). Rating:- ***.

The following issues are reported by Spectre-of-Stamps on its internet site -

🇲🇺 Mauritius Post -

15 June 2026 - Stamp from previous ‘Indigenous flowers’ set reprinted with ‘2026’ imprint. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇰🇮 Postal service of Kiribati -

17 October 2026 - 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s third voyage - 4 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇿 postal service of Belize -

17 July 2026 - Definitive issue, various subjects - 11 values. Further details awaited. Rating:- *****.

2874. 🇧🇿🇼🇸🇫🇯 Belize, Samoa, Fiji, Middle East War.

 

New issues -

🇧🇿 Belize postal service -

2025 - Previously issued definitives with surcharges applied 80c on 15c, $1.50 on 60c, $3 on 10c and $5 on 25c. These are the best illustrations I can presently provide and are taken from a post on Stampboards by superftg, based in Guangdong in China. Rating:- *****.

🇼🇸 Samoa Post - 

6 November 2025 - Birds, joint issue with the postal service of the Chinese People’s Republic (see Blog 2827) - 2 stamps. Further information on the Samoan part of this issue as reported by superftg (see above) on Stamboards - the issue was lithographed by Government Printing Samoa and appears to be rouletted. Steven Zirinsky reports that the stamps are sold ungummed.

🇫🇯 Fiji Post -

4  February 2026 - World Stamp Exhibition, Dubai - 3 stamps. Previously issued stamps overprinted and surcharged. Rating:- *****.

The above set is now being offered on the internet site of the Spanish dealer Princestamps who attended the Dubai exhibition but it appears from a notice on the site that his return home has been delayed because of outbreak of the Middle East War and the Iranian regime’s attack on the United Arab Emirates. Good luck to him in returning home and a thought that there may well be a number of future philatelic consequences of the conflict.

The British government’s delay in allowing allied aircraft to use British bases including Diego Garcia and the subsequent Iranian regime’s attack on the British sovereign territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia highlight the importance of British Indian Ocean Territory remaining a British Overseas Territory and, potentially, continuing as a separate philatelic entity.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

23 March 2026 - Passenger vessels - 8 stamps, price £19.87), 1 miniature sheet containing all 8 stamps (19.87) and 1 prestige booklet costing an incredible £34.74. Total cost - £74.48p! Designed by Martin Mörck and lithographed by bpost. Rating:- 0.

1834.🇧🇿 Belize Definitives Finally Put On Sale.

🇧🇿The new definitive series from the postal service of Belize previously reported here appears to have been finally put on sale after several delays. The set of 14 stamps featuring local species of birds and designed by CASCO Studio with the co-operation of the Belize Audubon Society is now being offered for sale by an internet auction site dealer and elsewhere is reported to have been issued in Belize on 9 November 2020. Rating:- *****. 

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post will issue a colourful set of 4 stamps, 2 miniature sheets and 1 ‘mini-pane’ on 23 February 2021 on the subject of ‘Intangible cultural heritage - Dragon and lion dance’. I like stamps which depict traditional local culture and I might buy this attractive set even though it is not particularly related to any specific locally relevant anniversary or event. The issue was designed by Eric Chan. The ordinary stamps and $10 miniature sheet were lithographed by Cartor while the ‘mini-pane’ was lithographed by Southern Colour Print and the $20 miniature sheet was lithographed with additional hot foil stamping by Cartor. The ordinary stamps are perforated 13.5 and the miniature sheets are perforated 14.5. Rating:- ****.

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post issued its annual Refugee relief stamp on 13 February 2021. It is in the familiar annual design with the new year date printed on it.