2863. 🇦🇺 Australia Commemorates Birth Centenary Of Queen Elizabeth II.

 New issues -

🇦🇺Australia Post -

7 April 2026 - Birth centenary of the late Queen Elizabeth II - 3 stamps (cost A$5.10) and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- ****.

🇨🇽 Products inscribed ‘Christmas Island Australia’ -

2 March 2026 - ‘Digi-stamp’ (Cryptostamp stamps), Year of the Horse - 3 products with face values of $1.70, $3.40 and $3.50 each sold for $15. Designed by Chrissy Lau. Rating:- 0.

10 March 2026 - WB Gould’s Sketchbook of Fishes - 3 gummed stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:-*.

17 March 2026 - The art of Eileen Mayo - 3 gummed stamps ($5.10) and 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 costing $17 and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps ($5.10). Designed by Janet Boschen and lithographed RA Printing and perforated 14 x 14.5. Rating:- **.

24 March 2026 - Photography in Australis - 3 gummed stamps and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Simone Sakinofsky and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 or 14.5. Rating:- *.

17 February 2026 - ‘Disney villains’ ‘stamp pack’ sold for $19 and containing 1 pane of 9 different My Stamp stamps. Rating:- 0.

24 February 2026 - 20th anniversary of the movie ‘Cars’ - Stamp pack containing 2 panes each of 6 different My Stamps - 12 stamps in all and sold for $23. Rating:-0.

24 March 2026 - Peppa Pig Collection ‘stamp pack’ sold for $37 containing 2 panes of My Stamps each containing 6 different stamps (a total of 12) and 2 sheetlets each containing 4 identical ‘birthday cake’ Greetings stamps. Rating:-0.

14 April 2026 - ‘Preparing for Peace - World War I posters’ - 2 gummed stamps costing $4.70, 2 gummed stamps, 2 self-adhesive stamps from each either a booklet of 10 ($17) or ‘sheetlet’ of 5 ($15) and1 gummed miniature sheet containing both stamps. I Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14.5 x 14 or 14 x 14.5. Rating:- *.

2831. 🇦🇺 Australia Post’s Excess Continues In 2026.

 

New issues -

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

🇨🇽 Issues inscribed ‘Christmas Island’ -

6 January 2026 - Chinese new year - 3 gummed stamps (Au$8.60), 3 self-adhesive stamps from ‘sheetlets’ of 5 x $3.50 costing $17.50, 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps costing $8.60, 1 ‘Zodiac sheet’ containing within it 12 different stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing 3 different stamps and costing $17.30, 1 ‘Calendar sheet’ containing 13 different stamps and costing $17.15. and 1 ‘888’ ‘gold’ miniature sheet containing 6 identical stamps and sold for $120. Designed by Chrissy Lau and Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 15 x 14. Rating:- *.

Issues inscribed ‘Australia’ -

20 January 2026 - ‘My Little Pony stamp pack’, personalised My Stamps - 1 pane containing 9 different stamps costing $19. Rating:-0.

13 January 2026 - Regional heritage - 3 gummed stamps costing $5.10, 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 20 stamps costing $34 and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps. Designed by Jason Watts and lithographed by Ive Group and perforated 15 x 14. Rating:- 0.

27 January 2026 - Endangered birds - 3 gummed stamps costing $5.10, 1 gummed miniature sheet containing all 3 stamps, 3 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 10 costing $17 and 1 ‘Special pack’containing a miniature sheet which has all three stamps plus a fourth stamp which is not available from any other source and sold for $12. Designed by Jo Muré and Frances McMahon and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 14 x 15. Rating:- 0.

10 February 2026 - Creatures of the Paleozoic - 4 gummed stamps ($6.80)  and 1 miniature sheet containing all 4 stamps (6.80). Designed by Jason Watts and Keith Downes and lithographed by Southern Impact and perforated 14 x 15. Rating:- 0.

24 February 2026 - Eremophilas (desert plants) - 2 gummed stamps (costing $3.40 and 2 self-adhesive stamps from booklets of 20 (costing $34). Designed by Jo Muré and lithographed by RA Printing and perforated 15 x 14. Rating:- 0.

Commonwealth Countries which are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025.

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas 

Belize

British Virgin Islands 

Cameroon

Cayman Islands 

Cook Islands including Rarotonga

Cook Islands Aitutaki 

Cook Islands Penrhyn

Dominica

Gabon

Ghana 

Grenada Carriacou and Petite Martinique 

Kingdom of eSwatini 

Lesotho 

Montserrat 

Nauru 

Nevis

Niue

Papua New Guinea 

Rwanda

St Kitts or St Kitts Nevis

Saint Lucia

South Africa

Solomon Islands 

Tokelau 

Tonga

Tonga Niuafo’ou 

Turks and Caicos 

Tuvalu 

Uganda

United Republic of Tanzania 

Vanuatu 

Zambia

Therefore, up until the end of November, 35 out of 89 (39.3%) Commonwealth philatelic entities are not known to have issued, or had issued on their behalf, any legitimate postage stamps during 2025. This compares with 37 out of 88 (42%) at the end of October. Note BIOT has been restored to the list of entities as it remains a British Overseas Territory for a short time at least. At the end of November 2024, 32.6% of entities had not issued any postage stamps.