2956. 🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia Invites You To Visit Johor.

 

New issues -

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

8 August 2026 - ‘Visit Johor 2026’, Tourism promotional campaign - 2 stamps in a se-tenant pair. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

?August 2026 - My Stamp, personalised stamp, 80th anniversary of JNTUS College of Engineering in Ananthapuramu - 1 stamp with attached label.

🇱🇹 Stamperija (Lithuania-based exploitative producer and purveyor of paraphilatelic products under contract to several African governments/postal administrations)

Products inscribed Togolese Republic -

Stated date of issue “2026” - various sets including commemorations of various anniversaries of the British royal family -

Birth centenary of Queen Elizabeth II - 2 miniature sheets -

105th anniversary of the birth of The late Duke of Edinburgh - 1 sheetlet containing 6 different stamps and 2 labels -

65th anniversary of the birth of the late Diana Princess of Wales - 2 miniature sheet# -

45th anniversary of the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales (now King Charles III) and Lady Diana Spencer - 1 sheetlet containing 6 different stamps and 2 labels -

Other anniversaries featured on these products include the 115th anniversary of Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States of America -

the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces - 

and commemorations of the Artemis II space rocket, 65th anniversary of the speech by the late President Kennedy on setting the target of landing a man on the moon, 40th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle damage, 20th anniversary of the maiden flight of Falcon 1, 65th anniversary of the flight of Freedom 7, 205th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte (former tyrant of France), 50th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong (former tyrant of China), Birth centenary of Marilyn Monroe (American film star and mistress of US President John Kennedy), 70th anniversary of the wedding of Prince Ranier of Monaco and Grace Kelly (American film actress), 125th birth anniversary of Marlene Dietrich (German singer and film star), 80th anniversary of the birth of Freddie Mercury’s (British popular musician) and 85th birthday anniversary of Bob Dylan (American popular musician).

Naturally, all the above products are rated 0.

2947. 🇸🇬Singapore Issue Commemorates 61st Anniversary Of Independence.

 

New issues -

🇮🇲 Isle of Man Post Office -

31 July 2026 - 150th anniversary of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway and 50th anniversary of Isle of Man National Transport  - 6 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

 🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

16 July 2026 - Medicinal mushrooms - 2 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Lithographed. Rating:- *****.

🇸🇬 Singapore Post - 

7 August 2026 - 61st anniversary of Independence - 3 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ***.

2945. 🇨🇾 Cyprus New Issue Depicts Old Cars.

 

New issues -

🇨🇾 Cyprus Post -

10 July 2026 - 2 issues both printed by Baltic Banknote High Security Printing -

Euromed, traditional mosaics of the Mediterranean - 1 stamp.(illustrated at the head of this Blog). Rating:- *****.

Old cars - 4 stamps issued in a se-tenant block of 4. Rating:- *****.

🇱🇹 Stamperija (exploitative ‘philatelic agency’ based in Lithuania) -

🇹🇬 Products inscribed ‘République Togolaise’ (Togo) -

2026 (no date specified) - Boston 2026 International philatelic exhibition, Trump’s 80th birthday - 2 miniature sheets’, one containing 4 different ‘stamps’ and the other a single ‘stamp’. Rating:- 0.

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

11 August 2026 - Tales of St Helier - 8 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 8 stamps. Designed by Becca Thorne, Lithographed. Rating:- *.

🇶🇦 Death of the former Emir of Qatar.

It was announced on 12 July 2026 that the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, who had been featured on a number of postage stamps and who had been in longstanding ill health had died. He had ruled Qatar from 27 June 1995 to 25 June 2013 when he abdicated in favour of his son Tamim bin Khalifa al Thani who is the present Emir of Qatar. He had seized power in a coup in 1995 overthrowing his father Khalifa bin Hamad al Thani and during his reign Qatar became the country with the highest per capita income in the world. Qatar was a British Protectorate from 1916 to 1971.

2937. 🇰🇪 Kenya Celebrates Its Friendship With Russia.

 

New issues -

🇰🇪 Kenya Post -

3 June 2026 - 63rd anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Kenya - 4 stamps possibly from sheets or possibly 1 miniature sheet containing the 4 stamps or both. Further details awaited. Rating:- ****.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

1 July 2026 - Mammals as state emblems - 4 gummed and 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps. Designed by Rachel Gyan and Jason Watts and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.5 x 14. Rating:-***.

26 June 2026 - Macao 2026 Philatelic Exhibition - 1 miniature sheet containing all 5 stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *.

23 June 2026 - Gabby’s Dollhouse stamp collection - My stamp  ‘Stamp pack’ sold for A$37 containing 2 panes each of 9 different stamps and 1 pane containing a ‘miniature sheet’ made up of 4 x $1.70 wattle gummed stamps and a sheetlet of 4 of the same $1.70 stamps with attached labels. Rating:- 0.

 - Minnions and Monsters - My Stamp ‘Stamp pack’ costing $19 and containing a pane of 9 x $1.70 different stamps. Rating:- 0.

13 August 2026 - Queensland Stamp and Coin Show 2026 - 1 miniature sheet containing 2 identical stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- *.

🇬🇬 Guernsey Post -

🇨🇶 Issues inscribed Sark -

7 July 2026 - Victor Hugo in Sark - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 6 stamps. Designed by James Colmer and lithographed by Cartor and perforated 13 x 13.5. Rating:- *.