2922. 🇵🇳 Update On Pitcairn.

 

New issues.

🇬🇸 Bounty Post (postal service of Pitcairn Islands) - 

2023 - Friends of Pitcairn Islands - 2 stamps issued as a se-tenant pair. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

2023 - commemoration of Dr William and Mrs Emily Ancrum (see Blog 2782) - 3 stamps in a se-tenant strip. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.  It was suggested that this issue had been released in 2025 but it appears that the year of issue by Tower Stamps was 2023.

2024 - The Pitcairn stamp designs of Jennifer Toombs (1940-2018) - 4 stamps issued as a se-tenant strip with a valueless label depicting the designer between the 2nd and 3rd stamps. Lithographed. Rating:-*****.

A very worthy subject.

All of the above items have been recently offered for sale on an internet auction site by Vmpetrol.

The American revolution.

In Blog 2920 I reported on the recent issues by the United States Post Office which commemorate the 250th anniversary of the rebellion of the Thirteen British colonies in North America and the declaration of Independence which established the United States of America. A further issue was released on 23 May 2026 which takes the form of a 2 pane ‘prestige booklet’ sold for US$28.95. The two panes are identical and each contain 10 different self-adhesive stamps which depict artefacts - ‘treasures’ - of the revolutionary period. These include a map of the Battle of Yorktown, the flag of the American Commander-in-chief, revolutionary currency, the badge of Mikitary Merit and a teapot with a revolutionary inscription. This is an interesting approach to commemorating the age of revolution and the issue was designed by Ethel Kessler.

2730. 🇵🇰 Pakistan Commemorates ‘Hockey Legend’.

 

New issues - 

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post -

16 May 2025 - Commemoration of Ustad Aslam Rodda, ‘Hockey legend’ and hockey coach - 1 stamp. Lithographed by National Security Printing Company Karachi. Rating:- ***.

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

19 June 2025 - Matariki (Māori festival), Dark skies - 1 sheetlet containing 6 different stamps. Designed by Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 14.5. Rating:- *.

🇴🇲 Oman Post -

27 May 2025 - Joint issue with the postal service of Iran, visit of the Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshikian, to Oman, mosques of Oman and Iran - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2266. 🇲🇹🇳🇿🇵🇰 New Issues From Malta, New Zealand And Pakistan.

 

New issues.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

14 September 2023 - Tercentenary of the foundation of Fort Manoel - 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Andrew Micallef and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ****.

🇵🇰 Pakistan Post - 

8 September 2023 - Golden Jubilee of Rawalpindi Medical College - 1 stamp. Lithographed.Rating:- ***. 

🇳🇿 New Zealand Post -

4 October 2023 - Christmas - 4 gummed stamps and 3 self-adhesive stamps each from booklets of 10 and 1 miniature sheet containing the 4 different stamps. Designed by Helen Perkins and Nick Jarvie and lithographed by Brebner Print and perforated 13.5. Rating:- ***.

2204. 🇲🇹 Colourful Malta Issue Features Father Christmas’ Workshop.

 

New issues.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

29 November 2022 - Christmas, ‘Santa’s workshop’ - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing the 2 stamps. Designed by Fabio Agius and lithographed by Printex. Perforated 14. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post - 

25 November 2022 - 175th anniversary of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee - 1 stamp. Rating:- ***.

Commonwealth entities whose postal services are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps so far during 2022 - 

Anguilla 

Belize 

British Indian Ocean Territory 

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon 

Cook Islands Rarotonga 

Dominica 

eSwatini

Gabon 

Lesotho 

Montserrat 

Niue

Rwanda 

St Kitts 

Saint Lucia 

Seychelles 

Solomon Islands 

Tokelau 

Uganda 

Vanuatu 

At the end of November 2022 therefore 20 entities remain on the list, two fewer than at the end of October. Therefore 22.5% of Commonwealth philatelic entities are not yet known to have issued (or had issued on their behalf any legitimate postage stamps so far in 2022. This compares with 24.7% at the end of October, 31.5% at the end of September, 33.1% at the end of August and 42.3% at the end of July. At the end of November 2021, 20 entities also had not issued any postage stamps.

2144. 🇲🇲🇮🇳 🇫🇰 Myanmar And India Commemorate Tiger Forum In Russia; New Falklands Definitives.

 

New issues.

Myanmar postal service - 

25 September 2022 - 2nd International Tiger Forum, Vladivostok - 3 stamps. Rating:- *****.

India Post -

1 September 2022 - 2nd International Tiger Forum, Vladivostok - 1 stamp. Rating:- *****.

Falklands Post Service Ltd -

10 October 2022 - Defintive series, Rural heritage - 12 gummed stamps and 1 self-adhesive Local Rate stamp from a booklet of 10. Designed by Bee Design from photographs by Joan and Terry Spruce and Natalie and Colin Smith and lithographed by bpost and perforated 11.5. Production co-ordinated by Creative Direction.:- *****. Thanks to Juliet Warner of Pobjoy Stamps for information about the issue.