2933. 🇬🇮 Second Set Of Dogs From Gibraltar..

 

New issues -

🇬🇮 Royal Gibraltar Post Office -

30 June 2026 - Breeds of dogs - 6 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a further 6 different stamps. Designed by Stephen Perera and photographs by Envato and lithographed by Cartor. Rating:- **.

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

20 June 2026 - Maltese architecture - 4 stamps. Designed from photographs by Maria Christina Bugeja and Mariah Grech and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14.

🇦🇺 Australia Post -

16 June 2026 - “One million refugees welcomed to Australia since the Second World War”, 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention - 1 self-adhesive stamp sold in a ‘sheetlet’ of 5 identical stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- **.

Thanks to Anonymous for drawing my attention to this issue.

🇲🇼 Malawi Post -

?2026 - Surcharges on previously issued miniature sheets commemorating the late Diana Princess of Wales (see Blog 2917) - 3 miniature sheets each containing 4 different stamps with surcharges applied. A reader of this blog asked whether these were machine-printed surcharges or applied by hand. Now I have a set I can confirm that the surcharges are clearly applied by hand,

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.

2898. 🇯🇪 Jersey To Issue £10 Stamp To To Commemorate Queen Eden Elizabeth II.

 

New issues -

🇯🇪 Jersey Post -

21 April 2026 - Birth centenary of Queen Elizabeth II - 1 x £10 stamp printed in lithography by Cartor in sheetlets of 4 stamps. Rating:- *.

🇰🇾 Cayman Islands postal service -

 2 March 2026 - International Women’s Month, Female national heroes of Cayman Islands (as shown in Blog 2884) - in addition to the 4 stamps from sheets, smaller self-adhesive versions of each stamp exist all taken from booklets. These items are shown & offered for sale on the Spectre-of-Stamps internet site on e bay from which the illustrations are obtained. Thanks to Stewie 1980 for drawing my attention to these items. Rating:- *****.

🇧🇲 Bermuda postal service -

19 March 2026 - Bermuda art - 4 stamps. Reported on the Blog previously but better illustrations of the stamps are now displayed here -

🇲🇾 Pos Malaysia -

18 April 2026 - 125th anniversary of the Institute for Medical Research - 2 stamps issued as a se-tenant pair and 1 miniature sheet containing 2 different stamps. Lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2822. 🇲🇹🇨🇦🇭🇰 Bumper edition - Malta, Canada And Hong Kong 2026 New Issue Programme.

 

New issues -

🇲🇹 MaltaPost -

20 November 2025 - Christmas, Santa Claus and his reindeers - 10 x 45c. Designed by Fabius Agius and lithographed by Printex and perforated 14.5. Illustrations awaited.

‘Se-tenant’ issues -

Stamps issued with attached labels often noting philatelic exhibitions - 

21 November 2024 - Veronafil 2024 philatelic exhibition - 1 stamp.

14 March 2025 -Maltex 2025 philatelic exhibition - 1 stamp.

20 November 2025 - Veronafil 2025 philatelic exhibition - 2 stamps.

🇨🇦 Canada Post -

3 November 2025 - Remembrance Day - see Blog 2820. A sheetlet containing 5 additional probably gummed stamps was issued additional to the items described in Blog 2820.

6 November 2025 - Christmas -

‘Religious’ design - 1 self-adhesive stamps issued in booklets of 12 identical stamps (2 panes of 6). Designed by Sputnik Design Partners Inc from an illustration by Bex Morley and lithographed by Colour Innovations. Rating:- ***.

‘Secular’ designs - 3 self-adhesive stamps from individual booklets (12 x ‘Permanent’ value, 6 x $1?5 and 6 x $3.65) and 1 gummed miniature sheet containing 1 of each value), Designed by Kristine Do from illustrations by Alexandra Finkeldey and lithographed by Colour Innovations. Rating:- ****.

🇮🇳 India Post -

?November 2025 - My Stamp, personalised stamp - 50th anniversary of Coal India - 1 stamp with attached label printed in sheetlets of 12.

2026 new issue programmes.

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Post -

5 January 2026 - Chinese new year, Year of the Hotse - 4 stamps, 2 single stamp miniature sheets, 2 ‘Heartwarming’ stamps produced in ‘mini-panes’ and 1 ‘gold and silver’ miniature sheet marking the transition from the Year of the Snake to the Year of the Horse. Designed by Wong Chun-hong and lithographed. Rating:- *****.

24 March 2026 - Hong Kong Museums collection - Xubhaizhai collection + 6 stamps and 2 miniature sheets containing single stamps. Designed by Alex Tang Ho-pan and lithographed. Rating:- ****.

2 April 2026 - ‘Old Master Q 2’, festive celebrations- 6 stamps and 2 single-stamp miniature sheets. Designed by Young HoI-chun and lithographed. Rating:- **.

30 April 2026 - Animals in Chinese idioms - 4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet. Designed by Paul Lam and lithographed. Rating:- ***.

28 May 2026 - Road safety -4 stamps and 1 miniature sheet containing a single stamp. Designed by Prudence Mak and lithographed. Rating:- **.

18 June 2026 - Intangible cultural heritage, Tao O Dragon Boat Water Parade - further details and illustrations awaited.